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| Main: 1st Brian Lever (UK), 2nd Sean Jones (UK) |
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| Consolation: 1st Jay O'Sullivan (Cork), 2nd Wayne Felton (UK) |
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| Last Chance: 1st Martin Barkwill (UK), 2nd Stuart Mann (UK) |
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| Doubles: 1st Pim van Haastert/ Claudia Goehnert (Holland), 2nd John Broomfield (UK)/Walter Busato (Italy) |
Warm-up Events' Results:
Thursday €10 16-player K/O: 1st Stephen Little (UK), 2nd John Casey (Cork)
Friday €50 16-pair Doubles K/O: 1st Pim van Haastert/Claudia Geohnert (Holland), 2nd John Broomfield/Walter Busato (UK/Italy)
Friday €200 8-player K/O: 1st Vaidas Budrys (Russia), 2nd Walter Busato (Italy)/John Broomfield (UK)
Friday €20 32-player K/O: 1st 2nd Ann Maher (UK), Claudia Geohnert (Holland)
Friday €10 16-player K/O: 1st Vicky Chandler (UK), 2nd Steve Lee (UK)
Friday €10 8-player K/O: 1st Brian Lever (UK), 2nd Drew Caudwell (UK)
Thanks to:
Joe, Fionn & Phil for administering the Tournament
O'Donovan's Hotel for sponsoring the Playing Rooms
Tickets for next year's Cork Open and this year's Irish Open are now on sale.
| Barkwill | Martin | UK | ||||
| Biddle | Richard | UK | ||||
| Brooker | Gary | UK | ||||
| Broomfield | John | UK | ||||
| Burgess | Brendan | Ireland | ||||
| Busato | Walter | Italy | ||||
| Calderbank | Mark | UK | ||||
| Caracoli | Ariadne | Ireland | ||||
| Casey | John | Ireland | ||||
| Casey | Sean | Ireland | ||||
| Caudwell | Drew | UK | ||||
| Chandler | Vicky | UK | ||||
| Ciortan | Radu | Ireland | ||||
| Cooper | Derek | UK | ||||
| Deasy | Sean | Ireland | ||||
| Degabriele | Jamie | Ireland | ||||
| Dooly | John | Ireland | ||||
| Faughnan | Peter | Ireland | ||||
| Felton | Wayne | UK | ||||
| Fordham | Cato | UK | ||||
| Furborough | Richard | UK | ||||
| Geohnert | Claudia | Holland | ||||
| Gill | Keith | UK | ||||
| Hopper | Simon | UK | ||||
| Hornyak | Nick | Ireland | ||||
| Huggins | John | Ireland | ||||
| Humble | Chris | UK | ||||
| Jones | Gary | UK | ||||
| Jones | Karen | UK | ||||
| Jones | Sean | UK | ||||
| Lawrence | Geoff | UK | ||||
| Lee | Steve | UK | ||||
| Lever | Brian | UK | ||||
| Little | Stephen | UK | ||||
| Littlehailes | Martha | UK | ||||
| Maher | Ann | UK | ||||
| Mann | Stuart | UK | ||||
| Marshall | Andy | UK | ||||
| McCarthy | John | Ireland | ||||
| McFarlane | Ian | UK | ||||
| Misrahi | Gill | UK | ||||
| Misrahi | Jeff | USA | ||||
| Morecroft | Simon | UK | ||||
| Mulhall | Shea | Ireland | ||||
| Murphy | Jackie | Ireland | ||||
| Newton | Philip | Ireland | ||||
| O'Sullivan | Jay | Ireland | ||||
| Perry | Rob | UK | ||||
| Pocknell | Ann | UK | ||||
| Pritchard | David | UK | ||||
| Redden | Philip | Ireland | ||||
| Rhodes | Rachel | UK | ||||
| Roberts | Cynthia | UK | ||||
| Sprake | Vic | UK | ||||
| Thompson | Gary | UK | ||||
| Tyler | Stephen | Ireland | ||||
| Uttley | CJ | UK | ||||
| van Haastert | Pim | Holland | ||||
| Viana | Bernardo | Ireland | ||||
| Vink | Felix | Ireland | ||||
| Waid | Michael | Ireland | ||||
| Woods | Brian | UK | ||||
| Woods | Mark | 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.
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 at event for Thursday/Friday Knockouts and Saturday Shootout.
Optional Side Pools will run alongside the Main Tournament and selected 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 2017 | ||
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| Thursday 2nd March | 20.00 €10 Knockout (7-points) 20.00 €25 Satellites (7-points) into €200 Friday Jackpot 22.00 John Spillane in DeBarras |
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| Friday 3rd March | 12.00 Clonakilty Market 14.00 €10 Knockout (7-points) 14.00 €25 Doubles (7-points) 14.00 €25 Satellites (7-points) into €200 Friday Jackpot 20.00 Knockouts: Jackpot €200 entry (9-points, 11-point final) Leisure €20 entry (7-points, 9-point final) 21.00 €10 Knockout (7-points) 22.30 'Kings of Kudos' in DeBarras |
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| Saturday 4th March | 09.30 Briefing & Group Photo 10.00 Main Tournament 6-Round Swiss (7-points) 13.00 Saturday Shootout €5 entry (1-point) 20.00 Thai Dinner in Baan Sujjitra 21.30 Traditional Irish Music Session in An Teach Beag 22.30 Bluesband 'Crow Black Chicken' in DeBarras |
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| Sunday 5th March |
09.00 Main Tournament Playoffs (7-points) 09.30 Main Tournament Draw (9-points) 10.00 Main Tournament Knockout Start 10.00 Consolation Knockout Draw/Start (7-points) 13.00 Last Chance Draw/Start (5-points) 18.00 Finals: Main Tournament (11-points) Consolation Knockout (9-points) Last Chance Knockout (7-points) 21.00 'August Wells' in DeBarras |
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| Monday 6th March |
10.00 Scenic Tour/Coast Walk |
A 64-player 6-round Swiss Tournament 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 Saturday Shootout. The Tournament Director will invoke clocks in any game where slow play is delaying proceedings.
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.
Prizes
Prizes may vary dependent on actual number of players entering each competition.
Prizes may vary dependent on actual number of players entering each competition.
| Competition | 1st Prize |
Runner up | Optional Side Pools (1st ~70%. 2nd ~30%) |
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| Main Tournament (64-players, Saturday) | €1,200 | 2nd €400 3rd €100 4th €50 |
€50, €20, €10 |
| Consolation Knockout (64-players, Sunday) | €600 | €200 | €20 |
| Last Chance Knockout (64-players, Sunday) | €150 | €50 | |
| €5 Saturday Shootout (64-players) | €220 | €100 | |
| €200 Friday Knockout (8-players) | €1,100 | €500 | €200 |
| €20 Friday Knockout (32-players) | €450 | €190 | €20 |
| €50 Friday Doubles Knockout (8-pairs) | €280 | €120 | |
| €10 Friday Knockouts (8-players/Knockout) | €60 | €20 | |
| €10 Thursday Knockouts (8-players/Knockout) | €60 | €20 |
Entry to the Main Tournament (€50) includes entry to Consolation Knockout and Last Chance Knockout.
Register at event for Thursday/Friday Knockouts and Saturday Shootout.
Trophies
Unique Hand Painted Ceramic Tiles by West Cork Artist, Deborah Ni Chaoimhe, commissioned for the 3rd Cork Open for 1st place in:
Main Tournament
Consolation Knockout
Last Chance Knockout
