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 Wednesday, September 14 - Friday, September 16, 2005 
STERN PINBALL, INC.German Pinball ChampionshipThe German Pinball Championship just wrapped up and was a great success. Sponsored by one of Stern Pinball's German distributors, Gauselmann/MEXIM, and arranged by the German Pinball Association,
The tournament featured eight new Stern pinball machines, including three ELVIS and five SOPRANOS®. There were an additional sixty older pinball machines, all fit and ready to play.
The tournament began on Saturday June 4th at 4PM and ended at 2:45AM the following morning. Andreas Harre, a forty-one year old from Burgdorf, Germany prevailed over the competition, which included the standing European Champion. The semi-finals were played on an ELVIS pinball, while the finals were played on a SOPRANOS® pinball machine. Andreas will next fly to the PAPA World Championship (August 11-14, 2005) in Scott Township, Pennsylvania to compete for the world title.
To learn more about PAPA, visit http://www.papa.org/papa8/. To learn more about the German Pinball Association, visit http://www.flipperverein.de/. To find listings of upcoming tournaments, visit http://www.sternpinball.com/tournaments.shtml.
One can also purchase Stern's own tournament system. Stern's Tournament Pinball System (ToPS™) is an in-house tournament system. ToPS™ uses no phone lines, no servers, and gives full location privacy. Stern developed the ToPS™ system with these things in mind after consulting with many operators and location owners throughout the United States. To learn more, contact your local Stern distributor. |
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the event drew over 300 visitors and 110 players to Espelkamp, Germany for an amazing pinball tournament.
