Ladder and Challenges

AusBGF Ratings

Sydney Backgammoners is an affiliated club with the Australian Backgammon Federation. As such, all tournament results are included in the AusBGF Ratings.

You can see your rating at ausbgf.org.au on the Results Page

The Ladder

Sydney Backgammoners run a ranking Ladder system which is simply the players' cumulative score.
The Ladder starts afresh each January.

All people who have played with us during the current ladder period are represented in the Ladder.

This ranking is purely internal and not related to any national or international rating.

LADDER AS AT SCORES 21/4/21 21/4/21 David Reitzin 3606 David Reitzin 316 Gary Stavrou 3167 Gary Stavrou 96 Jim Bean 2841 Jim Bean 99 Angelo Voulgaris 2824 Angelo Voulgaris 309 Hammon Mans 2532 Hammon Mans 95 John Symon 2471 John Symon 204 Peter Voulgaris 2317 Peter Voulgaris 202 Kee Yio Wan 2291 Kee Yio Wan 206 Carol Wakelin 2089 Carol Wakelin 101 Susan Wan 2047 Susan Wan 200 Garry Byrne 1911 Garry Byrne 96 David Stubbs 1716 David Stubbs 198 Mohammad Nejati 1671 Mohammad Nejati 104 Giancarlo Yannoulis 1477 Giancarlo Yannoulis 202 Rafael Chattah 1437 Rafael Chattah 99 George Avramides 1413     Peter Koorey 1373 Peter Koorey -13 Jenny Saunders 1174 Jenny Saunders 86 Andre Marootians 1008     Breck McCormack 1004 Breck McCormack 100 Steve Clarry 917 Steve Clarry 208 Dilhun Akpinar 860 Dilhun Akpinar -14 Ben Anderson 582     Ali Pedram 313     Ned Marootians 312     Andrew Scarf 303 Andrew Scarf 203 Simon Strum 295     James Marshall 290     Thomas Johnstone 209     Pouria Khojasteh 204     Paul Barnett 203 Paul Barnett 203 Wally Wiederman 201     Hamish Moore 95     Robert Coote 48     Peter Comino -18

Club Champion

The Ladder Leader, at the conclusion of the last tournament of the year, will be declared Club Champion for the year and be presented with a beautiful trophy which will be cherished long after the prize money is forgotten. It is a useable 40mm crystal etched doubling cube which is sure to intimidate opponents.

Giantslayer Challenge

Champions must always be prepared to defend their titles.
Each month, the current Ladder Leader has to defend his/her position against a potential Giantslayer.

At the first meeting of each month, from the regular players present, one is randomly chosen to be the Giantslayer.
Whoever is Ladder Leader at the time, whether they are present at that meeting or not, is expected to meet the Giantslayer (either head-to-head or online) for a 9-point match during the month in question.

If the Ladder Leader loses the match then he/she will lose 5% of their total points (as at the beginning of the month) and these points will be transferred to the Giantslayer.
If the Ladder Leader wins there is no change to the scores.
If a match is not played within the designated time the Ladder Leader still forfeits the points but the Giantslayer does not receive them.
The match counts toward AusBGF ratings.

2021 POINTS MONTH LADDER LEADER GIANTSLAYER AT RISK WINNER February        Hammon Mans                George Avramides                47            Hammon Mans (9-3) March            David Reitzin                   Jim Bean                               93            David Reitzin (9-0) April              David Reitzin                  Peter Voulgaris                      149          David Reitzin (9-1) May June July August September October November

                       

Player of the Month

The player who, over the period of a calendar month, has scored the most points shall be declared the Player of the Month and will be recognised as such on this web page.

Further, if the player is present at the first meeting of the following month, Sydney Backgammoners will pay for his or her tournament entry fee. Players of the Month will not be chosen in January or December as these are incomplete playing months.

2021
MONTH	PLAYER OF THE MONTH
February	David Reitzin
March	Gary Stavrou
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November

End-of-year Ladder Bonanza

At the last meeting of the year we offer the opportunity to our top Ladder scorers to win our Ladder  Bonanza.

The top three Ladder-ranked players who are playing on that occasion will win, should they be placed among the top three of the tournament, a money prize equivalent in dollars to their score.

This is over $300 if the night’s winner is also highly ranked in the Ladder.

You don’t have to be in the top three of the Ladder to be eligible. If any one or more of the top three players are not present on the night the positions will be filled by the next ranking players.

These money prizes are supplied by the club from the $2 nightly collections as a way of giving something back to our most regular and successful players.

2019 LADDER BONANZA WINNER/S
Arthur Ramer $303