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31st FLINT AREA CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

Holiday Inn, Flint, Michigan
September 27, 2009

Complete results:

OPEN (25)
1-BILL CALTON (Harper Woods)
2-Harry Tokatlian (Walled Lake)
3/4-Carol Joy Cole (Flint) / Frank Talbot (Troy)
5/6-Paul Berg (Lincoln Park) / John Grayson (Troy)

INTERMEDIATE (20)
1-Jeff Clark (Linden)
2-David Pink (Northville)
3/4-Abdul Alchalabi (Dearborn Heights) / Dirk Hogan (Swartz Creek)
5/6-James Baltes (Howell) / Miriam Bureson (Flint)

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CONTENTS OF JANUARY 2010 ISSUE

CALIFORNIA GOES TO JOE RUSSELL
Photos & Report on the California State Championship

ED O'LAUGHLIN & AL HODIS TAKE NEW YORK HONORS
Photos & Full Report on New York Metropolitan Open

MIKE CORBETT & MATT COHN-GEIER BEST IN VEGAS
Full Results & Summary of the Las Vegas Open

HEAD TO NAKANO, THEN TURN TO CORRECTION CORNER
Two Diagrams From the Japan Open Are Revised

VIVE LA FRENCH OPEN!
John O'Hagan Gives Highlights & Analysis From Enghien-les-Bains

EUROPEAN DOUBLES 'R' US!
Ray Fogerlund Reports Victory From the French Open

RAY FOGERLUND TOPS THE 2009 ABT
Brief Report on Coolrey's Second Title

CJC IS FLINT CLUB'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Final Gammon Point Standings include 244 Players

IN MEMORIAM
Leslie Stone Coren, Aventura, Florida
Anthony Patz, Johannesburg, South Africa

TOURNAMENT ADS
January 29-31, 2010: 2nd New Mexico State Championships, Santa Fe, New Mexico
February 18-21, 2010: Pittsburgh Championships, Holiday Inn Airport, Pennsylvania
March 5-7, 2010: CSI: Central States Invitational, Lisle, Illinois
March 21, 2010: 27th Fleet Underwood Memorial & Benefit, Flint, Michigan

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Plus REGULAR MONTHLY FEATURES

INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE (Daily updates)

FEEDBACK-GAMMON (Letters-to-the-Editor)

GAMBITS (Backgammon news tidbits)

2009 WINNING IS MORE FUN!!! (Tournament results from around the world)

2009 FLINT GAMMON POINT STANDINGS (plus Weekly Winners)

2009 AMERICAN BACKGAMMON TOUR (Current Standings, ABT Events)

BACKGAMMON A LA CARTE (Backgammon Boot Camp, Snowie, Magriel, Corbett, and more)

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2010 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP 20 (As of January 28th)

(See Win/Loss & Nemesis Reports here.)

01. Greg Merriman.......4.00
02. Brad King...........3.07
03. Richard Hunt........2.32
04. Dan Smith...........1.75
05. Carol Joy Cole......1.42
06. Rick Todd...........1.39
07. Art Gillis..........1.36
08. Dion Hogan..........1.34
09. Frank Talbot........1.34
10. Gary Tong...........1.30
11. Paul Farah..........0.88
12. Michelle Nassar.....0.75
13. Paul Berg...........0.67
14. Jack Takala.........0.67
15. Paul Bortell........0.50
16. John Carrico........0.40
17. Judy Field..........0.40
18. David Pagnier.......0.37
19. Harold Rex..........0.32
20. Miriam Bureson......0.25

2010 PLAYERS OF THE MONTH...POINTS

JANUARY.....GREG MERRIMAN.....4.00

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2009 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP 20 (Final Standings)

(See Win/Loss & Nemesis Reports here.)

01. CAROL JOY COLE.....33.82
02. Jeff Clark.........28.32
03. Paul Berg..........26.56
04. John Carrico.......23.28
05. Greg Merriman......23.27
06. Paul Farah.........19.04
07. Art Gillis.........18.50
08. Richard Hunt.......18.16
09. Brad King..........17.85
10. Jim Airgood........17.43
11. Rick Todd..........15.36
12. Harold Rex.........12.98
13. David Pagnier......11.30
14. Troy Longman.......11.20
15. Jim Slomkoski.......9.33
16. Gary Fritzsche......8.85
17. Dirk Hogan..........8.40
18. Ed Bennett..........8.08
19. Miriam Bureson......7.90
20. Judy Field..........7.41

2009 PLAYERS OF THE MONTH...POINTS

JANUARY.....JIM PRICE.........4.00
FEBRUARY....GREG MERRIMAN.....6.16
MARCH.......CAROL JOY COLE....7.99
APRIL.......PAUL FARAH........4.08
MAY.........JEFF CLARK........4.56
JUNE........PAUL BERG.........5.66
JULY........ED BENNETT........8.08
AUGUST......ART GILLIS........5.04
SEPTEMBER...CAROL JOY COLE....9.33
OCTOBER.....BRAD KING.........6.09
NOVEMBER....JOHN CARRICO......4.67
DECEMBER....PAUL BERG.........4.84

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2008 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP 10 (Final Standings)

01. JIM SLOMKOSKI.......32.90
02. Carol Joy Cole......28.75
03. Paul Berg...........27.37
04. John Carrico........22.89
05. Rick Todd...........22.08
06. Miriam Bureson......16.64
07. Brad King...........14.98
08. Gary Fritzsche......14.78
09. Greg Merriman.......13.26
10. Jim Airgood.........12.74

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2007 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP 10 (Final Standings)

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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2001 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP TEN (Final Standings)

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

2000 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP TEN (Final Standings)

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

1999 FLINT AREA BG CLUB TOP TEN (Final Standings)

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

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