Tuesday March 25th 2025

 28 player tonight.

Koosha was the drawn jackpot but failed to convert.

It was fitting that the Greeks did well tonight as it was Greek National Day.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Gary Stavrou	312
Morteza Shaabanifar	312
Angelo Voulgaris	310
Breck McCormack	301
Robbie Baudish	210
Nick Macoun	208
Jim Bean	208
Robby Solomon	207
Yalli Pleshet	206
Kee Yio Wan	204
Carol Wakelin	201
Sean Ghodsi	200
Adam Makda	198
Mohammad Nejati	103
Matt Smith	101
John Symon	99
Koosha Hedjripour	97
Michael Raptis	96
Robin Lanesman	96
Amir Tehrani	95
Kevin Stubbs	95
Mackenzie Little	95
Mike Baldwin	95
Rafael Chattah	91
Andrew Clarke	88
Susan Wan	-9
Jenny Saunders	-15

Robbie

Koosha is happy to be back

Robin

Mackenzie in resplendent blue

Sean and John

Kevin Stubbs

Andrew Clarke

"Don't poke your tongue out at me" Susan is saying to Breck

Tuesday March 18th 2025

 We had 23 players tonight including a new lady, Alex Stranescu.

Gary was the drawn jackpot but was thwarted by Adam at the first hurdle.

We welcomed back Susan Wan, Kee Yio's wife, whom we hadn't seen in quite a while.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Michel Gerges	314
Yalli Pleshet	313
Nick Macoun	306
Robbie Baudish	206
Matt Smith	204
Mike Baldwin	203
Kevin Stubbs	203
Ben Anderson	203
Adam Makda	203
Robin Lanesman	201
Rafael Chattah	197
Carol Wakelin	197
Michael Raptis	102
Paula O'Connell	100
Gary Stavrou	99
Jim Bean	98
Joseph El-Alam	98
Deniz Agdiran	95
David Reitzin	92
Morteza Shaabanifar	91
Alex Stranescu	88
Susan Wan	-9
Kee Yio Wan	-10

Adam and Gary

Nick

Yalli at full stretch

Paula at full stretch

Ben Anderson

Carol Wakelin

Matt Smith

Deniz and David

Deniz demonstrates the Shane Warne topspin

Tuesday 11th March 2025

 We had 24 players tonight including, for his first visit to our weekly matches, Robby Solomon. 

Uncharacteristically, Robby was bested in his first round by the formidable Mackenzie Little.

Amir was the drawn Jackpot and, although things looked well for him by winning two rounds, Adam dashed his hopes in round 3.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Morteza Shaabanifar	318
Adam Makda	313
Nick Macoun	307
Andrew Mowbray	208
Robby Solomon	207
John Symon	206
Amir Tehrani	205
Zhiman Rahmati	203
Kevin Stubbs	203
Sean Ghodsi	202
Mackenzie Little	201
Jim Bean	200
Robbie Baudish	101
Paula O'Connell	98
Gary Stavrou	97
Robin Lanesman	96
Mike Baldwin	96
Michael Raptis	95
Matt Smith	94
Mohammad Nejati	94
Kee Yio Wan	93
Rafael Chattah	-9
Carol Wakelin	-14
Angelo Voulgaris	-14

Robby Solomon

New blood Matt Smith

Old blood John Symon

Young blood Robbie Baudish

Gary and Robin

Angelo Voulgaris

Our new Ladder Leader, Morteza, wins the night

Gary and Adam, who came 2nd

Nick can barely contain his excitement at coming 3rd

NSW OPEN 2025

 The NSW Open Backgammon Tournament was held on Saturday and Sunday March 8-9 at the North Ryde RSL.

The Main Flight was 8 rounds of double-elimination Swiss format and attracted 26 entrants.

The winner, and 2025 NSW Champion was Terry Christodoulou

Runner-up was Ken Vaughan

Jim Bean and Gary Stavrou tied for 3rd place.

Players who were knocked out on Saturday had the option of entering the Second Flight on Sunday and nine players took the opportunity.

Breck McCormack won the Second Flight. Robby Solomon and Jenny Saunders tied for second.

Ken Vaughn is runner-up in the NSW Open

Gay Stavrou and Jim Bean tied for 3rd place

Jenny Saunders and Robby Solomon tied for 2nd place in the Second Flight

Breck McCormack wins the Second Flight

Jim Bean

Andrew Mowbray

Gary startles his opponents with the brilliance of his shirt rather than the brilliance of his playing

Jan Spillekom can never get sleeves to fit his extra long arms

Joseph El Alam

One of our finest new players, Morteza. Keep an eye on him, he's going places

Ken Vaughan

Steve Clarry

Paula O'Connell

Michel Gerges

John Symon

Terry Christodoulou

Ian Dunstan

2025 NSW Champion Terry Christodoulou congratulated by Sheriff Gary

Tuesday March 4th 2025

 Just 27 players tonight, probably due to the proximity of the NSW Open which will be run this weekend.

Nevertheless we were visited by two new players, Matt Smith and Kevin Stubbs. In fact, Matt won the night. What an introduction to Sydney Backgammoners!

Yalli Pleshet was declared Player of the Month for February and was given free entry to tonight's tournament. He managed to come second and also scooped the side pool.

Robin Lanesman was the drawn Giantslayer to take on the current Ladder Leader, Mahnaz Rostami.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Matt Smith	316
Yalli Pleshet	315
Robbie Baudish	311
Robin Lanesman	309
Kee Yio Wan	207
Jenny Saunders	206
Angelo Voulgaris	205
Morteza Shaabanifar	205
David Reitzin	205
Jim Bean	204
Amir Tehrani	202
Zhiman Rahmati	199
Carol Wakelin	198
Nick Macoun	99
Mohammad Nejati	98
Andrew Mowbray	97
John Symon	96
Alex Colombis	96
Adam Makda	96
Michael Raptis	96
Deniz Agdiran	95
Gary Stavrou	92
Mike Baldwin	91
Paula O'Connell	91
Kevin Stubbs	91
Rafael Chattah	-10
Andrew Clarke	-13

How did Andrew manage to get 4 of his opponents checkers on the bar with only 2 home points?

Amir and Andrew

Robin Lanesman

Where are the red checkers?

Deniz

Jenny had been doing well until she faced Matt

Robbie and Kee Yio setting up

First-timer Matt Smith wins the night

Yalli

"Yes, thanks" says Robbie