TOURNAMENT DETAIL - 17TH EUROPEAN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIPS

The GammonVillage News Team will be on the scene of this live tournament at Casino Velden in Austria to report daily from May 19 to 22, 2005. This event is organized by the Worldwide Backgammon Federation and will be their 17th annual European Backgammon Championships.

17th European Backgammon Championships

Begins:: May 20, 2005 ( 10:00pm )

Ends:: May 22, 2005 ( 8:00pm )

Location:: CASINO VELDEN
Am Corso 17
Velden
Austria
A - 9220 [Map]
Contact: info@wbf.net

Directions:

Velden is 40 km from the Italian border, after Tarvisio. You can drive (2,5 hrs. from Venice) or fly to Klagenfurt Airport (by car 25 km to Velden). Velden is an enchanted city on the lake Wörthersee.

Read this article on GammonVillage for more details on this event:

http://www.gammonvillage.com/article.cfm?id=4525

Event Details:

Thursday 19th May, 2005 - Warm-up, Sperti Trophy, Quarter entries & Jackpots

Last year paid money-prize 41.000 euro

sanctioned WBF

director WBF Marco Fornasir - WBF rules will apply

For more information, please contact Marco Fornasir ph. 02 69018168 – fax 02 69018163 - email info@wbf.net

To book the hotels please contact the Velden Tourist Office, mentioning password Backgammon: Veldner Tourismus Gmbh Villacher Straße 19 – 9220 Velden Ph. ++43 4274 2103 or 448866 Fax ++43 4274 210350 Email info@velden.at - www.velden.at