Many thanks to everyone who voted in this year’s Awards – a record 137 votes were received and the results themselves were first announced at the AGM. Sadly with no face to face play we can’t have our usual presentation, but the winners – and we certainly have a deserving set – will be getting framed certificates in the near future one way or another.
British Backgammon Awards 2020: The Nominees
We’ve had a lot of nominations over the last month for the British Backgammon Awards, and it’s time to reveal our shortlists ready for the final vote. Members should get a personalised voting link in their email this evening, and you have until midnight on the 8th September to cast your votes – the winners won’t have to wait long as the results will be announced at the AGM the following day. So… let’s see who you nominated and some snippets of what you said about them:
The British Backgammon Awards 2020 – get your nominations in!
Nominations are now open for the British Backgammon Awards 2020

The Team UK Captaincy and British Backgammon Awards Results
Tim Cross writes:
The UK Open saw the announcement of the new UK Backgammon Captain and the British Backgammon Awards.

The British Backgammon Awards Nominees 2019
Many thanks to everyone who took the time to send in nominations for the British Backgammon Awards. We’re now in a position to announce the shortlists. All the awards are really competitive and just being nominated is something to be proud of.
Update 21st August: voting closes at midnight this Saturday, 24th August!
British Player of the Year:
- Brian Lever
- Gaz Owen
- Kevin Jones
- Tim Cross
International Player of the Year:
- Allen Tish
- Eli Roymi
- Jesper Carlsson
- Kimon Papachristopoulos
- Michy
- Mochy
Club Organiser of the Year:
- Darren Woodcock
- Ian Tarr
- Richard Biddle
- Sean Jones
- Steve Lee
Tournament Director of the Year:
- Chris Purchase (St Albans)
- Julia Hayward and Peter Booth (Cambridge, online)
- Kevin Jones, John Wright & Mark Calderbank (Blackpool)
- Sean Jones (Worcester, UK Clubs)
- Tim Line (Bristol)
Board Designer of the Year:
- Bone Club (Guy Haslam)
- Gammoner (Volker Wenzlaff)
- Geoffrey Parker
Most Significant Contributor to British Backgammon of the Year:
- Keith Gill
- Richard Biddle
- Tim Cross
- Tony Lezard
Most Courteous / Sporting Player:
- Darren Woodcock
- Peter Hodson
- Richard Furborough
- Roland Herrera
- Steve Bibby
- Uli Koch
Voting is about to start on SurveyMonkey, and a link/password to access the voting page will be mailed out to members imminently. If you don’t receive yours or need assistance, drop julia@ukbgf.com a line. Voting will close at midnight on Saturday 24th August and the winners will be revealed at the UK Open! To give you some help, we’ve collated the things said about our nominees; read on… and if you’d like to add your tributes, please let me know!
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