Play Meter
Issue: 1985 November 01 - Vol 11 Num 20 - Page 11
Dynamo sponsors
world championship
A1 Kress. left presJdent of Coin Machine Distributors. talks with Ron GeUan. center.
Weyman Entertamment and Murray Panitz. r ight Just Fun.
both New York operators at the new products show
Coin Machine
Distributors hosts show
Coin Machine Distributors. Inc ..
held its annual new products show in
early October at its headquarters In
Elmsford. N .Y. Approximately 160
operat ors attended the show. viewing
new products from Rowe. Nintendo.
Sega. and other manufacturers.
The aU-day show coincides with
the introduction of the new Rowe AMI
jukebox and showcases other new
products.
Representatives from a number of
manufacturers were in attendance.
including Rowe International. Nin-
tendo. United Billiards. Merit Indus-
tries. Magic Electronics. Atari. and
cthe~
•
Pac-Man video game and children
brought 25 cents each day to play the
game during a designated time. w:th
all proceeds going to the famine relief
campaign. Parents and teachers were
responsive to the program
The Powells are encouraging other
operators to set up similar programs in
their children's schools and welcome
any questions Anyone interested may
contact !ham at (916) 925- 1658.
•
Over 500 table soccer play:ers from
the US .. Canada. and Europe met in
Dallas for the 1985 Dynamo $40.000
World Championship of Table Soccer
held August 30 through September 2
at the Hyatt Regency Dallas.
Dynamo vice president of sales
and marketing. Mark Struhs. welcomed
all players and introduced them to
distributors. including: Jim Frye of
Brady Distributing. Jim Femella and
Rick Rochetti of Bally Midwest. Dave
Meyers of Belson Enterprises. and Bob
Donnelly of Bally Northeast.
Seventy new Dynamo soccer tables
were utilized in the I 7 categories of
play tor professionals and novices.
The biggest event was the open
doubles category which ottered
$5.000 tor first place and drew I 01
teams. The novice doubles category
listed 1 03 teams vying tor two new
Dynamo tables as top prize The inter-
mediate category . limited pro
doubles. had a first place prize of
$2.000 and listed 72 teams competing.
Never before in the 15-year history
of the pro hour has one player made it
to the finals in all three pro division
events: open doubles. open singles.
and mixed doubles. This year two
players reached the finals : Tony
Bacon of Seattle. Washington. and
Johnny Horton of Tampa. Florida.
Sacramento operator
sponsors fund raiser
C&L Mt.:sic and Games ot Sacra-
mento. Calif.. joined with Kiddie
Kampus nursery school to sponsor a
fund raising activity for the American
Red Cross African famine relief cam-
pain this summer
Cmdy and Larry Powell of C&L
worked with Marta Suarez of the
nursery school to increase children's
awareness of needy children in Africa .
The Powell's son Ryan attends Kiddie
Kampus.
The Powells loaned the school a
PLAY METER. November 1. 1985
New world champions in table soccer mixed doubles are Johnny Horton and
Tma Rhoton (center) They competed in the !mal against
Tony Bacon and JodJ Wittenberg.
11
world championship
A1 Kress. left presJdent of Coin Machine Distributors. talks with Ron GeUan. center.
Weyman Entertamment and Murray Panitz. r ight Just Fun.
both New York operators at the new products show
Coin Machine
Distributors hosts show
Coin Machine Distributors. Inc ..
held its annual new products show in
early October at its headquarters In
Elmsford. N .Y. Approximately 160
operat ors attended the show. viewing
new products from Rowe. Nintendo.
Sega. and other manufacturers.
The aU-day show coincides with
the introduction of the new Rowe AMI
jukebox and showcases other new
products.
Representatives from a number of
manufacturers were in attendance.
including Rowe International. Nin-
tendo. United Billiards. Merit Indus-
tries. Magic Electronics. Atari. and
cthe~
•
Pac-Man video game and children
brought 25 cents each day to play the
game during a designated time. w:th
all proceeds going to the famine relief
campaign. Parents and teachers were
responsive to the program
The Powells are encouraging other
operators to set up similar programs in
their children's schools and welcome
any questions Anyone interested may
contact !ham at (916) 925- 1658.
•
Over 500 table soccer play:ers from
the US .. Canada. and Europe met in
Dallas for the 1985 Dynamo $40.000
World Championship of Table Soccer
held August 30 through September 2
at the Hyatt Regency Dallas.
Dynamo vice president of sales
and marketing. Mark Struhs. welcomed
all players and introduced them to
distributors. including: Jim Frye of
Brady Distributing. Jim Femella and
Rick Rochetti of Bally Midwest. Dave
Meyers of Belson Enterprises. and Bob
Donnelly of Bally Northeast.
Seventy new Dynamo soccer tables
were utilized in the I 7 categories of
play tor professionals and novices.
The biggest event was the open
doubles category which ottered
$5.000 tor first place and drew I 01
teams. The novice doubles category
listed 1 03 teams vying tor two new
Dynamo tables as top prize The inter-
mediate category . limited pro
doubles. had a first place prize of
$2.000 and listed 72 teams competing.
Never before in the 15-year history
of the pro hour has one player made it
to the finals in all three pro division
events: open doubles. open singles.
and mixed doubles. This year two
players reached the finals : Tony
Bacon of Seattle. Washington. and
Johnny Horton of Tampa. Florida.
Sacramento operator
sponsors fund raiser
C&L Mt.:sic and Games ot Sacra-
mento. Calif.. joined with Kiddie
Kampus nursery school to sponsor a
fund raising activity for the American
Red Cross African famine relief cam-
pain this summer
Cmdy and Larry Powell of C&L
worked with Marta Suarez of the
nursery school to increase children's
awareness of needy children in Africa .
The Powell's son Ryan attends Kiddie
Kampus.
The Powells loaned the school a
PLAY METER. November 1. 1985
New world champions in table soccer mixed doubles are Johnny Horton and
Tma Rhoton (center) They competed in the !mal against
Tony Bacon and JodJ Wittenberg.
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