Jan 29 – Backgammon Association Hosts Successful Qualifying Tournament

Written on 29 January 2016.

On Tuesday 26^th and Wednesday 27^th of January the Backgammon Association of Gibraltar very successfully organised the Association’s Qualifying tournament for the Gibraltar International Backgammon Championship at Latino's Casemates. The event was sponsored by Gibtelecom.

The top four players in the tournament each won automatic and free entry into the Intermediate level of the International Tournament.

The competition was won by Stewart Stone with John Neish as runner-up. Charlie Victor and Zaeed-Reza Zarif also qualified as losing semi-finalists. (Pictured)

The Gibraltar International Backgammon Championship will be held at the Caleta Hotel from 11^th to 14^th February. Already approximately 200 professional backgammon players have enrolled and some 50 players at intermediate level. The Backgammon Association of Gibraltar wishes to encourage as many local players as possible to enrol for the Championship by accessing the event’s webpage: www.gibraltarbackgammon.com.

A spokesperson said: “We wish to take this opportunity to remind backgammon players that the Association’s weekly meetings and rating matches (Wednesdays as from 7.30pm at Latinos Casemates) will resume as from 3^rd February 2016. On that day the first doubles session will be held. This is planned to be played on a more regular basis in the future as it forms part of the European Nations competition system and also included in many International Backgammon Tournaments.”

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