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Dynamo sponsors $15,000
U.S. open table soccer tourney
The Holiday Inn , Minneapolis,
was the site of the 1985 $15,000 U.S.
Open Table Soccer Championships
sponsored by Dynamo Corp. of
Richland Hill , Texas. About 200
players from around the country
participated in the April four-day
event.
The 1985 U.S. Open Champs in Open Doubles, Ricky Be nitez and Larry
Ch esbrough, proudly display their trophies.
(Right clockwise) Larry Chesbrough and Rick Benitez, who won the 1985 U.S.
Open Championship, are shown with 1984 World Champions,
Don Chalifoux and Tony Bacon .
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Thirty new Dynamo tables were
provided courtesy of Lieberm an
Music Co.
In the Open Doubles, Rick
Benitez from Tampa, Florida , and
Larry Chesbrough from Portland ,
Oregon, battled the current world
champions, Tony Bacon and Don
Chalifoux, in an exciting two-set
finals. Benitez and Chesbrough,
who are sponsored by Tampa-based
Hots Subs and Games, won trophies ,
jackets, and $2,000 for their victory.
Bacon and Chalifoux pocketed
$1 ,000 for second . Third place and
$600 went to two of Denver ,
Colorado's finest, Tom Spear and
Bob Maloney.
Florida pro and past world
champion in Singles, Johnny Horton,
took fi rst in both the Singles and the
Mixed D oubles events. Horton ,
who is sponsored by Indoor Sports
in Fort Lauderdale, took $800 cash
for his Singles victory. Jack Lenty
from Vancouver, Washington, placed
second, winning $400. Third place
and $240 went to Mark Rudnicki of
Colorado.
In Mixed Doubles, it was Horton
and partner Tami Grabher from
Denver over Seatt le's Julie Sims and
Tony Bacon in the finals. Third place
went to Frank Garbuglio from Ohio
and Tiffany Southwick from Chicago.
In Women 's Doubles, Julie Sims
teamed up with Chris Brazel , also
from Seattle , to take first place,
defeating past world champions
Tina Rhoton and Tami Grab her from
Denver. Third place went to Jill
Sh ip ley from Dallas and Barbari
Besenyi f rom Tucson.
In Women's Singles, Rhoton
beat Sims in the final match. Third
place went to Kathy Brainard of
Spokane, Washington.
The Midwest made a strong
showing in the Novice events. In
Novice Doubles, Don Pfleiderer and
Joe Erickson hom Minneapolis
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