London Geek Foosball

Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 6:00 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

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Ticket Information

Ticket Type	Remaining	Sales End	Price	Fee	Quantity
Strikers more info Slotting them at the back of the net	Sold Out	Ended	£5.00	£0.78	Sold Out
Midfielders more info Holding the middle of the park together	Sold Out	Ended	£5.00	£0.78	Sold Out
Defenders more info The rocks at the back	Sold Out	Ended	£5.00	£0.78	Sold Out
Goalkeeper more info The geek inbetween the sticks	Sold Out	Ended	£5.00	£0.78	Sold Out
The Subs Bench (waiting list) more info Warming up the bench	Sold Out	Ended	£0.00	£0.00	Sold Out
Managers, coaches, kitman and backroom staff (spectators) more info Bring along your air horns, flares and vuvuzelas	Sold Out	Ended	£0.00	£0.00	Sold Out

Event Details

That's a wrap!

Geek foosballers of London and beyond...

How are those wrists feeling a few days later? (or knuckles in the case of @bash @glennbookingbug)
The inaugural London Geek Foosball event has come to an end and I hope that you all had a great time at Bar Kick on Thursday.

It was awesome seeing so many diverse geeks out and about under the same roof!
Just a quick recap...

Sponsors
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This event would probably not have been possible without the awesomeness of the uber cool companies below. Please give them some love on the interwebs!

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The Tournament
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Draw: http://is.gd/8gk73
Winners: @kisandie @robmcm
Runners Up: @jordinl83 @palmamod
3rd Place: @bayek @AlphabUX

Roundup video
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Awesome roundup video by @ThatGirl_Chloe from Techfluff.tv

Twitterverse activity
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Flurry of activity via the #geekfoosball hashtag. Present roundup here: http://is.gd/8lJAz

Snappy snaps
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We were very fortunate to have had quite a few volunteer trigger happy snappers at the event.
They included @tehbus @aperfect @AlphabUX @amythibodeau @michald + others that I just can't remember (soz)

A Flickr pool has been created so please add your uploads here if you haven't already done so, http://www.flickr.com/groups/londongeekfoosball/pool/

And lastly, a huge thanks to everyone who attended. These events would never happen or be repeated week in and out without your continued support.
Please feel free to report back with any constructive critism that you may have.

Cheers,
Dees / @cyberdees

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A geek kick-about on the fancy Bonzini Babyfoot foosball tables of Bar Kick, near Shoreditch's Silicon Roundabout

MAIN DETAILS
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Date: 11 February 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 6:00pm onwards (Happy Hour with 2for1 beers from 4pm-7pm)
Venue: Bar Kick (downstairs), 127 Shoreditch High St, London E1 6JE
Cost: £5 which includes light snacks, nibbles + tokens for games

Follow @geekfoosball for up to date details.

- reserved area downstairs with up to 3 tables
- spectators welcome
- football tops encouraged!
- knock-out doubles competition to occur at some point during the night