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 2ndplace .
George Avramides, in 3rd was very close behind with 414 points.
John Symon took 4thspot 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 |
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2018 NSW Backgammon Champion Martin Sagradian (R) with runner-upPeter Brown |
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George Avramides took 3rd place
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John Symon in 4th place
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The excellent facilities at the North Ryde RSL allow the match results to be constantly displayed on a large screen
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