Newcastle
Backgammon Club
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Edition
Date
03/12/2019 15:20
Next Meetings:
Friday, December 6th, 2019
Dinner, Presentation and AGM Night
Probable first
night of 2020
10/1/2020 (TBC)
18:45 for 19:15
Charlestown Bowling Club, Lincoln St, Charlestown
Newcastle Wins
another Australian Open
Dyett Holds for 4th
Successive Title
Ramsey Holes Out in Top 8 again
President's Trophy Results
2019 Australian Open and Masters Report
2019 Presentation Night and Annual General Meeting
Huge
Congratulations to Newcastle stalwart Greg Mitchell on taking out the 2019
Australian Open on the weekend on November 23 and 24.
Mick Dyett's report on the Australian Open and Masters is below.
2019 Presentation and Annual General Meeting Night
The
2019 Presentation Night and Annual General Meeting will take place at
Charlestown Bowling Club on Friday night December 6th from 7 pm.
This year's dinner will be slightly different to previous years where we
have booked for a set menu and we have had to pay for a minimum of 25 and
only had 16 people turn up. We have booked into the restaurant and all
members (financial backgammon club members as at 30/6/19) will be able to
choose their meal (up to $30).
The AGM and Presentations will take place after dinner. See the
AGM page for
the agenda. Anyone wishing to bring up any General Business should forward
an email (to pacnet 7 at bigpond dot com ) before December 3 to be
circulated to the membership before the meeting.
Australian Open and Masters Report
The 2019 Australian
Backgammon Championships and Master’s was played over the weekend of the 23rd
and 24th November. 34 players competed for the National
Championship. There were players from New Zealand, Melbourne, Gold Coast,
Newcastle and of course Sydney. The venue for the tournament was The Persian
Rose Restaurant in Turramurra.
The format for the Open was
Round Robin with the top two players from each group advancing to a
16-player knockout.
As is normally the case
before such a big tournament there was much excitement in the room as
players anticipated winning Australia’s most coveted Backgammon Competition
and becoming the 2019 Australian Champion.
The Games began at 10 am. By
mid-afternoon the Round Robin brawling had stopped and there were 16 players
left standing. The rest were …well…defeated. It was time for the knockout,
sudden death where insanity can be just one roll away, (this game is not for
the faint hearted). After two rounds and 12 deaths we had four survivors.
These Gladiators were Greg Mitchell from Newcastle, Habib Shalala from
Sydney, Martin Sagradian also from Sydney and Pat Halpin from the Central
Coast. Greg overpowered Habib while Martin outmuscled Pat. The scene was set
for a blockbuster match between two very fine players. They certainly did
not disappoint the crowds as they fought a long and very exciting match,
their experience was evident in their play. The match was very tight with
Greg Mitchell coming out the victor. Congratulations Greg, you are the 2019
Aussie Champion and congratulations to Runner Up Martin for putting up a
hell of a fight.
Next up was the Master’s
with 11 players competing. The format was knockout with five byes in the
first round. After two rounds we got to the Semi-finals. The match-ups were
Zvi Bendavid against Habib Shalala and Ian Dunstan playing Ron Shaked. Both
these matches were very close with Habib defeating Zvi while Ian took care
of Ron. Both Habib and Ian are very seasoned players. The match reached 6
away 6 away when Habib found a backgammon on a two cube to finish Ian off. A
big congrats to the Masters Champion Habib and to runner up Ian.
There are some people that
deserve a big thank you for making the weekend a huge success. In no
particular order, a big thanks to Taeed Athari who has made The Persian Rose
Restaurant home to the Australian Open and New South Wales Open for many
years without cost. Thank you also goes to Zvi Bendavid who has donated all
trophies for both these tournaments for years as well. The kind generosity
from both these wonderful men has enabled me to return all entry fees as
prize money. And last but not least I thank my wife Sharne Dyett for her
selfless engagement in running these tournaments while I play. If not for
her I would be unable to lose as often as I do. (thanks honey).
All in all, everyone I spoke
to had a ball and look forward to next year.
Mick Dyett.
2019 Top 8 Result
Brian
Ramsey has won his second Top 8 Trophy in a row, defeating Dave Bower 9-1 in
the Final on November 29. Following is the grid (incomplete score wise as I
had to leave early)
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2019 TOP 8 TROPHY |
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GERHARDT MACOR |
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GERHARDT MACOR |
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ADRIAN MARISESCU |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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TONY WALKER |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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ALAN CATHCART |
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WINNER |
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GREG MITCHELL |
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GREG MITCHELL |
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DAVE BOWER |
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ROBERT DISNEY |
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DAVE BOWER |
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DAVE BOWER |
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2019 President's Trophy Results
Mick Dyett continued on
his merry way in 2019 by taking out last week's President Trophy Final. Mick
defeated Tony Walker 7/5.
The second division was taken out by emergency starter Costea Ianculescu
over Les Pierpoint. The grids are below.
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2019 PRESIDENT'S TROPHY FIRST 8 |
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GERHARDT MACOR |
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TONY WALKER |
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TONY WALKER |
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TONY WALKER |
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ADRIAN MARISESCU |
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BRUCE PARR |
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BRUCE PARR |
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MICK DYETT |
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MICK DYETT |
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WINNER |
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MICK DYETT |
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ROBERT DISNEY |
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MICK DYETT |
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ALAN CATHCART |
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DAVE BOWER |
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DAVE BOWER |
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2019 PRESIDENT'S TROPHY 2ND DIVISION |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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MICHELLE TAUBMAN |
7 |
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MICHELLE TAUBMAN |
4 |
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GREG MITCHELL |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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CASSIE CREBERT |
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WINNER |
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LES PIERPOINT |
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LES PIERPOINT |
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LES PIERPOINT |
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JULIE CASTLES |
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ROBERT SEBOK |
4 |
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ROBERT SEBOK |
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2019 Final Round
11 players contested the
final round of the 2019 Club Championship on November 8th.
Mick Dyett has won his 4th
consecutive Newcastle Backgammon Club Championship, holding off Gerhardt Macor
by 2 points after the last round. Dave Bower snatched third spot by winning the
top round robin as Alan Cathcart was unable to attend.
Mick had a terrible last
round losing all 3 matches and had Gerhardt won the round robin he would
have won the year by a point but it was not to be and Mick survived.
Winners of round 20 were Dave Bower, Bruce Parr and Robert Sebok.
2019 Newcastle
Open
The 2019 Newcastle Open
Backgammon Tournament final was an all Newcastle affair but who were the
finalists and the winner? Go to the Open
Details page for the report and some photos!!
The Championship Ladder can be viewed via this link
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The remainder of the 2019 dates are on the Dates
Page
2019 NSW Backgammon Championships
25 players attended the 2019 NSW Championships. The placegetters were all
from Sydney with Peter Brown defeating Arthur Ramer in the final and John
Symon and Steve Clarry finishing 3/4. Sunday's $300 Jackpot tournament was
split between Taeed Athari and Mick Dyett.
Sydney Open Tournament
Regular
Newcastle Open player and former member Paul Barnett took out the first
Sydney Open played on Sunday April 7th.
A Report and
pics is available on the ABF site at
https://ausbgf.org.au/home/news/
New
Sydney Monthly Tournaments
Monthly
tournaments began on Sunday, 10/2/2019, at the Persian Rose Restaurant,
Turramurra. Next to be played April 14th.
Registration from 9:30 for a 10 am start. Entry $50 with an optional $50
side pool, Round Robin play.
Chouette and Jackpot tournaments run to demand for players knocked out of
the main.
These tournaments will be held on the second Sunday of each month from
February to October.
For further details contact
either Mick Dyett (
dyett_michael@yahoo.com.au ), ph 0497286149 or Taed Athari (
taeed.athari@gmail.com ), ph
0418207708
Presentation Night / AGM
The Presentation
Night for 2018 was held at Charlestown Bowling Club on Friday, December
7th.
Barefoot bowls on the Charlestown club's synthetic green was followed by the
meal, the AGM for 2019 (having been moved forward from early in the new
year) and the Presentations for the 2018 Club Championship and Finals.
The minutes of
the Newcastle Backgammon Club's AGM for 2019 can be found on the AGM page here.
Top 8 Trophy
Result
Friday November 30th
Brian Ramsey won the 2018 Willy
Backes Memorial Top 8 Trophy at the last competition night of 2018, November
30th. Brian defeated Greg Mitchell, 9-2 in the final after beating Adrian
Marisescu (7/1) and Robert Disney (7/6) in the first two rounds of
knockout. Greg made the final via wins over Dave Bower (7/3) and Mick Dyett
(7/1).
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2018 TOP 8 TROPHY |
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MICK DYETT |
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ROBERT SEBOK |
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GREG MITCHELL |
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GREG MITCHELL |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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GERHARDT MACOR |
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WINNER |
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ROBERT DISNEY |
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ROBERT DISNEY |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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ADRIAN MARISESCU |
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President's Trophy
The 2018 President's Trophy was held on Friday, November 23rd.
Unfortunately not all those who qualified were available on the night so the
second division was reduced to six players.
Dave Bower is the President's
Trophy winner, defeating Michelle Taubman 7-6. None of the top 4 qualifiers
made it past the first round as Robert Disney beat Adrian Marisescu, Bruce
Parr got past Gerhardt Macor, Mick Dyett went down to Michelle Taubman and
Dave Bower was too good for Robert Sebok. Dave won 7-1 over Robert and
Michelle defeated Bruce 7-6.
In the second division, Costea
Ianculescu got a late call-up and made it all the way to the final before
losing 7-4 to Tony Walker. Tony defeated Mel Dyett and Les Pierpoint on the
way to the final whilst Costea got by Cassie Crebert and Alan Cathcart.
The final grids for the
President's Trophies are below:
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2018 PRESIDENT'S TROPHY FIRST 8 |
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ADRIAN MARISESCU |
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ROBERT DISNEY |
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ROBERT DISNEY |
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DAVE BOWER |
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DAVE BOWER |
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DAVE BOWER |
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ROBERT SEBOK |
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DAVE BOWER |
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MICK DYETT |
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MICHELLE TAUBMAN |
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MICHELLE TAUBMAN |
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MICHELLE TAUBMAN |
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BRUCE PARR |
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GERHARDT MACOR |
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2018 PRESIDENT'S TROPHY 2ND DIVISION |
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LES PIERPOINT |
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LES PIERPOINT |
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BYE |
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TONY WALKER |
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MEL DYETT |
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TONY WALKER |
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TONY WALKER |
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TONY WALKER |
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CASSIE CREBERT |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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BYE |
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ALAN CATHCART |
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ALAN CATHCART |
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2018 ROUND
20
Round 20 of the
2018 Newcastle Backgammon Club Championship was held on November 2nd with 16
players. Welcome back to Costea Ianculescu and Alan Cathcart.
MIck Dyett's had wrapped
up the 2018 Club Championship after winning his Round 19 heat and, in the
process, completing a treble of Club Championships.
Adrian Marisescu maintained second spot 8 points behind and Gerhardt Macor
nosed out Dave Bower and Greg Mitchell for third.
Winners of Round 20 were Gerhardt Macor, Greg Mitchell, Alan Cathcart and
Costea Ianculescu..
The full table is available via this link.
The Australian
Backgammon Federation ratings site seems to be working fine now but the
latest version, after Round 20 of the Newcastle Club Championship is available on the Club Championship table page (link above)
2018 Australian
Open and Masters Championships
Ian Dunstan
defeated Newcastle's Gerhardt Macor in the Final of the 2018 Australian Open
held on the 3rd and 4th of November. Newcastle provided two of the last 8
players as Mick Dyett also qualified but Gerhardt and Mick were drawn in the
same half of the draw and played a semi-final. The other semi-finalist was
Jan Spillikom.
The 2018 Master's (18 players) was taken out by Peter Brown from Simon
Woodhead. Habib Shalala and Steve Roberts were the semi-finalists. Both
Gerhardt and Mick played in the Master's but lost their first matches.
2018 Newcastle Open Result
Martin Sagradian is the
2018 Newcastle Open winner, played in the Patricia Room at Charlestown Bowling Club on Sunday, September 16th.
Full details and some
pics (courtesy of Greg Ash) are
available on the Open Details page via this
link
2018 Auckland Backgammon Championship
Date October
6, 2018 / October 7, 2018
Grant Hoffman (Nelson) 1st Place
Paul Kellett (Auckland) 2nd Place
Richard Theunissen (Auckland) 3rd Place
Jo Hodder (Auckland) Consolation Prize
Result:
Special General Meeting
The result of the Special
General Meeting, to discuss the letter received from the Australian
Backgammon Federation (posted lower on this page) is available on the AGM
page via this link.
Captain's Trophy Results
The results for the 2018 Captain's
Trophy Finals, played on June 29th, 2018, are below. Congratulations to
Brian Ramsey who defeated Robert Disney in the First division Final and
Shaun Harding, 7/4 victor over Alan Cathcart in the second division.
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2018 CAPTAIN'S TROPHY FIRST 8 |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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CASSIE CREBERT |
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LES PIERPOINT |
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MICHELLE TAUBMAN |
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MICHELLE TAUBMAN |
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TONY WALKER |
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ROBERT SEBOK |
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WINNER |
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BRUCE PARR |
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BRUCE PARR |
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ALAN CATHCART |
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JULIE CASTLES |
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ALAN CATHCART |
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ALAN CATHCART |
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NSW
OPEN RESULT
The 2018 NSW Open was
conducted at North Ryde RSL in Sydney on Sunday July 15th with 33 players in
a Swiss Tournament. The sole survivor, winning all 5 matches, was Martin
Sagradian with Peter Brown runner up, George Avramides 3rd and John Symon,
who lead the rankings for the first 4 rounds, finishing 4th after losing to
Martin in the last round.
Newcastle players Mick Dyett,
Robert Disney, Tony Walker, Michelle Taubman and Gerhardt Macor were all out
of contention for the top spot after the 3rd round.
Congratulations to the
winners. Also to the committee of the Sydney Backgammoners Club who
organised the event and Gary Stavrou the Tournament Director. Full report:
http://sydneybackgammoners.blogspot.com/2018/
ABF Letter
Find below the text of an
email received from ABF President, Eva Bitel:
TO
CLUBS FROM THE AUSTRALIAN BACKGAMMON FEDERATION
Dear all
I am writing today as it is
close to the time when we would like current member clubs to renew their
affiliation with the Federation by forwarding the $25 membership fee. Bank
details: Australian Backgammon Federation, BSB 082048, Acc. No.
839626033.Please utilise the form under the membership heading on the ABF
website and forward to John Symon at
johnsymon2191@gmail.com when you have deposited your membership dues and a receipt
will be issued.
We are acutely aware that
there has not been much advantage in being affiliated (apart from a feeling
of solidarity) but we are aiming to offer more in the future such as
trophies, financial assistance with venues, advertising expenses etc. This
letter is therefore going to all clubs whether affiliated or not in the hope
that all clubs will join.
The Board has agreed to
provide some financial assistance for approved tournaments, with preference
for the smaller clubs to benefit. Please consider what we can do to assist
you in any way. We are open to and would appreciate suggestions.
We are also planning to
establish a ranking system for members. Therefore I urge you to encourage
your members to join the Federation for a small $10 membership fee. Anyone
playing in the upcoming 2018 NSW OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS will receive automatic
membership.
Sincerely Eva Bitel,
President ,
Australian Backgammon Federation MAY 2018
The results of the AGM
held February 2nd are on the AGM page.
The 2018 New Zealand
Backgammon Championship was held at the Taksim Turkish Bar and
Restaurant, Auckland on April 7th and 8th.
There were no Newcastle entries this year but a couple of Australian names
appear in the full results although it seems it wasn't a great tournament
for them.
The winners, as posted by organiser
Anthony Marquette were:
Main: Winner Karsten Nielsen, 2nd Sky Koder, 3rd Grant Hoffman
Consolation: Jan Suchanek, 2nd Ray Barley, 3rd Ian Dunstan (Aus)
Persian Rose Doubles Tournament
The 2018 Doubles
Tournament at the Persian Rose Restaurant was conducted on February 18th,
2018.
Newcastle pair Gerhardt Macor and Lorenzo Caita-Mandra came away with the
spoils. Mick Dyett's report is below:
The Doubles Tournament was a huge success with every player keen for a
repeat. A big thank you goes to the Tournament Director, Taeed Athari, who
was instrumental in making this tournament a reality.
Taeed put together a great tournament and he kindly provided the venue (the
Persian Rose Restaurant). Taeed and I would like to thank Zvi Bendavid for
donating the trophies. Zvi has supported many backgammon tournaments by
donating the trophies. This enables all entry fees to be returned as prize
money.
A big thank you goes to Sharne Dyett who worked tirelessly on the front line
making sure everything ran smoothly. Not only did she handle the
administration side of things with great expertise, but when a player was
short of a partner, she volunteered to enter the tournament to ensure a 16
team event. Having never played in a backgammon tournament before, Sharne
rose to the occasion by teaming up with Hussein Haydari.
I would like to thank all the players who attended for supporting such a fun
event, especially those who travelled long distances, Grant Hoffman from New
Zealand, Simon Uey from Victoria and Hussein Haydari from Canberra.
It was always going to be very tough to win this Tournament. There were some
very tough players attending. The first two rounds were nine point matches
while the Semi-Finals and Final were 11 point matches. After two rounds we
were at the Semi Finals.
In the first Semi-Final; Gerhardt Macor and Lorenzo Caita-Mandra played
Arthur Ramer and Julian Marroquin, while Richard Crawley-Boevey and Martin
Sagradian versed Robbie Solomon and Ian Dunstan. Gerhardt and Lorenzo made
it through as did Robbie and Ian. As fate would have it, Gerhardt and Ian
played in the finals of the 2017 Australian Backgammon Championships, with
Ian winning the title. That they met again in the finals of a tough doubles
tournament is no accident, they are both very strong players. This time
though they both have help. Robbie Solomon, one of the strongest players in
Australia and Lorenzo, who may not have as much experience as Robbie, but is
just as determined to win the tournament. The match is a tight one, until
Ian and Robbie take the advantage 10-6 Crawford. Gerhardt and Lorenzo win
Crawford (making the score 10-7), and then Gerhardt gives an automatic
double in the next game. Gerhardt plays for a blitz and it succeeds. Match
and Championship win to Gerhardt and Lorenzo. Congratulations to
both teams for getting to the finals and putting on a great show, not just
in the finals but on the road to getting there.
The thing which is so interesting about a consulting Doubles Tournament is
being able to hear the thought process of the players as they plan their
moves and cube strategies.
We had a $50 knockout with eight players involved. The Final was played
between Alex Falon and Simon Uey with Simon taking the win. Congratulations to
both.
This Doubles Format proved to be very popular, and it is no surprise that
players were making inquiries about organising another one, and we will.
After all…we love the game.
Cheers,
Mick Dyett.
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2017 PRESENTATION
NIGHT
The 2017 Presentation
night was held at Charlestown Bowling Club on Friday December 8th. A barefoot bowls session
was followed by a BBQ dinner.
Mick Dyett and Brian
Ramsey collected the majority of the spoils with Mick winning the 2017 Club
Championship and the Willy Backes Memorial Top 8 Trophy and Brian winning
both the Captain's and President's Trophies as well as runner up in the Club
Championship. Gerhardt Macor took 3rd in the CC and Alan Cathcart and Costea
Ianculescu won the Captain's and President's second divisions respectively.
Some photos of the night
are available on the Presentation night
page.
2017 Club Championship
Final Result
Round 20 of the 2017 Club
Championship was played on November 10th with 14 players in four groups at
Charlestown Bowling Club.
Mick Dyett ran down long time leader Brian Ramsey to defend the Newcastle
Club Championship by 1 point after the final round. With
both players in the same part of the draw it was up to who could finish
highest in the group as to who would win and Mick's win over Brian in the
middle match of the round robin was enough to see him over the line.
Gerhardt Macor finished third by winning the top 4 clash and Adrian
Marisescu placed fourth by winning his RR.
Winners of round 20 were Gerhardt Macor, Costea
Ianculescu, Alan Cathcart and Adrian Marisescu
The tables page is here.
2017
President's Trophy Result
Brian Ramsey won his third President's Trophy in a row
on November 24th by beating Robert Disney in the Final 9-2. Brian defeated
Alan Cathcart and Adrian Marisescu in the first 2 rounds whilst Robert beat
Bruce Parr and Mick Dyett.
Costea Ianculescu had to survive an extra round on his way to winning the
President's second division, defeating Michelle Taubman 7-5 in the Final.
Costea and Ian Dews had to play a round 1 match as only 5 players contended.
Costea then beat Robert Sebok in the semi and Michelle outlasted Dave Bower
7-6.
The result grids for the President's Trophy divisions are below
A reminder that the Top 8 Trophy on December 1st. The
draw grid is below. As noted above Presentation night is December 8th.
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2017 PRESIDENT'S TROPHY FIRST 8 24/11/17 |
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MICK DYETT |
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LES PIERPOINT |
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BRUCE PARR |
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ROBERT DISNEY |
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ROBERT DISNEY |
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GERHARDT MACOR |
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ADRIAN MARISESCU |
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ADRIAN MARISESCU |
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ALAN CATHCART |
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BRIAN RAMSEY |
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BYE |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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IAN DEWS |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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DAVID BOWER |
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BYE |
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MICHELLE TAUBMAN |
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2017 TOP 8 FINAL 1/12/17 |
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TONY WALKER |
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GERHARDT MACOR |
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Players are reminded that should there be any dispute during the playing of
a match to please ask for a ruling at the time. We have enough experienced
players capable of giving a verdict on any problem that may arise during a
match. Copies of the rules are always in the box for perusal at any time.
2017 Australian Open
Newcastle's Gerhardt Macor fell just short of winning
the 2017 Australian Open held at the Persian Rose restaurant in Turramurra
on the weekend of 11/12 November.
In what was a double elimination tournament (meaning players had to be
defeated twice to be knocked out) Gerhardt won the winner's bracket meaning
he only had to win once in the finals series to win the tournament. Sydney's
Ian Dunstan won through to the final through the loser's bracket (being the
only player to have lost only 1 match during the tournament) and went on to
defeat Gerhardt in the last 2 matches.
2017 NEWCASTLE
OPEN
Congratulations to Ben Phillips on winning the 2017 Newcastle Open from
Robert Disney 9-8 on Sunday at Charlestown Bowling Club. Semi-Finalists were
Mehmet Tuglu and Jan Spillekom. 25 final entries, from Newcastle, Sydney,
Canberra and the Gold Coast, competed in 7 round robins to decide the make
up of the field for the knock out Bracket with all round robin winners
qualifying. The Final field makeup was drawn from the hat hence "position 2"
being the bye.
Ben was down 3-8 but just kept surviving and hitting the "last chance" blots
that were forced to be
left to take out the title.
The Consolation Tournament, open to all those that didn't qualify for the
main was won by Martin Sagradian from Sydney over Newcastle's Adrian
Marisescu.
Thanks to all that attended especially those who travelled distance to come.
Special thanks to Charlestown Bowling Club and First Creek wines (via Bruce
Parr) for their contributions to the day. Also to Michelle Taubman for her
assistance on the day.
The Final grid is below:
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2017 NEWCASTLE OPEN BACKGAMMON FINAL BRACKET |
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STEPHEN DAVY |
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JAN SPILLEKOM |
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JOHN SYMON |
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2017 New Zealand Open
Mick Dyett has finished second in the
New Zealand Open completed July 23rd, to local player Julie Hillis.
Pictures below courtesy of Sharne Roxby via Facebook.
EXTRAORDINAY GENERAL MEETING
For full details on the
result of the Extraordinary General Meetings of the Newcastle Backgammon
Club (19/5/17 adjourned to 2/6/17) please see the AGM
page.
2017 AGM
The details of the Newcastle Backgammon Club AGM held
on January 27th can be found via this link
2016
Presentation Night
The 2016 Club
Presentation Night was held on December 2nd at Charlestown Bowling Club, the
current "home" of the Newcastle Backgammon Club.
The night began with a number of members taking part in a few heads of
barefoot bowls on the CBC's synthetic green. Most had not played bowls
before and whilst styles varied from the "norm" a good time was had by all.
The dinner was held in a section of the Function room which was all too
large for our modest group but greatly appreciated.
Winners were:
Club Champion: Mick Dyett
Runner Up: Tony Walker
Third: Brian Ramsey
Top 8 Trophy: Bruce Parr
President's Trophy: Brian Ramsey / Les Pierpoint
Captain's Trophy: Adrian Marisescu / Greg Hern
Thanks to Charlestown Bowling Club for hosting all our competition this year
and to all members for their continued support of the Newcastle Backgammon
Club.
To all players and members of the NBC Facebook pages, Merry Christmas and a
Happy and Prosperous 2017 !
Top 8 Trophy Result
Bruce Parr won his
second consecutive Top 8 Trophy by beating Brian Ramsey 9-0 in this year's
Final on November 25th. The bracket is below.
Picture shows the start of the Final, Bruce Parr (left) vs Brian Ramsey.
Photo courtesy of Michelle Taubman.
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2016 Willy Backes Memorial Top 8 |
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MICK DYETT |
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ADRIAN MARISESCU |
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GREG MITCHELL |
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COSTEA IANCULESCU |
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President's Trophy Results
Brian Ramsey has won
the 2016 President's Trophy defeating David Bower 7-6 in the Final on
November 18th. The second division was won by Les Pierpoint, 7-5, over
Adrian Marisescu. Final brackets are below
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2016 President's Trophy Final |
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TONY WALKER |
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GREG MITCHELL |
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GERHARDT MACOR |
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2016 PRESIDENT'S TROPHY SECOND DIVISION |
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LES PIERPOINT |
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BYE |
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BYE |
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The
Top 8 Trophy
The results of the
2016 Willy Backes Memorial Top 8 Trophy Final are below.
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2016 Willy Backes Memorial Top 8 |
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MICK DYETT |
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2016 Australian Open
Grant Hoffman of New
Zealand has won his second consecutive Australian Open defeating Newcastle's
Gerhardt Macor 15-9 in the Final on November 13th. It is also the second
year in a row that Grant has defeated a Newcastle player for the title after
beating Bruce Parr for the 2015 title. The semi-finalists were Darren
O'Shaughnessy and Richard Crawley-Boevey.
Adrian Marisescu took out the Jackpot tournament. Congratulations to all
concerned.
Be
advised that Wednesday night backgammon in Sydney has moved to the
Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel, 2 Bourke St, Woolloomooloo as of September 27th.
Contact John Hedge (
johnhedge@gmail.com ) for further details.
2016 NEWCASTLE
OPEN
Simon
Woodhead of the Gold Coast is the 2016 Newcastle Open winner which was held
in the Lincoln Room at Charlestown Bowling Club on Sunday, September 18th.
Photos
and report on the Open Details page.
Club
Challenge Report
The Newcastle
Backgammon Club team took out the 2016 Club Challenge from the Persian Rose
Club team at the Shelly Beach Surf Club on August 28th.
The two teams of six players were drawn from the hat into groups of 3 with
the NBC "Team A" playing individual matches against the PRBC "Team A" and
the "Team B" players doing likewise.
At the lunch break 7 matches had been completed with the PRBC holding a 4-3
margin. Lunch in the Surf Club restaurant was considered
by all to be value for money and can be recommended.
Back in the playing room and the evenness of the competition continued. The
team A side of the draw completed their matches first and with the last 3
matches of the B side all in play the PRBC led 8-7 with a score advantage in
2 of the matches. Michelle Taubman and Mick Dyett both came from behind to
kick Newcastle 9-8 up leaving it to Gerhardt Macor to complete the victory
and be the only player of the 12 to win all 3 of his matches on the day.
With thank to John Hedge for his part in organization of the day and the
Shelly Beach Surf Club for their hosting of the event.
The full teams were: NBC- Mick Dyett (C),
Michelle Taubman , Robert Disney , Tony Walker , Gerhardt Macor and Costea
Ianculescu.
PRBC- John Hedge (C) , John Symon, Martin
Sagradian , Mark Catusanu, Michael Mills, and Ian Dunstan.
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The 2016
Captain's Trophy flights were played on June 17th, 13 players attended.
The
Top flight was taken out by Adrian Marisescu over Robert Disney, 7/3. Adrian
defeated Tony Walker and Brian Ramsey on his way to the Final.
Greg Hern outlasted Michelle Taubman 7/6 in the Second flight.
The grids for both divisions are below.
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