Last Thursday night, the Evison Lounge of the OUSA building was the location of the OUSA reOri foosball tournament.
With a MosterDYP tournament style, everyone faced new opponents and a new partner in each round. Games were played to 5 points, allowing for many combinations of tournament participants. Adding to the friendly atmosphere was the entertaining Rozel from OUSA, our impromptu master of fun facts about foosball. Armed with a microphone, she asked us questions like: “Do you know when the first foosball table was invented?” or “Did you know that the fastest shot ever recorded was 56km/h?”
At the end of the tournament, Rozel announced the three winners of the tournament: Connor, Ilgaz and Efe. Congratulation to you and to all the players who joined the tournament.
We very much enjoyed the first OUSA foosball tournament and we aim to run more of such tournaments in the future!
Fancy a game table soccer? If you are in Auckland, you can now play at Ellice Road Social Venue (57 Albert Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010) on a professional foosball table sponsored by foosball table manufacturer Leonhart.
The foosball table arrived in Auckland in July 2021, but due to Lockdown and Alert Level 3 for much of the rest of 2021, the table was setup in early 2022.
Get in touch with Blake from Foosball Auckland at https://www.facebook.com/foosballauckland/.
Get the ball rolling!
Ellice Road Social Venue: 57 Albert Street, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010
Table soccer – also known as foosball – is popular in many parts of the world and its tables can be found in various places, such as bars, youth centers, schools and private homes. Foosball is not just a fun game, in some countries foosball is recognized as a professional sport with national leagues and national/international tournaments. Table soccer is not (yet) considered as an Olympic sport, but has already gained the observer status. To fulfill the requirements to become an Olympic sport, table soccer needs to be recognized as a professional sport in more countries, with many players and supporters around the world.
To help building a solid player base in New Zealand, Marcus Schulz, the Vice President of the German Table Soccer Federation (DTFB), and Christian Fiedler, the managing Director of the foosball table manufacturer Leonhart, had the crazy idea to ship several professional foosball tables from Germany to New Zealand.
We are happy to announce that four of these sponsored tables are now setup at the Unipol in Dunedin. Everybody is welcome to use them free of charge, and we provide free coaching every Tuesday and Friday evening.
The arrival of the first professional foosball tables in New Zealand is the foundation for a New Zealand wide Table Soccer community.