Hitler reacts to the UKBGF publishing their financial position

Found this on Youtube the other day..Just had to post it here..

Still chuckling as I post it....

Keep up the good work UKBGF

Tomorrow evening it's Backgammon as usual at the Pint & Post. Why not come along for a game.

Food available until 21:00
Good selection of local Ales..

Why not come early to eat, then finish the evening off with some Backgammon.

The perfect evening..

NEW.....Lansongammon Library

( BoardGame event results in the next post)


I have not been able to update this Blogg for a while due to work etc.... I have not even been able to play much Backgammon....And thats BAD...

 Been Working......



I recently had an email from the UKBGF reminding me that its been a year since we were awarded our grant of £100 to help with club set up etc, and that we were due the second installment of £50.
This was paid into the bank just a few days later..

What to do with the grant top up?
Anyone who has been following this blogg will know that members are thin on the ground and it has been an uphill struggle all the time to get members...
So my thinking is, if we do get new members then the chances are they will be beginners. With this in mind I am going to buy a few books to loan out to members starting with books for beginners followed closely  by intermediate/ advanced.

The library link appears at the top of this Blogg. Only two books available at the moment, but another on order and more to follow.

LIBRARY.. 

If you want to borrow any of the available books just let me know at the next meeting...

January

      

So the UKBGF online championship has started. 72 participants have signed up to this first online tourny. I have yet to play my first match due to work commitments. But watch this space..

The brackets are up HERE on the Challonge website.


Our next Lansongammon mini club tournament will be on the 27th January at the Pint & Post, st Giles.
Provisional brackets are up HERE 

If you want to come along we play to 3 points only with no cube due to time limits. Drop me a line via the website or ring on 07899238206... Details on the contact page HERE


As a final note, the January 13th meeting has been cancelled. 

Online Championship

Just before Christmas I had an email from the UKBGF looking for entrants to take part in their new  1st UK championship to start in January 2016.

Email sent and I'm ready to go.. 

I can't imagine that I will get far but with some lucky dice behind me you never know.

It will be  round-robins style, 6-8 players all playing 11 point matches.

Deadline for completion is the end of March.

The top 2 from each round-robin, plus best-losers to make an even draw with no byes, progress to the second phase, which is a  knockout, the deadlines for each round being at two-week intervals. 

Everything should be done and dusted by the UKopen in May ready for prize giving. 

Next Lansongammon  meeting will be next Wednesday 13th January at the Pint & Post, St Giles-On-The-Heath, Launceston.     19:30 ish start     ...   21:30 ish finish.

If you have never played before, come along for a game. Its very easy to pick up... No need to bring a board.

All we ask is that you buy a drink or two at the bar.. They even do coffee.

End of year update.

The next meeting at the Pint & Post will be this Wednesday 23rd Dec from 19:30. 

We should have a few more members attending this meeting so I'm hoping that we can play a 3 or 5 point  tournament to add some results our UKBGF rating page. Due to illness in the ranks, this hasn't been possible yet.

Starting in 2016 I am thinking that It would be a good idea to hold a regular tournament on the 3rd or 4th Wednesday of each month. Results also being added to the UKBGF page and to our websites hall of fame. (yet to be created)

members
Club membership has been very hit and miss to say the least. We have had people turn up never to be seen again. People who come along regularly and then just stop coming (was it something I said?)
And a couple of people who have come along only to be taken ill. (will let them off) 
We still have a regular core membership who come every week but It's strange that even with advertising etc players are thin on the ground. Ha Ho Onwards and upwards..

We have several things planned in the new year to add benefits for members (watch this space) as well as more advertising ideas.

If you want to come along for a game or two just turn up and say "HI" No charges to join or play.  Free parking and the Pint & Post does great food and drink.





Note the NEW featured post top right. 
This is a new Blogger feature to highlight posts that might just disappear off the bottom of the page as new ones are added.
 

UKBGF Ranking

Since my last post I have been in touch with Ian Tarr of the UKBGF to see if Lansongammon could be added to their rankings table.
A quick reply was received and we are now listed HERE.
There is nothing to see match wise at the moment but I'm hoping to rectify this at the club meeting on Wednesday.

More good news; Two more people have shown an interest in coming along to the Pint & Post this Wednesday, so things are looking up.
More flyers have also been posted around about Launceston as well as an updated flyer in the Pint & Post.

This Wednesday all welcome at the Pint& Post for some relaxed backgammon. No joining fees, no playing fees. just turn up, buy a drink and play.

Calendar update.

                      The UKBGF have just updated their events calendar for 2016.

The UK Open will be held once more at the Ricoh Arena Coventry 20th - 22nd May 2016 
I'm hoping to go to this one all being well.

 

The London Open will be between 27th - 29th August 2016 at the Hippodrome, Leicester Square.
This could be a possible one to attend.

 
 
The UK Clubs Championship  will be on  14th August 2016 at the Grosvenor Casino, Didsbury, Manchester.  We will have to get some more members who are prepared to travel for this one.. You never know, anythings possible.

UKBGF start up scheme

The UKBGF is pushing it's New and not quite so new club start up scheme again.
Follow the link above for full details..

Lansongammon benefited from one of their grants not to long ago. With the money advertising flyers and business cards were purchased.

 These flyers were posted around the Launceston area and the cards used to hand out to interested people and to leave in suitable places for people to find.

 Another club board was ordered from Amazon (we now have three in total)  and also a score board from E-bay.
 

After all that, there is still some cash left over to advertise in our local parish magazine.



 This seems like a good plan as most of our members seem to be coming from the immediate area. I'm sure there are loads of people out there who still don't know that we exist.

Next meeting this Wednesday at the Pint & Post, St Giles On the Heath, Launceston.. See our main web page for details.  Lansongammon

Coventry Trip to the UKopen

This past weekend we have been in Coventry for the UK Backgammon open2015.

This was my first tournament so I was a little worried about what to expect. You see I have been a member of many different clubs ( non Backgammon) over the years and attended many events that go along with the currant hobby.
I can safely say that most of them were clicky at best and very unwelcoming to non or new members.
So you can see why I was very apprehensive.

 Anyways, I need not have worried. We arrived at the Ricoh on Saturday morning and found the event.

Very quickly we were chatting with people.  People that we didn't know. People who were very nice, chatty and welcoming.. RESULT

So far so good...On to the gaming.  I was again worried about my first game against someone new who would undoubtedly be more used to these events.

 Again not to worry, all my opponents over the two days were very friendly and I hope to play them again very soon.


All in all a great weekend was had. Games won and more games lost.
But it didn't matter as they were all good games..


 

 I will be on the lookout for the next tournament to travel to..

New scoreboard.

This week I have been looking in to buying a score board..I still have some ukbgf money to spend on club bits and pieces so as I'm trying to organise a league and start to play matches on club nights, then a score board would be a good investment.

I started by looking at a well known Backgammon site and found a board for £30.00 plus p&p. Then a quick search of Ebay and I found one on auction with 6 days to run for £15.99 including p&p.
A bid was placed and 6 days later I won. (Result)
So winging it's way to me in the post is the below board.

 I will update here when it arrives..
Although the Lansongammon league officially started on 1st August I am a little behind with web page construction etc..
I am hoping to get all up and running by our Thursday meet at the firebrandbar

Backgammon in the sun

Hoping to go along to Bristol in a couple of weeks for this....
Maybe a trip to Ikea on the way back to keep Mrs Lansongammon happy.. (Tiz all good...)

New UKBGF Member.

Late night Blogg post...I have just joined the UKBGF as a basic member. I was feeling a little guilty that I have just received a grant from them and I am not a member.

So today I joined..  (With my own money I might add)

Grant money spent so far amounts to about £36.00 for flyers and business cards via Vistaprint.

Tomorrow, time permitting I am planning on looking in to advertising in two of our local quarterly mags. So It's being spent slowly but surely...

UKBGF Grant.

Well that was an interesting week.
Earlier in the week I noticed that the UK Backgammon Federation had started to roll out a new grant scheme for new start ups or clubs that had only just come into being.
I e-mailed them straight away and received a return that evening asking for a rough breakdown of what I would spend the grant on.
Since I have already purchased several boards myself to help start the club I would be spending the bulk of it on advertising via our local newspaper and whats on magazines, flyers and business cards etc.
The main reason for concentrating on this area is that I have advertised via all the usual social media outlets as well as many local whats-on sites with very little success.
I feel that there are many people out there who would like a game but maybe just don't have access to a computer or who just don't use it for social media etc.
Anyway, long story short they seemed happy with my proposal so a bank transfer was received a few days later.
They have also allocated me a UKBGF clubs adviser in case I need any advise on running our group.

If anyone from the UKBGF is reading this, many many thanks for the help as I think it is going to make a great deal of a difference to who knows about us.
Onwards and upwards....

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

UKBGF Membership number 1

Recently the UKBGF have announced that they will be starting to accept members to this new organization.
They recently auctioned off membership number 1 at their scope charity tournament raising a very substantial £1700.00 for scope.
The winning bidder was James Ramsey who now has lifetime membership as well as member number 1..

Many congratulations from Cornwall.

They are now going to auction off the higher numbers as a wanted "cherished" number e.g. 007 etc.
So if you are interested before the "normal" membership opens then pop over to their website for details.

If, like me you just want normal membership as you don't have buckets of cash down the back of the sofa. Then membership opens on April 1st..
 

Link as promised.

Well we have made the big time. We have been added to the UKBGF list of clubs and a piece about the up coming event is on their blog.
As promised in a previous post if you click the link above you should find our mention and if you look in their clubs page, there we are....

Don't forget, it's only a month today until the Backgammon in Lanson launch..

Firebrand Advert

 This is a Facebook advert that Firebrand posted to advertise the event.

I recently sent an e-mail to UKBGF to let them know about the event. Dates times etc.
I haven't heard back as yet, but when I do I will post a link to their page so you can see our listing in all its glory..

E-Mail to UKBGF.

I sent off an e-mail the other day to UKBGF...(The UK Backgammon Federation) explaining what I was trying to do here in Cornwall.
They posted back the next day asking for the results of my meeting with the bar that was offering a place to meet, saying that when I have a date for the first meeting they would post it on their site.
They also asked if I wanted to write something for their blogg about the first meeting results and the whole experience of trying to set up a new club.
Tomorrow evening (wed) is the day of my meeting with the bar manager to set a date. So watch this space for more details.