The beautiful city of Wroclaw in Poland is currently teeming with bridge players, all of them there for the 16th World Bridge Series. Anyone can play, but the standard is fiercely high: most of the world’s top players are taking part. This week it’s the Mixed and Seniors; last week was the Open and Women’s. One surprising thing was how few women’s teams came: just 10. At the last Series there were 17. It seems that women’s bridge is dwindling, due in part to the surging popularity of the Mixed (57 teams).
That said, even with so few competitors there was some thrilling bridge on display from the very best women players. Marion Michielsen and Cecilia Rimstedt were part of the multinational team who won Gold, while Nevena Senior and Nicola Smith were on the team who won Silver.
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