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<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>Shortly after the scheduled time of 1pm, the closing ceremony was held in the seminar area.\u00a0 As usual, Byron Raynes was hosting.<\/p>\n The purpose of the closing ceremony is to recognise those who contributed to the success of the show, award the $5,000 scholarship and make the draws for the daily prize and the major show-long prize machines.<\/p>\n After three representative awards to members of the list of 106 show volunteers and details of the Beads of Courage charity which the show also helps support, the recipient of the $5,000 scholarship was announced.\u00a0 Megan Taylor was not able to be present at the show, but she sent a video message of thanks to the show committee and explained how the scholarship would benefit her studies.<\/p>\n Then came the draw for the daily prize machine which for Sunday was an Asteroids upright.<\/p>\n The draw was made by a child from the audience.<\/p>\n After a ticket was drawn for someone who wasn’t present, the eventual winner was Rick who presented his winning ticket and claimed his prize.<\/p>\n Then came the major prize draw.\u00a0 Entries for this cost $20 but game the opportunity to win a new Houdini<\/em> pinball from American Pinball.<\/p>\n The winner was not present, but they were not required to be.\u00a0 After a phone call to the winner resulted in a redirection to voicemail, the attempt was abandoned and the closing ceremony brought to a close.<\/p>\n By then it was 2pm ad just an hour remained before the power to the machines would be switched off and the\u00a0 break-down began.<\/p>\n There was still the matter of deciding the winner of the main Match Play Tournament.<\/p>\n After several rounds which reduced the field, the eventual final three were Bowen Kerins, Keith Elwin and Todd Rafacz.\u00a0 They played the final in the same way as the play-offs, buy using three machine – Attack from Mars<\/em>, Aerosmith<\/em> and Jackbot<\/em>.<\/p>\n After all three games had been played, there was a tie for first place between Bowen and Keith.\u00a0 Keith had won on Attack from Mars<\/em> and Jackbot<\/em>, but came third on Aerosmith<\/em> which Bowen won. With time running out before all the power was switched off at 3pm, Tournament Director Dave Stewart got the top two to play a single ball decider on the game Jackbot<\/em>.<\/p>\n Keith had a decent ball, getting to Casino Run and cashing it in for 300+M to finish his single ball on 1Bn+.\u00a0 Bowen then stepped up but had a quick drain, making Keith the winner.<\/p>\n So Keith Elwin was the winner.\u00a0 Bowen Kerins was second and Todd Rafacz third.<\/p>\n Full results from all the tournaments and divisions can be found in the Live Results<\/a> section of the WA Pinball website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>