{"id":1568,"date":"2019-08-08T20:55:37","date_gmt":"2019-08-08T20:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/130.211.117.124\/?page_id=1568"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T13:52:53","slug":"past-champions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nebackgammon.org\/index.php\/past-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"NEBC Club Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row content_placement=”top” css=”.vc_custom_1567698821845{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]The New England Backgammon Club is one of the older continuously operating public backgammon clubs in the country. \u00a0Founded in late 1975, the club has boasted some of the foremost backgammon theorists and competitors in the game, including Bill Robertie, Walter Trice, and Marty Storer. Each season the top 7 players in the Open points race compete in the championship playoffs, leading to a substantial best-of-5 series of 9-point matches in the finals. To win is a great achievement — to win repeatedly is phenomenal.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=”6768″ img_size=”medium” add_caption=”yes” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_rounded” css_animation=”none” css=”.vc_custom_1751982742887{padding-top: 0px !important;}”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Click on a Year to view tournament and playoff details for each season.<\/p>\n

Please contact us if you can provide missing information, including past issues of NEBC newsletters or photos of NEBC events and players.<\/p>\n

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1976<\/td>Andrea Dedekam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>Kermit Kimball<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1978<\/td>Bill Robertie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>Bill Robertie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>Sid Golub<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>Gary Garabedian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1982<\/td>Bill Robertie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1983<\/td>Mike Labins<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>Mike Nelson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1985<\/td>Doug Roberts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
1986<\/td>Mike Nelson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1987<\/td>Bill Robertie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1988<\/td>Bill Robertie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1989<\/td>Bill Robertie<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1990<\/td>Herb Gurland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/a><\/td>Walter Trice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>Evan Diamond<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993<\/a><\/td>Jim Kasarjian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>Herb Gurland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/a><\/td>Alex Perry<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
1996<\/td>Evan Diamond<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1997<\/a><\/td>Herb Gurland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/a><\/td>Herb Gurland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/a><\/td>Ed Ahola<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/a><\/td>Belle Pronman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/a><\/td>Seth Towle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/a><\/td>Nora Luna<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/a><\/td>Alex Zamanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/a><\/td>Herb Gurland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>Walter Trice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
2006<\/td>Matt Reklaitis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/a><\/td>Herb Gurland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/a><\/td>Gil Evans<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/a><\/td>Alex Zamanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/a><\/td>Eric Wicklund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2011<\/a><\/td>Herb Gurland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2012<\/a><\/td>Eric Wicklund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2013<\/a><\/td>Marty Storer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2014<\/a><\/td>Howard Rosenthal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2015<\/a><\/td>Albert Steg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/5″][vc_column_text]\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
2016<\/a><\/td>Alex Zamanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2017<\/a><\/td>Marty Storer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2018<\/a><\/td>Alex Zamanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2019<\/a><\/td>Marty Storer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2020<\/a><\/td>Alex Zamanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/a><\/td>Alex Zamanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/a><\/td>Alex Zamanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/a><\/td>Rich Sweetman<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/a><\/td>Alex Zamanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/a><\/td>Emir Kapanci<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_single_image image=”2148″ img_size=”250×250″ alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1567781343411{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 25px !important;}”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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