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Could you host the 2022 UK Open?

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Woodland Grange: 88 Masters in action at the 2019 UK Open

The UK Open is the UK Backgammon Federation’s flagship event in the annual calendar of tournaments across the country. The first UK Open, organised by the UKBGF, was held in September 2014 at the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, and the 137 attendees that year included the top two players in the world and the reigning world champion (Mochy, Michy, and Akiko). Every year since 2014 (except for 2020 when it was forced to move online due to the pandemic), the UK Open has been a large, live, multi-flight tournament attracting international players, sponsorship, and some of the best prizes on the UKBGF Tour.

We are now looking for the right team to run this prestigious tournament in 2022. Could this be you? Or do you at least know of a potentially fantastic and great value for money venue where the event could be hosted? Let us know in either case.

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Key Positions of the World Team Championships

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Martin Barkwill has written elsewhere about our recent trip to Trier to play in the World Team Championships. I have written this article to provide the analysis of some of the key positions and hopefully you will find them instructive.

As a reminder our team was:

  • Gaz Owen
  • Raj Jansari
  • Jon Barnes
  • Chris Bray
  • Oliver Squire
  • Lawrence Powell
  • Martin Barkwill (non-playing captain)

Let us start with the most crucial position of all. This roll of the dice effectively decided the gold and silver medal positions.

Position 1

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England v Scotland Women’s friendly

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The UK Women’s team has been busy during the lockdowns, playing a whole range of opposition in friendly but still very competitive fixtures. Meanwhile, in the Clubs Championship this year, the Scottish Ladies team entered and put up a good fight. It was inevitable, therefore, that a challenge in the spirit of our earlier Four Nations tournament would be issued, and so this weekend we see the first England v Scotland match.

Taking place this Saturday, there will be a five-round round robin between the two teams, and we’ll be streaming all five rounds live with commentary by Geoff Hall – and I’ll be taking a break from playing to be in the commentary box with Geoff helping out with statistics and keeping an eye on the live chat. Rounds start at 10:00, 11:00, then after lunch 13:00, 14:00 and 15:30. You can watch them all on our Youtube channel here.

Lining up for England:

  • Rachel Rhodes
  • CJ Uttley
  • Dorothy Lee
  • Anna Price (c)
  • Sarah Jolliff
  • Ana Mancino

with Sarah and Ana making their debuts at this level. Meanwhile for Scotland we have:

  • Alice Taylor
  • Jenny COoper
  • June Williamson
  • Karen Slawek
  • Kirsty Mason
  • Brenda Rafferty (c)

It promises to be a tough contest, and you can follow the results as they happen on our live scoreboard, or watch live in the “England v Scotland Women” room at Heroes 3. See you there!

 

The Newcastle Open 2021

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Firstly the NEBA Team (Martin Barkwill, Keith Gill, Mike Snowdon & me) would like to thank all the folks that made the effort to attend our first live event since lockdown.

Getting warmed up for a full house tomorrow… (all photos with thanks to Martin Barkwill)

62 players dusted off their dice & set their clocks – former champions Alastair Woods, Tim Cross & Simon Jones may even have polished their checkers – in readiness to compete for the Newcastle Open 2021 title. [Read more…]

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