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  • NorCal Represent at 2013 World Championships!!!

    Another big weekend for NorCal at the 2013 World Championships!!  This weekend was filled with very tough matches in all the events, but we represented!!  11 local foosers showed up in Texas and we’re bringing home 8 pieces of hardware!! Some highlights involving our local foosers include:

    • Our beginners Ben Kempner and Brian Eaton making a run at the beginner events.  They finished 3rd in Beginner Doubles and Brian finished 5th in Beginner Singles.
    • James and Mo taking down Billy Pappas / Pam DeVito and Paul Smith / Harry DeVito in Master Limited.
    • James and Tony taking down Kane Gabriel / Mario Ariganello in Open Doubles.

    Other highlights:

    • The English team of Rob Atha and Joe Hamilton coming so close to winning Open Doubles, and Tony Spredeman and Rob Mares getting a double dip in the finals to win it.
    • Watching the players from Costa Rica and Dubai pull major upsets in multiple events
    • Karen Lamano (NorCal fooser now living in Texas) winning Open Mixed with Billy Pappas

    Below are our top 10 finishes for the weekend:

    Women Open Doubles
    9.  Gemma Mio / Keisha Rue    		 Women Open Singles
    7.  Gemma Mio
    Open Mixed
    5.  Gemma Mio / Rob Atha    		 Master Limited
    2.  James Castillo / Mo Uddin
    Handicapped Doubles
    5.  James Castillo / Barry Willick    		 Pro Doubles
    5.  Mo Uddin / Nhu Tran
    Expert Singles
    5.  Tony Lavigna
    9.  Mo Uddin
    9.  James Castillo    		 Women Expert Doubles
    4.  Gemma Mio / Jennifer Caron
    9.  Amy Wong-Thai / Jenny Ong
    Women Expert Singles
    2.  Gemma Mio
    5.  Jenny Ong    		 Expert Mixed
    3.  James Castillo / Gemma Mio
    9.  Amy Wong-Thai / Jason Shovlain
    Amateur Doubles
    1.  James Castillo / Gemma Mio
    9.  Matt Doughty / Karen Lamano    		 Amateur Singles
    5.  James Castillo
    Women Amateur Doubles
    7.  Amy Wong-Thai / Jenny Ong    		 Women Amateur Singles
    7.  Jenny Ong
    Amateur Mixed
    7.  James Castillo / Amy Wong-Thai    		 Beginner Doubles
    3.  Ben Kempner / Brian Eaton
    Beginner Singles
    5.  Brian Eaton    		 Most Improved Female Player of the Year
    Gemma Mio

  • NorCal Hall of Fame / Worlds Warm-Up Tournament Results

    A great weekend with some foosers that we haven’t seen in a long time.  The NorCal Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony was very special, with us remembering a recently lost friend and fooser, Tom Phippen, and inducting two very deserving fellow foosers, Dan Casey and Chris Dube.

    Thank you Phil for a great tournament.  We all appreciate your effort and sacrifices to make this weekend possible!

    Results are below.  Congrats to all the winners!

    Open Doubles ( 13 teams )
    chart | standings

    1. Adrian Zamora / Dana Marr
    2. Sergie Aragones / Kin Lo
    3. James Castillo / Tony Lavigna
    4. Steve Corioso / Gemma Mio

    Open Singles ( 8 players )
    chart | standings

    1. Garrick Wrenn
    2. Gemma Mio
    3. Mo Uddin
    4. Adrian Zamora
    No-Pro Doubles ( 13 teams )
    chart | standings

    1. Garrick Wrenn / Mo Uddin
    2. James Castillo / Tony Lavigna
    3. Gemma Mio / Darren Kurose
    4. John Sarette / Harvey Young
    		 No-Pro Singles ( 10 players )
    chart | standings

    1. Mo Uddin
    2. Garrick Wrenn
    3. Ray Cota
    4. Derek Borge
    Shake ‘n Bake ( 13 teams )
    chart | standings

    1. Garrick Wrenn / Mo Uddin
    2. Sergie Aragones / Kin Lo
    3. Sam Baker / Nitesh Hissaria
    4. Luon Thai / Melvin Osby
    		 Beginner Doubles ( 4 teams )
    chart | standings

    1. Daniel Dechert / Pete Burnham
      Ben Kempner / Brian Eaton
      (split due to time)
    2. Nitesh Hissaria / Donald Lee
    3. Peter Plachta / Jacob Plachta

  • Congrats to All Tuesday Night Points Race Winners!

    Our 9 week points race leading up the the 2013 World Championships is over!!  Congrats to the following winners!   And a big thank you again to Matt Doughty for donating the grand prize.

    Winner  – James C
    Top Expert – Darren K
    Top Amateur – Gemma M
    Top Beginner – Brian E
    Top Attendance – Buzz R

  • New NorCal Hall of Fame / Worlds Warm-Up Flyer

    Please note that there is now a Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at 3pm on Saturday and Beginner Doubles at 2pm on Sunday!

    Microsoft Word - Foos tourny flyer fix jul13 .docx

  • WarZone Pictures!

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