The mince pies are all homemade; our thanks to Danit Birn, Gill Bray and Judith Dyson for providing such excellent fare. The format for the evening is well proven. Chris Bray, Club Member and Times Columnist, gives a short lecture.
This year’s talk was entitled ‘10,000 Hours?’ The title was taken from Malcolm Gladwell’s book ‘Outliers’ and looked at how long it takes to become an expert backgammon player and how you can improve your game. Following the talk there were multiple eight-player jackpots for players of all standards which continued until closing time.
As well as being an enjoyable evening for Members and guests the evening also raised £350 for local charity, REACT. The charity provides support for low-income families with terminally ill children. One of our guests was so impressed with the work of the charity that he matched our donation with another £350 of his own money which was extremely generous of him.
The picture shows the room set up just before the action started!
For more information about backgammon at the Club please contact Chris at braycl@gmail.com or Gill at gillianbray18@gmail.com