CBC to compete in USBGF Club Team Tournament

jason July 15, 2013 Club News 0

The US Backgammon Federation has announced their 3rd annual online Club Team Tournament, and the Columbus Backgammon Club, Ready For Prime Time, is competing again. This year, the 3 players competing are Chris Yep, David Rearick, and Jason Marshall. If we are able to get another 3-player team together, we can have that team compete as well, so please let me know if you are interested! This tournament is open to current USBGF members, so if you have been planning on joining and putting it off, now is a good time!

Membership details for the USBGF can be found at http://usbgf.org/membership/join, and infomation about the tournament can be found at http://usbgf.org/3rd-usbgf-club-team-championship-now-open-for-registration.

I’ll try to send out match information as we get things scheduled, so that you can root for your fellow club members from home!

July 2013 Monthly Tournament Results

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Five brave souls showed up for the July Monthly Tournament, and those in attendance opted to play a round-robin format with 7-point matches. After all was said and done, 2 players – Bob Hickey and Mike Rezai, finished at the top of the table with records of 3-1. Bob won the head-to-head matchup between them, and as a result took first place. Jason Marshall, finished in third place with a record of 2-2.

The Masters Points race remained largely unchanged with current leader Bob Hickey gaining only 5 points on current second place holder Mike Rezai. With 5 tournaments left in the year, it is certainly within reach for anyone. The current Masters Points standings can be found here.

The next monthly tournament will be held on August 11th. Thank you to all who attended, and we’ll see you next month!

More Updates to the Club Library

admin June 13, 2013 Club News 0

Thanks to the generosity of member Mike Rezai, new titles have been added to the club Library page. The latest additions include the remaining issues of Backgammon With the Champions as well as some titles by Danny Kleinman.

Let me know if you are interested in borrowing anything, and I’ll bring it to you at the next club event!

June 2013 Monthly Tournament Results

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Good weather outside cut down the attendance this month for the monthly tournament, with only 6 participants competing this time around. This month, Bob Hickey was able to take home the win, adding to his Masters Points lead for the year. Chris Yep won the consolation final over David Rearick to keep pace with Bob. We are now halfway through the year and the points race is very competitive, leaving room for anyone to be there at the end.

Congratulations, Bob! Thanks to all for coming out and participating. The next monthly tournament will be held on Sunday, July 14th.

The current Masters Points standings can be found here.

May 2013 Monthly Tournament Results

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This month saw second-time participant Fred Allen win 3 straight matches to win the 8-player May tournament. Fred becomes the third different tournament winner this year with his win and immediately vaults into 5th place overall in the yearly points race. The consolation final saw Chris Yep defeat Mike Rezai for second place, his second runner-up result of the year. That result earned Chris enough points to jump to 3rd overall.

Congratulations, Fred! Thanks to all for coming out and participating. The next monthly tournament will be held on Sunday, June 9th.

The current Masters Points standings can be found here.

Schedule Updates for May

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Holidays in May are causing some changes to the schedule for the coming month! Mother’s Day falls on the same day that the May Monthly Tournament would normally fall, so this has been rescheduled for May 19th. Additionally, the Open/Social Play event for May has been cancelled due to a conflict with Memorial Day.

See the right-hand sidebar for a full list of updated dates and times.

Updates to the Club Library

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Thanks to the generosity of Mike Rezai, we have a few more issues from the Backgammon with the Champions series added to the library of books that are available to borrow. All available materials can be found on the Library page of the website.

Please let me know if there are items that you would like me to bring to you at the next event.

Thanks, Mike!

April 2013 Monthly Tournament Results

jason April 15, 2013 Club News, Tournament Results 0

Matching our previous high, 10 players came out on Sunday to compete in our monthly tournament for April, including one new player – Fred Allen, as well as 2 prodigal members back again – Doug Hill and Bram Binsky. This month saw Mike Rezai win for the second month in a row, tightening the race at the top of the points table for the year. Mike defeated David Rearick in the main event final. David went on to beat Dale Berlin in a topsy-turvy Consolation Final for his second runner-up result of the year.

Welcome to Fred, and welcome back to Doug and Bram! Thanks to all for coming out and participating. The next monthly tournament will be held on Sunday, May 12th.

The current Masters Points standings can be found here.

 

March Monthly Tournament Results

jason March 11, 2013 Tournament Results 0

7 players came out this month on a beautiful Sunday to play backgammon on the NE side of Columbus. Those present saw Mike Rezai beat out Bob Hickey in the main tournament final to notch his first tournament win with the club in its current form. Bob went on to defeat David Steinberg in the consolation final. This makes 3 straight finishes in the money for Bob, and David’s second straight 3rd place finish. Well done, and thank you to all who participated.

The current Masters Points standings can be found here.

The next monthly tournament will be held on April 14th, 2013. See you there!

February Monthly Tournament Results

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February brought 7 players out for our monthly tournament this time around. Bob Hickey won the main flight final over Chris Yep to get his second win of the year. Chris was able to defeat David Steinberg in the consolation bracket to take second place. The current Masters Points standings can be found here.

The next monthly tournament will be held on March 10th, 2013.  See you there!