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.