Wednesday April 26th 2023

 23 players locked horns tonight.

Breck McCormack was the drawn jackpot and looked strong until he was cut down in the last round by Angelo Voulgaris. 

Angelo is off on an extended overseas holiday. We wish him a happy and healthy sojourn.

The giantslayer match was played between last month's ladder leader Adam Makda and challenger Dilhun Akpinar. Dilhun won the match 9-7 resulting in 118 of Adam's points being transferred to Dilhun.

This week we announced two major tournaments that we will be hosting at North Ryde RSL.

The NSW Open runs for two days July 15-16

The Sydney Majors is a new style of tournament which will run over the three days of the October long weekend and will feature, concurrently, a High Stakes ($1000) tournament and several low stakes (from $25) tournaments. So, something for everyone.

Tonight's placings were:

1st David Reitzin

2nd Angelo Voulgaris

3rdAslin Sagnaklar

4th Breck McCormack

Koosha Hedjripour congratulates winner Dennis Mercovich

Matt Bridges (R) seems resigned to a loss at the hands of David Reitzin

Breck McCormack laughs off Adam Makda's tactic of trying to intimidate him with his
crystal Club Champion doubling cube.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
David Reitzin	315
Angelo Voulgaris	314
Aslin Sagnaklar	308
Breck McCormack	207
Sean Ghodsi	205
Gary Stavrou	205
Dilhun Akpinar	203
Vazgen Panosian	201
Mahnaz Rostami	197
Mohammad Nejati	195
Antonio Andolfo	100
Dennis Mercovich	98
Aram Amirghan	97
Jim Bean	96
Adam Makda	94
Matt Bridges	89
Nick Macoun	89
Rafael Chattah	-5
Koosha Hedjripour	-11

Wednesday April 19th 2023

 20 players turned up tonight in spite of school holidays.

We welcomed Kathy Bridges as a new player.

Koosha Hedjripour was drew the jackpot but failed to convert.

Angelo Voulgaris, after a spell in the doldrums, reverted to his high level of play and scooped the night.

The Sydney Open, one of the tournaments hosted by Sydney Backgammoners, has been scheduled for Saturday May 20. the venue will be North Ryde RSL

Tonight's placings were:

1st Angelo Voulgaris

2nd Hammon Mans

3rd Mackenzie Little

4th Jim Bean

Mahnaz Rostami, like the rest of us, loves to learn from David Reitzin's play

Gary Stavrou with his special spring-loaded jumping dice

Mackenzie Little bemused by the cube she has been given and Rafael Chattah wondering what he'd do in her place.

Adam Makda contemplating whether to run or not

Hammon Mans and Ben Anderson draw a crowd

Mahnaz Rostami and Aslin Sagnaklar enjoying a joke

New player Kathy Bridges

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Angelo Voulgaris	314
Hammon Mans	308
Mackenzie Little	305
Jim Bean	209
Matt Bridges	206
Andrew Mowbray	206
Mahnaz Rostami	205
Dilhun Akpinar	202
Aslin Sagnaklar	199
Adam Makda	103
Gary Stavrou	100
Antonio Andolfo	100
David Reitzin	98
Breck McCormack	97
Ben Anderson	96
Rafael Chattah	95
Amir Tehrani	93
Kathy Bridges	91
Aram Amirghan	-13
Koosha Hedjripour	-14

Wednesday April 12th 2023

26 players turned up tonight including newcomer Simon Wu.

Aram Amirghan was drawn as the jackpot and nearly made a clean sweep of night; winner, side pool and jackpot and, although winning all his matches, couldn't accrue enough points to beat the eventual winner, Steve Clarry.

Placings were:

1st    Steve Clarry

2nd    Aram Amirghan

Tied 3rd Dilhun Akpinar, Adam Makda

Aram Amirghan and Rafael Chattah

Jenny Saunders and Mohammad Nejati

"To be or not to be" which translates in backgammon talk as "To hit or not to hit" 
is pondered by Koosha Hedjripour

Mahnaz Rostami returns to the club after a long absence

Mackenzie Little beside Andrew Mowbray who looks like a little boy who's been caught being naughty

Founding member John Symon who is scheduled for a shoulder operation next week.
All the best, John, for a speedy recovery

Jubilant winner of the night Steve Clarry...under the table again!

We welcome new member Simon Wu

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Steve Clarry	311
Aram Amirghan	309
Dilhun Akpinar	307
Adam Makda	307
Rafael Chattah	211
Jim Bean	206
Matt Bridges	205
David Reitzin	205
Mohammad Nejati	203
Antonio Andolfo	202
Amir Tehrani	202
Dennis Mercovich	200
Mackenzie Little	199
Ed Hall	101
Mahnaz Rostami	100
Ben Anderson	99
Gary Stavrou	98
Angelo Voulgaris	97
Jenny Saunders	96
Koosha Hedjripour	94
Aslin Sagnaklar	92
Nick Macoun	91
John Symon	-6
Andrew Mowbray	-9
Vazgen Panosian	-9
Simon Wu	-11

Wednesday April 5th 2023

 22 players were in attendance tonight.

Sean Ghodsi was named Player of the Month for March. However as he wasn't present tonight he forfeited his free tournament entrance.

Adam Makda was the Ladder Leader at the end of March. Dilhun Akpinar was drawn as the Giantslayer who will attempt to wrest 118 of Adam's ladder points. A 9-point match must be played during April.

Koosha Hedjripour was drawn as the jackpot player but fell short.

Final results for the night:

1st Adam Makda

2nd Jim Bean

3rd Aram Amirghan

4th Gary Stavrou

Side Pool:

1st Adam Makda

2nd Jim Bean

Adam Makda's erratic playing always draws a crowd even when playing a sober Gary Stavrou.
Amazingly, Adam won the match...and the night!

A bemused Dilhun Akpinar

Mackenzie Little is one of our youngest players. Don't be mislead; she is a tough opponent.

"How the s**t do I play this move?" thinks Gary

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Adam Makda	314
Jim Bean	312
Aram Amirghan	308
Gary Stavrou	209
Ed Hall	208
David Reitzin	206
Mohammad Nejati	203
Jeremy Whitelaw	202
Nick Macoun	202
Pejman Golshahi	201
Andrew Mowbray	200
Mackenzie Little	102
Rafael Chattah	99
Ben Anderson	97
Mahnaz Rostami	96
Dennis Mercovich	96
Amir Tehrani	95
Angelo Voulgaris	92
Dilhun Akpinar	92
Aslin Sagnaklar	-7
Jenny Saunders	-12
Koosha Hedjripour	-15