Registration for the UKBGF Online Charity Challenge 2022 closes on the 18th of December. This competition is open to everyone (not just UKBGF members). All the details can be found here on the UKBGF website.
Brenda Rafferty has served on on the UK Backgammon Federation (UKBGF) Board for the last 2 years and her term is now coming to a close. Brenda’s thoughts can be found here. If you are a member of UKBGF you still have time to vote in the Board Elections for 2023-4. Voting will close at…
Last Saturday saw the second annual England v Scotland Ladies online match. The result was: England 8 Scotland 7 Brenda Rafferty, Scotland Team Captain provides the following summary.
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.
Finally….. we have a champion! Believe it or not, the 2022 club annual knockout tournament started as long ago as July 6th, so after the drawn-out initial rounds and the knockout stages, I’m pleased to report that the final was won last night by Jim, who triumphed over Willie 13-4. This was our first ever…
Last Tuesday in addition to 10 regulars, we welcomed a new member Adnan and we’re hoping he also becomes a regular to our weekly face-to-face sessions. The knockout tournament has now reached the final stage, as Jim defeated Pam in the remaining semi-final last week. The final to decide who wins the trophy will be…
11 of us met at The Bell Rock yesterday to continue the virtual money tournament and also a couple of matches in the knockout tournament. Willie defeated Jules in the knockout semi-final and Jim overcame Nancy in the quarter-final and will now meet Pam in the other semi-final to decide who plays Willie in the…