The 14th Balijee Bridge Championship, in progress at the Lahore Gymkhana bridge tables moves into the final phase with the final sessions to be contested on Wednesday (today). On Tuesday, a total of 20 teams occupied the bridge tables and all teams sought honours and lucrative cash prizes in the event. While every participant was adept and capable of performing well, some teams lagged behind because of lack of a cohesive effort.
However the Izzo Team comprising Jahangir Ahmed, Izzat Khalil, Farooq Alvi and Abdul Khaliq were able to withstand the competitive pressure and at the end of five of the ten rounds managed to overwhelm their opponents and surged in front through wholesome loaded classy moves. At the end of five rounds the Izzo Team had compiled 73.83 victory points.
As for the other top performers, the Karachi Silver Team consisting of Syed Asghar Abbas Zaidi, Abdul Qadir Bhurgri, Zafar Zaki and Muhammed Zubair also gave a display of combined intelligence and succeeded in compiling 68.78 victory points and are placed in second slot. The third slot at the end of five rounds is occupied by SAGA Team whose team members are Ghalib Bandesha, Assad Maqbool, Nadir Ali and Colonel Assad. This team is also in a fairly good position and has accumulated a score of 67.58 victory points with their score standing at 73.83 victory points.