ÿþ<html> <head> <title>Mark Tanner Memorial Fooz Doubles Championship - Rules & Regulations</title> <meta NAME="description" content="The official foozball rules of the championship - twists, turns and tilting"> <meta NAME="keywords" content="foozball, fooz, foosball, foos, fuss, fuzzball, fuzz, fussball, table, football, bios, rules, regulations, gospel, instructions, guidelines, order"> <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 ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script> </head> <body> <div align="center"> <center> <table> <td colspan="5" height="71"> <div align="center"> <table border="0" width="519" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="8"> <p align="left"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz1.jpg" width="519" height="46"></td> </tr> <center> <tr> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz21.jpg" width="123" height="85"></td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><a href="http://marktanner.com/fooz"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz22b.jpg" width="60" height="85" alt="Back to the main page"></a></td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><a href="draw.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz23b.jpg" width="60" height="85" alt="Who's playing who and how they're doing"></a></td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><a href="pics.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz24b.jpg" width="60" height="85" alt="See the ugly mugs captured in action"></a></td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><a href="bios.html"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz25b.jpg" width="60" height="85" alt="A bit of background on some of the competitors"></a></td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz26.jpg" width="86" height="85"></td> <td align="left"><a href="http://marktanner.com"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz27a.jpg" width="57" height="49" alt="Back to MarkTanner.com"></a></td> <td align="left" rowspan="2"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz28.jpg" width="13" height="85"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz27b.jpg" width="57" height="36"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="8"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/fooz3.jpg" width="519" height="26"></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="8"> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana"><br><b>Rules &amp; Regulations<br></b>1. Spinning is only permitted if agreed upon by all 4 players participating prior to the game.<br>2. Ball is made live with a simple bounce on the table wall at the centreline.<br>3. Motionless balls are reintroduced with a simple bounce on the table wall at the centreline.<br>4. Contrary to popular practice, balls that enter the goal and bounce out again will be disallowed.<br>5. Partnerships can have no outside help with paddles.<br>6. Games are a best of three and must be played and reported by email to <a href="mailto:mark.tanner@vodafone.ie">mark.tanner@vodafone.ie</a> before the specified round deadline date.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Failure to report the score will result in disqualification of both parties from the championship.<br>7. Lifting of the table is not allowed unless agreed upon by all 4 players participating prior to the game.<br>8. Partners can switch paddle responsibility as often as they wish.<br>9. Games must be played during lunch, smoko/coffee breaks or afterhours as not to disrupt from employment duties.</font> <p class="MsoNormal"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Other than that, its no holds barred, talk all the shite you want and pull out all the dirty tricks you have during match play.</font> <p class="MsoNormal"></center></center> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" colspan="8"> <p align="right"><img border="0" src="http://www.marktanner.com/fooz/art/bush.jpg" alt="Noone's too clever, or noone's too thick for fooz, its a game for everyone"></td> </tr> </table> </div> </table> </div> </body>