Wednesday September 27th 2023

 An even score of 20 players tonight battled it out for top score with none prevailing but with a photo finish between Sean and Matt.

Matt's mum, Kathy, was jackpotted but denied in the first round by Mahnaz.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Sean Ghodsi	312
Matt Bridges	312
Peter Boylan	308
Jim Bean	211
Andrew Mowbray	205
Ed Hall	205
Kathy Bridges	204
Vazgen Panosian	202
David Reitzin	201
Angelo Voulgaris	102
Carol Wakelin	99
Gary Stavrou	98
Adam Makda	98
Mahnaz Rostami	97
Ben Anderson	96
Mackenzie Little	93
Amir Tehrani	91
Rafael Chattah	88
Nick Macoun	-10
Mohammad Nejati	-12

To be or not to be (cubed, that is), as Sean ponders the eternal Shakespearian question

Resident photographer Adam takes being "knocked out" literally as he takes another snap

What's Gary so smug about I wonder?

Kathy Bridges sometimes mistakes a backgammon board for a piano.

Rafael Chattah (R) expressing how we have all felt playing this ridiculous game

Matt and Vasgen

Wednesday September 20th 2023

 21 players tonight; we welcomed the return of Amir Tehrani from an extended overseas trip and first time club player Daniel Pedrecal.

Vasgen was the jackpot but was short-shrifted by Gary in the first round.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Andrew Mowbray	311
Gary Stavrou	310
Angelo Voulgaris	307
David Reitzin	207
Adam Makda	206
John Symon	205
Vazgen Panosian	203
Jim Bean	202
Jenny Saunders	200
Aram Amirghan	197
Koosha Hedjripour	195
Mahnaz Rostami	100
Sean Ghodsi	100
Mohammad Nejati	97
Mackenzie Little	96
Breck McCormack	95
Carol Wakelin	94
Amir Tehrani	94
Daniel Pedrecal	92
Rafael Chattah	-3
Nick Macoun	-8

Happy-chappie Breck

Amir is refreshed and ready to play after holiday.

Nick has been doing arm-lengthening exercises and easily reaches across a big board

Being well ahead in the club ladder puts a smile on David's face

A critical point (3-away, 3-away) in the match for Koosha

Looks like Mackenzie and Angelo are hitchhiking home tonight.

Breck welcomes newbie Daniel to the club.

Wednesday September 13th 2023

 21 players met tonight.

Sean was the jackpot but ended up at the other end of the field with a wooden spoon.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Carol Wakelin	311
David Reitzin	310
Matt Bridges	308
Ben Anderson	208
John Symon	206
Peter Boylan	204
Andrew Mowbray	202
Aram Amirghan	202
Koosha Hedjripour	200
Rafael Chattah	200
Mahnaz Rostami	200
Gary Stavrou	103
Mackenzie Little	101
Nick Macoun	100
James Lyons	98
Jim Bean	96
Angelo Voulgaris	95
Jenny Saunders	90
Mohammad Nejati	-12
Vazgen Panosian	-12

Gary needs some smaller tops since he lost weight

Behind in the bare-off, Matt rolls the 1 he needs to hit!

Koosha

Happy Mohammad

Nick and Andrew

Nick Macoun making a point

Ben Anderson

Jim and Vazgen

Wednesday September 6th 2023

 An elite group of just 14 players met tonight; the smallest number in a very long time.

Mohammad was the drawn jackpot and, to use that lovely Yiddish word, bupkis!

David Reitzin was named as August's Player of the Month.

Also, being Ladder Leader, David also drew as his Giantslayer challenger Nick Macoun. As the year progresses the points at stake increase. David stands to lose 340 points if Nick can best him.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
David Reitzin	313
John Symon	312
Jenny Saunders	204
Sean Ghodsi	204
Adam Makda	203
Carol Wakelin	201
Koosha Hedjripour	200
Aram Amirghan	98
Rafael Chattah	97
Gary Stavrou	96
Angelo Voulgaris	96
Mohammad Nejati	93
Mahnaz Rostami	-7
Nick Macoun	-10

Jenny seems forlorn. Maybe she shouldn't have accepted the cube.

Angelo looks stunned at being offered the cube.

L'Chaim exclaims Raf, until he realises it's only a dice cup he's holding!

It's stripes versus checks as Carol faces Nick

Wednesday August 30th 2023

 Poor weather kept our numbers down to 16 tonight.

Aram was the drawn jackpot but was felled in the first round by Koosha.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Mahnaz Rostami	312
David Reitzin	308
Andrew Mowbray	209
Gary Stavrou	209
Adam Makda	207
Koosha Hedjripour	202
Peter Boylan	201
Jeremy Whitelaw	200
Angelo Voulgaris	98
Sean Ghodsi	97
Aram Amirghan	97
Jenny Saunders	97
Carol Wakelin	94
Mohammad Nejati	94
Vazgen Panosian	-7
Nick Macoun	-18

Jeremy always co-ordinates his shirt with his board

Newcomer Peter getting tips from old hand David

Jenny is remarkably happy seeing she is on the bar

Mahnaz was tonight's winner