Portland Metro Backgammon Club Records

Starting in the post-pandemic era, I began keeping good records of who attended our events and how they did over time. Most years, there have been 70+ people who attend at least one tournament, for the sake of sanity the results listing only includes people who attend a cutoff threshold for a given year. Player of the Year is based on who has the most “wins-losses”, and so rewards players for both attendance and good performance. In case of a tie, total matches played is the tie-breaker. As club director, I consider myself ineligible for Player of the Year, as I have an unfair advantage on attendance. Player of the Year awards began in 2022. Club Men’s and Women’s Championship events began in 2023.

2025 Results (Year-to-Date through October)

PlayerTourn’s AttendedMatches PlayedMatches WonWins-Losses%
Leah Nash514121085.71%
Howard Markowitz164929959.18%
Jim Benson71914973.68%
Mark Danburg-Wyld164726555.32%
Jeremy Krieger5149464.29%
Kyle Petersen123720354.05%
Larry Deckel133117354.84%
Ed Parecki62011255.00%
Nathan Alter5179152.94%
Joel Nehl143618050.00%
Bodger Millerd164321-148.84%
David Cohen102914-148.28%
Andres Claux7199-147.37%
Mark Arel102813-246.43%
Stephen Hoffman8156-340.00%
Tim Emineth154018-445.00%
Julie Bellman9238-734.78%

2025 Player of the Year: TBD

2025 Men’s Champion: TBD

2025 Women’s Champion: TBD

2025 BMAB Results: Jeremy Krieger 5-0 PR 6.76, Paul Swain 4-1 PR 5.62 (PR win), Joe Hutchinson 4-1 PR 10.1, Kyle Peterson 4-1 PR 13.11, Gary Silverstein 4-1 PR 15.08.

Cutoff 5 events for listing.

2024 Results

PlayerTourn’s AttendedMatches PlayedMatches WonWins-Losses%
David Cohen1353321160.38%
Leah Nash61612875.00%
Jeremy Krieger61913768.42%
Cam Davis51712770.59%
Joel Nehl113018660.00%
Tim Emineth93219659.38%
Buzz Poleson5149464.29%
Mark Danburg-Wyld144323353.49%
Mir5179152.94%
Stephen Hoffman82211050.00%
Nathan Alter62010050.00%
Bodger Millerd114120-148.78%
Mark Arel82110-147.62%
Ed Parecki102411-245.83%
Andres Claux6167-243.75%
Kyle Petersen82410-441.67%
Julie Bellman103113-541.94%

2024 Player of the Year: David Cohen

2024 Men’s Champion: David Cohen

2024 Women’s Champion: Kashic

Cutoff 5 events for listing.

2023 Results

PlayerTourn’s AttendedMatches PlayedMatches WonWins-Losses%
David Cohen1846281060.87%
Mark Danburg-Wyld205733957.89%
Jeremy Krieger123622861.11%
Sanam V61411878.57%
Leah Nash92114766.67%
Paul Swain71712770.59%
Nathan Alter72315765.22%
Kyle Petersen144223454.76%
Bodger Millerd205830251.72%
Larry Deckel5179152.94%
Mark Arel112814050.00%
Julie Bellman92311-147.83%
Jesse Gerber7157-146.67%
Cam Davis82411-245.83%
Matt Hogan5135-338.46%
Tim Emineth164219-445.24%
Sande Flynn5113-527.27%
Rick Davis592-522.22%
Stephen Hoffman9174-923.53%
Ed Parecki10225-1222.73%
Joel Nehl123410-1429.41%

2023 Player of the Year: David Cohen

2023 Men’s Champion: Paul Swain

2023 Women’s Champion: Sanam V

Cutoff 5 events for listing

2022 Results

PlayerTourn’s AttendedMatches PlayedMatches WonWins-Losses%
Mark Danburg-Wyld1549321565.31%
David Cohen1441261163.41%
Paul Swain81813872.22%
Rick Davis61913768.42%
Jeremy Krieger61912563.16%
Mark Arel113218456.25%
Kyle Petersen112916355.17%
Nathan Alter72011255.00%
Joel Nehl92915151.72%
Bodger Millerd133819050.00%
Julie Bellman82110-147.62%
JB Groh6178-147.06%
Steve Hoffman8167-243.75%
Tim Emineth123516-345.71%
Richard Driscoll6166-437.50%
Max Lock9239-539.13%
Mir8259-736.00%
Matt Hogan6164-825.00%

2022 Player of the Year: David Cohen

Cutoff 6 events for listing.

2021 Results

PlayerTourn’s AttendedMatches PlayedMatches WonWins-Losses%
Bodger Millerd41311984.62%
Max Lock61710358.82%
Leah Nash3106260.00%
Mark Danburg-Wyld72111152.38%
Brad S5147050.00%
Kyle Peterson4126050.00%
Aaron Harsh4105050.00%
Nathan Alter4115-145.45%
Julie Bellman5167-243.75%
Stephanie Evans5146-242.86%
Tim Eminith5166-437.50%

2021 was the first year I started keeping systematic records, and this table reflects only the in-person events for the year. In person events began in June of that year, and were all done in an outdoor setting, masking required, due to the pandemic.