ABT - 2nd NEW MEXICO STATE
BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP
January 29-31, 2010; Santa Fe, New Mexico
OPEN (45): 1-John O'Hagan (IN), 2-Dorn Bishop (CA); 1C-Paul
Weaver (AL), 2C-Jeremy Bagai (CA); 1LC-Mark Andrus (NV).
ADVANCED (24): 1-Greg Cottle (NV), 2-Lynda Clay (CO); 1C-Jesse
Eaton (MN); 1LC-Lynn Lusk (CO).
NOVICE (16): 1-Ben McCracken (NM); 1C-Molly Bennett (NM); 1LC-Sara
Piazza (NM).
SANTA FE 400 OPEN JACKPOT (32): 1-Kit Woolsey (CA), 2-Ken Bame
(CA), 3/4-Malcolm Davis (TX) / Ed O'Laughlin (VA).
ROADRUNNER ADVANCED JACKPOT (16): 1-Scott Evans (CA), 2-Tony Siegel
(CO).
DOUBLES (12 teams): 1-Phil & Randee Simborg (IL), 2-Greg Merriman
(MI) & Robb Rossetti (CA).
BLITZ (40): 1-Jim Allen (NV), 2-Peggy Neubig (NJ).
PRE-TOURNAMENT DOUBLES (13 teams): 1-Doro Tegnazian (NM) &
Sean Williams (England), 2-Mary Hickey (OH) & Bob Koca (MD).
SIMBORG QUIZ: Open winner - Kit Woolsey (CA); Intermediate winner
- Peggy Neubig (NJ).
TBT - ISTANBUL BACKGAMMON OPEN
- WBF-TR
January 22-24, 2010; Istanbul, Turkey
CHAMPIONSHIP (82): 1-Tunç Çelik (Turkey), 2-John Broomfield (England), 3/4-Giorgos Klitsas (Greece) / Frank Simon (Germany); 1C-Ufuk Bozkurt (Turkey), 2C-Martin Barkwill (England), 3C/4C-Necdet Güvenli (Turkey) / Serdar Özkaya (Turkey); 1LC-Özkan Kiliç (Turkey), 2LC-Irfan Mizrakçi (Turkey), 3LC/4LC-Kamil Fatih Dilaver (Turkey) / Cemalettin Yüksel (Turkey).
LADIES PRIZE (8): 1-Tugçe Bultan Sermet (Turkey), 2-Angelina Charakoglou (Greece).
DOUBLES CONSULTATION (28 teams): 1-Mustafa Babal & Gürkan Cüçer (Turkey), 2-Mahmut Eren & Alireza Kotzari (Turkey), 3/4-Cem Duran & Richard Lukas (Turkey) / Ayhan Serin & Gültekin Uygur (Turkey).
WARM-UP (65): 1-Mustafa Babal (Turkey, 2-Haluk Ekrem Özalp (Turkey), 3/4-Dursun Çetin (Turkey) / Giorgos Klitsas (Greece).
869 BG CUP (68): 1-Irfan Misrakçi (Turkey), 2-Alireza Kotzari (Turkey), 3/4-Rifat Bulut (Turkey) / Dursun Çetin (Turkey).
SWING (20): 1-Kamil Fatih Dilaver (Turkey), 2-Ramazan Özkul (Turkey), 3-Özkan Kilic (Turkey), 4-Cengiz Ergin (Turkey).
ONE-POINTER (128): 1-Rifat Bulut (Turkey), 2-Gültekin Uygur (Turkey), 3/4-Kemal Aksu (Turkey) / Nil Ergin (Turkey).
BG4BG (72): 8 winners: Ayhan Serin / Necdet Güvenli / Cüneyt Argun Genç / Ihsan Alin / Sabri Büyüksoy / Tassilo Rzymann (Austria) / Athanasios Kotsis (Greece) / Hamza Güven (Turkey).
ABT - NEW YORK METROPOLITAN
BACKGAMMON OPEN
January 7-10, 2010; Jersey City, New
Jersey
CHAMPIONSHIP (51+13 rebuys): 1-Ed O'Laughlin (VA), 2-Al Hodis (NY), 3/4-Rick Barabino (NY) / Rory Pascar (IL); 1C-Richard Munitz (NY), 2C-Michelin Chabot (Canada), 3C/4C-Carter Mattig (IL) / Steve Mellen (NY); 1LC-Mel Rappaport (NY), 2LC-Gary Bauer (NJ).
INTERMEDIATE (41+11 rebuys): 1-Paul Polatov (NY), 2-Garry Kallos (Canada), 3/4-Fred Fado (NJ) / Jason Pack (NJ); 1C-Damian Plesec (Slovenia), 2C-Marcy Kossar (CT), 3C/4C-Pete Anderson (WA) / Sergiy Rybiy (NY); 1LC-Randi Sachar (NY), 2LC-Martha Ghio (NY).
BEGINNER (10): 1-David Shaerf (NY), 2-Jenna Longman (MI).
PETER KASTURAS JUNIORS TOURNAMENT (12): 1-Troy Longman II (MI), 2-Matt Kasturas (NJ).
LIBERTY CUP MASTERS (26+6 rebuys): 1-Al Hodis (NY), 2-Arkadiy
Tsinis (NV).
LIMITED JACKPOT (32): 1-Sergiy Rybiy (NY), 2-Mel Rappaport (NY).
NEW YORK DOUBLES (20 teams): 1-Carol Joy Cole (MI) & David
Shadi (NJ), 2-Michelin Chabot (Canada) & Reginald Proulx (Canada).
Side Pool winners: Sami Sallak (Germany) & Antoinette-Marie
Williams (NY).
NEW YORK WARM-UP (64): 1-Antoinette-Marie Williams (NY), 2-Al Hodis (NY).
SENIORS TOURNAMENT (32): 1-Donny Lomuto (NY), 2-Antoinette-Marie
Williams (NY).
SENIORS OVERFLOW (8): 1-Nasser Sedaghatpour (NY).
$50 JACKPOT (16): 1-Harvey Gillis (WA), 2-Peter Kasturas (NJ).
$50 JACKPOT (8): 1-Larry Taylor (GA).
$20 JACKPOT (64): 1-Aram Kouleyan (CA), 2-Kye Hedlund (NC).
