Wednesday December 9

 Tonight's roll-up was a healthy 17 players with 1 additional kibitzer observing with a view to joining us .

 

Ned Marootians was  drawn as the jackpot player but a middle round loss put paid to that possibility.

 

Final results were :

 

1^st John Symon

 

2^nd Giancarlo Yannoulis

 

3^rd Andre Marootians 

 

Well done all...

 

Look forward to having you all back next week for the final competition of what has been a very different year – hopefully next year will be a little less logistically challenging and we can continue to play face to face and enjoy the social aspects of this wonderful game as well as the competing aspects.

Susan Wan and Ben Anderson in what was a very long last game of the night

Giancarlo Yannoulis battles Peter Voulgaris with Angelo Voulgaris cheering from the sidelines

Andre Marootians and Hammon Mans looking very serious

 

Wednesday December 2

 And the numbers increase.... again!!

 17 members turned up tonight – welcome back David Reitzin, Hammon Mans and George Avramides  

 

Andre Marootians was drawn as the jackpot player but a 2^nd round loss saw an end to his chances. 

 

The last date for play in 2020 is December 16th - if you get withdrawals there is always Galaxy or Safe Harbor games …..

 

Play will resume on  January 6, 2021 

 

Final results were...

 

1^st  David Reitzin

 

2nd Ned Marootians

 

3^rd 
Susan Wan

Hammon Mans shows his lucky dice to George Avramides who doesn't seem too worried.

The backgammon version of the three wise men Andre Marootians, Gary Stavrou
and Giancarlo Yannoulis

Another Voulgaris joins the club ...Peter battles Ben Anderson

Angelo Voulgaris and Susan Wan in the 2nd round

Wednesday November 25

 Our second night back saw an increase of 4 players from last week with the return of Breck, Mohammad, Ned and Andre.

 

Jim Bean was drawn as the jackpot player but a defeat at the board of Carol Wakelin put paid to that in the 1st round... better luck next time Jim!

 

The final result was:

 

1^st Ben Anderson

 

2^nd Breck McCormack 

 

3^rd John Symon.

 

 Some housekeeping:

 

I realise that we all have our own style and pace of play, but in the interest of sportsmanship, can we all try to be a bit more mindful of the time clock so all games are finished with a full score.....losing a position in the top 3 by a point is soul-destroying enough, but losing it because your game ran out of time is worse!

John Symon and Rafael Chattah in their first match of the night.

Susan Wan Takes on TD Gary Stavrou.

 

Breck McCormack and Andre Marootians look pretty happy to be back on the boards.

Wednesday November 19

 “We're back”

 

 

After a year that has been alternately bizarre, scary, confining and unbelievable in so many ways, Sydney Backgammoners finally got the  OK to return to play at North Ryde RSL.

 

The bistro is again open for dinner and are now starting service at 5pm .

 

A select little group of 10 aficionados (tragics) turned up the 1^st post-covid match – hopefully we will be joined next week by a few more of both old and new players as we resume play in the “new normal”  world.

The Jackpot carried over from pre-Covid with a value of $212.

Angelo drew the Jackpot spot but failed to convert it to a win.

 

Final positions were:

 

1^st  Rafael Chattah

 

2^nd David Layman

 

3^rd Angelo Voulgaris

 See you all next week!!

Gary Stavrou and John Symon

David Layman and Susan Wan

Jim Bean and Giancarlo Yannoulis

Wednesday March 11

Despite the Coronavirus threat, we still managed a good turnout last night with 14 stalwarts arriving to play.

Zhiman Rahmati was drawn as the nights jackpot player but missed out on this occasion. The jackpot now stands at over $200.

Final results were:

Ned Marootians and Jim Bean shared 1st place

Mohammad Nejati and Giancarlo Yannoulis shared 3rd place

It appears that Giancarlo Yannoulis (R) is a smidge in front and David Layman is not impressed.

Angelo Voulgaris and Grayham Rundle are a couple of happy chappies in a friendly match.

Andre Marootians is back on the bar again courtesy of Mahnaz Rostami.

Wednesday March 4

Despite some of our regulars being missing in action we still managed to muster up a very healthy 18 players for tonight's  tournament – correction, 17 healthy and one walking wounded – Hamish has his arm in a sling due to a skateboarding incident! 

Two of these were first-timers and we welcome Garry Byrne and Hammon Mans to the group.

Carol Wakelin was drawn as the jackpot player but a first round loss at the hands of Ned Marootians (AGAIN!!!!) put that well and truly out of reach.

Final results were :

1^st Hammon Mans , one of our new members!!

2^nd Mohammad Nejati

3^rd Hamish Moore

REMINDER:

The Sydney Open is on at the Canada Bay Club on April 5 – please come 

The two cheekiest players of the night Ned Marootians and Zhiman Rahmati ham it up for the camera.

Gary Stavrou looks happy Breck McCormack not so much.

Angelo Voulgaris and Andre Marootians study the state of play.

Three matches in one shot. In the background newcomer Garry Byrne and Grayham Rundle, next pair is Jim Bean and David Layman and  in the front Hammon Mans another newbie playing Mahnaz Rostami.

Wednesday February 26

A turnout of 14 tonight with four of our regular players away.

Ben Anderson was drawn as the Jackpot player but failed to capitalise on the opportunity.
The jackpot is now approaching $200 and certainly worth winning.

John Symon was the clear winner tonight with an impressive 318 point score.
Seeing that 321 is the maximum score, John's achievement was outstanding.

John will be overseas for the next three months so his ladder ranking will suffer greatly.
The current Ladder Leader is, again, Ned Marootians and a Giantslayer will be chosen next week to wrest 82 points off Ned's score.

Second place tonight went to Ned Marootians and third spot was shared by David Reitzin and Gary Stavrou.