GAMMON ASSOCIATES' 2006 & prior PHOTO ALBUM
G/A "LOS ANGELES OPEN" June 2006,
American Backgammon Tour (ABT event)
Lifetime Achievement in Backgammon -- Norm Wiggins (with presenters Patrick and Ray)
"OPEN" Finals Nick Maffeo vs Bob Glass
"OPEN" Winner - Bob Glass
"OPEN-Consolation" Winner - Richard Lloyd
"ADVANCED" Finals - Mark Weiner vs Mario Savan
"ADVANCED" Winner - Mario Savan and his wife
"ADVANCED-Consolation" Finals - Michael Boughton vs Ken Johnson
"ADVANCED-Consolation" Winner - Ken Johnson
"LIMITED" Finalists Denise Bonfilio & Jamie Lind
"LIMITED" Winner - Jamie Lind
"LIMITED-Consolation" Winner - Christina Cooley w/ the Armbruster boys
"SUPER-32" Winner - Jason Lee
"2-Pt Quickies" Winner - Saul Meir w/ staffers Carla & Ceci
The COLE girls (Caitlin & Jamie) staffers on the "charts"
"DOUBLES" Winners - Ray Fogerlund & Jim Wark
2005 TOP-24 & PLAYER-of-the-YEAR
Top-24 Players for 2005
G/A "Player of the Year for 2005" -- Jim Wark
Tournament-of-2005-Champions (Jan. 2006)
Winner __ Patrick Gibson
Click on the title to see one of the following albums
JUNE 2006 LOS ANGELES OPEN --full album(GA57)
DECEMBER 2005 CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP --full album(GA56)
VIETOR CUP Sept. 2005
CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP_December 2004 --full album(GA54)
VIETOR CUP Sept. 2004
G/A 53rd (full album) JUNE 2004
G/A 52nd (full album) DECEMBER 2003
G/A 51st (full album) JUNE 2003
Nov. 2003 Riviera Vegas Pro/Am & OPEN
VIETOR CUP Sept. 2003
Michigan Summer Championships JULY 2003
Armbruster Fri 13th (album) JUNE 2003
G/A 50th (full album) Dec. 2002
G/A 49th (full album), Apr. 2002
Harrah's Vegas Nov. 2001
Cancun Ritz-Carlton Dec. 2001
G/A "2005 CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP" December 2-3-4,
American Backgammon Tour (ABT) event
The "Golden Hat" for 2005's California State Champion
"OPEN" Finals Wayne Jeffcoat vs Stepan Nuniyants
"OPEN" Winner - Stepan Nuniyants
"OPEN-Consolation" Winner - Harvey Gillis
"ADVANCED" Finals - Richard Armbruster & Michael Schecter
"ADVANCED" Winner - Michael Schecter
"ADVANCED-Consolation" Winner - Neal Rosensweig
"LIMITED" Finalists Jamie Lind & Albert Lee
"LIMITED" Winner - Albert Lee
"LIMITED-Consolation" Winner - Denise Bonfilio
"SUPER-32" Finalists - Mark Antranikian & Oliver Fink
"SUPER-32" Winner - Mark Antranikian
"2-Pt Quickies" Winner - Carter Mattig with daughter Lindsay
"DOUBLES" Winners - Steve Sax & Patrick Gibson
The "Golden Hats" California State Champions for 2005 & 2004
VIETOR CUP 2006, September in La Jolla, CA
VIETOR CUP September 23-24, 2006:
We had 22 players travel to La Jolla, California to play in the 27th edition of the VIETOR CUP at
Jon Vietor's beautiful home across the street form the La Jolla Cove park and beach. We again played
the CUP using the INDY Swiss Movement (created by Butch Meese and his team from the
Hoosier Backgammon Club in Indianapolis, Indiana). Swiss movement for 6 rounds, players playing
opponents of "like records" (e.g. 2-0 vs 2-0 and 1-1 vs 1-1). After the 6th round, we then converted
to an elimination format to determine the final two money winners in both a MAIN and CONSOLATION bracket.
The results of the VIETOR CUP:
MAIN: Steve Sax besting Tom Fahland in the finals.
CONSOLATION: Nick Maffeo besting Ron Bruns in the finals.
We used Digital Clocks throughout all the matches (9-points) in order to keep the event to a reasonable
time schedule (only two days to play 11 rounds of matches).
To see the Photo Album, click on the following URL.
Photo Album of the VIETOR CUP Sept. 2006
VIETOR CUP -2005-
"VIETOR CUP" FINALS - Doug Mayfield and John Rockwell
"VIETOR-CUP" Winner - John Rockwell
"Consolation" Finals -Norm Wiggins & Steve Sax
"Consolation" Winner - Steve Sax
G/A "LOS ANGELES OPEN" June 2005 (GA55),
American Backgammon Tour (ABT) event
"OPEN" Finals Doug Mayfield vs Jason Lee
"OPEN" Winner - Jason Lee
"OPEN-Consolation" Winner - Ray Fogerlund
"ADVANCED" Winner - Jim Wark
"ADVANCED-Consolation" Winner - Richard Armbruster
"ADVANCED-Consolation" Finalist - Sina Bigdeli
"LIMITED" Finalists Ali Avcioglu & Greg Brockman
"LIMITED" Winner - Greg Brockman
"LIMITED-Consolation" Winner - Jan Willis
"SUPER-32" Finalists - Chris Nanji & Nick Maffeo
"SUPER-32" Winner - Chris Nanji
"2-Pt Quickies" Winner - Ted Chee
"DOUBLES" Winners - Saul Meir & Mike Sharp
G/A CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP Dec. 2004, ABT event
"OPEN" Winner - Jona Alexander
"OPEN-Consolation" Finalist-Greg Merriman & Winner-Steve Sax
"ADVANCED" Finals - Charles Toots & Rocky Kaya
"ADVANCED" Winner - Rocky Kaya
"ADVANCED-Consolation" Finalist Allen Asar & Winner-Robert Appell
"LIMITED" Winner - Mindla Fajtlowicz with daughter (archive photo)
"LIMITED-Consolation" Winner - Tom Rose
"SUPER-32" Winner - Gregg Cattanach
"2-Pt Quickies" Winner - Pat McCormick
"DOUBLES" Winners - Rebecca Thrussell & Neil Kazaross
G/A 53rd WINNERS JUNE 2004, ABT event
"OPEN" Winner - Wayne Jeffcoat
"ADVANCED" Finals - Mark Antranikian vs Sandy Barnes
"ADVANCED" Winner - Mark Antranikian
"SUPER-32" Winner - Doug Mayfield
"2-Pt Quickies" Winner - Judy Collins
"DOUBLES" Winners - Frank Ley & Patrick Gibson
The Luck of the Dice?--David Taniguchi
G/A 52nd WINNERS DECEMBER 2003
"OPEN" Winner - Art Grater
"OPEN" Consolations Finals - Fred Kalantari vs Judy Collins
"OPEN" Consolations Winner - Judy Collins
"ADVANCED" Finals - Bob Appell vs Sina Bigdeli
"ADVANCED" Winner - Sina Bigdeli
"ADVANCED" Consolation Winner - Michiko "Mirori" Okuma
"SUPER-32" Finals - Jeff Burdsall vs Steve Sax (played on laptop w/ Snowie)
"SUPER-32" Winner - Steve Sax
"2-Pt Quickies" Winner - Dana Nazarian
"DOUBLES" Winners - Greg Merriman & Jon Vietor
VIETOR CUP -2004-
"VIETOR CUP" FINALS - Bob Wachtel and Eliot Bean, with Edna Bean watching
"VIETOR-CUP" Winner - Eliot Bean
"Consolation" Winner - George Photias
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American Backgammon Tour
1st Place -- Steve Sax
the "mfic" himself
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