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Trophies galore - and more to come!
Congratulations Can! This year's winner of the Ealing Cup is Can Cag, pictured receiving his trophy on Monday this week. He also won...
Sion Edwards
Sep 192 min read


BGiE and the WBGF take a stance - what do you think?
The balancing act In the news here in Ealing this week and, quite by chance, all across the backgammon world as well, is the ever-present...
Sion Edwards
Aug 283 min read


Another new board and a podcast
Tom (right) on his way to winning his Swiss on Monday on Gavin's new summer colours board In last week's blog I featured a couple of new...
Sion Edwards
Aug 211 min read


What's news? Get your diaries out....
Shino and Phillip before the final of the July Invitational, both played Magriel back in the day. Revamped invitational knockout now 1st...
Sion Edwards
Aug 143 min read


What would your perfect online backgammon name be?
Have you ever seen someone's nickname on Galaxy, Heroes or Hub and thought that's a smart name - wish I'd thought of that? Personally,...
Sion Edwards
Jun 33 min read


Study Corner Or Study Cornucopia?
or is it a plethora...? We've been running our weekly 'Study Corner' for two years now, and in that time we've amassed quite a collection...
gavinanderson67
Apr 231 min read


Don't count your chickens 'til the fat lady sings
The fat lady singing and counting Mrs Malaprop is rightly famous for being the pineapple of using a wrong word with a sound resembling...
Sion Edwards
Apr 182 min read


Do we have a saint in the making?
Picture the scene - a man with his face supernaturally lit, a mother and child looking on reverentially, as he ritually cleans a sacred...
Sion Edwards
Apr 112 min read


The promise of yet more backgammon
Time flies and the seasons change. This Monday saw the first club night match played outdoors in 2025. I can confirm that Gulcin and...
Sion Edwards
Apr 32 min read


Will you join the team and help us become the Club champions?
The BGiE team in York last year - we got knocked out in the quarter finals It's 4 months until the UK Clubs Championship takes place in...
Sion Edwards
Mar 281 min read


What a lot we've played!
Stephen Booth wins the first of our new trophies Over the past 5 days we've run the Spring Tournament, a regular Monday club night and...
Sion Edwards
Mar 201 min read


It's trophy time!
The BGiE trophies up for grabs in 2025 Trophy - from the Greek tropē, meaning a rout. A memorial you put up of something left behind by...
Sion Edwards
Mar 131 min read


The third leg
The home of Backgammon in Ealing Recent blogs on what makes a great club member and the brilliant crew behind the scenes that make it...
Sion Edwards
Mar 61 min read


What does a great club member look like?
AI really has no clue what backgammon or great look like... Following on from last week's blog about there being no secret to why BGiE...
Sion Edwards
Feb 263 min read


Is there a secret to how BGiE hosted a record 48 players this week?
The BGiE crew that make it all happen As a tournament director, it's never easy to predict how many players are going to turn out for a...
Sion Edwards
Feb 202 min read


The return of the classic Swiss... and more
If you've not been recently, why not do like Andre, Florin and Dan who've made it their new year's resolution to play more backgammon at...
Sion Edwards
Feb 132 min read


Just when you thought you were on top of all your matches....
Yas implores Merzad to get on with her Ealing Cup first round match. The deadline is Valentine's Day, which is next Friday for the...
Sion Edwards
Feb 61 min read


Guess who came out on top at the first Ealing Invitational?
Would it be Gavin, who topped the Ealing ladder in 2024, or Tom the reigning Ealing Annual Tournament champion? There was a definite buzz...
Sion Edwards
Feb 12 min read


Ealing Conquers Time!*
Ilias, Graham, Neculai, Martin, Larry, Mike, Michael, Max, Roubina, Emin, Alec, Cihan, Gavin, Andy (*well, the Greenwich Mean Timers at...

BGiE
Jan 82 min read


Is there a Xmas carol trying to get out?
The 'ten lords a-leaping' - and more Apparently " The Twelve Days of Christmas" first appeared in an illustrated children's book, Mirth...

BGiE
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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