Backgammon at the Bridge Club in Bognor Regis
Our next meeting is usual 3rd Tuesday of the month at our new venue the Bridge Club in Sudley Road all welcome to come and play backgammon start at 8pm please come along to support us. We welcome new visitors on the day and sure you can play some matches, no matter if you are very experienced or total beginner there will be some similar players there to give you a good game. If you can’t play but want to learn join some other new members who are having free lessons and quickly learning the basics on how to play the game. As we hire the club there is a £3 table charge but if anyone wants to come to the Waverley on the 2nd Thursday of the month at 8pm let me know, phone, Facebook or email and I will post on facebook as I know some can’t make the Tuesday meetings. I would also like to get some feedback should we continue with the Bridge Club are people happy to pay £3 for the evening meeting or would you rather go back to the Waverley where it is free. Obviously we have to pay £20 for the meetings at the bridge club so we need enough players to cover these cost to make it worthwhile.
Check on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/bognorbackgammon if there is a meeting planned or post a request if you are looking to come down for a lesson. So if you looking to learn the game or improve come along for some lessons with other players or let me know if you are interested in one to one tuition.
We are into season 15 with 8 players so we are paying £45 1st place, £25 2nd place and £10 for 3rd place this time you can see the latest table following this link http://bognor.leaguerepublic.com/l/fg/1_446833689.html to the Bognor Cup. We have had 4 winners, myself, Peter Christmas Crispin Duke, Ian Judd and Ian North you are welcome to join us. If you wanted to get involved with a next season let me know as we could well have 2 leagues running if we have enough players who want to commit to playing 7 point matches. We could have a free entry 2nd division if some players wanted to give it a try without any cost as we had 14 players in our meeting in May. This could be shorter matches like 3 point with out the use of the doubling cube for our beginners, do let me know if this is appealing.
If you are just learning the game or been playing for years you are welcome to come along to learn how to improve your game, play some social games or take your first steps towards joining the National UK Backgammon Federation http://ukbgf.com/ which organises team events, inter league matches and raising the profile of backgammon in the UK. Bognor is now a recognised club where you can earn an official ranking as your result can be recorded in the database, http://results.ukbgf.com/bognor/ the largest collection of results in the World. I also have run a tournament since since 2017 https://www.backgammon-boards.co.uk/sussexchallengecup/ I have opened registration for the 2022 Sussex Cup and you can find all the details about it on this link to the page, you will be most welcome.
We will play various matches but always willing to help new players who haven’t much experience playing competitive live games so don’t worry what ever you standard of play there will be someone who can give you some tips on how to improve your game.
Double Vs Single (two players take on a single player) Good for learning, as the team are allowed to discuss their moves and talking allowed between players. Chouette Another great way of learning more about the game.
You start by all rolling the dice, to find the order, highest becomes the man in the box who plays the rest who make up the team in order of captain, 2, 3, 4th etc in command, if the team wins the captain goes in to the box and the losers goes to the end of the team players. If the box wins the Captain goes to the end of the line and 2nd in command becomes Captain and everyone else moves up a place.
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