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1st April 2008
70 Entries, 10 Tournaments, 47 Players, £1501 Prize Fund,
Raj Jansari wins Jackpot. |
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We didn’t run an event last week due to the Easter weekend and
this week player numbers were back up to 47.
3 weeks ago we started a Biba British Open 2008 Qualifier. The
format was simple – 32 players, £5 entry, 1 point matches. We
didn’t expect it to complete in one night so it was projected to
take upwards of 3 events to complete. This evening saw the last
few matches played. If “desire to win it” had won it Roxanna would
have done so, if past experience in World Championships 1 Pointers
had won it Shino would have done so, Graham R wins a half decent
number of the 5 pointer tournaments these days so he might have
done so. But none of those Semi-Finalists did. The player that won
it is a man who has been playing bg since September 2007, went to
the Nordic Open over Easter where he jumped straight into the
Advanced Flight – Mr Andreas Vrhovsek. Good luck this weekend.
A special mention to a lucky and not so lucky lady who attended
her first ever Bg in London event – Claire who commenced play in a
£10 entry but lost in Round 1 not to her opponent but to the dice
she claimed with a twinkle in her eye. After a break and drink or
two Claire felt refreshed enough to try another tournament. This
time it was a £5 Optional Pool in which she opted to put a fiver
in – ok – brave yet sensible lass. However those impish dice did
their peskiness again and cheated her out of what must have been
her rightful win. After she had left there was no further uptake
in this tournament and so it was reduced to just a 2 player (her
and Derek Wright) Tournament. Should a two player event just be
scrapped and not recorded? Not at all, for both players had
entered in good faith and we are building a ratings chart so all
matches played as tournament matches must duly be recorded. Even
though Claire did not win the tournament she did win the pool
because Derek hadn’t. So Claire can quite rightly claim that she
won a fiver this evening. No need to mention who put that fiver in
the pool; that would only detract from her success. May there be
many more to follow and we hope to see you again.
Arriving slightly later than most and to great effect was Mr
George Miltiadou – he of Nordic Open Winner fame in which he won
the Intermediate Flight. No mean feat this going into the dragons
den of Danish backgammon and a good round of applause was given to
the man and, seeing as he had to leave the scene of his famous win
as soon as it had been achieved in order to catch a flight home
photos of George with his trophy were taken here in Camden Town.
Simon Barget also provided us with a Quiz in which only one player
got the correct answer – Andreas V.
Click here to have a go at the
Quiz and see how you do.
Apart from that we had 10 Tournaments this evening and the old
buzz was back in the house. There’s a big difference to the feel
of The Lockside Lounge with 45+ in it rather than about 35 and I
often had trouble getting past watching players. Nice.
Next week we’ll be in
The City on Monday 7th April and
the weekend after that will see the re-launch of
The Double 5 Club. For those of
you who have not been playing bg in London for many years the
Double 5 is London’s oldest club started I gather in 1987. George
Sulimirski used to run it but has now handed over the reins to Raj
Jansari and Simon Barget with Bg in London helping by running of
tournaments in St Johns Wood when they happen.
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