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For Immediate Release Canadian Backgammon Pros Compete for World Championship Inclusion -- Three-year competition training process leads to Monaco in 2025 -- TORONTO, June 21, 2022 -- The Canadian Backgammon Federation® is holding their third bi-annual National Championships in downtown Toronto during the 2022 Canada Day weekend. Members from across the country will meet to play for the Canadian Cup™ as well as both City and Provincial Awards.
With the advent of online and mobile apps, backgammon has seen a recent resurgence. Predating chess by at least 3000 years and known as the oldest game in recorded history, backgammon is played by 200 million people in a multitude of countries worldwide. “This will be the first time many Members will set eyes on the people they have been playing remotely during Covid’s two-year disruption,” said the Federation’s National Chairman José Macédo. “It’s going to be very exciting to finally meet everyone!” The Canadian Backgammon Federation’s mission is to find every experienced Backgammon player within Canada and to develop a team capable of representing Canada at the World Championships in Monaco in 2025 . • The Canadian Championship attracts Members from Vancouver, Victoria, Calgary, Saskatoon, Québec, the Atlantic region and throughout Ontario. Attendance is limited but places have been made available for GTA residents. Registration information can be found at: http://TO2022.ca About Canada’s National Backgammon Federation™ Based in Ottawa, the CBF™️ is a nationally federated, private members-only non-profit dedicated to promoting the game of Backgammon in Canada. Our leadership consists of an executive board as well as dedicated volunteers who work year-round to plan member events. They are jointly responsible for the creation, administration, maintenance and propagation of our Canadian Chapters on a Regional and National basis. Federation Officials vet all applicants, publish our quarterly newsletter and provide instruction to members and administer both live and online weekly competitions. Note: Although Backgammon can be played for monetary gain, our Federation has prohibited gambling in any and all forms. The Federation believes backgammon is its own reward and a stake is completely unnecessary. For further information, plz contact: Media Relations: (613) 416-9458 Comments are closed.
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CBF™️ National Executive Board at our annual meeting in TORONTO on June 30th. (L/R) Toronto Club Captain, Victoria Co-Captain, Saskatchewan Director, Media Relations, coordinator and our Calgary Contingent. (Foreground is The Toronto City Cup™️ Photo-bombers courtesy of Earls™
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