Newsletter for 31 August 2004

August is gone!

On Tuesday, 31 August 2004, the Backgammon Club of San Diego met to put an end to August.

Tournament News

9 people entered a 16-player tournament on Tuesday night. We had the following tournament results:

Main Tournament (16 player bracket)

1st place:  Bruce Haight
2nd place:  Bruce Discher
3rd place:  Sho Sengoku

Current Master Points Standings

 1. Sho Sengoku      90
 2. Bruce Haight     70
 3. Jason Lee        62
 4. Tom Fahland      57
 5. Adrian Costa     53
 6. Osman Guner      37
 7. Fred Kamgar      35
 8. Eric Sedehi      25
 9. Cyrus Mobedshahi 18
10. Bruce Discher    14
10. Henry Chaboki    14
12. Mark Weiner       9
12. Marcia Karen      9
14. Ryan Knowles      8
14. Ned Cross         8
16. Kismet Hancer     6
16. Greg Kopp         6
18. Vito Volpetti     4
19. Chris Rosin       3
20. Maira Costa       1
20. Sam Mehri         1

Bruce Haight moved into sole possession of 2nd place.

The point leader at the end of the year will be named the BCSD Player of the Year, and the top 16 in the Master Point standings will be invited to the 2004 BCSD Tournament of Champions, to be held in early 2005.

Player of the Month for August 2004

Tom Fahland and Bruce Haight are the BCSD co-Players of the Month for August 2004. Both Tom and Bruce won one tournament and finished second once.

Here are the top point getters for each month this year:

Jan 2004:  Bruce Haight 15 points
Feb 2004:  Jason Lee    17 points
Mar 2004:  Tom Fahland  15 points
Apr 2004:  Adrian Costa 12 points
May 2004:  Sho Sengoku  28 points
Jun 2004:  Sho Sengoku  24 points
Jul 2004:  Sho Sengoku  16 points
Aug 2004:  Tom Fahland  14 points
Aug 2004:  Bruce Haight 14 points

Problem of the Week

We'll have a couple of weeks off of this business.

See you next week! Keep tossing those cubes,
J. Lee

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