Sydney Backgammon hosted its annual Christmas Open on Sunday 11th December 2005.

Around 20 starters played in two competitions. Alex Falon triumphed over Melbourne visitor Darren O'Shaughnessy in the main event. Here are the results and some photos, courtesy Mark Driver and Simon Woodhead:

Sydney Backgammon Christamas Tournament 2005 Main Tournament
Round 1 (9 pts)	Round 2 (9 pts)	Round 3 (9 pts)	Final (11 pts)	Winner
Marijo	Marijo	Simon	Darren	Alex Falon
Gabby
Stefan	Simon
Simon
Steve	Steve	Darren
Jay
Harry	Darren
Darren
Niels	Niels	Charlie	Alex F
Mimi
Charlie	Charlie
Maurice
Alex F	Alex F	Alex F
Wally
Jim B	Ian
Ian

Sydney Backgammon Christamas Tournament 2005 Minor Tournament
Round 1 (7 pts)	Round 2 (7 pts)	Round 3 (7 pts)	Final (9 pts)	Winner
David	Zvi	Zvi	Stefan	Ian Dunstan
Zvi
Harry	Maurice
Maurice
Mimi	Stefan	Stefan
Stefan
Jay	Jay
Alex I
Gabby	Jim	David	Ian
Jim
David	David
Alex I
Ian	Ian	Ian
Harry
Marijo	Gabby
Gabby

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Alex Falon of Sydney (left) triumphs over Darren O'Shaughnessy who made the trip from Melbourne
This is how you win backgammon tournaments!	Alex and Darren shake hands before the final
	Alex I. tries to hustle a newbie...