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Favourites enters quarter finals of Team Gold Cup in Ashok Ruia Memorial Winter National Bridge Championship

Kolkata, Dec 7 (UNI) Top eight teams -- Favourites Formidables, Mohota, Indian Railways "A" and Hemant Jalan along with Shri Radhey, Monica Jajoo, Third Eye and Deepadhaar -- entered the quarter finals of the Team Gold Cup Event at the end of Swiss league eight round in Ashok Ruia Memorial Winter National Bridge Championship being held here today.
After the third segment of the last eight stages of the event, Formidables are leading against Deepadhaar by 135.25 - 82 Victory Points (VPs) while Mohota scored 110 VPS against 97 by Third Eye.
In two other quarter finals, last year's winners Indian Railways "A" are leading against Shri Radhey by 13 VPs ( 110 - 97) and Hemant Jalan moving ahead against Monica Jajoo by 34 VPs ( 111- 77).
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