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Manchester Club Evenings Every Tuesday in 2012 (except Dec 25th) New members always welcome Join us for a sociable evening playing backgammon in pleasant surroundings. All standards are welcome, from beginners to champions. No membership fee - optional small prize pool each evening. We meet every Tuesday 7.00 pm onward - Tournament starts at 7.30 pm prompt. On knock out evenings it is possible to join in secondary tounaments even if you arrive late (up to about 10 pm). We aim to finish between 10.30 to 11 pm Tournament format depends on evening: First, second, third and fifth Tuesdays are 3 round KO format. Fourth Tuesday is 1 point all play all format. Please bring your own board if you have one. All tournaments count towards the Club Champion Trophy awarded to the player with the most points at the end of the year. There are optional pools for all competitions. £1 to £3 from each week's pool is put towards prizes/trophies for the club championship. There is an 11 point Knock Out competition throughout the year. Meetings are held at the Moor Club - 35, Heaton Moor Road, Stockport SK4 4PB Enter the club via the middle door if open, otherwise via left hand door. There is an intercom; say you're here for the backgammon, we meet in the front bar on your right. Contact Rodney Lighton (0161 445 5644) for further information The director may now impose clocks on slow players in the 5 point KOs in order to keep the tournaments moving at a reasonable rate. Last Saturday of each month
Next event Saturday 28th Apr 2012 Manchester One Day Sunday April 22nd 2012 With entries from
Bournemouth to Edinburgh arriving on a typical Manchester day, the
atmosphere was far from gloomy at Manchester Bridge Club.
Everyone enjoyed the day of backgammon, food and socialising. The
48 entrants played 5 rounds of 5 point matches starting at 11
a.m. By 4 pm we had 16 qualifiers for the main knockout and the
other 32 played in the consolation.
The main was won for the first time in ten years of this tournament by a Manchester player. Alastair Woods seemed to be in a strong position leading 6-2 in a 7 point match, but he lost the Crawford game followed by a doubled gammon to George Hall. In the consolation final last year's main winner Dan Tutchings beat Dorothy Lee in a match that started slowly with Dorothy getting a 2-1 lead. However the next game featured a cube at 4 and Dan won that and the title. Martin Barkwill, making his first appearance at the Manchester tournament, beat John Wright in the last chance final. In the 1 point final Angie Dell had a hard luck story to beat most. With Rodney Lighton on the bar closed out the trophy seemed to be in her grasp. Her outfield checker on the 15 point was only hampered by Rodney's midpoint. Two double threes in a row meant that her board broke, Rodney entered, hit her last checker, managed to contain it and finally close it out to pull off a several thousand to one win. Thanks, as always, to Irving Czechowicz, Annette Jones, Kevin Jones and Lorraine Lighton for directing, scoring, administration and catering. Also to club members for helping to set up and to Manchester Bridge Club for hosting the event. Thanks also to the generosity of participants who donated £114 to Marie Curie nurses.
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Manchester Backgammon Club was set up in 1999 by Kevin Stebbing.
Logo - Two men playing backgammon Manchester Cathedral Misericord circa 1500 (Photo by G.ten, Manchester. Copyright University of Manchester) More information about the misericord and a better picture Visitors since Sept 2002 |
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