Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Club Meeting, Monday 1 August 2016
Our August meeting started with a prize giving for the first season of the club league.
Martin, Pol, Allan & Gary shared second place. Our first league champion is Graeme Turner.
Gary receives his 2nd place prize from Graeme.
Graeme presents Pol with his prize for 2nd place in the 2015/16 league.
Martin Barkwill receives his 2nd place prize from Graeme Turner.
Allan Dye also finished joint second but was unable to be present.
Allan Dye also finished joint second but was unable to be present.
Graeme Turner, the club champion receives his trophy & prizes from the club chair, Martin Barkwill
The new league season started this week & Don emerged as the evening's big winner with 2/2.
In addition we held an eight player knock out. Graeme & Ian Baker reached the final & Graeme emerged as the winner.
Gary plays Ian Cumpson whilst Gill looks on
Pol v Ian Baker
Mike v Derek
Stephen v Don
The two finalists: Graeme v Ian Baker, about to start their match
KO winner Graeme & runner-up, Ian Baker (l)
On
Sunday 14th August our club will compete with two teams in the UK Clubs
Championship at the G Casino at East Didsbury near Manchester.
The next club meeting is on Monday 5th September 2016 at the Royal British Legion in Jesmond.
Friday, 22 July 2016
Next Club Meeting
Our next meeting is scheduled for Monday 1st August 2016 @ the Royal
British Legion from 7pm. We will start a new league season & I will
send full details shortly after a review of the rules has taken place in
the light of our experiences following the first season.
Tuesday, 19 July 2016
NEBA's Gary Bratton wins Liverpool Open 2016
Two of our players, Martin & Gary, played in this
event which has been held every year since 1996. There were 64 players
including some of the best in the UK. NEBA congratulates Gary on his
outstanding achievement in becoming the 2016 champion after beating two
time previous champion & multiple tournament winner, Rachel Rhodes
11-10 in a thrilling final, after trailing 3-10.
In the last 16, Gary Bratton faced a previous winner, Jon Barnes.
Gary faced Andy Marshall in the quarter-final.
Playing Kev Jones in the semi-final.
Gary receives his trophy - someone of whom we can all feel very proud!
Post-win celebration with NEBA chairman Martin Barkwill.
Tuesday, 12 July 2016
NEBA First Anniversary
A special tournament to mark the first anniversary of the club was held on 4th July 2016.
11
players participated & a 5 round Swiss format was used where
players play an opponent on the same or similar score each round.
At
the end of the evening, Paul Gilbertson was the sole player on four
wins however the match between Gary Bratton & Ian Baker, both having
three wins out of four, was poised at 4-4 (to 5 points) when we had to
leave the club premises so either player could emerge as joint winner if
they finish the match.
Keith, Alan, Pol & Mike all finished on 3 points & each picked up £2.50 in prize money.
The winner's enclosure
English Open, Harrogate
Four of our players played in this event, Martin, Gary, Graeme & Don
as well as two of our occasional guests, Rosey & Paul. Gary was
runner up in the Friday night warm up. Martin reached the semi-final of
the main, Graeme & Don reached the semi-final of the doubles &
Don reached the semi-final of the GRAMMY. A good all round effort.
Gary & Graeme are battling for a place in the last 16 while Don watches.
Doubles
One NEBA player left standing. GRAMMY semi-final. Don is playing Jysen Quah from Singapore. Don leads 2-1.
Thursday, 7 July 2016
Financial Times Masterclass: Backgammon with DBC Pierre
Booker Prize-winning author DBC Pierre is passionate about backgammon. See what he has to say about it here.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)