**SOCIAL BACKGAMMON**
Fast Single Games
With Expert Help
Champagne for the winner
Backgammon experts Will Cockerell and Tariq Siddiqi on hand with tips and tricks.
Tariq Siddiqi is the Tournament Director at Holland Park Backgammon (and the UK's most experienced Backgammon player).
Will Cockerell is a hugely successful backgammon player.
(He's just beaten the World Champion,
A thrilling evening for novices and experienced alike.
** No Doubling Dice**
Minimum knowledge: where pieces lie on the board and how they move.
Wednesday 26th February 2026
Tickets In Advance Only
Early Bird Ends 18 February.
Subscribing Member Tickets: £10 Early Bird, then £15.
Non-subscribing member tickets £20 Early Bird, then £30.
Brinkleys, 47 Hollywood Rd, London SW10 9HX
Arrive 6.00 pm for drinks (cash bar)
Play starts: 6.30 pm
Play ends: 8.00 pm
Drinks and Dinner (optional) 8.15 pm
Boards will be available for playing after dinner.
Price excludes drinks and dinner.
* Play, Learn and Win - with Expert Advice on Tap*
** Drink, Eat and Socialise **
What you might learn from Resident Experts Includes:
* When it's a good idea to let a piece be exposed​
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* When to make a run for it with the two pieces furthest from your home board
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* Essential but simple to remember rules that will allow you to beat your (equally skilled) opponent over five or more matches
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* Learn Tariq’s technique to quickly assess the probability of your opponent hitting an exposed checker
How it works
1) Arrive for drinks at 6pm. Play starts 6.30 pm.
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2) Find a player with whom to to play.
3) Play one game.
4) After the game, make a note of whether you won or lost, then find another player.
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3) Continue until 8:00 pm. Prize giving and supper follow.
4) Tariq and Will will be patrolling to assist and lend advice. They will play too.
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5) Drinks are available via table service or by retiring to the bar between games.
It's at Brinkleys, where the wine's fabulous, dinner (if you want it) is delicious and where the service is attentive (and fast).
Tickets In Advance Only
Dress: Glittering and Glamorous
Wednesday 26th February 2025 6.00 pm
Brinkleys, 47 Hollywood Rd, London SW10 9HX
Arrive 6.00 pm for drinks (cash bar)
Play starts: 6.30 pm
Prize Giving and Dinner 8.00 pm
Boards will be available for playing after dinner.
Price excludes drinks and dinner.
You must know the basic rules and how to lay out and play the pieces.
We only have room for 30 players. Act now to avoid disappointment.
Players can bring non-playing friends to watch and drink at the bar without paying the fee.
Just let David Bradley know who's coming in advance.
About Will Cockerell and Tariq Siddiqi
About Tariq Siddiqi
Tariq is now the UK's most experienced Backgammon player, clocking 19,580 UK Backgammon Federation (UKBF) registered games over the last ten years. He is a top-ranking player at the UKBF Ealing Ladder (recently #1) and is the Tournament Director at Holland Park Backgammon.
About Will Cockerell
In 2003, Will decided to play backgammon seriously and is now one of the UK's leading players. He won the world's largest backgammon doubles tournament in Cyprus in 2022. Will finished well, too, at the recent Monte Carlo World Championships and the Dubai Open. He's also a columnist for the UK Backgammon Federation.
Will is the son of well-known BBC documentary maker Michael Cockerell, and for those who know the Sea Club in Mallorca, he's an old stager there.
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Cancellation
If, for whatever reason, we must cancel the event or you (with at least five days' notice) can't make it, you will receive a complimentary ticket to another Revellers' Club organised-event. If there isn't one that you wish or can attend, you'll receive a refund. Tickets are not transferable.