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7th October 2008
56 Entries, 9 Tournaments, 44 Players, £1578 Prize Fund,
Michael Michael wins Jackpot.
 
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A £130 8 player
entry, a £25 8 player entry, 3 £10 8 player entries, 1 1/2 Swiss
Tournaments, 4 £1 4 player entries and a Doubles matches were the
bill of fare on this evening. With 44 players in the house it was
a good backgammon buzz.
Of note was the performance of Hayley Richardson (nee Bennet but
not related to any other backgammoning Bennets / Bennetts.) We've
not seen Hayley for about 3 years when we ran Tric Trac Tourno
evenings at Ryan's Bar in Stoke Newington. But here she was set
for a comeback following a workshop session set for between 6.0
and 7.0pm. However she got caught in traffic and didn't arrive
until just before 7.00pm. Could she remember how to play? I
slotted Hayley into a Swiss Tournament to ensure her 3 matches.
Match 1 she won 5-0. Match 2 she did the same. Before match 3 I
told her that her entry fee was now guaranteed to come back to her
because she has won at least 2 of 3 and that id she won number 3
she'd win £50. "No pressure then?" she asked so I replied that the
real pressure was on the big boys in Tournament 1 who were playing
for a lot more than she was. A little while later she came back
sporting a huge smile - not quite another 5-niler but she'd won
her first event. Bravo.
Tournament 1 took a long while to play due to long backgames being
part of a well watched semi-final and as such had to have a
shortened final to a 3 pointer. In the final Michael Michael won
over Mourad.
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