BackgammonAyr will be attending the Ayrshire Games Expo on Saturday 22nd August at the Walker Hall in Troon. We will be running backgammon learn-to-play sessions throughout the day. The Ayrshire Games Expo is the first of its kind event for Ayrshire, bringing together the tabletop gaming community under one roof. Tickets for the event have…
The Backgammon World Team Championships take place in London this August and for the first (and potentially only) time there will be a Scottish team there. As part of their fundraising to cover travel and accomodation costs, Dean from the Backgammon Ayr club is raffling off a special bottle of whisky. Distilled in 1998 on…
Backgammon Ayr is pleased to announce the inaugural Jim Smart Memorial competition taking place on Sunday 24th May 2026. Jim was the club’s organiser from 2022 to 2025 and sadly passed away in January. In his memory the club is running a fun, social tournament where everyone is welcome. The Swiss-style tournament is free to…
Backgammon Ayr‘s regular club meeting on Tuesday 6th May has been cancelled as the normal venue is unavailable. Regular meetings resume on the 13th of May at the Bell Rock.
Last night was Backgammon Ayr’s annual Christmas meal and 14 members enjoyed a lovely festive dinner at The Bell Rock. Many thanks to Jackie and everyone else at The Bell Rock for their hospitality. The next club night is the 10th of January. Thanks to all our members for their continued support.
The new Winter League competition has been underway the last few weeks and the current standings can be found here. These are 7-point matches with everyone in one large league. A reminder that next week (13th Dec) is a regular Club evening but the following week (20th Dec) is the Club Christmas Meal at The…
16 players entered our first ever annual knockout tournament back in early July, and following 3 rounds of Swiss format matches followed by a straightforward knockout stage, the final (held 4 weeks ago) was contested by Willie Craig and Jim Smart. In a first to 13 point match the champion this year is Jim who…
14 players enjoyed an evening of Virtual Money matches on Tuesday. The Bell Rock also provided everyone with a delicious bread and soup supper!
Despite a few regulars not being there, we had a great turn out of 16 members on Tuesday night. Jim organised a couple of games where we paired up as Player A or Player B and we all used the same dice throws as rolled by Jim to prove my mantra which says “it’s not the…
Last Tuesday we had a round of doubles matches which made a change from our usual routine. Tomorrow we will be playing more doubles, friendlies and/or virtual money matches.