Chicagoland's premiere backgammon club 1983–2020
Chicago Bar Point Club officially disbands.
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Effective 12 May 2021, the Chicago Bar Point Club has officially disbanded.
Current director Amy Trudeau cited the Coronavirus disruption coupled
with other interests in her life as the deciding factors.
Founded by Bill Davis with the help of Peter Kalba in 1983, the BPC was
host to well over 2000 unique backgammon players with 843 winning
master points during the club's 38 year run. The top five all-time
BPC
point leaders are: 1-Tak Morioka (733.32), 2-Herb Roman (610.64),
David Rockwell (496.60), 4-Bill Davis (443.96), 5-Rory Pascar (427.27).
The BPC began play at Pat's Pub in Norridge, Illinois on 31 May 1983.
After ten years, the club moved to the Golden Flame where we played
Tuesday weekly for nine years. The final 19 years saw many different play
places ending with a six year run at the Tilted Kilt in Skokie, Illinois.
Bill Davis married in 2016 and moved to a far southwest suburb over one
hour's drive from the club. Amy Trudeau took over directorial duties in
January 2017 and continued until the club's final play date 10 March 2020.
Thanks for all the wonderful memories. It was a great run!—Bill Davis
CHICAGO BAR POINT CLUB WEEKLY RESULTS
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Chicagoland All-Time Standings 1974-2020 (Excel download)
CHICAGO BAR POINT CLUB PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
1983–2020
| YEAR | CHAMPION | PTS. |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Chris Stanford | 10.76 |
| 1984 | Tak Morioka | 21.24 |
| 1985 | Bill Davis | 23.64 |
| 1986 | Tak Morioka | 46.44 |
| 1987 | Tak Morioka | 42.48 |
| 1988 | Tak Morioka | 30.64 |
| 1989 | Yamin Yamin | 28.92 |
| 1990 | Tak Morioka | 27.76 |
| 1991 | Tak Morioka | 24.40 |
| 1992 | Gary Kay | 22.60 |
| 1993 | Neil Kazaross | 27.76 |
| 1994 | Neil Kazaross | 28.72 |
| 1995 | Neil Kazaross | 33.88 |
| 1996 | Neil Kazaross | 32.64 |
| 1997 | Neil Kazaross | 25.32 |
| 1998 | Steve Mellen | 30.76 |
| 1999 | Bob Zavoral | 26.48 |
| 2000 | Tim Carrol | 24.72 |
| 2001 | Bob Zavoral | 30.76 |
| YEAR | CHAMPION | PTS. |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Lucky Nelson | 26.72 |
| 2003 | Bob Zavoral | 36.30 |
| 2004 | Bob Zavoral | 30.64 |
| 2005 | Tak Morioka | 34.08 |
| 2006 | Herb Roman | 34.36 |
| 2007 | David Rockwell | 42.04 |
| 2008 | Rory Pascar | 39.66 |
| 2009 | Rory Pascar | 37.42 |
| 2010 | Phil Simborg | 33.04 |
| 2011 | Rory Pascar | 36.68 |
| 2012 | David Rockwell | 35.32 |
| 2013 | David Presser | 35.32 |
| 2014 | Rory Pascar | 34.96 |
| 2015 | David Presser | 38.40 |
| 2016 | David Rockwell | 32.20 |
| 2017 | David Rockwell | 22.88 |
| 2018 | Rory Pascar | 28.04 |
| 2019 | Tak Morioka | 22.72 |
| 2020 | Dujuan Meekins | 5.08 |
CHICAGO BAR POINT CLUB 1000-TO-1 CLUB
Membership requires 10 or more wins in a row in BPC competition.
Byes & splits are "no action." Achievements are in chronological order.
14 or more wins are in red. + Denotes the streak is presently active.
| DATE | NAME | # |
|---|---|---|
| 7/16/19 | David Stein | 14 |
| 12/11/18 | Rory Pascar | 14 |
| 11/27/18 | Carter Mattig | 12 |
| 06/12/18 | David Rockwell | 11 |
| 03/21/17 | Christopher Shanava | 13 |
| 03/07/17 | David Rockwell | 10 |
| 12/29/15 | Herb Roman | 10 |
| 06/16/15 | David Presser | 11 |
| 04/12/15 | Allen Tish | 10 |
| 02/10/15 | Adrian Rios | 11 |
| 11/18/14 | Jerry Brooks | 10 |
| 10/28/14 | Bill Davis | 13 |
| 07/22/14 | Craig Anderson | 11 |
| 04/29/14 | Tak Morioka | 11 |
| 01/11/14 | David Presser | 12 |
| 01/11/14 | Carter Mattig | 10 |
| 11/26/13 | Jerry Brooks | 12 |
| 11/26/13 | Leslie Lockett | 10 |
| 10/16/13 | Bill Bartholomay | 11 |
| 06/25/13 | Oleg Raygorodsky | 11 |
| 01/02/13 | David Rockwell | 15 |
| 11/06/12 | Rory Pascar | 12 |
| 10/16/12 | Dan Smith | 10 |
| 06/19/12 | Greg DeFotis | 10 |
| 11/01/11 | Bill Davis | 10 |
| 08/02/11 | Lucky Nelson | 10 |
| 10/05/10 | Howard Markowitz | 11 |
| 11/03/09 | Bill Davis | 10 |
| 09/15/09 | Matt Cohn-Geier | 18 |
| 06/09/09 | Herb Roman | 10 |
| 03/03/09 | Howard Markowitz | 11 |
| 12/23/08 | Carter Mattig | 11 |
| 07/22/08 | Lucky Nelson | 14 |
| 07/01/08 | Carter Mattig | 11 |
| 05/20/08 | Bill Davis | 14 |
| 01/29/08 | Nora Luna Righter | 11 |
| 11/09/07 | Gary Kay | 10 |
| DATE | NAME | # |
|---|---|---|
| 09/04/07 | David Rockwell | 13 |
| 08/07/07 | Alex Owen | 11 |
| 08/15/06 | Bill Davis | 10 |
| 12/20/05 | Herb Roman | 12 |
| 02/15/05 | Bill Davis | 13 |
| 08/03/04 | Linda Rockwell | 10 |
| 12/30/03 | Georgina Flanagan | 10 |
| 12/02/03 | Gary Kay | 20 |
| 09/09/03 | Gary Kay | 17 |
| 02/18/03 | Alice Kay | 10 |
| 09/10/02 | Bob Zavoral | 11 |
| 08/20/02 | Ed Buerger | 12 |
| 05/14/02 | Richard Lloyd | 10 |
| 10/16/01 | Tim Carroll | 10 |
| 08/07/01 | Tim Mabee | 10 |
| 06/26/01 | Tim Carroll | 10 |
| 05/22/01 | Jake Jacobs | 12 |
| 04/03/01 | Bob Zavoral | 14 |
| 03/20/01 | Bill Bartholomay | 11 |
| 01/23/01 | Bill Bartholomay | 12 |
| 12/14/99 | Don Jayhan | 10 |
| 03/17/98 | Tak Morioka | 12 |
| 02/01/98 | Steve Mellen | 12 |
| 01/27/98 | Laila Leonhardt | 10 |
| 01/06/98 | Phyllis Smolinski | 10 |
| 05/06/97 | Phil Simborg | 12 |
| 01/07/97 | Wendy Kaplan | 10 |
| 12/23/96 | Neil Kazaross | 10 |
| 11/05/96 | Andy Krenitz | 12 |
| 08/11/96 | Herb Roman | 10 |
| 12/12/95 | Neil Kazaross | 11 |
| 09/19/95 | Neil Kazaross | 10 |
| 05/09/95 | Harry Cohn | 11 |
| 04/25/95 | Frankie Farjood | 11 |
| 04/05/94 | Phil Simborg | 11 |
| 02/08/94 | Neil Kazaross | 10 |
| 02/01/94 | David Rubin | 11 |
