Tuesday November 5th 2024

 Our first Tuesday play went without a hitch with 23 players, including newcomer Tony Giannoulis.

Kee Yio Wan was declared Player of the Month for October and received free entry to tonight's play.

Mackenzie Little was the drawn Giantslayer, a challenge she accepted with relish. If she beats Ladder Leader Sean Ghodsi 389 of his ladder points will be transferred to her.

Raf was tonight's drawn jackpot but failed to capitalise.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Robbie Baudish	312
David Burman	311
Jim Bean	306
Rafael Chattah	209
Dilhun Akpinar	207
Adam Makda	207
Sean Ghodsi	206
Nick Macoun	206
Mahnaz Rostami	201
Mohammad Nejati	199
Kee Yio Wan	198
Tony Giannoulis	197
Jenny Saunders	101
Amir Tehrani	99
Malcolm Stradwick	99
Andrew Mowbray	98
Gary Stavrou	97
Mackenzie Little	96
Morteza Shaabanifar	92
Peter Voulgaris	92
Carol Wakelin	90
Michael Raptis	-7
Othmane Mekency	-16

Deputy Sheriff Dilhun

Breck and Malcolm

The night's winner Robbie Baudish

Mackenzie

Sheriff Gary

What brought on these two extreme reactions in Mackenzie and Jenny?

Jim in disbelief at the score against Mohammad

Nick

Mahnaz

Relatively new player David Burman

Otto

Wednesday October 30th 2024

 Tonight we had 25 players. This is the last time we play on a Wednesday. From now on we will be playing on Tuesdays.

Jim Bean was the drawn jackpot but came up short.

Deputy sheriff Dilhun ran the night as Gary, in the guise of giantslayer, tried to slay Ladder Leader Sean. Sean demolished Gary 9-0.

It was good to see Aram Amirghan return after a prolonged absence.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Mahnaz Rostami	317
Dilhun Akpinar	308
Kee Yio Wan	306
Nick Macoun	207
Morteza Shaabanifar	205
Aram Amirghan	205
Othmane Mekency	205
Gary Stavrou	204
Jim Bean	203
Carol Wakelin	202
Amir Tehrani	202
Breck McCormack	202
Adam Makda	201
Yalli Pleshet	101
Peter Voulgaris	98
Andrew Mowbray	97
Mohammad Nejati	96
Jenny Saunders	96
Koosha Hedjripour	96
Rafael Chattah	95
Mackenzie Little	93
Jeremy Whitelaw	92
Paula O'Connell	87
Michael Raptis	-7
Sean Ghodsi	-11

Deputy Sheriff Dilhun running tonight's matches

Mackenzie and Nick

Morteza and Aram

Gary explaining the ways of the world to a sceptical Sean

Yalli looking defiant

Koosha at a critical score

The "scoring police" making sure Andrew does it correctly

Peter giving Jeremy the thumbs-up

Wednesday October 23rd 2024

 Our big announcement was that from November 5th we will be playing on Tuesday instead of Wednesday nights. Time and venue will remain unchanged. This arrangement will allow us to have the whole room to ourselves.

We had 27 players tonight.

Michael Raptis was the drawn jackpot but missed out.

Sean collected his jackpot win of $285 from last week. 

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Kee Yio Wan	315
Jim Bean	314
John Symon	314
Morteza Shaabanifar	209
Adam Makda	205
Alex Burman	204
Jeremy Whitelaw	204
Yalli Pleshet	203
Mahnaz Rostami	203
Michael Raptis	202
Othmane Mekency	201
Mackenzie Little	200
Angelo Voulgaris	199
Sean Ghodsi	198
Ben Anderson	98
Nick Macoun	98
Eylem Akyol	98
Amir Tehrani	97
Gary Stavrou	97
Mohammad Nejati	95
Andrew Mowbray	95
Robbie Baudish	94
David Burman	92
Jenny Saunders	-7
Koosha Hedjripour	-11
Rafael Chattah	-13

Thoughtful Jeremy

A happy Amir

Nick and Raf

"Give me a 6-1" Mackenzie pleads to the backgammon gods

Morteza and Robbie

Newcomer Alex Burman and Eylem

Newcomer Umut and Kee Yio

Newcomer David Burman

"Who called me that?" says John while Mahnaz quietly plays her move

Sean receiving his jackpot prize

The group eyeing the glass of stout while being briefed

Wednesday 16th October 2024

24 Players turned up tonight including two newbies, Alex Burman and David Burman who, on his first play with us, pulled off 3rd prize. Well done!

Sean Ghodsi was the drawn jackpot and won it. It had been building up for several months.

TD Gary was away with a cold and was ably replaced by deputy sheriff Dilhun Akpinar.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Sean Ghodsi	314
Adam Makda	312
David Burman	310
Jeremy Whitelaw	210
Angelo Voulgaris	208
Dilhun Akpinar	206
Robbie Baudish	206
Othmane Mekency	204
Mahnaz Rostami	204
Jim Bean	203
Mohammad Nejati	199
Andrew Mowbray	198
Yalli Pleshet	101
Kee Yio Wan	100
Morteza Shaabanifar	98
John Symon	97
Jenny Saunders	94
Carol Wakelin	93
Ben Anderson	92
Alex Burman	92
Rafael Chattah	90
Michael Raptis	-4
Amir Tehrani	-12
Nick Macoun	-15

A bashful Adam hiding behind his board

Deputy Sheriff Dilhun

Otto and a startled Jim

Ben is very happy with the cube

Robbie Baudish totally focussed

Wednesday October 9th 2024

18 players locked horns tonight.

Jim Bean was the drawn jackpot but fell short of the mark.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Kee Yio Wan	312
Morteza Shaabanifar	312
Adam Makda	207
Jim Bean	206
Yalli Pleshet	205
Gary Stavrou	203
Ben Anderson	202
Paula O'Connell	201
Nick Macoun	200
Carol Wakelin	103
Mohammad Nejati	102
Angelo Voulgaris	99
Jenny Saunders	96
Rafael Chattah	95
Jeremy Whitelaw	94
Amir Tehrani	93
Andrew Scarf	-12
Michael Raptis	-18

Mohammad and Morteza

Joint winner Kee Yio rolls with a flourish

Andrew Scarf can't believe the dice

Angelo rolls, watched by Raf

Paula O'Connell

Yalli and Ben

Yalli hoping that his T-shirt is not an omen

Happy tied winner, Morteza

A thoughtful Amir

Michael Raptis and Rafael Chattah looking like bookends

Carol and Gary