Tuesday March 17th 2026

 38 players turned up tonight including new player Nick Amirghan who is Aram's son.

Robbie was the drawn jackpot and came within a hair's breath of getting it but was pipped at the last moment by Aram

17/3/2026
Final Ranking	TOT
	PTS
Aram Amirghan	315
Richard Broug	314
Sean Ghodsi	312
Andrew Mowbray	308
Robbie Baudish	209
Mike Baldwin	209
Mahnaz Rostami	207
Jim Bean	206
Nick Macoun	206
Farshad Hamidi	206
Ali Ghadiri	206
Morteza Shaabanifar	204
Peter Voulgaris	204
Nick Amirghan	203
Jeremy Whitelaw	203
Ben Anderson	201
David Reitzin	201
Danny Assabgy	200
Ken Kershaw	198
Breck McCormack	193
Kee Yio Wan	104
Carol Wakelin	100
Paula O'Connell	98
Gary Stavrou	98
David Holt	95
Jim Malafouris	95
Angelo Voulgaris	95
Antonio Andolfo	95
Zhiman Rahmati	94
Susan Wan	94
Rafael Chattah	93
Andrew Clarke	90
Michael Raptis	88
Robin Lanesman	-7
Mohammad Nejati	-8
Bruce Stephens	-11
Ed Hall	-11
Sadra Mobayyen	-13

Tuesday March 10th 2026

 We had 35 players tonight.

Deputy Sheriff Mike reminded players of dice rules and etiquette. Sheriff Gary told players that gaming a situation if time is running out will result in permanent exclusion from the club.

Richard Broug was the drawn Jackpot but failed to achieve.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Zhiman Rahmati	314
Robbie Baudish	313
Morteza Shaabanifar	310
Sadra Mobayyen	308
Robin Lanesman	302
Peter Voulgaris	211
Farshad Hamidi	206
Richard Broug	205
Danny Assabgy	205
Sean Ghodsi	204
Yalli Pleshet	204
Mike Baldwin	203
Gary Stavrou	200
Tony Giannoulis	199
Kee Yio Wan	199
Jim Malafouris	198
Jeremy Whitelaw	197
Angelo Voulgaris	104
Jim Bean	100
Jenny Saunders	100
Paula O'Connell	99
Aram Amirghan	98
Antonio Andolfo	98
Mohammad Nejati	98
Breck McCormack	97
Carol Wakelin	97
Andrew Clarke	96
Michael Raptis	94
Susan Wan	93
Nick Macoun	93
Ken Kershaw	-8
David Holt	-9
Rafael Chattah	-14
Mehdi Kiani	-16

NSW Open Backgammon Tournament

 Sydney Backgammoners hosted the 2026 NSW Open Backgammon Tournament over the weekend of March 7-8 at the North Ryde RSL.

The popular double-elimination Swiss format attracted players from New Zealand, Queensland and Victoria.

The tournament winner and 2026 NSW Champion was Sean Ghodsi.

Runner up was Hammon Mans and in third place was Jim Bean.

The consolation tournament saw Carlinda Roberts and Mohammad Nejati come equal first with Sadra Mobayyan in third place.

Martin and Hammon

Paul McCloskey lost by a whisker

The three place-getters

Third place, Jim Bean

Runner Up, Hammon Mans

2026 NSW Backgammon Champion, Sean Ghodsi

Peter Voulgaris and Deniz Agdiran reading each other's palms

Hammon Mans came second in the main flight

Sadra Mobayyan came third in the consolation flight

Martin Sagradian is quietly confident

Paul McCloskey from Queensland rolls his dice with a vengeance

Ken Vaughan

"Who?, me?" says Jim Bean 

Danny Assabgy is Australia's premier backgammon board maker

Sheriff Gary shows off his crystal doubling cube

Mia Kandidakis

Andy Liepins travelled from Victoria

The stuff of the main flight at Round 4

Amir Sohrabi

Two happy girls, Sarah and Paula

Carlinda Roberts from New Zealand shared first prize in the second flight

Matt Bridges travelled from the Blue Mountains

Jeremy Whitelaw travelled from the Blue Mountains

John Symon came from Tea Gardens

Carol gave name tags, John offered ANZBGF membership and Paula recorded entries

The eager crowd awaits the start of the tournament

The briefing

Tuesday March 3rd 2026

 

37 players graced our rooms tonight.

Paula was the drawn jackpot but failed to convert.

Bruce Stephens was the chosen Giantslayer to take on the formidable Sean, who prevailed 9-4.

Robbie Baudish was the player-of-the-month for February but, as he was absent, forfeits his free entry.

Gary clarified that entries will not be accepted for players not actually present. This has led to difficulties in the past should such a player arrive late, having already been paired. Note that late arrivals are not eligible to the 100 bye points.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
David Reitzin	314
Kee Yio Wan	313
Andrew Mowbray	309
Antonio Andolfo	308
Yalli Pleshet	305
Jeremy Whitelaw	211
Aram Amirghan	207
Sean Ghodsi	207
Mahnaz Rostami	207
Mike Baldwin	206
Morteza Shaabanifar	205
Zhiman Rahmati	204
Danny Assabgy	204
Richard Broug	204
Angelo Voulgaris	203
Gary Stavrou	202
Carol Wakelin	202
Peter Voulgaris	202
Susan Wan	201
Mohammad Nejati	99
Ken Kershaw	98
Robin Lanesman	98
Paula O'Connell	98
Mehdi Kiani	97
Ben Anderson	96
Ali Ghadiri	96
Rafael Chattah	96
Sarah Bauling	94
Deniz Agdiran	93
Jim Bean	92
Michael Raptis	88
Bruce Stephens	-10
Sadra Mobayyen	-10
Nick Macoun	-11
Jim Malafouris	-11
David Holt	-16

Zhiman in deep thought

Sadra is always happy

Paula was the jackpot

The briefing