Deirdre O’Halloran Wins the WBF Women's Online Bridge Festival

Published 
April 20, 2026

Winners Update

Deirdre O’Halloran

Congratulations to Deirdre O’Halloran (Madra1) from Ireland on her win in the WBF Women’s Online Spring Festival 2026.

In a dramatic turn of events, Deirdre delivered a strong finish at exactly the right moment, moving into first place and securing the win with a final score of 7.410. Kate Osipova (Nera___) had led the field for most of the week, but on the final day everything came down to the last tournament.

Reflecting on the event, Deirdre shared, “I think the competition is a brilliant opportunity for female players of all backgrounds, primarily because it gives global accessibility to them.”

Kate Osipova (Nera___) from Russia finished second with 7.390 after leading for much of the festival and staying consistently near the top throughout the week. Close behind, Louise Nilsen (wiskey04) from Norway took third place with 7.160, following a steady series of strong results across the event.

Congratulations to all our winners and everyone who took part. We look forward to seeing you again at the next festival.

The winners of the WBF Women's Online Spring 2026 Festival will be officially announced on Tuesday, April 21 during a special WBF Women’s Festival Reunion tournament at 19.00 CET. The event is free, awards BBO points, and everyone who played in the Spring Festival is invited. Please join us as we celebrate the winners. Look for host Women_Fest in the Free Tournaments area.

For more information about the Festival please click here.

Overall Winners (Click here for all)

RankUsernameNameCountryBB$ PrizeWBF Points
1Madra1Deirdre O'HalloranIreland60200
2Nera___Kate OsipovaRussia40140
3wiskey04L.NilsenNorway30100
4gaimamanGai MamanIsrael2080
5silverblueTijen HalacogluTürkiye2060
6FizzcatDeb SmithNew Zealand1040
7SFoxaSviatlana (Sveta) BadrankovaLithuania1020
7fuFu CheungUSA1018
9DropkeJulienneBelgium1016
10cmrljSilvana RojkoUSA1014
11vicky82VickyNorway512
12SigiunaSonata SimanaitieneLithuania510
13YokoSobelYoko SobelUSA59
14pwqnConnie MarfellUSA58
15tunafish_1TUNA ELMASTürkiye57
16nanogirlKathy FlynnUSA36
17mimi_ssMilenaBulgaria35
181wishSurabhi LeleUSA34
19BulockPatricia HerreraMexico33
20LMarshallLinda MarshallUSA32

Individual (human) Winners

RankUsernameNameCountryBB$ Prize
1tunafish_1TUNA ELMASTürkiye10

Individual (robot) Winners

RankUsernameNameCountryBB$ Prize
1Nera___Kate OsipovaRussia10
2gaimamanGai MamanIsrael5
3wiskey04L.NilsenNorway3
4FizzcatDeb SmithNew Zealand3
5Madra1Deirdre O'HalloranIreland3

Pairs Winners

RankUsernameNameCountryBB$ Prize
1silverblueTijen HalacogluTürkiye10
2pwqnConnie MarfellUSA5
3tunafish_1TUNA ELMASTürkiye3
4SFoxaSviatlana (Sveta) BadrankovaLithuania3
5YokoSobelYoko SobelUSA3

Prizes:

  • Free entry for the overall winner and a partner of her choice to the Women’s Pairs Championship at the WBF World Bridge Series 2026 in Katowice, Poland.
  • Signed certificates from the WBF for top 3 players in each event.
  • WBF Online Master Points awarded to the leading 20 players in the overall classification.
  • BXP awarded based on the size of the field.
  • BB$ prizes assigned according to the rankings in each tournament, as well as for the overall classification.

You can see all the results here.

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