Backgammon 125
On Sunday 17th May we ran the Backgammon 125 event as part of the Club’s 125 celebrations.
125 years ago there was no doubling cube (doubling was invented in 1926) so in keeping with that we ran a tournament without the cube. The format was a Swiss event with each of the four rounds contested as the best of three one-point matches. So, no doubling and gammons didn’t count. What could be simpler?
After the first two rounds we provided afternoon tea for the contestants. The tea was generously funded by the Club. We had a very a special cake made by a local cake maker and I think you will agree that she did us proud.
Each contestant was presented with a commemorative doublings cube – see picture below. We have a few of these left so if anybody would like to purchase one please contact Chris Bray at braycl@gmail.com. The price is £10 per cube.
After a close fought contest the winner was Peter Trueman (pictured with his trophy) and the runners up were Alex Ellerington and Tony Lezard.