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2012 BACKGAMMON EVENTS
31 Mar/01 Apr 12 - 2012 NSW Open Backgammon Championships - flier here.
Early Bird closes 9th March.
26 Feb 12
- South Australian Open - details here. Early Bird closes 21st February.
2012
23 Jan 12 - Congratulations to Dave "rastaman" McAllister for winning the International FIBS 2011 Fall Online Backgammon tournament. Dave was also runner-up to Mick Dyett in the 2011 Australian FIBS Tournaments.
20 Jan 12 - Congratulations to Tony Walker, who was nominated as a life member at the 2012 AGM of the Newcastle Backgammon Club.
2011
21 Dec 11 - The last online FIBS tournament of the year, T80, is complete. Mick Dyett has won 3 of the last 4 tourneys and 4 of the 6 he entered. This is enough to earn him Australian Online Player of the Year to go with all his other successes throughout 2011.
Final standings can be seen here.
FIBS tournament details here.
04 Dec 11 - IBC Round 2 - England def Australia 2-1. Details here.
| 27 Nov 11 - Adelaide Spring Tournament - congratulations to JOHN PAPADOPOULOS from JOHN McLEAN. Report and photos here. |
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20 Nov 11 - Australia's Mick Dyett defeats Italy's Fernando Braconi in a 3-match thriller. Details here.
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| 13 Nov 11 - Ian Dunstan is the 2011 Australian Open Champion, defeating Alex Falon in a nail-biting final in Sydney. Results, photos and report here. |
13 Oct 11 -
2011 is officially the Year of the Monster, with Mick Dyett winning both the Sydney and Newcstle Club Championships as well as the NSW Open. Well done Mick!
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28 Aug 11 - Congratulations to Adrian Pitt, winner of the 2011 Newcastle Open from Rachel Cathcart. Rob Disney's photos and report here. |
| 31 Jul 11 - Congratulations to Peter Geelan, winner of the Angie Hambour Tournament in Adelaide. SA Open
winner Shane McNally was runner-up. Full report and photos from tournament director Nick Begakis here. |
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23 Jul 11 - Congratulations to Tino Lechich who made the Consolation Final of the 36th World Championship in Monte Carlo.
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15 May 11 - NSW Open - no surprises this year with Mick 'The Monster' Dyett winning the trophy from Robbie Solomon. Results, report and photos here. |
| 13 Feb 11 - South Australian Open
- Congratulations to Shane McNally, who triumphed over Terry Efthimiou 15-14 in a close, seesawing match. You can read all about it and see some more photos here. |
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