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INSIDE FOOS Newsletter NO. 13 April 2004
Published By Inside Foos Productions Huntington Beach, California http://www.insidefoos.com
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CONTENTS:
>From the Editor
Hall of Fame DVD Listings
Toro's Corner
Inside Foos Special Offers
Upcoming Events
Foosball Sites

$25,000 TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS HIGHLIGHT SPRING FOOSBALL TOUR

Two-time defending Texas State champions Mike Archer and Brandon Moreland will try to make it three Open Doubles wins in row this Memorial Day weekend (May 28-30) as America�s largest regional foosball event, the $25,000 Texas State Championships, returns once again to the Lone Star State. The Holiday Inn Select (DFW South), located just a mile south of Dallas/Fort Worth Airport in the city of Irving, will be the host of this big-money event, which has grown into one of the foosball season�s most popular and well-attended annual tour stops.

With a spacious, well-lit ballroom featuring 40 brand new Tornado tables, a comfortable championship pit area, and a 75-seat big-screen theater offering the live Inside Foos video feed, this annual Dallas area get-together definitely has the feel of a major championship event. More than 75% of the world�s top 20 rated players are expected to attend this highly competitive tournament, which also offers competition in the Rookie and Semi Pro categories, along with a gigantic open Draw Your Partner on Friday night.

At last year�s event defending champs Archer and Moreland held off a hard-charging Tony Spredeman and Amedio Gilmore in the Open Doubles final in two entertaining and well-played sets to win for the second consecutive year. Coming from the loser�s side, Spredeman and Gilmore crushed Mike and Brandon in three straight games in the first set, before Archer and Moreland once again proved that they were the event�s top team with a solid 3 games to 1 second set win.

In the 2003 Open Singles final, seven time world champion Terry Moore avenged his finals loss of a year earlier by defeating Rob Mares in four games in the tournament�s deciding match. 1996 World Singles titlist Louis Cartwright finished third in the event, with Mike Yore earning an impressive fourth place result.

Mike�s brother Tom Yore, a four-time tour champion, and his partner, Dusty Bambanek of Ohio, also went back-to-back at last year�s Texas spectacular, defeating Adrian Zamora and Christina Fuchs in the Mixed Doubles final to win for the second year in a row.

The women�s competiton at last season�s �fourth major� had a very familiar look to it, with the world�s two top female foosers both taking home Texas State honors. 34-time world champion Cindy Head teamed with Georgia�s Dawn Foust to win doubles, while Canadian sensation Moya Tielens got revenge for her doubles loss by defeating the fiery Ms. Head in the finals of Women�s Singles.

Mr. Murray and friends will also once again be honoring two deserving individuals from the Lone Star State with the �Texas Legends of Foosball� award, in a ceremony to be held at this year�s Memorial Day tournament. Last year, Texas greats Eddy Gartman, who went on to win the world title three months later, and two-time Masters Singles winner Charles Britt became the newest members of this prestigious club, which recognizes the achievements of some of the sport�s biggest contributors.

This year's event will also feature a first-ever Package Deal Playoff. If you are a non-Pro Master player and purchase an economical Package Deal you will be eligible to compete for an extra $2500 in added bonus money. Rookie and Semi Pro package players will square off for $1000 each in bonus money, while Pro rated players will compete for $500 in single-elimination playoffs held on Sunday morning.

So, make sure and mark down the weekend of May 28-31 (Monday the 31st is a �travel day�) on your foosball calendar, as the great state of Texas once again plays host to the pro tour�s �fourth major championship�.

INTERNET FOOS RADIO IN TEXAS: Table Sports Radio's Brad Anderson will be airing his daily internet radio show from the Texas States for the first time ever this Memorial Day weekend. Table Sports Radio will be "on the air" beginning the evening of Friday May 28th, with shows also scheduled for Saturday the 29th, and Sunday the 30th. This exciting new concept, which debuted at this year's season-opener in Las Vegas, will feature interviews, updates, results, and Inside Foos audio highlights, allowing non-attendees the ability to stay up-to-date on all the Texas State happenings. To access TSR go to http://www.natsa.org/tsr. If you haven't yet heard his entertaining Hall of Fame Classic reports they are also still available at the link listed above.

VEGAS DVDS: For those of you who have ordered The 2004 Hall of Fame Classic DVDs, they have all been shipped and have hopefully arrived at your doorsteps. If you are interested in purchasing this year's opening event on DVD go to the homepage at http://www.insidefoos.com. To help with your decision we have included below a listing of the matches on this year's Vegas video set.

Thanks for your support and we'll seeya in Texas,

Jim Stevens
Editor
Inside Foos Newsletter

2004 Hall OF Fame Classic DVD Listings

DISC 1
TODD LOFFREDO VS. BILLY PAPPAS
DON SWAN VS. TOM YORE
LOUIS CARTWRIGHT VS. STEVE BEINE
LOUIS CARTWRIGHT VS. MIKE ARCHER
ROB MARES VS. BILLY PAPPAS
TERRY MOORE VS. BILLY PAPPAS
TONY SPREDEMAN/RICK MACIAS VS. FREDERIC COLLIGNON/TODD LOFFREDO

DISC 2
FRANK BALECHA/DAN LEE VS. SCOTT WYDMAN/MIKE VANDEN BOSCH
TOM YORE/BOB DIAZ VS. FREDERIC COLLIGNON/TODD LOFFREDO
FREDERIC COLLIGNON/TODD LOFFREDO VS. FRANK BALECHA/DAN LEE
ROB MARES/LOUIS CARTWRIGHT VS. SCOTT WYDMAN/MIKE VANDEN BOSCH
DAVE GUMMESON/TRACY McMILLIN VS. TOM YORE/BOB DIAZ
FREDERIC COLLIGNON VS.LOUIS CARTWRIGHT
DAVE GUMMESON/TRACY McMILLIN VS. FRANK BALECHA/DAN LEE
TERRY MOORE VS. FREDERIC COLLIGNON

DISC 3
TERRY MOORE VS. FREDERIC COLLIGNON (CONTINUED)

MIXED DOUBLES FINAL

MOYA TIELENS/GARRET SCHERKENBACH VS FREDERIC COLLIGNON/CINDY HEAD

OPEN DOUBLES FINAL

FREDERIC COLLIGNON/TODD LOFFREDO VS. DAVE GUMMESON/TRACY McMILLIN

OPEN SINGLES FINAL

BILLY PAPPAS VS.FREDERIC COLLIGNON

YOU CAN ORDER YOUR LAS VEGAS HALL OF FAME CLASSIC DVDs or 2004 FULL SEASON PACKAGE
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TORO'S CORNER by mark torres

What is a Foosball Pro?

Hmmm.... I don't know. I suppose this month's column is going to be one of my rambling streams of consciousness in an attempt to discover the answer. Let's think about it. I guess it can be defined in crude terms as the criteria by which a said points system indicates you are a 'Pro' Right? So if we are talking about Tornado, if you have more than 1799 points you are technically a 'Pro'. If we are talking about any of the other dozens of different foosball tables out there the same can be held true. Is that what it's all about? There are many foosers out there who really aspire to be 'Pros' in our sport. There is an entire hierarchy, social and otherwise, of lower ranked players that approach 'Pros' for tutelage about the physical and mental aspects of their game, and even as role models within the game. I see 'Pros' signing autographs all the time. It's an important question, so the depth of the answer holds a lot of meaning for our community in general.

I am thinking that there is more to it than the number of points we accumulate. The same way you can have children and biologically be a 'father' and still never be a 'dad', this philosophy holds true for the term 'Pro.' Who cares how many points you accumulate? What is your contribution to the game and to the community that proliferates the long term interests of both, and ultimately garners the title 'Foosball Professional'? Even if your sole interest is absolutely selfish, and you were only out to make money for yourself and hoard all of your knowledge about the game, how you conduct yourself in the competitive sphere and how you project this attitude among others whom aspire to have similar success, permeates throughout our minor and therefore very easily influenced little community. Foosers don't owe the community anything, and don't owe the game anything, but then again there are a lot of 'Paper-Pros' who will miss out on a richer fuller experience and reward had they participated otherwise. In this regard, I can think of dozens of influences on my game and experience in general who have never won anything and weren't even points book 'Pros' for that matter, that define the words 'Foosball Professional' for me.

All that gab and I don't think I have really even answered the question for myself. I think Pros carry their ability, skill, talent, and success with supreme humility. Pros don't feel empowered by others looking up to them and get caught up in any bunk foosball hierarchy, but rather feel accountable and responsible to engage those same people in a dialogue rich in modesty that reflects sincere empathy towards their desire to improve. Pros care, and they want other players, especially their own community, to be better. Pros have a passion for the sport to be bigger than them, and therefore act in a manner that exhibits that interest.

Maybe I am ascribing more meaning to the word than others do, but I think this particular word carries this type of importance. Shouldn't we all be carrying ourselves this way anyway? It's really not happening as much as it should. How about the much larger question of 'What is a Master?' Quite frankly, Masters should be the ambassadors of our sport, with a combination of success and manner that warrants the very rare usage of this term. How many Masters do you think of like this? Right now it just means you won enough matches to have more than 2499 points..

If you think like a Pro you will be a Pro, but if you act like someone who doesn't care about your impact on your community, I don't care how many points you have, you will never be a Pro. If everyone had this vision, wouldn't we be that much better? Sounds simple...

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UPCOMING EVENTS...

April 30-May 2
$12,000 Utah State Championships
West Valley Billiards
Salt Lake City, UT
Lee McClure
801-450-7855
leemcclure337@yahoo.com

May 7-8
$5000 Warrior Fun in the Sun Open
Flaherty's House of Foos
23769 Via Segovia
Murrieta, CA
Ken Oda
949-510-1414

May 21-23
$3000 Lincoln City Championships
Penalty Box II
Lincoln, NE
Loyd Mandel
605-352-5827

May 28-31
$25,000 Texas State Championships
Holiday Inn Select (DFW South)
Irving, TX
David Radack
800-248-2837 Ext.205
FLYER and INFO: http://home.swbell.net/dradack
*An Inside Foos Event*

June 3-5
$15,000 Canadian Table Soccer Championships
Municipal Hall
Montreal, Quebec
Adam Imanpoor
president@qtsa.com
514-668-2326

June 30-July 4th
$55,000 National Championships
Hyatt Regency
Minneapolis, MN
http://www.vifa.com
*An Inside Foos Event*

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, results, and Table Sports Radio.

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://foosworld.com/site/default.aspx FoosWorld.com events, results, interviews

http://home.swbell.net/dradack Dallas/Fort Worth foosball

http://www.dfwfoosball.com     More Dallas/Fort Worth foos

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

http://www.flatheadfoos.com Montana Foosball site

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