Illawarra Steelers meet - 17th October

[millsy]

Thanks Tony and youre family for yet another great pinball gathering. Excellant venue (Youre games shed), great entertainment (The old and the new pins) Awesome people (The ones I had met before and the ones I hadnt) and great food (The nibblys and the pizza) 
Kev

[Ford Fairlane]

Hi Guys,

Havent been active on the forum of late and havent been playing pins either  . However, being able to rock up to Tony's place and seeing all these classic pins was site for sore eyes!!! Im back baby!!!

A really big thanks to Tony (and of course the rest of the family especially his daughter for the excellent lollie spread) for inviting us to his home and sharing this experience. Fantastic Also want to say that meeting again with the familiar faces as well as some new ones was so enjoyable!!! Its a great testament to everyone where all these brilliant pins were there to play but i only played for half the time... the rest of the time was spent enjoying the company of all who were there!!!

Thanks Again Tony, you are great bloke and an absolute asset to the pinball community.

PS. Yes Wotto, i beat you by 1 run because you ran away after i scored the winning run... time to change my signature ...

[millsy]

Some picts I took

[millsy]

some more

[millsy]

Last 3

[SPURR]

Great show Tony. The one thing you need congratulating on is having time to clean up the games room to 100% tidy as you did. I bet you thought whilst getting the pins ready you said to your self I MUST STOP working on the pins and start cleaning up the shed! Which you did well.   The highlight of the night to me was speaking to all the great personalities of the crew that were there
And hey Millsy there great photo's !!

[illawarra_steelers]

Thanks everyone...what a fantastic time!

Before I forget...I forgot to thank Kev for bringing over his game....mate that came up sweet and she took a hammering!

What a postive event it was, you could feel the happy vibe all through the day.

Was a funny feeling standing in that room after everybody had left and looking around at the empty room....will do it again in March 2010 (plenty of notice, so people can't complain about 'missing out' )

There were plenty of times through the week leading up that I was having plenty of doubts but did those old EMs stand up to be counted on the day, only a few slight 'breakdowns' that were fixed staright away such as loose flippers etc.

Thanks to everybody that took the time to come along, I truly appreciate your friendship and company.

See most of you at the next meet at Paul's next month 

[illawarra_steelers]

Oh......

WIN TV turned up Sunday 

Looking hung over I say to the fella....the event was yesterday 

[SlickChick]

Oh......

WIN TV turned up Sunday 

Looking hung over I say to the fella....the event was yesterday 

D'oh!    

You can put Rod and myself down for March, we'll definitely be back! 

[tonyt]

Big thanks to Tony and his family for putting on such a great meet, well worth the trip up from Adelaide.

Tony, that was a huge effort you put in with the restores and being in your games room reminded me of the old style arcades.

It was great that Dan was able to bring along his AF and TZ and Kev was able to bring his Jumping Jacks, which he has done a great job with restoring.

Also Wotto and his wife for organising that great pinball cake, you could tell that Mick was totally chuffed by the effort.

Was great to catch up with some familiar faces and some new ones.

Would highly recommend that other members from interstate make plans to attend Tony's next meet

[ktm450]

Great photos, looked like a fun night 

[illawarra_steelers]

Looks like a cracking night there... i see some faces...plus one of my T shirts!!! And an APOLLO - thought that was earmarked for sale??

The Apollo was sold (and payed for) 13 MONTHS ago....and it's still here....

[acejas]

Thanks Tony for the hospitality and the great line up. Only bad thing is I wasnt there long enough. Next time it wont be like that. Enjoyed meeting your family and some more pinheads. Thanks to Dave (Furballx) for having me over for Friday night to play some pinnies, talk crap and eat pizza. Pizza and pinballs go together I think LOL.

Thnaks again tony for the invite and the pleasure of seeing you gamesroom and Steelers Memorabilia

cheers Jas

[Retropin]

LOL!!! I like that kind of deal - i had a Freddy once i did the refurb on for someone - he paid in advance, my son and i had fun on that machine for over a year before he rang and asked if i still had it!

[punter]

Here's a few more pics from Tony's pinball meet. You can never have too many pics.