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INSIDE FOOS Newsletter NO. 11 February 2004
Published By Inside Foos Productions Huntington Beach, California http://www.insidefoos.com
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CONTENTS:
10th Annual Hall of Fame Classic
Inside the Pro Tour
Tournament Results
Inside the Numbers
Inside Foos Special Offers
Upcoming Events
Foosball Sites
10th ANNUAL HALL OF FAME CLASSIC KICKS OFF 2004 SEASON
The Inside Foos team will be heading up the
interstate to Las Vegas next week to cover the year's first major event, the
$105,000 Hall of Fame Classic and VIFA International League Championships, being
held once again at the Riviera Hotel and Casino on the Vegas strip. This
season-opening tournament is perhaps the sport's most well-attended annual
event, with more than 800 foosers expected to compete for the $65,000 purse
available to players competing in the Open, Semi-Pro, Rookie, and Specialty
events. Of course, there is also another $40,000 in prize money available to
VIFA league players who have met the requirements necessary to qualify for the
annual International Championships.At last year's Las Vegas event, tour superstar Terry Moore continued his remarkable run of Hall of Fame success by winning his sixth Open Doubles title in the nine year history of this season-opening tour stop. Terry teamed with tour veteran Rick Macias to outlast the red-hot duo of Mike Archer and Brandon Moreland in a tough two-set final. British Columbia's Moya Tielens also continued her Vegas hot streak at the 2003 event, winning the Women's Doubles title for the third consecutive year with partner Laurette Barton, who then retired from the pro tour shortly thereafter. The amazing Cindy Head added two more titles to her list of accomplishments atlast year's tour-opener, winning the Hall of Fame Classic Women's Singles title for the 5th time in the last 6 years while also capturing the Mixed Doubles title with her two-time world championship-winning partner Frederic Collignon.
After earning the 2003 World Singles championship last September, at the ripe old age of 18, Wisconsin superstar Tony Spredeman will be one of the favorites to win the big hardware at this year's Classic. Spredeman's performance in Dallas last summer was one of the most overpowering in recent foosball history, as he lost only 3 games in route to the world title.Tony continued his winning ways on the recent Fall/Winter regional tour, putting together one awe-inspiring performance after another in tournaments held in Kentucky, Iowa, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin.
2003 World Doubles champions Adrian Zamora and Eddy Gartman will enter the upcoming Las Vegas event as one of the teams to beat, as will 5-time world titlsts Frederic Collignon and Todd Loffredo who are looking to redeem themselves after a dissapointing finish to their 2003 season. A list of other potential Open Doubles challengers would include last year's HoFC finalists Archer & Moreland, along with Rob Mares & Louis Cartwright, Dave Gummeson & Tracy McMillin, Tony Spredeman & Rick Macias, Tom Yore & Bob Diaz, and of course 6-time winner Terry Moore & his new partner Dana Marr, among others.
FOOS RADIO: If you can't make it to Las Vegas for the tournament, don't forget to tune into the all-new Table Sports Radio broadcast each night of the upcoming Hall of Fame Classic event. Brad Anderson and his crew will be putting together a daily show consisting of foos talk, interviews, updates, Inside Foos audio highlights, and other special features, including the 2004 Hall of Fame Ceremony. They will be offering it as "On Demand" programming, meaning you can listen to it any time you wish, beginning the evening of Thursday, March 4th. Go to http://natsa.org/tsr for all the information on how to access this exciting and entertaining new development.
If you have Questions or Comments please send them to newsletter@insidefoos.com. We would love to start printing your feedback in this newsletter and offering the educated opinions of both our readers and ourselves. So send us an email!
Seeya in Vegas...
Jim Stevens
Editor
Inside Foos Newsletter
jim@insidefoos.com
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INSIDE THE PRO TOUR...
Finally, the major pro tour season has returned...It seems like an eternity since Tony Spredeman, Adrian Zamora, Eddy Gartman and company captivated the foosball world with their memorable performances at last year's big Dallas event...
Entering the 2004 season, nobody's coming in hotter than world singles champ Spredeman who captured a remarkable 10 open titles during the Fall/winter regional tour...
Tony continues to use speed, power, brains, and tremendous discipline to put a nearly unstoppable product on the table in every match he plays...
"Spree" will compete for his first-ever major Open Doubles title at this year's classic with 2003 Vegas winner Rick Macias...
Tony and Rick played together for the first time at last year's worlds, finishing 3rd in an impressive performance...
The amazing Terry Moore will look to win his record 7th HoFC Open Doubles title with yet another new partner, San Jose, California's Dana Marr...
Terry's win last year with Rick Macias was his 4th Hall of Fame doubles title in the last 5 years, and 6th overall...
Moore was victorious with Todd Loffredo in 1995, Bob Diaz in '97, '99, '00, and '02, and Macias in 2003...
The solid Dana Marr has had some success in Vegas as well, finishing fifth last year with Spredeman after placing second with Ron Sipiora in 2002...
Moya Tielens will look for her fourth straight Women's Doubles title, this year playing with tour veteran Dusty Bambanek of Ohio...
Trivia Time: Who was the first player inducted into the newly reborn foosball Hall of Fame back in 1996?
Congratulations to Boston's Billy Pappas, whose Open Singles win at the recent Superbowl of Foosball in Lexington, Kentucky may have been the biggest of his young career...
Billy, coming off his best season ever, defeated Todd Loffredo in the final and enters the 2004 season as one of the players to keep an eye on...
Pappas, one of the game's most gifted players, will play Open Doubles with Terry "Flash" Rue in Las Vegas, an intriguing pairing that is certain to provide some very entertaining play...
Easy Call of the Week: Look for Frederic Collignon and Todd Loffredo to rebound from their dissapointing ninth place result at last year's worlds with a tremendous performance in Las Vegas...
In my mind "Rico" and Todd must enter the 2004 opener as the favorites...
There's nothing more motivating than a dissapointing (and some might say embarassing) defeat, after ruling the world for the previous half decade...
If Adrian Zamora and Eddy Gartman play the way they did last September in Dallas, they too will have a major impact on the Open Doubles outcome...
Zamora has become an offensive juggernaut, while Gartman is one of the game's toughest competitors and best all-around goalies...
Todd Loffredo is the defending champion in Open Singles, after double-dipping the ultra-talented Fernando Rosa in a tough two-set final at last year's Classic...
Loffredo also won the 2003 Masters Singles title, and nearly won the Nationals as well, but for the incredible 5th game comeback by Rob Mares last year in Minneapolis...
Mares trailed Todd 4-1 in the final game of the national singles final before putting together one of the most unexpected come-from-behind victories of recent seasons...
Go Figure Dept: After appearing in three singles finals in the first two 2003 events, Loffredo went on to finish a surprising 17th in Open Singles at last year's World Championships...
Hall of Famer Steve Murray has told us that his $25,000 Texas State Championships w\ill once again take place at the Holiday Inn in Irving, Texas over Memorial Day weekend...
You can get more information on this legendary regional event by emailing dradack@swbell.net...
Trivia Answer: Minnesota's Doug Furry who set a standarsd of excellence in a career that spanned from 1975-81, when he was nearly unanimously recognized as the game's best all-around player...
NEXT MONTH: The full 2004 Hall of Fame Classic report...
TOURNAMENT RESULTS...
2004 SUPERBOWL OF FOOSBALL
JANUARY 30-FEBRUARY 1LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY
TONY SPREDEMAN AMEDIO GILMORE
BILL BELL EDDY GARTMAN
TERRY MOORE TODD LOFFREDO
OPEN SINGLES
BILLY PAPPAS
TODD LOFFREDO
TONY SPREDEMAN
OPEN MIXED DOUBLES
MOYA TIELENS BILLY PAPPAS
TONY SPREDEMAN JACKIE COOK
RANDY SECREST GENIA BLAKEMAN
WOMEN'S DOUBLES
GENIA BLAKEMAN MARY MOORE
MOYA TIELENS DUSTY BAMBANEK
HEATHER KAPSAL PAULI KING
WOMEN'S SINGLES
MOYA TIELENS
DUSTY BAMBANEK
GENIA BLAKEMAN
EXPERT SINGLES
BILL BELL
KIN LO
BRYAN JONES
EXPERT DOUBLES
STEVE TELLAS MOYA TIELENS
JIM McKENNEY JOEL WOOLDRIDGE
THOMAS MERRITT JESSE MAYNARD
FRANK FRIESSEM WAYNE PATRICK
GENIA BLAKEMAN DELANO CASEY
TERRY MOORE ERIC GENTRY
OPEN DYP 2
GARY KING BILLY PAPPAS
TERRY MOORE MATT GROTH
TREVOR PARK JOHN BACK
DESIGNATED MIXED DOUBLES
MOYA TIELENS AMEDIO GILMORE
MARY MOORE RANDY SECREST
DUSTY BAMBANEK KEITH MAURER
WOMEN'S DYP
MELISSA KEGG MOYA TIELENS
DUSTY BAMBANEK GENIA BLAKEMAN
LISA TOLLEY HEATHER KAPSAL
AMATEUR SINGLES
TEDDY KRUEGER
DAVE ROSS
KURT EMMERICH
AMATEUR DOUBLES
BOB STEPHENSON ERIC TROMBLEY
DANNY SUMMERS FRANK ASSAF
ART MILLER DANIEL REED
AMATEUR WOMEN'S DOUBLES
JACKIE COOK DAWN FOUST
ANGIE STEWART SUSAN YEARY
PAULI KING HEATHER KAPSAL
AMATEUR MIXED DOUBLES
BRYAN JONES JENNIFER GENTRY
DAVE ROSS BRENDA BACK
JOEL WOOLDRIDGE PAULI KING
ROOKIE SINGLES
FRANK FRIESSEM
TEDDY KRUEGER
CHAD WIECHERT
ROOKIE DOUBLES
VICTOR LAM MATT GROTH
CHRIS HESANO WAFIR HALAWI
SCOTT SUMNER ANTHONY IORI
BEGINNER DOUBLES
BILL DAVIS JOHN KRUCZEK
BEGINNER SINGLES
RYAN MOORE
17 AND UNDER SINGLES
BILLY SARGENT
17 AND UNDER DOUBLES
BILLY SARGENT RYAN MOORE
17 AND UNDER DYP
SHAWN CHOUINARD TRAVIS BARKER
HANDICAPPED DOUBLES
CHRISTOPHER MARKS SHAWN BURKE
BRYAN OLSEN DAN OLSEN
TREVOR PARK EDDY GARTMAN
3500 LIMITED DOUBLES
TERRY MOORE DAVID PHILLIPS
ADIL HIZOUNE MONTY MELCHIOR
MIKE PHILBROOK SHAWN BURKE
2004 CALIFORNIA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
FEBRUARY 6-8FREMONT, CALIFORNIA
1st-Fernando Rosa and Jay Bartholow
2nd-Robert Mares & Gary Edgeworth
3rd-Trevor Park & Kin Lo
4th-Adrian Zamora & Dana Marr
5/6-Phil Schlaefer & James Castillo--Gregg Perrie & Brad Laurine
7/8-Serge Aragones & Bruce Van BusKirk--Brian King & Mark Awisus
Open Singles
1st-Robert Mares
2nd-Trevor Park
3rd-Serge Aragones
4th-Brian King
5/6-Gary Edgeworth--Zeke Cervantes
7/8-Fernando Rosa--James Barreiro
No-Pro Doubles
1st-Glenn Carter & James Barreiro
2nd-Jason Haberman & Chuck Moore
3rd-Chrysander Estrella & Sparky Vo
4th-Fred Garcia & Victor Peres
No-Pro Singles
1st-Nick Furci
2nd-Adam Gilson
3rd-Anthony Langit
4th-Chad DeTomaso
Shake n Bake
1st-Fernando Rosa & Jay Bartholow
2nd-Robert Mares & Gary Edgeworth
3rd-Brian King & Barry Albino
4th-Chrysander Estrella & Kurt Hochberg
VIFA 4-MAN
1st-Pete Scheibel,Braden Coolidge,Dave Rosenthal,Jose Hernandez
VIFA Doubles
1st-Ken Oda & Henry Serate
VIFA Singles
1st-Adam Gilson
Last Chance DYP
1st-Serge Aragones & Brad Laurine
INSIDE THE NUMBERS...
Since the inception of the Hall of Fame Classic in 1995 Terry Moore has won
three times as many open titles as any other male player. Here is a list of the
individuals who have won most often at this season opening event:
TERRY MOORE 12 Open Titles
CINDY HEAD 9
BOB DIAZ 4
TODD LOFFREDO 4
LAURETTE GUNTHER 4
LIZ HELSTERN 4
MOYA TIELENS 4
TOMMY ADKISSON 3
STEPHANIE DEAN 3
TINA RHOTON 2
FREDERIC COLLIGNON 2
ROB MARES 2
FERNANDO ROSA 2
DON SWAN 2
For the sake of comparison, here is a list of the big winners at the
season's other two major events during that same time span:
National Championship Titles 1995-2003 (Masters Singles
excluded)TERRY MOORE 6
CINDY HEAD 6
SCOTT WYDMAN 5
CHRISTINA FUCHS 4
ROB MARES 4
DON SWAN 4
DAVE GUMMESON 3
LIZ HELLSTERN 3
TODD LOFFREDO 3
MOYA TIELENS 3
TOMMY ADKISSON 2
FREDERIC COLLIGNON 2
BOB DIAZ 2
BRITTANY McDONALD 2
World Championship Titles 1995-2003
FREDERIC COLLIGNON 11
CINDY HEAD 10
TODD LOFFREDO 6
TERRY MOORE 5
MOYA TIELENS 4
TIFFANY MOORE 4
TINA RHOTON 3
STEPHANIE DEAN 2
TOMMY ADKISSON 2
LAURETTE BARTON 2
ADRIAN ZAMORA 2
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March 3-7th$65,000 Hall of Fame Classic and
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March 19-21st
$6000 Illinois Open
The Colliseum
East Dubuque, IL
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March 19-21st
$2000 Bonzini Virginia Open Championships
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Virginia Beach, VA
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March 26-28th
$3000 Fremont City Championships
TBA
Fremont, NE
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605-352-5827
March 26-28th
$5000 Tennessee State Championships
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Chattanooga, TN
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March 25-28th
VIFA Wisconsin Championships
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Foosball Sites...
http://www.vifa.com For info on the major pro tour and VIFA leagues. The Official Site of the U.S.T.S.A., V.I.F.A. and Table Talk Magazine.
http://www.natsa.org For complete schedules and results.
http://www.foosball.com For anything and everything pertaining to foosball.
http://ocfoosball.com Orange County, California foosball site.
http://foosballworld.com/ifp.html Independent Foosball Promotions.
http://www.dfwfoosball.com Dallas/Fort Worth foosball.
http://pub86.ezboard.com/bfoosball6358 Foosball EZ Board newsgroup.
http://www.sdfoos.com San Diego, California Foosball site.
http://www.nwfoosball.com Northwest Foosball site.
http://www.ottawafoos.com Ottawa, Canada site.
http://www.britfoos.com U.K. foosball site
http://www.atlantafoosball.com
http://www.tulsafoosball.com
http://www.foosballohio.com
http://members.shaw.ca/vancouverfoosball
http://www.newenglandfoosball.com
http://www.tischfussball.at Austrian Fussball site
http://NYMetroFoosball.i8.com New York City foos
http://www.csfoosball.com Colorado Springs foos site
http://www.cnyfoosball.com Central New York site
http://www.FoosBars.com global, online foosball locations directory
http://www.FoosManchu.com Foosball site featuring a foosball animation short titled "The Adventures of FoosManchu"
http://www.bonziniusa.com Bonzini Table Soccer U.S.A
http://www.warriortablesoccer.com
http://www.MinnesotaFoosball.com
http://www.torontofoos.ca
http://www.ontariotablesoccer.com
http://www.canadafoos.com
http://www.tafelvoetbal.nl Awesome Netherlands foos site
http://www.foozen.com Iowa's Foosball website
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