Tournaments 2009

The Liverpool Open 25, 26 July 2009

The Winners

1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Martin Barkwill

Nigel Cohen

Simon K Jones

Brian Lever

John Slattery

Darryl Arrt

John Slattery

Darryl Arrt

John Slattery

Brian Lever

Rachel Rhodes

Brian Lever

Ann Pocknell

Rachel Rhodes

 

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Main

1

2

3/4

3/4

5/8

5/8

5/8

5/8

Rachel Rhodes
Adrian Jones
Ian Hesketh
Angie Dell
Mick Vacarey
Fak Laight
Susan Van Der Heijdon
Brian Lever

Consolation

1

2

3/4

3/4

5/8

5/8

5/8

5/8

Jon Williams
Kevin Jones
John Wright
Joe Derry
Simon K Jones
Arthur Wright
Michael Horne
Ali Shimeri

Last Chance

1

2

3/4

3/4

5/8

5/8

5/8

5/8

Felix Vink
Roger Keys
Carl Dell
John Broomfield
David Motley
Nigel Merrigan
Peter Chan
Mike Waid

1-point shootout

1

2

3/4

3/4

5/8

5/8

5/8

5/8

Mick Vacarey
Steve Rimmer
Dama Cunningham
Joe Derry
Dorothy Lee
David Wallbank
Ali Shimeri
Noel Byrne

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Grand Prix Points at Liverpool Open 2008

Rachel Rhodes
Adrian Jones
Jon Williams
Ian Hesketh
Angie Dell
Kevin Jones
Felix Vink
Mick Vacarey
Fak Laight
Brian Lever
Susan Van Der Heijdon
John Wright
Joe Derry
Roger Keys
George Hall
Ann Pocknell
Joe Dooley
David Motley
Steve Rimmer
Uldis Lapikens
Mark Calderbank
Susan Bourne
Shea Mulhall
Mike Waid
Michael Horne
Arthur Wright
Simon K Jones
Ali Shimeri
Carl Dell
John Broomfield
David Phillips
Irving Czechowicz
Tony Fawcett
Rodney Lighton
Steve Simkin
Andrew Smith
Peter Chan
Nardy Pillards
Nigel Merrigan
Tim Brown
Richard Biddle
Alan Greenwood
Dama Cunningham

18.58
13.42
13.41
9.29
9.29
9.28
9.27
6.19
6.19
6.19
6.19
6.18
6.18
6.17
4.13
4.13
4.13
4.13
4.13
4.13
4.13
4.13
4.12
4.12
4.12
4.12
4.12
4.12
4.11
4.11
2.58
2.58
2.58
2.58
2.58
2.58
2.58
2.58
2.57
2.06
2.06
2.06
2.06

NB: These GP points have been added to the list

following the SAC Trophy (Biba members only)

 

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2009 Liverpool Open

A report from Nardy Pillards

The Entrants

One week after Monte-Carlo - Backgammon World Championship - it is Liverpool Open. This year during the weekend of July 25th-26th. Twenty-five British Pounds make it a low threshold tournament, negligible compared to +500 Euro tournaments.

Three holiday makers/vacationers started in Amsterdam - Schiphol and took it "easy" towards John Lennon International. They were curious about Liverpool before take off... and surprised afterwards!

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The Liverpool Open is a annual event of the Liverpool Backgammon Club, organized by an enthusiastic trio: Simon Jones, Peter Chan and John Wright. This fourteenth edition was the first we visited. So did over 50 other backgammon players, men and women, younger and elder, English and non-English.

How much does Liverpool Open cost, without turning around every penny? Registration is £25 or 30€. In return you can play five matches on Saturday and another three on Sunday. "Even when I lose?" Yes, even when you lose. There is an optional side bet - £5 or £20 - to enlarge your price money, if you're confident enough.

The format on Saturday is Swiss: everyone plays 5 matches of 9 points. The Top 16 play the Main tournament on Sunday (11 pts) and the others start the Consolation (7 pts). Losing on Sunday puts you in the Last Chance. Also, there is a 1-point knock-out during the week-end, £1 extra for that one. Included in the registration fee is food and drink (coffee and tea) for both days. A four-table-wide buffet varying from breakfast to lunch via tea-time or coffee-time to dinner... all included. And an extra event on Saturday night: a friendly poker game.

The Food

Most remarkable of this tournament is not the format, not the buffet nor the complementary coffee (!!), not the place of venue - a private English house, home of Liverpool's Bridge Club, with garden - and not the sunny weekend. Most remarkable are the ambiance, the courtesy, the friendship,… *enjoying*. The backgammon matches are real, harsh and cruel like the game can be - "Backgammon is War" - but we will especially remember the friendly and sociable atmosphere. As if we were at home.

We flew Friday to Liverpool and returned Monday evening. Peter Chan picked us up on Friday and gave us a ride back on Monday. Thank you Peter! As if that was not enough, he also offered us a guided tour throughout Liverpool.

The Old Liverpool isn't anymore. In 1986 it still was : "But as they left Liverpool's silent streets far behind to march east, the city smog began to clear enough for a pale dawn to shine through.". But the ever-lasting smog, which also characterized London and the other "Black Cities", that smog vanished. The city glows with green parks, green alleys and nowhere a black cabbage white butterfly to spot, the species "created" by the industrial area. A sunny day really is a sunny day. The City is big enough to visit without getting lost and it is worth visiting with its friendly ever-showing layer.

The Beatles, two of the biggest cathedrals, Albert Dock, the bus-boat, two football (soccer) stadiums, two universities, Europe's oldest China Town... your pick . . . And... the Liverpool Open Backgammon Tournament!

Thank you Peter Chan, John Wright en Simon Jones. "You made our weekend"

We will be back!

Nardy Pillards
From Amstergammon www.backgammonamsterdam.nl/index.php

 

Main: Adrian and Rachel
Consolation: Jon Willams and Kevin Jones
   
Last Chance: Roger and Felix
 
1-point Shootout: Steve and Mick

More photos (175 in total!) can be found HERE on Peter Chan's photo album

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIVERPOOL BACKGAMMON CLUB

presents
The 15th Liverpool Open - Saturday 24, Sunday 25 July 2010
Venue: Liverpool Bridge Club, 7 Croxteth Road, Liverpool L8 5SE

Fee: £35.00 (under 18 - £20) includes Saturday Buffet
Entries after the deadline will incur an extra £10 additional fee

Reg: Saturday: 10.00-10.45am for a 11 am start. (NB: Limited to 64 players)
* Main * Consolation * Last Chance * One Point Shoot-Out *
* Sweeps * Cash Prizes! * Poker * Bar *

Details from: John Wright. 07931 553829 jpwright@blueyonder.co.uk
Peter Chan: 07879 837288 peedur8@hotmail.com

For catering purposes, pre-entry is required. Cheques payable to Simon Jones.
3 The Vineries, Liverpool, L25 6EU and forward prior to 17 July 2010
Please include your name, email address & telephone number

NB: Entries after 17 July will incur an additional £10 fee


This is a Biba Grand Prix event

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Accommodation Suggestions

Within walking distance (30 minutes)

Blenheim Guest House
37 Aigburth Drive
Liverpool. L17 4JE
Tel: 0151 727 7380


Best Western Alicia
Aigburth Drive
Liverpool. L17 3AA
Tel: 0151 7274411
Fewer than 10 minutes in a taxi

Dolby Hotel
36-42, Chaloner St Queens Dock
Liverpool Merseyside. L3 4DE
Tel: 0151 708 7272

Campanile Hotel
Chaloner St
Liverpool Merseyside. L3 4AJ
Tel: 0151 709 8104

Formulea 1 Hotel
25, Wapping
Liverpool Merseyside. L1 8LY
Tel: 0151 709 2040

Travelodge Liverpool Central
25, Old Haymarket
Liverpool Merseyside. L1 6ER
Tel: 0870 0850950