Coventry Backgammon Club

A good night of backgammon with a turnout of nine playing a mixture of league ladder 11 point matches, our one point round robin “championship” tournament and friendly games.

Eric made it two winning weeks out of two following his debut win last week picking up three points with a backgammon winning double six with the last roll of the last game (against Phil). This pushed Ian into second place, level on points with Craig - another new player to the club.

Eric complemented his tournament win with a league ladder win against Di. Dan beat Phil in an 11 pointer to go top of the ladder.

Championship Points This Week:

Eric 7 Ian 5.5 Craig 5.5 John 5 Dan 3.5 Rob 2.5 Phil 1.5

 2008 Championship Latest Standings after 3 week’s play:

Eric 13.5

Ian 12

Rob 10

John 9

Dan 9

Phil 8.5

Craig 5.5

Corrina 1

 Over all results

Reulsts from the night 

• Eric 6.5
• Dan 5.5
• Rob 5
• Phil 4
• John 4
• Ian 3.5
• Corrina 1

The first session of 2008 saw a “newcomer” - Ian - winning the first tournament. Ian beat Phil, Rob & Dan for single games. Phil beat Dan for a gammon, Rob beat Phil & Dan for singles. Phil & Ian finished with 3 points each - Ian winning on the night by virtue of his head to head victory. We finished the evening with a “friendly” 5 pt knockout - Ian went home the undisputed champion beating Phil in the final.

Championship points (under our new format):

Ian 3 Phil 3 Rob 2.5 Dan 0

Under the new format all points won on the night (during the round robin one pointer tournaments) will count towards the 2008 Championship. Points will be awarded as follows:

Single Win 1pt

Gammom Win 2pts

Backgammon Win 3pts

Single Loss 0.5pts

Gammon Loss -1 pt

Backgammon Loss -2 pts