The following tournaments start and finish on the same evening.

Free Tournament
1 free entry offered to each of the first 16 melBG players to arrive.
8 players, 3 rounds, 2 point matches, 1 prize.
Bottle of wine or other prize for the winner.

Free Tournament
8 players, 3 rounds, matches 5/5/7, 8 'prizes'.
This is a non-money non-prize event.
1st place - that warm inner feeling of superiority that mere money can't buy!
2nd to 8th places - resolve to do better next time!
This event can be used to teach newcomers how to play.

$1 Tournament
16 players, 4 rounds, matches 3/3/3/5, 4 prizes, suitable for all levels.
Prizes $8 * $4 * $2 * $2

$5 Tournament
8 players, 3 rounds, matches 5/5/5, 4 prizes.
Prizes $20 * $10 * $5 * $5

The following are our 'standard events', played over one or more club nights.
Players not present when called to play risk being eliminated.
Substantial prizes are offered - good luck!

[These tournaments will resume on Monday May 12th 2009]
$10 Tournament * $1000 in prizes * winner's trophy
This is our flagship regular tournament.
Entry to this event is always available. Players enter multiple times.
The event is conducted in 2 stages.

Initial stage: 10 round-robin heats (10 players), top 2 qualifying for the final.
Final stage: a 32-player knockout tournament. 5 rounds 5/5/7/7/9.
The final field is made up of the top two from each heat, plus 12 lucky losers.
You can make final even if you don't don't win in the heats!

Prizes $400 * $200 * $100 * $100 * $50 * $50 * $50 * $50

More information here

$25 Tournament * $400 in prizes
knockout * rebuys allowed

16 players, 4 rounds, matches 7/7/7/9, 4 prizes.

Prizes $200 * $100 * $50 * $50

FREE tournaments with big prizes!
Periodically melBG will conduct a surprise FREE tournament offering significant prizes ($100, $50, $25, $25). To play you must have attended 3 or more times during the previous six weeks.
Only those present at the announcement will be invited.

MAJOR EVENTS
Melbourne Backgammon Club conducts major tournaments every few months.
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Interstate and overseas players welcome.

Tournament Formats

Knockout

The standard format.
You lose - you're history! Time to enter another one!
Tennis tournaments run this way.
Our regular ongoing tournaments are knockout.

Round-robin

Each player plays a number of opponents.
Like football or soccer leagues.
Opponents may be chosen at random, or by standings in the event (Swiss).
You're guaranteed several matches, you get to meet more players.
The preliminary stages of T10-1K are round-robin.

All matches use the doubling cube.
Standard international rules apply.

More information in the tournament guidelines.

Backgammon is played around the world for fun and for money.
Play is based on the internationally accepted rules of Backgammon.
Don't worry if you are unfamiliar with the doubling cube - we'll help!

After registering, just put your name down for any of the tournaments
You can always invite someone for a friendly game.

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