Mild Seven Foosball Challenge 2001 Photo - Part 2

Dynamic brothers, Kevin Heng and Kenny Heng.


Mohan and Raymond Kang.


Megat and Ryan... eh... Meg Ryan kah?


Nik having a friendly game.


Pietro and Chin Seang in a friendly match.


The two jays... Joel and Jerry.


Uncle Ben Tan and doubles partner, Albert Cheeook.


Cyrus Fu and doubles partner Jack.


Sean Yeap and Eu Hock in Shaolin Foosball... :-)


"Walking snake" Kent Lee and "Five men" Ben Neo.

Photo credits: Mr Rayfish Ng

Mild Seven Foosball Challenge 2001 Photo - Part 1

DYP event with CM MAK and Nizam vs Jack and Chin Seang.


Jack and Chin Seang.


CM Mak and Nizam.


DYP event where Oliver partners Edmund versus Jana and Paul.


MIB... Alex Hing.


Peitro vs Joel and Edmond.


From Left: Ong Poh Seng, Shaun Lun, Edmond, Chun Mun and Cyrus.


Jack and Uncle Ben in a friendly match.


Shaolin Foosball: Eu Hock and Kent Lee in a friendly, with Sean Yeap looking on.


Foosers taking a break next to the grand stand.


Open Doubles match with Eng Hwai & Mohd Ariff verus Edwin Ng and Kelvin Yeang.

Photo credits: Mr Rayfish Ng

Mild Seven Foosball Challenge 2001 - Charts

Details, details... Okie.. for you guys who love details, Edgar has been so kind as to email me these charts for the Ladies Singles, Lowen and Tornado Singles/Doubles events. Enjoy


Ladies Singles


Lowen Doubles


Lowen Singles

Tornado Doubles

Tornado Singles

Tornado Singles 8 Players

The Road to Tornado Double Victory - Mild Seven Foosball Challenge 2001

Raymond Kan and Ong Poh Seng's first match saw this champion team pitting themselves against Sean Yeap & Thomas Lok. Afterwhich, they played against Edwin Ng & Kelvin Yeang. Meanwhile, Bobby Tham & Eu Hock (Ah Boy) had just scored a win over Raymond Tang & Teik Eng, to meet Raymond Kan & Poh Seng in the next round. Oliver & Mohan had just wrapped their game with Shaun P'ng & Lim Yen Seng to meet Jack Hii and Cyrus Fu.

The fight for the winners bracket saw an intense battle between Oliver & Mohan and Raymong & Poh Seng, with the former coming out on top. Raymond Kan and Poh Seng had to wait for the loser bracket to fight itself out. It was down to the fight for 5th and 6th placing. Jack Hii & Cyrus Fu just managed a very close win over Raymond Tang & Teik Eng to meet Bobby Tham & Eu Hock (Ah Boy) whom had also just managed a win over Shaun P'ng & Lim Yen Seng, to fight for the 3rd/4th placing. Raymond Kan & Poh Seng's wait was over. They dispatched Jack Hii & Cyrus to play in the finals against Oliver & Mohan.

The finals was intense, Raymond & Poh Seng had to beat Oliver & Mohan two sets of best of three games to take the Tornado Double Championship. The first set was easily won by Raymond & Poh Seng, with Raymond stopping Mohan's thunderous and flawless Pull Shot. The last set saw each team winning a game each, which made the next and final game, the critical one for both teams. As Poh Seng fumbles with his Pull shot, Oliver and Mohan pulled a switch with Mohan in the goals and Oliver in the offense. It was a goal for goal match after that!!!

Just as Poh Seng made it 4-3, Oliver delivered a smashing five-men to even the score at 4-4. Poh Seng had his shot blocked on the next serve with Mohan gaining possession. Wisely, Mohan called a time-out. After time-in, Mohan sized up his shot with a rolling push-kick on the two men, rolling the ball up to the second man and delivering a powerful shot towards the goal. The ball hit the goal post centimeters from victory, which allowed Raymond to gain possession on the re-bound and in a quick one-two, delivered the ball into the opponents goal!

The crowd went wild!!! Kudos to the players for giving us this wonderful match to watch which will be remembered down the annals of foosball.

Mild Seven Foosball Challenge 2001 - Results

I have finally tabulated the results with the Prize money. If you want to know where's the money... you have to ask Shaul!!! He is da man this year with a total winnings of RM4750. Edgar Phang follows with a total winning of RM2250. Way to go guys!

Champion of Champion

Singles - Shaul (Lowen) RM1000
Doubles - Shaul & Edgar Phang (Lowen) RM2000

Tornado SinglesRM1500 - 1st Joel Michael
RM1000 - 2nd Raymond Tang
RM800   - 3rd Ng Eng HwaiRM600  - 4th Khoo Teng BoonRM400  - 5th Shaun Pn'gRM300  - 6th CM MakRM200  - 7th Jerry ChangRM100  - 8th Bobby Tham

Tornado DoublesRM2500 - 1st Ong Poh Seng & Raymond KanRM2000 - 2nd Mohan Tanabalan & Oliver YongRM1500 - 3rd Jack Hii & Cyrus FuRM1000 - 4th Bobby Tham & Ng Eu Hock (Ah Boy)RM800  - 5th Shaun P'ng & Lim Yen SengRM600   - 6th Raymond Tang & Chin Teik EngRM200  - 7th Ng Eng Hwai & Mohd AriffRM100  - 8th Pietro & Megat

Lowen SinglesRM1500 - 1st ShaulRM1000 - 2nd FirdarusRM800  - 3rd Loo See BeeRM600  - 4th ShaimiRM400  - 5th Syazman

Lowen DoublesRM2500 - 1st Shaul & Edgar PhangRM2000 - 2nd Lai Peng Yue & John ChinRM1500 - 3rd Benny & Win HoongRM1000 - 4th Raymond Fong & Gary JansenRM800  - 5th Zulkarnain & Shaimi

Ladies SinglesRM800 - 1st Aunnie TehRM400 - 2nd Pui Kang YuenRM200 - 3rd Azalea

League ChampionRM2000 - 1st Muja's (CM Mak, Cyrus Fu, Pietro Felix & Michael Lee)RM1200 - 2nd Slam (Anyone knows who are the team members?)RM800  - 3nd Tidal Wave (Anyone knows who are the team members?)

Foosing in Ohio

Well, this pub is called Lido's in Columbus and it's the most happening foosball place in this area where they have 4 foosball tables and they organize DYPs everyweek.

The guy holding the bottle while taking the pic has been playing for more than 25 years and particularly on the one million dollar table. His name is Mike by way. The others are rookies but some of them are really good. - Photo caption by Hussein.






Veteran Mike and Hussein.

Malaysia Boleh: Torpedo Foosball Table

Some of you have probably heard of the Torpedo Foosball Table, manufactured by Unicorn of Penang. Although it bears a striking resemblance to the Tornado, it is 100% Malaysian made. I have not tried the table myself, but from what I have heard from some friends, it plays like a Tornado. If you have tried the Torpedo before, please give us your comments below.



One of the major difference between the Tornado and the Torpedo is price (of course lah...:-). A Tornado T2000 cost more than RM 10,000, whereas the Torpedo cost RM 5,500 (without the coin-slot). I believe the price can still be reduced, if say, you were to order 5 units? LOL. To add salt to the wound, I have heard that, even if you can afford the RM 10,000 to buy a Tornado, the distributors are not prepared to sell the table to you!



Personally, I think the Torpedo will be excellent for companies who want to provide their employees with "timeout" activities within the office walls. There is an excellent article from Cnet.com that documents the popularity of foosball in tech companies like IBM, Intel, Yahoo, etc.
There is no doubt in anybody's mind that foosball in Malaysia will continue to grow. A locally manufactured table is a step in the right direction. Don't you agree... :-)

Related Links:

• http://www.unicorn.com.my