Winner of the WBF Women’s Online Bridge Festival 2015

Source: WBF

Many congratulations to Adriana Dutu from Romania who has won the WBF Women’s Online Bridge Festival held from 13 – 19 April. Adriana is delighted to have won the overall prize of free entry to the European Women’s Pairs Championship in Tromsø, Norway with a partner of her choice – Romana Tanese.

Adriana tells us that the Festival “was a very challenging and fun experience and for sure I will participate to the next one in November. The organisers and our daily tournament guests did a wonderful job. ”

We wish Adriana an equally enjoyable experience at the European Championships.

More information about the WBF Women’s Online Festivals can be found by clicking here. The next event will be from 9 – 15 November 2015.

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