Edmonton Foosball

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Comment by Will Stranks on February 5, 2009 at 2:31pm

Hello Edmonton Foosball players:

First of all, I would like to thank the managers of Gateway Entertainment Center and the Players of the current scene that I have talked to already about this for supporting this idea and helping this announcement become a reality. The tables that are going in to Gateway Entertainment are the newest and best Tornado tables available completely upgraded to the ITSF specifications.

We have come to an agreement with Gateway Entertainment Center (3414 - Gateway Blvd) on running a league. Tuesday Feb. 17th will be the official League Kick-Off night for a weekly tournament, run by Tournament Co-directors, Will Stranks and Chad Spencer.

We have already put a lot of work into this, and are very excited about the future of Foosball in Edmonton. Every Tuesday we will be having a tournament, the events will change throughout the month in an attempt to keep everyone happy. Each Tuesday the registration is $5 per player.

1st Tuesday of each month: Expert Doubles and OPEN DYP
2nd Tuesday of each month: Beginner Doubles and BYP **
3rd Tuesday of each month: Expert Singles and No 2 Expert DYP*
4th Tuesday of each month: Beginner Singles and BYP **

For the No 2 expert DYP there will be a seeded draw, the top half of players will each be drawn with the bottom half of players
For the BYP any two players can play together, no rules surrounding that

Seeding will initially be done by the tournament director for the first month. After that it will be based on points.

Points will be calculated for all events based on the Netfoos.com structure. I can assure you that this is a fair way of calculating points and it ensures that the best players accumulate the most points. Netfoos.com tracks everyones player stats such as head to head results, winning percentage, top 3 tournament finishes, ect. All tournament brackets are provided by Netfoos and netfoos.com will also be providing additional prizes such as T-shirts etc.

Gateway Entertainment Center is going to be helping in many ways. First of all, they are adding weekly prizes in the form of bar tabs proportionate to the amount of players that attend. The bar tab can be used on Food or Drinks. Gateway is advertising our league on the radio, on the big screens in the bowling area at Gateway, and printing off several color print fliers for distribution around the city. We will be putting the fliers up at local Colleges, Universities, and other foosball locations if possible. Gateway has also talked to several beverage companies that are eager to work with us for prizes. Gateway will also provide every member of our league with a Gateway Gold Card, which entitles you to 15% off at the center at all times.

After reading this you are probably wondering what you have to do to be a part of this league. Just show up on time for registration. Registration begins at 6:30 every Tuesday and closes at 7:30. The first match will be called at 7:30.

All prizes and payouts will be announced before any matches have been played, and will be determined in as fair of a way as possible.

If we have too many people then we can either cancel one event or make the beginner event single elimination and best of 1. For the big event(DYP or BYP) it will be double elimination and best of 3.

While many of the previous points have already been agreed to with Gateway Entertainment Center, we are very open to suggestions. We want players to know that we have two main goals in mind when running this league.

1. Give the existing player base in Edmonton a location with the best setting possible and a weekly tournament to play in.
2. Grow the player base in Edmonton by recruiting beginners and new players.

We would also like to take this opportunity to request that any complaints or problems that the local Pro’s and top players here be sent via E-mail to will_stranks@hotmail.com or Edmontonfoosball@gmail.com. Please also feel free to post any suggestions or questions on this board as we will be sure to answer questions in an open manner.

Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the Kick-Off Event on Tuesday, Feb. 17th!

Comment by Greg Ustina on October 13, 2008 at 4:06pm

Is that ever a nice bike!!!