Calendar of events in the British Isles

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If you intend travelling from afar to contest any of the Bristol Backgammon tournaments, you are advised to email Ian Tarr, or ring him on 07940-284652 for conditions of entry. Not all Bristol events are finished in a single session
For details of our main Bristol venue, the BCSC (Bristol County Sports Club), click here. All events at the BCSC are shown in this colourFind out more about Bristol competitions by clicking on any of these links:
Bristol Open Grand Prix
Bristol Intermediate Grand Prix
Bristol Premier League
Bristol Conference
Bristol Masters
Bristol Intermediate Trophy
Bristol Handicap K/Os
Bristol Consulting Doubles K/Os
Other events relating to Bristol are shown in this colourFind out more about the following events:
Bristol "50"
Inter-Cities Challenge
Bristol International Festival of Backgammon
BIBA events are shown in this colourFor full details of BIBA events, visit the BIBA website
Sundry other British Isles events are shown in this colourFind out more about the following events:
Cotswold Fireside Tournament
Manchester 1-day tournament
Liverpool Open
Backgammon Live in London
Cotswold Easter Pro-Am Pairs

2008

J A N U A R Y
Tuesday 1st
(Bank Hol.)		Wednesday 2ndThursday 3rd
CLOCK
TOURNAMENT;
£10		Friday 4thSaturday 5thSunday 6th
Monday 7th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 8thWednesday 9thThursday 10th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #1;
£10		Friday 11th
Birthday
Bright 'n' Breezy
BIBA K/O,
Brighton		Saturday 12th
Birthday
Bright 'n' Breezy
BIBA K/O,
Brighton		Sunday 13th
Birthday
Bright 'n' Breezy
BIBA K/O,
Brighton
Monday 14th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 15thWednesday 16th
BRISTOL B/G
AWARDS AND
FREE BUFFET		Thursday 17thFriday 18thSaturday 19thSunday 20th
Monday 21st
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 22ndWednesday 23rdThursday 24th
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #1		Friday 25thSaturday 26thSunday 27th
Monday 28th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 29thWednesday 30thThursday 31st
CONSULTING
DOUBLES GP
T'MENT #1
£20 pair		F E B R U A R Y
Friday 1st
Jarvis Trophy
BIBA Swiss
Format, Daventry		Saturday 2nd
Jarvis Trophy
BIBA Swiss
Format, Daventry		Sunday 3rd
Jarvis Trophy
BIBA Swiss
Format, Daventry
Monday 4th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 5thWednesday 6thThursday 7th
JACKPOT
EVENING		Friday 8thSaturday 9thSunday 10th
Monday 11th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 12thWednesday 13thThursday 14th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #2;
£10		Friday 15thSaturday 16thSunday 17th
Monday 18th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 19thWednesday 20thThursday 21st
HANDICAP
K/O #1; £5		Friday 22ndSaturday 23rdSunday 24th
Monday 25th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 26thWednesday 27thThursday 28th
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #2		Friday 29thM A R C H
Saturday 1stSunday 2nd
Monday 3rd
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 4thWednesday 5thThursday 6th
CLOCK
TOURNAMENT;
£10		Friday 7th
International
Championships
BIBA K/O,
Daventry		Saturday 8th
International
Championships
BIBA K/O,
Daventry		Sunday 9th
International
Chmapionships
BIBA K/O,
Daventry
Monday 10th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 11thWednesday 12thThursday 13th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #3;
£20
(LESTERS 66)		Friday 14thSaturday 15thSunday 16th
Monday 17th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 18thWednesday 19thThursday 20th
JACKPOT
EVENING		Friday 21st
(Bank Hol.)		Saturday 22ndSunday 23rd
Monday 24th
(Bank Hol.)		Tuesday 25thWednesday 26thThursday 27th
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #3		Friday 28thSaturday 29thSunday 30th
Monday 31st
Fun and
education
evening		A P R I L
Tuesday 1stWednesday 2ndThursday 3rd
HANDICAP
K/O #2; £5		Friday 4th
British Open
BIBA K/O,
Daventry		Saturday 5th
British Open
BIBA K/O,
Daventry		Sunday 6th
British Open
BIBA K/O,
Daventry
Monday 7th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 8thWednesday 9thThursday 10th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #4;
£10		Friday 11thSaturday 12thSunday 13th
Manchester
1-day
Monday 14th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 15thWednesday 16thThursday 17th
CONSULTING
DOUBLES GP
T'MENT #2
£20 pair		Friday 18thSaturday 19thSunday 20th
Monday 21st
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 22ndWednesday 23rdThursday 24th
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #4		Friday 25thSaturday 26thSunday 27th
Monday 28th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 29thWednesday 30thM A Y
Thursday 1st
8th BRISTOL
MASTERS		Friday 2nd
County Cups Trophy,
BIBA Swiss Format,
Daventry		Saturday 3rd
County Cups Trophy,
BIBA Swiss Format,
Daventry		Sunday 4th
County Cups Trophy,
BIBA Swiss Format,
Daventry
Monday 5th
(Bank Hol.)		Tuesday 6thWednesday 7thThursday 8th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #5;
£10		Friday 9thSaturday 10thSunday 11th
Monday 12th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 13thWednesday 14thThursday 15th
CLOCK
TOURNAMENT;
£10		Friday 16thSaturday 17thSunday 18th
Monday 19th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 20thWednesday 21stThursday 22nd
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #5		Friday 23rdSaturday 24thSunday 25th
Monday 26th
(Bank Hol.)		Tuesday 27thWednesday 28thThursday 29th
HANDICAP
K/O #3; £5		Friday 30thSaturday 31stJ U N E
Sunday 1st
Monday 2nd
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 3rdWednesday 4thThursday 5th
INTER-LEAGUE
CHALLENGE		Friday 6th
Barcelo
English Open,
BIBA knock-out,
Daventry		Saturday 7th
Barcelo
English Open,
BIBA knock-out,
Daventry		Sunday 8th
Barcelo
English Open,
BIBA knock-out,
Daventry
Monday 9th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 10thWednesday 11thThursday 12th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #6;
£20
(LESTERS 67)		Friday 13thSaturday 14thSunday 15th
Monday 16th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 17thWednesday 18thThursday 19th
JACKPOT
EVENING		Friday 20thSaturday 21stSunday 22nd
Monday 23rd
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 24thWednesday 25thThursday 26th
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #6		Friday 27thSaturday 28thSunday 29th
Monday 30th
Fun and
education
evening		J U L Y
Tuesday 1stWednesday 2ndThursday 3rd
CLOCK
TOURNAMENT;
£10		Friday 4th
Keren Di Bona
Memorial Trophy,
BIBA knock-out,
Hinckley		Saturday 5th
Keren Di Bona
Memorial Trophy,
BIBA knock-out,
Hinckley		Sunday 6th
Keren Di Bona
Memorial Trophy,
BIBA knock-out,
Hinckley
Monday 7th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 8thWednesday 9thThursday 10th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #7;
£10		Friday 11thSaturday 12thSunday 13th
Monday 14th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 15thWednesday 16thThursday 17th
TRIC-TRAC
TOURNOS		Friday 18thSaturday 19th
Liverpool Open		Sunday 20th
Liverpool Open
Monday 21st
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 22ndWednesday 23rdThursday 24th
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #7		Friday 25thSaturday 26thSunday 27th
Monday 28th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 29thWednesday 30thThursday 31st
HANDICAP
K/O #4; £5		A U G U S T
Friday 1st
SAC Trophy,
BIBA Swiss Format,
Daventry		Saturday 2nd
SAC Trophy,
BIBA Swiss Format,
Daventry		Sunday 3rd
SAC Trophy,
BIBA Swiss Format,
Daventry
Monday 4th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 5thWednesday 6thThursday 7th
CONSULTING
DOUBLES GP
T'MENT #3
£20 pair		Friday 8thSaturday 9thSunday 10th
Monday 11th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 12thWednesday 13thThursday 14th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #8;
£10		Friday 15thSaturday 16thSunday 17th
Monday 18th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 19thWednesday 20thThursday 21st
JACKPOT
EVENING		Friday 22ndSaturday 23rdSunday 24th
Monday 25th
(Bank Hol.)		Tuesday 26thWednesday 27thThursday 28th
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #8		Friday 29thSaturday 30thSunday 31st
S E P T E M B E R
Monday 1st
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 2ndWednesday 3rdThursday 4th
INT'MEDIATES
TROPHY
K/O; £5		Friday 5th
Backpacker Trophy,
BIBA Knock-out,
Hinckley		Saturday 6th
Backpacker Trophy,
BIBA Knock-out,
Hinckley		Sunday 7th
Backpacker Trophy,
BIBA Knock-out,
Hinckley
Monday 8th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 9thWednesday 10thThursday 11th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #9;
£20
(LESTERS 68)		Friday 12thSaturday 13thSunday 14th
Monday 15th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 16thWednesday 17thThursday 18th
HANDICAP
K/O #5; £5		Friday 19thSaturday 20thSunday 21st
Monday 22nd
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 23rdWednesday 24thThursday 25th
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #9		Friday 26thSaturday 27thSunday 28th
Monday 29th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 30thO C T O B E R
Wednesday 1stThursday 2nd
CLOCK
TOURNAMENT;
£10		Friday 3rd
Sandy Osborne Mem'l,
BIBA knock-out,
Daventry		Saturday 4th
Sandy Osborne Mem'l,
BIBA knock-out,
Daventry		Sunday 5th
Sandy Osborne Mem'l,
BIBA knock-out,
Daventry
Monday 6th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 7thWednesday 8thThursday 9th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #10;
£10		Friday 10thSaturday 11thSunday 12th
Monday 13th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 14thWednesday 15thThursday 16th
JACKPOT
EVENING		Friday 17thSaturday 18thSunday 19th
Monday 20th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 21stWednesday 22ndThursday 23rd
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #10		Friday 24thSaturday 25th
16th
Irish Open,
Dublin		Sunday 26th
16th
Irish Open,
Dublin
Monday 27th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 28thWednesday 29thThursday 30th
CONSULTING
DOUBLES GP
T'MENT #4
£20 pair		Friday 31st
Townharbour Trophy,
BIBA Swiss Format,
Daventry		N O V E M B E R
Saturday 1st
Townharbour Trophy,
BIBA Swiss Format,
Daventry		Sunday 2nd
Townharbour Trophy,
BIBA Swiss Format,
Daventry
Monday 3rd
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 4thWednesday 5thThursday 6th
HANDICAP
K/O #6;
£5		Friday 7thSaturday 8thSunday 9th
Monday 10th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 11thWednesday 12thThursday 13th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #11;
£10		Friday 14thSaturday 15thSunday 16th
Monday 17th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 18thWednesday 19thThursday 20th
BRISTOL LEAGUE
NIGHT #11		Friday 21stSaturday 22ndSunday 23rd
Monday 24th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 25thWednesday 26thThursday 27th
TRIC-TRAC
TOURNOS		Friday 28thSaturday 29thSunday 30th
D E C E M B E R
Monday 1st
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 2ndWednesday 3rdThursday 4th
CLOCK
TOURNAMENT;
£10		Friday 5th
Gilbertson
BIBA UK Finals,
Walton Hall		Saturday 6th
Gilbertson
BIBA UK Finals,
Walton Hall		Sunday 7th
Gilbertson
BIBA UK Finals,
Walton Hall
Monday 8th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 9thWednesday 10thThursday 11th
BRISTOL GP
T'MENT #12;
(LESTERS
69, JOHN
CHIDGEY
CUP;£20)		Friday 12thSaturday 13thSunday 14th
Monday 15th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 16thWednesday 17thThursday 18th
JACKPOT
EVENING		Friday 19thSaturday 20thSunday 21st
Monday 22nd
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 23rdWednesday 24thThursday 25th
(Christmas)		Friday 26th
(Boxing Day)		Saturday 27thSunday 28th
Monday 29th
Fun and
education
evening		Tuesday 30thWednesday 31st

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