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Tournament Dates: August 17-19, 2001
by Rich Stark
Weary but dedicated foosers (and promoters)
played into the wee hours of Sunday night / Monday morning,
drawing to a close the 2001 Colorado State Foosball Championship
and ending a weekend of intense competition.
Greg S & Mason battling it
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The tournament, presented by Pro-Master
Productions and Colorado-Foosball.com, drew participants from
Colorado and other states including California, Utah and Arizona
to Littleton’s Break Room. Over three times the expected
number of participants showed up, in fact, jamming up the
brackets at times, but due to the dedication of the players
and the event staff the tournament was widely considered a
resounding success.
Numerous stories and events colored the
weekend, from the antics of Tom Spear and Gary Edgeworth’s
crowd-drawing matches to Edgeworth’s voluntarily entering
the loser’s bracket of Open Singles to head-hunt Justin
Smith and late Sunday night’s unrelated pool player fight.
But perhaps the real story of the weekend was local rookie
Scott “Bear” Jensen, who won Rookie Doubles, Semi-Pro
Doubles and the DYP and took home his share of $1,100 in prize
money and 2 nice new Titles for his troubles.
So many entries were received for the
13 events that the payouts were actually increased, as well
as trophies and custom Budweiser tournament logo jackets for
the winners. Other big winners were local resident and current
World Champion Robert Mares, who took home his share of $1,400
for winning both open events, and Salt Lake Cities Marty Lopez,
who walked with his share of $870 for his placings in Open
Doubles, Open Singles and the DYP.
On behalf of Pro-Master Productions and
Colorado-Foosball.com, we’d like to thank Greg Smith,
Joe Royle, the Break Room and Budweiser for their help in
making this event a reality. Additionally we’d like to
thank Greg Allen, Mason Thomas, Scott Jensen, Derek Kiser
and Rich Stark, and Dan Barber for jumping in and lending
a hand in scheduling and calling matches, and Dan Barber,
Greg Smith, Rich Stark for donating their tables to try and
help speed up play.
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