Wednesday July 25

A tidy little group of 8 took to the tables last night for a spirited tournament.

Richard J scored the jackpot draw but was unable to capitalise on this, being scuttled in the last round by John S.

 The new format means that we all get four rounds to 6 points – lots of play for all players with very little waiting time, although Jim did managed to sneak in a nap between games!!

Final placing were :

1st John S (again!)

2^nd Gary S

3^rd Jim B- our current overall Ladder Leader, who will be challenged by our August Giantslayer

(see our Ladder and Challenges page)

A good night was had by all!!

Jackpot player Richard does battle with overall winner John

John and Eva in Round 3

Jim finds backgammon so exhausting

Wednesday July 18

A group of 10 backgammon tragics  made it on Wednesday to compete in they game we love , 7 of whom had participated in the Sunday marathon that was the NSW Open – great dedication !!

Gary was the jackpot player but was unsuccessful in claiming it this week .

Final placings were:

Ist Eva B

2nd Arthur R

3^rdJim B

The ladder placings are shown on the Ladder page. Congrats to Jim in top spot

The computer program that we use for our matches

Eva beat Arthur for the night's top ranking

Arthur and Edmund in an early match

NSW OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP

NSW OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP

JULY 15 2018

This year’s NSW open was run, for the first time, by the  Sydney Backgammoners at the North Ryde RSL....and a great day was had by all !!

33 players fronted up to play in a modified Swiss tournament , which would have guaranteed all players five 7-point matches if  ALL players had stayed until the end .…

14 of those players entered the optional value-added bonus pool with the total value of the “pot” going to go to the participating player who finished highest up the ladder at the end of the day – even if that player was not the overall  tournament winner.

Play started on time at 9.30 and there were no matches that went over time. Gary's devotion to trialling various time periods paid off and no players were penalised for exceeding the time limit OR for arriving late for their games – well done all .

After two matches we broke for lunch, resuming at 1.45 for the remaining 3 matches.

Martin Sagradian was the ultimate tournament winner with 521 points,  claiming the both the  $900 prize AND the $1400 bonus pool  

Peter Brown , with 416 points, took 2^ndplace .

George Avramides, in 3^rd  was very close behind with 414 points.

John Symon took 4^thspot with 411 points .

Congratulations to all our winners , and indeed to all who took part .

A big “thank you” to Gary Stavrou for co-ordinating a very successful and enjoyable day .

The full final rankings are below but do not include any players who left early.

FINAL	TOT
R5 RANKING	PTS
Sagradian Martin	521
Brown Peter	416
Avramides George	414
Symon John	411
Catusanu Edmond	408
Barnett Paul	404
Naderi Abbas	309
Reitzin David	308
Disney Robert	306
Shalala Habib	306
Macor Gerhardt	305
Jedrychowski R	304
Walker Tony	304
Dyett Mick	299
Dunstan Ian	299
Wakelin Carol	295
Shaked Ron	203
Bean Jim	201
Khorsandi Mehrdad	199
Haydari Hossein	196
Demehri Jamshid	195
Bitel Eva	195
Athari Taeed	194
Khorsandi Foad	193
Nejati Mohammad	192
Spillekom Jan	191
Taubman Michelle	89
Demehri Faraz	89
Li Simon Shui	72

2018 NSW Backgammon Champion Martin Sagradian (R) with runner-upPeter Brown

George Avramides took 3rd place

John Symon in 4th place

The excellent facilities at the North Ryde RSL allow the match results to be constantly displayed on a large screen

Wednesday July 11th

A great turn up for a state of origin night – 11 players hit the boards tonight!!

Welcome to Alex I and Linda P – both first timers at North Ryde – and both finished in the final 3 – Linda  taking runner up status and Alex scooping up 3^rd place.

Jim B was the jackpot player and took away the night and our first jackpot – well done Jim.

Only 3 more sleeps till the Open – looking  forward to a good rollup and a wonderful day !!

Jim managed to hide from my camera last night – the photo is from a previous evening

 

Alex I, on right, wresting a game from Mohammad N

Linda P doing battle with Sam

Wednesday July 4th

A grand turnup tonight – 11 players arrived to do battle – welcome to Greg, a newcomer to our group.

4 rounds of 5 points meant that just about all players were fully occupied for over four hours – 11 players also means that one player in each round has a bye and an opportunity to study the play of their upcoming opposition, which could be advantageous!!

Jim B was drawn as the jackpot player but his aspirations to be our 1^st victor in the jackpot were scuttled early by Arthur R in the first round.

The jackpot now stands at $27

Sam K scooped 1^st place, with Eva B taking 2^nd and Arthur R the 3^rd.  Congratulations to all.

Next week sees our last club night before the NSW Open – looking forward to practice before we venture into the “Big Time”for this year.

Wednesday 27 June

Apologies to all for the lateness of this weeks report – the internet gremlins have conspired against me !!

This week eight happy rollers convened to do battle in the darts room in our 2^nd trial of the new Swiss system – which, I must say, went more smoothly than last week with all matches bar one being completed in the required time, and the one that was over was only just outside the time constraint.

Sam K was the jackpot player but his plans were scuttled by John S in the 3^rd round – the $16 jackpot pool goes on to next week.

The final match between John S and Mohammad N was very tense, with John claiming top spot with 413 points for the night.

The NSW Open is now less than 3 weeks away  !!!

Eva B and John S ... very serious stuff!!

Interested observers for the final match of the night

TD Gary and Amir H in Round 2