Wednesday October 20, 2021

 This was our 2^nd post-freedom night of play and our numbers increased to 17 players .

 

Carol Wakelin was drawn as the jackpot player but the dice were not her friends and she failed to capitalise on the opportunity.

 

The final results were:

 

1^st     Hammon Mans 

 

2^nd    Gary Stavrou

 

3^rd     David Reitzin

4th    David Layman

 

See you all next week! 

A happpy Hammon Mans battles David Layman with observers Breck McCormack and Angelo Voulgaris  watching from the sidelines.

John Symon and David Reitzin and in a very even match watched by Garry Byrne and Rafael Chattah.

Wednesday October 13 2021

 WE ARE BACK!!!

Finally, after 4 long months of lockdown, The Sydney Backgammoners resumed play at North Ryde RSL last night.

Fourteen keen players fronted up with boards and masks in hand to play face to face. 

Unfortunately , one player was turned away at the door as he only had a photo copy of his covid vaccination certificate , not a digital record.

John Symon was drawn as the fist jackpot player of the new season but was not able to take advantage of the situation .

Gary commented that, in spite of the lockdown, our club will have met more than half the year (34 out of 49 meetings). Therefore the Ladder would continue as usual and the ladder leader at the end of the year would be declared 2021 Club Champion. However, since our kitty collected only half the annual takings, the end-of-year Bonanza winners would have their prizes halved.

 

The winners were:

 1^st    Angelo Voulgaris

 2^nd   Carol Wakelin

 3^rd    Ben Scarf 

 4th   Dilhun Akpinar

More smiling players - Angeo Voulgaris and Dilhun Akpinar on the first night back

Four semi covid-compliant players, John symon and Hammon Mans at the rear and Pouya Azizi and Rafael Chattah in the foreground

Two happy chappies pleased to be back on the boards; Hammon Mans and David Leyman

Monday August 16 2021

Peter Kalyvas looks like a formidable opponent across the board when wearing the coveted Sydney Backgammoners Champion cap.

Peter was the winner of the club’s marathon 48-week tournament league.

Wednesday June 23 2021

 A very depleted turn-up tonight courtesy of yet another Covid outbreak in Sydney. 

Fifteen players took to the boards, mostly masked up, hand sanitised to the max  and ready to win.

 

The first order of business was to draw the jackpot player, and tonight Steve Clarry got the Guernsey but lucked out and left the pot intact.

 

The final results were :

 

1^st  Kee Yio Wan

 

2^ndJohn Symon

 

3^rdHammon Mans

 

4^thDavid Stubbs

 

Wooden spooner Jenny Sauders cleaned up off the board and scooped up the donated pork chop meat tray, courtesy of Andre Marootians who keeps winning things he does not want and adding a little extra joy and laughter to the prize giving!

 

Here's hoping next week is a little more normal!

JENNY SAUNDERS MAY HAVE COME LAST ON THE NIGHT BUT SHE STILL WENT HOME WITH GOODIES IN THE SHAPE OF A VERY NICE PORK MEAT TRAY COURTESY OF A VERY GENEROUS ANDRE MAROOTIANS

TWO MASKED ANTAGONISTS, JENNY SAUNDERS AND JOHN SYMON IN THE FIRST ROUND

GARY STAVROU AND ANDREW SCARF IN DESIGNER FACE WEAR.
COULD THIS BECOME A THING?

Wednesday June 16 2021

Tonight we had 23 players including out of town visitor Hossein Haydari who is also competing in the Sydney Open this Sunday and hoping to take the trophy interstate to Adelaide.

 The first item was to draw the weekly jackpot hopeful who was Carol Wakelin .  

 

A really really silly “Take” in the 2^nd round put paid to that so we start to build the pot again.

 

The final placegetters, with equal seconds, were:

 

 

1^st     John Symon

 

2^nd     David Stubbs 

  

2^nd     Jim Bean

 

4^th     Andre Marootians 

 

Well done all and good luck to all who are participating on 

Sunday!

 

Please set your alarms – no latecomers allowed

A perplexed Dilhun Akpinar faces off against eventual winner John Symon who looks pretty happy with the state of play

 And the battle continues between Jenny Saunders and Breck McCormack - tonight was Breck's night

The boys' club - foregound is Parviz Sheidal against David Reitzin with Kee Yio Wan and Raffael Chattah more interested in another table in the in background

I think Ned Marootians (R) is in trouble in his match with Jim Bean.

Wednesday June 9 2021

There were 20 players on this verrry chilly Wednesday night eager to start the night's games.

 

First order  of the night was to remind all players  of the big tournament at The Canada Bay Club on the 20^th of the month.

 

The jackpot player was drawn and it was Hammon Mans, fresh from his win in the last SBOT on line tourney.

 

As the night progressed, it became very obvious that the jackpot was possibly/probably going to go off tonight – which was the end result, after many many months! Congratulations to Hammon!

 

The final results were :

 

1st   Hammon Mans

 

2^nd    Andrew Scarf

 

3^rd    David Reitzin

 

4^th    Mohammad Nejati

 

See you all next week!

Jenny Sauders and Garry Byrne in an early match

A bunch of very serious players. Parviz Sheidal plays David Mcdonald in the foreground next to Mohammad Nejati then Hammon Mans  with Kee Yio Wan an interested observer

Jackpot winner Hammon Mans with TD Gary Stavrou

Wednesday June 2 2021

 Despite the wintery conditions and temperature, 25 stalwarts rocked up to play last night.

 

First order of business was to draw the Giantslayer challenger who has the chance to relieve David Reitzin of 226 of his hard earned points.

 

Rafael Chattah accepted the offer -  results later in the month.

 

The jackpot player was drawn as Albert Erfan , but he was not successful.

 

Final results were:

 

1st     Jim Bean

 

2^nd     Jenny Saunders

 

3^rd      Kee Yio Wan

 

4^th      Andrew Scarf

Angelo Voulgaris takes on Kee Yio Wan with Mahnaz Rostami and Mohammad Nejati watchng intently from the sideline

Jackpot hopeful Albert Erfan drew Ned Marootians in the first round

TD Gary Stavrou looks quietly confident in his match with a frazzled  Breck McCormack - Giancarlo is a bit bemused.