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29th December 2009
49 Entries, 7 Tournaments, 20 Players, £314 Prize Fund,
Andreas Giannopoulos wins Jackpot, Liz Giannopoulos wins The Gang.
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The Tuesday
evening between Christmas and New Year; would players wish to come
out to play or would they be sitting at home watching Day of the
Triffids Part 2? Well, it was a wet and rainy night in
Georgia London so only a few came out to play. But there
were enough to make a go of the evening.
Andreas and Liz Giannopoulos, who recently played in the Winter
Doubles Tournament and ended up as Finalists in the Main, had
joined us for their first Bg in Camden evening. A special welcome
to Liz (formerly Barker) for she has a lot to do with the
formation of Bg in London; 10 years ago we went to a Backgammon
Party in Stockholm, enjoyed ourselves immensely and upon our
return decided to run the first Backgammon Live in London. The
rest is, as they say, history.
We kicked off the evening with simple 1 pointer, £1 Jackpots just
to limber players up. George K, Neil Robins and Dave Ablett won
these. Then at 7.45pm we offered either a £25 Jackpot or The Gang
Tournament. 8 players in the Jackpot and 9 in The Gang.
David Collins and David Garofalo were the Captains of the Gang
Round 1 and it was the Garofalo Team that won. Meanwhile over in
the Jackpot Michael Flesch beat Cecilia Spare (also at her 1st Bg
in Camden - welcome,) Mourad beat Alan, Graham R beat George K and
Andreas beat Dave Ablett.
In Round 2s Liz & David G beat Sean & Monica in the Gang and
Mourad and Andreas became our finalists in the Jackpot while those
knocked out of things kicked off a couple of Mini-Jackpots.
Andreas and Liz Giannopoulos, now both in their stride, powered on
and became the winners in the Jackpot and Gang - impressive stuff
indeed! Bravo. Danny Gallagher and Dave Ablett won the 2
Mini-Jackpots.
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