Tuesday September 29th 2026

 We had 38 players tonight.

Peter Voulgaris was the drawn Jackpot but failed to deliver.

Gary announced that ANZBGF had donated $500 to Sydney Backgammoners for the great work we do in promoting backgammon. Rather than put the money into general revenue we will use it as a Bonus Federation Prize at our major tournaments in order to attract more players.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Jenny Saunders	315
Michel Gerges	312
Hammon Mans	310
Robbie Baudish	310
Zhiman Rahmati	212
Adam Makda	210
Susan Wan	210
Matt Smith	209
Angelo Voulgaris	208
Paula O'Connell	205
Richard Broug	205
Farshad Hamidi	203
Andrew Mowbray	202
Foad Vand	202
Deniz Agdiran	201
Kee Yio Wan	201
Sadra Mobayyen	201
David Reitzin	200
Nick Macoun	198
Andrew Clarke	196
Mahnaz Rostami	101
Robin Lanesman	101
Morteza Shaabanifar	99
Carol Wakelin	97
Jim Bean	97
Rafael Chattah	97
Gary Stavrou	96
Ben Anderson	95
Breck McCormack	93
Jim Malafouris	93
Peter Alexakis	93
Danny Assabgy	-9
Peter Voulgaris	-12
Dennis Mercovich	-14

Matt gulps at his roll

Boardmaker extraordinaire, Danny

Newbie Foad Vand

Robin Lanesman

David gives the Sheriff a backgammon lesson by example

The room

The briefing

Tuesday September 22nd 2026

 We had 33 players tonight including two newcomers, Foad Vand and Will Millar.

Afshin Fovadi was the drawn jackpot but failed to collect $500.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Morteza Shaabanifar	316
Matt Smith	312
Paula O'Connell	310
Rafael Chattah	310
Ali Ghadiri	211
Foad Vand	210
Hammon Mans	209
Peter Alexakis	207
Gary Stavrou	206
Sean Ghodsi	206
Robbie Baudish	204
David Reitzin	202
Angelo Voulgaris	201
Mohammad Nejati	201
Nick Macoun	201
Farshad Hamidi	200
Kee Yio Wan	200
Robin Lanesman	195
Jim Bean	101
Mahnaz Rostami	101
Aram Amirghan	99
Peter Voulgaris	99
Michel Gerges	97
Carol Wakelin	96
Will Millar	96
Aslin Sagnaklar	92
Susan Wan	91
Zhiman Rahmati	90
Bruce Stephens	87
Jim Malafouris	-10
Bill Ghata	-12
Ken Kershaw	-15
Afshin Fovadi	-16

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