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Leuven Monthly, Sun Feb 20

This Sunday, February 20, we come together in Squash Club De Vaart (Kolonel Begaultlaan 15, 3012 Wilsele) for the next Leuven Monthly tournament. Please be there at 12:45, so that playing can start at 13:00. We will play 5 rounds … Continue reading

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Leuven Monthly 2022

After a forced two-year interruption, the Backgammon Club Leuven is happy to announce that the Leuven Monthly tournament series will resume in 2022. The series will also be the scene of the annual Club Championship. The tournaments take place monthly … Continue reading

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Leuven Monthly 2020: Mark Your Calendar

The Leuven Monthly tournament series continues in 2020 (of course). Here are the dates: Winter => on Sunday (13:45) : 26/01 – 23/02 – 22/03 Spring  => on Friday (19:45) : 24/04 – 22/05 – 26/06 Autumn => on Sunday … Continue reading

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4 Cubes : This is Belgium

On Friday, June 16, the Brussels team went to Leuven for the annual 4 Cubes encounter. The Bxl team consisted of a Francophone and a Neerlandophone Bruxellois, a Hungarian and a Dutchman (they left the Greek at home). The home … Continue reading

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Leuven Monthly replaces 4th Friday

In December 2016, the Backgammon Club Leuven launched a survey to know more about its players’ preferences. Thirty-eight people responded. Following up, the club decided to change the format of its 4th Friday tournament series: the Leuven Monthly was born. … Continue reading

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Game of Dice – Season 5 – Episode 2 (trailer)

A strong team or army is not judged on its many victories, but on its rare defeats. In rugby union, the New Zealand All Blacks played and won their first encounter in 1903. 113 years later they still cause havoc … Continue reading

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Guy van Middelem wins the Leuven Club Championship

The Leuven Backgammon Club organized its championship for the fifth time. The championship consisted of 12 monthly tournaments, each with 4 rounds of 5-point matches, played in the Swiss system. Overall, 39 players participated in at least one of the … Continue reading

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4 Cubes 2015 : Brugge – Leuven 6-3

Brugge-Leuven was scheduled for June, but the home team proposed to switch battlefield to Leuven and time of action one month earlier – a most generous proposal. Was there weakness in the heart of the Ogre? Nay! Brugge wished to … Continue reading

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Walter Meuwis wins BIC 2014; runner-up Maurits Pino

In an entertaining final on Friday, December 19, Walter won the best-out-of-three-11-pointers confrontation with 2-1. The final two sets were played in the evening in front of a live audience and with commentary by Michel Lamote, assisted by Luc Palmans, … Continue reading

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Live Audience Sees Geert Van der Stricht Winning BIC 2013

Leading 2-0, Geert needed only to win a single set to 11 points in order to beat Guy Van Middelem and grab the title. The match was played on Friday evening, December 20, in front of a live audience in … Continue reading

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