Winner of the Gaz Owen sponsored Most Improved Player award, Miles Farren was away on a cruise and sadly missed the presentations
| Dave Pym took a dog leg between Ipswich and Swindon to join the festivities at the BCSC, principally in order to pick up the biggest prize of his career to date -- the Bristol Premier League championship trophy | |
| Blaine Buchanan and John Sprague put together a new sponsorship, filling a major gap (how did we manage without this before?). The inaugural Bristol Backgammon Sportsperson of the Year is Stuart Mann, seen here holding his liquid prize | |
| Winner of the tenth Bristol Masters tournament was Neil Young, pictured on the right | |
| The Paul Gilbertson sponsored Rookie of the Year 2010 was Jamie Nevill, who beat off stiff competition from Sean Hopson and James Lintell-Smith for the honour. Winner of the Gaz Owen sponsored Most Improved Player award, Miles Farren was away on a cruise and sadly missed the presentations | |
| There were two instances of 1000 to 1 awards during the year. The award which recognises the achievement of winning ten or more successive matches in selected competitions is sponsored by Roland Herrera. Ed Turner, absent on the evening, won an 8000-1 award for thirteen Premier Two wins in a row, but 2000-1 winner Simon Hughes is seen here with his prize, which commemorated eleven wins in various competitions over a 22 day period | |
| Derek Clew was unfortunate not to win promotion in 2009, but made no mistake with the Premier Two championship in 2010. He convincingly won the Blue Division, before defeating Red Division champion Blaine Buchanan 11-4 in the play-off match | |
| Steffen Nowak, Stuart Mann and 2009 champion Simonetta Herrera finished second third and fourth respectively in the 2010 Premier League | |
| Blaine Buchanan and Tim Line were first and second in Premier Two Red | |
| The top three in the Conference all gained promotion to the Premier League. Jamie Nevill was champion, James Lintell-Smith was runner-up. Richard Biddle, in third place, whose determination to reach the top flight was reflected by his 200 mile round trips to compete, was understandably absent from proceedings | |
| Roland Herrera scooped the OGP title for the second time in three years, with Tim Line the runner-up | |
| Champion Sean Hopson and runner-up James Lintell-Smith were comfortably ahead of the rest of the IGP field | |
| Jamie Nevill aligned himself with top partners (Roland Herrera, Michihito Kageyamaand Phillip Hill ;) ) to finish top of the pile in the Consulting Doubles Grand Prix. Also pictured are Ian Preston and Simon Temme (joint second), and Chas Perry who was joint fourth with the absent on the night Tony Walters | |
| The Clock Tournament Grand Prix once again saw the Herreras take the top two prizes. In 2009 Roland was the winner with Simonetta second, but in 2010 the roles were reversed | |
| The Ed Turner sponsored Handicap Trophy saw Ian Preston just pipping Shadow Hamilton for the title by winning the final tournament. Shadow will continue to be a threat in this series if she doesn't improve on her 3 handicap | |
| One of two new series in the Bristol Backgammon calendar, the Clock Blitz Grand Prix proved a popular format, with never a dull moment. Ian Tarr was the inaugural winner, while unrefined tie breaks saw second place shared between Tim Line and Simonetta Herrera | |
| The other new arrival was the Nackgammon Grand Prix. Simonetta Herrera took the title despite missing the final event, while Tim Line and Roland Herrera shared second place | |
| Other one-off awards included Sean Hopson, who became the ninth winner of the Intermediates Trophy knock-out, Tim Line whose victory in the March GP tournament landed him the Sam Mead Memorial Shield, and Dave Pym, who became the fourth Premier League centurion during his league title season. Sadly the photo of Year End Rankings leader Gaz Owen is unusable because it was out of focus -- the complete opposite to the way he plays! | |
| Monday's short format tournaments have their own devoted following, and the three four-monthly grand prix competitions saw some fun competition, with elements of education thrown in. Roland Herrera won the Spring GP and Autumn GP, while Ian Preston took the Summer GP prize | |
| The top intermediate prizes for the three Monday Club competitions went to Jamie Nevill (Summer and Autumn GPs), and Sean Hopson (Spring GP) | |
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