NEW ! PHOTOS of the NYC Int'l Classic Tournament, Sept '07

For Statistics, look to the left on our main page for "Completed! -
NYCTHA Int'l Classic Tournament Stats" click on that link to be
taken to the Statistics page.

For the Photos, click on "Photo Albums" lower left of our main page.
From the drop down menu titled, "Select Photo Album" look for and
select "NYCTHA_Int'l Classic_Tournament_2007".

There you will find photos of the players, the public including the
Marines, gift winners, supporting family members and workers who
helped behind the scenes to make the day a rousing success. All
photographs have a description of who or what is in the picture. Any
improvements or suggestions should be emailed to Greg Scoma (see
left side, "Contact Info" link).

To enlarge a photo just click on it. If you would like a copy of a
photo, contact me.

Visit www.NYCTHA.US

There is also another photo album with many great photos taken on
the same day by Steve Dowell. The name of that photo album is, "NY
City International Classic by Steve Dowell."

~gbscoma

After considering all factors--possible winter driving challenges,
venue options, and proximity to the March Toronto tournament, I have
decided that June is more realistic. It will also be great to have as
much local participation as possible

Hi Guy. This news is a bit disappointing but what the heck, I suppose
we can make it work in June just as well as we can make it work in
February. But I'm back to thinking about putting on the Oshawa Open PP2
tourney in January. If I do, this will be a bag-your-own-lunch, no
frills, no hoopla, no raffles, no fundraising affair that will focus on
one thing and one thing only - playing table hockey! Entry fee would be
no more than $20. Then we'll do Cambridge in June too!

Cheers, Sid.

--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, "rustyrookie48" <rustyrookie48@...> wrote:
>
>  After considering all factors--possible winter driving challenges,
> venue options, and proximity to the March Toronto tournament, I have
> decided that June is more realistic. It will also be great to have as
> much local participation as possible
>

Only 5 days before Sherbrooke's event.

http://www.sherbrooke.hockeysurtablequebec.com/omnium.htm

 

Here's the list of players. 33 and still some hope to add a few others. It's never to late to register!

 

Alain Provencher
Alain  gamache
Alex Anoussis
Benoit  Desjardins
Carlo Bossio
Celine Gamache
Daniel Bordeleau
Dany Leclerc
Dave Kraeling
Denis Bégin
Éric maurice
Éric  Larochelle
Gino Bossio
Jean Junior Gélinas
Jean-François Beaudoin
Ken Elis
Lou Marinoff
Martin Labelle
Michel  Décarie
Pascal Leclerc
Patrick Coté
Pierre  Béchard
Remi  lemieux
Richard St-Laurent
Richard  Dudemaine
Sam Anoussis
Samuel  carrier
sid kloosterman
Stephane Roy
Vincent Roy
Patrick Labelle
Denis Giguère
Christian  Charron

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To: ccth@yahoogroups.com
From: bossiocarlo@...
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:50:17 -0500
Subject: Re: [ccth] Sherbrooke - player list

Salut gang, maintenant la liste se situe a 35 participant donc encore beaucoup de place. Vener vous amuser avec nous sur des jeu de tres haute quality et tres plaissant a jouer aussi. Il n'y auras pas de tournois avant au moins un autre 4 mois et ce sur Stiga et PP2 inclus alors ne manquer pas ca!!!!

 

Hey guys, the list now stands at 35 players so still plenty of room left. Come have fun with us on high quality games and a lot of fun to play on. There will not be a tournament for another 4 months and this includes on Stiga & PP2, so don't miss it.

 

PS: Just contact Martin to confirm your presence/Juste contacter Martin pour confirmer votre presence.

 

coleco@sympatico.ca

Martin Labelle <coleco@sympatico.ca> wrote:

Only 5 days before Sherbrooke's event.

http://www.sherbrooke.hockeysurtablequebec.com/omnium.htm

 

Here's the list of players. 33 and still some hope to add a few others. It's never to late to register!

 

Alain Provencher
Alain  gamache
Alex Anoussis
Benoit  Desjardins
Carlo Bossio
Celine Gamache
Daniel Bordeleau
Dany Leclerc
Dave Kraeling
Denis Bégin
Éric maurice
Éric  Larochelle
Gino Bossio
Jean Junior Gélinas
Jean-François Beaudoin
Ken Elis
Lou Marinoff
Martin Labelle
Michel  Décarie
Pascal Leclerc
Patrick Coté
Pierre  Béchard
Remi  lemieux
Richard St-Laurent
Richard  Dudemaine
Sam Anoussis
Samuel  carrier
sid kloosterman
Stephane Roy
Vincent Roy
Patrick Labelle
Denis Giguère
Christian  Charron

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----- Original Message -----

From: m c

To: ccth@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 10:21 PM

Subject: RE: [ccth] Sherbrooke - player list

mark and justin are out this year, as a new baby sokolski is on the way within a week it looks like... sorry, martin! i cannot come!
mark

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To: ccth@yahoogroups.com
From: bossiocarlo@yahoo.ca
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 06:50:17 -0500
Subject: Re: [ccth] Sherbrooke - player list

Salut gang, maintenant la liste se situe a 35 participant donc encore beaucoup de place. Vener vous amuser avec nous sur des jeu de tres haute quality et tres plaissant a jouer aussi. Il n'y auras pas de tournois avant au moins un autre 4 mois et ce sur Stiga et PP2 inclus alors ne manquer pas ca!!!!

 

Hey guys, the list now stands at 35 players so still plenty of room left. Come have fun with us on high quality games and a lot of fun to play on. There will not be a tournament for another 4 months and this includes on Stiga & PP2, so don't miss it.

 

PS: Just contact Martin to confirm your presence/Juste contacter Martin pour confirmer votre presence.

 

coleco@sympatico.ca

Martin Labelle <coleco@sympatico.ca> wrote:

Only 5 days before Sherbrooke's event.

http://www.sherbrooke.hockeysurtablequebec.com/omnium.htm

 

Here's the list of players. 33 and still some hope to add a few others. It's never to late to register!

 

Alain Provencher
Alain  gamache
Alex Anoussis
Benoit  Desjardins
Carlo Bossio
Celine Gamache
Daniel Bordeleau
Dany Leclerc
Dave Kraeling
Denis Bégin
Éric maurice
Éric  Larochelle
Gino Bossio
Jean Junior Gélinas
Jean-François Beaudoin
Ken Elis
Lou Marinoff
Martin Labelle
Michel  Décarie
Pascal Leclerc
Patrick Coté
Pierre  Béchard
Remi  lemieux
Richard St-Laurent
Richard  Dudemaine
Sam Anoussis
Samuel  carrier
sid kloosterman
Stephane Roy
Vincent Roy
Patrick Labelle
Denis Giguère
Christian  Charron

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Yes sir, lets go boys, encore le temps de convaincre vous amis, les
Hugues, Denis Maille, d'autres dans ls divers ligue de venir tripper
avec nous. Envoyer un mail a Martin Jeudi soir au plus tard. Lets go
boys il n'auras pas de tournois avant un autre 4 mois!!!!  :D



Come join us its not to late, e-mail Martin by Thursday night at the
latest, convince your friends, the Maker brothers, Peden, Kenny etc
etc. There is no tournament for the next 3-4 months so come join the
party!!!! :-)

Hello Dave! Kick some ass for me in Sherbrooke! I know you can do it!
And you know it to!

Bernie :o) P.S. Good Luck my friend!

Hello Dave! Kick some ass for me in Sherbrooke! I know you can do it!
And you know it to!

Bernie :o) P.S. Good Luck my friend!

--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, Dave Kraehling <superdave3n2@...> wrote:
Yes Dave! Take no shit from nobody! People always out to give shit!
But be the big DOG that take no shit! That the way!

Bernie :o)

>
> Thanks Bernie, I played Greg a week ago and handed him his worst
beating in a long time. Lets hope I can do the same in Sherbrooke..
Take no prisoners..
>   Dave
>
> dakhorse2005 <bkunzler7636@...> wrote:
>           Hello Dave! Kick some ass for me in Sherbrooke! I know
you can do it!
> And you know it to!
>
> Bernie :o) P.S. Good Luck my friend!
>
>
>
>
>
>
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----- Original Message -----

From: Dave Kraehling

To: ccth@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 10:51 PM

Subject: Re: [ccth] Super Dave!

Thanks Bernie, I played Greg a week ago and handed him his worst beating in a long time. Lets hope I can do the same in Sherbrooke.. Take no prisoners..

Dave

dakhorse2005 <bkunzler7636@rogers.com> wrote:

Hello Dave! Kick some ass for me in Sherbrooke! I know you can do it!
And you know it to!

Bernie :o) P.S. Good Luck my friend!

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For those who couldn't be in Sherbrooke, let me bring the event to
you. 38 were registered, 35 showed up. We started 10-15 minutes later
as we were waiting for 1 person. As usual, 1st classe organisation,
truly the best I'v seen at any tournament.

Play time. My offence is a sleep (my standards) but defensively well,
lets just say 4 goals against in the 1st 8 games, I then go into
energy control as I know it will be a long day, result 7 in the next
3 for a 11 in 11 games.

1st surprise of the event, Gino does not qualify directly to the "A"
group he who finished first in the "A" round robin in Montreal!!!!

Very strong field indeed, only Burt and Greg Peden were not there
among the top 16 that were in Montreal.

Okay, Dany Leclerc has one of his best tournament I beleive finishing
1st in his division, junior having his usual strong showing, and the
ATHL crew having lots of success with Daniel Bordeleau, Michel
Decarie, Eric Larochelle and company making the "A" division directly
as the top 12 made it to then be followed by the top 4 in the "B"
division making it in the A for the play-offs.

Gino, Denis Begin, Alain Gamache and Alex Anoussis rounded up the 13,
14, 15 & 16th spot after round 2

Like I said, there were many turbulent playing events going on in the
play-offs, all of which will be told soon in my continuation story,
can you feel the atmospher a little???? Stay tuned.

Great stuff, Carlo. My "Sherbrooke story" begins with - and Mark
Sokolski might be most interested in this - Powerplay2 exhibition
games before the main Coleco event.

Carlo warned that he would be "ready for me this time" after his 7-2
loss on PP2 at Montreal. Ready he was, and though he played very
well, I won 4-2. Dave Kraehling then handed the timer to me and faced
Carlo in a game that would eventually end in a 3-3 tie!

Gino then stepped in to play Carlo and had enough halfway through
when Carlo led 4-0. Next it was Dany Leclerc beating Carlo 5-2. But
Carlo wanted more. He wanted me again. And he beat me 6-5!

Later in the day I beat DaveK 5-4 and a very good Daniel Bordeleau 3-
1. And Daniel tied Ken Ellis 2-2 in the last of the PP2 games.

On to the main event and my "other game of choice", the Coleco game.
Forget the fact that I played in the "A" group at Brampton earlier
this year, this was by far my best Coleco tourney. I started with two
wins then faced Dave Kraehling, Alain Gamache and Carlo Bossio. I
lost all three but the scores were 6-4, 3-2 and 3-1 respectively. I
finished the first round at 4-6-1, my tie occurring against Denis
Begin, another encouraging result.

In round two I encurred my three worst beatings, 9-4, 9-0 and 11-3
against Remi Lemieux, Gino Bossio and Alain Gamache but otherwise
held my own in mostly close games. Remi's win against me might have
been revenge for my 6-2 win over him at Montreal but it continued a
rivalry between us that includes 3-3 and 1-0 games at earlier
tourneys. I always enjoy playing against Remi Lemieux. Soon enough,
we'll play a playoff series, I'm sure.

After the second round, I had reached the modest goal I had set for
myself - to place in the top 8 of the "B" division. Now I needed to
maintain it. And not only did I win my first ever Coleco playoff
series, I won three of four to place higher (5th in the "B") than
when I went in (6th). More great rivalries are developing with the
likes of Denis Giguere, Pascal Leclerc (one of the most improved
players in Quebec in my opinion) and Patrick Labelle.

Congratulations to Eric Maurice for your "B" division Championship!
But I must say that earlier in my CCTHF "career", when I would
consistently lose in the round of eight on PP2 I warned the guys who
beat me that I was "coming to get you." Well, I did, winning the PP2
Championship at Peterborough earlier this year. Now I have this to
say to Eric Maurice, Remi Lemieux, Denis Giguere and others - "I'm
coming to get you!" Then after that it's going to be the "A" group
for the Flyin' Dutchman. Mark my words!

Congrats to Carlo for winning yet another Coleco Championship. And to
my good friend, Dave Kraehling, who finished second. I'm not at all
surprised with your lofty finish, Dave, after your disappointment at
Montreal.

Thank you to Martin Labelle and your hard-working crew for putting on
yet another first-class event. I enjoyed it immensely.

Cheers, Sid.


--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, "bossiocarlo" <bossiocarlo@...> wrote:
>
>  For those who couldn't be in Sherbrooke, let me bring the event to
> you. 38 were registered, 35 showed up. We started 10-15 minutes
later
> as we were waiting for 1 person. As usual, 1st classe organisation,
> truly the best I'v seen at any tournament.
>
> Play time. My offence is a sleep (my standards) but defensively
well,
> lets just say 4 goals against in the 1st 8 games, I then go into
> energy control as I know it will be a long day, result 7 in the
next
> 3 for a 11 in 11 games.
>
> 1st surprise of the event, Gino does not qualify directly to
the "A"
> group he who finished first in the "A" round robin in Montreal!!!!
>
> Very strong field indeed, only Burt and Greg Peden were not there
> among the top 16 that were in Montreal.
>
> Okay, Dany Leclerc has one of his best tournament I beleive
finishing
> 1st in his division, junior having his usual strong showing, and
the
> ATHL crew having lots of success with Daniel Bordeleau, Michel
> Decarie, Eric Larochelle and company making the "A" division
directly
> as the top 12 made it to then be followed by the top 4 in the "B"
> division making it in the A for the play-offs.
>
> Gino, Denis Begin, Alain Gamache and Alex Anoussis rounded up the
13,
> 14, 15 & 16th spot after round 2
>
> Like I said, there were many turbulent playing events going on in
the
> play-offs, all of which will be told soon in my continuation story,
> can you feel the atmospher a little???? Stay tuned.
>

I've seen how good Lou Marinoff is on the Coleco game.
(I went 0-6-0 against him in Vancouver one day.)
This tells me how good the field of players must be in
Quebec. Crazy.

The VTHL starts playing Coleco December 1st. We begin
the process of improving our skills on the 5380 game
with this league of 4 or more players soon. It'll be
great.

Carlo, you have got to be the greatest Coleco 5380
player of all time. To keep winning these events is
amazing. Especially with the continued improvements
of all players in your region. Congratulations from
Vancouver.

Dominic Froome
Vancouver


--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, "bossiocarlo" <bossiocarlo@...> wrote:
>
>  For those who couldn't be in Sherbrooke, let me bring the event to
> you. 38 were registered, 35 showed up. We started 10-15 minutes later
> as we were waiting for 1 person. As usual, 1st classe organisation,
> truly the best I'v seen at any tournament.
>
> Play time. My offence is a sleep (my standards) but defensively well,
> lets just say 4 goals against in the 1st 8 games, I then go into
> energy control as I know it will be a long day, result 7 in the next
> 3 for a 11 in 11 games.
>
> 1st surprise of the event, Gino does not qualify directly to the "A"
> group he who finished first in the "A" round robin in Montreal!!!!
>
> Very strong field indeed, only Burt and Greg Peden were not there
> among the top 16 that were in Montreal.
>
> Okay, Dany Leclerc has one of his best tournament I beleive finishing
> 1st in his division, junior having his usual strong showing, and the
> ATHL crew having lots of success with Daniel Bordeleau, Michel
> Decarie, Eric Larochelle and company making the "A" division directly
> as the top 12 made it to then be followed by the top 4 in the "B"
> division making it in the A for the play-offs.
>
> Gino, Denis Begin, Alain Gamache and Alex Anoussis rounded up the 13,
> 14, 15 & 16th spot after round 2
>
> Like I said, there were many turbulent playing events going on in the
> play-offs, all of which will be told soon in my continuation story,
> can you feel the atmospher a little???? Stay tuned.
>

I've seen how good Lou Marinoff is on the Coleco game.
(I went 0-6-0 against him in Vancouver one day.)
This tells me how good the field of players must be in
Quebec. Crazy.

The VTHL starts playing Coleco December 1st. We begin
the process of improving our skills on the 5380 game
with this league of 4 or more players soon. It'll be
great.

Carlo, you have got to be the greatest Coleco 5380
player of all time. To keep winning these events is
amazing. Especially with the continued improvements
of all players in your region. Congratulations from
Vancouver.

Dominic Froome
Vancouver

--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, "bossiocarlo" <bossiocarlo@...> wrote:
>
> For those who couldn't be in Sherbrooke, let me bring the event to
> you. 38 were registered, 35 showed up. We started 10-15 minutes later
> as we were waiting for 1 person. As usual, 1st classe organisation,
> truly the best I'v seen at any tournament.
>
> Play time. My offence is a sleep (my standards) but defensively well,
> lets just say 4 goals against in the 1st 8 games, I then go into
> energy control as I know it will be a long day, result 7 in the next
> 3 for a 11 in 11 games.
>
> 1st surprise of the event, Gino does not qualify directly to the "A"
> group he who finished first in the "A" round robin in Montreal!!!!
>
> Very strong field indeed, only Burt and Greg Peden were not there
> among the top 16 that were in Montreal.
>
> Okay, Dany Leclerc has one of his best tournament I beleive finishing
> 1st in his division, junior having his usual strong showing, and the
> ATHL crew having lots of success with Daniel Bordeleau, Michel
> Decarie, Eric Larochelle and company making the "A" division directly
> as the top 12 made it to then be followed by the top 4 in the "B"
> division making it in the A for the play-offs.
>
> Gino, Denis Begin, Alain Gamache and Alex Anoussis rounded up the 13,
> 14, 15 & 16th spot after round 2
>
> Like I said, there were many turbulent playing events going on in the
> play-offs, all of which will be told soon in my continuation story,
> can you feel the atmospher a little???? Stay tuned.
>

--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, carlo bossio <bossiocarlo@...> wrote:
Congradulations Carlo! You win yet again! From what I saw in Montreal
from you it is your super fast reflexes that causes you to win! And
also the fact that you play Coleco probably most of your life! Just
how many years you play Coleco? Now also the fact that you play your
brother all the time helps too! Kinda like Bruce and me on Stiga! But
where is Bruce now! LOL :o) Right on Super Dave! I knew you would get
a really good result! I just knew it for some reason! Maybe it was
all those butt kickings you give me on Coleco! LOL :o)

Bernie :o)

>
> Thanks Dom, I hope you guys out West will have a great time on this
great board. :-)
>
>   As for my winnings, yes you have to be good but you also have to
be lucky, this time around I got REAL, REAL lucky against my Brother
Gino who was playing at the best I'v seen him play during the play-
offs after a terrible 1st round. I will continue my story that I'v
started soon and you will have the details of what happened in our
semi's but lets just say I was a mili fraction of a second close to
beeing eliminated in 2 straight in our semi finals match up.
>
>
>
> Dominic Froome <dominicf98@...> wrote:          I've seen how good
Lou Marinoff is on the Coleco game.
> (I went 0-6-0 against him in Vancouver one day.)
> This tells me how good the field of players must be in
> Quebec. Crazy.
>
> The VTHL starts playing Coleco December 1st. We begin
> the process of improving our skills on the 5380 game
> with this league of 4 or more players soon. It'll be
> great.
>
> Carlo, you have got to be the greatest Coleco 5380
> player of all time. To keep winning these events is
> amazing. Especially with the continued improvements
> of all players in your region. Congratulations from
> Vancouver.
>
> Dominic Froome
> Vancouver
>
> --- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, "bossiocarlo" <bossiocarlo@> wrote:
> >
> > For those who couldn't be in Sherbrooke, let me bring the event
to
> > you. 38 were registered, 35 showed up. We started 10-15 minutes
later
> > as we were waiting for 1 person. As usual, 1st classe
organisation,
> > truly the best I'v seen at any tournament.
> >
> > Play time. My offence is a sleep (my standards) but defensively
well,
> > lets just say 4 goals against in the 1st 8 games, I then go into
> > energy control as I know it will be a long day, result 7 in the
next
> > 3 for a 11 in 11 games.
> >
> > 1st surprise of the event, Gino does not qualify directly to
the "A"
> > group he who finished first in the "A" round robin in Montreal!!!!
> >
> > Very strong field indeed, only Burt and Greg Peden were not there
> > among the top 16 that were in Montreal.
> >
> > Okay, Dany Leclerc has one of his best tournament I beleive
finishing
> > 1st in his division, junior having his usual strong showing, and
the
> > ATHL crew having lots of success with Daniel Bordeleau, Michel
> > Decarie, Eric Larochelle and company making the "A" division
directly
> > as the top 12 made it to then be followed by the top 4 in the "B"
> > division making it in the A for the play-offs.
> >
> > Gino, Denis Begin, Alain Gamache and Alex Anoussis rounded up the
13,
> > 14, 15 & 16th spot after round 2
> >
> > Like I said, there were many turbulent playing events going on in
the
> > play-offs, all of which will be told soon in my continuation
story,
> > can you feel the atmospher a little???? Stay tuned.
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
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I've seen how good Lou Marinoff is on the Coleco game.
(I went 0-6-0 against him in Vancouver one day.)
This tells me how good the field of players must be in
Quebec. Crazy.

The VTHL starts playing Coleco December 1st. We begin
the process of improving our skills on the 5380 game
with this league of 4 or more players soon. It'll be
great.

Carlo, you have got to be the greatest Coleco 5380
player of all time. To keep winning these events is
amazing. Especially with the continued improvements
of all players in your region. Congratulations from
Vancouver.

Dominic Froome
Vancouver

--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, "bossiocarlo" <bossiocarlo@...> wrote:
>
> For those who couldn't be in Sherbrooke, let me bring the event to
> you. 38 were registered, 35 showed up. We started 10-15 minutes later
> as we were waiting for 1 person. As usual, 1st classe organisation,
> truly the best I'v seen at any tournament.
>
> Play time. My offence is a sleep (my standards) but defensively well,
> lets just say 4 goals against in the 1st 8 games, I then go into
> energy control as I know it will be a long day, result 7 in the next
> 3 for a 11 in 11 games.
>
> 1st surprise of the event, Gino does not qualify directly to the "A"
> group he who finished first in the "A" round robin in Montreal!!!!
>
> Very strong field indeed, only Burt and Greg Peden were not there
> among the top 16 that were in Montreal.
>
> Okay, Dany Leclerc has one of his best tournament I beleive finishing
> 1st in his division, junior having his usual strong showing, and the
> ATHL crew having lots of success with Daniel Bordeleau, Michel
> Decarie, Eric Larochelle and company making the "A" division directly
> as the top 12 made it to then be followed by the top 4 in the "B"
> division making it in the A for the play-offs.
>
> Gino, Denis Begin, Alain Gamache and Alex Anoussis rounded up the 13,
> 14, 15 & 16th spot after round 2
>
> Like I said, there were many turbulent playing events going on in the
> play-offs, all of which will be told soon in my continuation story,
> can you feel the atmospher a little???? Stay tuned.
>

I've heard at THH, folks put on Carlo that he tell some stories not
just direct people to websites. Well, taking time to do write-ups
takes time and effort. So, Carlo, let me help you buddy. Here's two
contrasting stories. One as seen by me from afar and the other up
close and first hand experience.


Lou Marinoff, told us at our league date he was going to "try" to
make it to Sherbrooke, but he would be coming back from Germany with
little room for flight delays and whatnot. I told him when I've gone
to tournaments or our playoffs on little sleep, I just get my butt
whooped.


I know from regularly flying to Denver, running around airports,
flight delays, aircraft problems, rocking and rolling in the air in
bad weather, tight seating, security wanting to go through all of
your stuff when you are running late, or you have a jerk behind you
kicking your seat, or someone sick.....it is tiring! Even when you
are waayyy early, you end up running around.


Lou Marinoff knows this, experiences this and yet made it to
Sherbrooke. He finished sixth.

What Lou accomplished is impressive. Why? Well, here's a contrast
for you.

My Story
I did well in Brampton (#7), good in Chicago (#6) and very well in
the NYC Int'l Classic (#10) against top N. American TH players. But,
when I went to Montreal, I had three or four hours sleep. (I'd done
that three times before in 2006).

In Montreal 2007, I managed to do well in the early round. After
Round One, I was in 3rd place in Pool Three, with only Carlo Bossio
and Burt Brassard ahead of me and eight good players below. (Burt by
one point and I'd beaten Burt). In Round Two, I had my butt handed
to me. I was then #20 going into Round 3, B Pool playoffs.

Then it really went downhill with every player thereafter. As the
day wore on, I wore out. I lost a ton of consecutive games.  Players
of all ranks DESTROYED me. Absolutely destroyed me. I fell like a
rock to 31st by day's end. I vowed to never travel to any tournament
where I cannot get a full night's sleep before a tournament.


Lou's Story - A Contrast
Lou...Lou flew in from Germany....got off the airplane...went
through US Customs, (jet lag, time difference and all the
annoyances)...drove to Canada, went through Canadian Customs, played
in the Sherbrooke tournament, somehow maintained his energy all day
long, beat almost all-comers and obviously overall just kicked butt.
I don't care if he got a few zzz's or not, because you are
disoriented for a day or two after flying great distances. He
finished SIXTH in the tournament!

That's a story. That's IMPRESSIVE!
----------------------------------

In the end, Lou cracks the Quebec Top 10, moving up in the Quebec
2007 Rankings to Ninth! --- That's another story for another day.


Kudos to Lou!--to players of the NYCTHA and to anyone else who
traveled from afar to Sherbrooke. I hope to see you all there next
year.

Sabre_in_Virginia
(temporarily in Colorado)
www.NYCTHA.US

The big winner was Dany Leclerc. He also had his best showing with a
great 5th place finish. Bravo

See Pic Here: http://www.tablehockeyheaven.com/forums/viewtopic.php?
p=5353#5353

Note: He took a pic with the Flyers board but decided afterwards to
take the Buffalo board. So we are now left with only 2 of the original
first 5 boards built by Martin (Rangers & Flyers) for anyone
interested.

Thank you to all who participated, 75$ were also raised for Hockey Sur
Table Quebec funds. Thanks again and see you In March in Gatineau
(Coleco)

The big winner was Dany Leclerc. He also had his best showing with a
great 5th place finish. Bravo

See Pic Here: http://www.tablehockeyheaven.com/forums/viewtopic.php?
p=5353#5353

Note: He took a pic with the Flyers board but decided afterwards to
take the Buffalo board. So we are now left with only 2 of the original
first 5 boards built by Martin (Rangers & Flyers) for anyone
interested.

Thank you to all who participated, 75$ were also raised for Hockey Sur
Table Quebec funds. Thanks again and see you In March in Gatineau
(Coleco)

I've seen how good Lou Marinoff is on the Coleco game.
(I went 0-6-0 against him in Vancouver one day.)
This tells me how good the field of players must be in
Quebec. Crazy.

The VTHL starts playing Coleco December 1st. We begin
the process of improving our skills on the 5380 game
with this league of 4 or more players soon. It'll be
great.

Carlo, you have got to be the greatest Coleco 5380
player of all time. To keep winning these events is
amazing. Especially with the continued improvements
of all players in your region. Congratulations from
Vancouver.

Dominic Froome
Vancouver

--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, "bossiocarlo" <bossiocarlo@...> wrote:
>
> For those who couldn't be in Sherbrooke, let me bring the event to
> you. 38 were registered, 35 showed up. We started 10-15 minutes later
> as we were waiting for 1 person. As usual, 1st classe organisation,
> truly the best I'v seen at any tournament.
>
> Play time. My offence is a sleep (my standards) but defensively well,
> lets just say 4 goals against in the 1st 8 games, I then go into
> energy control as I know it will be a long day, result 7 in the next
> 3 for a 11 in 11 games.
>
> 1st surprise of the event, Gino does not qualify directly to the "A"
> group he who finished first in the "A" round robin in Montreal!!!!
>
> Very strong field indeed, only Burt and Greg Peden were not there
> among the top 16 that were in Montreal.
>
> Okay, Dany Leclerc has one of his best tournament I beleive finishing
> 1st in his division, junior having his usual strong showing, and the
> ATHL crew having lots of success with Daniel Bordeleau, Michel
> Decarie, Eric Larochelle and company making the "A" division directly
> as the top 12 made it to then be followed by the top 4 in the "B"
> division making it in the A for the play-offs.
>
> Gino, Denis Begin, Alain Gamache and Alex Anoussis rounded up the 13,
> 14, 15 & 16th spot after round 2
>
> Like I said, there were many turbulent playing events going on in the
> play-offs, all of which will be told soon in my continuation story,
> can you feel the atmospher a little???? Stay tuned.
>

Wow, Dave, that's an impressive list of tourneys! You mentioned that
you joined an Artisan league but failed to mention that you also
joined the PTHA! If you forgot, we're playing this Sunday. LoL. And
by the way, you're in first place.

Cheers, Sid.



--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, Dave Kraehling <superdave3n2@...> wrote:
>
> Since everyone is giving their account of the last few tornaments,
I thought it would only be fitting that I give my account of this
year...
>   At the beginning of 2007 Eve and I had planned to attend the Las
Vegas tournament only.
>   HA !
>   What started out as a one off, turned out to be 9 offs. Vegas in
January was a pleasent surprise as I thought the weather would be
somewhat cold. Instead Vegas was very spring like. My purpose there
was to attend AJ's Coleco Classic. But then Jim Rzonka made it worth
my while by challenging me to try his Stiga event. Not one to like
Stiga as there is really no checking involved, I gave it a shot. I
will admit that I now am considering more Stiga tournaments with the
mentoring of my friend Bernie....
>   Coleco tournament #1 was a success with the 7 game final against
my latest rival Lou Marinoff.. As in all tournaments I do love the
challenge that Dr.Lou presents when he is an opponent.
>   In March I attended Mark Sokolski's "Toronto Classic". Not
thinking that I would win, as the competition was very strong with
the likes of Greg Peden, Mark Sokoski, Justin Hawthorn, and the Maker
Bros.,Sid Kloosterman as well as my old friend Merv Reutlinger and
many more and too many to mention.
>   A story within a story. 2 nights before the tournament I had Greg
and Merv over to my place for a practice session. Both men kicked my
butt that night but when we were finished I assured them that I was
ready for the competition. The following day Greg called me and we
talked about who was going to win the tournament and who would be
able to beat him as he was at the top of his game. He asked me a
fatal question as to who I thought was going to win. I responded by
telling him he wasn't going to win. He got abit aggitated by my
answer and called me out as to who could possibly beat him. I
jokingly said " who knows, maybe it would be me... and we chuckled
and left it at that... Little did we know that I had actually
predicted the out come of that tournament.
>   In April, I ventured upto Brampton to participate in the Brampton
tournament, I looked forward to this particular tournament as I like
the venue presented. This year however was not to be my year as
Martin Labelle decide to showcase his command of the 5380 game.
Martin destroyed the competition that day and I had to settle for
third.
>   Now May and Quebec City leaves a sour taste in my mouth this
year. As everyone knows I was ROBBED of a new system that was not
clearly defined.
>   Quebec City saw the emergence of the now used playoff system that
ranks all players as you compete to the finish.
>   I want to set the record straight, I like the new system as it is
used now. But that doesn't correct the Quebec situation.
>   Although many people have told me that I was miss treated in this
situation no one has had the parts to correct it.
>   That's all I have to say about that ..it is over...
>   By the way I still was only awarded 5th place.
>   This year was a tounament filled year.
>   In June, I participated in Sid's 1st of 2 tournaments, the newly
created "Oshawa Open". The result of that tournament was not one of
my better performances. as I played the tourny on 4 hrs sleep and as
a result could only muster an 9th place finish.
>   Now everyone knew I was going to Chicago to compete in Jim
Rzonka's USA open at the end of July. And until I heard that Patrick
Cote was going I was the shoe in to win. But even though Patrick
travelled 21 hrs by bus to Chicago, I thought for sure he would be
too tired and would crumble under my attack...not so, he toyed with
me giving me a false sense of victory before he gained his second
wind and came back to snatch victory right out from underneath me...I
ended up second.
>   The next day I again attempted a Stiga tournament and the
competition was fierce. The players however were great to play
against and chat about the game of Stiga. I did however acheive a few
goals in the tourament, like competing in the round of sixteen and
only my second Stiga tournament. I will also say I loved playing Rob
Chargo (he beat me two straight) but I definitely got under his skin
with my psycho-babel. I will definitely play in more Stiga
tournaments in the future.
>   August- BREAK TIME-whew...
>   Now September was an incredibly busy month for table hockey.
>   Ready for this...
>   Sept. 8/07 New York-3rd
>   Sept. 15/07 Peterborough Classic- 8th
>   Sept. 22/07 Montreal aw forget about that one OK.... I will, 17th
ouch ("B" Champ)
>   Oct.BREAK - whew.... Oh I forgot my Artizan Season Started...
>   Which brings us to Nov.10th/07 Final touranment of the year...
>   Sherbrooke...
>   Boy did I have something to prove...
>   Although Carlo won, I am glad that I could put any doubt that
anybody had about my Montreal performance behind me.
>   I want to appologize to anyone who might have felt like I was
possessed. as I did have a point to prove.
>   Jr. you fell victim to my goalie in the last 2 games. Martin, you
were right, the only time it seems I can beat you is on your home
turf. As for Carlo, not much to say, you were the better player in
the end. Congratulation my friend.
>
>   In closing I have this to say about this year....
>
>   11 tournaments, 2-1st, 2-2nds, 1 3rd, 1-5th, 1-8th, 1-9th, 1-
17th, Stiga, 1-13th and 1-16th
>   3 States and 2 Provinces
>   A ton of tablehockey
>   Many new friends
>   one- lost in New York
>   = Priceless memories and a ton of hardware...
>   Thanks to all for putting up with my Green outfits and my table
talk, I had a great year.
>   Dave Kraehling
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to
Yahoo! Answers.
>

---

To: ccth@yahoogroups.com
From: sidkloosterman@...
Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:09:14 +0000
Subject: [ccth] Re: Tournament Year in Review

Wow, Dave, that's an impressive list of tourneys! You mentioned that
you joined an Artisan league but failed to mention that you also
joined the PTHA! If you forgot, we're playing this Sunday. LoL. And
by the way, you're in first place.

Cheers, Sid.

--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, Dave Kraehling <superdave3n2@...> wrote:
>
> Since everyone is giving their account of the last few tornaments,
I thought it would only be fitting that I give my account of this
year...
> At the beginning of 2007 Eve and I had planned to attend the Las
Vegas tournament only.
> HA !
> What started out as a one off, turned out to be 9 offs. Vegas in
January was a pleasent surprise as I thought the weather would be
somewhat cold. Instead Vegas was very spring like. My purpose there
was to attend AJ's Coleco Classic. But then Jim Rzonka made it worth
my while by challenging me to try his Stiga event. Not one to like
Stiga as there is really no checking involved, I gave it a shot. I
will admit that I now am considering more Stiga tournaments with the
mentoring of my friend Bernie....
> Coleco tournament #1 was a success with the 7 game final against
my latest rival Lou Marinoff.. As in all tournaments I do love the
challenge that Dr.Lou presents when he is an opponent.
> In March I attended Mark Sokolski's "Toronto Classic". Not
thinking that I would win, as the competition was very strong with
the likes of Greg Peden, Mark Sokoski, Justin Hawthorn, and the Maker
Bros.,Sid Kloosterman as well as my old friend Merv Reutlinger and
many more and too many to mention.
> A story within a story. 2 nights before the tournament I had Greg
and Merv over to my place for a practice session. Both men kicked my
butt that night but when we were finished I assured them that I was
ready for the competition. The following day Greg called me and we
talked about who was going to win the tournament and who would be
able to beat him as he was at the top of his game. He asked me a
fatal question as to who I thought was going to win. I responded by
telling him he wasn't going to win. He got abit aggitated by my
answer and called me out as to who could possibly beat him. I
jokingly said " who knows, maybe it would be me... and we chuckled
and left it at that... Little did we know that I had actually
predicted the out come of that tournament.
> In April, I ventured upto Brampton to participate in the Brampton
tournament, I looked forward to this particular tournament as I like
the venue presented. This year however was not to be my year as
Martin Labelle decide to showcase his command of the 5380 game.
Martin destroyed the competition that day and I had to settle for
third.
> Now May and Quebec City leaves a sour taste in my mouth this
year. As everyone knows I was ROBBED of a new system that was not
clearly defined.
> Quebec City saw the emergence of the now used playoff system that
ranks all players as you compete to the finish.
> I want to set the record straight, I like the new system as it is
used now. But that doesn't correct the Quebec situation.
> Although many people have told me that I was miss treated in this
situation no one has had the parts to correct it.
> That's all I have to say about that ..it is over...
> By the way I still was only awarded 5th place.
> This year was a tounament filled year.
> In June, I participated in Sid's 1st of 2 tournaments, the newly
created "Oshawa Open". The result of that tournament was not one of
my better performances. as I played the tourny on 4 hrs sleep and as
a result could only muster an 9th place finish.
> Now everyone knew I was going to Chicago to compete in Jim
Rzonka's USA open at the end of July. And until I heard that Patrick
Cote was going I was the shoe in to win. But even though Patrick
travelled 21 hrs by bus to Chicago, I thought for sure he would be
too tired and would crumble under my attack...not so, he toyed with
me giving me a false sense of victory before he gained his second
wind and came back to snatch victory right out from underneath me...I
ended up second.
> The next day I again attempted a Stiga tournament and the
competition was fierce. The players however were great to play
against and chat about the game of Stiga. I did however acheive a few
goals in the tourament, like competing in the round of sixteen and
only my second Stiga tournament. I will also say I loved playing Rob
Chargo (he beat me two straight) but I definitely got under his skin
with my psycho-babel. I will definitely play in more Stiga
tournaments in the future.
> August- BREAK TIME-whew...
> Now September was an incredibly busy month for table hockey.
> Ready for this...
> Sept. 8/07 New York-3rd
> Sept. 15/07 Peterborough Classic- 8th
> Sept. 22/07 Montreal aw forget about that one OK.... I will, 17th
ouch ("B" Champ)
> Oct.BREAK - whew.... Oh I forgot my Artizan Season Started...
> Which brings us to Nov.10th/07 Final touranment of the year...
> Sherbrooke...
> Boy did I have something to prove...
> Although Carlo won, I am glad that I could put any doubt that
anybody had about my Montreal performance behind me.
> I want to appologize to anyone who might have felt like I was
possessed. as I did have a point to prove.
> Jr. you fell victim to my goalie in the last 2 games. Martin, you
were right, the only time it seems I can beat you is on your home
turf. As for Carlo, not much to say, you were the better player in
the end. Congratulation my friend.
>
> In closing I have this to say about this year....
>
> 11 tournaments, 2-1st, 2-2nds, 1 3rd, 1-5th, 1-8th, 1-9th, 1-
17th, Stiga, 1-13th and 1-16th
> 3 States and 2 Provinces
> A ton of tablehockey
> Many new friends
> one- lost in New York
> = Priceless memories and a ton of hardware...
> Thanks to all for putting up with my Green outfits and my table
talk, I had a great year.
> Dave Kraehling
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to
Yahoo! Answers.
>

Wow, Dave, that's an impressive list of tourneys! You mentioned that
you joined an Artisan league but failed to mention that you also
joined the PTHA! If you forgot, we're playing this Sunday. LoL. And
by the way, you're in first place.

Cheers, Sid.

--- In ccth@yahoogroups.com, Dave Kraehling <superdave3n2@...> wrote:
>
> Since everyone is giving their account of the last few tornaments,
I thought it would only be fitting that I give my account of this
year...
> At the beginning of 2007 Eve and I had planned to attend the Las
Vegas tournament only.
> HA !
> What started out as a one off, turned out to be 9 offs. Vegas in
January was a pleasent surprise as I thought the weather would be
somewhat cold. Instead Vegas was very spring like. My purpose there
was to attend AJ's Coleco Classic. But then Jim Rzonka made it worth
my while by challenging me to try his Stiga event. Not one to like
Stiga as there is really no checking involved, I gave it a shot. I
will admit that I now am considering more Stiga tournaments with the
mentoring of my friend Bernie....
> Coleco tournament #1 was a success with the 7 game final against
my latest rival Lou Marinoff.. As in all tournaments I do love the
challenge that Dr.Lou presents when he is an opponent.
> In March I attended Mark Sokolski's "Toronto Classic". Not
thinking that I would win, as the competition was very strong with
the likes of Greg Peden, Mark Sokoski, Justin Hawthorn, and the Maker
Bros.,Sid Kloosterman as well as my old friend Merv Reutlinger and
many more and too many to mention.
> A story within a story. 2 nights before the tournament I had Greg
and Merv over to my place for a practice session. Both men kicked my
butt that night but when we were finished I assured them that I was
ready for the competition. The following day Greg called me and we
talked about who was going to win the tournament and who would be
able to beat him as he was at the top of his game. He asked me a
fatal question as to who I thought was going to win. I responded by
telling him he wasn't going to win. He got abit aggitated by my
answer and called me out as to who could possibly beat him. I
jokingly said " who knows, maybe it would be me... and we chuckled
and left it at that... Little did we know that I had actually
predicted the out come of that tournament.
> In April, I ventured upto Brampton to participate in the Brampton
tournament, I looked forward to this particular tournament as I like
the venue presented. This year however was not to be my year as
Martin Labelle decide to showcase his command of the 5380 game.
Martin destroyed the competition that day and I had to settle for
third.
> Now May and Quebec City leaves a sour taste in my mouth this
year. As everyone knows I was ROBBED of a new system that was not
clearly defined.
> Quebec City saw the emergence of the now used playoff system that
ranks all players as you compete to the finish.
> I want to set the record straight, I like the new system as it is
used now. But that doesn't correct the Quebec situation.
> Although many people have told me that I was miss treated in this
situation no one has had the parts to correct it.
> That's all I have to say about that ..it is over...
> By the way I still was only awarded 5th place.
> This year was a tounament filled year.
> In June, I participated in Sid's 1st of 2 tournaments, the newly
created "Oshawa Open". The result of that tournament was not one of
my better performances. as I played the tourny on 4 hrs sleep and as
a result could only muster an 9th place finish.
> Now everyone knew I was going to Chicago to compete in Jim
Rzonka's USA open at the end of July. And until I heard that Patrick
Cote was going I was the shoe in to win. But even though Patrick
travelled 21 hrs by bus to Chicago, I thought for sure he would be
too tired and would crumble under my attack...not so, he toyed with
me giving me a false sense of victory before he gained his second
wind and came back to snatch victory right out from underneath me...I
ended up second.
> The next day I again attempted a Stiga tournament and the
competition was fierce. The players however were great to play
against and chat about the game of Stiga. I did however acheive a few
goals in the tourament, like competing in the round of sixteen and
only my second Stiga tournament. I will also say I loved playing Rob
Chargo (he beat me two straight) but I definitely got under his skin
with my psycho-babel. I will definitely play in more Stiga
tournaments in the future.
> August- BREAK TIME-whew...
> Now September was an incredibly busy month for table hockey.
> Ready for this...
> Sept. 8/07 New York-3rd
> Sept. 15/07 Peterborough Classic- 8th
> Sept. 22/07 Montreal aw forget about that one OK.... I will, 17th
ouch ("B" Champ)
> Oct.BREAK - whew.... Oh I forgot my Artizan Season Started...
> Which brings us to Nov.10th/07 Final touranment of the year...
> Sherbrooke...
> Boy did I have something to prove...
> Although Carlo won, I am glad that I could put any doubt that
anybody had about my Montreal performance behind me.
> I want to appologize to anyone who might have felt like I was
possessed. as I did have a point to prove.
> Jr. you fell victim to my goalie in the last 2 games. Martin, you
were right, the only time it seems I can beat you is on your home
turf. As for Carlo, not much to say, you were the better player in
the end. Congratulation my friend.
>
> In closing I have this to say about this year....
>
> 11 tournaments, 2-1st, 2-2nds, 1 3rd, 1-5th, 1-8th, 1-9th, 1-
17th, Stiga, 1-13th and 1-16th
> 3 States and 2 Provinces
> A ton of tablehockey
> Many new friends
> one- lost in New York
> = Priceless memories and a ton of hardware...
> Thanks to all for putting up with my Green outfits and my table
talk, I had a great year.
> Dave Kraehling
>
>
> ---------------------------------
> Ask a question on any topic and get answers from real people. Go to
Yahoo! Answers.
>