{"id":13594,"date":"2018-10-16T13:24:17","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T12:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=13594"},"modified":"2018-10-16T13:24:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T12:24:17","slug":"ifpa-midsommar-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2018\/10\/16\/ifpa-midsommar-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"IFPA MIDSOMMAR TOURNAMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had heard great things about Bulls & Balls in Fulda<\/a>, Germany, but never visited ourselves to see what all the fuss was about.\u00a0 So, when IFPA Country Director, Tobias Wagemann, invited us to the IFPA Midsommar Tournament weekend he was organising, we jumped at the chance.<\/p>\n

Although we had been to Germany many times, we’d never been to Fulda or the Hesse region, so this was a new experience for us and Fulda didn’t disappoint with its Baroque architecture nestled side-by-side with much more recent, but sympathetic, designs in the newer part of the city.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Stadschloss in Fulda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Cathedral in Fulda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A view over the newer part of the city<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We after checking-in to our hotel, we arrived at Bulls & Balls around 6pm on Friday which was just in time for the start of the first competitive event of the weekend, the Warm-Up Tournament.<\/p>\n

Bulls & Balls is jointly-owned by Matthias Kl\u00fcber and J\u00fcrgen G\u00e4rtner.\u00a0 It is located a little way out of Fulda’s central area, but pretty much everything in Fulda is reachable on foot, so even from our hotel (the B&B Hotel which was the opposite side of town and which Matthias very kindly provided for us), it was only around a 20-minute walk to get there.\u00a0 And, as you can see, the weather was good and the temperatures very pleasant for October.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The driveway to Bulls & Balls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To get to Bulls & Balls, first you walk up the driveway and past a car garage, then turn left behind the garage.<\/p>\n

\"Yes,<\/a>
Yes, this is the right way<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once there, you find a number of outdoor tables and benches, and a limited amount of car parking.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The entrance to Bulls & Balls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You might notice in the picture above how some of the tables are built from stacked beer crates.\u00a0 This is a theme you’ll see repeated quite a few times during this report.<\/p>\n

So, let’s take a quick tour of Bulls & Balls to show you where everything is.<\/p>\n

The entrance you can see in the picture above, but once through the doors you come to the lobby which is where everyone hangs out between rounds when it’s too dark, too cold or too wet to go outside.\u00a0 This is also where everyone can check the scores and standings.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The lobby area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The main bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the far left of the picture above is the main bar (there are two), but there is another room further left which you can’t see here.\u00a0 This is normally a billiards room, but for this event the tables had been moved out and 14 solid-state pinballs installed on which the Classics Tournament would be played on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\"Normally<\/a>
Normally the room for billiards, for this weekend it was for the Classics Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To the right of the bar is a corridor which leads to both the toilets and to the function room where players gathered at the start of each day to hear about the tournament formats and also for lunch around 1pm-2pm on Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The corridor to the function room and the toilets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The function room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The function room contains the second bar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"It<\/a>
It also has a stage for announcements, performances and even karaoke<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Well, come back to this a little later but continuing around the lobby, or next area is the main pinball room.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The main pinball room is on the right side of the lobby<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The main pinball room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the left is a long row of DMD titles featuring an impressive backdrop montage of pinball playfield photos.\u00a0 The titles in the row are: Metallica<\/em>, The Walking Dead<\/em>, Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em>, The Sopranos<\/em>, Pirates of the Caribbean<\/em>, The Shadow<\/em>, Last Action Hero<\/em>, Cirqus Voltaire<\/em>, NBA Fastbreak<\/em>, Fish Tales<\/em>, Attack from Mars<\/em>, Doctor Who<\/em>, Doctor Who<\/em>, No Fear<\/em>, Jackbot<\/em> and Demolition Man<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Some<\/a>
Some of the artwork behind the long row of machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The long row of DMD pinballs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Perpendicular to the long row are 7 shorter rows of four machines each, some back-to-back with the row behind.<\/p>\n

\"Game<\/a>
Game of Thrones, Star Wars, AC\/DC and Iron Maiden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Terminator<\/a>
Terminator 2, High Speed 2: The Getaway, World Cup Soccer and Jackbot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Creature<\/a>
Creature from the Black Lagoon, Whitewater, Twilight Zone and Terminator 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"WWE<\/a>
WWE Royal Rumble, The Who’s Tommy, Lethal Weapon 3 and Jurassic Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Road<\/a>
Road Show, Johnny Mnemonic, No Fear Dirty Harry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Indianapolis<\/a>
Indianapolis 500, Batman, Fish Tales and World Cup Soccer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Transformers,<\/a>
Transformers, X-Men, Dracula and Dirty Harry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the main pinball room, Jim and Dina Lindsay had their streaming rig set up so selected machines and all the final games could be seen on Jim’s Twitch stream<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/a>
Jim set up his laptop, cameras, light and microphone to stream Iron Maiden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The XSplit software’s output<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next side room, to the right of the lobby, is where the ‘Bulls’ part of the name comes from, with two electronic dartboards set up.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The two dartboards have their own room<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final room, nearest the entrance, contained a further three pinballs.<\/p>\n

\"Deadpool,<\/a>
Deadpool, Kiss and Tales of the Arabian Nights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As we said, we got the Bulls & Balls just as the introductions and announcements were about to be made for the start of the Warm-Up Tournament at 6pm.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The weekend’s trophies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tobias took to the stage to welcome the players, introduce the referees and tournament officials, and explain the rules for the first of the tournaments.<\/p>\n

\"Tobias<\/a>
Tobias welcomes everyone in both German and English<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Overall<\/a>
Overall Tournament Director, Tobias Wagemann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The competitors are ready for the start of the Warm-Up Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Warm-Up Tournament was played using the Swiss system of head-to-head pairings formed, initially, randomly, but thereafter with players with the same or similar numbers of wins playing together.\u00a0 That means players who keep winning move up to the top and play tougher games against others who are also winning, while at the bottom those who lose their matches play easier games with other losing players.<\/p>\n

\"Play<\/a>
Play in the Warm-Up Tournament on Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Friday's<\/a>
Friday’s Warm-Up Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Friday's<\/a>
Friday’s Warm-Up Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Friday’s Warm-Up Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Friday's<\/a>
Friday’s Warm-Up Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After all the games in the first round had been played, the players were ranked and new pairings made for the next round.\u00a0 This continued until midnight when the final results were announced.<\/p>\n

When the Warm-Up Tournament had concluded, the player who got his weekend off to a winning start was Ern\u00f6 Rotter.\u00a0\u00a0Julio Vicario Soriano was second,\u00a0Flavio Baddaria third and\u00a0Wolfgang Haid fourth.\u00a0 They received their trophies at the awards ceremony on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The top four in the Warm-Up Tournament: Ern\u00f6 Rotter (1st), Julio Vicario Soriano (2nd), Flavio Baddaria (3rd) & Wolfgang Haid (4th) (picture: Dina Lindsay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Warm-Up Tournament results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nErn\u00f6 Rotter<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJulio Vicario Soriano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nFlavio Baddaria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nWolfgang Haid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nTobias Wagemann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nAlbert Nomden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nSebastien Puertas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nJens Fl\u00fcgge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nArchibald Lefevre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nRobby Henkelmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nRich Mallett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nRobert Kappenberger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nBal\u00e1zs P\u00e1lfi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nFabio Gravina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nDirk Elzholz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nCesare Datri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nJ\u00e1nos S\u00e1ndor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nHelen de Haan-Verbeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nNorman Heikamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nBoldizs\u00e1r Botka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nGreg Mott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nJohn van der Wulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nHartmut Besigk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nMartin Hotze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nGiuseppe Violante<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nMark van der Gugten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nReiner Pfeiffer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nArno N\u00f6bl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nRalf Behr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nJulian Klotz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nGuido Christiansen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nFrank Goeltl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nAlysa Parks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nDina Lindsay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nPeter Blakemore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nErwin Deutschl\u00e4nder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nOlaf Schumann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nNico Wicke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Letzel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nP\u00e9ter Andr\u00e1s Simon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nChristian B\u00e4r<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nVeit Sander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nRoland Schwarz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nArtur Natorski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nKevin Kuhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nMatthias Fl\u00fcgge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nMario Kertels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nAlexander Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nStefan Herold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Schmitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nBenjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nArmin Kress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nJim Lindsay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nPeter Schmidt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nEberhard Hattemer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nThomas Ferocino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nTorsten Eid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nBarbara Sprenger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nRoman Kunovic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nWolfgang Szymanski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nDaniel Poturica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nHeiko Schmid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nFlorian Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nPatrick Gelbarth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nStefan Schichtl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nKlaus L\u00f6ffler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nJ\u00f6rn Runge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nNadine Felgentreu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nThomas Teis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nOllivier Francq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nDavid Mainwaring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nDaniela Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nVictor Machart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nJenna Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\nKyoo Barbaix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\nAyoka Besigk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nMirko Hertrich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nHelmar Oels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\nDaniel Fritzenwanger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

One the tournament was over, the machines were available for free play up until the venue closed, which was soon after 1am. Players could then get some sleep before the first full day of competition on Saturday.<\/p>\n

There were two tournaments held on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The first was the PinGolf Tournament which began at 10am by splitting the 82 players into two pools.\u00a0 Each pool was then further divided into groups of four who played two rounds of nine machines.<\/p>\n

As usual in pingolf tournaments, each machine had a target to achieve with the aim of reaching it using the fewest balls possible. The target was always a points score but was generally different for each game and set at a level to make each game equally challenging.<\/p>\n

If the target was reached during the game then the ball number was recorded as the score for that game.\u00a0 If the target was missed after three balls then there was a sliding scale up to a maximum of seven according to the final points total achieved.\u00a0 In the example below, reaching the target of 30 million points scored the number of balls it took, but if the three-ball game total was only 20 million then a five would be recorded.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The target score and sliding scale of points for The Sopranos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Alongside the PinGolf, the Classic Tournament ran in its own dedicated room.<\/p>\n

There were fourteen solid-state pinballs set up, although the Haunted House was not included and, being a little fragile after all these years, some games would occasionally go down for a brief period.<\/p>\n

There was a long row of seven machines on the right side of the room: Eight Ball<\/em>, Harlem Globetrotters<\/em>, The Six Million Dollar Man<\/em>, Dolly Parton<\/em>, Nitro Groundshaker<\/em>, Nugent<\/em> and Bobby Orr Power Play<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Seven<\/a>
Seven of the Classic Tournament machines<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Facing those seven were two smaller banks of machines.<\/p>\n

\"Iron<\/a>
Iron Maiden and Flight 2000<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Haunted<\/a>
Haunted House, Charlie’s Angels, Sinbad, Lucky Seven and Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Players could choose any eight of the available machines to play.\u00a0 They then started a two-player game and played both players.\u00a0 The two scores were recorded on handheld devices and entered into a database where they were ranked and points awarded.<\/p>\n

\"Qualifying<\/a>
Qualifying in the Classics Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Qualification\"<\/a>
Qualification<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At just after 2pm, all play in both tournaments was halted for an hour while a buffet lunch was served in the function room.\u00a0 Hot dishes of meatballs in gravy, pork schnitzel, pasta, mushroom sauce and more were available, with a selection of vegetarian alternatives also on offer for those who pre-ordered them.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The remains of the lunch buffet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This lunch buffet was repeated on Sunday at 1pm, with a different selection of dishes available.<\/p>\n

When the Classic Tournament’s qualifying round ended at 8pm, the top sixteen players continued to the play-offs which were head-to-head best-of-three matches initially, until the last four were decided.<\/p>\n

\"Play-offs<\/a>
Play-offs in the Classic Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Play-offs<\/a>
Play-offs in the Classic Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The final four then played three four-player games using the 4-2-1-0 scoring system.\u00a0 The finalists were Erwin Deutschl\u00e4nder, Martin Janczyk, Albert Nomden and J\u00fcrgen Urban, and they played on Flight 2000<\/em>, Bobby Orr Power Play<\/em> and Nugent<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The final of the Classic Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

J\u00fcrgen won the first game on Flight 2000<\/em> and came second on Bobby Orr Power Play<\/em> for a total of 6 points going into the last game.\u00a0 Albert won on Power Play<\/em> but came last on Flight 2000<\/em> for his 4 points total, however he could still catch J\u00fcrgen on the final game as could Erwin who had a second and third place for 3 points.\u00a0 Martin had a third and fourth which gave him just 1 point and put him out of the running.<\/p>\n

Martin won the last game on Nugent<\/em> to give him 5 points in total and third place overall.\u00a0 Albert came second for a total of 6 points – the same as J\u00fcrgen had going into the last game, but J\u00fcrgen took third place on Nugent<\/em> and got the extra 1 point which gave him the win.\u00a0 Erwin was fourth in this game and fourth overall.<\/p>\n

\"Winner<\/a>
Winner of the Classic Tournament, J\u00fcrgen Urban (Picture: Dina Lindsay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The top four in the Classic Tournament: Albert Nomden (2nd), J\u00fcrgen Urban (1st), Martin Janczyk (3rd) and Erwin Deutschl\u00e4nder (4th) (Picture: Dina Lindsay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0Classic Tournament results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Urban<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nAlbert Nomden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nMartin Janczyk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nErwin Deutschl\u00e4nder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJohn van der Wulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMario Kertels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJulio Vicario Soriano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nMartin Hotze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nCesare Datri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nRoman Kunovic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nBal\u00e1zs P\u00e1lfi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nOllivier Francq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nMark van der Gugten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Schmitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nOlaf Schumann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJohannes Ostermeier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nJens Fl\u00fcgge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nRobby Henkelmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nRich Mallett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Letzel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nArmin Kress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nGiuseppe Violante<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nPeter Schmidt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nAlysa Parks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nChristian B\u00e4r<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nSebastien Puertas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nHelen de Haan-Verbeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nPeter Blakemore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nKay Kuster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nStefan Schichtl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nRobert Kappenberger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nFlavio Baddaria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nJens B\u00fcsscher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nStefan Herold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nDirk Elzholz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nTobias Wagemann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nGuido Christiansen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nJim Lindsay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nNorman Heikamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nRalf Behr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nBenjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nMatthias Fl\u00fcgge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nFlorian Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nJ\u00e1nos S\u00e1ndor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nTorsten Eid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nWolfgang Haid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nRoland Schwarz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nArchibald Lefevre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nHeiko Schmid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nNico Wicke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nErn\u00f6 Rotter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\nEberhard Hattemer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\nArtur Natorski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\nKevin Kuhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nGreg Mott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\nMirko Hertrich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nThomas Teis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nDavid Mainwaring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\nFabio Gravina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nPatrick Gelbarth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nJulian Klotz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\nKlaus L\u00f6ffler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nDina Fukson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Ostermeier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\nP\u00e9ter Andr\u00e1s Simon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nReiner Pfeiffer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
67<\/td>\nBarbara Sprenger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\nBartosz Sokolowski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
69<\/td>\nJ\u00f6rn Runge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nDaniela Oymann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
71<\/td>\nBoldizs\u00e1r Botka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nNadine Felgentreu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nArno N\u00f6bl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\nKyoo Barbaix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\nVeit Sander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\nWolfgang Szymanski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\nDaniel Fritzenwanger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nFrank Goeltl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\nDaniel Poturica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\nJenna Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\nAlexander Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The PinGolf Tournament’s final sixteen were: Erwin Deutschl\u00e4nder, Jens Fl\u00fcgge, Benjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger, Martin Hotze, Mario Kertels, Julian Klotz, Archibald Lefevre, Jim Lindsay, Rich Mallett, Alexander Muer, Albert Nomden, Johannes Ostermeier, Roland Schwarz, Julio Vicario Soriano, Tobias Wagemann and John van der Wulp.\u00a0 They were made up from the top eight players in each pool.<\/p>\n

They played off in four groups of four, continuing the PinGolf scoring but only playing three machines.\u00a0 The remaining machines were then available for everyone else to play for the rest of the evening.<\/p>\n

When the games had been concluded, the top player in each group went into the final.\u00a0 They were: Jens Fl\u00fcgge, Benjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger, Johannes Ostermeier and Julio Vicario Soriano.\u00a0 The final was also played on three machines, starting with Iron Maiden<\/em> and continuing with Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> and Terminator 2<\/em>. Once again, the player with the lowest number of balls needed to reach the three target scores would win.<\/p>\n

\"Jim<\/a>
Jim shows the four finalists the play order<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Tobias<\/a>
Tobias makes sure the glass is clean for the first of the PinGolf finals games<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Johannes<\/a>
Johannes starts the first game of the PinGolf finals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Julio<\/a>
Julio in the PinGolf finals<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Play<\/a>
Play moves on to Guardians of the Galaxy for game two<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The last game of the final is on Terminator 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By the end Julio Vicario Soriano was the winner, taking five balls to reach the three targets.\u00a0 Johannes Ostermeier was second on seven, while Benjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger was third and Jens Fl\u00fcgge fourth following a playoff on High Speed 2: The Getaway<\/em> after both finishing on nine balls.<\/p>\n

\"Winner<\/a>
Winner of the PinGolf Tournament, Julio Vicario Soriano (Picture: Dina Lindsay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The top four in the PinGolf Tournament: Johannes Ostermeier (2nd), Julio Vicario Soriano (1st), Benjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger (3rd) & Jens Fl\u00fcgge (4th) (Picture: Dina Lindsay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PinGolf Tournament results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nJulio Vicario Soriano<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nJohannes Ostermeier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nBenjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nJens Fl\u00fcgge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nRoland Schwarz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nErwin Deutschl\u00e4nder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nArchibald Lefevre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nAlexander Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJim Lindsay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJohn van der Wulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nMario Kertels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nMartin Hotze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nJulian Klotz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nAlbert Nomden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nTobias Wagemann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nRich Mallett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Schmitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nBoldizs\u00e1r Botka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nFlavio Baddaria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nErn\u00f6 Rotter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nReiner Pfeiffer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nStefan Herold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nCesare Datri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nDirk Elzholz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nArtur Natorski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nGreg Mott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nMatthias Fl\u00fcgge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nPeter Schmidt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nSebastien Puertas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nJ\u00e1nos S\u00e1ndor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nGiuseppe Violante<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nRobert Kappenberger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Ostermeier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nBarbara Sprenger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nFabio Gravina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nTorsten Eid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nNico Wicke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nNorman Heikamp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nBal\u00e1zs P\u00e1lfi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nOllivier Francq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Letzel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nP\u00e9ter Andr\u00e1s Simon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nArno N\u00f6bl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nDavid Mainwaring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nHelen de Haan-Verbeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nFrank Goeltl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nArmin Kress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nPeter Blakemore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nEberhard Hattemer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nJens B\u00fcsscher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
51<\/td>\nRoman Kunovic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
53<\/td>\nKlaus L\u00f6ffler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\nChristian B\u00e4r<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nWolfgang Szymanski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nMartin Janczyk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nStefan Schichtl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nThomas Teis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nMark van der Gugten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nRalf Behr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nHeiko Schmid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
60<\/td>\nKevin Kuhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nRobby Henkelmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\nFlorian Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\nAlysa Parks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nKay Kuster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nVeit Sander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\nOlaf Schumann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nWolfgang Haid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nGuido Christiansen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nThomas Ferocino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nDina Lindsay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nKyoo Barbaix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\nPatrick Gelbarth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\nJ\u00f6rn Runge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
76<\/td>\nMirko Hertrich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\nBartosz Sokolowski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nDaniela Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
79<\/td>\nNadine Felgentreu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\nJenna Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\nDaniel Fritzenwanger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\nDaniel Poturica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Although Saturday’s tournaments didn’t finish until late, there was still more to come, with a Midnight Madness tournament starting at, well, midnight of course.<\/p>\n

This was played on the three newest Stern machines and an entry consisted on one game on each.\u00a0 The initial entry to the tournament cost \u20ac5, while extra entries cost \u20ac2 each.\u00a0 All proceeds went to the Medicines Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) charity.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, we didn’t stay up for this one but 21 players did take part, with the winner being Flavio Baddaria.<\/p>\n

\"Winner<\/a>
Winner of the Midnight Madness tournament, Flavio Baddaria (Picture: Dina Lindsay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0Midnight Tournament results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/strong><\/td>\nFlavio Baddaria<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nNico Wicke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nFabio Gravina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nWolfgang Haid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nArchibald Lefevre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nVictor Machart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nDaniel Poturica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nKevin Kuhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nStefan Schichtl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nJulian Klotz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Letzel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nRobert Kappenberger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nArno N\u00f6bl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nReiner Pfeiffer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nArmin Kress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nJens Fl\u00fcgge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nMirko Hertrich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nThomas Teis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nJenna Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nAlexander Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nDaniel Fritzenwanger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Sunday morning began with the trophy presentations for Friday and Saturday’s tournaments, before Sunday’s main tournament was introduced. This was the Five Strikes Tournament.\u00a0 This paired up the 80 players to play head-to-head single games.\u00a0 Players continued in the tournament until they lost five games at which point they were out.<\/p>\n

Eventually we were down to the last six players with any lives remaining.\u00a0 They were:\u00a0Johannes Ostermeier (4 strikes left), Julio Vicario Soriano (3 strikes left), Eberhard Hattemer (2 strikes left), Cesare Datri (1 strike left), Albert Nomden (1 strike left) and Jens Fl\u00fcgge (1 strike left).\u00a0 To make up the eight players for the two semi-finals, they were joined by two players from the four who picked up their fifth strike in the last round.\u00a0 Four players went out in that round, so they played a play-off game on Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> to decide which two went into the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The play-offs for the seventh & eighth semi-final places<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The two winners from that play-off were Roland Schwarz and John van der Wulp.<\/p>\n

Those eight were split into two groups of four to play three machines with 4-2-1-0 scoring.\u00a0 However, the number of strikes remaining (if any) were carried forward giving Johannes 4 points, Julio 3 points, Eberhard 2 points, and 1 point each to Cesare, Albert and Jens.<\/p>\n

The first group features Johannes, Julio, Roland and John, and they played on Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em>, Jackbot<\/em> and The Walking Dead<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The second group had Eberhard, Jens, Cesare and Albert.\u00a0 They played on Deadpool<\/em>, High Speed 2: The Getaway<\/em> and Metallica<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Johannes and Roland were the winners of their group.\u00a0 They were joined in the final by Jens and Albert.<\/p>\n

We had to leave for the journey to Frankfurt Airport and the flight back to London, but in the final it was a win for Johannes who finished ahead of Roland in second, with Jens third and Albert fourth.<\/p>\n

\"Winner<\/a>
Winner of the Five Strikes Tournament, Johannes Ostermeier (Picture: Dina Lindsay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The top four in the Five Strikes Tournament: Albert Nomden (4th), Jens Fl\u00fcgge (3rd), Johannes Ostermeier (1st) & Roland Schwarz (2nd) (Picture: Dina Lindsay)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0Five Strikes Tournament results<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
1<\/td>\nJohannes Ostermeier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nRoland Schwarz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nJens Fl\u00fcgge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nAlbert Nomden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nEberhard Hattemer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nCesare Datri<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJulio Vicario Soriano<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJohn van der Wulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nArchibald Lefevre<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nArmin Kress<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nRobby Henkelmann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nChristian B\u00e4r<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nDavid Mainwaring<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nOllivier Francq<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nArtur Natorski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nThomas Teis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nArno N\u00f6bl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nKlaus L\u00f6ffler<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nJulian Klotz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nOlaf Schumann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Schmitz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nHeiko Schmid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nMatthias Fl\u00fcgge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nWolfgang Haid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nPeter Schmidt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nFlorian Thomas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nFlavio Baddaria<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nAlysa Parks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nSebastien Puertas<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nBenjamin Gr\u00e4beldinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nErwin Deutschl\u00e4nder<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nP\u00e9ter Andr\u00e1s Simon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nJ\u00e1nos S\u00e1ndor<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nBoldizs\u00e1r Botka<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nHelen de Haan-Verbeek<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Ostermeier<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nNico Wicke<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nTorsten Eid<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nPeter Blakemore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nGreg Mott<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nDirk Elzholz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nTobias Wagemann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nMario Kertels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nRoman Kunovic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nBarbara Sprenger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nMirko Hertrich<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nStefan Herold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Letzel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nErn\u00f6 Rotter<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nDaniela Oymann<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nNadine Felgentreu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nKay Kuster<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nGiuseppe Violante<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nKevin Kuhn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nVictor Machart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nThomas Ferocino<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nMartin Hotze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nBal\u00e1zs P\u00e1lfi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nKyoo Barbaix<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nAlexander Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nJens B\u00fcsscher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nRalf Behr<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nReiner Pfeiffer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nDina Fukson<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nMartin Janczyk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nStefan Schichtl<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nDaniel Fritzenwanger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nWolfgang Szymanski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nJ\u00fcrgen Urban<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nFabio Gravina<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nMark van der Gugten<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nRobert Kappenberger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nVeit Sander<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nJim Lindsay<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
73<\/td>\nHelmar Oels<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nPatrick Gelbarth<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nRich Mallett<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nBartosz Sokolowski<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nDaniel Poturica<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
78<\/td>\nJenna Muer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

An ad-hoc Women’s Tournament was also held on Sunday, run by Dina Lindsay.\u00a0 This was run on a selection of machines at the far end of the main games room and consisted of ranked scores on each machine.<\/p>\n

\"Play<\/a>
Play in the Women’s Tournament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We don’t have the final results of the Women’s Tournament yet but will add them here when we get them.<\/p>\n

As you will have seen, this was a pretty full-on weekend of competitive pinball for all the competitors, and Bulls & Balls was an ideal location to host the 80+ competitors.\u00a0 Being a featured Audition Location for Pinball Universe means Bulls & Balls gets the latest Stern games for potential buyers to try during normal opening, but also for use in the tournaments.\u00a0 Pinball Universe brought twelve games to Bulls & Balls which allowed competitors to try games such as Deadpool and Iron Maiden which they might not have previously seen.<\/p>\n

The facilities both inside the building and in the surrounding area were excellent, with shops, hotels, restaurants, bars and transport all close-by, and a fascinating array of historic buildings and grounds to explore.<\/p>\n

The tournaments were all well organised and planned, with published schedules closely followed and everyone in the mood for a fun weekend of competition.<\/p>\n

\"Tobias<\/a>
Tobias with Bulls & Ball co-owner Matthias Kl\u00fcber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was purely a tournament weekend though.\u00a0 Once the first round of the tournaments began there were no free-play machines available and little for non-playing partners, friends or spectators to do at the venue.\u00a0 Those involved in the tournaments came to compete and thus were occupied nearly the whole time.\u00a0 We spoke with a number of players who said they had been to Bulls & Balls several times for tournament events such as this and never seen anything of the city itself, which seemed a shame given all there is to enjoy just a short walk away.<\/p>\n

So, we thoroughly recommend attending one of these weekends – there is Christmas event coming up a little later in the year – but allow an extra day or two to explore the city and surrounding area.\u00a0 It’s definitely worth making the effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We had heard great things about Bulls & Balls in Fulda, Germany, but never visited ourselves to see what all the fuss was about.\u00a0 So, when IFPA Country Director, Tobias Wagemann, invited us to the IFPA Midsommar Tournament weekend he was organising, we jumped at the chance. Although we had been to Germany many times, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13515,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[777,778,117,125,779],"class_list":["post-13594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-shows","tag-bulls-balls","tag-fulda","tag-germany","tag-ifpa","tag-midsommar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13594"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13675,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13594\/revisions\/13675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}