Ashok Sardiwal and Gautam Mukherji triumph at Muscat Bridge League tournament

Muscat: Ashok Sardiwal and Gautam Mukherji emerged the winners of the Pairs Bridge Tournament organised by Muscat Bridge League (MLB) here recently.
The tournament, organised at Dr Nasser Lamki's residence, attracted 28 players, including a number of all-ladies pairs. The event was played under full Howell format with each of the 14 pairs playing two boards against all the other pairs making it a perfectly balanced tournament.
Ashok Sardiwal and Gautam Mukherji took the top honours with an excellent score of 66 percent. All ladies’ pairs of Neeta Khimji and Sadhana Gupta played extremely well to clinch second place with a score of 61 percent.
Meanwhile, the seasoned pair of Rita and Subodh Agarwal settled for third place with 57 percent score. Their podium position was significant since they are planning to leave Oman for good.
There was a tie for the fourth position between the pair of Pei-Lee Wang and Roos Moes and the fancied duo of Anurag Pandey and Abdi Naffar. They were tied at 54.6 percent. But the latter got the fourth prize on a head-to-head tie-break. Pei-Lee and Roos, however, won the best mixed pair prize.
The prize for the best ladies’ pair went to Kim and Doria. The other pairs to score over 50 percent were Asoke Das-Sumant Pajankar, Joginder Sing-Dr Nasser Lamki and Ranga Gorur-Venki Ramachandran.
The MLB thanked Dr & Mrs Lamki for their hospitality while expressing their pleasure in seeing Joginder Singh, on visit of Oman, play in the tournament.
The next MLB tournament is scheduled for March.