Yayasan Arsari Djojohadikusumo (YAD) and the Monday Bridge Club (MBC) hosted the first-ever Dora Sumitro Bridge Tournament on Saturday 26 April 2014, at Hotel JS Luwansa Jakarta to commemorate Kartini Day. The tournament named after the late mother of YAD Chairman Hashim Djojohadikusumo, Mrs Dora Sumitro, who until her death in 2008 at the age of 87 years, was a reliable bridge player of the MBC. The MBC is a bridge club in which all members are women aged 60 years and over.
More than 200 people from various Jakarta clubs participated in this open-senior-junior pairs tournament, the oldest, a 97-year old woman, the youngest were an11- year old girl and 8-year old boy. Anie Hashim Djojohadikusumo, patron of YAD, hopes the tournament attracts champion bridge players from the region. “If the outcome of the tournament is positive, we will consider organizing the Dora Sumitro Bridge Tournament every year and extend an invitation to bridge players from other countries,” Anie said.