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The 2016 Festive Pinball Gathering

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FRIDAY 9TH, SATURDAY 10TH & SUNDAY 11TH DECEMBER 2016

FRIDAY 9TH DECEMBER, 18:30-22:00

Social gathering on Friday night for those who want an early start to the weekend.

Normal Special When Lit entry fee applies: £5 per person, £3 for children under 16.

SATURDAY 10TH DECEMBER, 12:00-19:00
The Festive Classics will be held on Saturday in conjunction with/alongside the Special When Lit League. Both the Classics and League are open for everyone to play in.

For those who don't feel competitive and would rather not participate in the League and/or the Classics then all remaining machines will be available to play. Normal Special When Lit entry fee applies: £5 per person, £3 for children under 16.

FESTIVE CLASSIC TOURNAMENT – Qualifying 12:00 – 15:30; Knockout games 15:30 – 19:00 when possible during SWL league play.
All classic games will be on 3 balls with no extra balls. You will play one qualifying game on five of the six available classic machines. The top 16 qualifiers will advance to head-to-head play in a 'best of five' games match. The top eight players will then play 'best of five' matches to find the top four players. These players will play 'best of five' matches to find the top two players who will then play a 'best of five' match to find the winner.

SWL LEAGUE – Starts 13:00 for 12 rounds. Finish around 18:00
All league games will be on 4 balls with no extra balls. There will be 12 rounds head to head play on random machines against random opponents. In the event of odd numbers a bye counts as a win. This will complete the league season and prizes will be presented afterwards, may be after the classics have finished. Players are to record the result as soon as it is known and vacate the machine ASAP.

NOTE: There will be no practice on machines in the Classic tournaments but you are free to practice on any other machine. Social players will be asked to vacate a machine if it is selected for a league game.

COST
Social visit (no league or classic participation) – £5 per person, £3 for children under 16.

Festive Classic Tournament – £5 per person, £3 for children under 16.
SWL League – £5 per person, £3 for children under 16.

SUNDAY 11TH DECEMBER, 11:00-18:00

FESTIVE PINBALL GATHERING TOURNAMENT
All games will be on 3 balls with no extra balls. You will play one qualifying game on eight machines. The top 16 qualifiers will advance to head-to-head play in a 'best of five' games match. The top eight players will then play 'best of five' matches to find the top four players. These players will play 'best of five' matches to find the top two players who will then play a 'best of five' match to find the winner.

There will be a 30 minute practice whilst people are registering. Play to start at 11:30am, qualifying to be completed by 3:30pm, when the knockout will start.

COST
£10 per person, £5 for children under 16.

REGISTRATION
Please email peter@specialwhenlit.co.uk to confirm your attendance.

Entry is limited to a maximum of 52 people on each day.

EXPECTED MACHINES (SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY)
Attack From Mars
Avatar
Avengers LE
Black Knight
Catcus Canyon Continued
Genesis
Medieval Madness
Metallica Master Of The Puppets LE
Monster Bash
NBA Fastbreak
Pink Panther
Scared Stiff
Space Hawks
Spirit
Terminator 2
The Amazing Spider-man
The Getaway: High Speed 2
The Simpsons Pinball Party
Theatre Of Magic
Transformers Combo LE
Tron:Legacy
Twilight Zone (3rd Magnet Installed)
Whitewater


Address: Unit 5, Loyal Trade Business Park, Stephenson Road, Salisbury SP2 7NS.

A map and directions can be found here (seeing as @Paul still hasn't got the map function working yet):

The usual nibbles, tea, coffee and water are free of charge. Any items from the fridge must be paid for - eg. cans of fizzy drink and chocolate, etc.

These are not for profit events for supporters of Special When Lit that help raise funds to keep Special When Lit open.
 
Hi Peter, looking forward to it, always one to look forward to around xmas. Can you add me to the list for both days, Cheers Craig
 
With 4 weeks to go Saturday is approaching half full with 21 entries and Sunday has a bit of catching up to do with 16 entries... :cool:
 
Nick where are you staying?

The Wetherspoons Kings Head (where you stayed for the last weekend event?).

I booked it directly via the wetherspoons website as that showed availability when others didn't & also has a cancellation at no cost up to noon on day of arrival (not that I'm planning to cancel!)
 
Drinking, and plenty to oogle at, girls in party dresses :oops:
 
Just a day or two away, depending on if you arrive on Friday or Saturday.

At this time the numbers are 32 for Saturday and 29 for Sunday.

Unfortunately NBA Fastbreak is out... In it's place is:

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Many thanks Peter and Moira for hosting yet another fun Christmas event. Enjoyed it very much thank you!

Highlights for me.......

Catching up with some people I haven't seen in what seems like ages.

Mike winning the classics!

Great machines (as usual).... not played Robocop before...not too sure I want to play it again really..but that's just my personal taste :)

Have a great Christmas everyone!

Ivan/Belinda & 'the teenager'
 
Yeah many thanks to Peter, Moira and Hilary for providing another fun weekend of pinball.

Well played Mike for an amazing weekend all round, Rich on another win and Kev on a well deserved head to head victory.
 
Thank you to everyone who came and supported the Festive Pinball Gathering. :clap:

Here is Saturday's League Result, congratulation to Rich, Greg and Peter for tying in first place.:cool:

1=, Rich Mallett
1=, Greg Mott
1=, Peter Blakemore
4=, Lynda Willcox
4=, Tom Fletcher
4=, Paul Owen
4=, Andrew Shillabeer
8=, Kevin Donovan
8=, Thomas Evrenos
8=, David Mainwaring
8=, Tim Thornton
8=, Nick Hamill
8=, Lukasz Dziewulski
8=, Nick Baxter-Sibley
8=, Tim Slow
16=, Andrew Wilson
16=, Ed Duckworth
16=, Ivan Miles
16=, Vin Jauhal
20=, Dave Willcox
2o=, Moira Ross
2o=, Hilary Hector
20=, Nick Hill
24 Geoff Barnes
25=, Joyce Steele
25=, Paul Steele
 
Here are Saturday's Classics Results, congratulation to Mike Kindler on his maiden win! :clap:

1 Mike Kindler
2 David Mainwaring
3 Craig Pullen
4= Kevin Donovan
4= Peter Blakemore
4= Martin Ayub
7= Greg Mott
7= Ivan Miles
7= Matt Vince
7= Andrew Wilson
7= Andrew Shillabeer
7= Neil Fellender
13 Lukasz Dziewulski
14 Thomas Evrenos
15 Tom Fletcher
16 Rich Mallett
17 Paul Owen
18 Dave Willcox
19 Vin Jauhal
20 Nick Hamill
21 Tim Thornton
22 Nick Baxter-Sibley
23 Tim Slow
24 Moira Ross
25 Hilary Hector
26 Lynda Willcox
 
Here are Sunday's Main Tournament Results, congratulation to Rich Mallett on his win, with Mike Kindler capping a great weekend with second and Tim Raison in his first final taking a well deserve third place after finishing top in qualifying. :clap:

1 Rich Mallett
2 Mike Kindler
3 Tim Raison
4 Tom Fletcher
5 Kevin Donovan
6 David Mainwaring
7= Jayne Raison
7= Andrew Wilson
7= Greg Mott
10 Martin Ayub
11= Tim Thornton
11= Ivan Miles
13 Thomas Evrenos
14 Dawn Raison
15 Peter Blakemore
16 Lynda Willcox
17 Vin Jauhal
18 Nick Baxter-Sibley
19 Dan Young
20 Anne Raison
21 Nick Hamill
22 Emily Raison
23 Hilary Hector
24 Dave Willcox
25 Moira Ross
 
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