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15 Nov 09 - Spring Tournament Triple Elimination Tournament - at the Hilton Adelaide.

7/8 Nov 09 - Australian Open - details and confirmation of dates in early August.
20 Sep 09 - 2009 Newcastle Open [Note date change!!!]. Details here.
7/8/9 Aug 09 - Australian Masters Backgammon and Queensland Championship 2009. Details now available here.
28 Jun 09 - Angie Hambour Double Elimination Tournament - at the Hilton Adelaide. Flier available here.
01 May 09 - 2008 CLUB CHAMPION - CHRIS BENHAM won the 2008 Backgammon Association of SA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP on Tuesday night 28 April 2009. More details on the Adelaide page.
19 Apr 09 - Backgammon @ Georges is back! Jay has secured the next three months starting this Sunday 19th April. Next dates are 24th May and 28th June.
Georges Greek restaurant is at Lime St. on King St. Wharf, directly in front of the ferry stop or down the steps @ the end of Erskine St., 2nd establishment on the right, betwixt 12.30 & 1pm. All day parking available on the street parallel to Lime.
Contact Jay Deva by email or phone 0410 687465.

06-08 Mar 09 - 2009 NSW Open Backgammon Tournament at Ryde Ex-Services Club, 724 Victoria Rd, Ryde in Sydney.

Congratulations to Sydney's Steve Clarry, 2009 NSW Open Backgammon Champion. Steve overcame Jim Gialussi 15-4 in the final. Photos and SA Open Champion Chris Benham's report here.
15 Feb 09 - SA Open at the Adelaide Hilton - CHRIS BENHAM won yesterday's SA OPEN BACKGAMMON CHAMPIONSHIP from PETER GEELEN. Finalists were Vassilis Toubakaris and Don Schulz. The Consolation Tournament was won by TONY WALKER from John McLean. More details and photos here. Congratulations to all.
03 Feb 09 - Second meeting at Il Paradisso cafe in Sydney's Neutral Bay from 6PM. The cafe is located in an arcade between Military road and Grosvenor lane, just opposite the old Woolworths - plenty of parking. To register or for further details please contact Damian: damthechef@hotmail.com 9953 6986 / 0409 487 430.
02 Nov 08 - The SA Backgammon Association Spring Tournament - JACK CLARK won the 2008 Spring Tournament with JOHN PAPADOPOULOS coming second and JOHN O'GRADY third. More details and photos here.
18/19 Oct 08 - Congratulations to Tony Walker from Newcastle who defeated Roger Micallef from Melbourne to win The 2008 East Coast ‘Movers & Shakers’ Backgammon Tournament for the second year in a row! Photos and full report here.
23/24 Aug 08 - The 25th Newcastle Open final was contested by Paul Barnett and Greg Mitchell, with Paul winning the double elimination 9-7 and 9-3. My photos here and check Rob Disney's full report and more photos.
Jay Deva 1/2/3 Aug 08 - The Australian Open Backgammon Championship at Surfers Paradise, Queensland was won by Sydney's Jay Deva from New Zealand's Grant Hoffman. Report, results and photos here, Also read Rob Disney's daily reports on the forum and see his photos here.
11 Jul 08 - The Backgammon Australia forum has moved to its new home:
Backgammon Australia Forum. Please update your bookmarks and let me know of any problems.
29 Jun 08 - Angie Hambour Tournament, Adelaide, South Australia. Congratulations to TERRY EFTHIMIOU who came from behind [through the last chance] to win the 2008 ANGIE HAMBOUR TOURNAMENT defeating VASSILIOS TOUBAKARIS.
28 Jun 08 - Adelaide - LEAGUE 1st HALF 2008 RESULTS posted here.
28 Apr 08 - Congratulations to Brian Ramsey (mav) for winning Australian FIBS Tournament 42. Runner-up was Tim Hochgrebe (OzDiver).
11 Apr 08 - Congratulations to VASSILIS TOUBAKARIS, 2007 SA BACKGAMMON ASSOCIATION BACKGAMMON CHAMPION. Vassilis overcame Chris Benham 3-9, 9-8, 9-5 in the final.
27 Mar 08 - Congratulations to Brian Ramsey (mav) for winning Australian FIBS Tournament 40. Runner-up was Ian Dunstan (fishy).
25 Mar 08 - Congratulations to Stephen Davey (Double_Or_Nothing) for winning Australian FIBS Tournament 41. Runner-up was Alex Falon (zapper).
28 Feb 08 - Congratulations to Tim Hochgrebe (OzDiver) for winning Australian FIBS Tournament 39. Runner-up was Steve Clarry (clay).
23/24 Feb 08 - The Queensland Backgammon Championship was won by (yes, you guessed it!) Paul Weaver. Paul defeated Sydney's Robbie Solomon in a tight, DMP final. Results and photos here.

17 Feb 08 - Backgammon at Georges. Paul Weaver continued his tour downunder with an appearance in Sydney at Georges in Darling Harbour. Paul made it to the semi-finals before succumbing to Mick "The Monster" Dyett. Mick's luck ran out against eventual winner Simon Woodhead [yay!!].

17 Feb 08 - Congratulations to Brian Ramsey (mav) for winning Australian FIBS Tournament 38. Runner-up was Alex Falon (zapper).
10 Feb 08 - The 30th SA Open was won by guest of honour Paul Weaver from top local player Chris Benham. The consolation was won by Claudie Tromp from Emil Andrawos. Club President Nick Begakis' report here. Photos here.
26 Jan 08 - Congratulations to Ian Dunstan (larrikin) for winning Australian FIBS Tournament 37. Runner-up was Darren O'Shaughnessy (Rourke).
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