Wednesday January 10th 2024

 Our first meeting of the year attracted a healthy 23 players including two most welcome newbies, John Camplin andRobbie Baudish.

Dennis Mercovich was the drawn jackpot but was unlucky to meet our most consistently strong player, David Reitzin, in the first round.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
David Reitzin	314
Andrew Mowbray	314
Sean Ghodsi	305
Jenny Saunders	208
Aram Amirghan	206
Aslin Sagnaklar	204
Mahnaz Rostami	204
Matt Bridges	203
Gary Stavrou	200
Vazgen Panosian	199
Robbie Baudish	199
Pejman Golshahi	199
Jim Bean	100
Peter Voulgaris	99
Carol Wakelin	97
Angelo Voulgaris	95
Dennis Mercovich	95
Adam Makda	94
Rafael Chattah	94
Mackenzie Little	91
James Lyons	89
Michael Raptis	-7
John Camplin	-11

When two Greeks meet (Michael Raptis and Peter Voulgaris) they can't agree whether to greet you with the finger or with the thumb.

Aram and Jim in the foreground, Matt and Carol behind

A very serious Mahnaz

"Don't get me out of focus again" Adam says to the photographer

Originally (or is it initially?) known as PJ

James keeps looking at the score in disbelief 

David and Aslin in the foreground, Dennis and newbie Robbie behind