Manchester One-Day Tournament

Saturday 5th April 2025

at Christ Church Hall, Monton St, Moss Side

In Aid of

Registration £20 in advance.

Payable to Peter Snape, Christoph Deiter or Colin Saunders.

Covers room hire, hot food, tea, coffee & soft drinks and trophies for the winners.

The balance to be the charitable donation.

There is no entry fee (and thus no prize money), but optional pools (to be split 70% to 1st, 30% to 2nd) will be available on the day:

£10 main, £5 each consolation and last chance.

Maximum 64 players.

Format will depend on numbers but is likely to be 3 or 4 Swiss style qualifying 5pt matches to determine

16 player 5pt Main KO. Rest to play in 5pt Consolation KO. Also 3pt Last Chance.

Matches will be clock preference, played to and results will be input to the

Default options are legal moves and no dice on checkers. Clock settings are 2 minutes per point plus 12 seconds delay.

Registration 9:30-10:00am, tournament to start by 10:30. We hope to finish by 7pm.

The aim is to have a fun day of backgammon in aid of a good cause.