President’s Report
Report to AusBGF AGMTreasurer’s Report
Treasurer's Report 2020 AGMNotice of AGM
Notice of the Annual General Meeting of the Australian Backgammon Federation Inc
To be held by video conference — https://meet.jit.si/AusBGF_AGM
Wednesday 16 December 2020 at 9pm AEDT (8:30pm SA and 6pm WA)
Please also reserve Saturday 19 December at 3pm AEDT (2:30pm SA and noon WA) in case this is required
AGENDA
Attendees
Apologies
Minutes from previous AGM*
President’s Report*
Treasurer’s Report (including Financial Statements)*
Secretary’s Report*
Election of office bearers*
Reports from Subcommittees
Eva Bitel Tournament
Proposed Code of Conduct
The rating system in an online environment
Subsequent online tournaments
Use of ABF Logo
Any Other Business
*AGM Business Item
Nominations for positions on Council are invited and should be sent to president@ausbgf.org.au by 9pm AEDT Wednesday 9 December 2020
Sydney is back to Face to Face Backgammon From November 18th
The good news is that Sydney Backgammoners will again meet for their weekly Wednesday face-to-face games. It will begin from Wednesday November 18 as usual at the North Ryde RSL Club, 6.15 for a 6.30 sharp start.
I would encourage you all to attend the friendly weekly tournaments.
Total cost for the night is $12. Everyone is guaranteed to play three matches (byes excluded).
Full details of our tournament format can be found at www.sydneybackgammoners.
There will be hand sanitising between matches, and the wearing of masks is encouraged though not mandatory.
2020 Queensland Backgammon Championships Results
Congratulations to Morteza Ghanei, winner of the Queensland Open from
Adrian Pitt. Tipsy Pig stars Craig Duffy and Rhys Osborne were the semi
finalists. A terrific performance by Morteza to best a field of 32 in
his first major tournament.
The 2020 Australian Speedgammon champion is Steve Roberts who somehow
managed to turn the DMP final game against Simon Woodhead. Which was ok
actually, because sometimes the dice gods do play nice with the dice…
The Queensland Masters title was taken from 2019 champ Michelle Taubman
by Simon Woodhead who could do no wrong against Craig Duffy, who, like
Morteza was playing in his first major tournament final.
Another first time winner was Chris Muir, winner of the Sunday
Tournament from Sasha Senica.
Thanks to all who came, and all who helped, especially Barbara Salomon
and Sharne Dyett for running the desk so efficiently, the Surfers
Paradise Surf Life Saving Club for accommodating us and a special
mention for the Newcastle contingent who braved the border crossing only
to return home empty handed! How often does that happen? A clean sweep
for the Tipsy Pig club here on the Gold Coast. Nice . Pics on FB:
Sydney 2020 Online Open Results After 7 Rounds.
VBA 2020 Open Results After Round 1
Images of Trophies For Eva Bitel Tournament 2020
Australian Backgammon Federation Spring Newsletter
The Final of the Newcastle Champion of Champions
The Final of the Newcastle Champion of Champions between Mick Dyett
(2019 NBC Club Champion) and Alastair Woods (2019 NEBA Newcastle open winner) will take place Friday 12/6/20 at 19.00AEST on GridGammon (beekind2me vs aliwoods).
Alastair beat Robert Disney 13/9 and Mick defeated recent LA Online Open winner, Tim Cross, 13/3 to make the Final.
Congratulations to Mick Dyett. He defeated Alastair Woods to become the 2020 the Newcastle Champion of Champions.
Congratulations also to the North East Backgammon Association on there win in the inaugural Novocastrian Challenge (10 Games to 6).
Australia New Zealand Challenge Finals
The final has just been run and the results are in – after 112 matches:
Congratulations to our top three. A great effort and a great Aussie result.
1st Place – Robert Disney (Newcastle)
2nd Place – Hossein Haydari (Adelaide)
3rd Place – Steve Clarry (Sydney)
Well done to all and thank you for taking part – your feedback on how this has gone is more than welcome – all comments taken on board!
Greg and AJ
