Uli Koch Wins 2009 Backgammon In London Open

by Tournament Director Mike Main
16 June 2009

Uli Koch

Tournament Director Mike Main reports from the Backgammon In London Open 2009 Tournament, held in London, England from May 29 to May 31, 2009.

One of the reasons every major city of the world is considered as such is that they all host major events. Backgammon in London was set up in early 2008 and it was my intention to run a London Open in our first year. However as the year wore on we clearly were not ready to lay on a good enough event to meet expectations so I simply and quietly put the idea on a back-burner rather than lay on a poor quality event.

In January 2009 things looked better as talks with an interested sponsor developed. I considered sponsorship a key element to the event because it would bring in an online side before the event as well as an Added Prize Fund at the event. By late February talks had progressed further and draft 2 of the website to promote the event was written. March saw me running around London signing contracts with the venue, deciding exactly what the format of the event should be and finalising details with our sponsors – Casinorip.com. The event was launched to the public in early April.

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