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...

Flyers, Backgammon and a video

Well the flyers have arrived from vistaprint. and I'm very pleased with the results.
I have designed them so that they contain all the relevant contact details, Facebook, Twitter, email etc but no venue details.
That way I can add time and place details with a sticker printed at home inserted into a gap left in the center of the flier.
This seems to work well and I have made some up to place tomorrow in our alternate venue.
Business cards are also fairly basic with just main social media contact details as well as email and phone number.
I have 100 of these to hand out to interested people..I have a feeling that I will not be ordering more any time soon. (Interested people are thin on the ground)

This Thursday was our meeting at firebrand not a great success member wise.. But several games were played and Ale drank.
My opponent made a short video that was posted on Twitter that evening.  See the results below...

Adrenaline & action @firebrandbar @lansongammon. Backgammon's the new it. pic.twitter.com/HrbT2KCqsn

— Joe Thomson (@JoeThomsonBrew) June 11, 2015

Pint & Post st Giles..

I have now set up a website HERE. Feel free to pop over and take a look.
At present its still very much a work in progress but its getting there.

I have the main pages up and running together with a page link back to this Blogg.
Happy days.

Next week a new location..  We will be meeting at The Pint & Post, St Giles-On-The-Heath, PL15 9SA.
Wednesday 17th June 19:30 - 21:30
Please note the day change for this location.

 
This runs alongside our firebrand meeting on the alternate week. so nothing changed there.

All welcome. If you have always wanted to learn why not come along for a pint and a game.

For all up coming dates please see the meetings page on our new website.

A pint and a game of Backgammon

Why not pop down to the Firebrand this Thursday 11th June for one of these and a game of Backgammon...

We will be there from 19:30..

ALL WELCOME

Yesterday the business cards that I ordered from vistaprint to give to potential members arrived..

Very happy with the design etc.

Just waiting for the A5 flyers to arrive now

Backgammon in the park

Hoping for good weather on Sunday 19th July as the UKBGF are organising "Backgammon in the park"
The nearest venue to me at the moment is going to be Bristol so a short trip up the M5 could be on the cards.
At present there are going to be events at:   

 

 
• London (Holland Park)
• Edinburgh
• Brighton
• Bristol
• Chesham, Bucks
• St Albans
• Coventry/Birmingham

Next meeting

Our next Lansongammon meeting will be at the Firebrand bar Launceston on Thursday 11th June 19:30 to 21:30.
Please come along to support this new club..All welcome. If you are a beginner or a seasoned pro come along for a game..We wont bite.....Honest...

Beginners.. If you have always wanted to learn Backgammon why not come along..Its a great game.
It doesn't take very long to teach the basics and from then on you can learn as you play..

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....