Bristol Premier League Division One current positions

Premier One 2017

There are thirteen contestants for Bristol Premier League Division One for the 2017 season, nine of whom retained their places through their 2016 efforts, while four won automatic promotion from Premier Two.
Players play each other twice in 11-point matches, in a season spanning the eleven months from January to November.
Players arrange their own fixtures, at mutually acceptable venues and times, with Bristol Backgammon's Monday and Thursday sessions being prime opportunities.

League table as at September 23rd

	Pld	Won	Lost	For	Agst	Av.Diff	Pens	Pts
Stuart Mann	21	15	6	197	146	2.429	0	45
Nick Barham	22	15	7	222	184	1.727	0	45
Jason Champion	22	14	8	198	171	1.227	0	42
Gaz Owen	21	13	8	198	170	1.333	0	39
Cecilia Sparke	21	12	9	159	182	-1.095	0	36
Steffen Nowak	22	11	11	203	186	0.764	0	33
Paul Watts	21	10	11	183	167	0.762	0	30
Andy Boysan	22	10	12	191	188	0.136	0	30
Adam Sinclair	23	10	13	190	210	-0.870	0	30
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Ed Turner	21	9	12	177	195	-0.857	0	27
Gary Plant	20	8	12	160	177	-0.850	0	24
Dave Pym	22	8	14	155	205	-2.273	0	24
Simon Hughes	20	4	16	145	197	-2.600	0	12

Complete results record

PLAYER	Ł50 PAID?	vs P Watts	vs E Turner	vs C Sparke	vs A Sinclair	vs D Pym	vs G Plant	vs G Owen	vs S Nowak	vs S Mann	vs S Hughes	vs J Champion	vs A Boysan	vs N Barham
Nick Barham	YES	11-8	10-11	9-11	10-11	9-11	11-8	11-9	11-8	11-9.	11-9	11-6	11-5	XXX
Andy Boysan	YES	11-8	6-11	9-11	11-5	11-4	7-11	11-2	11-7	9-11	11-3	10-11	XXX	9-11
Jason Champion	YES	8-11	11-9	11-1	11-7	11-5	11-4	9-11	6-11	0-11	11-6	XXX	11-8	.
Simon Hughes	YES	.	10-11	11-10	7-11	11-2	.	5-11	5-11	2-11	XXX	6-11	3-11	11-0
Stuart Mann	YES	11-6	11-5	8-11	11-8	.	11-8	4-11	11-5	XXX	11-6	2-11	11-4	11-10
Steffen Nowak	YES	11-4	11-5	5-11	11-7	9-11	11-5	8-11	XXX	11-9	9-11	11-6	11-7	.
Gaz Owen	YES	9-11	11-8	10-11	11-5	3-11	.	XXX	11-8	5-11	11-10	.	11-7	7-11
Gary Plant	YES	7-11	9-11	11-1	11-6	11-9	XXX	.	11-7	0-11	.	10-11	11-6	3-11
Dave Pym	YES	3-11	4-11	9-11	8-11	XXX	1-11	3-11	4-11	.	11-10	11-1	11-2	11-9
Adam Sinclair	YES	2-11	11-8	8-11	XXX	11-5	11-7	11-10	7-11	.	11-6	8-11	6-11	7-11
Cecilia Sparke	YES	2-11	.	XXX	6-11	11-5	11-4	1-11	11-10	11-0	11-6	0-11	.	6-11
Ed Turner	YES	4-11	XXX	.	0-11	11-5	8-11	8-11	11-6	9-11	11-7	6-11	.	8-11
Paul Watts	YES	XXX	6-11	11-0	11-4	8-11	11-7	6-11	.	3-11	.	9-11	10-11	5-11

Scores in parentheses are from adjourned matches.
Premier One fees amounting to Ł650 have all been paid.

Next checkpoint

September 30th

Number of matches to be played:

To keep up with the Advisory Schedule: 23

To avoid Penalty Points: 21

To avoid expungement from the League: 18

Chronological results list:
Dec 27, 2016: Gaz Owen beat Ed Turner 11-8.
Dec 28, 2016: Gaz Owen beat Ed Turner 11-8.
Jan 9: Adam Sinclair beat Simon Hughes 11-7; Adam Sinclair beat Simon Hughes 11-6.
Jan 14: Adam Sinclair beat Nick Barham 11-10; Nick Barham beat Adam Sinclair 11-7.
Jan 17: Nick Barham beat Andy Boysan 11-5; Nick Barham beat Andy Boysan 11-9.
Jan 19: Andy Boysan beat Simon Hughes 11-3; Andy Boysan beat Simon Hughes 11-3.
Jan 23: Nick Barham beat Jason Champion 11-6.
Jan 24: Stuart Mann beat Steffen Nowak 11-5; Steffen Nowak beat Stuart Mann 11-9.
Jan 25: Ed Turner beat Gary Plant 11-9; Gary Plant beat Ed Turner 11-8.
Jan 26: Steffen Nowak beat Adam Sinclair 11-7; Steffen Nowak beat Adam Sinclair 11-7.
Jan 28: Gary Plant beat Adam Sinclair 11-6; Adam Sinclair beat Gary Plant 11-7.
Jan 30: Ed Turner beat Simon Hughes 11-10.
Jan 31: Stuart Mann beat Gary Plant 11-8; Stuart Mann beat Gary Plant 11-0; Andy Boysan beat Paul Watts 11-8.
Feb 2: Paul Watts beat Adam Sinclair 11-2.
Feb 8: Cecilia Sparke beat Steffen Nowak 11-5; Stuart Mann beat Jason Champion 11-0; Jason Champion beat Stuart Mann 11-2.
Feb 14: Andy Boysan beat Dave Pym 11-4; Dave Pym beat Andy Boysan 11-2.
Feb 15: Gary Plant beat Dave Pym 11-9; Gary Plant beat Dave Pym 11-1.
Feb 20: Dave Pym beat Nick Barham 11-9; Dave Pym beat Nick Barham 11-9.
Feb 27: Jason Champion beat Dave Pym 11-5; Dave Pym beat Jason Champion 11-1.
Mar 2: Dave Pym beat Steffen Nowak 11-9; Steffen Nowak beat Dave Pym 11-4.
Mar 6: Jason Champion beat Cecilia Sparke 11-1; Jason Champion beat Cecilia Sparke 11-0.
Mar 7: Cecilia Sparke beat Stuart Mann 11-8; Cecilia Sparke beat Stuart Mann 11-0.
Mar 9: Paul Watts beat Dave Pym 11-3; Dave Pym beat Paul Watts 11-8.
Mar 11: Cecilia Sparke beat Gaz Owen 11-10; Gaz Owen beat Cecilia Sparke 11-1.
Mar 13: Stuart Mann beat Ed Turner 11-5; Stuart Mann beat Ed Turner 11-9; Paul Watts beat Gaz Owen 11-9.
Mar 16: Gaz Owen beat Stuart Mann 11-4; Simon Hughes beat Cecilia Sparke 11-10.
Mar 21: Gaz Owen beat Simon Hughes 11-5.
Mar 23: Paul Watts beat Ed Turner 11-4.
Mar 27: Gaz Owen beat Paul Watts 11-6.
Mar 28: Gaz Owen beat Adam Sinclair 11-5.
Mar 30: Nick Barham beat Gaz Owen 11-9; Ed Turner beat Paul Watts 11-6.
Apr 6: Nick Barham beat Gaz Owen 11-7; Stuart Mann beat Adam Sinclair 11-8.
Apr 9: Jason Champion beat Adam Sinclair 11-7; Jason Champion beat Adam Sinclair 11-8.
Apr 10: Nick Barham beat Steffen Nowak 11-8.
Apr 13: Jason Champion beat Gary Plant 11-4; Jason Champion beat Gary Plant 11-10.
Apr 24: Steffen Nowak beat Paul Watts 11-4.
May 9: Paul Watts beat Cecilia Sparke 11-2.
May 15: Steffen Nowak beat Jason Champion 11-6; Steffen Nowak beat Jason Champion 11-6.
May 16: Cecilia Sparke beat Adam Sinclair 11-8.
May 18: Steffen Nowak beat Gary Plant 11-5; Gary Plant beat Steffen Nowak 11-7.
May 23: Andy Boysan beat Gaz Owen 11-2; Gaz Owen beat Andy Boysan 11-7; Gary Plant beat Cecilia Sparke 11-1; Stuart Mann beat Paul Watts 11-6.
May 24: Nick Barham beat Simon Hughes 11-9; Simon Hughes beat Nick Barham 11-0; Andy Boysan beat Adam Sinclair 11-5.
May 25: Ed Turner beat Dave Pym 11-4; Ed Turner beat Dave Pym 11-5.
May 26: Ed Turner beat Andy Boysan 11-6.
May 30: Andy Boysan beat Paul Watts 11-10.
Jun 8: Paul Watts beat Adam Sinclair 11-4.
Jun 21: Adam Sinclair beat Ed Turner 11-8; Adam Sinclair beat Ed Turner 11-0.
Jun 22: Ed Turner beat Nick Barham 11-10; Nick Barham beat Ed Turner 11-8.
Jun 29: Steffen Nowak beat Ed Turner 11-5; Ed Turner beat Steffen Nowak 11-6.
Jul 3: Cecilia Sparke beat Steffen Nowak 11-10.
Jul 4: Stuart Mann beat Paul Watts 11-3; Jason Champion beat Simon Hughes 11-6; Jason Champion beat Simon Hughes 11-6.
Jul 5: Andy Boysan beat Steffen Nowak 11-7; Steffen Nowak beat Andy Boysan 11-7.
Jul 6: Stuart Mann beat Andy Boysan 11-9; Stuart Mann beat Andy Boysan 11-4.
Jul 9: Paul Watts beat Gary Plant 11-7; Paul Watts beat Gary Plant 11-7.
Jul 10: Stuart Mann beat Simon Hughes 11-2; Stuart Mann beat Simon Hughes 11-6.
Jul 11: Cecilia Sparke beat Gary Plant 11-4.
Jul 12: Cecilia Sparke beat Nick Barham 11-9; Nick Barham beat Cecilia Sparke 11-6.
Jul 17: Simon Hughes beat Dave Pym 11-2; Dave Pym beat Simon Hughes 11-10.
Jul 20: Cecilia Sparke beat Simon Hughes 11-6.
Jul 30: Jason Champion beat Ed Turner 11-9; Jason Champion beat Ed Turner 11-6.
Aug 8: Adam Sinclair beat Gaz Owen 11-10.
Aug 9: Adam Sinclair beat Dave Pym 11-8; Adam Sinclair beat Dave Pym 11-5.
Aug 10: Nick Barham beat Gary Plant 11-8; Nick Barham beat Gary Plant 11-3.
Aug 16: Andy Boysan beat Adam Sinclair 11-6.
Aug 22: Gaz Owen beat Steffen Nowak 11-8; Adam Sinclair beat Cecilia Sparke 11-6.
Aug 23: Cecilia Sparke beat Andy Boysan 11-9.
Aug 27: Nick Barham beat Paul Watts 11-8; Nick Barham beat Paul Watts 11-5.
Aug 30: Gaz Owen beat Steffen Nowak 11-8; Jason Champion beat Andy Boysan 11-10; Andy Boysan beat Jason Champion 11-8.
Aug 31: Stuart Mann beat Gaz Owen 11-5.
Sep 3: Gary Plant beat Andy Boysan 11-7.
Sep 4: Cecilia Sparke beat Dave Pym 11-9; Cecilia Sparke beat Dave Pym 11-5.
Sep 5: Dave Pym beat Gaz Owen 11-3; Gaz Owen beat Dave Pym 11-3.
Sep 6: Gaz Owen beat Simon Hughes 11-10.
Sep 11: Gaz Owen beat Jason Champion 11-9.
Sep 13: Steffen Nowak beat Simon Hughes 11-5; Simon Hughes beat Steffen Nowak 11-9.
Sep 18: Ed Turner beat Simon Hughes 11-7.
Sep 19: Nick Barham beat Stuart Mann 11-9; Stuart Mann beat Nick Barham 11-10.
Sep 20: Paul Watts beat Cecilia Sparke 11-0.
Sep 21: Gary Plant beat Andy Boysan 11-6.
Sep 23: Paul Watts beat Jason Champion 11-8; Jason Champion beat Paul Watts 11-9.

Projected use of Premier League prize pool (2017)

Premier One entry fees, when paid, will total Ł650.
The table below gives an estimate of how that money will be apportioned.

Purpose	Div.1 am't(Ł)
Administration fee	65
Engraving and mementoes	45
Cash 1st prize	250
Cash 2nd prize	150
Cash 3rd prize	90
Cash 4th prize	50

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