The Champ 'o' Champs 2007 I had great designs to update the standings in the Champ 'o'
Champs regularly thought-out the weekend. Indeed some weeks before
it I had written a highly complex Champ ‘o’ Champs set of
spreadsheet that imports all the results from all of the
tournaments played though-out the weekend. All I had to do was to
sit down and do updates. I estimated these would take only 5
minutes. But what with the change of venues and the increase in
numbers of players on the Sunday (1 estimated we would have
maximum 40 but we had 60) I failed to do the updates.
The change in venues meant a lot of extra logistical work. So I
was up before 7.00 ams having gone to bed at 3 or 4 ams. Then we
had to set up in different venues so my T.D. office desk wasn’t
quite as organised as I would have liked it to be.
Also by the time Sunday 4.00 pm approached, because of the extra
tournaments run before 4.00 pm Sun I needed to sit down and tinker
with the Champ ‘o’ Champs sheets to make them 100% correct. I knew
I couldn’t have done that with players asking me questions they
needed answers to there and then; it was too likely that I would
make a mistake. So the announcement of the Champ ‘o’ Champs
Tournament was delayed by the Committee of Players until such time
that I could sit down and collate the data correctly.
The Tournaments that started after 4.00 pm Sunday had to be discounted
from the Champ ‘o’ Champs table because rules, as per written on
the website and in the program, were: <N.B. The Hustler's
Haven, The Gang Tournament and any Jackpots or TTTs played after
4.00 pm on Sunday do not count towards Champ 'o' Champs
Tournament.>
However any tournament running behind schedule should not be
docked C’o’C points particularly when the Players Committee (made
up of dis-interested parties) had already decreed that this should
not happen.
I’d only expected 1 Team Tournament to happen; the second Team
Tournament Champ ‘o’ Champ points had to be imported into the
C’o’C spreadsheet manually.
Quiz Results imported and C’o’C points allocated for those. The
Players Presents Champ ‘o’ Champ points were also imported.
A Jackpot or two were also missing. These were traced and results
imported.
At last on Tuesday afternoon I’m ready to announce the winner of
the Champ ‘o’ Champs 2007.
It was a close run thing.
Dorothy Lee won two tournaments but these commenced after 4 pm
Sunday. Had they been earlier I would be announcing her as the
winner of the C’o’Cs 2007.
Had Tom Duignan won one more Jackpot or got his quizzes correct or
bought a present I would probably be announcing him as our winner
2007.
Had Stan used his considerable TTT experience to better effect he
would have probably been the 2007 C’o’C.
Had Nicky Check, who won the Singles Knockout, entered the quizzes
and won a tie-breaker he would probably be the Champ ‘o’ Champs.
George Miltiadou, Dave Treacy, Matte Black, Monica Beckerson and
Tony O'Halloran were also there in the running.
But none of them did as well as another player. He didn’t play any
TTTs. He didn’t pick up a Jackpot. He did rubbish in the Singles
Knockout. Doubles was just a dream for him. He dropped out of the
League for the better chances, as openly hinted at on the website,
of picking up Champ ‘o’ Champ points in the Team Tournament. He
didn’t enter the Quiz because he had already come across the
positions and got them wrong and hence they became the Quiz
Questions.
So now Ladies and Gentlemen you know the winner is male and you
know the winner was also the Quiz Master. He did win the Weekend
Knockout, he did win 3 out of 4 in the Team Tournament, he did
bring a present and he won an On Board Tournament.
Ladies and Gentlemen the Winner of Champ ‘o’ Champs 2007 is Mr Sean Williams.
Congratulations Sean. You win the largest trophy of the weekend,
your name goes down in the BG Live in London hall of fame and I
expect you’ll take great joy waving the trophy in front of your
dear girlfriend’s face who now becomes, I’m sure you’ll claim, a
“used to do better than thee.” The tide turneth and study is
rewarded. Bravo Sean.
Your trophy will be presented to you at the next BG in Camden on
Tuesday 4th December unless another one is run before then
(possible) in which case we'll do it then.
Meanwhile the report and pictures from BG Live in London 2007 will
be published here first shortly.
Mike
NEWS - 9th November
Mike is now offline.
07985-941729
NEWS - 8th November
On Saturday 10th November it will be the Lord Mayor's Show
-
the reason for the Fireworks Display.
Basically The City of London
WILL BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC ON THE DAY WE ARE THERE. Come on the tube / bus to Liverpool Street.
Click here for road closure map.
This BGLIL'07 sub-website has been updated with all the new
details. PLAYERS PLEASE READ THEM - THE VENUES PAGES IN PARTICULAR.
NEWS - 29th October
NEWS - 28th October
NEWS - 24th October
NEWS - 23rd October
Need a warm up for Backgammon Live in London?
There will be two events in Camden before the weekend:
Tuesday 30th October
(NEW)
and Tuesday 6th November
There is now 1 reserve player in the Singles Knockout on
Saturday.
However there is always the possibility of somebody
arriving late or of somebody being sick on the day so we
are now taking reserve names. But reserve players should only sign
up in the full knowledge that they might not get a seat in the
Singles Knockout. If they don't get a seat their
registration fee will be refunded.
NEWS - 19th October
Only 5 seats left in the Singles Knockout on Saturday.
Friends and family ARE welcome to go on
The Backgammon Boat Trip
to see the
Lord Mayor's Fireworks Display.
The League / Knockout on Sunday is full but there will be
Jackpots, Tric Trac Tournos and a Team Tournament as well.
Beds at the YHA are now running out -
if you want one book quickly now.
MORE
NEWS - 18th October
NEWS - 18th October
The Singles Knockout Tournament
In the Plate 1 Tournament
Rounds 1, 2 and the Quarter-Finals
will be 3 point Crawford matches
instead of 5 point Crawford matches.
This is because Plate 1 matches
took too long last year and
had a knock on affect on the rest of the evenings' play.
The Semi-Finals and Final
(due to be played after the Boat Trip at 6.00 pm)
will still be 5 point Crawford matches.
Champ 'o' Champs points in the Plate 1 Tournament
remain unchanged.
NEWS - 17th October
The Saturday Seminar will indeed be
given by
Mr Adam Tansley
"Pipped at the Post"
Adam was the Manchester Backgammon Club Champion 2005,
gave the Sunday Seminar last year
and ran Backgammon in Camden Feb - Aug 2007.
NEWS - 9th October
LEAGUE KNOCKOUT ON SUNDAY FULLY
REGISTERED
NEWS - 9th October
DAILY QUIZZES
There
will now be not just 2 but
3 Backgammon Quizzes over the weekend:
Friday 9.30 pm - 11.30 pm, (ADDED)
Saturday 6.00 pm - 8.00 pm
Sunday 11.30 am - 2.30 pm.
Also Champ 'o' Champ points will be awarded to:
NEWS - 8th October
PLAYERS PRESENTS
As
many of you know all players are asked to bring a present for
another player. (For those of you who don't know this please read
THE PRESENTS page.) Anyway it's an important part of the ethos of
the weekend and as such this year it gets a little boost:
NEWS - 4th October
Registration has been open
about 30 hours now and already the Singles Knockout is nearly half
full,
the Boat Trip to the Fireworks
Display is a quarter full
and the League / Knockout is three
quarters full.
If you want in on this gig -
booking it sooner rather than later is advised.
NEWS - 3th October
The Sunday Seminar will indeed be
given by
Chris Bray of The
Independent
"The Ten Commandments of Backgammon"
Chris Bray writes the backgammon column in The Independent every
Saturday, gave seminars and a presentation at Bg Live in London the last 3 years,
and has published three books. Backgammon to Win was published this
year.