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This is the scariest part of the whole event for me. The credits post. Terrified I may miss someone but here goes!
Firstly....wow. Just wow. What a fantastic event. Exhausting as usual but fantastic.
Financially, things are good. No need to worry about that this year. A combination of fewer transport costs, no start up costs, the hotel doing a bit of a deal, Steve Brum allowing us to sell his merchandise and donating the money to the event and Scottish Pinball for raising funds through the NBA comp.
The people involved in all of this are just soooo passionate. I may head up the event but it's all the others that deserve the credit over the entire weekend. Everyone works so hard to make this happen.
OK.....Peter Davies the electrician. Tremendous support. Not only does he sort the electrics for the event, he also donates machines. His wife Helen is also heavily involved setting up.
Daz Ball, Poibug, Dave Sibson and Simon Hook on the maintenance team. No job too big or too small. Always at hand. Andy Netherwood of Pinballmania was also always at hand to assist in repairs. They never stop. Tremendous support.
Streaming by Tim, Neil, James and Phil. Special stand out mention for Tim. I would go to the point of saying your streaming is borderline obsessive
Soooo professional and passionate.
The main UKPinfest competition headed up by Wayne with tremendous support from Paul Garner. Many others involved in the scoring including my team of staff, Pauline, Graeme and Jen. Ran so smoothly. A slight hiccup at the start with the software but they had a backup plan as true professionals do. And Wayne also headed up the league finals. Hats off to you man!
The other competitions run by Neil, Scottish Pinball and James. Stall ball was bouncing on Saturday night. That was the point I believe I peaked during the event.......NBA was hugely popular on Sunday and superbly organised by Colin, Ailsa, Chris, Tracy and Daz Ball.
The machine donators. Without machines, we wouldn't have a pinball event. A special mention to Scottish Pinball, Chris and Tracy Edis. Travelling all the way from Dundee which also involved a breakdown causing them hours of a delay. It hasn't seemed to dampen their spirits though as I believe they're up for the event next year! Another special mention to Ad Jonker and The Pinball Amigos bringing four machines from The Netherlands.
My partner Pauline and friends Graeme, Jen, John and Liz. Pauline has to put up with me constantly working on NERG and UKPinfest in my spare time. Never bats an eyelid. She, as well as my friends, work tirelessly all weekend. From setting up to packing up. They give up their spare time for me and strangely, have a great time!
And finally, thanks to Paul on the forum. Such a shame you couldn't be there this year. Most of the show is coordinated and planned on here. Thank you.
And we forgot to do the pinball donators draw! I still have the goodies from Stern. I'll sort something out.
Everything ran so smoothly and lots of people thanked me and friends on the way out.
The highlight of my weekend was walking(staggering) out into the courtyard late on Saturday evening and seeing 50+ people sitting chatting, laughing and having a fantastic time. Makes it all worthwhile. Thank you all for your support.
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Need to add thanks to @Sven Normansson & @Wayne J for starting the ball rolling on the home brew section. Also thanks to @Mooseman for the Addams chair which was very popular.
Also need to thank @ianw and Dan. They purchased VIP tickets but mucked in and helped unload pins and setup.
Firstly....wow. Just wow. What a fantastic event. Exhausting as usual but fantastic.
Financially, things are good. No need to worry about that this year. A combination of fewer transport costs, no start up costs, the hotel doing a bit of a deal, Steve Brum allowing us to sell his merchandise and donating the money to the event and Scottish Pinball for raising funds through the NBA comp.
The people involved in all of this are just soooo passionate. I may head up the event but it's all the others that deserve the credit over the entire weekend. Everyone works so hard to make this happen.
OK.....Peter Davies the electrician. Tremendous support. Not only does he sort the electrics for the event, he also donates machines. His wife Helen is also heavily involved setting up.
Daz Ball, Poibug, Dave Sibson and Simon Hook on the maintenance team. No job too big or too small. Always at hand. Andy Netherwood of Pinballmania was also always at hand to assist in repairs. They never stop. Tremendous support.
Streaming by Tim, Neil, James and Phil. Special stand out mention for Tim. I would go to the point of saying your streaming is borderline obsessive
Soooo professional and passionate.The main UKPinfest competition headed up by Wayne with tremendous support from Paul Garner. Many others involved in the scoring including my team of staff, Pauline, Graeme and Jen. Ran so smoothly. A slight hiccup at the start with the software but they had a backup plan as true professionals do. And Wayne also headed up the league finals. Hats off to you man!
The other competitions run by Neil, Scottish Pinball and James. Stall ball was bouncing on Saturday night. That was the point I believe I peaked during the event.......NBA was hugely popular on Sunday and superbly organised by Colin, Ailsa, Chris, Tracy and Daz Ball.
The machine donators. Without machines, we wouldn't have a pinball event. A special mention to Scottish Pinball, Chris and Tracy Edis. Travelling all the way from Dundee which also involved a breakdown causing them hours of a delay. It hasn't seemed to dampen their spirits though as I believe they're up for the event next year! Another special mention to Ad Jonker and The Pinball Amigos bringing four machines from The Netherlands.
My partner Pauline and friends Graeme, Jen, John and Liz. Pauline has to put up with me constantly working on NERG and UKPinfest in my spare time. Never bats an eyelid. She, as well as my friends, work tirelessly all weekend. From setting up to packing up. They give up their spare time for me and strangely, have a great time!
And finally, thanks to Paul on the forum. Such a shame you couldn't be there this year. Most of the show is coordinated and planned on here. Thank you.
And we forgot to do the pinball donators draw! I still have the goodies from Stern. I'll sort something out.
Everything ran so smoothly and lots of people thanked me and friends on the way out.
The highlight of my weekend was walking(staggering) out into the courtyard late on Saturday evening and seeing 50+ people sitting chatting, laughing and having a fantastic time. Makes it all worthwhile. Thank you all for your support.
Edit: -
Need to add thanks to @Sven Normansson & @Wayne J for starting the ball rolling on the home brew section. Also thanks to @Mooseman for the Addams chair which was very popular.
Also need to thank @ianw and Dan. They purchased VIP tickets but mucked in and helped unload pins and setup.
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Really enjoyed it. Pinball room wasn't as hot as I was fearing. Super well organised. No complaints at all. Hotel stay Sat night was great too - nice having event in same hotel as room. Looking forward to next year already. Thank you to all that made it possible. Massive appreciation to those that provide their own machines.
) and meeting some amazing new people.
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