Date: 24th - 28th October 2007
Location: Wyndham O'Hare, 6810N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont, Chicago, USA. 60018

Sunday is the day when the show winds down and the vendors pack up early. By lunchtime many of the machines in the two halls were either depowered or removed.

But for the competitive players, Sunday is the day of the finals of the Flip Out Tournament.

There were three main divisions - A, B and C - plus a Women's division, Juniors and Seniors divisions and one for the Tots.

We'll have full details shortly but here are the highlights just minutes after the awards ceremony was completed.

The main A Division was a close finish but on the very last ball of the last game on Pirates Of The Caribbean, it was Andy Rosa who took first place beating Rick Steta into second with Keith Elwin in third and Trent Augenstein in fourth.

Andy Rosa receives his award from organiser John Kosmal

Andy won $1100 plus a Spider-Man playfield. Rick in second won $875, Keith took home $550 and Trent received $225 for his fourth place finish.

Rick Stetta, Andy Rosa, Trent Augenstein and Keith Elwin

In the B division it was Greg Davis who was triumphant in first place after winning all three games on Pirates Of The Caribbean, Meteor and Spider-Man. Greg had virtually won after the second of the three games with a total of 14 points while the nearest challenger was Phillip Mazur on 8 points. As long as Greg didn't come last and Phillip first, he was assured the win and indeed Greg won the last game too to seal the first place. Phillip Mazur was second while Todd McCullough was third and fourth place went to Ron Hallett.

B division finalists Greg Davis, Todd MacCulloch and Ron Hallett with John Kosmal

Greg won $720 and a new Family Guy playfield while Phillip took away $540, Todd recieved $360 and Ron got $180. So the results of the final of the B division were:

In the C division it went to the final game as Kyle's two wins and 14 points could still be caught by Fabian's 10 points if he could win and Kyle was third or fourth. In the end though, it was Adam who won and Kyle was second, securing his lead and taking first place.

Adam Higgins, Aaron Page, Kyle Page and Fabian Scavone with John Kosmal

Kyle took home $500 and a Pirates Of The Caribbean playfield, Fabian collected $375 and a translite, Adam received $250 for his third place while Aaron was awarded $125.

The Women's division reached an interesting climax as there was a points tie for first place after the three games between Penni Epstein and Alysa Parks. The outcome was decided by a single ball each on Pirates Of The Caribbean which Penni won to take first place. Alysa was second with Tina Curtis third and Christine Fisher fourth.

Tina Curtis, Christine Fisher, Alysa Parks and Penni Epstein with John Kosmal

Penni collected a top prize of $200, Alysa took away $150, Tina received $100 and Christine won $50 for fourth place.

The Seniors Division final was contested by the tree winners of the semi-finals - Patti MacDonald, Roger Sharpe and MacDonald. Played on Pirates Of The Caribbean, Family Guy and Spider-Man, each game ended with Don winning, Roger second and Patti in third and so that became the result of the division too.

Roger Sharpe, Don MacDonald and Patti MacDonald

Don collected the top prize of $120, Roger received $90 and Patti took away $50.

At the other end of the age range, the Juniors division was also a three way match between Chandler Hall, Joshua Henderson and Sarah Schudel. The first two games on Spider-Man and Family Guy both went to Chandler and although Joshua managed to pull back a win on Pirates Of The Caribbean it wasn't enough to win or overtake Sarah's three second places.

Chandler Hall and his Monopoly playfield prize

Apart from winning the playfield above, Chandler also won $120. Sarah's second place netted her $90 while Joshua took home a $50 prize for third.

The Tots division was settled on Saturday by the results of a single round held during the main qualifying session on Metoer, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Family Guy and Spider-Man.

The top prize went to Jack Pace, second was Escher Lefkoff and third place went to John Inman. Congratulations to them, all the participants and the organisers in this year's Flip Out tournaments.

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