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Worlds Foosball Championships 2021
World World Foosball Foosball World World Foosball Foosball Championships Championships Championships Championships Lexington Kentucky WLabor Day Week
here to start this event was was so much fun and exciting I I I I felt like I I I I was was a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a kid all over again back at at at college at at at at Indiana State University where where I I I I I learned how to play foosball at at at a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a bar down the the road road from where where I I I lived called Simmeral’s Pub Even the the road road trip was was fun except when my long-time foosball friend Rick Robichaud was was was driving I I had to always get rest with one eye open LOL It was was a a a a a a a a a a great time time from the the minute I I I left my driveway to the the moment I I I got home One of those good’ ole fashion road trips We drove for about 12 hours from New Hampshire to Austinburg Ohio Here we got a a a a a a a a a couple of rooms for the the night and found ourselves a a a a a a a a a Great Pub Clay Street Grill right there in in in in Austinburg Now since we we are a a a a a a a a a a a a Tavern & Bar type magazine we we got to give this place place place a a a a a a a a a a a a couple of words This place place place had it it it going on on the the place place place was was very busy with just two waitress and and one one bartender It was was amazing how quick these girls got it it it done and and and the the the the cooks in in in in the the the the kitchen had to be be doing a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a great job also because the the the the food food was coming out hot good and and fast Being from a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a Seafood Restaurant Family on the the the East Coast I was was pleasantly surprised at how how good their seafood chowder was was They had an an an an outside bar with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a pool table table and and I I think I I remember seeing a a a a a a a a a a a a a a foosball table table there there there there and and and if there there there there wasn’t someone needs to get get their ass over there there there there and and get get one one in in there there there there Seemed like a a a a a a a a a a a a good spot for for it it This area of Ohio only a a a a a a a a a few miles from Lake Erie was was known for for for its Wine Country over 40 wineries in in in about a a a a a a a a fifty mile area It was was the the right stop for for a a a a a a a a short rest Five O’Clock in in in the the the morning came and and we we were up and and at it On the the the Road again! It only took us about about 4 1⁄2 to to to to to to about about 5 hours from that point to to to to to to get to to to to to to Lexington Kentucky to to to to to to the the Clarion Hotel The excitement grew even stronger and my nerves as well knowing I had not really put in in the time or practice to be be at at an an an event event of this caliber But with many different events and ratings going on I I knew I I would be be able to get in in in a a a a a a a a few good Another shot of Blake and Ryan playing Open Doubles in in the the Pits Doing some of the commentary for for InsideFoos was was Liz Hill Moore from Oklahoma who husband was was a a a a a a a a former Newscaster Playing in in in Women’s Classic Doubles we we have Kim “Kat” Owens Sloan from from Texas and her partner in in in the orange Kitty Johnson from from Buford Georgia 50 / / WINTER 2021
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