Ten players enjoyed Leuven Monthly 6 on 28th of June, which concludes our spring season.
The winner of this event, as well as the Sprint season, is Johan. He will play against Alain (champion of the winter season) and other champions at the end of the year.
The next Leuven Monthly is on Sunday, 22nd of September. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Leuven Monthly 5 was held by 12 players on May 24th. Johan S. and Luc shared the first place with the perfect score of 27.
The next Leuven Monthly is scheduled for Friday, June 28. It will be the last game in Spring and will reveal the season’s champion. At the moment, Luc with a score of 54 is on top of the list for Sprint, followed by Johan S. (47 points) and Alain (40 points).
Looking forward to seeing you on June 28!
10 players participated in Leuven Monthly 4 on 26th of April. In the end, Sonja and Luc finished with perfect score of 27.
The next Leuven Monthly is on Friday, 24th of May. Looking forward to seeing you there!
On March 24th, eight players got together to play in Leuven Monthly 3. The winner was Metin with the perfect score of 30.
This concluded our Winter games, and Alain became the champion for this season with a score of 76. He will be playing against the other champions at the end of the year.
The next Leuven Monthly is on 26th of April. Looking forward to seeing you!
Leuven monthly 2 was held on February 24th by 8 players. Johan S. and Alain finished the games with the perfect score of 30 points.
The next Leuven Monthly is on Sunday, March 24th. Looking forward to seeing you there.
We got together at 27th of January for the first Leuven Monthly of 2019.
There were 11 players, and the winner was Charlie with 3 wins (score of 30). Following him were Kristoffer, Liliane, Alain, and Toon with 2 wins (score of 23).
Looking forward to seeing you in the second Leuven Monthly on 24th of February.
If you’re new to the club, feel free to contact the tournament organizer, Henri Pollet at henri.pollet@belgacom.net for more information.
Yes, we’re back for a new Leuven Monthly series! The format in 2019 will be largely the same as last year. One difference: on Sunday afternoons, we will play three 7-point matches, instead of two 7-point matches and one 5-point match on Friday evening.
Just winning a single season already qualifies you for the semi-final of the Club Championship 2019 in December.
Now is the right time to open your calendar and mark the following dates (dd/mm):
We start at 13:45 on Sunday and at 19:45 on Friday. We continue to play in Squash Club De Vaart, Kolonel Begaultlaan 15, 3012 Wilsele, where drinks are cold, tables are big, and smiles are for free.
Your tournament director will be the one and only Henri Pollet (E: Henri.Pollet@belgacom.net; T: 016 29 05 33).
See you at Leuven Monthly’s!
On Sunday, December 9, 2018, the final of the Leuven Club Championship took place in our familiar venue, Squash Club De Vaart in Wilsele. Alain, Johan S., Nader and Toon were qualified for the semi-finals. Johan defeated Toon and Alain to become our Club Champion 2018. Congratulations! Runner-up was Alain. In the small final, Toon defeated Nader to win the third cup.
Organizer and participants of Leuven Monthly 10, on December 9, 2018, in Squash Club De Vaart in Wilsele. Thank you to everybody and hoping to see you in 2019 for a new Leuven Monthly series!
We hope you enjoyed the Leuven Monthly series in 2018. Thank you to all participants and congratulations to the finalists! A big thanks also to the friendly staff of the Squash Club De Vaart for their hospitality, patience, and great service, and for the space they so generously provide to us.
See you in 2019!
On 25th of November the 9th Leuven Monthly games took place with 10 players. This concludes the autumn games, and the champion of this month is Toon Van Herreweghen. Also, Alain Chif has gained the highest total score for the three sessions.
The top 5 players based on their total score are as follows:
And the champions of each session are:
The semi-final and final games among the three session champions and the champion of total score will be held on 9th December and everyone is welcome to join us.
In the semi-final games, Nader plays against Alain, and Johan S. against Toon. Both the semi-final and final games are 9-point matches.
And finally, we’d like to congratulate Alain and Charley for being present in all Leuven Monthly games.
On Sunday, November 11, 2018 thirty participants came together at the Abdijmolen, Heverlee, for the 10th Leuven Open. The tournament was played according to the Swiss system, comprising 7 rounds of 5-point matches, with clock.
On paper the strongest player of the pack and already winner of the 3rd and 4th editions in 2011 and 2012, Michel Lamote won all matches and the tournament. Then followed a group of seven players with 5 victories out of 7 matches. The tie-break system based on resistance points declared Sassan Kachanian as 2nd and Paul van Dijke as 3rd. Congratulations!
In the Fonske team challenge, the team from Brugge (Michel Lamote, Paul van Dijke, Paulus van Rooijen, Johan Swyngedouw and Guy Van Middelem) scored 21 victories out of 29 inter-team matches, a success rate of more than 72%. The highest number of victories was scored by Leuven, the largest team.
Following tradition, the club offered bottles of champagne to those unfortunate enough to dance with 66 on a one-point board. At the end of the day, 13 of 20 bottles had found an owner, with some players having “won” more than one bottle. The remaining bottles were easily dispatched with as well.
Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie accompanied those needing a dose of luck. At the end of the day, they went home with Odette and Jan. We hope they’ll bring many fortunate dice rolls and moments of joy and fun to their new bosses!
Thank you to everybody for participating! See you in 2019 next year for the 11th Leuven Open.
— Johan
Ranking and Games after round 7 of 10th Leuven Backgammon Open
No. PNo. Name Score R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7
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1. 19 Michel Lamote 7 12:1 20:1 25:1 29:1 24:1 22:1 28:1
2. 28 Sassan Kachanian 5 30:1 2:1 22:1 24:0 17:1 26:1 19:0
24 Paul van Dijke 5 11:1 8:1 18:1 28:1 19:0 30:1 21:0
22 Nick De Ruyck 5 6:1 16:1 28:0 4:1 18:1 19:0 11:1
25 Paulus van Rooijen 5 5:1 27:1 19:0 21:1 30:0 14:1 17:1
30 Toon Van Herreweghen 5 28:0 13:1 27:1 16:1 25:1 24:0 5:1
21 Nader K. Rad 5 18:0 31:1 14:1 25:0 9:1 20:1 24:1
26 Ronny Conaert 5 15:0 1:1 5:1 12:1 29:1 28:0 16:1
9. 18 Metin Ates 4 21:1 14:1 24:0 3:1 22:0 17:0 2:1
16 Luc Palmans 4 7:1 22:0 11:1 30:0 4:1 13:1 26:0
20 Michiel Aps 4 9:1 19:0 17:0 31:1 7:1 21:0 13:1
17 Johan Swyngedouw 4 23:1 29:0 20:1 15:1 28:0 18:1 25:0
15 Lorenzo Pacini 4 26:1 4:1 29:0 17:0 13:0 9:1 12:1
11 Kristoffer De Weert 4 24:0 23:1 16:0 14:1 12:1 29:1 22:0
15. 29 Sonja Custers 3 8:1 17:1 15:1 19:0 26:0 11:0 6:0
12 Laurens Verheyen 3 19:0 9:1 7:1 26:0 11:0 27:1 15:0
13 Leonidas Sotiriadis 3 2:0 30:0 1:1 5:1 15:1 16:0 20:0
5 Daniel Klemetz 3 25:0 3:1 26:0 13:0 31:1 4:1 30:0
14 Liliane Baptiste 3 31:1 18:0 21:0 11:0 3:1 25:0 7:1
2 Alberto Bertot 3 13:1 28:0 4:0 9:0 6:1 7:1 18:0
9 Johan Brisaert 3 20:0 12:0 8:1 2:1 21:0 15:0 27:1
4 Christof Nuyttens 3 1:1 15:0 2:1 22:0 16:0 5:0 23:1
6 Guy Van Middelem 3 22:0 7:0 3:0 8:1 2:0 23:1 29:1
1 Alain Chif 3 4:0 26:0 13:0 23:1 27:0 8:1 3:1
25. 27 Rudy Bertels 2 3:1 25:0 30:0 7:0 1:1 12:0 9:0
7 Henri Pollet 2 16:0 6:1 12:0 27:1 20:0 2:0 14:0
3 Charly Gibouin 2 27:0 5:0 6:1 18:0 14:0 31:1 1:0
8 Jan Wildiers 2 29:0 24:0 9:0 6:0 23:1 1:0 :+
29. 31 Marc Klumpers 1 14:0 21:0 23:1 20:0 5:0 3:0 :-
30. 23 Odette Vanhorenbeek 0 17:0 11:0 31:0 1:0 8:0 6:0 4:0