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This was the second year Backgammon London put on the Memorial Tournament, and this time it took place online over the last weekend of February. To add to the excitement were extra prizes with a third consolation and, by popular request, a last chance. We also had side pools with 100% return that reached £3350.
The Memorial Tournament was devised as a way to celebrate the great backgammon friends we have recently lost, and perhaps also, to remember the people struggling at the difficult current time. Along with the Wayne Felton Trophy for the Main winner, there were four Erhan competition boards and four of the popular Silverman boards as headline prizes and Backgammon Workshop lessons for our Consolation finalists. Not bad for a £20 entry.
Registration was full pretty soon after opening. The unique Backgammon London format started on Saturday when all 128 players competed for the Sunday 32 player Main by trying to win three out of a possible five matches. Those not making the main went into one of two Consolations on Sunday.
Sunday started of with three competitions, the Main with 32 players and two Consolations with 48 players. After the first round, Main losers went into a Consolation and Consolation losers went into the Last Chance. It sounds pretty complicated but David had created a spreadsheet which handled it all. Now there were four simultaneous knockouts running plus an extra Consolation for people being knocked out from the Main. I don't think anyone could complain that they didn't get enough backgammon. In all, we had nearly 400 matches played. A big thank you goes out as ever to Jill Gibbs who entered all those results as they were reported on WhatsApp.
Our Main final started exactly on time with Gaz Owen and Steen Oernvig. It was not easy getting there. Congratulations go to Gaz on his success in the final.
First Place Second Place
Main: Gaz Owen Steen Oernvig
Consolation 1: Barry Gittleman Marius Marin
Consolation 2: Cato Fordham Steve Fitton
Consolation 3: Simon Gasquoine Chris O'Connor
Last Chance: Dave Pritchard Martyn Hamer
There are some live streams of selected matches from both days available to watch.
Saturday:
Anna Clarke vs Geoff Hall with Simon Barget
Cat Bucar vs Simon Carter with Julian Fetterlein and Aref Alipour
Sunday:
On Saturday there was a playoff to get into the main on Sunday. 32 players qualified and all the other players went into the Consolations on Sunday. Play was on Backgammon Heroes
Erhan 869
Silverman board
Katgammon Set
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Adrian Farthing 10
Afshin Foulad 10 20 50
Alistair Ketner 10 20
Alex Hannam 10
Alex Ward
Alexander Polden
Alexandru Pascu 10 20 50
Andrew Selby 10 20 50
Andy Boysan 10 20
Anna Clarke 10 20
Anna Price 10 20
Arda Findikoglu
Barry Gittleman 20
Brenda Rosen
Brendan Burgess
Brian Lever
Catalin Bucur 10 20 50
Cato Fordham 10 20 50
Cecilia Sparke 10 20
Charles Hill 10 20
Ching Ho Li
Chris Bray 10 20 50
Chris J Rogers 10 20 50
Chris O’Connor
Christoph Deiter 10
Cristian Cozos
Cynthia Roberts
Dan Pascu
Dan Rovira 10
Danny DeMeester 10
Dave Pritchard 10
David Brown 10 20 50
David Dennis 10
David Morgan
David Sanders (Worcester) 10
David Tulip 10 20
Denby Petitt
Dominic Murgia 10 20
Emad Salib 10 20 50
Eric Maillebiau 10 20 50
Farzin Aarabi
Gaz Owen 10 20 50
Geoff Hall 20
George Jacobs 10 20
George Madgwick 10 20
Gerald Whitehouse 10
Graeme Turner 10
Graham Sievers 10 20
Hazel Boucher
Ian Gwynn 10 20 50
Ioannis Atmatzidis 10 20 50
James T Slomkoski 10 20 50
Jason Champion 10 20 50
Jenny Cooper
Jerry White
John Curran 10
John Horton
Jon Barnes 10 20 50
Julia Hayward
Jysen Quah 10 20
Ken Gibson 20
Kevin Bailey
Kevin Jones 10
Kristian Mills 10 20
Larry Smythe 10 20
Lawrence Powell 10 20 50
Lucy Friedman 10
Malcolm Robertson 10 20
Marius Marin 10
Martin Reade 10 20 50
Martyn Hamer
Matthew Fisher 10
Mike Ireland
Mike Levi
Mike Shewry 10 20
Neculai Axinte 10 20
Neil Shotton 50
Neil Taylor 20
Neil Webb 10 20
Nick Sandqvist 50
Nicky Check 10 20 50
Paul Goldstein 20
Peter Bennet 10 20 50
Peter Falter 10 20
Plamen Sivrev
Radu Ciortan
Richard Carter 10 20
Richard Furborough 10
Richard Halvorsen 10 20 50
Richard McQuillan
Rob Perry 10
Roger Phillips 10
Roland Archer
Romolo Mudu 10 20 50
Rory Pascar 10 20 50
Rosemary Whitehouse 10
Salvador Leong 10 20 50
Sarah Jolliff 10
Saravanan Sathyanandha
Sean Casey 50
Sean Clennell 10 20 50
Sean Jones 10
Simon Carter 10
Simon Fyfe
Simon Gasquoine 10 20 50
Simon Morecroft 10
Steen Oernvig 20
Stephen O'Connor
Steve Allott 10
Steve Bibby 10
Steve Fitton
Steve Lee 10
Stuart Mann 10 20 50
Stuart Whittingham
Sue Kebble
Sue Perks
Suzy Collis 10
Tad Collins
Tariq Siddiqi 10
Tiberiu Bostan
Tim Cross 10 20
Tim Line 10 20 50
Tim Parfitt
Tim Paulden 10 20
Tom O'Connor
Tony Steward
Wayne Joseph 10 20
Zigi Fibert 10
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