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Archive News 2008
Irving Wins Club Championship
In
an
exciting finish to the club championship for 2008 Irving charged up the
final straight from fourth place and sprinted past Brian Lever, Susan
Bourne and George
Hall, who all fell at the final fence failing to get championship
points,
to win by 2 points at the end of a long and exciting competition.
Well
done to all of them.
Susan and George finished second equal with Brian fourth.
Founder member Ian Shimwell presented prizes and trophies.
Ian
Shimwell and
Irving Czechowicz
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Ian with George
and Susan
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2008 Club
Championship
Final Table
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| 1 |
Irving |
Czechowicz |
83 |
| 2= |
Susan |
Bourne |
81 |
| 2= |
George |
Hall |
81 |
| 4 |
Brian |
Lever |
79 |
| 5 |
Rodney |
Lighton |
74 |
| 6 |
David |
Phillips |
67 |
| 7 |
Dorothy |
Lee |
59 |
| 8 |
Kevin |
Jones |
57 |
| 9 |
Steve |
Grundy |
55 |
| 10 |
Jon |
Williams |
51 |
| 11 |
Nigel |
Shackleton |
49 |
| 12 |
Paul |
Harper |
46 |
| 13 |
Maurice |
Ekpenyong |
45 |
| 14 |
Paul |
Garlick |
45 |
| 15 |
Fanika |
Petkovska |
34 |
| 16 |
Roger |
Keys |
33 |
| 17 |
Andrew |
Smith |
28 |
| 18 |
Richard |
Coburn |
27 |
| 19 |
Richard |
Johnson |
22 |
| 20 |
Samya |
Abdullah |
21 |
| 21 |
Rob |
Landsman |
17 |
| 22 |
Rachel |
Rhodes |
12 |
| 23 |
Carl |
Dell |
11 |
| 24 |
Jamie |
Evans |
9 |
| 25 |
David |
Wright |
9 |
| 26 |
Nir |
Yedid |
9 |
| 27 |
Peter |
Bibby |
8 |
| 28 |
Igal |
Farshi |
8 |
| 29 |
Peter |
Snape |
8 |
| 30 |
John |
Wright |
8 |
| 31 |
Jim |
Davis |
7 |
| 32 |
Ian |
Shimwell |
7 |
| 33 |
Ellie |
Lighton |
6 |
| 34 |
Janet |
Morris |
6 |
| 35 |
Mike |
Hanson |
5 |
| 36 |
Sam |
Pickles |
5 |
| 37 |
Steve |
Taylor |
5 |
| 38 |
Vicky |
Chandler |
4 |
| 39 |
Angie |
Dell |
4 |
| 40 |
Barrie |
McCluney |
4 |
| 41 |
Sarah |
Yedid |
4 |
| 42 |
John |
Edelstein |
3 |
| 43 |
Luan |
Howitt |
3 |
| 44 |
Len |
Nixey |
3 |
| 45 |
Steve |
Pritchard |
3 |
| 46 |
Daniel |
Farshi |
2 |
| 47 |
Jason |
Harrison |
2 |
| 48 |
Adam |
Jackson |
2 |
| 49 |
Adrian |
Jones |
2 |
| 50 |
Alan |
Mayery |
2 |
| 51 |
Alex |
Newgrosh |
2 |
| 52 |
Avi |
Nosrati |
2 |
| 53 |
Mike |
Samuels |
2 |
| 54 |
Paul |
Thomson |
2 |
| 55 |
Daniel |
Toubkin |
2 |
| 56 |
Danny |
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2 |
| 57 |
Tim |
Chandler |
1 |
| 58 |
Stuart |
Shalom |
1 |
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week
spreadsheet
2008
11 Point KO
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Championship points Winner 8 +
£60, Runner up 6 + £30, Semi-finalists 4 + £15,
Quarter-Finalists 2
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Preliminary
Round
by end March
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Round
1
by end June
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Round
2
by end August
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Semi-final
by end October
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Final
by end Dec
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Winner
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Paul Harper
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Paul Harper
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Fanika Petkovska
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Dorothy Lee
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Steve Grundy
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Dorothy Lee
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George Hall
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Brian Lever
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Steve Grundy
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Steve Grundy
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Steve Grundy
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Rodney Lighton
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*******
Susan Bourne
*******
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Irving Czechowicz
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Kevin Jones |
Kevin Jones
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Kevin Jones
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George Hall
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Roger Keys
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Jon Williams
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George Hall
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George Hall
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George Hall
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Nigel Shackleton
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Ian Shimwell
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Ian Shimwell
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Andrew Smith
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Ian Shimwell
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Susan Bourne
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Len Nixey
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Susan Bourne
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Maurice Ekpenyong
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Susan Bourne
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Susan Bourne
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Susan Bourne
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Paul Garlick
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Mark Trunkfield
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Rob Landsman
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Rob Landsman
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Rob Landsman
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Richard Johnson
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Jim Davis
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Richard Johnson
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Richard Johnson
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Samya Abdullah
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Jamie Evans
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Jamie Evans
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Backgammon Live in
London
Congratulations
to Jon Williams who won the 64 player 7 point KO at London on the
weekend of 8-9th November. Susan Bourne also won various trophies
in other events.
Jon Williams and Susan Bourne
Susan
wins
11 point KO
Congratulations
to Susan Bourne who, after five rounds of tough 11 point KO matches,
triumphed in a close 11-10 win over George Hall to win the 2008 event.
Susan and George
Fanika
at Venice
Congratulations
to Fanika Petkovska who won the Ladies tournament and the amateur last
chance at the Venice International at the end of November.
Silver for Irving
Congratulations
to Irving Czechowicz who won a silver medal at the MSO tournament in
London. He won 5/6 games in the Vincent Square Cup to tie with
Peter Bennett, John Reddington and Nicky Check. On sum of
opponents scores Peter and Irving were 1st=, but Peter won their
individual match, so was awarded the Gold.
Manchester One Day Tournament
2008
Sunday
13th April 2008
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Main
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Consolation
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Last Chance
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One pointer
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Winner
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Mike
Hanson
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John
Wright
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Angie
Dell
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Paul
Gilbertson
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Second
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Myke
Wignall
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Nick
Hession
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Simon
Jones
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Rachel
Rhodes
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3/4
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Rodney
Lighton
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Matthew
Fisher
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Adrian
Jones
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Ralph
Eskinazi
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Peter
Snape
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Rob
Landsman
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George
Hall
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Kevin
Jones
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5/8
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Peter
Chan
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Jim
Davis
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Samya
Abdullah
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Roger
Keys
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Nigel
Shackleton
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Fak
Laight
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Neil
Everitt
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John
Wright
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Vicky
Chandler
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Rachel
Rhodes
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Vicky
Chandler
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Phil
Tutchings
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Kevin
Jones
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Carl
Dell
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Jon
Williams
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Matthew
Fisher
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Intermediate
Prizes
Paul Garlick
Andrew Smith
Mike Hanson
Carl Dell
Manchester’s 6th annual One Day
Tournament was attended by 54 players
at Manchester Bridge Club on Sunday 13th April.
This year was our first
international event with Tom Duignan from
Ireland and Mike Hanson flying in from Dubai, there were also three
current or former British Open champions in the field.
As usual five rounds of
5 point matches in the afternoon qualified the
top 16 (some who won 3 matches by random draw) for the main final and
the rest played in a consolation. No British champions managed to
qualify.
Mike Hanson qualified
and then won his first 2 matches in the knock out
phase. However, he had to get back to the airport to take
his plane back to Dubai. An expected train journey was now turned
into a taxi booking. His 7 point match semi final became a 5
point match against Rodney Lighton. He quickly won 5-0 and now
had only half an hour left to play the final. Myke Wignall very
sportingly agreed to play a 3 pointer and two quick games later, Mike H
was clutching a trophy, prize money and taking the taxi to the airport
where he was in time to get his plane and passengers back to Dubai.
Liverpool players
dominated the Consolation and Last Chance with John
Wright beating Nick Hession in the former and a very delighted Angie
Dell beating Simon Jones in the Last Chance.
Paul Gilbertson beat
Rachel Rodes to win the one point.
As usual everyone
enjoyed the buffet lunch and tea, the backgammon and
the occasion. Thanks to Lorraine Lighton, Ellie Lighton, Irving
Czechowicz and members of the Manchester Club for their hard work on
the day.
Main Runner up
Myke
Wignall and Winner Mike Hanson
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Consolation Winner John
Wright and second Nick Hession
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Last Chance
Winner
Angie Dell and second Simon Jones
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Second in the
1 point Rachel Rhodes and Winner Paul Gilbertson
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Dorothy wins BIBA Consolation
Congratulations
to Dorothy Lee who won the consolation KO at BIBA in March beating
former club member Uldis Lapikens 7-0 in the final.
Uldis
Lapikens and Dorothy Lee with trophies and prizes
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