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See you next year. |
| Ahern | Gavin | IRELAND | ||||
| Biddle | Richard | UK | ||||
| Brooker | Gary | UK | ||||
| Budrys | Vaidas | RUSSIA | ||||
| Burgess | Brendan | IRELAND | ||||
| Burgess | Gill | UK | ||||
| Busato | Walter | ITALY | ||||
| Calderbank | Mark | UK | ||||
| Casey | John | IRELAND | ||||
| Casey | Sean | IRELAND | ||||
| Caudwell | Drew | UK | ||||
| Chandler | Vicky | UK | ||||
| Conway | Frank | IRELAND | ||||
| Cunningham | Dama | IRELAND | ||||
| Cunningham | Joan | IRELAND | ||||
| Deasy | Seán | IRELAND | ||||
| Dooley | Ray | IRELAND | ||||
| Flynn | Jerry | IRELAND | ||||
| Ford | Michelle | UK | ||||
| Furborough | Richard | UK | ||||
| Gallagher | Danny | IRELAND | ||||
| Harbee | Ali | IRAN | ||||
| Hornyak | Nicholas | IRELAND | ||||
| Huggins | John | IRELAND | ||||
| Irving | Don | UK | ||||
| Jones | Karen | UK | ||||
| Jones | Kevin | UK | ||||
| Jones | Sean | UK | ||||
| Kelly | Conor | IRELAND | ||||
| Kershaw | Raymond | UK | ||||
| Lee | Steve | UK | ||||
| Lever | Brian | UK | ||||
| Little | Stephen | UK | ||||
| Littlehailes | Martha | UK | ||||
| Mann | Stuart | UK | ||||
| Marshall | Andy | UK | ||||
| Morecroft | Simon | UK | ||||
| Nsk | Nikrooz | IRAN | ||||
| O'Connell | Siobhan | IRELAND | ||||
| Perry | Robert | UK | ||||
| Pocknell | Ann | UK | ||||
| Polden | Alex | UK | ||||
| Price | Anna | UK | ||||
| Pritchard | David | UK | ||||
| Reay | Eamonn | IRELAND | ||||
| Redden | Philip | IRELAND | ||||
| Rhodes | Rachel | UK | ||||
| Seely | Trudi | UK | ||||
| Sprake | Vic | UK | ||||
| Sull | Jay | IRELAND | ||||
| Thompson | Gary | UK | ||||
| Tyler | Stephen | IRELAND | ||||
| Uttley | CJ | UK | ||||
| van Lanen | Sander | NETHERLANDS | ||||
| Viana | Bernardo | PORTUGAL | ||||
| Vink | Felix | IRELAND | ||||
| Waid | Mike | UK | ||||
| Webb | Neil | UK | ||||
| Woods | Alastair | UK |
Programme
Entry to the Main Tournament (€50) includes entry to the Consolation Knockout and the Last Chance Knockout. All Main Tournament entrants are guaranteed a minimum of 5 matches.
€3,000 Prize Fund + Optional Side Pools + Trophies in
Main Tournament
Consolation Knockout
Last Chance Knockout
Register from 7pm on the night for the Friday Knockouts and from 12noon on the day for the Saturday Shootout.
Optional Side Pools will run alongside the Main Tournament and all Knockouts. (A Side Pool is a prize fund made up of additional and optional entry fees, kept separate from the main prize fund, and awarded to the player of each side pool who gets the furthest in each pool.)
In the Main Tournament Heats each
entrant plays up to 6 games. Win 5 or more games to secure qualification into
the Main Tournament Knockout on Sunday. Win 4 games to be in the Main
Tournament Playoffs.
| Date | Cork Open Backgammon Tournament 2016 | ||
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| Thursday 3rd March |
21.00 Live Music: John Spillane, DeBarras Folk Club | ||
| Friday 4th March |
12.00 Lunch in Clonakilty Market 14.00 Doubles Knockout €25 entry (7-pointers, 9 point final) 18.00 Irish Backgammon Federation Meeting 20.00 Knockouts: Jackpot €200 entry (9-points, 11-point final) Leisure €20 entry (7-points, 9-point final) Novices €2 entry (3-points, 5-point final) 21.00 Main Tournament Draw |
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| Saturday 5th March | 09.30 Briefing & Group Photo 10.00 Main Tournament 6-Round Swiss (7-points) 12.00 Saturday Shootout €5 entry (1-point) 21.00 Thai Dinner in Baan Sujjitra 22.30 Traditional Irish Music Session in An Teach Beag |
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| Sunday 6th March |
09.00 Main Tournament Playoffs 7-points) 10.00 Consolation Knockout Registration & Draw (7-points) 10.00 Main Tournament Knockout (11-points) 12.30 Last Chance Knockout Registration & Draw (3-points) 18.00 Finals: Main Tournament (13-points) Consolation Knockout (9-points) Last Chance Knockout (5-points) 20.00 Thai Dinner in Baan Sujjitra |
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| Monday 7th March |
10.00 Scenic Tour/Coast Walk |
The
Main Tournament Swiss Rounds will result in:
1
Player winning 6 matches,
6
Players winning 5 matches, and
15
Players winning 4 matches.
Of
the 15 Players winning 4 matches, 3 names will be drawn from a hat and will
qualify. The remaining 12 Players will each play a 7-point match, of which the
6 winners will also qualify, bringing the total to 16 Players.
The Cork Open Backgammon Tournament 2016 will adopt the Tournament Rules (Edition 1.3, August 2015) of the European Backgammon Federation.
Clocks may be used in all finals, except the Novices' Knockout and the Saturday Shootout. The Tournament Director will invoke clocks in any game where slow play is delaying proceedings.
Prizes
Prizes may vary dependent on actual number of players entering each competition.
| Competition | 1st Prize |
2nd Prize |
Optional Side Pools |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Tournament (64-Players, Saturday) | €1,300 | €500 | €50, €20, €10 |
| Consolation Knockout (64-Players, Sunday) | €650 | €250 | €20, €10 |
| Last Chance Knockout (64 Players, Sunday) | €200 | €100 | €10 |
| €200 Friday Knockout (8-players) | €1,100 | €500 | €200 |
| €20 Friday Knockout (32-players) | €450 | €190 | €20 |
| €2 Friday Knockout (8-players) | €11 | €5 | €2 |
| €5 Saturday Shootout (64-players) | €220 | €100 | €5 |
Entry to the Main Tournament (€50) includes entry to the Consolation Knockout and the Last Chance Knockout.
Register from 7pm on the night for the Friday Knockouts and from 12noon on the day for the Saturday Shootout.
Trophies
For the Cork Open 2016 local craftsman Murray Heasman has been commissioned to produce a set of 8 mounted celtic knot weaves. One for the Main Tournament winner, and one for the winner of each of the 7 Knockout competitions taking place over the weekend.
The Trophies are sponsored by Baan Sujittra Thai Restaurant, Clonakilty, Cork.
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| Main Tournament Trophy 2016 |
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| 2016 Trophies: Consolation & Last Chance (bottom row) |
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| 2016 Trophies: Friday Doubles, Jackpot, Leisure, Novice & Saturday Shootout (bottom row) |
