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Welsh Pinball Weekend 2017

Will you be attending?

  • Yes - one day

    Votes: 1 10.0%

  • Yes - both days

    Votes: 10 100.0%

  • Supply a Pinball?

    Votes: 4 40.0%

  • Not attending

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    10
  • Poll closed .
Would like to echo my thanks to Dave and Linda for yet another great weekend of pinball, Thank You.
Also to the pin loaders and all who helped out to make the weekend possible.
Fantastic weekend apart from breaking down on the way back home and I'm still now trying to sort out getting to work this week while the van is getting repaired.
Sorry to hear it might be the last but Shaun might be able to take the reins next year to continue the Welsh comp.
More drinking time eh Dave.
 
Here are the results of The Welsh Classic held on Saturday.
1. Federico Dominguez
2. Tom Fletcher
3. Don Gauld
4. Kevin Donovan
5. Mike Parkins
6. Darren Ball
7. Krzysztof Gwiazda
8. Nick Marshall
9. Lynda Willcox
10. Helmut Lagenbruch
11. Chris Poibug Williams
12. Greg Mott
13. Dan Williams
14. Emma Oliver
15. Dave Willcox
16. Alex Willcox

All 12 non qualifiers are equal 17th.
Alex was top in Qualifying...
Federico will retain the Dave Rolfe memorial shield.
Best Lady was Lynda and best junior (under 18) went to Dan Wallace.
 
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Here are the results of The Welsh Pinball Cup held on the Sunday. All DMD Pinballs.

1. Nick Marshall
2. Dan Wallace
3. Krzysztof Gwiazda
4. Don Gauld
5. Greg Mott
6. Alex Willcox
7. Dan Williams
8. Federico Dominguez
9. Helmut Lagenbruch
10. Ian Wallace
11. Csaba Orosz
12. Mike Kindler
13. Mike Parkins
14. Shaun Harvey
15. Tom Fletcher
16. Sandor Orosz

All non qualifiers are equal 17th. The positions were extremely close and one or two bad games made all the difference.

Ladies.
Very close between all 6, but Monika Brzezinska finished 1st.
Junior ( under 18) went to Dan Wallace (14) and second place to Phoebe Lewell (9)
 
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ChrisH said:
Went up on the Saturday only and had a great time - great selection of machines and even got my first initials on a game :) (I'm sure it was reset to defaults as the P4 score I got wasn't amazing, but it was still a first! for me!)
Would be a shame to find a great event locally to me now only to find it was the last :(
Good venue too, easy to find, easy to park, beer in both rooms.
With a view to pricing - I'm always amazed at generally how cheap these shows, and the leagues, are - £7? for a whole day of games - Personally I'd pay at least twice that and still feel it was a bargain!
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Thanks for comments. Some people thought it was expensive... cocks.
If you need Pinball tech work then I have customers in Sheepscombe and Nailsworth.
Dave
 
The last has eventually left the Olive Tree.

Very good feedback from its owner, Andrew.

He even contributed for ideas (for next time...)

Hope you all enjoyed the venue? He has 166 bookings so far this year including 33 weddings.
 
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PinballDaze said:
The last has eventually left the Olive Tree.

Very good feedback from its owner, Andrew.

He even contributed for ideas (for next time...)

Hope you all enjoyed the venue? He has 166 bookings so far this year including 33 weddings.
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Venue was fine,just needs more real ale
 
The Welsh Gaming Weekend 2017 is finally over. Last 10 pinballs collected and now dropped off with their owners.
Will be following up with the Thank You stuff and starting a report.
 

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It's bloody typical that I'm down that way one weekend too late :(... At an adventure motorcycle event this weekend at a place called Ystradgynlais on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. Ah well... maybe another time :thumbs:
 
We had an excellent weekend in Cwmbran, South Wales
for the Welsh Classic on Saturday and the Welsh
Pinball Cup on Sunday.
The event plans started in April 2016 and found and
booked the Olive Tree in September. The date was
booked around helpers shifts, but was soon clashed
with two bigger European competitions.
Events like these wouldn't happen if people didn't
offer to help in any way. Entering and paying
before helped alot, machine pledges etc. We
advertised twice on BBC Wales Radio and with local
flyers. We didn't get that many public and we don't
know why?
So would like to start thanking certain people.
Pledgers. Dan & Phoebe Lewell for 3 Pinballs, Ian &
Dan Wallace for 3 Pinballs, Kev Donovan for 3
Pinballs, Simon White for 4 Pinballs, Mike
Kindler,Mike Parkins and Helmut Lagenbruch for
theirs too. Darren for the Fishtales. Poibug for
tech work.
Special thanks to Ed Emms for the endless van trips
and the Pinball lumping.
Also, the guys who stayed on to help fold down,
Kevin Donovan, Dan Williams, Don Gauld and Tom
Fletcher. Very much appreciated.
Need to thank my son Alex for all his work before
the event to set up the console section, borrowing
tv's, buying extra controllers and putting the
venue back to normal.
Deb for flyer design.
Thanks to my sister who put up with my storage
requests and looking after loaned machines.
Of course, Lynda for everything she does that I
take for granted and who had to put up with me
before, during and after.
Thanks to Greg for the Scoring template and
apologies that we didn't use it (lesson learned)
Also thanks to Andrew Thomas, Romain and Kim Wilde.
Apologies if I missed anyone out.

Dave.
 
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