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Scrum down for the inaugural Keswick Open

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By Christine Moorhouse
In October 2025 the first Keswick Open took place at the town’s rugby club. It was a fantastic tournament and a huge success.
Keswick backgammon club has been steadily growing over the last couple of years and we decided to put this event together to fill a backgammon-shaped hole in the Cumbria area.  We had a month to organise it. The club has good ties with the Silloth club, and between us, using our contacts we managed to fill the 32 places with players from across the country.

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UKBGF UK Open 2026 – registration now open

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Tournament to be held over May Bank Holiday weekend

This UKBGF flagship tournament will once again be held at Woodland Grange, Leamington Spa. However, for one year only, next year’s event is being held over the late May Bank Holiday weekend -Friday May 22 to Monday 25 – to accommodate the World Teams Championship taking place in London in August.

There will be warm-ups and side events on the Friday, with the main tournament starting on Saturday.

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For whom the Pell tolls

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It was a full house of 64 players (with 10 on the waiting list*) for the fourth Worcester Intermediates tournament on Saturday won by Charles Pell who hails from Cambridge, coming out on top with six wins, beating Richard Bassett from Lowestoft in the final.

As a member of the UKBGF the victory secures Charles a place at next year’s Tour Invitational event at Shrigley Hall in Macclesfield in January.

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