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The Inter-Club Championship
- Thread starter Matt Vince
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Scoop protector has arrived TODAY
Thanks to Phil for getting that here in the nick of time!
Thanks to Phil for getting that here in the nick of time!
What a fantastic day, I had such a brilliant time.
I have to say that you couldn't wish to meet a nicer bunch of people than the pinball community.
The format was brilliant fun so a massive thanks to @Matt Vince for organising.
Also we had a really great host in @steve brum who fed us a lovely chilli. Electric Circus is an excellent venue with a great range of machines from EM all the way through to the very latest Sterns. But it's not all about the machines, it's a fantastic venue with great people and to have the Midland & London crew all together was fabulous.
Everyone got on so well, we had such a laugh a Robin was hilarious (is he on here?).
The split flipper category was a particular favourite of mine.
Great day folks
Thank you.
I have to say that you couldn't wish to meet a nicer bunch of people than the pinball community.
The format was brilliant fun so a massive thanks to @Matt Vince for organising.
Also we had a really great host in @steve brum who fed us a lovely chilli. Electric Circus is an excellent venue with a great range of machines from EM all the way through to the very latest Sterns. But it's not all about the machines, it's a fantastic venue with great people and to have the Midland & London crew all together was fabulous.
Everyone got on so well, we had such a laugh a Robin was hilarious (is he on here?).
The split flipper category was a particular favourite of mine.
Great day folks
Thank you.
Thanks to my friends (staff second) Alan and Meg for the food.
A great time was had by all
Looking forward to seeing the footage, .... apart from bits with me in!
A great time was had by all
Looking forward to seeing the footage, .... apart from bits with me in!
OP
OP
On Saturday the first ever Inter-Club Championship match took place at Electric Circus in Nuneaton.
A team from Pinball Republic London travelled up to take part in a friendly challenge match consisting of four rounds.
Foursomes, Split Flipper, Fourballs & Singles.
At the start of each round the captains and their teams went away to work on the pairings and submit them before machines were drawn at random.
Round 1 - Foursomes
(2 players from each team playing a 2 player, 4 ball game)
Match 1 (Space Station)
Phoebe Lewell & Effie Lewell (EC) beat Rayne Passmore & Robin Kemp
Match 2 (Simpsons Pinball Party)
Stan Simpson & Thomas Evrenos (PBR) beat Jordan Handley & Jay Bryan
Match 3 (Silverball Mania)
Jim King & Wayne Johns (EC) beat Diane Bush & Clive Bush
Match 4 (Led Zeppelin)
Matt Vince & Ben Leigh (PBR) beat Tobias Raiden & Joe McGee
Electric Circus 2 – 2 Pinball Republic
Round 2 – Split Flipper
(2 players from each team playing a 2 player game)
Match 1 (Silverball Mania)
Sarah Vince & Lucy Vince (PBR) beat Dan Lewell & Effie Lewell
Match 2 (Captain Fantastic)
Steve Pagett & Jordan Handley (EC) beat Conrad Chambers & Tim Thornton
Match 3 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Ben Leigh & Thomas Evrenos (PBR) beat Kris Gonzo & Jay Bryan
Match 4 (Mystic)
Robin Kemp & Diane Bush (PBR) beat Jim King & Joe McGee
Electric Circus 3 – 5 Pinball Rebublic
At this point the teams broke for lunch. Many thanks to the staff for putting on a great spread which was enjoyed by all!
Round 3 – Fourballs
(2 players from each team in a 4 player game. Scores added together to decide the win)
Match 1 (Star Wars Trilogy)
Kris Gonzo & Dan Lewell (EC) beat Stan Simpson & Conrad Chambers
Match 2 (Swords of Fury)
Jordon Hadley & Steve Pagett (EC) beat Matt Vince & Lucy Vince
Match 3 (Guns & Roses)
Wayne Johns & Phoebe Lewell (EC) beat Clive Bush & Sarah Vince
Match 4 (Metallica)
Tim Thornton & Thomas Evrenos (PBR) beat Effie Lewell & Jim King
Electric Circus 6 – 6 Pinball Republic
Final Round – Singles
(1 player from each team in a best of 3 match. Each player choses one game, decider is random draw)
Match 1
Dan Lewell (EC) beat Ben Leigh 2-0
Match 2
Effie Lewell (EC) beat Robin Kemp 2-0
Match 3
Stan Simpson (PBR) beat Tobias Raiden 2-1
Match 4
Clive Bush (PBR) beat Jim King 2-0
Match 5
Phoebe Lewell (EC) beat Thomas Evrenos 2-1
Match 6
Wayne Johns (EC) beat Conrad Chambers 2-0
Match 7
Tim Thornton (PBR) beat Jay Bryan 2-0
Match 8
Matt Vince (PBR) beat Steve Pagett 2-1
Electric Circus 10 – 10 Pinball Republic
I would like to thank everyone involved for a fantastic day!! Bring on the re-match!!
A team from Pinball Republic London travelled up to take part in a friendly challenge match consisting of four rounds.
Foursomes, Split Flipper, Fourballs & Singles.
At the start of each round the captains and their teams went away to work on the pairings and submit them before machines were drawn at random.
Round 1 - Foursomes
(2 players from each team playing a 2 player, 4 ball game)
Match 1 (Space Station)
Phoebe Lewell & Effie Lewell (EC) beat Rayne Passmore & Robin Kemp
Match 2 (Simpsons Pinball Party)
Stan Simpson & Thomas Evrenos (PBR) beat Jordan Handley & Jay Bryan
Match 3 (Silverball Mania)
Jim King & Wayne Johns (EC) beat Diane Bush & Clive Bush
Match 4 (Led Zeppelin)
Matt Vince & Ben Leigh (PBR) beat Tobias Raiden & Joe McGee
Electric Circus 2 – 2 Pinball Republic
Round 2 – Split Flipper
(2 players from each team playing a 2 player game)
Match 1 (Silverball Mania)
Sarah Vince & Lucy Vince (PBR) beat Dan Lewell & Effie Lewell
Match 2 (Captain Fantastic)
Steve Pagett & Jordan Handley (EC) beat Conrad Chambers & Tim Thornton
Match 3 (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
Ben Leigh & Thomas Evrenos (PBR) beat Kris Gonzo & Jay Bryan
Match 4 (Mystic)
Robin Kemp & Diane Bush (PBR) beat Jim King & Joe McGee
Electric Circus 3 – 5 Pinball Rebublic
At this point the teams broke for lunch. Many thanks to the staff for putting on a great spread which was enjoyed by all!
Round 3 – Fourballs
(2 players from each team in a 4 player game. Scores added together to decide the win)
Match 1 (Star Wars Trilogy)
Kris Gonzo & Dan Lewell (EC) beat Stan Simpson & Conrad Chambers
Match 2 (Swords of Fury)
Jordon Hadley & Steve Pagett (EC) beat Matt Vince & Lucy Vince
Match 3 (Guns & Roses)
Wayne Johns & Phoebe Lewell (EC) beat Clive Bush & Sarah Vince
Match 4 (Metallica)
Tim Thornton & Thomas Evrenos (PBR) beat Effie Lewell & Jim King
Electric Circus 6 – 6 Pinball Republic
Final Round – Singles
(1 player from each team in a best of 3 match. Each player choses one game, decider is random draw)
Match 1
Dan Lewell (EC) beat Ben Leigh 2-0
Match 2
Effie Lewell (EC) beat Robin Kemp 2-0
Match 3
Stan Simpson (PBR) beat Tobias Raiden 2-1
Match 4
Clive Bush (PBR) beat Jim King 2-0
Match 5
Phoebe Lewell (EC) beat Thomas Evrenos 2-1
Match 6
Wayne Johns (EC) beat Conrad Chambers 2-0
Match 7
Tim Thornton (PBR) beat Jay Bryan 2-0
Match 8
Matt Vince (PBR) beat Steve Pagett 2-1
Electric Circus 10 – 10 Pinball Republic
I would like to thank everyone involved for a fantastic day!! Bring on the re-match!!
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Just wanted to add our thanks for a brilliant weekend.
Thanks to Steve and his band of helpers for hosting and the great food.
Thanks to Matt for organising.
Thanks to Chris for coming along and recording the event.
Congratulations to Roy on his win!
Well done to all the winners (especially Lucy Vince!).
Top Top weekend with lots of laughs. Pinball folk are really the nicest bunch of people.
Looking forward to more ICC away weekends and to hosting at Pinball Republic!
Di and Clive
Thanks to Steve and his band of helpers for hosting and the great food.
Thanks to Matt for organising.
Thanks to Chris for coming along and recording the event.
Congratulations to Roy on his win!
Well done to all the winners (especially Lucy Vince!).
Top Top weekend with lots of laughs. Pinball folk are really the nicest bunch of people.
Looking forward to more ICC away weekends and to hosting at Pinball Republic!
Di and Clive
Wow, way to go Roy, very many congrats on your first win (afaik).
And to Lucy for 4th - incredible
And to Lucy for 4th - incredible
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Thanks everyone for a great weekend. The guys cant wait for the return match . Amazed to see some of them make AM on a Saturday!
Just putting this out there, could something like this be done at Pinfest between the different regional leagues, time permitting of course.
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I was thinking the same but when would you fit it in?
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isn't it called the regional finals?
I did wonder the same thing Ian. The split flipper and 4 balls were so much fun. Trouble is that Wayne & Paul are probably snowed under anyway.
Genotime
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Add a day to pinfest
No, that’s the usual A/B division league finals. What I’m on about is the Ryder Cup type thing in this thread as a separate thing.
Basically the silly bu@@ers team event
If we could get 4 teams/clubs together (EC, PBR, SWL + Homeless Northerners??) we could quite easily fit 2 semis on the Saturday, followed by the final and 3rd/4th place on the Sunday. Make a whole weekend of 'just for fun' pinball with no WPPR pts anywhere to be seen.
Maybe something for further in the future, once we've had a few rounds of club vs club.
Maybe Pinball Office if @Hiltoncriss can convince Pete to go to Pinfest 
2005/06 there was something like this with teams.
To do it properly definitely would be best as a one-off weekend as I can't see how we could fit it in at Pinfest unless there was the extra day like Phil suggested as a possibiity for future.
Would be more fun if we had four clubs - PR, EC, SWL and Pinball Office? all playing against each other eg one player each on a four player game etc along with some head to head games between two clubs but all clubs play against each other rather than having semis and a final. You could then have a final for the two top clubs after this qualifying/league phase.
Would be more fun if we had four clubs - PR, EC, SWL and Pinball Office? all playing against each other eg one player each on a four player game etc along with some head to head games between two clubs but all clubs play against each other rather than having semis and a final. You could then have a final for the two top clubs after this qualifying/league phase.
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I have a 3/4 team format all ready to go! It can be a single day event still too. If we have enough interest after these initial matches to prove the concept then i'll be setting it up.
Firstly, I like to (belatedly) thank everyone involved in organising and running the event last weekend at Electric Circus, including, but not limited to @Matt Vince for organising, @steve brum for hosting, @Gonzo for filming, and everyone who attended and made it truly a great weekend to remember.
I took a few photos of the ICC on the Saturday and have finally got round to sorting them from the camera and uploading to my FlickR account.
Both of these links should work:
Link 1
Link 2
There are 118 hi-res photos, and you're welcome to download any you want to your PC using the down arrow when displaying a photo.
I've included a few lower resolution ones below, and will post some on the PBR facebook page when I work out how!
I tried to get at least one photo of everyone, so apologies if I missed anyone.
Looking forward very much to the next one!
I took a few photos of the ICC on the Saturday and have finally got round to sorting them from the camera and uploading to my FlickR account.
Both of these links should work:
Link 1
Link 2
There are 118 hi-res photos, and you're welcome to download any you want to your PC using the down arrow when displaying a photo.
I've included a few lower resolution ones below, and will post some on the PBR facebook page when I work out how!
I tried to get at least one photo of everyone, so apologies if I missed anyone.
Looking forward very much to the next one!
OP
OP
Great pics Conrad! Top work that man
great pics. thanks
I seem to be giving Matt the evil stare on Swords of Fury - more worried about it breaking down to be fair!
OP
OP
IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!
Pinball Republic will be hosting Special When Lit in the next ICC match on Saturday July 9th!
Pinball Republic will be hosting Special When Lit in the next ICC match on Saturday July 9th!
Looking forward to this and seeing you guys soon……
Got any team news yet Matt?…..
Cheers Keef
Got any team news yet Matt?…..
Cheers Keef