Second Backgammon at the Firebrand

  
Yesterday was our second meeting at the Firebrand bar. A good evening with four players in total.
 

  
As was mentioned on the night.. Even with only four players we are now the biggest Backgammon club in Cornwall. (Unless you know better).
The next meeting will be on the 14th May at 19:30. If you are interested in learning or just fancy a game please come along.

Tonights the night

A reminder that tonight Thursday 30th April is the second Backgammon meeting at the Firebrand..Why not come along and play against a real person...All welcome. Bring a board if you have one..

Calendar of events.

Just added to the blogg a calendar page..This will show local Lanson Gammon events as well as notable Backgammon events in UK and Europe.

Watch this space.. Events to be added daily.

Next meeting...This Thursday 30th April at the Firebrand..

UKBGF Membership fees.

 
I was recently looking at the UKBGF website joining page. As far as I can gather they are not open for payments yet.
The costs involved got me thinking about the type of membership I would like. As they say on their page, you should join at the highest level that you can afford.

Well for me that would be £25.00 for the basic membership as £40.00 is a lot for me in one go.

However, if they offered a Direct Debit option split into three or four payments to split the cost I would go for the higher £40.00 premium membership.
I know to some people the £15.00 difference may not seem much but when you have to watch the £££ then
£10 ish a month is far more attractive than forking out £40.00 in one go.

Just a thought as I think many people would like to have the option. And the extra £15.00's would soon make a difference.

UKBGF Basic Membership

Cost: £25 p a.

UKBGF Premium Membership

Cost: £40 p.a. or £100 for three years.

UKBGF Founder Member

This special membership category is only available for a limited period at a cost of £1000.


Don't forget...This Thursday 30th April at the Firebrand bar 19:30-21:30 more Backgammon

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                   I thought I would intersperse posts with Backgammon related pictures.
                                           Ripped directly from the inter web thingy.
  

Don't forget Backgammon at the Firebrand.

Thursday 30th April 19:30-21:30

First meeting..Results..

Well The 16th has been and gone.         What happened??

Well I was a little worried that either

A: Nobody would bother to turn up.....  or
B: Loads of people would appear expecting a slick ready formed club.

In the end we had four people turn up, Myself and the wife account for two. The other two consisted of someone that works for the venue who had changed shifts just to play, and the other had traveled some distance just for a game.
Things are looking up for next time as four more people have shown an interest in coming along.

The venue seems ideal for our purposes and with all participants ordering food and drinks helping to swell the till slightly it's win win all round..

I'm carrying on with the Facebook and Twitter advertising campaign and a poster / flyer blitz is on the cards.  

Next meeting Thursday 30th April 19:30 at the  Firebrand  Don't forget this Wednesday Chess and this Thursday Scrabble.

Scrabble too.

At the Firebrand bar this Thursday there will be Backgammon as you may have guessed from this Blogg.
Every other Thursday there is now going to be Scrabble.

Please pop along and support these upcoming events.
Chess,Backgammon and now Scrabble too.

BIBA Club listing

I recently sent an e-mail to The British Isles.Backgammon Association  asking if they could include the club  on their website.
If you follow the link above to their site, there we are in their clubs section.... Result.....

Don't forget this Thursday at 19:30 Firebrand Bar, Launceston. Our first meeting. Come along and have a game. Bring  a board if you can.. All welcome..

Fun In The Sun

New Backgammon book arrived today from the lovely people at Amazon.
Details and review to follow.

The picture below was supplied by Firebrandbar today via their Facebook page.


                                        Backgammon in the sun.     Perfect

                        Come along on April 16th for Backgammon at the Firebrand
                              Tables and chairs will be better than those pictured.. :-)

Book Review soon.

I purchased this book so long ago that I think it's now out of print.  I am only now thinking that I should read it after having it on the shelf for about 15 years.
Give me a week or two and I will post a review here.
It maybe a little late to buy new. But I think there are plenty to buy secondhand. Via Amazon etc.

Is it worth buying?  Well watch this space for the answer..

Added Twitter feed.

I have been experimenting this afternoon with the Blogg layout.
It has stayed basically the same with the addition of a nice new Twitter feed window on the right of the page.
If you are on Twitter you can now follow us by clicking the "Follow" button (The clue is in the name) on this page.
I am trying hard to get people interested in coming along to the club on 16th April so a follow and retweet of one of my blogg posts would be great. And will spread the word..
    Thanks in advance...
 

Sore losers.

Last night I was playing Backgammon via my Backgammon live app.

All was going well.

In fact I was thrashing my opponent and he/she was in an impossible position.
Now the thing that I would do in their position is to resign gracefully.

But no......

Just lately I have played several players who have just "left the room" not finishing the game.

The software involved analyses the positions, so that in theory the victor should be obvious and the appropriate points awarded.

It might be that the opponent had legitimately lost connection.
But it can't happen quite so often.(can it?) And always when I'm winning.

Please either resign or play until the end.     ( it's ANNOYING) .....Rant over

Backgammon Boards

Well it's not long now until our first event. I have been looking at buying some boards for the big day. E-Bay has been studied to within an inch of its life.
But I have come to the conclusion that I can buy a nice new board from amazon for about the same price as a second hand board from ebay and of about the same quality.

So Debit card in hand I ordered just one board to check out what you get for your money.

                                                   This is the result..And it arrived quickly too.

The case itself was a little disappointing with poorly finished corners that were just not up to scratch.
However the important playing surface and counters etc are great. So for the money, I am very happy and will be ordering another.

These will be club boards and liable to some damage or spillages etc so I'm not going to spend a fortune.

Very happy with my purchase.

Also I joined a Facebook group today.
The Brighton Backgammon club. Not because I am lightly to be going to Brighton, but just to ask them about  starting a new club.
I was given some good advice that I shall be following up on during the Easter holidays.