A full house of 32 players braved the winter weather to turn out for the very first ‘Backgammon at the Grand’ in Scarborough.
Backgammon at the Grand
Archives for February 2019
The first results of 2019… the Tour Winners Invitational
Full reports will be coming soon, but here are the opening results of the 2019 season! The 2018 Tour and Intermediate Tour leaders gathered at Shrigley Hall, near Macclesfield, to battle it out:
Masters: Winner Aref Alipour, runner-up Jon Barnes, semi-finalists Eric McAlpine and David Brown
Masters consolation: Winner Mardi Ohannessian, runner-up Yan Kit Chan, semi-finalists Neil Foston and Mark Calderbank
Intermediates: Winner Alex Polden, runner-up Cristian Cozos, semi-finalists Ben Owen and Roger Porter
Intermediate consolation: Winner Ana Mancino, runner-up Sean Jones, semi-finalists Simon Hopper and Richard Halvorsen
A number of matches were recorded and you can find them on out TwitchTV channel.
New for 2019: Tour Sub-Committee
A new sub-committee of the UKBGF Board has been formed. It has the brief of dealing with all aspects of the UKBGF Tour. Currently the Tour Sub-Committee comprises of three members, Steve Bibby, Kevin Jones and Roger Porter. If any UKBGF members have any issues, suggestions or criticisms relating to Tour tournaments, then we encourage you to raise these directly with the sub-committee at roger@ukbgf.com.
Recent Comments