Bristol Backgammon Sponsored Awards
Bristol Backgammon is fortunate that over the past few years various generous benefactors have made offers -- which have been gratefully accepted, of course -- to sponsor some special awards.
The first of these was the 1000 to 1 award -- for a player winning ten successive matches in Bristol competition -- first sponsored by John Slattery late in 2001.
In 2002 Martin Hemming came up with the idea of an award for the player who had made the biggest improvement during the calendar year. And Martin very kindly sponsors this.
And then, for the first time in 2003, we had the award for the debut player making the most impact during the calendar year. This has been sponsored by Gammonitis, and we have honoured to be the first club in the UK to take advantage of this initiative.
From 2005 Ed Turner has sponsored the Handicap Trophy, a prize which goes to the player gaining the most grand prix points via the year's Handicap Knock-outs.
in 2007 Ed's generosity expanded, as he bought bottles of wine for the top two in each of the seven staple Bristol competitions. These were awarded along with their trophies at the Awards Night on January 18th.
And Neil Young also has plans to sponsor a "Young Player of the Year" award for our under-18 members. The precise format for this has yet to be worked out.
To find out about these awards, click on any of the links below. And if you are interested in any further sponsorship ideas, please contact Ian Tarr.
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