2021 UK Open, Woodland Grange
The 2021 UK Open had a separate website here.
For details of attendees and all draw brackets click here.
2020 – no live event
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the live 2020 UK Open was replaced by an online tournament comprising 3 Flights.
Click on the following links for lists of attendees and finishing positions: Masters; Intermediates; UK Legends Invitational
2019 UK Open, Woodland Grange
30 AUG – 1 SEPTEMBER 2019
See list of Attendees; tournament report on the blog.
RESULTS:
MASTERS (88): 1-Tim Cross, 2-Costin Constantinescu, 3-Gaz Owen, 4-Tim Line.
MASTERS GRANGE CUP (67): 1-Emad Salib, 2-Ann Pocknell, 3/4-Rob Perry / Tony Lezard.
INTERMEDIATES (64): 1-Mike Shewry, 2-Beata Kiss, 3/4-Tiberiu Bostan / Karina Langhoff (Denmark); 1C-Ben Owen, 2C-Mike Ireland, 3C/4C-Maurice Ekpenyong / Steve Lee.
INTERMEDIATE GRANGE CUP (32): 1-Sarah Joliff, 2-Pam Wright.
SUPER JACKPOT (23): 1-Jason Pack (USA), 2-Mislav Kovacic (Croatia).
SPEEDGAMMON (64): 1-Tariq Siddiqi, 2-Charles Conrad (USA).
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (32 teams): 1-Jon Barnes & Anna Clarke, 2-Cristi Cozos & Daniel Molan.
FRIDAY WARM-UP (71): 1-Daniel Molan, 2-Kevin Jones, 3/4-George Jacobs / Tim Parfitt.
FRIDAY FREEROLL (64): 1-Mike Ireland, 2-Larry Smyth.
SATURDAY SOCIAL SWISS (3): 1-Paul Hunt.
SUNDAY SOCIAL SWISS: (3)1-Alex Shaw.
BRITISH BACKGAMMON AWARDS 2019:
British Player of the Year: Kevin Jones
Tournament Directors of the Year: Blackpool Team – Mark Calderbank, Kevin Jones, John Wright
Club Organiser of the Year: Sean Jones, Worcester Club
Board Designer of the Year: Guy Haslam of Bone Club
Most Significant Contributor of the Year: Tim Cross
Most Courteous Player of the Year: Steve Bibby
Most Improved Player of the Year: Tariq Siddiqi
Most Impressive Player of the Year: Oliver Squire
International Player of the Year: Masayuki Mochizuki (Japan)
Chairman’s Award for Outstanding Contribution: Peter Bennet
Honorary UKBGF Membership for Lifetime Contribution: Rick Janowski
Tournament brackets can be found online here on Mark Calderbank’s results site.
2019 UK Open matches which were live streamed can now be found on our YouTube channel (search ‘2019’).
See David Startin’s photos from the final day of the UK Open, including trophy presentations.
2018 UK Open, Coombe Abbey
31 AUG – 2 SEPTEMBER 2018
See tournament report on the blog.
RESULTS:
MASTERS MAIN (78) 1 – David Brown, 2 – Mihai Arminia, 3/4 – L. Powell, O. Crooks Smith
MASTERS CONSOLATION (73) 1 – George Papazoglou, 2 – Stuart Mann
MASTERS ABBEY CUP (59) 1 – Tim Cross, 2 – Kimon Papachristopoulos
ADVANCED MAIN (56) 1 – Ben Owen, 2 – Phil Tutchings, 3/4 – B. Constantinoiu, P. Bauer
ADVANCED CONSOLATION (37) 1 – Adam Taylor, 2 – Donna Sherred
ADVANCED ABBEY CUP (32) 1- Ana Mancino, 2 – Chris Harper
SUPER JACKPOT (22) 1 – Sebastian Wilkinson, 2 – Sergiu Malis
WARM UP (64) 1 – Laurence Sinitzsky, 2 – Dale Taylor
SOCIAL SWISS SATURDAY (10) 1 – PAUL BALL, 2 – LENA BALL
SOCIAL SWISS SUNDAY (7) 1 – JOANNA FOSTER, 2(=) – ALEX SHAW/LISA COHEN
CONSULTATION DOUBLES (27 teams) 1 – A. Babillon/L. Sinitzky, 2 – M. Arminia/A. Barbu
SPEEDGAMMON (52) 1 – Costin Constantinescu, 2 – Tariq Siddiqi
PAUL GILBERTSON MEMORIAL FRIDAY FREEROLL (64) 1 – Tim Parfitt, 2 – Radu Ciortan
Challonge draw sheets for some of the above events can be found here
Photos (Sunday only) by David Startin now published in the UK Open 2018 Flickr Album
List of attendees
2017 UK Open, Coombe Abbey
See Tournament report on the blog; 2017 UK Open photo album and general shots of Coombe Abbey (prior to 2017 Open) in Flickr.
List of attendees
2016 UK Open, Ricoh Arena
See the UK Open review on the blog, photos by David Startin, Challonge brackets for Warm up, Super Jackpot, Masters and Advanced and videos of streamed matches on our YouTube channel.
List of Attendees
2015 UK Open, Ricoh Arena
See the UK Open 2015 Round-Up on the blog with photos and a list of winners; photo albums of the 2015 UK Open and British Backgammon Awards on our Flickr account.
List of Attendees
2014 UK Open, Ricoh Arena
See the 2014 UK Backgammon Open report on the blog including a list of winners.
See lists of Attendees from all past UK Open Tournaments.
More photos can be viewed in David Startin’s Flickr account.
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