This year’s annual UKBGF Clubs Championship will be held in York on the weekend of 20-21 of July in conjunction with NEBA
The main championship will be held on the Sunday (July 21) but on the Saturday there will be an individual event.
This page will be updated with teams and individuals as they are registered.
The weekend’s action will be held at Derwent College, University of York, University Road, Heslington, York YO10 5DD. This is the same venue as the Clubs Championship in 2019.
Players to be at the venue for 10.15 for the start of play on both days.
Up to 32 teams will be able to take part in the championship. It will cost £150 per team – made up of £100 entry fee and £50 registration (with a £10 surcharge for non-UKBGF members). Each team will comprise five players.
Priority will be given to the first team from a club that registers for the event, then second and then third teams should clubs wish to enter more than one team.
For those wishing to register a team/teams and take part in the individual event, please email . Keith at: keithgill1@live.co.uk Please provide:
- Team names (eg NEBA 1, Bristol 2 etc) and the names of the people for each team.
- Your name for the individual event and which category you wish to take part in (intermediate/advanced).
Payments should be made to:
North East Backgammon Association
Account number : 53170760
Sort code : 30-84-82
For team payments, please put the name of the team as the reference.
For payments for the individual event, please put “Clubs” as the reference.
Saturday – individual event:
As a warm-up there will be an individual event with a main, consolation and last chance sections on the Saturday. Subject to confirmation, it is planned that the format will be straight knockout, with the main as 9-point matches, the consolation 7-point matches and the last chance 5-point matches.
There will be two separate flights: Intermediate and advanced, limited to 48 in each section.
The individual event costs £65 to enter made up of an entry fee £40 – all to be returned as prize money – with a registration fee of £25.
Sunday – Club Championship main event:
The group stage of the club championship will be held on the Sunday morning, with the top teams going into a main knockout event and the others going into a consolation/shield event. Subject to confirmation, it is planned that the event will consist of 5-point matches.
Accommodation and food:
For those wishing to take part in both events, or stay overnight on the Saturday night, accommodation is available at the college.
B&B rates are either £45.50+VAT (£54.60) with a packed breakfast or £51.50+VAT (£61.80) with either cafeteria breakfast or hot/cold breakfast sandwiches on the Sunday morning.
The booking links and code are below.
Friday and Saturday Night – Code UKBGFYORK24
https://www.universityrooms.com/en-GB/eventcode?ec=UKBGFYORK24&vid=jamesyork
Sunday night – Code: UKBGFSUNDAY
https://www.universityrooms.com/en-GB/eventcode?ec=UKBGFSUNDAY&vid=jamesyork
Shops are both on the campus and nearby for anyone wishing to buy food on Saturday.
The UKBGF is providing a free meal for the Sunday lunchtime.
Travel:
There are direct trains to York from London, the South West, Manchester/Liverpool, the North East and Scotland. The college campus is approximately 15 minutes by taxi from the train station.
There is free parking at the college all weekend.
XX means that both the registration and entry fees have been paid – a single X indicates the entry fee has been paid.
The teams so far registered for the event are:
| NEBA A (xx) Martin Barkwill (c) Paul Moulton John Horton Lawrence Jones Kevin Stebbing | NEBA B (xx) Don Irving (c) Rikki Blythe Huu Chi Tran Miranda Moulton Andy Debenham | ThameGammon (xx) Danny De Meester (captain) Ovidiu Mihail Popa Ben Cawdron Robin Oliver Andy Gilbert | Stirling and Falkirk (xx) Alastair Woods (c) James Newman Ian Hesketh June Williamson Neil Webb | Birmingham Bulls (xx) Geoff Hall (c) Steve Peers Dave Pritchard Michele de Havilland Alex Ward |
| Birmingham Bears (xx) Matthew Fisher (c) Pete Hodson Steve Moxley Mike Eyre Martin Tatlow | Cambridge Ruthless (xx) Andrew Baxter (Captain) Andreea Festeu Mona Alexander Mark Williams Ian Bissett | Cambridge Ruthful (xx) Tim Hall (Captain) Reza Assadi Maria Fergusson Charles Pell Ruth Flack | East Kent 1 (xx) Peter Finnimore Martin Taylor Richard Beagley Sean Thomas David Tingey | East Kent 2 (xx) Matthew Guy Luis Dawbar Gary Lloyd Jonathan Lamb Jay Hayter |
| NEBA C | West Yorkshire Rachel Rhodes CJ Uttley Ian Davidson Connor Dickinson TBC | Liverpool (xx) Simon Jones Adrian Jones Vinny Nolan Roland Archer Martin Wilks | Brighton 1 (xx) Rich McQuillan (captain) Mike Grabsky Paul Statter Dan Rovira Nils Figenschou | Brighton 2 (xx) Tim Parfitt (Captain) Mick McGowan Steve Atkinson Crispin Duke Chris Jones |
| St Albans (xx) Liviu Ionescu (c) Becca Bell Stephen Carder Cat Bucur Eugene Pritchard | St Albans B (xx) Tim Spring (c) Willum Scott Serban Murgu Hannah Parente Chris G Rogers | Harrogate A (xx) Alex Hannam (c) Chuck Conrad Chris McCooke Stuart Whittingham Tony Tilston | Harrogate B (xx) Chloe Oldfield (c) Steve Allott Justin Kalay Colin Welland Andrea Tilston | St Anne’s (xx) Ian Squire Steve Holme Jason Tribe Greg Ashworth Tim Firth |
| Bristol (xx) Tim Line (c) Hazel Harper Stephen Little Phil Doubtfire Gary Owston | Nottingham Robin Hoods (xx) Nick Dawson Jeff Bale Dermot Jenkins Lee Thorn Michael Jenkins | Nottingham Little Johns (xx) Paul Cookson Jack Urwin Robin Dale Stuart Maddison Jason Mardell | Winchester (xx) Stuart Rogers (Captain) Andrew Darby Anna Parker Bob Young Colm Morgan | Worcester Royals (xx) Sean Jones Dave Sanders Ian Gwynne Reece Hodges Jamie MacPherson |
| Manchester (xx) Peter Snape (capt) Ian Gray Samya Abdullah Ali Shafeeq Gregge Madan | No Squ-Ealing (xx) Sion Edwards Peter Bennet Zigi Filbert Yas Turan Dan Feeny | Edinburgh (xx) Gergely Biro Ian Henderson Karen Slawek Anandan Tanabalan Jacqueline Rixon | ||
The latest list for the Advanced individual event is:
| Graeme Turner (xx) | Paul Moulton (xx) | Miranda Moulton (xx) | Martin Barkwill (xx) | Neil Webb (xx) | Tim Line (xx) |
| James Newman (xx) | Ian Hesketh (xx) | Ovidiu Mihail Popa | Matthew Fisher (xx) | Ian Davidson (xx) | Ben Andrews (xx) |
| Gary Lloyd (xx) | Martin Taylor (xx) | Daniel de Meester (xx) | Peter Finnimore (xx) | Kevin Stebbing (xx) | Tim Parfitt (xx) |
| Daniel Rovira (xx) | Steven Atkinson (xx) | Mike Grabsky (xx) | Nils Figenschou (xx) | Simon Jones (xx) | Connor Dickinson (xx) |
| Sean Thomas (xx) | Luis Dawber (xx) | Crispin Duke (xx) | Stuart Rogers (xx) | Andy Darby (xx) | Anna Parker (xx) |
| Robert Young (xx) | Paul Statter (xx) | Adrian Jones (xx) | Stephen Carder (xx) | Sean Jones (xx) | Jamie McPherson (xx) |
| Reece Hodges (xx) | Dave Sanders (xx) | Ian Gwynne (xx) | Peter Bennett (xx) | Daniel Feeney (xx) | Liviu Ionescu (xx) |
| Sebastian Byrne (xx) | Serban Murgu (xx) | Cat Bucur (xx) |
And the latest list for the Intermediates individual event is:
| Tim Spring (xx) | Rikki Blythe (xx) | June Williamson | Alex Ward (xx) | Chas Pickard (xx) | Andrew Baxter (xx) |
| Mark Williams (xx) | Maria Ferguson (xx) | Graham Sparshott (xx) | Matthew Guy (xx) | Richard Kuby (xx) | Warren Hendon (xx) |
| Martin Wilks | Tim Hall (xx) | Bianca Ciorirlan (xx) | Andy Debenham (xx) | Andy Gilbert (xx) | Ian Bissett (xx) |
| Wendy Hunter (xx) | Peter Hodson | Michele De Haviland | David Tingey (xx) | Ruth Flack (xx) | Michael Bishop |
| Martin Tatllow (xx) | Roland Archer (xx) | Ian Squire (xx) | Huu Chi Tran (xx) | Jonathan Lamb | Hannah Parente (xx) |
| Hazel Harper | Jay Hayter (xx) | Chris G Rogers (xx) | Sion Edwards (xx) | Greg Ashworth (xx) | Yas Turan (xx) |
| Zigi Filbert (xx) | Gergely Biro (xx) | Tim Firth (xx) | Ian Henderson (xx) | Carl Stephens (xx) | Phil Doubtfire (xx) |
| Justin Kalay | Charles Pell (xx) | Willum Scott (xx) | Eugene Pritchard (xx) |