BACKGAMMON BY THE BAY

Tournament Results

Sunday, 20 October 1996
San Mateo, California

Beginner's section (7 players): 

        Main        Winner - Cheryl Mandala
                    2nd -    Andy Paik

        Consolation Winner - Avo Sadakian

Intermediate section (14 players): 

        Main        Winner - Ron Dumont
                    2nd -    Julius High

        Consolation Winner/  Richard McIntosh
                    2nd      Paul Stokes
                    (Split)

Open section (18 players):
The Great Pumpkin, and KG, will have these names on their lists: 

        Main        Winner - Paul Tanenbaum
                    2nd -    Brad Louis
                    3rd -    Peter Bell
                    4th -    David MacBryde

        Consolation Winner - Jeremy Gundel
                    2nd -    Rawlin Pullen
                    (Split)

Congratulations to you all!


Summer brings a flurry of outdoor and out-of-town activities; as the cooler seasons come upon us, we find comfort in gathering with friends and family. Next month's tourney is the Sunday before the Sunday before Thanksgiving. If you find yourself looking to entertain the visiting family, bring them along to the tourney! We especially welcome first-time players (even young ones -- Angie might like someone to marvel over dice colors with), and try to make the exciting world of backgammon unintimidating, even FUN!, for anyone who's not played in a tournament before.

BGBB's Home Page is even slicker than before, thanks to Richard McIntosh's creative and artistic touches (thanks again, Richard, for bringing along your computer and allowing those of us lacking or with irregular Web access to visit). We're looking to add public transport info to the home page, so here's a request: Anyone who has travelled to the tourney via SamTrans, Southern Pacific, taxicab, etc., would you please email me your experience? Anyone travelling by car can, of course, find a nifty map on the Page, along with photos, write-ups and handy-dandy ba-backgammon info (and coming soon, annotated games!). The BGBB home page is at

http://www.backgammon.org/bgbb/


The gauntlet was tossed, and the BGBB community responded! Who would have thought that Joan's long-distance award (she came back especially for us all the way from Portugal) would be in jeopardy? One of the really neat things about backgammon is its international flavor. Although we learned that backgammon is called different things in different languages (more on this below), a pleasant endeavor with a common basis needs no translation. A three-way tie for this month's Furthest Travelled Award!

Ok, a 3-1/2-way tie, then: Welcome back, Joan!


Announcements: (Contributions happily accepted)

Paul Stokes tells us that there's a regular chouette played every Friday in downtown Monterey. It's at the Muck Duck Pub on Alvarado, and they play from 4 in the afternoon 'til closing (2am). More info can be had from Paul. He's at 408.659.4250, or E-mail at cntrmove@redshift.com), or just show up!

Quite a few folks from the area are planning on going to the Tavil Tourney in Turkey next January, and anyone who might want to pick up a few handy phrases for the journey (like, for example, Backgammon in Turkish is Tavil :)) can call Sule Kusogullari for a personal Turkish language lesson. She has very reasonable hourly rates, and she is also an able instructor in German and French. Sule can be reached at 415.776.3844.


A special note to tournament directors reading this: You are invited to send us your tourney flyers for distribution at our tourneys.


Next month's 49'er schedule: Baltimore (1pm). The 49'ers had an easy time with Cincinnati, and I predict another win column addition this time. It'll be on the tube. Football Funpack Favoritism: Joan Clark (no, it's not fixed!) and David MacBryde smiled a lot.


Info abounds: Upcoming tournament flyers, sample Chicago Point and Flint BackgammoNews newsletters, new backgammon publications, they're all available at the next tourney.

Keep on rollin' well,

Joan Clark
Beth Skillman

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