ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Mark Tanner Memorial Fooz Doubles Championship</title> <meta NAME="description" content="Pics, bios, and results for the prestigious foozball tournament Dec 02-Jan 03"> <meta NAME="keywords" content="foozball, fooz, foosball, foos, fuss, fuzzball, fuzz, fussball, table, football, rules, pictures, photos, bios, biography"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-21979777-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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