Tournament Results
Sunday, 15 December 1996
San Mateo, California
Several weeks of rain has made for a very green California landscape, especially for these folks.
Beginner's section (8 players):
Main Winner - Michael Mitzenmacher
2nd - Greg Kemnitz
Consolation Winner - Bill Landry
Intermediate section (11 players):
Main Winner - Carmi Brandis
2nd - Hamish Birnie
Consolation Winner - Julius High
2nd - Vesko Marinov
Open section (20 players):
KG's Naughty and Nice List will have these names on it:
Main Winner - Kevin Mansfield
2nd - Blake Sorem
3rd/ Art Grater
4th Richard McIntosh
Consolation Winner - Robert Caradien
2nd - Odis Chenault
Congratulations to you all!
Odis Chenault came back from Rio with a win, and he breezed by LA to win there as well. LA winners also included David MacBryde and Blake Sorem. We get very excited about the locals doing well -- we get to share the wealth with them too! Thanks for the sweets, Odis. Thanks Blake (and Blake's sister's cookie club) for those marvellous cookies, they were wonderful. And thanks to Elliott Winslow for truffling with us. And a three-day sugar high was had by all :)
Gathering around the yuletide log
at December's tournament were some very special folks to us.
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As we near tax season,
Steve will be busier with 1040's than backgammon,
so we will have a guest commentator for each of the games.
Watch this space for more info.
Still looking for: Public transport info to the Sunday tourney site.
If you've done it, I'd like to hear all about it.
None this month. Unless anybody wants to buy my old car?
A special note to tournament directors reading this: You are invited
to send us your tourney flyers for distribution at our tourneys.
The final 1996 Football Funpacks went home with
Antoine Azzaria and Claudia Imatt.
And last month's winner was Carmi Brandis,
not Karsten Busch as previously reported
(who called us asking what he had forgot to pick up!).
Congrats Antoine and Claudia :)
Beginning in February, members of BGBB will be eligible
for a super-duper,
special-whoopdedoo,
ultimate-wow prize.
We'll be instituting a points award system,
similar to those now being used in other local clubs and by the ABT.
But here comes the special part.
While the pros traipse around the country for ABT points
and the trophy that goes to the winner of the most points,
we here at BGBB wondered,
What significantly superior asset have we to offer someone
who bests the field in a year-long quest for backgammon tourney performance?
Well,
there's something we have to offer that no one else does.
It's significantly superior all right.
It's world famous, in fact.
It's ... J
There's been talk of participating in a City Team Challenge, and
Brownie
Points leaders will have first priority on spots on the BGBB Team.
Brownie Points (and if you're laughing at that name, ask us about some
of the names we rejected) will be awarded every month at the San Mateo
tourney, and at any other tourneys we might run during the year. They
will go to all reported winners, and will be based on the sections
(base 1 for the Beginners Section, base 2 for the Intermediate Section
and base 4 for the Open Section), the number of players in the section
(the more players, the more the base number goes up) and the result (a
win is worth more than 2nd place). A running tally will be posted on
the home page.
BGBB membership will be $20 per year. Members will also play at a $5
discounted entry fee at all BGBB tourneys. That means, that starting
in February, entry fees will be $5 more per section for non-members.
Complete schedules will be reflected on the home page.
Upcoming tournament flyers,
sample Chicago Point and Flint BackgammoNews newsletters,
new and old backgammon publications,
they're all available at the next tourney, which is ...
Keep on rollin' well,
J
Copyright © 1996-2008
BackGammon By the Bay
Sunday, January 19th
12:00 noon
Doors open at 11:00 am
1730 South Amphlett, Suite 116
San Mateo, CA
Please bring a board.
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