Timochin Hasan and Abdulaziz Al-Fuhaid claimed the top berth in the 24th World-wide Bridge contest recently. Playing North-South in the championship organized by the affiliate of the American Contract Bridge Circle Cone 4 in Dhahran, the Timochin-Abdulaziz pair proved their prowess to clinch the honors. The tournament, an annual event, was played on June 4, with pre-set hands. This event was held under the auspices of World Bridge Federation. After the tournament, each player was given a booklet, where each hand was analyzed by bridge experts. Timochin has written a number of articles on bridge. Some had appeared in the Saudi Gazette in cartoon format where he incorporated bridge conventions under the caption “Bridge? I Don't Know Son.” Timochin, who is the Business Development Manager of the Al-Toga Group of companies and Hamad S. Al-Hawas Group, had also claimed the top berth in the 17th and 19th world bridge contests. Abdulaziz Al-Fuhaid from Jeddah is the Marketing Director of Ahmed and Essa Al-Jalahema Company. He gives credit to his father who still plays at the age of 81 for teaching and encouraging him. The results of the North-South players (tabulated as pair, percentage, score, rank, O/A and MPs): Timochin Hasan-Abdulaziz Al-Fuhaid 2 - 58.63 - 98.50 - 1 - 2 - 2.12RS; Hussam Sallout-Abdul Azad 5 - 54.76 - 92.00 - 2 - 4 - 1.1RS; Brian Wallick-Deb Wallick 4 - 52.08 - 87.50 - 3 - 0.71 RS; Ibrahim Al-Ahdal-Qasim Rahim 1- 50.30 - 84.50; Merna Nelson-Terrence Nelson 6 - 47.32 - 79.50; Jerry McKissack-Pam McKissack 3 - 43.75 - 73.50; Nayla Bitar-Stephanie Richter 7 - 43.15
