Wednesday August 14

Eleven stalwarts fronted up to play tonight and Arthur Ramer was drawn as the jackpot player.

The jack pot is, however, still intact as Arthur failed to capitalise tonight and the final winners were

1^stGiancarlo Yannoulis

2^ndGrayham Rundle

3^rdBen Anderson 

Mahnaz gets some post -game coaching from Mohammad.

Eva Bitel and Mohammad Nejati in the final round - it came right down to the last roll - Mohammad won.

As David Layman and Gary Stavrou battle it out, Giancarlo and Mohammad watch with interest.

Wednesday August 7

We were again thirteen for the Wednesday challenge, even with one or two stalwarts missing!

First item on the agenda was the selection of the Giantslayer, and David Layman again scored the chance to battle Arthur for 402 of his ladder points.

Rafael Chattah was picked as the jackpot player but was unsuccessful – better luck next time Raffa!

The final ranking were – Jim Bean 1^st, Arthur Ramer 2^ndand Giancarlo Yannoulis 3^rd

See you all next week !!

TD Gary Stavrou and Giancarlo Yannoulis  - lots of concentration from them - John Symon is focussed on the skiing

Mohammad Nejati looks relaxed as Mahnaz Rostami makes her move

Eva and Hamish in the 9 point round

Wednesday July 31

An even dozen players arrived to play tonight, including two of the founding members who have been absent for a few weeks.

Eva Bitel has been absent on “medical leave” and it was great to see her back in front of a board.

John Symon also  returned after his last holiday – think he just comes back to do the laundry and pack for the next expedition!!

Hamish Moore, one of our newest players was drawn as the jackpot player but failed to scoop the pool.

Final results showed a tie between Arthur Ramer and Jim Bean, with David Layman trundling off with third place .

See you all next Wednesday– sorry about the lack of photos – the time got away from me – will try to do better next time.

Wednesday July 24

A baker's dozen of players fronted up to rattle their dice last night, including a new addition to the group, welcome to Breck McCormack.

Breck drew a bye in the first round – a nice start to his  night, giving him points before even opening up a board.

Carol Wakelin, newly returned from her holiday in Thailand, was drawn as the jackpot player and managed to win two of her games, but this was not enough to scoop up the pennies this time.

The final result was :

1^st Arthur Ramer

2^nd David Layman

3^rd Mohammad Nejati

Jim Bean takes some time for study - but it was bridge - not backgammon.

Grayham Rundle has Hamish Moore penned in - for now

Wednesday July 17

For the second time in two weeks the jackpot was won tonight.
But, as opposed to last week's large jackpot, tonight's was new and young and taken by Arthur Ramer.
A mere $11 reflecting an attendance of 11 players.

Second place went to Rafael Chattah and third to Jim Bean.

Wednesday July 10

No photos today as our resident photographer, Carol Wakelin, is on holidays.

We had a field of nine players and experienced an unexpected but pleasant surprise.
Mahnaz Rostami, who is a relatively new player, not only won the night but took out the jackpot which had grown to a healthy $159. 
Congratulations, Mahnaz, well done.

As a serendipitous aside, Mahnaz was bemoaning being booked on her way to the game.
Her jackpot will more than compensate her transgression.

Second place was taken by Giancarlo Yannoulis and third by David Layman.

Wednesday July 3

Despite a large number of our regular members being away, we still had a healthy group of ten players battling over the boards last night.

Carol Wakelin was again T. D. in Gary Stavrou's absence.

Computer issues delayed the start but we finally got underway and chose Rafael Chattah as the nights jackpot player and David Layman as this month's Giantslayer contender.

The final result was:

1st Jim Bean

2^nd David Layman 

3^rd Grayham Rundle