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singles; and Eric Shoaf-Enge, goalie
war.
The tournament was co-sponsored
by Dynamo Corp. and Major Events, a
promotional firm specializing in large
tournaments. Major Events will co-
sponsor the 1986 Dynamo Table
Soccer Tour, which will run from
March through November and
includes major tournaments in Atlan-
tic City, Minneapolis, Las Vegas, and
Dallas as well as more than 30
regional tournaments.
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Videoboxes used
in rock tour
Bill Murphy (left can tar), Coin Acceptors assistant vice president of marketing, presents
the Coinco 1985 Distributor of the Year Award to Dick Fleming, president of Capitol
Vending. Murphy and Fleming are flanked by Capitol sales representatives (from left)
Jack Sargeant Judy Chapman, Angie Langham, and Jerry Nostrand.
Award for producing the largest sales
volume of Coinco equipment for 1985.
The award was presented to Dick
Fleming, Capitol Vending president
by Bill Murphy, Coin Acceptors assis-
tant vice president of marketing, in a
ceremony at Capitol 's facility in
Indianapolis.
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Bally companies pick
Birmingham Vending
Birmingham Vending Co. has
been named distributor for Bally Sente
and Bally Midway in Florida . The firm
will distribute Bally Sente products in
all Florida except counties in the
state's panhandle and will handle
Bally Midway sales and service for the
entire state.
Birmingham Vending is a 55-year-
old distributorship located at 540 2nd
Ave. North, Birmingham, Ala. The
company's toll-free telephone num-
ber is 1-800-238-8363.
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Rhoton teamed with Gregg Perrie
of Los Angeles to defeat Larry
Chesbrough and Ricky Benitez for the
national title and $3,000 in prize
money. With partner Kathy Brainard
of Spokane, Wash., Rhoton also won
the women's doubles title.
Other winners included Johnny
Valles of Phoenix, open singles; Julie
Sims of Seattle, women's singles; Tony
Bacon and Sonja Bowers, mixed
doubles; Mitch Jang and Pete Vicze of
Vancouver, B.C., novice doubles;
Mohammed Aburabia, novice
Pepsi Cola is sponsoring a tour of
videos and memorabilia on the top
stars of the 50s through the 80s. Walk
Through Entertaiment of Denver,
Colo., is presenting the display and
expects it to play in every major U.S.
city and be seen by about five million
people.
Walk Through Entertainment has a
long-term exclusive contract with
Videobox Networks, Inc., of New York
for the right to use Videoboxes in its
national tour on the history of rock
music.
Ken Wolf, Walk Through Entertain-
ment president, said, "From what we
have seen from our first two shows in
Kansas City and Detroit Videobox is a
major hit with our audiences, who
range in age from 15 to 50. We were
amazed to seE? people waiting to see
and play Videobox."
He said Videobox was selected
because of its ability to store and select
up to 1,000 videos.
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National table-soccer
champions crowned
Tina Rhoton of Denver became the
first woman to win the open doubles
event at the recent $20,000 Dynamo
National Championships of Table
Soccer at the Showboat Hotel in Las
Vegas.
PLAY METER, January 15, 1966
Among the trophy winners at the Dynamo National Championships of Table Soccer
were (from left) Sidi Airouss, Julie Sims, Dwight McBridge, Chris Brazel, Barb Silvery,
Tina Rhoton, and Kathy Brainard.
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