Written February 2025 I thought I’d put down a few words after a really fantastic weekend spent in Torquay. Not words I ever thought I’d write to be honest but life is full of surprises. Anyway, my wife and I spent 48 hours from Friday late afternoon in the wonderful, if dated, surrounds of the Livermead House Hotel in Torquay for the inaugural English Riviera Backgammon Congress. It was my sixth (I think) tournament and Ruth’s second. It was organised with backgammon friends who we have been playing with for some time in Tavistock and Plymouth and so was a...