The 11th Cork Open 

28th Feb-2nd March 2026

O’Donovan’s Hotel, Clonakilty, Co. Cork

The BFI is delighted to bring you the 10th Cork Backgammon Open tournament. This event has been sold out for several months. A waitlist is in operation on Eventbrite for those who wish to be contacted should a ticket become available. Click here to join the waitlist.

The main event is a 64-player Swiss Format tournament. There will be other side events, starting from Thursday 27th February. Scroll down to see who’s coming and a detailed schedule of events.

Any queries can be directed to:

phil.newton@backgammonireland.com

Live Results

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Who’s Coming?

  1. Alan Cox

  2. Alan Pattison

  3. Alastair Woods

  4. Anandan Tanabalan

  5. Andrew Marshall

  6. Ann Maher

  7. Bernardo Viana

  8. Brendan Burgess

  9. Cato Fordham

  10. Chris Bleakley

  11. CJ Uttley

  12. Danny Gallagher

  13. David McNamara

  14. Dearbhla Gowan

  15. Derek Murphy

  16. Dimitri Chorianopoulos

  17. Eileen Mulvany

  18. Falk Osthus

  19. Garry Jones

  20. Gavin Aherne

  21. Graham Webb

  22. Hugo Ville

  23. Jack Judge

  24. Jackie Murphy

  25. Jacqueline Gough

  26. Jamie Degabriele

  27. Jamie Gallagher

  28. John Broomfield

  29. John Casey

  30. John Huggins

  31. June Williamson

  32. Karen Jones

  33. Keith Gill

  34. Kevin Jones

  35. Kevin McGrath

  36. Mark Calderbank

  37. Micky Fernandez

  38. Neil Webb

  39. Neil Young

  40. Nicola Osthus

  41. Paul Duff

  42. Peter Faughnan

  43. Philip Redden

  44. Rachel Rhodes

  45. Richard Furborough

  46. Ronan Healy

  47. Rory Aherne

  48. Sarah Joliff

  49. Saul Brody

  50. Sean Casey

  51. Sean Deasy

  52. Sean Jones

  53. Sergei Zitnik

  54. Sevim Alpaydin

  55. Shane Dunlea

  56. Shane Lannon

  57. Shaun Fitzgerald

  58. Simon Morecroft

  59. Stephen Tyler

  60. Sue Perks

  61. Vaidas Budrys

  62. Vic Sprake

  63. Vicky Gilbart

  64. Vlodemyr Lazarevych

Schedule* - click here

*(may be subject to change - at organisers’ discretion)