Great success for the Pinb-Owl’s Nest 2012 won by Daniele Acciari
The weekend dedicated to the Pinb-Owl's Nest 2012 is over, a pinball tournament at the Bar Palladio in Fontaniva (PD). A wonderful weekend of pure pinball and associated to the deepest charity for the association Il Nido del Gufo, which operates in Colombia. All the raised fees during the two days were entirely donated at the ONG with the goal of giving hope to people who really need it.
The organization, the participation and the atmosphere of the weekend have been outstanding, with pinball lovers coming from many parts of Italy and from France too. The Pinb-Owl’s Nest had two different tournaments: the Main one and the Classics. The Main tournament was structured with a open qualification section, during the all Saturday and the Sunday morning, on the five machines Congo, Medieval Madness, The Addam's Family, Indiana Jones and Monster Bash. Five more pinball (Corvette, Cirqus Voltaire, Cactus Canyon, High Speed II: The Getaway, Bram Stoker's Dracula) were set up in free-play. Furthemore, the oldest machine Ten-Up (Gottlieb 1973) and Time Machine have been used for the Classics. In the Main tournament, the top 24 made it to the Sunday afternoon finals, with Acciari as best qualifiers followed by Dailly and Anzini. The 24 were divided in six 4-players groups, which played 3 games each to determine the 12 who advanced to the head to head elimination bracket. All matches have been a race to 2 wins, defining the two semifinals: Acciari vs Spiga and Melone vs Marta Roberto. The semifinal between the favorite Acciari and Spiga was over on the third game on The Addam’s Family, where Acciari with the final bonus passed Spiga by less then a million. In the other match-up Melone was able to make it in to the final, dominated by Acciari with two fabulous games on Bram Stoker's Dracula and The Addam's Family. Spiga won the final for the third place winning on Cactus Canyon. The Classics was won again by the cannibal Acciari followed by Dailly and Pierobon Matteo. At the end, rich awards were given to many players. The top 8 took home prizes donated by many retailers of then town, as well the top three of the Classics and the top three women (Sabrina Telatin, Scagliarini Anna e Squizzato Sara) and the youngest participant Andretta Alberto, six years old.
A huge thanks goes to the commitment, dedication and patience of Matteo Filippin, Claudio Melone, Sara Squizzato, Matteo Pierobon, Matteo Pontarollo, Mauro Spiga, Mauro Violetto, Loris Trevisan, who made possible and wonderful the weekend, but mostly Livio and Lisa Pierobon, parents of Nicola who thought the event from the far Colombia where he is volunteering for Il Nido del Gufo.
The day concluded with big thanks and hugs, demonstration that everybody appreciated the two days of pinball. And a goodbye to the next event, with a great desire to repeat these meetings dedicated to the passion for pinball, but above all, to friendship, brotherhood and mutual respect. This is the wonderful world of pinball!
