A number of people pointed out that we overlooked reporting on a very important tournament result, which had an amazing woman at the top of the leaderboard… At first, we were filled with self-recrimination, but then, because we are a glass-half-full kind of organization, we realized that there are many women competing—and winning—and even though we messed up the reporting on this particular one, it’s great that there is so much to showcase. It was just a few years ago when we were searching for celebrations of women in competitive backgammon. Onward!
Please be sure to send in anything we should be covering, with pictures, and we’ll be sure to add it to the monthly newsletter.
– Team WWB
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In a stunning triple accomplishment Josefin Bichler won the Super Jackpot, finished second in the Championship division, and finished third/fourth in the Consulting Doubles with Thomas Kazemieh at the 12th Lions Cup tournament in Bad Durkheim at the end of August! We hasten to call out Josefin’s fantastic results not only at Bad Durkheim but also her victory in the Super Jackpot at the 3rd French Riviera Challenge in Beaulieu in June, and her second place finish in the Speedgammon event at the 7th Gibraltar Backgammon Championship in February. Our congratulations to Josefin!
We deeply regret our error in unintentionally omitting these results from our Women’s World of Backgammon Newsletter in September 2024 and extend our sincerest apologies to Josefin!
It's a cause for celebration for all of backgammon that women are rising to pre-eminence in major international and national backgammon events. The mission of the Women’s World of Backgammon, founded three years ago, is to promote women’s participation, place, and pre-eminence in competitive backgammon. We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting activities to help achieve this mission, raise awareness, and recognize achievements.
Going forward we plan to recruit volunteers to help us cover the burgeoning growth and pre-eminence of women in backgammon worldwide and to establish a review process that ensures significant achievements receive highlighting. We welcome your help -- if interested, contact us.
12th LIONS BACKGAMMON CUP
August 29-September 1, 2024; Bad Durkheim, Germany
CHAMPIONSHIP: 2-Josefin Bichler
INTERMEDIATE (56): 2-Lena Sahlén
SUPER JACKPOT I (32): 1-Josefin Bichler
CONSULTING DOUBLES (34 teams): 3/4 Josefin Bichler & Thomas Kazemieh
LADIES CUP (14): 1-Denise Kaiser (Switzerland), 2-Marianne S. Husum (Norway).
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