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Balls of Steel

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Tournament Information

Director : Greg Siegele
Location : Norton Summit, SA
Country : Australia
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :0.57
Ratings Strength :1.86
Base Value : 11
Rated Players :22
Total (before TGP) : 13.43
TGP :100.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :13.43
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Results for the Main Tournament event on April 30, 2017

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Robert Macauley 304 1712.55 13.43
2 Greg Siegele 311 1742.71 7.80
3 Michael Kerylidis 1414 1508.58 5.33
4 Paul Massey 5896 1431.31 3.77
6 Andrew Heitmann 2132 1364.31 2.01
6 Tom Casey 1260 1468.20 2.01
6 Lou Martire 1311 1596.11 2.01
6 Jamie Linke 3249 1498.61 2.01
11 Grant Stephens 690 1611.46 0.83
11 Josh Jaeger 13157 1391.79 0.83
11 Matthew Owen 1465 1521.57 0.83
11 Con Karavasilis 27878 Not Rated 0.83
11 Rusty Painter 5033 1433.51 0.83
14 Dan Ferrone 13212 1533.86 0.67
15 Craig Sturrock 7638 1279.16 0.62
15 Darren Bonnett 4094 1351.01 0.62
17 Robert Dobbs 7475 1318.13 0.52
18 Michael Ribbins 13506 1323.04 0.47
19 Scottie Taylor 7616 1385.09 0.41
20 Tom Hearn 6547 1153.79 0.36
21 Peter Wright 6754 1195.92 0.31
22 George Choimes 3585 1358.74 0.26
23 Martin Di Maria 27878 Not Rated 0.21
24 Troy Richards 27878 Not Rated 0.16
25 Simon Williams 11549 1139.81 0.10
26 Rob Di Maria 27878 Not Rated 0.05
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


Norton Summit, SA 5136, Australia

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format :
Finals Format : Unknown
Player Limit : Unknown
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: April 30, 2017

1-2pm registration & practice
2-6pm qualifying - Best Game format, maximum 10 attempts all counting towards score, maximum 2 attempts per machine (8 machines)
6:30pm-12pm finals for top 50% or 15 players, whichever is the lesser,
single elimination best of 5 games. Top qualifiers may get a bye
depending on numbers.
7pm-12pm consolation tournament for those who do not qualify for
finals. Results of consolation tournament are not sent to IFPA. Your
IFPA result is determined by your placing in qualifying if you do not
make the finals.

Other events related to this Tournament

Event Date Ranking System Winner
League December 04, 2025 MAIN
Main Tournament May 18, 2025 MAIN Neal Wagoner
League December 07, 2023 MAIN Dale Price
League June 30, 2019 MAIN Raymond Fauber
Pin-Golf December 17, 2018 MAIN Matthew Owen
Side Tournament December 15, 2018 MAIN Greg Siegele
Main Tournament June 17, 2018 MAIN Lou Martire
Main Tournament November 18, 2017 MAIN Matthew Owen
Main Tournament November 13, 2016 MAIN Greg Siegele
Main Tournament May 22, 2016 MAIN Robert Macauley
Main Tournament October 25, 2015 MAIN Peter Milner
Main Tournament July 04, 2015 MAIN Greg Siegele

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