Wednesday February 8th 2023

Another terrific night of backgammon with 26 players jostling for positions.

Two new players were welcomed, Arash Aldaghi and Nader Ghomi. And, for the second week in a row, a newcomer, in this case Arash, took out 1st prize.

Acting Tournament Director Dilhun Akpinar, was (again) drawn as the Jackpot player but in spite of starting strongly with two wins was downed at the last post by Adam Makda.

A reminder that entries to our online tournament, 3 Strikes, close on Monday 13th.

A hip replacement 12 days ago couldn't keep Gary Stavrou away from the boards. Here he enjoys a night off from tournament directing

We need more women in backgammon and are glad to have Shaheen Pordily as a regular club member

A tough cube decision for Amir Tehrani

More family match-ups between brothers Andre and Ned Marootians

Good to see grandson Koosha and grandfather Ahmad enjoying a family night out at
Sydney Backgammoners

No, they are not backgammon trophies behind David Reitzin but, as past Club Champion and current Ladder Leader they well might have been.

Happy chappies Hammon Mans and Adam Makda

"Unbelievable dice" the common backgammon mantra as expressed here by Ahmad Hedjripour,
Aram Amirghan and Rafael Chattah

Greece versus Italy as Angelo Voulgaris and Antonio Andolfo lock eyes. Overseen by international peacekeepers Jenny Saunders and David Reitzin

A thoughtful Andre Marootians contemplating tactics from a 2-away:2-away position

Eager starters for tonight's action

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Arash Aldaghi	314
Sean Ghodsi	308
Koosha Hedjripour	307
Adam Makda	211
Peter Voulgaris	209
Nader Ghomi	208
Antonio Andolfo	206
Ned Marootians	204
Angelo Voulgaris	203
Gary Stavrou	203
Amir Tehrani	202
David Reitzin	202
Aram Amirghan	201
Dilhun Akpinar	199
Andre Marootians	100
Hammon Mans	100
Mackenzie Little	98
Andrew Mowbray	97
Mohammad Nejati	97
Ben Anderson	97
Jim Bean	93
Jenny Saunders	92
Pejman Golshahi	-10
Ahmad Hedjripour	-11
Rafael Chattah	-14
Shaheen Pordily	-16

Wednesday February 1st 2023

On the first day of a new month, and with some of our regulars missing, we still had a healthy turnout of 18 players for tonight's competition.

 

Once again  this included one new player, Pejman Golshahi – PJ to his friends!!

 

The jackpot player was drawn and Payman Tehrani got the nod but did not make the placings.

 

Top spot was taken by new player PJ – I think we may see him again !! 

Sean Ghodsi takes on temporary TD Dilhun Akpinar on the first day of a new month.

As the sun goes down on the 1st day of a new month Andrew Mowbray and MacKenzie Little
study the state of play.

A family battle as Amir Tehrani takes on his dad Payman.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Pejman Golshahi	317
David Reitzin	306
Andrew Mowbray	208
Mohammad Nejati	207
Andre Marootians	205
Jim Bean	204
Jenny Saunders	202
Rafael Chattah	200
Amir Tehrani	198
Angelo Voulgaris	100
Adam Makda	98
Sean Ghodsi	98
Dilhun Akpinar	97
Jeremy Whitelaw	96
Carol Wakelin	92
Mackenzie Little	90
Payman Tehrani	-6
Shaheen Pordily	-18

Wednesday January 25th 2023

Another really good turnout of 23 players arrived to night , including a new player, Ahmad Hedjripour, grandfather of one of our youngest players, Koosha.

Ahmad was drawn as the jackpot player but could not capitalise on this despite winning two of his three matches – better luck next time.

In the background Hammon Mans plays Andrew Mowbray and in the foreground Andre Marootians takes on Gary Stavrou.

Newcomer Ahmad Hedjripour takes on Steve Clarry whilst Mohammad Nejati demolishes
David Reitzen.

Lots of merriment in this match beween Adam Makda and Antonio Andolfo.

R3 RANKING	PTS
Jim Bean	316
Hammon Mans	312
Adam Makda	306
Aram Amirghan	211
Steve Clarry	209
Andrew Mowbray	207
Dilhun Akpinar	205
Mackenzie Little	202
John Symon	202
Ahmad Hedjripour	202
Mohammad Nejati	201
Gary Stavrou	100
Rafael Chattah	97
Antonio Andolfo	97
David Reitzin	96
Aslin Sagnaklar	95
Andre Marootians	93
Carol Wakelin	93
Peter Voulgaris	92
Koosha Hedjripour	91
Jenny Saunders	-8
Amir Tehrani	-17

Wednesday January 18th 2023

 We had a record turnout tonight with an amazing 28 players crowding in to be part of the action.

There was also the beginning of temporary change of tournament director tonight with TD in training Dilhun Akpinar on the desk in preparation for his duties whilst Gary goes off to get a new hip.

 

It was a bit of a baptism of fire, but all flowed smoothly.

Shaheen Pordily is still smiling - just - in her match with Malcolm Stradwick.

At this stage its an even contest between John Symon and Angelo Voulgaris - final result NOT so even.

In the background Hammon Mans gets a beating from Aslin Sagnaklar whilst in the foreground Adam Makda demolishes Amir Tehrani.

 

Final results

R3 RANKING	PTS
Mohammad Nejati	312
Jim Bean	312
Antonio Andolfo	311
Aslin Sagnaklar	310
David Reitzin	210
Gary Stavrou	208
Dilhun Akpinar	208
Aram Amirghan	206
Peter Voulgaris	205
Andrew Scarf	204
John Symon	203
Hammon Mans	203
Jenny Saunders	203
Adam Makda	202
Rafael Chattah	99
Malcolm Stradwick	99
Amir Tehrani	99
Carol Wakelin	98
Kee Yio Wan	96
Ben Scarf	95
Jeremy Whitelaw	94
Ned Marootians	94
Angelo Voulgaris	94
Andre Marootians	92
Andrew Mowbray	-11
Koosha Hedjripour	-12
Mackenzie Little	-15
Shaheen Pordily	-19

Wednesday January 11th 2023

 The year has started on a high note with 22 players  turning up to play.

We also welcomed 3 new players and hope that Payman Tehrani, Aslin Sagnaklar  and Aram Amirghan will become regulars .

 

Koosha  Hedjripour scored the first jackpot bid of the year, but was not able to scoop up the pennies.

TD Gary Stavrou takes on Mohammad Nejati in the final round

Jeremy Whitelaw makes his moves watched by a sceptical Ben Anderson.

Our resident pirate adam Makda takes on new player Aslin Sagniklar in a freindly match  with  Aram Amirghan watching from the sidelines

R3 RANKING	PTS
Angelo Voulgaris	315
David Reitzin	311
Gary Stavrou	310
Antonio Andolfo	211
Carol Wakelin	208
Aslin Sagnaklar	205
Dilhun Akpinar	205
Amir Tehrani	203
Ben Anderson	202
Malcolm Stradwick	201
Mohammad Nejati	200
Aram Amirghan	99
Rafael Chattah	99
Adam Makda	98
Hammon Mans	97
Koosha Hedjripour	95
Jenny Saunders	94
Jim Bean	93
Shaheen Pordily	91
Jeremy Whitelaw	-7
Payman Tehrani	-13
John Symon	-17