The UK Backgammon Federation
You’ve announced the draw, everyone’s found their opponent, the room is quiet apart from the rattle of shakers, and you think you can grab a cup of tea and get on with some paperwork for a while. Then you notice a hand raised.
“Director!!”
The tea will have to wait…
Mochy writes:
We have held three tournaments inviting full-time students under the age of 26 and had about 16 entrants each time, mostly from Japan and Iran. We are sure there are hundreds of eligible players around the world, possiblythousands that we are not reaching. We need your help.We believe that one way to get more children involved in the game and the competition is to make it a “team” sport, with each country being represented by 3-player teams. And of course, countries like Japan and Iran can have more than one team.So we ask your help … to find and enlist students to represent your country and create teams. Then we will set up on-line competitions and award wonderful prizes to the students. We will also provide free lessons, videos, and learning materials to all children around the world. And we will give students a chance to play practice games with pros like Mochy, Phil and others, and get advice.
We ask you to develop a list of students … and we will sign them up, give them official nicknames to use in events (including a challenge ladder room they can play in any time), and as soon as we have enough teams, we will set up competitions between teams and countries.
Last weekend, 155 players descended on Coombe Abbey, near Coventry, for the UK Open – this former Cistercian abbey providing a fantastic historic setting for the oldest game in the world, and the biggest gathering for at least a decade.
Those of you who came along to our AGM at Coombe Abbey will already know the news – that the UKBGF Board is delighted to re-appoint Tim Cross as Team UK’s Captain for the two years 2018-9.
We have been absolutely delighted with the results Team UK have been bringing home over Tim’s tenure so far:
Tim’s not only a leading player, he’s also a very canny selector who knows who’s in form. He’s also worked very hard to foster a strong team spirit and get the very best out of his squads on the day. We also couldn’t ignore the huge support he has from UKBGF members. Here’s to another two great years to come!
Finally, another reminder – if you’d like to represent the UK either online or face-to-face then Tim would very much like to hear from you. Competition for places is tough, of course, and you would need to be playing consistently at around PR 5.5 to reasonably expect to be considered, but if you don’t ask you’ll never know!
The votes all in and counted, I was delighted to announce the winners of the British Backgammon Awards at the UK Open at Coombe Abbey at the weekend, and hand out a bagful of framed certificates…
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