As 2019 draws to a close, it’s time to wrap up the biggest UK Tour so far and announce our winners…

As 2019 draws to a close, it’s time to wrap up the biggest UK Tour so far and announce our winners…
December saw the final two events on the 2019 Tour. First of all there was the BMAB Christmas tournament – normally BMAB events are truncated round robins where your opponents are known from the start; because this was a special one for the tour the format changed somewhat to be a five-round Swiss with room for 32 players, matches lengthened to 13 points to give the same amount of play as a normal BMAB weekend, essentially guaranteeing a straight knockout for the top place and a final against one other undefeated player in the fifth round. [Read more…]
By John McNeill
After two successful years, seeing Alex Polden in 2018 and then Anna Price in 2019 reach the frothy heights of Supreme Champion, the Harris + Hoole Cup returns with a bold new flavour in 2020, overseen once again by Backgammon in Ealing (BGiE).
By John McNeill
‘A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…’, no wait, that is something entirely different. This is backgammon, in a nearby London borough, on the 18th April 2020! However, I have no doubt that similar drama awaits, roll the opening sequence… Episode 1 – Ealing: A New UKBGF Intermediate Tour event.
As the 2019 UK Tour heads towards its final stage, it’s time to announce the line-up for next year’s Tour.
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