More pictures from the 88th Annual Marbles Tournament
held in Wildwood, NJ June 20 to 23, 2011



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The contestants prepare to 'Rack' the marbles for the game.
The X shaped rack has 13 holes that will leave the marbles
lined up in a cross pattern in the ring.



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Concentrating on the shot.


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Jack Hahn "The Marble Man" referees a game.
I 'decorated' our broom this year so we could keep track of it



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.View of Ringer Stadium from the boardwalk

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2010 winners Penelope & Corey raise the flag.


filming
This year the Pittsburgh Team worked with Filmmaker
Justin A. Nixon to create a do a Documentary on a kid's journey
to the Tournament and the week there.
This project was funded by Donations raised on Kickstarter.
If you would like to follow the progress check out 'Mibsters' on Facebook.


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Coach Bang Duong '94 and Mike Thomas '97
watch the action.

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The rain had to be mopped and squeegeed off
the rings on Monday morning.
The marbles were leaving wakes!

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The sibling of a contestant plays in the sand as a player watches his competition play.

shooting
Players carefully choose their shots..


practicing
Upper Darby Coachs supervise practice.

lagging
Contestants lag to see who goes first.
The lag line is drawn across the top of the circle, the win goes to the player who
get closest to the line without hitting the backboard.

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Doug Watson '99 Announces scores as they come in and
directs them to their Rings as their turns come up.

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A player heads out to play her next game.

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Coach Debra Stanley-Lapic '73 and daughter Whitney '09
watch as some of their players compete.


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2 Players relax between games.

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Teammates Branden & Jordan show their solidarity.

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Steve Lapic and Jack Hahn dance and play the air 'broom' to the
old song 'Wildwood Day's' which was broadcast several times a day
over the Boardwalk speakers, prompting lots of giggles from the onlookers.

Old Timers Tournament: All former National Champs are eligible.


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Penolope '10 and Corey '10 prepare for their match.


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Rick Mawhinny '71 prepares for a shot.



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Megan Winkleman '97 takes on Doug Watson '99
and breaks his winning streak.

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...and the Trophy goes to Megan!

Join all of us at the 89th Annual Tournament June 18 to 21, 2012

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