Meet the Presenters

Gammon Night Live’s in house expert is John Clark joined by Anchor girl Kara Scott. Together the two are regulars on the Backgammon circuit having produced and presented TV shows at the Backgammon World Championships in Monte Carlo in 2005 and Cannes in 2006.

John Clark's Biog

Having Played Backgammon for over 30 years John Clark is one of the most respected players in the UK. His only complaint is that now no one will give him a game! Recently John has become somewhat of a poker commentator, but that’s just to fill the time between doing what he loves best. Backgammon!

John has frequently been ranked number one player on BIBA between 2000 and 2005 and was also ranked number one player on Gammonitis in Oct 2004. Consequently he was the only player to be ranked number one on both lists at the same time. John was the Gammonitis “Live Challenge” annual champion in 2003 and 2006 as well as the being crowned Double Five Club champion 3 times. On the other side of the board John has Tournament directed over 350 events inc, Zakynthos festival of BG and Poker annually since 2000 as well as commentating on the 2005 World BG championships in Monte Carlo. Below is a whistle stop tour of his career. If you want to know more you’ll have to email him on the show, gammonnightlive@pokerzone.tv.

1975  Started playing for pleasure.

1996  Started playing national and international tournaments.

1998  Won Biba, his first national tournament.

1999  Bequeathed first ever "International Grandmaster" by Mind Sports Olympiad “M.S.O” due to winning 3 gold and 2 silver medals at their various annual tournaments.

1996-2006  Winner of over 200 tournaments including 5 national and 1 international title.

Kara Scott's Biog

Kara Scott, originally from Northern Canada has been living and working in the UK for the past few years and has featured in television, film and radio for the British and international markets. She came to Poker Night Live through filming the Backgammon series ‘High Stakes Backgammon’ and although she hadn’t been involved in either Backgammon or Poker previously, she’s now been bitten by the gaming bug the way so many around the world have been! Following her work with John Clark and the Backgammon legend Paul Magriel in Monte Carlo, she met up with Paul again in Cannes and competed alongside him in the World Championship Backgammon Doubles tournament, losing only to the team who went on to win top prize.

As an actor, Kara is currently filming in a lead role opposite Danny John-Jules (Red Dwarf/Blade2) in the new British feature film "Sucker Punch" and she has also completed work as a futuristic Thai-boxer in the martial arts feature "Team1" starring the Raymont twins from hit trilogy "The Matrix".

Kara also channeled her love of the martial arts as the lead presenter and then as associate producer for three seasons of Channel 5's "Now is the Time: Night of Combat" a weekly sports show which features Kick and Thai-boxing. As well as working in front of the camera, Kara is an experienced producer having worked on terrestrial television, documentary and on the feature film "Sucker Punch", and is currently in development on a television series for UK terrestrial television.