Although not on the scale of our major tournaments, the annual Mind Sports Olympiad – held at JW3 in Finchley Road, London for the last three years – is steadily growing in its backgammon offering. This year they invited me to be arbiter for the four daytime sessions, and I took up the challenge…
The UKBGF Clubs Championship rotated around to the south-east this year and ended up in St Neots, Cambs. It’s not an area known for backgammon – just the one UKBGF member there, and so no “home” team to challenge for the title this time, but we still had a strong turnout of 19 five-player sides (almost twenty, but for a last-minute withdrawal). And after a very long day’s play, we have new champions: St Albans ‘A’
We have finalised the UKBGF accounts for the period from 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2017 and these can now be viewed in the members’ area. UKBGF members are invited to inspect the accounts and to submit any queries they may have to the UKBGF Board in advance of the AGM. If questions about the accounts (or any other aspect of the UKBGF’s activities) are submitted by Friday 25th August we will do our best to answer them at the AGM. As previously announced by Julia Hayward in last month’s blogpost The UKBGF AGM 2017, this will be held at Coombe Abbey Hotel on Friday 1st September at 5pm (the first day of the UK Open weekend). Questions submitted after 25th August, or at the AGM itself, will be answered at a later date if we are unable to answer them on the spot.
Last year we were delighted to report on a successful year at the World Championships in Monte Carlo. We’ve heard today that 2017 has broken that record – with two titles won and three finalists so far:
Anna Clarke is Ladies World Champion 2017
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