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2005 EUROPEAN GARLANDO OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS REPORT
London, September 16th - 18th, 2005 - Miniball 2™ sponsored one of Europe’s most well attended foosball competitions, organized by the British
Foosball Association (BFA). The Miniball™ Team met foosball champions from across Europe. More than 100 players travelled from throughout the
United Kingdom and from Austria, Hungary, Morocco, Poland, Australia, Ireland, Bulgaria, Italy, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Some players
also attempted to come from India, but faced travel problems. Despite a few journey woes the attendance was strong, with competitors ranging in age
from 18 to 50, and friends and family also attended to cheer on their favourite foosers. Competition was fierce for the £7,000 prize pot (divided
up among various winners for singles, doubles, male and female contests) and all event registrants received Miniball.co.uk t-shirts. Some of the
top foosers attending the event included:
Rob Atha, United Kingdom (World Ranked #2)
Wolfgang Reszler, Austria (World Ranked #4)
Jamal Allalou, Morocco/Germany (World Ranked #7 and Garlando’s #1 Player)
Pawel Sielski, Poland (World Ranked #8)
Martin Fritsche, Austria (World Ranked #13)
Marcello Manganiello, Italy/Switzerland (World Ranked #16)
Samantha Di Paolo (World Ranked#13)
Marcello Manganiello, Italy/Switzerland (World Ranked #16)
Verena Rohrer, Austria (World Ranked #3 Female)
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT
One fooser was ruled disqualified after, in the heat of the game, he did a “Rooney” to the head referee during an Open Doubles match.
TOP PLACE FINISHERS
Leads in all events are as follows:
FRIDAY DYP
1) Wolfgang Reszler & Alex Shovelton
2) Jamal Allalou & Marta Rekawek
3) Pawel Sielski & John Shovelton
OPEN SINGLES
1) Wolfgang Reszler, Austria - 70 Points
2) Robert Atha, UK - 60 Points
3) Jamal Allalou, Morocco - 50 Points
OPEN DOUBLES
1) Wolfgang Reszler (Austria) & Rob Atha (UK) – 70 Points
2) Artur Chjecki (Poland) & Pawel Sielski (Poland) – 60 Points
3) Martin Fritsche (Austria) & Mustafa Ukis (Austria) – 50 Points
WOMENS SINGLES
1) Samantha Di Paolo (Italy) – 70 Points
2) Petra Koncz (Hungary) – 60 Points
3) Mariella Mento (Italy) – 50 Points
WOMENS DOUBLES
1) Verena Rohrer (Austria) & Petra Koncz (Hungary) – 70 Points
2) Samantha di Paolo (Italy) & Anna Dombi (Hungary) – 60 Points
3) Mayya Racy (UK) & Hannah Ramlee (UK) – 50 Points
SEMI-PRO SINGLES
1) John Shovelton (UK)
2) Jujhar Sohi (UK)
3) Alex Shovelton (UK)
NOVICE SINGLES
1) Joe Hamilton (UK)
2) Dan Kingston (UK)
3) Zico Yung (UK)
SEMI-PRO DOUBLES
1) Jujhar Sohi (UK) & Mike Amsden (UK)
2) Alex Shovelton (UK) & Patrick Grover (UK)
3) Arture Choiecki (Poland) & Kuba Mroczkowski (Poland)
NOVICE DOUBLES
1) Stephen Lyall (UK) & Tom Hampson (UK)
2) Marko Markov (Bulgaria) & Emmanuel Markov (Bulgaria)
3) Harry Cummings (UK) & Joe Hamilton (UK)
MIXED DOUBLES
1) Anna Sakowska (Poland) & Jamal Allalow (Morrocco/Germany)
2) Petra Koncz (Hungary) & Rob Atha (UK)
3) Marcello Manganiello (Italy) & Samantha Di Paolo (Italy)
SUNDAY DYP
1) Patrick Grover & Dave Perrott
2) John Worthington & Harry Cummings
3) Jujhar Sohi & Tom Hampson
VETERAN SINGLES
1) Jude Fitzgerald
2) Boris Atha
3) Paul Martin
TEAM CUP CHAMPIONS
Winners of the weekend’s team events were:
Cotty Invitational (UK)
UEFA (UK, Italy, Hungary)
Die Slowly (Austria)
The Slags (UK)
The Mighty Bush (UK)
Legia (Poland, Czechoslovakia)
Aye Dad (Uk)
The Morgan Whiffs (UK)
Warwick Gophers B (UK)
Warwick Gophers A (UK)
Lobotomised Foos Monkeys (UK)
The Chetwynd (UK)
NEXT STOPS
BFA’s next tournament will be held at the Floatel (a floating hotel!) in Northwich, UK, on the weekend of October 7-9. It is the biggest Tornado
foosball tournament of the year and is an International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) Master Series event. Then many foosers are off to the ITSF
World Championships in St. Vincent, Italy at the end of the month, featuring the ITSF top 16 and national champions of member countries competing
in an all-table singles competition.
Details for these upcoming events, and more, can be found at the BFA website:
http://www.britfoos.com
Or, visit the ITSF site for information at:
http://www.table-soccer.org
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