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The Finals Day at

AMF Bowling, North Strathfield, Sydney

Nov 6, 2011

Peter Menzel - The Winner

takes home the first prize, TRON Limited Edition

Gary Stern, Peter Menzel (The Winner) , Bruce Colbourne

Gary Stern, Frank Giese (2nd Place), Bruce Colbourne

Gary Stern, Mark Williams (3rd Place), Bruce Colbourne

Bruce Colbourne, Gary Stern, Peter Menzel, Norbert Snicer

Legendary Richard Rhodes (front) and Daniel Figgis (on his left)

The competition ran under the watchful eyes of six referees in the pink NRL (Rugby League) referee shirts headed by Luke Phillips, ex NRL player and professional NRL referee.

Norbert enters the scores to the computer and everything is double checked by Narayana and Jenny

An expert player and the defending champion (1992)  David Crain

Peter Menzel (The Champion) with his partner Chrysanthe looks totally focused here.

Easy to spot the referees in the NRL referee pink shirts.

Bruce Colbourne making sure that the comp runs smoothly,

calling out the names of players next to play appearing on the screen.

The business gets more serious in the second round , the finalist are checking the scores on the screen opposite the pinballs.

All finalists played two rounds, the second round was played on four machines only.

Gary Stern enjoying the spirit of this event. The consensus was, the comp ran smoothly and everyone had great time.

Youtube Video courtesy of Rod Brooks (Pinball People Pty Ltd)

Thank you all  below who kindly made these photos and the video available.

Rod Brooks

Chrysanthe

Daniel Robar

Paul Hornitzky