Last year I was part of presenting Showdown in German television. The show is called: 1, 2 oder 3 with Elton. It’s a kids show, where children have to guess, which of the 3 answers for a question is correct. Bianca, a referee and myself presented the game and Elton asked a question about it. You can find the show here: https://www.zdf.de/kinder/1-2-oder-3/von-minigolf-eishockey-und-paddel-100.html The Showdown part starts around 15:20
Category: Showdown
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Showdown Germany League Region South Division C 2025
Last year was my first Showfown tournament and i came in second to last. This year I was keen to do better.
The tournament took place in Frankfurt in the Blindeninstitut. It was played on two Czech tables. One in a small room, which I preferred. The other in a gym hall in a nearby school. Especially with the used Dutch balls I had trouble hearing the balls well.
As an added distraction I hurt myself on my right thumb, which is on my racket-hand. It took a minor surgery to get the infection and pus out. Sometimes it really hurt during playing and I had to hold the racket in a different way to protect the wound as best as possible.
Nonetheless in the group phase I was a bit surprised, that I had a chance and actually won all games in the group phase. So after the first day I actually attended the quarter final, which I won too! The next day I played Horst from Kassel, who was too much for me. I won one set but lost the match. After that I played for third place an won. I’m pretty happy with my result. Let’s see what happens next year
Scoreboard for the tournament: https://showdown-turnier.de/index.php?TN=139&ad=results
German article: https://www.showdown-germany.de/2025/02/25/showdown-party-frankfurt/
AI generated song for the tournament:
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3. Chemnitz Every Man Showdown Tournament
On the 16th of November, I attended the 3rd Every Man Showdown Tournament. The tournament was held at the blind school in Chemnitz. A total of 23 people competed. One set was played against a random opponent over 5 rounds.
The start was a bit bumpy. Some slow balls went in because I had trouble hearing the ball on the oldest table. However, I won the first game anyway. After that, I improved and managed to win all 5 of my games. As a result, I won the tournament and received a beautiful handmade clay cup as a prize. I was really happy and am now looking forward to playing in the C Division South in February in Frankfurt.
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Showdown Bundesliga Division C South Men 2024
On February 3rd and 4th, 2024, I attended the Showdown Bundesliga Division C. If you don’t know what Showdown is, look here. I played in Group B.
I had no experience playing in any tournaments, so I was eager to gain some. I only won one match. One loss was 11-9 in the 3rd set. It can’t get any closer than that. I didn’t know some of the rules and was happy that I made almost no defensive mistakes, which would have resulted in a point for the opponent.
I really enjoyed myself and now know what I need to improve. See you next year!
Here is the link to the official report from Bernd Dorer. Congrats to Bernd. After years of trying, he finally won and now plays in Division B.
