25th FLEET UNDERWOOD MEMORIAL & BENEFIT for the American Diabetes Association Holiday Inn, Flint, Michigan March 16, 2008
OPEN (22) 1-RALPH DIETZ (Canton) 2-Dean Adamian (Canton) 3-Art Gillis (Saginaw) 4/6-Carol Joy Cole (Flint) / Brad King (Howell) / Joe Miller (Ohio) INTERMEDIATE (31) 1-Caleb Rutledge (Detroit) 2-Bill Calton (Harper Woods) 3-Fred Ishac (Northville) 4/6-Emil Dimancea (Livonia) / Stu Kelman (Southfield) / Lee White (Grand Rapids)
Sponsored by Snowie Open Champ: Ralph Dietz ~ Intermediate Champ: Caleb Rutledge ~ Novice Champ: Levi Serebryanski
INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (Daily updates)
FEEDBACK-GAMMON (Letters-to-the-Editor)
GAMBITS (Backgammon news tidbits)
2008 WINNING IS MORE FUN!!! (Tournament results from around the world)
2008 FLINT GAMMON POINT STANDINGS (plus Weekly Winners)
2008 AMERICAN BACKGAMMON TOUR (Current Standings, ABT Events) BACKGAMMON A LA CARTE (Backgammon Boot Camp, Snowie, Magriel, Corbett, and more)
2008 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP 20 (as of August 7th*) *(Michigan Summer Championships points not yet included) (See Win/Loss & Nemesis Reports for 2008 here.) 01. Rick Todd........20.43 02. Jim Slomkoski....17.83 03. Paul Berg........17.55 04. John Carrico.....15.33 05. Carol Joy Cole...12.54 06. Greg Merriman....10.62 07. Miriam Bureson....9.47 08. Brad King.........8.83 09. Gary Fritzsche....8.33 10. Harold Rex........7.60 11. Art Gillis........7.44 12. Dan Kiurski.......7.09 13. Paul Farah........6.73 14. Judy Field........5.37 15. Troy Longman......4.78 16. Steve Grob........4.43 17. Gary Tong.........4.10 18. Ralph Dietz.......4.00 19. Caleb Rutledge....4.00 20. Jim Airgood.......3.62 2008 PLAYERS OF THE MONTH...POINTS JANUARY.....GREG MERRIMAN.....4.67 FEBRUARY....RICK TODD.........6.37 MARCH.......PAUL BERG.........6.32 APRIL.......JIM SLOMKOSKI.....4.41 MAY.........GREG MERRIMAN.....4.00 JUNE........JOHN CARRICO......4.45 2007 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP 20 (Final Standings) (See Win/Loss & Nemesis Reports for 2007 here.) 01. DAN KIURSKI......39.65 02. Frank Talbot.....26.63 03. Paul Berg........24.94 04. John Carrico.....23.92 05. Rick Todd........21.28 06. Jim Slomkoski....20.31 07. Carol Joy Cole...19.95 08. Greg Merriman....18.79 09. Brad King........18.57 10. Miriam Bureson...14.23 11. Gary Fritzsche...12.78 12. Dirk Hogan.......10.70 13. Judy Field........9.43 14. Art Gillis........8.39 15. John Salomon......8.15 16. Patrick Gibson....8.08 17. Steve Grob........7.65 18. Petko Kostadinov..7.50 19. Emil Mortuk.......5.64 20. Yury Millman......5.48 2006 FLINT AREA CLUB TOP 10 (Final Standings): 01. GARY FRITZSCHE...35.01 02. Greg Merriman....34.00 03. Paul Berg........26.50 04. Frank Talbot.....25.98 05. Carol Joy Cole...23.95 06. John Carrico.....23.36 07. Rick Todd........22.00 08. Dan Kiurski......15.90 09. Dave Brotherton..15.24 10. Jim Slomkoski....13.88 2005 FLINT AREA CLUB TOP 10 (Final Standings) 01. JIM SLOMKOSKI.....29.62 02. Paul Berg.........28.64 03. Carol Joy Cole....28.05 04. John Carrico......25.79 05. Frank Talbot......22.31 06. Greg Merriman.....20.04 07. Dan Kiurski.......19.94 08. Dave Brotherton...18.33 09. Brad King.........15.77 10. Gary Fritzsche....14.48 2004 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP 10 (Final Standings) 01. FRANK TALBOT......40.97 02. Greg Merriman.....36.98 03. John Carrico......35.05 04. Dave Brotherton...21.91 05. Paul Berg.........21.18 06. Art Gillis........20.49 07. Carol Joy Cole....20.37 08. Jim Slomkoski.....18.19 09. Gary Fritzsche....17.34 10. Walt Smith........16.92 2003 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP 10 (Final Standings) 01. FRANK TALBOT......34.13 02. Paul Berg.........33.40 03. Carol Falk........23.44 04. Dave Brotherton...22.33 05. Rick Todd.........21.23 06. Jim Slomkoski.....20.20 07. Carol Joy Cole....20.07 08. Dan Kiurski.......19.29 09. Len Dangremond....18.64 10. John Carrico......18.33 2002 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP TEN (Final Standings) 01. RICK TODD.........35.23 02. John Carrico......33.33 03. Jim Price.........29.23 04. Greg Merriman.....24.12 05. Len Dangremond....18.58 06. Jim Slomkoski.....18.43 07. Carol Joy Cole....17.66 08. Jeff Clark........17.37 09. Carol Falk........15.86 10. Gary Fritzsche....14.95
01. RICK TODD.........33.30 02. Jim Slomkoski.....27.38 03. Len Dangremond....22.11 04. Gary Fritzsche....20.43 05. Dan Kiurski.......19.80 06. Paul Berg.........19.39 07. Carol Joy Cole....17.93 08. Frank Talbot......16.61 09. Dave Brotherton...14.84 10. John Carrico......14.58
01. PAUL BERG.........41.74 02. Jim Slomkoski ....26.63 03. Rick Todd.........24.97 04. Dave Brotherton...24.31 05. John Carrico......22.31 06. Carol Joy Cole....22.02 07. Jim Price.........17.31 08. Art Gillis........16.75 09. Troy Longman......15.51 10. John Salomon......14.61
01. JOHN CARRICO......30.30 02. Paul Berg.........29.45 03. Rick Todd.........25.51 04. Carol Joy Cole....24.45 05. Jim Slomkoski.....22.33 06. Art Gillis........21.13 07. Dave Brotherton...19.45 08. Maurice Barie.....18.34 09. Judy Field........14.94 10. John Salomon......13.85