Wednesday 23rd August 2023

 Among tonight's 22 entrants we welcomed a new player, Mehdi Fard.

Past champion David Reitzin was drawn as the jackpot but, although he won all his matches was not the top scorer.

Tonight saw a club first.

Adam Makda won all his matches without losing a single point, giving him a maximum possible score of 321.

Adam was seen doing somersaults throughout the club and offering cigars to total strangers.

Results were:

1st Adam Makda

2nd David Reitzin

3rd Matt Bridges

4th Aram Amirghan

"Don't worry" Rafael is saying to a disconsolate Ben, "I'll get you another beer"

Newcomer Mehdi Fard playing his sponsor, Penman Golshahi

Adam being congratulated by TD Gary on his historic perfect score

Jeremy looking to make a comeback in the match just as BSA Motorcycles did this year since their obscurity in the 1970's

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Adam Makda	321
David Reitzin	310
Matt Bridges	309
Aram Amirghan	209
Gary Stavrou	208
Mohammad Nejati	205
Jenny Saunders	205
John Symon	204
Breck McCormack	203
Sean Ghodsi	197
Koosha Hedjripour	196
Vazgen Panosian	101
Carol Wakelin	99
Pejman Golshahi	96
Mehdi Fard	96
Jim Bean	96
Nick Macoun	94
Angelo Voulgaris	93
Ben Anderson	90
Jeremy Whitelaw	-4
Mahnaz Rostami	-13
Rafael Chattah	-15

Wednesday August 16th 2023

 In spite of a significant Matildas/England match tonight, 18 players came to partake in the world's best game.

Carol Wakelin was drawn as the jackpot but failed to pull it off.

1st Aram Amirghan

2nd Angelo Voulgaris

3rd Andrew Mowbray and Koosha Hedjripour (tied)

Concentrating ladies

Concentrating gentlemen

"No worries" says Mackenzie while bleeding from a head wound

"I'm sure the dice fit in somehow" says Rafael

Aram and Jim, among our top players

Gary is always at his happiest before a game starts. Downhill from then on.

Mohamed sporting two black eyes with grace and equanimity

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Aram Amirghan	310
Angelo Voulgaris	307
Andrew Mowbray	208
Koosha Hedjripour	208
Mahnaz Rostami	205
David Reitzin	204
Jim Bean	203
Gary Stavrou	203
Carol Wakelin	199
Mackenzie Little	102
Nick Macoun	101
Ben Anderson	99
Aslin Sagnaklar	96
Jenny Saunders	94
Mohammad Nejati	94
Rafael Chattah	92
Vazgen Panosian	-10
Adam Makda	-15

Wednesday August 9th 2023

 A very satisfying number of 26 entrants tonight.

Including a new member, Peter Boylan, who apparently is no slouch across the board as he took out 3rd place on his first night.

Malcolm Stradwick drew the jackpot but stumbled at the first hurdle.

1st place David Reitzin

2nd place Adam Makda

3rd place Peter Boylan

4th place Sean Ghodsi

Andrew Mowbray proving that winners are grinners

Is that pain our exhilaration on Nick Macoun's face?

Newcomer Peter Boylan seems unhappy with his dice

Carol Wakelin looks at the screen in disbelief

"Just you wait" says Mackenzie Little

Aram has worked his way up the ladder very quickly

Sean and Angelo

Rafael's shirts always brighten up the place

A trio of ponderers

Jeremy is always willing to lend a hand

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
David Reitzin	319
Adam Makda	312
Peter Boylan	307
Sean Ghodsi	207
Vazgen Panosian	206
Gary Stavrou	206
Aram Amirghan	205
Rafael Chattah	204
Dilhun Akpinar	204
Mackenzie Little	202
Andrew Mowbray	201
James Lyons	199
Ben Anderson	199
Malcolm Stradwick	104
Meisam Amini	103
Breck McCormack	102
Mahnaz Rostami	100
Jenny Saunders	97
Pejman Golshahi	95
Angelo Voulgaris	94
Jeremy Whitelaw	92
Mohammad Nejati	90
Carol Wakelin	90
Nick Macoun	-10
Jim Bean	-15
Koosha Hedjripour	-16

Wednesday August 2nd 2023

 Tonight's player numbers were 23.

Gary Stavrou was declared, to deafening acclamation, Player of the Month for July.

Jim Bean was the Ladder Leader and Hammon mans was the drawn Giantslayer, 270 of Jim's points being at risk.

Results were:

1st Aram Amirghan

2nd Mohammad Nejati ans David Reitzin, tied

4th Dilhun Akpinar

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Aram Amirghan	315
Mohammad Nejati	306
David Reitzin	306
Dilhun Akpinar	209
Hammon Mans	207
Jim Bean	206
Andrew Mowbray	206
Paul Barnett	205
Mahnaz Rostami	204
Ben Anderson	204
Carol Wakelin	199
Adam Makda	198
Breck McCormack	101
Mackenzie Little	96
Sean Ghodsi	96
Rafael Chattah	94
Gary Stavrou	93
Koosha Hedjripour	92
Jeremy Whitelaw	90
John Symon	-6
Vazgen Panosian	-9
Nick Macoun	-11

Wednesday July 26th 2023

 Just 18 dedicated backgammoners turned up tonight.

Thanks to Dilhun for running the night due to Gary's

under-the-weatherness.

Angelo was the drawn jackpot and scored, adding the $110 jackpot to his night's winnings.

1st place Angelo Voulgaris and Dilhun Akpinar (tied)

3rd place Gary Stavrou, Jim Bean and Aram Amirghan (tied)

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Angelo Voulgaris	310
Dilhun Akpinar	310
Gary Stavrou	207
Jim Bean	207
Aram Amirghan	207
Vazgen Panosian	206
Koosha Hedjripour	202
John Symon	202
Mahnaz Rostami	198
Mohammad Nejati	198
David Reitzin	99
Aslin Sagnaklar	98
Rafael Chattah	96
Carol Wakelin	95
Ben Anderson	93
Sean Ghodsi	-5
Nick Macoun	-6
Jeremy Whitelaw	-17

Wednesday July 19th 2023

 25 players joined the fray tonight.

An award ceremony was conducted for Michel Gerges who won the NSW Open last weekend. As the host club we supplied the award, a coveted crystal doubling cube plus a Sydney Backgammoners Champion cap.

Amir Tehrani drew the jackpot but was cut short in the first round by Jeremy Whitelaw.

The nigh't results were:

1st John Symon

2nd Mackenzie Little

3rd Gary Stavrou

4th Aram Amirghan

2023 NSW Champion Michel Gerges receiving sporting the Champions' cap

Michel holds the crystal doubling cube aloft

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
John Symon	315
Mackenzie Little	313
Gary Stavrou	309
Aram Amirghan	210
Rafael Chattah	207
Matt Bridges	207
Jeremy Whitelaw	204
Vazgen Panosian	203
Aslin Sagnaklar	202
Mahnaz Rostami	200
Andrew Mowbray	198
Pejman Golshahi	197
Steve Clarry	102
Angelo Voulgaris	101
Carol Wakelin	99
Ben Anderson	98
Jenny Saunders	97
Jim Bean	96
Meisam Amini	92
Sean Ghodsi	90
Mohammad Nejati	90
Breck McCormack	90
Amir Tehrani	-8
Koosha Hedjripour	-10