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18/09/26: Friday's results round-up
There were three Premier League matches played on Friday.
Premier One wins for Simon Baker and Jim Green were bad news for the bottom four, whose efforts to avoid relegation are thus rendered ever more desperate.
Simon beat Adam Sinclair online, while Jim overcame leader Gaz Owen at Sidney and Eden in the Gloucester Road.
Gaz's defeat gives a ray of hope for his pursuers, of whom Alan Joicey remains his most feasible rival.
But Adam's defeat has ruled him out of that race.
Perhaps the most intriguing race in the top flight now -- if we presumptuously conclude that the bottom four are doomed (and they aren't, quite) -- is the race to avoid the fifth relegation slot.
Realistically only the top three are definitely safe from this fate.
Meanwhile Steve Cox's narrow win over Stuart Mann in Premier Two Blue achieved a few things.
The result dented Stuart's promotion aspirations; it also hauled Steve out of the relegation places, for now at least; and it also ensured that his division will not be troubling the authorities at all at the September 30th checkpoint -- the first of the divisions to achieve that distinction this year.
18/09/26: Neil wins September Handicap Trophy event; Simon relegated
There were twenty-four players in competitive action on Thursday, fourteen of them at the Ibis Bristol Centre hotel to contest the seventh and penultimate instalment of our 2026 Handicap Trophy series.
Three of the fourteen were making their Thursday Bristol Backgammon debuts -- Celik Kiraner, Charlie Parsons and Pete Miller, who has recently joined the Feeder League, and all three registered victories.
The winner this time was Neil Young, who defeated George Georgiou, Alp Ozbas and Pete before despatching Savas Christodoulou in the final.
Savas had arrived in the final by getting past Cynthia Roberts, Charlie and Andy Zographou, and he has amassed enough points to take over the HT leadership from Kylie Hedges.
Celik, meanwhile, was winning the consolation flight, defeating Kylie, Steve Morris and George.
The £10 "Golden Zone" bonuses went to Ian Hedges and Pete.
There were also seven Premier League matches played.
Simon Baker's narrow Premier One victory over Phil Charlton sees him beginning to pull clear of the bottom four.
The only problem being that five will be relegated.
The bottom four -- Phil, Tim Line, Michael Petrakas and Cecilia Rogers -- are all now looking to be odds on for the drop, although all four are capable of putting together the much needed miracle run of wins.
Hemal Getalal was arguably the day's star performer with three league wins.
Languishing near the foot of Premier Two Red, Hemal has had a disappointing season.
But yesterday he gave himself more than a glimmer of hope of extricating himself from the relegation bracket, denting Robin Gunney's promotion hopes before twice defeating Simon Blinkhorn.
For Simon the first of these defeats was the one which finally consigned him to Premier Three.
Another Simon got in two matches in Premier Three Green.
Simon Hughes beat Rob Clarke before succumbing to Ed Turner.
Both Ed and Simon retain hopes of pipping Charlie Hetherington to the divisional title.
And Rosemary Whitehouse must still be regretting the dismal start to her Premier Three Yellow campaign.
Poor starts have been a feature of her third tier career, this season's eight defeats from ten providing the perfect example.
But her ninth successive victory -- this time over Carwyn Jenkins -- still looks like a case of too little, too late.
16/09/26: Ian Tarr wins Wednesday online tournament
There were twenty players in action on Wednesday, twelve of them to contest the thirty-seventh of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
And this week's winner was Ian Tarr, who defeated Stephen Little, Ian Anderson and -- in the final -- Chris Hughes after receiving a first round bye.
Chris reached the final by getting past John Curran, Scott Wood and Alan Joicey.
Stephen took the consolation flight by defeating Phil Doubtfire and James Newman.
There weren't enough takers for a post tournament jackpot, partly because the Heroes platform had been frustratingly erratic.
There was also Premier League action, with five matches played.
Phil Charlton and Michael Petrakas -- both under threat of relegation from Premier One -- met, and Phil was the resounding winner.
Steve Cox fitted in two more Premier Two Blue matches, losing to Richard Owsley before beating Ian Anderson.
While Ann Pocknell has long since been crowned divisional champion, we are no nearer finding out who will accompany her to the top flight, and the run in promises to be a roller-coaster.
In Premier Three Yellow Rosemary Whitehouse continued her winning run by beating Pearl Foster.
And Mandy Macdonald struck a blow to Kylie Hedges's Premier Three Purple promotion hopes.
15/09/26: Tuesday's results round-up
There were seven matches played on Tuesday.
Neil Young scored a valuable win in his bid to extricate himself from Premier Two Red relegation danger.
But for his opponent, Robin Gunney, the defeat was a blow to his title chances.
Steve Cox returned to action in Premier Two Blue, succumbing to fellow relegation candidate Stephen Little before defeating promotion contender Ian Anderson.
Derek Clew moved to the top of Premier Three Purple by beating Mathew Nicholls at the Beehive.
In Premier Three Yellow Ian Tarr narrowly defeated Richard Davies.
Kev Lee beat Peter Wise in Premier Three Green.
And in the Feeder League Fiona Beard added to her impressive start with victory over Caius Freeman at the Duke of York, St Werburghs.
14/09/26: Twenty-one in Monday action
There were twenty-one players in action on Monday, fifteen of them to contest the eleventh session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of 3-point round robin groups of eight and seven at the Heroes website.
Group winners were Ian Tarr (in the larger group) and Monday online debutant Daniel Miles (with a clean sweep in the other group).
Ian Anderson's SGP lead increased a little to 23 points, with Nick Barham now in second place.
There was also Premier League and Feeder League action.
Robin Gunney moved to the top of Premier Two Red by defeating Simon Blinkhorn.
In Premier Two Blue there were wins for Nick Barham and Steve Pickard, over Frank Jones and Chris Hughes, the latter two doing nothing to alleviate their relegation struggles.
Dave Pym brought Simon Hughes's winning Premier Three Green run to an end.
And at Sportsmans the first two matches of this year's Feeder League were played, Fiona Beard's brace of victories over Pete Miller making her the first leader of this season's division.
13/09/26: Sunday's results round-up
There were two matches played on Sunday.
Jim Green defeated Cecilia Rogers in Premier One to preserve his minute title chance, while sending Cecilia to the brink of relegation.
And Hemal Getalal scored a much needed Premier Two Red win over Gary Plant, denting Gary's promotion chances.
13/09/26: Saturday's results round-up
There were two matches played on Saturday.
Phil Doubtfire is out of the Brunel Trophy after the narrowest of defeats to Andy Boysan, who progress to round eight.
And Adam Sinclair's faint championship chance has gone, barring the most miraculous combination of circumstances.
He was defeated by Jim Green who thus kept his Premier One title chance tenuously alive.
12/09/26: Nick's Friday win confirms Ann as Blue Division champion
There was just one Premier League match played on Friday.
And Nick Barham's emphatic win over Ian Anderson has hauled him out of the Premier Two Blue relegation places at the expense of Chris Hughes.
The resultant deterioration of his points difference has pushed Ian down into the promotion play-off slot, with Cliff Blofield now in the top two.
Ian has four matches in hand over Cliff, however.
And it should have been reported before, but Ann Pocknell is this year's Blue Division champion -- no surprise, given her season long dominance.
11/09/26: September Bristol Grand Prix tournament marred by opportunist theft
There were sixteen players in action on Thursday, ten of them at the Ibis Bristol Centre hotel to contest the ninth instalment of our 2026 monthly Bristol Grand Prix series.
But our cosy, convenient, venue can perhaps lull us into a false sense of security in terms of looking after possessions and -- to a lesser degree -- personal safety.
It's a hotel, and non players can, of course, walk through our playing area, usually on the way to and from the toilets.
But last night's experience where Tim Line's bag -- containing a tablet, his passport and medication, among other items -- was stolen by an opportunist thief, underlines the need for vigilance, just as it would be in any public or semi-public location.
In the tournament George Georgiou defeated Alp Ozbas, Ian Tarr and -- in the final -- Steve Morris to take the win after receiving a first round bye.
Steve had got past Daniel Miles and Stephen Little en route to the final.
Savas Christodoulou took the consolation flight, defeating Alp Ozbas and Daniel.
Ian's BGP title race lead has decreased slightly, with George now 134 points behind in second place.
George is close to securing qualification for a place in the 2027 Bristol Masters, where Tim is now an assured qualifier.
Natalia Leighton-Sims was present as an interested observer, and later played hre first ever game.
There was also Premier League action online.
Adam Sinclair defeated Alan Joicey in Premier One, a result which brings Gaz Owen a step closer to an historic fourth successive league title.
Alan is still best placed to mount a challenge, but has little margin for error, while other mathematical contenders -- Adam, Steffen Nowak, Jim Green and Chris Rogers in descending order of likelihood -- have even less.
In Premier Three Yellow Rosemary Whitehouse continued her customary late season resurgence by defeating Freddy Doubtfire, but she will need a continuance of that form to trouble the top three.
And Ed Turner won a battle of Premier Three Green promotion contenders against Fred North.
09/09/26: Ian Anderson wins Wednesday online tournament again
There were eighteen players in action on Wednesday, twelve of them to contest the thirty-sixth of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
And this week's winner was Ian Anderson, who defeated Elias Hamati, Alan Joicey and -- in the final -- Scott Wood after receiving a first round bye.
It was Ian's tenth Wednesday title win in twenty-four tournaments entered this year!
Scott reached the final by getting past Neil Young, Nick Barham and Gaz Owen.
Chris Hughes took the consolation flight by defeating Steve Pickard and Tim Line.
Tim won the post tournament jackpot.
There was also Premier Three action.
A double header in Premier Three Green saw honours shared by Jordan White and Kev Lee.
While in Premier Three Yellow Marcel Bancroft suffered a rare defeat at the hands of in form Rosemary Whitehouse.
08/09/26: Tuesday's results roundup
There were eleven Premier League matches on Tuesday.
Adam Sinclair's hopes of figuring in the title run in were delivered a blow when Phil Charlton defeated him in Premier One.
Richard Owsley's Premier Two Blue victory over Nick Barham kept him in contention for the divisional play-off, while Nick still has work to do to avoid relegation.
In Premier Two Red Gary Plant had a mixed day, beating Mark Dixon before succumbing to Hazel Harper, but he remains in the mix for promotion.
If Hazel's win was much needed at the other end of the table, so was Neil Young's over Warner Solomon.
The Beehive, Henleaze, played host to a Premier Three Purple match where Derek Clew's victory over Mathew Nicholls kept him on track for promotion.
Fred North and Simon Hughes scored what could prove to be crucial wins in Premier Three Green, Dave Pym and Peter Wise their victims.
And Carwyn Jenkins is still in the thick of the Premier Three Yellow promotion race after edging home against Simon Dicken.
Rosemary Whitehouse and Freddy Doubtfire were the other winners in that division at the expense of Ian Tarr and Richard Davies.
07/09/26: Seventeen in Monday action
There were seventeen players in action on Monday, twelve of them to contest the tenth session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of 3-point round robin groups of six at the Heroes website.
Group winners were Gaz Owen with a clean sweep and Nick Barham via the head to head tiebreak.
Ian Anderson's SGP lead increased to 22 points over second placed Stephen Little.
There was also Premier League action.
Robin Gunney and Gary Plant scored Premier Two Red victories to stay in contention for promotion -- Robin over Simon Blinkhorn, Gary over Neil Young.
Richard Owsley defeated Chris Hughes in Premier Two Blue.
And in Premier Three Green Fred North beat Kev Lee.
07/09/26: 2026 Feeder League launched
Around this time of the year, sometimes a little earlier, is the time to launch the Bristol Feeder League for those who missed the chance to join the Premier League in January or those who have surfaced since.
Last year there was insufficient demand, but this time there's just enough to justify the launch.
So it's welcome to Fiona Beard, Lee Mulligan and Pete Miller as they start their backgammon league journeyand there are likely to be one or two others joining over the next couple of weeks.
06/09/26: Sunday's results roundup
There were seven Premier League matches and two in the Brunel Trophy played on Sunday.
Tim Line and Neil Young are out of the Brunel Trophy after losing their seventh round matches.
Neil lost to Derek Clew at the Wellington, while Tim succumbed to Dicky Biddle, the two winners progressing to round eight.
Dicky was later in Premier Two Red action, defeating Neil Young to move into second place, while in the same division Gary Plant was beating Hazel Harper.
Kev Peters was busy in Premier One, playing three times.
A victory over Phil Doubtfire preceded a shared double header with Andy Boysan.
And in Premier Three Yellow there were wins for league leader Marcel Bancroft and Carwyn Jenkins.
Marcel's win came at the expense of Richard Davies, while Carwyn's moved him above his opponent Neil Edwards into fourth place.
06/09/26: Dicky's win over coffee in Ivybridge
Owens Coffee Roastery and Cafe in Ivybridge was the backdrop for Saturday's only action.
And Dicky Biddle's emphatic win over Gerald Whitehouse in a Premier Two Red encounter moved him into third place in the league table, while leaving Gerald with still some work to do to preserve his tier two status.
04/09/26: Friday's Premier League action
There were four Premier League matches played on Friday.
Mike Smith defeated Gerald Whitehouse to haul himself above the relegation lines in Premier Two Red.
Meanwhile in Premier Three Green Ed Turner and Dave Pym were scoring wins to keep themselves in contention for promotion.
Ed defeated Mitch Tucker twice while Dave beat Jordan White.
03/09/26: Three's a crowd -- but not on Thursdays......
When only three players arrived at the Ibis Bristol Centre Hotel on Thursday to contest the fifth of the year's seven Speedgammon Grand Prix tournaments, the event had to be cancelled.
Cynthia Roberts, George Georgiou and Director Ian Tarr had wasted journeys.
So Steffen Nowak's stranglehold on this year's SGGP title race was strengthened, as the minimal chance that his distant pursuers, George and Ian, might catch him dwindled to the realms of fantasy.
Was this the only time in the history of Thursday Bristol Backgammon events that a cancellation had been necessary because of a lack of support?
Surprisingly not, as the former Consulting Doubles Grand Prix had three out of four events cancelled in 2012, when only six, four and three respectively turned up for the second, third and fourth events.
Those were the circumstances that prompted the switch to an annual doubles championship event from 2013 onwards.
Will this prompt a cessation of the SGGP?
Not so, as the average turnout at the four previous events this year is 10.25, and although that is lower than the combined average for the other four grands prixs (12.85), the difference is not so marked as to spark any panic measures.
Meanwhile, there was league action online.
Chris Rogers defeated Phil Charlton in Premier One to move up to second in the league.
Which is where Robin Gunney also finds himself in Premier Two Red after his narrow victory against Neil Young.
And Cliff Blofield won his penultimate Premier Two Blue match, overcoming Stephen Little at the Brunello Lounge.
03/09/26: Ian Anderson wins Wednesday online tournament
There were twenty players in action on Wednesday, ten of them to contest the thirty-fifth of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
And this week's winner was Ian Anderson, who defeated Ann Pocknell, Scott Wood and -- in the final -- Ian Tarr.
Ian T reached the final by getting past Nick Barham and Elias Hamati.
Nick took the consolation flight by defeating Ann and Tim Line.
Elias won the post tournament jackpot.
There was also Premier League and Brunel Trophy action.
The first of the seventh round matches in the Brunel Trophy saw the undefeated Paul Watts eliminate Chris Rogers from the competition.
This ensures that the eighth round will comprise just four players.
In Premier Two Red Robin Gunney moved closer to the automatic promotion places with a victory over Hazel Harper, while in the same division Mike Smith beat Simon Blinkhorn.
And Carwyn Jenkins stayed in contention for promotion from Premier Three Yellow by beating Photis Gittoes.
Photis had earler defeated Pearl Foster, after Pearl's win over Ben Crowden.
02/09/26: Marcel tops Yellow Division, courtesy of February result
A Premier Three Yellow result from February has come to light.
The result was reported at the time, but was overlooked by the Director.
And the inclusion of the result in the league table -- Marcel Bancroft's victory over Neil Edwards -- sees her elevated into pole position.
02/09/26: Tuesday's Premier League action
There were six Premier League matches played on Tuesday.
Alan Joicey defeated Chris Rogers in Premier One, leap-frogging him into second place as the main threat to league leader Gaz Owen.
Hazel Harper and Mike Smith shared the spoils of a Premier Two Red double header.
The Brunello Lounge, Weston-super-Mare, played host to a Premier Two Blue double header, where Cliff Blofield and Nick Barham also won one apiece.
And in Premier Three Purple Flora von Michel beat Mathew Nicholls at the Westbury Park Tavern.
It completed Flora's campaign, and her end-of-season run of five wins has given her a great chamce of promotion to Premier Two.
31/08/26: Fourteen in Monday action
There were fourteen players in action on Monday, nine of them to contest the ninth session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of 3-point round robin groups of five and four at the Heroes website.
Group winners were Ian Tarr in the larger group, and Neil Young.
Ian Anderson's SGP lead increased to 19 points over second placed Stephen Little.
There was also Premier League action.
Chris Rogers moved into second place in Premier One by defeating Andy Boysan.
And Simon Dicken was busy, with three matches in Premier Three Yellow.
He succumbed to Pearl Foster (twice) and Neil Edwards.
30/08/25: Brunel Trophy sevenxth round draw made after completion of the sixth
The draw for the seventh round of the thirteenth incarnation of the year-long Brunel Trophy double elimination tournament was made on Sunday, using the regular practice of matching two sequences of random numbers.
Just eight of the original field of sixty-five are still in, and either four or five will make it to round eight, as one of the field still has both lives intact.
That player is Paul Watts who completed the sixth round with victory over Cecilia Rogers, who is eliminated.
Matches are to be played by October 4th.
The full draw can be found here.
29/08/26: Saturday's Premier League action
There were six Premier League matches played on Saturday.
Cecilia Rogers played twice in Premier One, succumbing to leader Gaz Owen before beating Tim Line.
Robin Gunney missed a chance to press home his Premier Two Red promotion claims when he lost to Mike Smith.
A nail-biting top of the table clash in Premier Three Yellow went Marcel Bancroft's way, as she closes in on leader Ian Tarr.
And in the same division another contender Neil Edwards was losing out to Freddy Doubtfire.
Meanwhile in Premier Three Purple league leader Paul Watts was defeating Mathew Nicholls.
28/08/26: Chris wins on Friday
The only Friday action was a Premier One encounter.
Chris Rogers defeated Steffen Nowak in a battle of two title challengers.
28/08/26: George wins August GP20 tournament
There were just eight players in action on Thursday at the Ibis Bristol Centre Hotel to contest the sixth instalment of the year's GP20 series.
And the main flight honours went to George Georgiou, who defeated Steffen Nowak, Ian Tarr and -- in the final -- Hazel Harper.
Hazel had beaten Neil Young and Stephen Little en route.
Savas Christodoulou took the consolation flight with victories over Steffen and Tim Line.
George has now inched ahead of Ian at the head of the GP20 standings by five points.
Pete Miller from Portishead was an interested spectator, and played a friendly match with Ian, gaining his first experience of playing with a clock.
26/08/26: Ian Tarr wins Wednesday online tournament
There were fifteen players in action on Wednesday, eight of them to contest the thirty-fourth of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
And this week's winner was Ian Tarr, who defeated Tim Line, Gaz Owen and -- in the final -- Scott Wood.
Scott reached the final by getting past John Curran and Ann Pocknell.
Tim took the consolation flight, and then won the post tournament jackpot, defeating Elias Hamati in the final of both.
There was also Premier League action.
Phil Charlton won a Premier One encounter with Michael Petrakas.
In Premier Three Green Rob Clarke beat Jordan White.
And for the second successive day Ismail Yilmaz beat Photis Gittoes 11-10 in Premier Three Yellow.
25/08/26: Ismail goes second
The only Tuesday action was a Premier Three Yellow encounter.
Ismail Yilmaz pipped Photis Gittoes to move into second place.
25/08/26: Twenty in Monday action
There were twenty players in action on Monday, ten of them to contest the eighth session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of 3-point round robin groups of five at the Heroes website.
Group winners -- both with clean sweeps -- were Scott Wood and Neil Young.
Ian Anderson's SGP lead is down to 17 points over second placed Stephen Little.
There was also Premier League and Brunel Trophy action.
Natalie Singh exited the Brunel Trophy at the sixth round stage, succumbing to Derek Clew, who progresses to round seven with one life remaining.
Scott Wood moved into second place in Premier Two Red by defeating Gerald Whitehouse.
And there were two matches in Premier Three Purple.
The Sugar Loaf, Easton, played host to Flora von Michel's victory over Andy Zographou, a result which moved her into second place.
And Jon Organ beat Mandy Macdonald.
Meanwhile Ian's Backgammon Clinic at Sportsmans -- these days only open by appointment -- saw Director Ian Tarr hosting Pete Miller from Portishead and Fiona Beard from St Werburghs.
23/08/26: Neil's Saturday win
The only Saturday action was a Premier Two Red encounter.
Neil Young defeated Mike Smith.
21/08/26: Kev exits Brunel Trophy
The only Friday action was a sixth round Brunel Trophy tie.
And in what was effectively a sudden death match Neil Young defeated Kev Peters at Bambalan -- the latest new Bristol Backgammon venue -- to progress to round seven.
21/08/26: Ian Hedges wins August GP10 tournament
There were nineteen players in action on Thursday, fifteen of them at the Ibis Bristol Centre Hotel to contest the sixth instalment of the year's GP10 series.
Sandy Lush, a welcome visitor from Devon, was making her Bristol Backgammon debut.
GP10 leader Steffen Nowak was absent, affording his pursuers the opportunity to take closer order.
And second placed Ian Hedges took full advantage, defeating Savas Christodoulou, Ian Tarr, Kylie Hedges and -- in the final -- Lulzim Alla to win the event.
Lulzim had defeated Chris Aquilina, George Georgiou and Barry Vasili en route.
Stephen Little took the consolation flight, getting past Andy Zographou, Cynthia Roberts and Chris.
Ian H has cut Steffen's GP10 lead to 20 points, with George a further 50 points adrift in third place.
Fiona Beard from St Werburghs was an interested spectator, and played some friendly games.
There was also Premier League action online.
Gaz Owen extended his Premier One lead with a victory over Phil Charlton.
And in Premier Two Blue Frank Jones beat Chris Hughes.
19/08/26: Ian Anderson wins Wednesday online tournament
There were six players initially ready for action on Wednesday to contest the thirty-third of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
But not everybody wants to play a round robin, so the field was once again whittled down to just four, playing three 7-point matches each.
And this week's winner was Ian Anderson, whose PR gave him the verdict over second placed Stephen Little.
And there was no post tournament jackpot, as Director Ian Tarr went to the pub.
18/08/26: Steffen exits Brunel Trophy
The only Tuesday action was a sixth round Brunel Trophy tie.
And in what was effectively a sudden death match Phil Doubtfire defeated Steffen Nowak to progress to round seven.
17/08/26: Sixteen in Monday action
There were sixteen players in action on Monday, twelve of them to contest the seventh session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of 3-point round robin groups of six at the Heroes website.
Group winners were Chris Hughes and Gerald Whitehouse.
Chris came out on top of a four way tie via the head-to-head tiebreak, although the side pool was split three ways.
Ian Anderson's SGP lead was reduced to 21 points by second placed Stephen Little.
There was also Premier League action.
Hemal Getalal defeated Mark Dixon in Premier Two Red online.
But the Blue Lagoon, Gloucester Road, became the latest new Bristol Backgammon venue when Flora von Michel won a Premier Three Purple match against Mathew Nicholls.
15/08/26: Dave's Saturday win
In Saturday's only action Dave Pym defeated Peter Wise in Premier Three Green.
15/08/26: Richard's Friday win
In Friday's only action Richard Davies defeated Pearl Foster in Premier Three Yellow.
14/08/26: Ian wins August Bristol Grand Prix tournament
There were fifteen players in action on Thursday, eleven of them at the Ibis Bristol Centre hotel to contest the eighth instalment of our 2026 monthly Bristol Grand Prix series.
Ian Tarr defeated Stephen Little, Savas Christodoulou and -- in the final -- Steffen Nowak to take the win after receiving a first round bye.
Steffen had got past Hazel Harper, Steve Morris and Cynthia Roberts en route to the final.
George Georgiou took the consolation flight, defeating Andy Zographou, Stephen Little and Barry Vasili.
Ian has increased his lead in the BGP title race, with a 137 points cushion over second placed Barry, and is now certain of a place in the 2027 Bristol Masters.
There was also Premier League action online.
Mark Dixon defeated Simon Blinkhorn in Premier Two Red.
And Flora von Michel won in Premier Three Purple against Jon Organ.
12/08/26: Chris wins Wednesday online tournament
There were twelve players in action on Wednesday to contest the thirty-second of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
The format was modified into a round robin of 7-point matches with the field whittled down to just four.
And this week's winner was Chris Rogers, whose PR ws decisive after a three way tie which also involved James Newman and Mark Dixon.
Mark won the post tournament jackpot.
There was also league action.
Ian Hedges was back on track after Friday's double setback, his Premier Two Red victory over Scott Wood moving him very close to a return to the top flight, while leaving the other coveted promotion places wide open.
Paul Watts moved to the summit of Premier Three Purple by defeating Mandy Macdonald.
And Rosemary Whitehouse scored a victory over Simon Dicken in Premier Three Yellow.
11/08/26: Tuesday's results roundup
There were two matches played on Tuesday.
In Premier Two Red Scott Wood suffered a setback in his quest for promotion when he lost to Warner Solomon.
And Andy Boysan's victory over Chris Rogers sees the pair progressing to round seven of the Brunel Trophy with a life apiece.
Only Paul Watts now has both lives intact.
11/08/26: Eleven in Monday action
There were eleven players in action on Monday, nine of them to contest the sixth session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of 3-point round robin groups of five and four at the Heroes website.
Group winners -- both with clean sweeps -- were Gerald Whitehouse and Ian Anderson.
Ian A has increased his SGP lead to 31 points over second placed Steve Pickard.
Meanwhile Ian's Backgammon Clinic at Sportsmans -- these days only open by appointment -- saw Director Ian Tarr once again hosting Pete Miller from Portishead.
09/08/26: Sunday's Premier League action
There was just one match played on Sunday.
In Premier Two Blue Ian Anderson consolidated his second place by defeating Nick Barham.
09/08/26: Saturday's Premier Three action
There were just two Premier League matches played on Saturday, both of them in Premier Three.
The Clyde Arms played host to a Purple Division match between Barry Vasili and Mathew Nicholls, where Barry prevailed.
And online in the Yellow Division Pearl Foster defeated Richard Davies.
07/08/26: Warner at the double
There were just two Premier League matches played on Friday, a double header in Premier Two Red.
And backgammon being backgammon, when a player on five successive wins meets an opponent on five successive defeats, you could almost put money on the sequences being broken.
And sure enough it was Warner Solomon who arrested his disappointing run by twice defeating league leader Ian Hedges.
The reversal of fortunes may well have come too late to save Warner's promotion campaign, but Ian's lead still sees him as clear favourite to take the title.
07/08/26: Henry wins August Handicap Trophy event on debut
There were fourteen players in competitive action on Thursday, twelve of them at the Ibis Bristol Centre hotel to contest the sixth instalment of our 2026 Handicap Trophy series.
The winner this time was Henry Skitsas, who -- along with his mother, Silvia Cavaciuti -- was making his Bristol Backgammon debut.
Making the most of his maximum handicap of 4, Henry defeated George Georgiou, Neil Young, Kylie Hedges and -- in the final -- Stephen Little.
After receiving a first round bye, Stephen had got past Cynthia Roberts and Ian Hedges en route to the final.
Barry Vasili took the consolation flight by defeating Ian Tarr and George.
Both £10 "Golden Zone" bonuses both went to Henry.
Kylie has moved ten points ahead of previous HT leader Ian T, with a cluster of others well within striking distance.
Another first timer, Helen Inman, arrived too late for the tournament, but enjoyed several friendly matches.
There was just one other match played.
Online Dicky Biddle booked his place in the seventh round of the Brunel Trophy, eliminating Richard Owsley from the competition.
05/08/26: Scott wins Wednesday online tournament
There were ten players in action on Wednesday to contest the thirty-first of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
And this week's winner was Scott Wood, who defeated Gaz Owen, Ian Anderson and -- in the final -- Nick Barham, after receiving a first round bye.
Nick had arrived in the final by beating Neil Young, Tim Line and Ian Tarr.
James Newman took the consolation flight by getting past Ann Pocknell, Neil and Gaz.
Ian A won the post tournament jackpot.
03/08/26: Gaz exits Brunel Trophy
There were eleven players in action on Monday.
Nine of the eleven contested the fifth session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of 3-point round robin groups of five and four at the Heroes website.
In the larger group Steve Pickard was the winner on the head to head tiebreak, while there was a triple tie at the top of the smaller group.
Since only two of those were in the side pool, the tiebreak decreed a pool win for Andrew Montgomery.
Ian Anderson still heads the SGP points table, with Steve in second place.
The other action was in the sixth round of the Brunel Trophy, where Tim Line scored a whitewash victory over Gaz Owen in what was effectively a sudden death encounter.
02/08/26: Bristol's Champions League allocation reduced
Bristol's allocation of places in the 2027 UK Champions League has been reduced to five places.
For a few seasons, we have had at least six representatives, but as other leagues across the nation continue to grow in membership numbers, our proportion of the starting line-up of 32 players has reduced.
The appropriate dotted line in the Premier One league table has been shifted appropriately.
02/08/26: July checkpoint brings a further expungement
The July 31st Premier League checkpoint has passed and, continuing the disquieting pattern of the year, there were three potential expungement issues.
In Titus Simen's case (in Premier Two Blue) Director Ian Tarr decided that there was insufficient mitigation to justify making an exception to the rule, so Titus is indeed expunged, something which has unwanted ramifications for the remainder of the league, every other member of which has kept up with the schedule.
Meanwhile Rob Clarke in Premier Three Green has already made up the ground he was a little short of by playing Cynthia Roberts, who rounded off her disappointing season with a victory.
Simon Dicken in Premier Three Yellow was a borderline case.
He has found it difficult to fit matches around his busy work schedule, but has shown sufficient enthusiasm to convince Ian that the remainder of his season is viable.
Simon is one player who has failed to claw back the penalty point he incurred in May, while the other affected in this way is Hemal Getalal, whose triple penalty from May also becomes permanent.
Sixteen players across the six divisions of the league have incurred fresh penalties which can be clawed back by September 30th.
31/07/26: Friday's results roundup
There were four Premier League matches played on Friday.
Ian Hedges defeated Hemal Getalal to extend his leadership of Premier Two Red, while in the same division Mike Smith's victory over Neil Young kept Mike's survival hopes alive.
And a Premier Three Green double header saw Mitch Tucker and Dom Verrall share emphatic wins.
If no other results are reported late, Director Ian Tarr faces some testing conversations over the weekend, where three players are potentially expunged from the league.
31/07/26: Steffen wins two more tournments
There were fourteen players in action on Thursday, ten of them at the Ibis Bristol Centre Hotel to contest the fifth instalment of the year's GP20 series.
Before the tournament Savas Christodoulou and Steffen Nowak met to contest the final of the GP10 event from a fortnight earlier.
Steffen won a close match, and moved 80 points ahead of second placed Ian Hedges in the GP10 standings.
But Steffen was not finished, and emerged victorious in the evening's main event, defeating Andy Zographou, Tim Line and -- in the final -- George Georgiou, after receiving a first round bye.
George had defeated Ian Tarr, Hazel Harper and Barry Vasili en route.
Ian took the consolation flight, getting past Neil Young, Savas and Stephen Little, and now leads the GP20 standings, 70 points ahead of second placed George.
There was also Premier League action online.
Phil Doubtfire defeated Jim Green in Premier One.
And in Premier Three Green Rob Clarke beat Jordan White.
29/07/26: James wins Wednesday online tournament
There were twelve players in action on Wednesday, six of them to contest the thirtieth of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
The low turnout necessitated a change of format -- to a round robin of five point matches.
And this week's winner was James Newman, who won all of his matches, leaving Stephen Little in second place.
Phil Doubtfire joined the fray to participate in the post tournament jackpot, and won it.
There were also three Premier League matches played.
Phil Charlton and Cecilia Rogers played what was a crucial meeting of two Premier One members threatened by relegation, and it was Phil who prevailed.
And in Premier Three Green there were wins for Kev Lee (over Ed Turner) and Dom Verrall (over Jordan White).
28/07/26: Tuesday's results roundup
There were three Premier Three matches played on Tuesday.
Paul Watts and Barry Vasili scored Premier Three Purple victories over Jon Organ and Kylie Hedges.
And Premier Three Yellow leader Ian Tarr beat Simon Dicken.
28/07/26: Eamonn resigns from the Purple Division
Eamonn Reay has been forced by ill health to resign from Premier Three Purple.
The eight matches he played (five wins and three losses) have all been expunged from the season's record, and the league table now reflects this.
The checkpoint targets for the division, from July onwards) have all been revised downwards to avoid plunging anyone into checkpoint related difficulty.
Bristol Backgammon wishes Eamonn speedy and substantial relief from his unfortunate debility.
28/07/26: Twenty-three in Monday action
There were twenty-three players in action on Monday, twenty-one of them competitively.
Seven of the twenty-one contested the fourth session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of a single 3-point round robin group at the Heroes website.
Ian Anderson was the group winner for the second successive week, and now heads the SGP points table, with Stephen Little in second place.
There was also Premier League action, with eight matches played online.
A Premier One double header was significant at both ends of the table.
Simon Baker's double success against Steffen Nowak has given him a great chance of escaping the clutches of relegation, while simultaneously inflicting a hefty blow to Steffen's championship challenge.
Tim Line scored another victory to keep alive his chances of escaping the drop, but his victim Cecilia Rogers is now in deep peril.
In Premier Two Red there were wins for Hazel Harper (over Hemal Getalal) and Simon Blinkhorn (over Dicky Biddle).
Simon Hughes moved into third place in Premier Three Green by defeating Dom Verrall, while Kev Lee hauled himself off the bottom of the league against promotion chasing Fred North.
And in Premier Three Yellow Photis Gittoes beat Richard Davies.
Meanwhile Ian's Backgammon Clinic at Sportsmans -- these days only open by appointment -- saw Director Ian Tarr once again hosting Pete Miller from Portishead.
26/07/25: Brunel Trophy sixth round draw made
The draw for the sixth round of the thirteenth incarnation of the year-long Brunel Trophy double elimination tournament was made on Sunday, using the regular practice of matching two sequences of random numbers.
Just fourteen of the original field of sixty-five are still in, and somewhere in the range of seven to nine will make it to round seven, as two of the field still have both lives intact.
Matches are to be played by August 30th.
The full draw can be found here.
26/07/26: Sunday's results roundup
There were three matches played on Sunday.
Premier One leader suffered defeat at the hands of Alan Joicey, who has moved into second place, while at the other end of the table Simon Baker pipped Cecilia Rogers.
And in Premier Three Green Simon Hughes beat Ed Turner.
25/07/26: Saturday's results roundup
There were five matches played on Saturday.
Tim Line played twice and won twice.
His opening victory came at the expense of Andy Boysan in the fifth round of the Brunel Trophy, where both players progressed to round six with a single life remaining.
Then he scored a much needed Premier One win over Simon Baker.
Dave Pym defeated Dom Verrall in Premier Three Green.
Neil Edwards' recent good Premier Three Yellow run stalled with a narrow defeat by Photis Gittoes.
And in Premier Three Purple Kylie Hedges beat Jon Organ.
24/07/26: Friday's results roundup
There were seven matches played on Friday.
Chris Hughes scored a brace of Premier Two Blue victories, over Cliff Blofield online and Stephen Little at the Lock Keeper.
Simon Blinkhorn ended a debilitating sequence of Premier Two Red defeats by emphatically defeating Gerald Whitehouse.
In Premier Three Green Mitch Tucker and Kev Lee shared the spoils of a double header.
Jon Organ beat Barry Vasili in Premier Three Purple.
And in Premier Three Yellow Neil Edwards pipped Ben Crowden.
24/07/26: Steffen's Speedgammon monopoly continues
There were eighteen players in action on Thursday, nine of them to contest the fourth session of the year's Speedgammon Grand Prix at the Ibis Bristol Centre Hotel.
The nine were split into round robin groups of five and four, with the top three and two respectively progressing to the final knockout phase.
Group winners were Ian Tarr, with a clean sweep in the group of four, and Tim Line by the head-to-head tie-breaker in the group of five.
Ian Anderson, George Georgiou and Steffen Nowak also qualified.
Ian A won the only quarter-final match and beat Tim to progress to the final, where he met Steffen, the winner of the other semi-final against Ian T.
Steffen then won the final, making it an extraordinary four out of four in this year's SGGP.
His lead has increased to 175 points, with George in second place, and with discards set to bite in the sixth and seventh events, it would take something quite rermarkable to dislodge him from the lead.
There was also Premier League action online.
Gaz Owen's grip on the Premier One leadership tightened when he defeated Simon Baker, while one of his main rivals, Alan Joicey, was succumbing to Jim Green.
Frank Jones defeated Chris Hughes in Premier Two Blue
And Rosemary Whitehouse scored a brace of Premier Three Yellow wins, overcoming Ben Crowden and Ismail Yilmaz.
23/07/26: Stuart won on Tuesday
A hitherto unreported Premier Two Blue result has come to light.
Stuart Mann defeated Chris Hughes.
22/07/26: Gaz wins Wednesday online tournament; Ann secures promotion
There were twenty-three players in action on Wednesday, eight of them to contest the twenty-ninth of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
And this week's winner was Gaz Owen, who defeated Chris Hughes, Scott Wood and -- in the final -- James Newman.
James had arrived in the final by beating Stephen Little and Ian Anderson.
Neil Young took the consolation flight by getting past Tim Line and Stephen, before winning the post tournament jackpot.
There were also twelve Premier League matches played.
Andy Boysan played four times in Premier One, scoring a brace of victories over Michael Petrakas, then succumbing to Adam Sinclair before beating Steffen Nowak.
Premier Two Blue also saw four matches played.
Ian A moved into third place by defeating Stephen and Chris H, Stephen beat Steve Pickard, and Ann Pocknell finally secured promotion to the top flight by pipping Richard Owsley.
Ben Crowden and Carwyn Jenkins won in Premier Three Yellow, Photis Gittoes and Freddy Doubtfire their respective victims.
And in Premier Three Green there were wins for Ed Turner (over Peter Wise) and Jordan White (over Dom Verrall).
21/07/26: Tuesday's results roundup
There were four matches played on Tuesday.
Dom Verrall was eliminated from the Brunel Trophy, losing his fifth round tie to Kev Peters.
Kev takes a single life into round six.
In Premier One there were wins for Adam Sinclair (over Tim Line) and Steffen Nowak (over Chris Rogers).
And Ian Tarr moved to the top of Premier Three Yellow with a hard fought win over Photis Gittoes.
21/07/26: Twenty in Monday action
There were twenty players in action on Monday, nineteen of them competitively.
Six of the nineteen contested the third session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of a single 3-point round robin group at the Heroes website.
Ian Anderson was the group winner.
Steve Pickard now heads the SGP points table, with Ian A, Andrew Montgomery and Stephen Little all close behind.
There was also Premier League action, with seven matches played.
The Langley Tap, Chippenham, became the latest new venue for Bristol Backgammon, when Mark Dixon and Ian Hedges met for a Premier Two Red match, narrowly won by Ian, who thus consolidated his divisional leadership.
Online in the same division there were victories for Hazel Harper (over Scott Wood) and Gerald Whitehouse (over Mike Smith).
Stuart Mann notched a brace of Premier Two Blue wins, overcoming Frank Jones and league leader Ann Pocknell.
In Premier Three Yellow Rosemary Whitehouse beat Carwyn Jenkins.
And Derek Clew moved further into the lead in Premier Three Purple by defeating Barry Vasili.
Meanwhile Ian's Backgammon Clinic at Sportsmans -- these days only open by appointment -- saw Director Ian Tarr hosting Scott, with particular emphasis on clock play.
19/07/26: Ann almost there
In Sunday's only reported action Ann Pocknell defeated Chris Hughes in Premier Two Blue.
Ann is assured of promotion barring a phenomenally bizarre series of results for the four players still in with a mathematical chance of overhauling her.
18/07/26: Saturday win for Gerald
Tavistock Golf Club was the scene of the only competitive action on Saturday.
Gerald Whitehouse defeated Neil Young in a Premier Two Red encounter.
17/07/26: Friday's results roundup
There were three matches played on Friday.
Jordan White was eliminated from the Brunel Trophy, losing his fifth round tie to Gaz Owen at the Rose and Crown.
Gaz takes a single life into round six.
And in Premier Two Blue there were wins for Stuart Mann (over Nick Barham) and Chris Hughes (over Richard Owsley).
17/07/26: Steffen and Savas to contest July GP10 final
There were fifteen players in action on Thursday to contest the fifth session of this year's GP10 series at the Ibis Bristol Centre hotel.
And the main flight final between Savas Christodoulou and Steffen Nowak was held over for a later date.
Savas defeated Tim Line, Ian Anderson and Ian Tarr to reach the final, while Steffen was getting past Hazel Harper, Nick Barham and George Georgiou.
Ian Hedges took the consolation flight by beating Kylie Hedges, Stephen Little and Cynthia Roberts.
Steffen, already heading the GP10 points table, has extended his lead over second placed Ian to 45 points, and would increase that margin to 80 points were he to defeat Savas.
The secondary prize fund associated to the GP10 -- a grand prix within a grand prix, exclusive to players not in either Premier One or Premier Two -- still sees George in pole position.
15/07/26: Wednesday's results roundup
There were four matches played on Wednesday.
In Premier One Chris Rogers defeated Alan Joicey.
Winners in Premier Two Blue were Frank Jones (over Stuart Mann) and Richard Owsley (over Ian Anderson).
And in Premier Three Yellow Freddy Doubtfire beat Carwyn Jenkins.
14/07/26: Ian Anderson wins Wednesday online tournament on Tuesday!
There were nine players in action on Tuesday, just four of them to contest the twenty-seventh of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments, but brought forward a day to avoid a clash with England versus Argentina.
So it was the second time the tournament was held a day early in deference to England's progress.
And the low turnout dictated a format change, a four player seven point match round robin, which was won this week by Ian Anderson, with Neil Young taking second place.
Ian Tarr joined the fray for the post tournament jackpot, which he won.
There were two other matches played.
Alan Joicey made his Brunel Trophy exit, when he succumbed to Derek Clew, who takes a single life into round six.
And in Premier Three Green Dave Pym defeated Ed Turner.
14/07/26: Twelve in Monday action
There were twelve players in action on Monday, ten of them competitively.
Six of the ten contested the second session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of a single 3-point round robin group at the Heroes website.
Andrew Montgomery was the group winner.
Andrew now leads last week's front runner, Steve Pickard, by two points.
There was also Premier Three action.
Flora von Michel beat Derek Clew in Premier Three Purple, while Carwyn Jenkins narrowly defeated Pearl Foster in Premier Three Yellow.
Meanwhile Ian's Backgammon Clinic at Sportsmans -- these days only open by appointment -- saw Director Ian Tarr hosting first-timer Pete Miller from Portishead.
13/07/26: Wednesday online tournament brought forward by a day again
Our regular Wednesday online tournament at the Heroes website will be held a day earlier to avoid a clash with England versus Argentina.
This is the second such occurrence in three weeks, but will be the last World Cup related disruption as the tournament draws to a conclusion this week.
12/07/26: The weekend's results roundup
There were three matches played over the weekend.
On Saturday Scott Wood defeated Mike Smith in Premier Two Red.
Sunday saw Nick Barham exit the Brunel Trophy when he lost his fifth round tie to Paul Watts, who still has both lives remaining.
And in Premier Three Green Peter Wise narrowly defeated Kev Lee.
10/07/26: Friday Brunel Trophy win for Richard
In the only action of Friday Richard Owsley defeated Phil Doubtfire in the fifth round of the Brunel Trophy.
Both players move to round six with a single life.
10/07/26: Steffen wins July Bristol Grand Prix tournament
There were seventeen players in action on Thursday, fifteen of them at the Ibis Bristol Centre hotel to contest the seventh instalment of our 2026 monthly Bristol Grand Prix series.
Steffen Nowak made the most of being the only recipient of a first round bye, defeating Chris Aquilina, Tim Line and -- in the final -- Kylie Hedges.
Kylie had got past Ian Anderson, Hazel Harper and Ian Tarr en route to the final.
Ian A took the consolation flight, defeating Steve Morris, Barry Vasili and Stephen Little.
Ian T has increased his lead in the BGP title race, with a 73 points cushion over second placed Tim.
Steffen has become the third to cement a place in the 2027 Bristol Masters, joining Jim Green and Nick Barham.
There was also a Premier Two Blue match played online.
Steve Pickard defeated Stuart Mann.
09/07/26: Gaz wins Wednesday online tournament
There were fourteen players in action on Wednesday, eight of them to contest the twenty-seventh of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments at the Heroes website.
And this week's winner was Gaz Owen, who defeated Ian Anderson, Chris Rogers and -- in the final -- Stephen Little.
Stephen had arrived in the final by beating Tim Line and Kev Peters.
Ian A took the consolation flight by getting past Jon Organ and Tim.
Tim then won the post tournament jackpot.
There were also three Premier League matches played.
Mark Dixon defeated Gerald Whitehouse in Premier Two Red.
In Premier Two Blue Stuart Mann beat Richard Owsley.
And the Eastfield Inn hosted a Premier Three Purple meeting between Andy Zographou and Derek Clew, Derek prevailing to go top of the division.
07/07/26: Tuesday results roundup
There were three Premier League matches played on Tuesday.
In Premier One Gaz Owen extended his league lead by defeating Cecilia Rogers.
Gerald Whitehouse ended Robin Gunney's nine match winning Premier Two Red sequence.
And in the same division Scott Wood continued his move into the thick of the promotion race by beating Warner Solomon.
07/07/26: Twenty-one in Monday action
There were twenty-one players in action on Monday, eighteen of them competitively.
Nine of those contested the opening session of the Monday Club Summer Grand Prix in the form of 3-point round robin groups of five and four at the Heroes website.
Steve Pickard and Ian Anderson were the group winners, so are first and second in the embryonic SGP table.
There was also Premier League action.
Andy Boysan played and won two Premier One matches, Chris Rogers and Adam Sinclair his victims.
Mark Dixon defeated Warner Solomon in Premier Two Red, while in Premier Two Blue Stuart Mann beat Cliff Blofield.
And Derek Clew overcame Paul Watts in Premier Three Purple, a result which, ironically, moved Paul to the top of the league, having clawed back penalty points.
Meanwhile Ian's Backgammon Clinic at Sportsmans, closed down a few weeks ago, was once again reopened by appointment by Director Ian Tarr, who hosted Caius Freeman, with a late appearance from Mollie Boulton.
05/07/26: Robin goes third
In Sunday's only action Robin Gunney edged home against Hemal Getalal, a result which moves him up to third in Premier Two Red.
03/07/26: Friday results roundup
There were three Premier League matches played on Friday.
Ian Hedges visited Simon Blinkhorn and played two Premier Two Red matches in Caldicot.
Wins of 11-8 at Papi's Pizzeria and 11-4 at the Wheatsheaf moved Ian to the top of the league, while leaving Simon anchored to the bottom.
And online Ian Tarr defeated Carwyn Jenkins in Premier Three Yellow.
03/07/25: Steve takes this year's sartorial elegance prize
There were fourteen players in action on Thursday, ten of them to contest the second annual Summer Shirt tournament at the Ibis Bristol Centre hotel.
Possibly because of limited pre-publicity, there was limited effort to win the vote for the best shirt, blouse or top, with a nice cash prize for the winner.
Steve Morris (pictured left, courtesy of Cynthia Roberts) did make the effort, and reaped the reward!
Steve polled 71.4% of the popular vote to win convincingly.
And Steve also had a decent tournament in a playing sense.
With all matches throughout the evening played to three points, the opening round featured robin groups of five players in each, which were won by Steve and Ian Tarr, Steve recording a clean sweep of four wins.
The second phase, main and consolation knockouts, based on group finishing positions, saw George Georgiou take the main prize by defeating Savas Christodoulou, Ian and -- in the final -- Steve.
Barry Vasili took the consolation honours with victories over Lulzim Alla and Stephen Little.
Before the tournament Hazel Harper completed the April Handicap Trophy event by defeating Stephen in the held over final of the consolation flight.
There was also Premier Two Red action online, where Robin Gunney scored a brace of victories over Warner Solomon.
And in the same division Hemal Getalal scored a much needed win over Dicky Biddle.
01/07/26: Wednesday results roundup
There were three Premier League matches played on Wednesday.
Robin Gunney defeated Hazel Harper in Premier Two Red.
In Premier Three Green Ed Turner pipped Kev Lee.
And Derek Clew visited Mandy Macdonald in Windmill Hill, coming away with a Premier Three Purple victory.
01/07/26: Tim wins Wednesday online tournament on Tuesday!
There were twelve players in action on Tuesday, eight of them to contest the twenty-sixth of the year's series of stand-alone Wednesday online tournaments, but brought forward a day to avoid a clash with England versus DR Congo.
And this week's winner was Tim Line, who defeated Ann Pocknell, Ian Tarr and -- in the final -- Neil Young.
Neil had arrived in the final by beating Kev Peters and Steve Pickard.
Kev took the consolation flight by getting past John Curran and Ann.
Tim followed up his main flight success by winning the post tournament jackpot.
There were three other matches played, all featuring 11-10 score-lines.
Alp Ozbas was "on the road" to play twice.
The Wellington was the scene of his fifth round Brunel Trophy exit, when he succumbed to Neil.
But earlier at Costa Coffee in Gloucester Road he had won a Premier Three Purple meeting with Flora von Michel.
And in the same division Paul Watts defeated Derek Clew online.
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