North Orange County / San Gabriel Valley Backgammon Club

Backgammon Event - Duarte - 03/14/26

Sat, Mar 14 · 11:00 AM PDT

1431 Buena Vista St, Duarte, Ca, US

NOCSGVBGC In Person Backgammon (Social and Tournament)
SATURDAY 3/14/26 - Duarte, CA
11am to 345pm (Note Earlier End Time !!)
The Old Spaghetti Factory
https://www.osf.com/location/duarte-ca/

Have Fun / Make Friends / Competitive Backgammon with great players

All levels welcome but for tournament play its recommended for Intermediate and higher level players.
Casual / Social ANYONE can play and have fun with us.
If you need lessons please contact us to send you some preliminary info.
Email us : nocsgvbgc@gmail,com

In the Tournament, we use the Doubling Cube and Matches are usually to 3 or o 5 points so if you don't know what that means or if you are a beginner, check out our casual/social events for now. Contact us for our schedule of events.
You are welcome to come and watch and say hi to us as well as eat/drink and talk if you are not in the tournament but please be respectful while our tournament players are focusing on winning their competitive matches.

NOTE: this Meetup is NOT your ticket. If you want to be in the tournament portion, You *MUST* be an existing club member (have completed the Jotform application form online) and pay the entry fee to enter our tournament.
Email us for an invoice / Venmo / Zelle pay option before event or bring cash at the door.

Details:
Tournament - $15 entry fee (cash at the door or by Venmo/Zelle or Stripe invoice in email) if playing in the tournament.

FREE for visitors to watch and FREE for Casual / Social Play but please try to not disturb players when they are concentrating.

Food is NOT included. That is a separate bill for you to pay to the restaurant on your own check if you order anything.

• Tournament prizes for top 3 finishers and also Club Master Points are awarded for every player entered in the tournament for the club's yearly leader board challenge.
• Either 3 or 5 point matches.
• Tournament format - Either Swiss Format. 3 rounds (with 1 point for match winner. Tie Breaker is match score difference) / OR Double Elimination (5 pts / 3 pts brackets). We will decide once we know how many are playing.

Schedule:
11:00am - 11130am - Check-in / Verify Payment / Setup boards / Casual Social Play / Order Food
Note: the venue is opening the doors early at 11am so we can setup for the tournament so PLEASE BE EARLY so we can start ON TIME / EARLY !!!
11:30 am - 12pm - Continue socializing and Eating and Casual PLay
Tournament Brackets finalized.

12pm - 3:15pm - Tournament Start / Play Matches / Social Play / Eat / Drink
3:15pm-- 3:45 pm - Tear-down / clean up
3:45 pm - Venue changeover. We MUST be out before 3:45 pm

BRING YOUR OWN BOARDS, / equipment, etc.
CLOCKS / TIMER APPS are REQUIRED.
PRECISION DICE REQUIRED, BRING YOUR OWN
If you need help in locating where to buy these items contact me.
You MUST be a club member BEFORE the event to be able to play in the tournament.
Sign up and become a member on our Facebook page here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/northocsangabrielvalleybg/
and complete the New member Application Questions here:
https://form.jotform.com/252296584092061

r Email us at:
nocsgvbgc@gmail.com
All new members *MUST* complete a new member questionnaire before acceptance into the club.
New Member Application.Questionnaire link here:
https://form.jotform.com/252296584092061

We look forward to seeing you there and having a lot of FUN playing the BEST game ever ! !
Any questions, Email us at:
nocsgvbgc@gmail.com