League Play
Get lots of playtime in with the US Backgammon Club League!

A new season begins every October, January, and April with each season's division champions qualifying to enter the US Backgammon Club Cup tournament in July. 

​With each three-month season, players are divided into four-player divisions based on their Club Rating (Elo) grouping similarly skilled opponents for good competitive matches.  As your club rating goes up, so does your competition.   

To join send a $5 league fee each season to Venmo: @mmesich with your email, Challonge ID, phone number and a note for which League(s) you are interested in.  Women are encouraged to play in both!  All fees go towards supporting the club, there are no payouts for league play.
Deadline for entry is April 2nd

Co-ed League 2021 Spring

Michael Mesich
Donell Johnson
Rory Pascar
Barry Gittleman
AJ DuChene
Jeff Willis
John Pawlenty
Howard Linnemann-Schmidt
Corey Hull
Jason Aingorn
Tom Jayne
Goldie Goldstein
Patty Johnson
Steve Reichelt
Gregg Trunnell
Jeff Spencer
Chris Cavanagh
H.B. Drake
Vlad Eydelman
Edward Onny
Christian Lindman
​Max McDuh
Ed Corey
Art Benjamin
Jim Fleming
​Mary Morse
​Wayland Augur
Tom Christner
Matt Schwarz
John Gamalielson
Kara Schultz
Peter Wisniewski
Bill Finneran
Marjie Harbrecht
Jason Lee
David Seiler
Ken Carlson
Henry Lebard
Ray Cifani
​Jeff Schwarz
​David Rennie
Steve Waller
​Victoria Fung
James Tighi
​Joel Zumoff
Peter Geissler
Jeffrey Cunningham
Janet Phoenix
Chuck Higgins
Kevin Jones
Mario Savan
Ken Johnson
Steve Douglas
Timothy Churella
Bonnie Rogoff
Larry Brown
Mark Kaye
Bob Azari

Women's League 2021 Spring

​Goldie Goldstein
Karen Davis
​Mary Morse
​Kara Schultz
Marjie Harbrecht
Phyllis Shapiro
​Bonnie Rogoff
Winter 2021 Co-ed League Groups 
Winter 2021 Women's League Groups

League Results
​DISCORD SERVER ID:  fKy7evg
What is Club Rating (Elo)?
​What's MY Club Rating?

Each season, the participants will be sorted and grouped by Club Rating.  This ensures that groups should be more evenly matched and take away the stress of worrying about moving up and down divisions.   This league does not use promotion or relegation.

Rules: 
Each player will play two matches against every other player in their division.  Match length will depend on the division.  The pairings will be listed in a Challonge Bracket and winners will report there.  All the regular rules of play will be enforced including having an open Discord voice connection.  Any open Tournament Table voice channel may be used.  The default platform is Backgammon Galaxy.  If both players agree, another platform may be used.

​Season division winners will be invited to the annual League Cup tournament at the end of the year.  Ties in record will be broken by the players win rate against each other.  If still tied, a tie-breaker match will be played.