At The Clissold Arms, home of the legendary Kinks, appropriately a Bass by name would capture the sought after seat at The Tour Winners Invitational 2025.
Over the Easter weekend, 62 intermediate players took part in London Backgammon’s annual one-day event.
The Main was a 7-point knock out and by the end of the day we were left with semi-finals between Ben Owen v Chris Filby and Wayne Joseph v John Bass. Chris and John prevailed and after a hard-fought final, John (pictured right) emerged triumphant and the only undefeated player of the weekend.
To the victor the spoils, to the runner-up and those below, valuable Tour points to accumulate from other events. Remember winning provides automatic qualification, however other seats are available to those accumulating the most points.
The Consolation event saw “local lad” Guy Levi (pictured left) defeat Tim Line. It wasn’t quite “to the victor, the spoils”, with the smaller trophy incorrectly imprinted for the winner and the larger one for the runner-up. Whoops!
The Last Chance saw the most dapper gentleman of the weekend Pavlos Hatzinikolau (on the right) defeat Simon Mouradian.
Congratulations to all and we hope to see many of you at The London Open Intermediates – a further qualifier for the Tour, so sign up quick as it’s nearly full.
On behalf of David, Jill and myself: a genuine thanks for making this one of the most enjoyable events we have had the pleasure to organise.
The full drawsheet and results can be found on our site at:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pJQwD_yL3uCR-PUzc2KTfYZF4y_Bod0c/edit#gid=1208620434
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