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News round-up: August 2015

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You can find regular updates about the UK backgammon scene on our Facebook and Twitter pages – do follow us for up-to-the-minute news. Here are the best bits of August that you might have missed:

World Championships 

Our blogger may have “choked and tanked” but our star at the World Championships in Monte Carlo is surely Eric McAlpine who finished in third place – losing in the fighter’s final to eventual runner up Sergey Erokin. The final was streamed live and I’m sure those watching will agree the final few rolls were a cruel way for a great campaign to end.
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2015 UK Open Latest

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2014 UK Open in the Ricoh Legends Lounge, by David Startin
2014 UK Open – photo courtesy of David Startin

With just 9 days to go, we are on course for a second successful UK Open at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry. If you are coming to the UK Open, or thinking of coming, you need to read the following update…

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From The Man Who Choked And Tanked At Monte Carlo

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 – an irreverent and irrelevant blog on the World Champs from our raving reporter.

The approach to Nice Airport is parallel to the beach. The dappled sunlight reflected off the bald pates of the men and the silicone of the women catches my eye. I can just make out the Negresco Hotel on the Promenade des Anglais and with a Proustian rush I am back in the late 90s – my last visit to the Cote D’Azur and the Backgammon World Championships.

Back then I thought I was a decent player, actually winning a nice Nice trophy on the Lido beach, beating Magriel and Corbett on the way, but never cutting it at MC. This time would be different, I thought. Far more experienced, I wouldn’t be fazed by passive-aggressive black women with reflective sunglasses and buzz cuts to boot. Not this time…

Read the full article in the Members’ Area …

 

British Backgammon Awards – nominate now!

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Nominations are now open for the British Backgammon Awards 2015!

We are looking for the select few who have really made an impact on the backgammon world in the last year. And we are looking to you, our members, to tell us who you think they are!

Arthur Wright 2013
Arthur Wright, Most Significant Contributor 2013, gets his award

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