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12th April 2010
36 Entries, 7 Tournaments, 26 Players, £719 Prize Fund,
Simon Gasquoine wins Jackpot.
Simon Gasquione |
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This was a
Durell Arms in Fulham gig - out 3rd event there. To my mind it is
the best backgammon playing room of all the venues we currently
use so I must admit that a turnout of 26 players was less than I
was hoping for. But Rome was not built in a day and nor are bg
clubs. We'll get there but I'm hoping for a 40+ turnout next time
here on Mon 10th May.
At 7.00pm we had 9 players for 8 seats in the £25+ Jackpot. It
went to £45 to lose the one extra payer who then moved on the 8
player Swiss. We had a number of players turn up during the
evening so with those players and knocked out players we ran
another 5 Mini-Jackpots. So all in all a good bg active evening
for those that came.
Winners were: Simon Gasquione (Jackpot,) Annette Sutherland
(Swiss,) Graham Read, Martin Barkwill, Eric Maillebiau, Andrew
Bennet and Glafkos Georgiou (Mini-Jackpots.) The last checker was
played at midnight. Woops.
It should be noted that Alan and Monica Beckerson did not win
anything this evening!
I didn't mention it during the evening, indeed I even threatened
use of them, but I forgot to bring clocks along this evening. End
of play time is suppose to be 11.00pm. I try to arrange
tournaments so that they all complete by that time but there is
little I can do if the 1st Jackpot runs slowly - other than
implementing clocks on slow running matches (if I have them with
me!) So let's use this evening as a reminder of the fact
that we reserve the right to clock Knockouts if they are running
slower than they should do. To be more specific Round 1 should
start by 7.15 and end by 8.30 (75 minutes for a 7 pointer is
ample.) Semi-Finals should complete by 9.45. Final by 11.00pm. If
you are starting Rounds after those time you are liable to be
playing on clocks. (Time controls: 15 seconds per move, 2 minutes
per point.) Je vous merci.
We had some nice "pop-ins" too. Chris Bray came along to chatter
and discuss some positions, George and Diane Sulimirski were in
the area so looked in and Zoe Cunningham walked down from Kentish
Town - as she is won't to do!
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Ok, it's a grand venue - as I've
said, the best we got. But we gotta use it, to keep it we need
more players attending. So expect us to plug it harder at other
events and by other than usual means. Looking forward to seeing
you there on Mon 10th May. Thanx.
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