Tuesday March 24th 2026

 38 players graced our tables tonight.

Adam was the drawn jackpot and, after a resounding win over Sean in the first round was beginning to feel confident. The confidence was reinforced after a good win over Sadra in the second round. But in the final round Farshad put paid to Adam's ambitions and the jackpot remains intact...for now.

FINAL	TOT
RANKING	PTS
Farshad Hamidi	316
Dilhun Akpinar	315
Kee Yio Wan	314
Sarah Bauling	309
Nick Macoun	308
Antonio Andolfo	209
Breck McCormack	208
Robbie Baudish	205
Zhiman Rahmati	204
Rupert Morton	204
Adam Makda	203
Sadra Mobayyen	203
Rafael Chattah	202
Morteza Shaabanifar	202
Mehdi Kiani	201
Carol Wakelin	201
Sean Ghodsi	201
Mike Baldwin	200
Jim Bean	104
Mahnaz Rostami	101
Robin Lanesman	100
Jim Malafouris	99
David Holt	98
Paula O'Connell	97
Gary Stavrou	97
Aram Amirghan	97
Jenny Saunders	96
Mohammad Nejati	96
Richard Broug	95
Susan Wan	94
Andrew Clarke	91
Angelo Voulgaris	91
Ken Kershaw	88
Rebecca Morton	84
Peter Voulgaris	-6
Jeremy Whitelaw	-10
Andrew Mowbray	-11
Deniz Agdiran	-12

Carol pleased that she won an RSL prize

Richard wonders if he is making the right move

Sarah is always happy

Ken Kershaw

A thoughtful Mehdi

Robbie Baudish, the picture of satisfaction

The briefing

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