BACKGAMMON NEWS

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Tournaments

Mondays 7 PM Monday Night Tournaments Entry fee is $20 Double Master Points are awarded on the last Monday of each month!' Discounts are available for new comers and to the introducer of a new player. http://www.bginga.com/directions.html#monday Landmark Sidedoor Lounge in Buckhead! Tuesdays (7:00 PM) 2006 Chicago Bar Point Club Free Entry and chance to win Cash prize for the new comers and residents residing within a 30 mile radius http://www.chicagopoint.com/bpc.html Purple Hotel 4500 W. Touhy Ave, Lincolnwood, Illinois – 60712 Thursdays 7:30 pm Flint Area Backgammon Club http://www.flintbg.com/ Days Inn Flint Airport 2207 W Bristol Road, Flint, MI 48507, US April 8, 2006 Saturday ABA Chouette Tournament $40 entry (plus $2/point). Double master points awarded. http://www.bginga.com/special.html Mazzy's Sports Bar & Grill Brannon Square shopping center 10729 Alpharetta Highway Roswell, GA June 10, 2006, Saturday Summer Shootout Tournament $80 entry. Double master points awarded http://www.bginga.com/special.html Mazzy's Sports Bar & Grill Brannon Square shopping center 10729 Alpharetta Highway Roswell, GA June 30-July 3, 2006 (Friday-Monday) 2006 Michigan Summer Backgammon Championships First Prize - $10,000 http://www.flintbg.com/michsum.html Sheraton Detroit-Novi Hotel 21111 Haggerty Road, Novi, Michigan 48375, located off I-275 at 8 Mile Road, Exit 167. August 18-21, 2005 12th Annual Georgia Backgammon Championships http://www.bginga.com/gbc_main.html Atlanta Perimeter Center 246 Perimeter Center Parkway NE, Atlanta, GA 30346 Special News - Backgammon Snowie announced the release of the latest Version 4.5 of Snowie. One can download the updates online - Julian Fetterlein has won the British Backgammon Time Trials - You may play a good game of backgammon on your mobile by using gameloft backgammon - Backgammon gets even better on MSN Games - Martin Hemming has won 2006 Jarvis Backgammon Trophy - Atlanta Backgammon Association has shifted weekly Monday Night Tournaments at the Landmark Sidedoor Lounge in Buckhead and discontinued Thursday night tournament play at Rock Bottom - The 2006 Midwest Backgammon Championship, held in Illinois from March 17 to 19 had been able to draw more than 180 players. Snowie, TrueMoneygames, sponsors this tournament and Chicago Point had been the sponsors of the tournament. - Ed Olaughlin has own the Paris Backgammon Events - Doug Roberts of Massachusetts won the Pittsburgh Backgammon Championship