DOHA: A winner has been drawn from hundreds of entries to Qatar Foundation’s ‘Passion Drives Our World’ competition.
Lucia Domville, from New York City, entered the contest by submitting an image of herself at Grand Central Station holding a ‘Passion Drives Us All’ banner (pictured).
Lucia has won an amazing prize that will see her travel from New York to Spain before joining the FC Barcelona (FCB) team on their flight to Germany, where they will take on Bayern Munich in next Tuesday’s vital Champions League semi-final first leg tie. Lucia will be there to watch the game live before returning with the team to Barcelona where she will be given a tour of the famous Camp Nou stadium and FCB museum. An elated Lucia said, “I am so excited, my heart is pumping and I am even crying. This is wonderful news.”
As part of the prize, Lucia can select a companion to take the journey with her. She has chosen her eight-year-old son Martin, who is a massive FCB fan.
Lucia continued, “He absolutely adores Messi. My husband is Argentinian so there is a big soccer background in their blood, in their passion. We have been planning for years to make it happen and go to a Barcelona game, so this is just amazing.”
The ‘Passion Drives Our World’ competition ran for 60 hours from midday on Monday to midnight on Wednesday. It attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors to Qatar Foundation’s social media pages. The Qatar-Foundation—FC Barcelona Facebook page which hosted the contest was attracting 1,000 new ‘likes’ every 22 minutes as interest in the competition peaked.
The ‘Passion Drives Our World’ draw was made by Rashed Al Qurese, Qatar Foundation’s Deputy Director of Communication. The Peninsula
