St Annes Backgammon Club challenged Bone Club Backgammon Club to a home and away match. The format was 11 point matches, 5 players per team. The Poulton-le-Fylde based Bone Clubbers travelled to St Annes, just south of Blackpool on the Fylde coast for a friendly yet competitive tie, playing at St Annes Tennis and Squash Club.

Team captain Ian Squire was the only loser from the 5 matches, with wins from Steve Holme, Graham Bielby, Heather Knott and Robert Hanning.

The return match with take place next month with a trophy for the winning team. We intend this to become an annual event.

Well done to St Annes, and we hope the return match is just as competitive! Inter-club matches are certainly on the increase and we’ll be delighted to report on more of them in future. Don’t forget, if your club has a team of five then there’s still time to enter the Clubs Championship 2022 in Liverpool in early April, part of this year’s Festival of Backgammon.