We cannot deny the fact that sports have become a part of our lives. It is proven by the huge amount of the people who are keen on sports. There is also big amount of the people who live from sports such as the athletes. It is because sports are fun, entertaining, and make the body healthy. Sports can also be used to hold some tournaments. We all know that there are some sport championships which are held and some of them are high class championship. Let us take the example of football’s World Cup which is held every four years. Once the World Cup is held, almost all eyes in this world are focusing on the tournament. However, the world class tournament is not only limited in football. There are some other sport kinds which also have their own world class tournament. Well, at this point, we will be talking about a card game, which is also called as card sport, called bridge.
The latest information says that the next World Bridge Championship 2013 will be held in Bali. That is the announcement which was made by The Indonesian Contract Bridge Association (GABSI). Well, the association also said that this world class bridge championship will be held in Nusa Dua, Bali, in late 2013. The association, which was represented by its secretary general, Bert Toar Polli, also added that it is expected that 66 teams from 135 countries will be joining the championship. Of course, since this championship is a world class level, there will be countless prestige. There will be three main trophies which are going to be given to the winner which are varied from the Bermuda Bowl trophy, Venice Cup, and also D’Orsi Cup. As for the delegation for Indonesia as the host of this tournament, Bert said that there will be 18 athletes who will be joining this event. He also said that the 18 athletes will be chosen by considering the achievement of the athletes during the upcoming South East Asia Games or commonly known as SEA Games which will be held in Palembang and Jakarta. Thus, the SEA Games will be the event for the bridge athletes from Indonesia to show their competence and skill in bridge so that they can be chosen to take part in the World Bridge Championship 2013.
In the SEA Games itself, Bert also said that Indonesia is targeting to get five gold medals from the nine gold medals which are offered. “It will be great if we can gain more than the targeted”, he said. Bert said that he was quite confident that the athletes can get the target by considering that Indonesian bridge team is one of the best in Asia. As the proof, one of the athletes has won the first price in the ASIAN Championship in Bangkok which was hold in the last November. Well, as the host of the World Bridge Championship 2013, Bert also said that the association and the country are ready to make sure that the championship will be held properly without any problem.