BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Meetup//Meetup Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group X-WR-CALNAME:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_pkhrbvyjcpbhb@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261105T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261105T193000 SUMMARY:Casual Backgammon Play at Gigantic DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nLooking for a mid-week c asual backgammon game? You've found it! Meet us at Gigantic Brewing on the first Thursday of the month for some no-stakes\, high-fun play. Bring you r board if you can! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/pkhrbvyjcp bhb/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261017T220343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261017T220343Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316928403@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261108T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261108T150000 SUMMARY:2nd Sunday Backgammon DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nSecond Sunday Backgammon \, hosted by Sande!\n\\*Beginner to Veterans\n\\*Bring your own board\n\\* Lessons available\n\\*2 out of 3 matches\n\\*Acey Ducey (maybe)\n\\*Not a tournament event\, no fees\, no prizes\n\\*Fun\, food\, and friends\n\nIf you have questions\, you can contact Sande at sandeflynn1@aol.com URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/316928403/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261010T225734Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T225734Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_qvgmztyjcpbtb@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261115T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261115T160000 SUMMARY:Monthly Backgammon Tournament DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nWelcome to the 2026-2027 series of the regular month backgammon tournament!\n\nDepending on turnou t\, we will be splitting the group into multiple 8-person brackets (more b rackets = more winners!)\, and playing 3-point matches in a semi-Swiss dou ble elimination format. Double elimination means that you have to lose twi ce to be out of contention. After two losses\, you are out\, but welcome t o hang around and play some pick-up games! Your $10 entry fee goes predomi nantly to prize money\, with payouts for 1st\, 2nd\, and 1st in the consol ation bracket (ties for 2nd). I do take a rake off each bracket to cover t he costs of running the club. In addition to the $10 entry\, there are two (2!) optional side pools of $20 each. So if you feel like putting more on the line\, we got you covered - side pool entries will be put into the sa me higher equity bracket to the extent possible. Players in the side pool are put into the same bracket\, and play 5 point matches instead of 3 poin t matches... Attend as many tournaments as you can and win as many matches as you can to be in the running for the much coveted "Player of the Year" award! Tournament wins all year long count towards your 2026 placement! T his is the biggest event we have monthly\, and so a great way to meet a lo t of other backgammon players - hope to see you there! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/qvgmztyjcp btb/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260725T180715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T180715Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_pkhrbvyjcqbfb@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261203T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261203T193000 SUMMARY:Casual Backgammon Play at Gigantic DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nLooking for a mid-week c asual backgammon game? You've found it! Meet us at Gigantic Brewing on the first Thursday of the month for some no-stakes\, high-fun play. Bring you r board if you can! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/pkhrbvyjcq bfb/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261017T220343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261017T220343Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_315835151@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261213T160000 SUMMARY:Championship Qualifier #4 DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nWant to be the Portland Champion for 2026? Yes\, yes you do!\n\nYou will note this is called "qual ifier #4"\, meaning it is the fourth and final of a series of planned tour naments\, culminating in a tournament to select an annual champion! Top 2 players from each event are entered into the annual champion tournament in December or January '27. Enter and place in more than one to get an autom atic bye in the championship tournament! That is\, if you win more than on e qualifier\, you start in round 2 of the championship\, roughly doubling your chances of winning there! Limit of two qualifier wins\, though.\n\nEn try fee is $20. But the structure is different from our monthly event - th e plan is for longer matches\, and it is a single elimination event (one l oss and you're done). Length of the matches to be determined - I expect 7 point matches\, but if we have more than 8 players I will drop it to 5 poi nt matches to allow us to finish in a timely manner. Most of the entry fee will be saved for prize money in the championship tournament\, but the wi nner will get $40 and second will get $20.\n\nThis is two events in one: t hat is\, it is both the Women's Championship Qualifier #4 and the Men's Ch ampionship Qualifier #4. Why are they two events instead of just one? As y ou may know\, I am strongly supportive of the goals of [Women in Backgammo n](https://www.womeninbackgammon.com/). The number one recommendation from their 2022 survey was to create women-only tournaments to help players be come more comfortable with competing. They are working at the national\, A BT level\; but I see the same thing in our local club. My estimate is that about 45% of the people who are in this meetup identify as female\, but t he percentage showing up for tournaments is closer to 20%. So\, we're havi ng a Women's Only event! But I personally identify as male\, and I would g et bored\, so there's also the Men's Only event! If you do not strongly id entify with either gender\, just pick one for the purpose of the event(s) and I promise we won't hold it against you. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/315835151/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260725T182232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T182232Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316928412@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261213T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261213T150000 SUMMARY:2nd Sunday Backgammon DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nSecond Sunday Backgammon \, hosted by Sande!\n\\*Beginner to Veterans\n\\*Bring your own board\n\\* Lessons available\n\\*2 out of 3 matches\n\\*Acey Ducey (maybe)\n\\*Not a tournament event\, no fees\, no prizes\n\\*Fun\, food\, and friends\n\nIf you have questions\, you can contact Sande at sandeflynn1@aol.com URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/316928412/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261010T225751Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T225751Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_qvgmztyjcqbbc@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261220T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20261220T160000 SUMMARY:Monthly Backgammon Tournament DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nWelcome to the 2026-2027 series of the regular month backgammon tournament!\n\nDepending on turnou t\, we will be splitting the group into multiple 8-person brackets (more b rackets = more winners!)\, and playing 3-point matches in a semi-Swiss dou ble elimination format. Double elimination means that you have to lose twi ce to be out of contention. After two losses\, you are out\, but welcome t o hang around and play some pick-up games! Your $10 entry fee goes predomi nantly to prize money\, with payouts for 1st\, 2nd\, and 1st in the consol ation bracket (ties for 2nd). I do take a rake off each bracket to cover t he costs of running the club. In addition to the $10 entry\, there are two (2!) optional side pools of $20 each. So if you feel like putting more on the line\, we got you covered - side pool entries will be put into the sa me higher equity bracket to the extent possible. Players in the side pool are put into the same bracket\, and play 5 point matches instead of 3 poin t matches... Attend as many tournaments as you can and win as many matches as you can to be in the running for the much coveted "Player of the Year" award! Tournament wins all year long count towards your 2026 placement! T his is the biggest event we have monthly\, and so a great way to meet a lo t of other backgammon players - hope to see you there! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/qvgmztyjcq bbc/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260725T180715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T180715Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_317040505@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270107T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270107T193000 SUMMARY:Casual Backgammon Play at Gigantic DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nLooking for a mid-week c asual backgammon game? You've found it! Meet us at Gigantic Brewing on the first Thursday of the month for some no-stakes\, high-fun play. Bring you r board if you can! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/317040505/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261018T230422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261018T230422Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_316928418@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270110T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270110T150000 SUMMARY:2nd Sunday Backgammon DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nSecond Sunday Backgammon \, hosted by Sande!\n\\*Beginner to Veterans\n\\*Bring your own board\n\\* Lessons available\n\\*2 out of 3 matches\n\\*Acey Ducey (maybe)\n\\*Not a tournament event\, no fees\, no prizes\n\\*Fun\, food\, and friends\n\nIf you have questions\, you can contact Sande at sandeflynn1@aol.com URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/316928418/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20261010T225806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20261010T225806Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_qvgmztykccbwb@meetup.com SEQUENCE:1 DTSTAMP:20261020T153557Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270117T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20270117T160000 SUMMARY:Monthly Backgammon Tournament DESCRIPTION:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group\nWelcome to the 2026-2027 series of the regular month backgammon tournament!\n\nDepending on turnou t\, we will be splitting the group into multiple 8-person brackets (more b rackets = more winners!)\, and playing 3-point matches in a semi-Swiss dou ble elimination format. Double elimination means that you have to lose twi ce to be out of contention. After two losses\, you are out\, but welcome t o hang around and play some pick-up games! Your $10 entry fee goes predomi nantly to prize money\, with payouts for 1st\, 2nd\, and 1st in the consol ation bracket (ties for 2nd). I do take a rake off each bracket to cover t he costs of running the club. In addition to the $10 entry\, there are two (2!) optional side pools of $20 each. So if you feel like putting more on the line\, we got you covered - side pool entries will be put into the sa me higher equity bracket to the extent possible. Players in the side pool are put into the same bracket\, and play 5 point matches instead of 3 poin t matches... Attend as many tournaments as you can and win as many matches as you can to be in the running for the much coveted "Player of the Year" award! Tournament wins all year long count towards your 2026 placement! T his is the biggest event we have monthly\, and so a great way to meet a lo t of other backgammon players - hope to see you there! URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.meetup.com/portland-backgammon/events/qvgmztykcc bwb/ STATUS:CONFIRMED CREATED:20260725T180715Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260725T180715Z CLASS:PUBLIC END:VEVENT X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Backgammon/events/ical/ X-WR-CALNAME:The Portland Backgammon Meetup Group END:VCALENDAR