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Only eight of us (Dana, Steve, Ben, Daniel, Joan, Mo, James and Gemma) ventured out to Dallas, Texas for this year’s Tornado World Championships, but we are bringing home 7 different titles and 13 trophies!!  The week started with James tearing it up in the specialty events (Forward Shootout, Wednesday DYP and Open DYP) and ended with our veterans and newly inducted NorCal Hall of Famers, Dana Marr and Steve Corioso, winning the increasingly difficult Senior Doubles! In between, James and Gemma won Handicap Doubles, Joan cruised to win Amateur Women Singles, Daniel tsunami’d his way to Rookie Singles and Amateur Doubles titles, and Ben dominated Beginner Doubles!

We had a ton of supporting messages from back home, thank you all! 🙂

Here is our long list of top 10 finishes!!  This list just keeps growing with each tournament!

From Mo Uddin:

While the final result didn’t surprise many, as always the competition was fierce and there were many minor and major victories and upsets along the way.  Thanks to Phil Schlaefer, Gemma Mio, Matt Doughty, Steve Corioso and Dana Marr for their support in putting this event together and helping it run flawlessly.  Thanks to all those who attended, especially those who traveled from out of town to compete. And a big thanks to Brendan Flaherty for donating a pair of Warrior tables to the winners of the Rookie/Amateur playoff match!

In addition to some torrid foosball, some renewed rivalries and friendships, some standout performances, and a lot of sweating and shouting, we were all treated to a moving NorCal FoosbalL Hall of Fame induction ceremony.  Master of Ceremonies Phil “Dr. Doom” Schlaefer, himself a member of the 2014 induction class, set the tone with his introduction and closing remarks.  In between, we heard great speeches from Adrian Zamora, and new inductees Dana Marr and Steve Corioso, both of whom had family and friends in attendance.  These newly minted NorCal foosball legends regaled the crowd with stories about the early days of arcade foosball in the Bay Area, and shared emotional and personal descriptions of what foosball has meant to their lives. “Congratulations to Dana, Steve and Phil for their induction into the Bay Area Foosball Hall of Fame!”.

Now, here are your results!  Great job by all the Super Doubles final bracket qualifiers, and a big Congratulations to our 2014 NorCal Super Doubles Champions, Dana Marr and Tony Spredeman!

Full brackets available on www.bayfoos.com/superdoubles:

ROOKIE DOUBLES
1st: Ben Kempner & Luon Thai (Super Doubles Qualifier)
2nd: Daniel Dechert & Albert Cheng
2nd: Cam Burrows & Dylan Phoung
4th: Marcos Ramirez & Xavier C

AMATEUR DOUBLES
1st: Gina Davis & Jim Runnion (Super Doubles Qualifier)
2nd: Jason Haberman & Arron Ingold
3rd: Daniel Dechert & Albert Cheng
4th: John Sarette & Simon Yep

EXPERT DOUBLES
1st: James Castillo & Darren Kurose (Super Doubles Qualifier)
2nd: Mike Bridgeman & Phil Peros
3rd: Jim Fick & Pat O’Gorman
4th: Mohammed Uddin & Garrick Wrenn

PRO DOUBLES
1st: Mike Stahl & Ken Oda (Super Doubles Qualifier)
2nd: Dana Marr & Randy Stark
3rd: James Castillo & Scott Stewart
4th: Mike Bridgeman & Phil Peros

ELITE DOUBLES
1st: Zeke Cervantes & Mark Kraus (Super Doubles Qualifier)
2nd: James Castillo & Scott Stewart
3rd: Dana Marr & Randy Stark
4th: Gina Davis & Art Mariano

OPEN DOUBLES
1st: Dana Marr & Tony Spredeman (Super Doubles Qualifier)
2nd: James Castillo & Scott Stewart
3rd: Zeke Cervantes & Mark Kraus
4th: Jason Haberman & Jim Runnion

SUPER DOUBLES PLAYOFFS
1st: Dana Marr & Tony Spredeman
2nd: Zeke Cervantes & Mark Kraus
3rd: James Castillo & Darren Kurose
4th: Mike Stahl & Ken Oda
5th/6th: Gina Davis & Jim Runnion
5th/6th: Ben Kempner & Luon Thai

Thanks,
Mo

Super Doubles players, starting brackets for all 6 divisions are now available on the super doubles website.   We’re less than a week away, can’t wait to see everybody here!