Coventry Backgammon Club

1. Phil 33
2. Rich 23
3. Yamen 20
4. Dan T 13
5. Corrina 12
6. John 9
7. Rob 7
8. Lionel 2

1. Phil 33
2. Rich 23
3. Yamen 20
4. Dan T 11
5. John 9
6. Rob 7
7. Corrina 7
8. Lionel 2

Copy of the newsletter sent out to members.

Coventry Backgammon Club Newsletter # 4  (November 2007)

We meet at Whitefriars 114-115 Gosford Street every Thursday 8pm - all welcome complete beginners to experts. Free tuition available. Biba beginners tournament The British Isles Backgammon Association’s UK finals will be held over the weekend 1st - 2nd December 2007. One element of the weekend will b e a tournament open to genuine beginners (i.e. players who have not played in previously played in BIBA tournaments). This beginners tournament will start promptly at 11.30am on Saturday 1st December. The sponser (Paul Gilbertson) has put up a £100 prize pool and the only cost to the entrants will be a £1 fee for a day’s membership of BIBA.  Web Site We now have a web site up and running - thanks to John Tutchings for his work on it. You can find the site at http://covbackgammon.awardspace.com. The site contains latest news and allows postings to be left - all comments welcome.  2007 Championship Our inaugral championship will end on  13th December 2007 with the winner and runner up trophies being presented at the end of play that evening - so there’s still plenty of opportunity to rack up the points! Weekly tournament winner gets 5 points towards the championship, runner up gets 2 points. Current positions (after 1st November) : Phil 33   Yamen 20    Rich 19     Dan 11     Rob 7  John 4  Corrina 2     Lionel 2  2008 Meetings We shall restart early January 2008 - watch this space and website for dates and structure. John has beenworking on a league ladder structure. We shall probably maintain our weekly 1pt tournament and introduce a monthly match eleement as well. Again, all comments and suggestions welcome. Contact: Ring Phil 024 76445467 email tutchingsp@aol.com

1. Phil 33
2. Rich 21
3. Yamen 20
4. Dan 11
5. John 9
6. Rob 7
7. Corrina 2
8. Lionel 2

Biba will be holding a beginner’s tournament Saturday 1st December 11.30am, Walsgrave Hilton Hotel. £1 to enter £100 prizes !

1. Phil 33
2. Yamen 20 
3. Rich 19
4. Dan 11
5. Rob 7
6. John 4
7. Corrina 2
8. Lionel 2

A new league ladder has been set up and we want people to join it.

For more information see the League Ladder page or to sign up visit http://games-ladder.net/covbackgammon/index.php