UNAIR NEWS聽– One of the Student Activity Unit (UKM) of (UNAIR) made another achievement.聽It was an achievement from Bridge Club which wins 1st place in the Asia Pacific Bridge Federation Open Youth Championship 2018 competition in Junior U-26 category.
The competition hosted by Asia Pacific Bridge Federation (APBF), assisted by GABSI (Association of Bridge of Indonesia).聽The competition was held at Wisma Kinasih, Bogor on 13-20 April 2018.
It was achieved by six members of the team.聽Four members from UNAIR, and two other junior athletes of East Java. Students from UNAIR were Restu Narendra (student of Faculty of Veterinary Medicine), Reza R. (student of Faculty of Nursing), Fatur R. (student of Faculty of Nursing), and Stefanus Endras Wijayanto (student of Faculty of Science and Technology).
Stefanus asserted that the possibility of winning will be very small with minimal training.聽To prepare for the competition, he continued, the training was done for two months.聽Within two months, members had exercises twice a week.
“Intensive exercise done twice a week, on聽weekday聽and on聽weekend, conducted face to face, discuss theories, and practice in聽team match, “explained Stefanus聽.
Before the competition, continued Stefanus, the team had followed the Surabaya Mayor’s Cup and Ubaya鈥檚 Cup in March.聽“As a warm-up event,” explained Stefanus.
Not only that, the team also practice聽online聽once a week by using Bridge Base Online application and follow the tournament聽online聽.
With intensive training, from the beginning, they had targeted to win the first place. “Praise God the target was achieved,” he continued.
Stefanus continued, the competition stage ran well and smoothly.聽But after entering the semi-finals on Thursday, April 19, there was more tension.聽However, each member of the team showed their best performance.
“The most difficult opponents faced were China and Hong Kong.聽We face them in the semi-finals.聽Earlier in the preliminary round, China and Hong Kong ranked first, while UNAIR ranked 4. We lost in segments 1 and 2, but we came back in segment 3, ” explained Stefanus.
Stefanus hoped that through this victory, there will be more students joining Bridge club.聽He also hoped that the achievement can inspire other students to make more achievements for UNAIR, both in the national and international arena.聽(*)
Author: Hilmi Putra Pradana
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
