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BackgammonGalaxy  UK  Open  2022
Format/Schedule
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              SCHEDULE AND FORMATS
£100 added Warm Up1 KO (Fri 02/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Warm Up 1 1 5 1400 Rooms 17/18 & 19 (if needed)
Table No's 65 - 104 (1 - 24)

5 point KO format.
Cash prizes (£100 added) + trophy for winner
Entry fee £5 100% return as prize money 
Optional side pools
max 128 players
Warm Up 1 2 5 1515
Warm Up 1 3 5 1630
dinner 0 0 1800
Warm Up 1 5 5 1930
Warm Up 1 6 5 2045
Warm Up 1 7 5 2200
£50 added Warm Up2 KO (Fri 02/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Warm Up 2 1 3 1700 Rooms 17/18 & 19 (if needed)
Table No's 65 - 104 (1 - 24)

3 point KO format.
Cash prizes (£50 added) + trophy for winner
Entry fee £5 100% return as prize money 
Optional side pools
max 64 players
dinner 0 0 1800
Warm Up 2 2 3 1930
Warm Up 2 3 3 2015
Warm Up 2 4 3 2100
Warm Up 2 5 3 2145
Warm Up 2 6 3 2230
WBIF Super Jackpot KO rounds 1 to 3 (Fri 02/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
WBIF SJ 1 11 1600 Room 7, Table No's 25 - 38

11 point KO format with the winner collecting up to £4800 plus WBIF board.  Max entries 32.
Reg fee £5 Entry fee £150 with an optional side pool of £100
dinner 0 0 1800
WBIF SJ 2 11 1930
WBIF SJ 3 11 2200
WBIF Super Jackpot KO rounds 4 to 5 (Sat 03/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
WBIF SJ 4 11 1930 Room 7
Start times subject to no involvement in Qualifiers.
Trophies for winner and runner up
WBIF SJ 5 11 2200
Masters Main Qualifiers (Sat 03/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Masters Qual 1 9 1030 Room 19, Table No's 1 - 24
Room 7, Table No's 25 - 42
Room 8, Table No's 43 - 60
Rooms 17a, 18a, 19a, Table No's 61 - 64

Qualifying stage (6 rounds) with top 16 players qualifying for the KO stage.
Players still involved in rounds 5/6 will not be able to play in the doubles event.
Maximum entries 128
lunch 0 0 1230
Masters Qual 2 9 1300
Masters Qual 3 9 1500
Masters Qual 4 9 1700
dinner 0 0 1900
Masters Qual 5 9 2000
Masters Qual 6 9 2200
Masters 0-2 side event (Sat 03/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Masters 0-2SE 1 3 1500 Room 7, Table No's 25 - 42

A side event for players that lose their first 2 matches.
£80 for the winner, £50 for runner up
32 players
Masters 0-2SE 2 3 1545
Masters 0-2SE 3 3 1630
Masters 0-2SE 4 3 1715
Masters 0-2SE 5 3 1800
Inters Main Qualifiers (Sat 03/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Inters Qual 1 7 1030 Room 17/18
Table No's 65 - 104

Qualifying stage (5 rounds + play off's) with top 16 players qualifying for the KO stage.
Maximum entries 80
lunch 0 0 1200
Inters Qual 2 7 1230
Inters Qual 3 7 1400
Inters Qual 4 7 1530
Inters Qual 5 7 1700
Inters Qual PO tba 1830
Inters 0-2 side event (Sat 03/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Inters 0-2SE 1 3 1500 Room 17/18
Table No's 95 - 104

A side event for players that lose their first 2 matches.
£50 for the winner, £30 for runner up
20 players
Inters 0-2SE 2 3 1545
Inters 0-2SE 3 3 1630
Inters 0-2SE 4 3 1715
Inters 0-2SE 5 3 1800
Masters Doubles event (Sat 03/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Masters doubles 1 5 1930 Room 17/18      Table No's 65 - 80
5pt matches on normal clock, max 16 teams
Entry subject to not still being involved in qualifiers.
An inters player can partner a masters player in the Masters doubles but not vice versa.
Reg fee £5 Entry fee £50 with an optional side pool of £20
Trophies for winners
Masters doubles 2 5 2045
Masters doubles 3 5 2200
Masters doubles 4 5 2315
Inters Doubles event (Sat 03/09/22) 
Event Round Points Time Notes
Inters doubles 1 5 1930 Room 17/18      Table No's 81 - 96
5pt matches on normal clock, max 16 teams
Teams can only comprise of inters players.
Reg fee £5 Entry fee £20 with an optional side pool of £10
Trophies for winners
Inters doubles 2 5 2045
Inters doubles 3 5 2200
Inters doubles 4 5 2315
Masters main KO (Sun 04/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Masters Main 1 11 1000 Room 5  Table No's  105 - 110
Rooms 17a & 18s  Table No's  111 - 112

16 players
lunch 0 0 1230
Masters Main 2 11 1300
Masters Main 3 11 1530
Masters Main 4 11 1800
Inters main KO (Sun 04/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Inters Main 1 9 1000 Room 17/18  Table No's  65 - 72

16 players
lunch 0 0 1200
Inters Main 2 9 1230
Inters Main 3 9 1430
Inters Main 4 9 1630
Masters Consolation KO (Sun 04/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Masters Con 1 5 1000 Room 19, Table No's 1 - 24
Room 7, Table No's 25 - 42
Room 8, Table No's 43 - 60

120 players  (112 from qualifiers, 8 from main R1 losers)
Main R1 losers drop into Cons R2 and play 3-point matches for 3 rounds or until they are back on schedule. 
Masters Con 2 5 1115
lunch 0 0 1230
Masters Con 3 5 1300
Masters Con 4 5 1415
Masters Con 5 5 1530
Masters Con 6 5 1645
Masters Con 7 5 1800
Inters Consolation KO (Sun 04/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Inters Con 1 7 1000 Room 17/18  Table No's  73 - 104

Max 64 players
Main R1 losers do NOT drop into the Consolation
but are guaranteed a place in the Last Chance
Inters Con 2 7 1130
lunch 0 0 1300
Inters Con 3 7 1330
Inters Con 4 7 1500
Inters Con 5 7 1630
Inters Con 6 7 1800
Masters Last Chance KO (Sun 04/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Masters LC 1 5 1100 Room and Table No's  TBA

Max 64 players
Matches may be reduced to 3 points if necessary to keep
to the schedule.
lunch 0 0 1215
Masters LC 2 5 1245
Masters LC 3 5 1400
Masters LC 4 5 1515
Masters LC 5 5 1630
Masters LC 6 5 1800
Inters Last Chance KO (Sun 04/09/22)
Event Round Points Time Notes
Inters LC 1 5 1100 Room and Table No's  TBA

Max 64 players
64-draw with Main R1 losers dropping into R2
Matches may be reduced to 3 points if necessary to keep
to the schedule.
lunch 0 0 1215
Inters LC 2 5 1245
Inters LC 3 5 1400
Inters LC 4 5 1515
Inters LC 5 5 1630
Inters LC 6 5 1800

The above formats and schedules may be subject to change depending on numbers attending.

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