Wednesday March 30, 2022

A robust group of 16 turned up tonight and we were very happy to have Michael Mills join us.

Michael has been a stalwart of the Sydney backgammon scene for over 40 years but has kept a low profile recently.

Hopefully he will become a regular.

 

The jackpot player was drawn and once again TD Gary Stavrou had the opportunity but it was not to be.

 

The final results were:

 

 1^st          Angelo Voulgaris

 2^nd          David Reitzin

 3^rd          David Stubbs

4^th             Gary Stavrou

John Symon at full stretch in his match with Malcolm Stradwick.

Rafael Chattah takes on veteran backgammoner Michael Mills.

Interesting body language in the match between Rafael Chattah and Angelo Voulgaris.

 

 

Wednesday March 23rd 2022

Roll-up tonight was only thirteen, making for a slightly shorter night.

Alfred Coppini, one of our newest players, was nominated as the jackpot player, but it was not his night.

 

 The final results were:

 

 1^st                       Gary Stavrou

 2^nd                     David Reitzin

 3^rd                      Adam Makda

 4^th                       Jim Bean

 

 See you all next week!

Gary Stavrou loooks happy, Adam Makda not so much and Malcolm Stradwick is watching and learning

A serious tussle between Dilhun Akpinar and Raffael Chattah

John Symon is well in front in his match with Andrew Scarf

Wednesday March 16 2022

Tonight we had a nice even sixteen players for the competition, including yet another new player - welcome to Malcolm Stradwick !

David McDonald was chosen as the jackpot player but the pot was still intact at the end of the night – better luck next time!

 

 

The final results were:

 

1^st          Dilhun Akpinar

 

2^nd          Jim Bean

 

3^rd         David Reitzin

 

4^th            Gary Stavrou 

In the foreground Ned Marootians and David Stubbs and in the  background we have Angelo Voulgaris and John Symon

Our newest recruit Malcom Stradwick plays John Symon

Dilhun Akpinar contemplates his next move against Alfred Coppini

Wednesday March 9th 2022

A wonderful roll up of 17 players tonight, with yet another new member – welcome to Alfred Coppini.

Also nice to see some players who had been “missing in action”return to the fold, especially Jenny Saunders making it a 100% increase in female players!!

 

The jackpot player was tournament director Gary Stavrou who managed to crack the pot and collect $35

 

The “Giant Slayer” match between Gary Stavrou and young gun Ben Scarf has been played, and Gary is now 76 points lighter!!

 

The final result was :

 

1st Gary Stavrou

2nd Andrew Scarf

3rd David Reitzin

4th Dilhun Akpinar

A happy tussle between Jim Bean and Angelo Voulgaris in the foreground with a more restrained match between Koosha Hedjiripour and Alfred Coppini at the rear

Jenny Saunders returns to play with Dilhun Akpinar

Tommy Dang takes on a David Stubbs in full explanation mode

Wednesday March 2nd 2022

 Despite the ongoing inclement weather, with  the promise of worse to come, a healthy rollup of 15 fifteen players arrived to play . 

 

Two new players also joined us tonight, Damian Clements and  Shane Martin – welcome!

 

The first item on the agenda was the announcement of the player of the month – TD Gary Stavrou !

 

Ben Scarf was then offered the opportunity to relieve Gary of some of his points, which he immediately accepted.

 

Dilhun Akpinar was drawn as the jackpot player but missed out .

 

The final results were:

 

1^st           Damian Clements 

 

2^nd         David Stubbs

Equal 3^rd           Breck McCormack

                          Gary Stavrou

An intense match between Koosha Hedjripour and David Stubbs

TD Gary Stavrou and Andrew Scarf in a 2nd round battle

A cubed Adam Makda takes on a slightly bewildered Angelo Voulgaris

                

Newcomer Shane Martin gets a gentle tutorial from Andre Marootians