Tuesday January 21st 2025

We had 29 players tonight including three newcomers, Li Jiang, Alex Colombia and Deniz Andiron.

Angelo Voulgaris was the drawn jackpot but fell at the first hurdle at the hands of Mike Baldwin.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
David Reitzin	313
Deniz Agdiran	310
Mike Baldwin	308
Zhiman Rahmati	306
Mahnaz Rostami	208
Jim Bean	207
Robbie Baudish	207
Morteza Shaabanifar	205
Andrew Mowbray	205
Mackenzie Little	204
Angelo Voulgaris	203
Alex Colombis	200
Gary Stavrou	200
Dilhun Akpinar	195
John Symon	101
Nick Macoun	99
Paula O'Connell	98
Kee Yio Wan	97
Adam Makda	97
Rafael Chattah	95
Amir Tehrani	95
Paul Barnett	94
Carol Wakelin	93
Ed Hall	93
Jenny Saunders	90
Mohammad Nejati	-4
Michael Raptis	-8
Steve Dafnakis	-13

Gary re-living his days as orchestral conductor (really!)

Mike is denying Angelo the jackpot

Robbie is transfixed

"How did I get into this mess?" asks Nick

Morteza giving Mohammad the finger

"What did I do this time?" asks Mackenzie

A contemplative John Symon

Steve Dafnakis

Mike Baldwin is open-mouthed over his win

Zhiman does it again

Deniz Agdiran takes a prize on his first night

Even when on the bar, Adam is pleased with his two strong anchors

Tuesday January 14th 2025

 We broke our record again with 32 players fronting up tonight, including newcomer Steve Dafnakis.

When we have 32-39 players we award prizes to the five top scorers.

Amir Tehrani was thanked for donating a universal remote to use with the clubs newly installed monitors and, coincidently, was the drawn (but unsuccessful) jackpot.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Michel Gerges	315
Zhiman Rahmati	313
Yalli Pleshet	312
Mackenzie Little	308
Dilhun Akpinar	212
Paula O'Connell	207
Andre Marootians	207
Jenny Saunders	205
Carol Wakelin	205
Kee Yio Wan	204
Robbie Baudish	203
Rafael Chattah	203
Mahnaz Rostami	203
Gary Stavrou	201
Mohammad Nejati	201
Amir Tehrani	195
Andrew Mowbray	101
Jim Bean	98
John Symon	98
Peter Voulgaris	98
Ed Hall	98
Malcolm Stradwick	97
Jan Spillekom	94
Adam Makda	93
Sean Ghodsi	92
Nick Macoun	91
Michael Raptis	91
Mike Baldwin	-5
Ben Anderson	-8
Angelo Voulgaris	-11
Tony Giannoulis	-11
Steve Dafnakis	-13

Sean's lips are sealed

Mackenzie after her swim in blue-green algae

Are Mackenzie and Paula celebrating their wins?

Deputy Sheriff Dilhun delighted with his position

Tony seems concerned 

Amir reflecting (pun intended) on his good luck

Our "Blue" Mountain men, Jan Spillekom and Ed Hall

Group being briefed

Tuesday January 7th 2025

 For our first meeting of 2025 we had a record 31 players turn up, including Daniel Kaufman from New York who can but play with us on this single occasion. He came a creditable 6th.

Aslin was the drawn jackpot but was thwarted by Gary in the second round.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Morteza Shaabanifar	316
Breck McCormack	309
Sean Ghodsi	307
Mahnaz Rostami	306
Aram Amirghan	207
Daniel Kaufman	206
Jamshid Demehri	206
Andrew Mowbray	204
Jim Bean	204
Malcolm Stradwick	204
Zhiman Rahmati	204
Gary Stavrou	203
David Reitzin	201
Tony Giannoulis	201
Mike Baldwin	197
Kee Yio Wan	196
Rafael Chattah	102
Robbie Baudish	101
Angelo Voulgaris	101
Yalli Pleshet	98
Faraz Demehri	98
David Burman	98
Ben Anderson	97
Jeremy Whitelaw	95
Mohammad Nejati	95
Aslin Sagnaklar	94
Amir Tehrani	94
Nick Macoun	89
Michael Raptis	-8
Paula O'Connell	-12
Adam Makda	-16

The group listens intently as Gary reads the riot act

Kee Yio demonstrating how to type without looking at the screen

Did Zhiman win or lose?...hard to tell

Aslin showing how she makes two phone calls simultaneously

Ben give a thumbs-up to brushing twice a day and shows off the result

Paula

Visitor from New York, Daniel Kaufman

Robbie makes his move

Angelo pondering

Mike happily eyes his opponent's blot as he comes off the bar

Past champion David

Very, very regular player, Jim (unrelated to fibre consumption)

Faraz Demehri makes a rare appearance to our games. We hope he decides to come regularly

Jeremy seems pleased with himself

2024 club champion, Sean

Mohammad and Tony

Raf brings new meaning to "high roller"

Sheriff Gary

David and Morteza who accepts the cube with a distinctive flourish of the hand

Tuesday December 17th 2024

 Tonight was our last meeting for the year. Two tournaments were run. Our regular tournament was run by Dilhun while Gary ran the 4-player championship challenge.

We welcomed four new players Stefan Post, Cem Dincer, Roland Funk and Avedis Varvarian.

Laurels for the night went to Othmane (Otto) Mekency who won the trifecta of winner, side pool and jackpot...what a Christmas present!

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Othmane Mekency	314
Cem Dincer	311
Adam Makda	309
Rafael Chattah	210
Andrew Mowbray	207
David Burman	207
Dilhun Akpinar	206
Mahnaz Rostami	206
Steve Clarry	205
Stefan Post	204
Roland Funk	204
Breck McCormack	201
Ben Anderson	98
Yalli Pleshet	98
Angelo Voulgaris	98
Sugam Singh	95
Zhiman Rahmati	94
Michael Raptis	94
Avedis Varvarian	93
Carol Wakelin	93
Nick Macoun	91
John Symon	-11
Alex Burman	-13
Tony Giannoulis	-14

The club's championship challenge was held between the year's four top ladder scorers; Sean Ghodsi, Kee Yio Wan, Jim Bean and Gary Stavrou.

Sean took out the honours, beating Gary (who is still licking his wounds) by just three points.

Each contestant received $100 for every match won.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Sean Ghodsi	205
Gary Stavrou	202
Kee Yio Wan	98
Jim Bean	95

Steve Clarry and Dilhun Akpinar congratulate Otto (centre) for his trifecta win

Runner-up was newcomer Cem Dincer

Dilhun briefs the gathering

John and Breck are neck and neck (rhyme intended)

Newcomer Stefan Post

Our esteemed librarian, Andrew

Otto gives Dilhun tips on the finer points of backgammon while Dilhun, tugging on his ear, says "pull the other one"

Breck demonstrates his famous standing roll technique

Ben has a special way of combing his hair to make it look like a wig

Newcomer Roland Funk

Championship match between Kee Yio and Jim

Championship match between Kee Yio and Sean

Championship match between Gary and Kee Yio

The four contenders for Club Champion, Jim, Kee Yio, Gary and Sean clutching their winnings

The coveted Club Champion crystal cube trophy

Dilhun congratulates winner Sean and runner-up Gary

Winners are grinners, says Sean