The Columbus Backgammon Club

A small field of 5 players showed up today to compete and to see the results of the year-long campaign for the top position of the Masters Points standings. Due to the size of the field, a round robin was played. The final results were a 5-way tie, with everyone finishing 2-2. As per the rules, all players received 15 points towards their Masters Points totals.

The next monthly tournament will be held on January 13th, 2013.  Please note that we will be playing our Monthly Tournament on the second Sunday of the month starting in 2013. See you there!

7 players came out this month to compete in the club’s monthly tournament. This time around, Chris Yep was able to notch his first tournament win of the season with a win over points co-leader, Bob Hickey in the main final. Bob went on to defeat Ted Smith in the consolation final. This result gives Chris a slim 1 point lead in the Masters Points race with one tournament left in the year.

It’s sure to be an exiting finish next month! Congrats to Chris again, on his first win of the year!

The full standings can be found here. The next monthly tournament will be held on December 2nd, 2012. See you there!

This past Sunday found 7 souls who were brave enough to venture out into the (relative) cold and compete. Dale Berlin fought his way to the top again for his second win of the year, defeating Jason Marshall in the Main Final. Chris Yep earned his fourth second place of the year in the Consolation Final.

Much like last month, this month’s tournament has served to tighten the race at the top of the Masters Points race for 2012. With Dale’s win this month he as moved into 3rd place overall. Even more dramatically, Chris has managed to moved into a tie with Bob Hickey for first place! With only 2 months left to determine the Player of the Year, it may come down to the wire!

The next monthly tournament will be held on November 4th, 2012. See you there!

An 8-player field showed up this Sunday for the September monthly tournament, one of whom was a new player – Chris Lentz.  David Steinberg notched his first CBC tournament win of 2012 as he defeated Bob Hickey in the final to add 60 Masters Points to his total. Chris Yep won the consolation bracket, pushing him into 2nd place in the overall standing for the year.

This result narrows the race at the top of the Masters Points standings significantly, with Bob Hickey holding on to 1st place with a total of 207 points, and Chris only 25 points back with a total of 188.

The full 2012 standings can be found here.

Congratulations again to David, and welcome to Chris! The next monthly tournament will be held on October 7th, 2012. See you there!

The next monthly tournament for the Columbus Backgammon Club will be at 1:00PM on September 9th, 2012 in the upstairs bar of KDB (Kitchen Den Bar) at the Easton Town Center on the northeast side of Columbus. The address and website for KDB are:

165 Easton Town Center
Columbus, OH
(614) 428-7529

http://www.kdbeaston.com

The bset way to find KDB is as follows: Once at Easton, you’ll find KDB in the main indoor mall near the AMC theater. The closest parking to the restaurant is the West Garage. From the West Garage, KDB will be on your left as you enter. The East Garage, also attached to the indoor mall, is also convenient but a bit longer of a walk. If you need assistance on the day of the tournament in finding the restaurant, feel free to call me at (614) 633-6229.

Registration starts at 12:30PM, and you are encouraged to come out early to have lunch and support the restaurant. More information about the tournament format can be found at our website, http://www.columbusbg.org.

If possible, please RSVP to jason@columbusbg.org if you intend to be there. This is not a pre-registration, but rather a way to get a rough count of the expected number of people as a courtesy to our host.

Another modest turnout this month led the group to decide on a 6-person round robin as the format for this month’s monthly tournament. After all was said and done, Mary and Bob Hickey were at the top of the table, each with records of 4-1. Owing to Mary’s head-to-head victory over Bob in their final round match, she takes first place for the afternoon.

The 45 points earned with the win moves Mary into a solid second place in the year’s standing. 3 others, Dale Berlin, Chris Yep, and Mike Rezai, split 3rd place honors.

The full 2012 standings can be found here.

Thank you to all who participated this month. The next monthly tournament will be held on September 9th, 2012, rather than the 2nd due to the holiday weekend. See you there!

Through an oversight on my part, I neglected to post the resultsof the July Monthly Tournament here on the website, though they did go out the next day by e-mail:

By group consensus among those attending, the tournament this month took the form of a 6-person round-robin. After the dust settled, Dale Berlin emerged as the winner with a record of 4-1. Mary Hickey took home second place honors with a record of 3-2. The rest of the field finished in a 4-way split for 3rd place.

With his win this month, Dale takes over 3rd place in the overall standings for the year!

The full 2012 standings can be found here.

Thank you to all who participated this month. The next monthly tournament will be held on August 5, 2012 at our new home, KDB at Easton Towne Center.

The June monthly tournament took place yesterday, Sunday June 3rd. A crowd of 10 players were in attendance, tying the high mark this year set in March. The attendees included two players who traveled all the way from Michigan to visit – Jim Slomkoski and Paul Berg. A Hickey won the tournament again this month, but this time it was Mary Hickey taking the top spot, and moving into 3rd place overall in the 2012 standings. Bob Hickey placed second, defeating Dale Berlin in the consolation final.

The full 2012 standings can be found here.

Thank you to all who participated this month. The next monthly tournament will be held on July 1st, 2012 at our new home, KDB at Easton Town Center.

CBC Monthly Tournament Results – May 2012

The Columbus Backgammon Club has its first repeat winner of 2012, as Bob Hickey worked his way through an 8-player field to emerge victorious. Chris Yep also repeats his performance as the winner of the consolation bracket with a victory over Mike Rezai in the Consolation Final.

We were also pleased to welcome two new (to our club) players – David Steinberg and Bram Binsky.

This month’s results have shaken up the top of the 2012 points race, with Chris Yep in the top slot with 111 points. The complete current standings for 2012 can be found here.

Thanks to all who participated, and please join us on June 3rd st at Max and Erma’s for our next monthly tournament! Check the website at http://www.columbusbg.org for more information.

The Hoosier Backgammon Club wins the Ohio Valley Club Challenge

The Hoosier Backgammon Club took away top honors over three other clubs in a closely contested Ohio Valley Club Challenge in Cincinnati on April 29th. Each club sent a 6-player team to compete in a round-robin format, where each player their equivalent seed on the other teams in 9-point matches. The Columbus Backgammon Club tied in the middle of the pack with the Cincinnati Backgammon Players Club. The final standings were:

Congratulations to the members of the  HBC, representing their club:

Sean Garber
Jim Curtis
Scott Day
Rose Sheedy
Scott Johnston
Kevin Heacox