Renewal Membership 2025

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Johan

Dear backgammon players,

To become a member of BGFed.be, the Belgian backgammon federation, or to renew your current membership for 2025:

  1. Please fill in the membership form and
  2. Transfer the appropriate amount to the BGFed.be bank account BE83 3632 5199 3815, with your surname, first name and ‘BGFed.be membership 2025’ in the payment reference line:
    • Membership for 2025 is 20 euro.
    • Membership for new members is 10 euro for the first year.
    • Deadline for payment for renewal of your membership is January 31.

Should you have any further questions concerning payment, please feel free to send an email to bgfed.be@gmail.com.

We welcome you to BGFed.be!

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Gent Open Backgammon XVIII

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Johan

Dear Backgammon friends,

It is with great pleasure that I can invite you to the 18th edition of the Gent Open backgammon tournament on Saturday, March 22, 2025, in the K.A. Club Union Sandeman, Kantienberg 5, 9000 Gent. For details see the flyer.

Included will be, as always, ‘koffiekoeken’ at your arrival and a hot meal after the second or third round.

Important:  please register beforehand as the number of participants is limited to 44 and also in order to provide the correct amount of catering.

To register, just write to bert.vankerckhove@skynet.be.

Kind regards,

Bert Van Kerckhove

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Calendar

Posted on January 6, 2025 by Johan

A list of live backgammon events in Belgium (tournaments, club evenings) is collected in the calendar.

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WBIF Belgian Championship 2025

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Johan

The World Backgammon Internet Federation’s National Championship of Belgium 2025 starts on February 4, 2025. Participation is open to all BGFed.be members.

To take part, you will need a WBIF account, which is free of charge. Go to “Sign in for a Tourneys”, where you will find the “sign-in” registration.

Games are played on Heroes, which is also free of charge.

Tournament director is Hubert Verstraeten (hubert@verstraeten.com). Please contact Hubert if you intend to participate.

The tournament format is described in the full announcement.

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Sonja Custers wins Leuven Club Championship 2024

Posted on January 4, 2025 by Johan
Podium of the Club Championship 2024 of the Backgammon Leuven: Toon Van Herreweghen (3rd), Sonja Custers (1st), and Dan Pascu (2nd).

After three seasons and nine Leuven Monthly tournaments, four players had qualified for the knock-out stage of the Leuven Club Championship 2024, played on December 15 in Sport & Squash Club De Vaart in Wilsele. Two semi-finals and two finals would decide upon the final ranking, all matches to be played to nine points.

Sonja Custers first defeated Toon Van Herreweghen in the semi-final to meet Dan Pascu in the final, who had himself won the other semi-final from Guy Van Middelem. Sonja also won the second match, clinching the title, and thereby depriving Toon from winning the championship for the third time in a row. In the duel for the third place, Toon defeated Guy, securing the last of the traditional cups.

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Dice Distribution – the Silent Storyteller

Posted on December 29, 2024 by Itzhak Solsky

It’s time to start studying like a master – let’s take a deep dive into the inner workings of Extreme Gammon, our electronic mercenary.

https://bgfed.be/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Dice-Distribution-the-Silent-Storyteller.pdf

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Brussels Monthly, Sunday, January 5, 2025, at B.Sports

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Chantal Lensen

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Brussels Monthly 5 Dec 2024: results

Posted on December 22, 2024 by Chantal Lensen

Results of the Brussels Monthly tournament of December 5, 2024, at B.Sports, Berchem-Saint-Agathe:

Brussels Monthly, 5 Dec 2024: organizer Chantal Lensen, winner Hubert Verstraeten, and Raymond
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WBGF World Team Championship 2025: Team Selection Red Beavers

Posted on December 14, 2024 by Johan

In 2025, the World Team Championship will take place during the 3rd Greek Grand Prix in Kamena Vourla – Greece from April 7th to 9th, 2025, and will be followed by the individual tournament from April 9th  to 13th.

The selection of a team can consist of up to 10 players, but only 5 players need to play a match each round.

All players interested in being part of the Belgium team can send their candidacy to Johan Huyck (Johan.Huyck@wiskin.be) before January 10th, 2025.

Belgium’s selection is based on PR strength and will be announced by January 15th at the latest.

This means that in order to join the national team, PR data must be available for your matches. Relevant PR data can come from the international BMAB rankings or from the national RBL rankings.

— Johan Huyck

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Brussels Backgammon Monthly on Sunday, January 5, 2025

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Chantal Lensen

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