After a long break, the monthly Leuven club gatherings will resume again: Mark your calendar on Sunday September 19, October 24, and November 28, 2021, each time in Squash Club de Vaart (Wilsele), from 1pm to 6pm. Format: five 5-point matches.
Moreover, the 12th Leuven Open will take place on Sunday November 21, 2021, in de Abdijmolen (Heverlee). Maximum 24 participants, preregistration required.
Info and registration: backgammon-leuven.be
We’ve been thinking hard and long about this one: another venue, another tournament format, etc. But in the end we see no other option. Sometimes, it’s just better to pass than to play on and risk a gammon.
So, for the first time since 2009, there will be no Leuven Open Backgammon this year. We hope that the 12th edition can and will take place in 2021, with the familiar ingredients that give the tournament its unique flavour.
Thank you for your understanding. Looking forward to better times when we can roll the dice together again.
Take care,
Henri, Johan & Nader
Beste vrienden, ploegkapiteins,
Het zal niet verbazen dat het organisatiecomité besloten heeft om de 4 Cubes 2020 te annuleren. Er moeten nog 9 van de 10 matchen gespeeld worden, en in de huidige toestand is het ondenkbaar om deze wedstrijden in de nabije toekomst nog te laten plaatsvinden.
Uiteraard hopen we in 2021 deze competitie opnieuw op te starten, maar wanneer en in welke vorm kunnen we nu natuurlijk nog niet bepalen.
In deze bizarre tijden wensen we iedereen een goede gezondheid toe, en hopen dat iedereen zijn dagelijkse levenswandel op een zo normaal mogelijke wijze kan verder zetten.
Vriendelijke groeten,
namens het organisatiecomité
Luc
Dear backgammon friends,
Due to the reinforced protocol with sanitary measures concerning mind games, Brussels Friendly 100 cannot be played tomorrow, Friday the 7th of August. Let’s hope for September, the 4th.
Kind regards, — Guy Van Middelem
Dear backgammon friends and/or Backgammon Club Brussels members,
For the first time since 3 months, we played live backgammon again with Brussels Friendly 99 on Friday the 3rd of July, 16 participants.
Guy won 4 out of 4. Chantal, Ithzak, Johan B. & Kristoffer follow with 3 victories.
Please, take a look at the July standings, after 4 rounds of the Brussels Friendly 2020 Championship ; note the performances from Alf & Johan B. (2x), Almira, Liliane & Lizbeth.
Next round : Brussels Friendly 100, on the 7th of August. The Championship (11 rounds) is extended till February or March 2021.
Keep on rolling,
kind regards,
Guy
Dear backgammon friends and/or BGFed.be BIC 2020 participants,
For the first time since +/- 4 months, we played live backgammon again with Brussels Friendly 99 on Friday the 3rd of July. With 16 participants and all the respect needed due to the strict Horeca-conditions security measures.
So, we can continue BIC 2020 again. Deadlines have been postponed for about 3-4 months. Expectation is to finish the D1 round-robin in December and the D2 groups A & B in September. Then the D2 group C can play till December. The BIC 2020 play-offs will be played from January till the end of March 2021.
Thanks for making the needed appointments, enjoy rolling,
kind regards,
Guy
Because of the recent measures by the Belgian federal government to limit the propagation of the corona virus, all BGFed.be backgammon tournaments and evenings are cancelled up to and including Friday, April 3, 2020. This includes:
We will keep you posted when the events will be rescheduled.
Take care of yourself and those around you.
Dear backgammon friends and/or Backgammon Club Brussels members,
Brussels Friendly 98 was played on Friday the 6th of March 2020, with 14 participants and the win for Dan Pascu with 4 victories. Congratulations !
We welcomed one new member : Catherine Bogaert (from Lille, France) and wish her all the successes she deserves. She recently won a beautiful Hector Saxe backgammon board in a national tournament in Paris, wow !
Kristoffer De Weert, Luc Palmans & (again, in February too) Vincent Hubert follow with 3 victories.
Please, take a look at the March standings (pdf), after 3 rounds of the Brussels Friendly 2020 Championship ; note the performances from Liliane Baptista (2x), Catherine, Chantal Lensen & Sabrina Vastapane.
Next round : Brussels Friendly 99, on the 3rd of April.
Ghent organises his annual Open on Saturday the 21st of March.
Leuven organises his BG Leuven Monthly on Sunday the 22nd of March at 13.45 hours in ‘de Vaart’.
Save the date : BF 100 on Friday the 1st of May at 09.30 hours (breakfast & lunch included in the 25,- € registration fee). 9 rounds of 5-point matches. Already registered : Almira Bucan, Catherine Bogaert, Theo Sarmanidis, Guy Van Middelem.
Keep on rolling, kind regards, — Guy
