Tournament Report - 2010 BIBA Scottish Open

by Michael Crane
25 March 2010

Stewart Pemberton

Michael Crane, Director of the British Isles Backgammon Association (BIBA) reports on the 2010 Scottish Open held in the United Kingdom on March 19th through March 21st, 2010.

Well, the Scottish Open returned to Scotland and it was a partial success. The entry of the Main (33) was lower than I'd hoped for and the turn out of Scottish players was also lower than I'd hoped for. The 'south of the border' entries were down due to the hotel not releasing any extra rooms, and to BA's striking cabin crew. The 'north of the border' entries were down because some players found the cost of entering too expensive. For an event that cost around £2300 to stage, I thought the cost of entering reasonable and it didn't cost any more than many other Biba events. Mind you, what excuse did the Beginners (4) have? Theirs' was a free entry event and I added fifty quid as prize money! They're hard buggers to please, these Scots!
 

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Subject: Re: Tournament Report - 2010 BIBA Scottish Open

From: Michael Crane   

Date: 26 Mar 2010 05:23 EST

Thanks for putting this online for me.

Michael

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