Tuesday September 15th 2026

 We had 31 players tonight.

Jim Bean was the drawn jackpot but managed only two out of three wins.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Paula O'Connell	314
Gary Stavrou	311
Zhiman Rahmati	308
Mike Baldwin	305
Breck McCormack	207
Jim Bean	207
Mahnaz Rostami	207
Morteza Shaabanifar	207
David Reitzin	205
Aram Amirghan	204
Jenny Saunders	203
Peter Alexakis	203
Kee Yio Wan	201
Mohammad Nejati	198
Farshad Hamidi	196
Rafael Chattah	196
Angelo Voulgaris	102
Robbie Baudish	101
Carol Wakelin	100
Robin Lanesman	100
Nick Macoun	96
Andrew Mowbray	95
Bill Ghata	95
Andrew Clarke	94
Michel Gerges	94
Sarah Bauling	92
Susan Wan	92
Peter Voulgaris	-5
Jim Malafouris	-11
Ken Kershaw	-11

Sydney Majors 12-13 September 2026

Our club hosted this year's Sydney Majors Backgammon Tournament. 

The format is a 2-day open-ended triple elimination Swiss

We had 17 entries from far and wide and the placings were:

1st Place: Mick Dyett

2nd Place: Michel Gerges

3rd Place: Jim Bean

2026 Sydney Majors Champion, Mick Dyett

Gary congratulates Jim Bean (3rd place) watched by winner Mick Dyett and runner-up Michel Gerges

Sydney Minors (day 2) winner Sean Ghodsi

Ben Phillips and Jim Bean draw a crowd as their match nears the end.

A truly baffled Richard Theunissen

Farshad Hamidi shows how he can make the phone levitate

Morteza Shaabanifar is on of our club's strongest player, even single-handed

Adam Makda receiving his prize from an incredulous TD

Paula O'Connell is a deputy sheriff at Sydney Backgammoners

Runner-up Michel Gerges is a Sydney Backgammoners regular

Burak Arikan is from Canberra

Eventual winner Mick Dyett comes from Newcastle

Habib Shalala is very pleases with his position

Terry Christodoulou from Wollongong

Ken Vaughan

Jan Spillekom from the Blue Mountains

James Noble from New Zealand

Paula O'Connell and Michelle Taubman who hails from Newcastle

Peter Voulgaris

"I'm watching you" says Ben Phillips While Mick Dyett checks his phone

Tuesday 8th September 2026

 We had 35 players tonight.

Angelo Voulgaris was the drawn jackpot but failed in his quest.

Deputy Sheriff Paula ran the tournament as the Sheriff was defending (successfully) his ladder points against the Giantslayer, Carol.

Gary reminded the players that we are running the Sydney Majors this weekend and encouraged their attendance.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Sean Ghodsi	315
Peter Voulgaris	314
Farshad Hamidi	313
David Reitzin	310
Zhiman Rahmati	208
Peter Alexakis	207
Kee Yio Wan	205
Michel Gerges	205
Ali Ghadiri	204
Aslin Sagnaklar	204
Morteza Shaabanifar	204
Susan Wan	204
Mohammad Nejati	203
David Holt	201
Hammon Mans	201
Jim Bean	201
Nick Macoun	201
Steve Clarry	199
Mahnaz Rostami	196
Andrew Mowbray	100
Angelo Voulgaris	100
Adam Makda	99
Robin Lanesman	99
Paula O'Connell	97
Aram Amirghan	96
Mike Baldwin	95
Rafael Chattah	94
Robbie Baudish	94
Bill Ghata	92
Gary Stavrou	88
Jim Malafouris	88
Philip King	-7
Jeremy Whitelaw	-8
Dennis Mercovich	-10
Carol Wakelin	-12

If you are giving someone the "gesture" you might as well smile about it; Aslin thinks so

Carol

Robin in full flight

Peter's well-trimmed moustache would be envied by Hercule Poirot

"These dice are giving me a headache," says Gary

At 5-2 Mohammad can smell victory

The mob

"Bring it on," says Hammon

Tuesday 1st September 2026

 On the first day of spring 35 players locked horns.

An ecstatic Nick Macoun won our host club's jackpot draw of $4000.

Sheriff Gary was declared Player-of-the-Month for August and, also being ladder leader, will face Giantslayer Carol Wakelin and try to defend his ladder points.

Farshad was the drawn jackpot but was stopped in his tracks by Aram in the second round.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Morteza Shaabanifar	316
Gary Stavrou	312
Steve Clarry	311
David Holt	307
David Reitzin	210
Dennis Mercovich	208
Jim Bean	208
Peter Alexakis	206
Zhiman Rahmati	206
Mike Baldwin	205
Mahnaz Rostami	204
Ben Anderson	202
Bill Ghata	202
Farshad Hamidi	201
Aram Amirghan	199
Kee Yio Wan	199
Sean Ghodsi	199
Nick Macoun	198
Jeremy Whitelaw	102
Andrew Clarke	100
Angelo Voulgaris	98
Adam Makda	97
Hammon Mans	97
Robin Lanesman	97
Ken Kershaw	95
Paula O'Connell	95
Sadra Mobayyen	95
Richard Broug	94
Susan Wan	93
Andrew Mowbray	92
Rafael Chattah	-7
Peter Voulgaris	-11
Philip King	-14
Carol Wakelin	-15

Hammon Mans returns after a long absence 

Sadra Mobayyen

Aram is observed by Angelo who is happy to learn from a master

Why is Raf so sad?

Why is Philip King so happy?

Steve is congratulated by Ken on his win

This is jubilation

Nick Macoun picks the winning number