Rob Atha
Rob Atha (born 1986) is a table football/ foosball player from the UK, previously ranked 1st in the world and regularly ranking in the top 5 of the International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) rankings. Atha has been the number #1 ranked player in the UK since the early 2000s. Overview Born in 1986, Rob learned the sport at a young age at the Rainbow snooker club in his hometown of Manchester. He won his first Open Singles title at a UK ranking tournament at the age of 13. This and other early tournament successes led to Rob being dubbed the "Wonderkid"., leading to an appearance on the BBC children's show Blue Peter ''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC Tel ... in 1999. He became the ITSF Men's Doubles World Champion in 2009 along with fellow UK player Joe Hamilton.http://Ath ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Table Football
Table football, also known as foosball, table soccer, futbolito in Mexico, Taca Taca in Chile and Metegol in Argentina is a table-top game that is loosely based on association football. The aim of the game is to move the ball into the opponent's goal by manipulating rods which have figures attached. Although rules often vary by country and region when the game is played casually, at the competitive level table soccer is played according to a unified code. History Patents for similar table games date back as early as the 1890s in Spain, Europe. However, foosball's origins go back to 1921, when Harold Searles Thornton from the United Kingdom patented the game as "Apparatus for playing a game of table football". Thornton invented a football game that people could play in their homes due to the popularity of association football in Europe. The game adopted the name foosball in the United States via German imports that called it "tischfußball" ( "table football"). Its design ins ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Foosball
Table football, also known as foosball, table soccer, futbolito in Mexico, Taca Taca in Chile and Metegol in Argentina is a table-top game that is loosely based on association football. The aim of the game is to move the ball into the opponent's goal by manipulating rods which have figures attached. Although rules often vary by country and region when the game is played casually, at the competitive level table soccer is played according to a unified code. History Patents for similar table games date back as early as the 1890s in Spain, Europe. However, foosball's origins go back to 1921, when Harold Searles Thornton from the United Kingdom patented the game as "Apparatus for playing a game of table football". Thornton invented a football game that people could play in their homes due to the popularity of association football in Europe. The game adopted the name foosball in the United States via German imports that called it "tischfußball" ( "table football"). Its design ins ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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International Table Soccer Federation
The International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) is a non-profit organization based in France that promotes table soccer. The ITSF endorses soccer tables that meet requirements for international competition. The five official tables are currently furnished bBonzini Garlando, Roberto Sport, Tornado (table football) Tornado is brand of table football (foosball) table that has been used in the World Championships since 1986. The original Tornado model was created by engineer Bob Furr. The Tornado brand has been manufactured by Valley-Dynamo since 1999, and is ..., and Leonhart, with the ITSF recognising a number of other tablesWarrior Table Soccer Fireball, Rosengart, Jupiter, Metegol) - as being suitable for national competition. Membership There are two membership categories that ITSF operates - Regular and Associate. The categories differ in the list of required standards, like membership fees, up-to-date registers of national clubs and venues, the number of ITSF-sanctioned ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Blue Peter
''Blue Peter'' is a British children's television entertainment programme created by John Hunter Blair. It is the longest-running children's TV show in the world, having been broadcast since October 1958. It was broadcast primarily from BBC Television Centre in London until September 2011, when the programme moved to dock10 studios at MediaCityUK in Salford, Greater Manchester. It is currently shown live on the CBBC television channel on Fridays at 5pm. The show is also repeated on Saturdays at 11:30am, Sundays at 9:00am and a BSL version is shown on Tuesdays at 2:00pm. Following its original creation, the programme was developed by a BBC team led by Biddy Baxter; she became the programme editor in 1965, relinquishing the role in 1988. Throughout the show's history there have been 41 presenters; currently, it is hosted by Richie Driss, Mwaksy Mudenda and Joel Mawhinney. The show uses a nautical title and theme. Its content, which follows a magazine/entertainment format, featur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of World Table Football Champions
This article is a list of male, female and national teams world champions in foosball. The International Table Soccer Federation (ITSF) has held a World Championships annually or bi-annually, with the winning players and teams recognised as the best international multi-table players and teams of that period. World Series events are held for ITSF-recognised tables (Leonhart, Garlando, Bonzini, Roberto Sport and Tornado), usually annually. In the United States, the World Championships are held on the Tornado table, with previous events having been organised on the Dynamo and Tournament Soccer tables. ITSF World Championships and World Cup Champions In 2015, it was decided to host this event every two years instead of annually. The column Home table always means player's or team's choice in the finals of the tournament. Winners of Open Singles and Open Doubles at (Tornado, Dynamo, Tournament Soccer) World Championships ITSF WCS (World Championship Series) Champions Reference ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Table Football
Table football, also known as foosball, table soccer, futbolito in Mexico, Taca Taca in Chile and Metegol in Argentina is a table-top game that is loosely based on association football. The aim of the game is to move the ball into the opponent's goal by manipulating rods which have figures attached. Although rules often vary by country and region when the game is played casually, at the competitive level table soccer is played according to a unified code. History Patents for similar table games date back as early as the 1890s in Spain, Europe. However, foosball's origins go back to 1921, when Harold Searles Thornton from the United Kingdom patented the game as "Apparatus for playing a game of table football". Thornton invented a football game that people could play in their homes due to the popularity of association football in Europe. The game adopted the name foosball in the United States via German imports that called it "tischfußball" ( "table football"). Its design ins ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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World Champions In Table Football
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Living People
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