Wednesday November 23rd 2022

 There was a very pleasing roll-up of 18 players for tonight's event , we love even numbers!!

Carol Wakelin was drawn as the jackpot player, but with her first two matches ignominious defeats the piggy bank was safe yet again.

 

The final results were:

 

1^st                          Gary Stavrou 

 

2^nd equal                Hammon Mans

                             Peter Voulgaris

 

4^th equal                 Mohammad Nejati  

                             Rafael Chattah

                             David Reitzin

 

See you all next week!!

Hammon Mans  is getting a different perspective in his match with Antonio Andolfo

3 serious faces as Andre Marootians battles Mohammad Nejati with Amir Tahrani watching on

The battle of the brothers as Angelo Voulgaris takes on brother Peter with John Symon in attendance.

R3 RANKING	PTS
Gary Stavrou	313
Hammon Mans	306
Peter Voulgaris	306
David Reitzin	204
Mohammad Nejati	204
Rafael Chattah	204
Antonio Andolfo	202
Jenny Saunders	202
John Symon	103
Dilhun Akpinar	102
Jim Bean	101
Koosha Hedjripour	99
Andre Marootians	98
Adam Makda	94
Amir Tehrani	93
Jeremy Whitelaw	92
Angelo Voulgaris	-10
Carol Wakelin	-13

Wednesday November 16th 2022

 A robust group of 18 fronted up to tonight's competition , including one new player – welcome to Kathy Bakhsh.

 Jeremy Whitelaw was drawn as the jackpot  player, but even with a round one overwhelming victory, was not able to claim the goodies.

 The final results were:

 1^st                  John Symon

 2^nd                 David Reitzin

 3^rd                  Antonio Andolfo    

 4^th                  Dilhun Akpinar & Sean Ghodsi tied

See you all next week!!

Antonio Andolfo squares up to John Symon in an early match

Jeremy Whitelaw's jackpot journey is not being hampered at all by Mohammad Nejati at this stage.

Koosha Hedjripour and Malcom Stradwick in the tussle of youth versus experience

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
John Symon	316
David Reitzin	312
Antonio Andolfo	208
Dilhun Akpinar	207
Sean Ghodsi	207
Jeremy Whitelaw	206
Koosha Hedjripour	203
Adam Makda	202
Jenny Saunders	102
Peter Voulgaris	101
Rafael Chattah	95
Gary Stavrou	95
Jim Bean	93
Mohammad Nejati	91
Carol Wakelin	89
Malcolm Stradwick	87
Amir Tehrani	-15

 

 

Wednesday November 9th 2022

 A very presentable 18 players arrived tonight – good to see the numbers stabilising.

The jackpot player was Peter Voulgaris who was left out of the major placings this week

 

 Final results were a little unusual:

 

1st =                     Malcolm Stradwick

 

1^st =                      Gary Stavrou       

 

3rd =                     David Reitzin

 

3rd =                     John Symon

Whatever Sean Ghodsi intends to do with that chequer, John Symon thinks its wrong - please note the tee shirt!.

The battle of the shirts - Adam Makda and Rafael Chattah  brighten up the room.

Our resident comedian on the camera, John Symon reduces Carol Wakelin and Adam Makda to hysterics with a  snappy one liner at Adams expense - at least he took the joke well!

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Malcolm Stradwick	313
Gary Stavrou	313
David Reitzin	208
John Symon	208
Jenny Saunders	207
Dilhun Akpinar	205
Rafael Chattah	201
Adam Makda	200
Angelo Voulgaris	199
Jim Bean	199
Mohammad Nejati	101
Carol Wakelin	98
Antonio Andolfo	97
Sean Ghodsi	95
Peter Voulgaris	95
Amir Tehrani	-9
Koosha Hedjripour	-12
Andre Marootians	-18

Wednesday November 2nd 2022

 The first Wednesday of another new month saw a rise in numbers with 17 players checking in, maybe in hope of scoring a free ride as player of the month, but that honour went to Hammon Mans, who, as he was absent, misses out on the freebie!

The jackpot player was Jim Bean who made in into the placings but not in the right spot to claim the cash.

 

Relative newcomer Sean Ghodsi got the Giantslayer spot – more on the results later in the month.

 

Final results were:

 

!st           Peter Voulgaris

 

2^nd          David Reitzin

 

3^rd           Dilhun Akpinar      

 

4^th           Jim Bean

Koosha Hedjripour battles Amir Tehrani as Peter Voulgaris  watches on.

TD Gary Stavrou in a solo shot - his partner was camera shy!

Wednesday October 26th 2022

 A very select little group of 15 arrived for tonight's competition – maybe the sight of sunshine encouraged the rest of our group to stay outdoors!

 

Peter Voulgaris was drawn as the jackpot player, and, for the first time in many months, the stars aligned and the jackpot was “scooped”!! 

 

Well done Peter !

This month's Giantslayer match upset the applecart with Dilhun Akpinar wresting 336 of Ladder Leader Gary Stavrou's hard-earned points. This allowed Adam Makda to nudge into the Ladder Leader position with the prospect of facing his own Giantslayer next month.

 

The full final results are as follows:

 

1^st           Peter Voulgaris

 

2^nd          Dilhun Akpinar and David Reitzin (tied)   

4^th          Jim Bean

 

See you all, and hopefully a few more , next week.

A busy match between Rafael Chattah and Adam Makda.

Angelo Voulgaris looks serious in his match against Jenny Saunders as Rafael Chattah looks on.

John Symon looks to consolidate his lead over Mohammad Nejati
as a thoughtful Amir Tehrani looks on.

Wednesday 19th October

Last weekend we ran the NSW Open Backgammon tournament. Our club did particularly well, our members taking four of the five prizes.

A good turnout of 20 players tonight including three brand new faces. We welcome to our happy family Sean Ghodsi (our Iranian cohort, wonderfully, keeps growing), Mohammed Ali (no, not the one you are thinking of) and Andrew Mowbray (a regular supporter of our major tournaments). John Symon was the drawn jackpot but failed to take the pot by just 8 points.

Results were:

1st Place Hammon Mans

2ns place John Symon

3rd Place Gary Stavrou

4th Place Mohammad Nejati and Sean Ghodsi (tied)

Sean Ghodsi and Hammon Mans seem deep in negotiations while Jim Bean awaits his opponent

Jackpot hopeful, John Symon, came from behind to beat Malcolm Stradwick

2022 NSW Open October 15-16

 The 2022 NSW Open Backgammon tournament attracted 36 players who came from as far afield as Adelaide, Melbourne, Wollongong and the Gold Coast.

After eight gruelling rounds over two days Terry Christodoulou emerged as this year’s NSW Champion.
Apart from scooping 50% of the pool money, Terry was presented with the Sydney Backgammoners Champion Cap and the coveted crystal doubling cube.

The placings in the Main Flight were:
1st Place Terry Christodoulou
2nd Place Gary Stavrou (ever the bridesmaid)
3rd Place Stephen Davy
4th Place Breck McCormack

The winner of the Second Flight was Peter Voulgaris
1st and 2nd place in the Side Pool were taken by Ben Phillips and Hammon Mans respectively.

Our thanks to all who participated.

Looking forward to an even bigger and better 2023 reprise.

Jubilant winner Terry Christodoulou wearing the Sydney Backgammoners Champion Cap
and giving the thumbs up to getting the coveted crystal doubling cube

Tournament Director Gary Stavrou was runner-up and is being presented
with his prize by ANZBGF Secretary John Symon

Steve Davy came 3rd in the Main Flight

Peter Voulgaris won the Second Flight

Breck McCormack came 4th in the Main Flight

Hammon Mans came 2nd in the Side Pool