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Team UK: the World Team Championship squad

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Team UK are ready to scale another height…

 

The UK backgammon team for the most prestigious team event of 2018, the World team Championship in Gibraltar has been selected and is as follows:
  • Eric McAlpine
  • Gaz Owen
  • Lawrence Powell
  • Peter Bennet
  • Raj Jansari
  • Sebastian Wilkinson
  • Steve Bibby
  • Tim Cross (Captain)
As by far and away the most successful international backgammon team for the last 30 months we are undoubtably now on the hit list of the major World backgammon powers, so it is great that we are taking such a strong team.
Both Steve Bibby (UK Open and UKBGF tour winner) and Peter Bennet (wins in Bristol and Worcester as well as being the UK number one rated player) have forced their way into the team and will be welcomed by the regulars.
The international team set up is far from a closed shop – so if you can play around PR 5 or better and you are interested in representing the teams, please come and chat and I will explain some of the criteria I consider when selecting the team.

Game Changer: How Backgammon Will Bring Peace to the Middle East, by Zaki Djemal

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How backgammon can change the world and even bring peace – starting in Jerusalem. This talk was originally given at TEDx White City. We’re also grateful to Mochy for bringing it to our attention.

Zaki Djemal is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of fresh.fund, the first student-run venture capital fund in Israel. He is also Co-Founder of דאבל ירושלמי | دابل مقدسي | Jerusalem Double, Jerusalem’s first backgammon league and championship for Jews and Arabs.

Breaking news: Team UK win the Worldwide Team Trophy

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A fantastic year for backgammon continued as Raj Jansari, Seb Wilkinson, Lawrence Powell, Chris Rogers and Leo Waters overcame the best in the world in Tblisi to bring home the Worldwide Team Trophy – even after captain Tim and Mark Calderbank’s efforts to get to Georgia in the first place were wrecked by lightning and striking Europeans…

The final – UK 1 v Russia 1 (photo by Tim Line)

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From The Man Who Choked And Tanked At Monte Carlo

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 – an irreverent and irrelevant blog on the World Champs from our raving reporter.

The approach to Nice Airport is parallel to the beach. The dappled sunlight reflected off the bald pates of the men and the silicone of the women catches my eye. I can just make out the Negresco Hotel on the Promenade des Anglais and with a Proustian rush I am back in the late 90s – my last visit to the Cote D’Azur and the Backgammon World Championships.

Back then I thought I was a decent player, actually winning a nice Nice trophy on the Lido beach, beating Magriel and Corbett on the way, but never cutting it at MC. This time would be different, I thought. Far more experienced, I wouldn’t be fazed by passive-aggressive black women with reflective sunglasses and buzz cuts to boot. Not this time…

Read the full article in the Members’ Area …

 

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