Wednesday March 27th 2024

28 players tonight, which is as may as we have ever had.

Aram drew the jackpot but failed at the post.

It was good to see youngsters Robbie and Mackenzie take the first two spots leaving old fogeys David Reitzin and Gary the crumbs of 3rd and 4th place.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Robbie Baudish	311
Mackenzie Little	310
David Reitzin	305
Gary Stavrou	211
Adam Makda	210
Matt Bridges	207
Mohammad Nejati	207
Aram Amirghan	206
Sean Ghodsi	206
Angelo Voulgaris	205
Michael Raptis	204
Nick Macoun	202
Pejman Golshahi	201
Kee Yio Wan	198
Andrew Mowbray	103
Jenny Saunders	99
Carol Wakelin	99
Mahnaz Rostami	96
Rafael Chattah	95
Jim Bean	94
Antonio Andolfo	93
Breck McCormack	93
Vazgen Panosian	93
Peter Boylan	92
Peter Voulgaris	88
Amir Tehrani	-9
Dennis Mercovich	-13

  

Our top players, David Reitzin and Jim Bean

A resolute Breck and Vazgen

Angelo being given the cold shoulder by Sean

a pleased Peter Boylan

Eventual winner Robbie and Matt

Recently married, Amir, and Nick

Always-surprised Mackenzie PJ, leaning over backwards

Gary looking rather smug

Wednesday March 20th 2024

 Just 19 players turned up tonight. We can expect numbers to be down for a few weeks as our Muslim players observe Ramadan.

Mahnaz was the drawn jackpot and managed to claim the $160 prize. Bravo Mahnaz.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Mahnaz Rostami	308
Jeremy Whitelaw	308
Matt Bridges	208
Ben Anderson	206
Malcolm Stradwick	205
Peter Voulgaris	205
Aram Amirghan	205
Antonio Andolfo	201
Rafael Chattah	200
Gary Stavrou	200
Jim Bean	102
Nick Macoun	100
Dennis Mercovich	97
Carol Wakelin	97
Michael Raptis	96
Breck McCormack	93
Angelo Voulgaris	92
Vazgen Panosian	92
Jenny Saunders	-15

Wednesday March 13th 2024

 24 players tonight.

Jenny Saunders was the jackpot but didn't collect.

Giantslayer Andrew Mowbray failed to slay Ladder Leader Sean Ghodsi.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
David Reitzin	316
Peter Voulgaris	307
Kee Yio Wan	304
Gary Stavrou	207
Matt Bridges	207
Antonio Andolfo	206
Sean Ghodsi	206
Ben Anderson	206
Angelo Voulgaris	205
Mackenzie Little	204
Andrew Mowbray	203
Jenny Saunders	202
Rafael Chattah	101
Mahnaz Rostami	100
Amir Tehrani	98
Mohammad Nejati	97
Nick Macoun	97
Michael Raptis	95
Dennis Mercovich	95
John Symon	93
Carol Wakelin	89
Vazgen Panosian	-10
Robbie Baudish	-13
Jim Bean	-15

2024 NSW Open

The 2024 NSW Open Backgammon Tournament was hosted by Sydney Backgammoners at the North Ryde RSL on Saturday and Sunday March 9-10.

The Main Flight consisted of 8 rounds to 9 points and required a further Decider Round to determine 1st and 2nd place. Players were eliminated from the Main Flight after three losses and those eliminated my the 5th round could enter the Second Flight.

The 2024 NSW Backgammon Champion is Andrew Casey and the runner-up is Vazgen Panosian. 3rd and 4th spots were claimed by Gary Stavrou and Dilhun Akpinar respectively. Jan Spillekom and George Avramides were the winner and runner-up respectively of the Second Flight.

Congratulations to the placegetters and to all who participated in this event.

Vazgen Panosian and Philip Pembroke

Daniel Pedrecal and Terry Christodoulou

What has embarrassed Mackenzie Little?

Hugh Lawson and Andrew Mowbray

Edmond Catusanu and Gary Stavrou

John Symon and George Avramides

Jan Spillekom and James Lyons

Edmond Catusanu and Amir Sohrabi

Craig Elfenbein and Andrew Mowbray

Greg Mitchell and Andrew Casey

Jan Spillekom and Robbie Baudish

Yalli Pleshnet and Jan Spillekom

4th and 3rd placed Dilhun Akpinar and Gary Stavrou

Winner Andrew Casey (left) and runner-up Vazgen Panosian (right) with tournament director Gary Stavrou

2024 NSW Champion Andrew Casey beaming and wearing his Champion Cap
as he shows his crystal cube award

Ned Marootians has been forgetting his name lately and has discovered a simple solution

Abbas Naderi and Andrew Casey

Andrew Fenech and Sean Ghodsi

Andrew Mowbray and Habib Shalala

The players transfixed to the results screen

Wednesday March 6th 2024

25 players tonight including a new player, Salim Tootooni.

Sean Ghodsi was declared Player of the Month for February.

Sean is also Ladder Leader and will be challenged by Giantslayer AndrewMowbray.

Nick Macoun was the drawn jackpot but failed to claim the prize. 

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Jim Bean	311
Gary Stavrou	309
Rafael Chattah	307
Peter Voulgaris	210
Nader Ghomi	209
Andrew Mowbray	208
Jenny Saunders	207
Antonio Andolfo	204
Kee Yio Wan	203
Mackenzie Little	203
Salim Tootooni	203
John Symon	202
Arash Aldaghi	200
Dennis Mercovich	102
Mahnaz Rostami	100
Sean Ghodsi	98
Angelo Voulgaris	97
Robbie Baudish	96
Amir Tehrani	95
Mohammad Nejati	95
Carol Wakelin	91
Vazgen Panosian	86
Nick Macoun	-13
Jeremy Whitelaw	-15