The UK Backgammon Federation
The Festival of UK Backgammon was originally scheduled for mid-April 2021 but sadly it was then postponed due to Covid-19. Now it’s back on the calendar for April 2022 and John Wright invites all UK clubs and individuals to come and enjoy a full weekend of backgammon for players of all abilities, including the hugely popular UK Clubs Championship. Register now before this is opened up to second teams!
John writes….
On behalf of the UKBGF I offer a huge thanks and of course congratulations to Martin Barkwill on having served with great success as UK Team Captain for 2020-2021, a mantle now taken on by Chris Rogers for 2022-2023.
Martin Barkwill has written elsewhere about our recent trip to Trier to play in the World Team Championships. I have written this article to provide the analysis of some of the key positions and hopefully you will find them instructive.
As a reminder our team was:
Let us start with the most crucial position of all. This roll of the dice effectively decided the gold and silver medal positions.
Position 1
Multiple flight cancellations, endless Covid bureaucracy, risk of quarantine, player withdrawals, rescheduling of flights to a different and more distant airport, uncertainty as to whether the event would take place at all. These were among the challenges the UK team faced heading into the delayed event which took place from 30th August to 1st September in the German town of Trier, famed as the birthplace of Karl Marx.
After the outstanding performances of Team UK in taking the silver medal at the World Team Championship (on which subject, stay tuned for a subsequent post!), the Women’s team have their next outing online this weekend and are hoping to end a run of losing to other teams by the smallest possible margin each time! In doing so they’re taking on a Japan team for the first time. [Read more…]
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