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pectators at the P1 Powerboat
World Championship held in
Istanbul had a unique opportunity
to get closer to the high-speed
action of offshore racing than they
might have expected. 
An X2 simulator in custom P1
Powerboat graphics sat in the race
village with two custom rides on it.
Each ride was created from footage
captured by onboard cameras
Pan is wizard in Oz
mounted on the powerboats.
Alan Fleming from FX Simulation and friends"
Spectators were paying to ride the simulator and experience what it’s like sitting
in the pilot’s seat of a 120mph powerboat. Meanwhile the actual powerboats
raced along the Bosphorus  river, which was closed for the first time in history.
P
an Amusements, world leader in the manufacture of electronic This is the first time the custom simulator has been used at a race event,
shooting galleries, continues to expand its sales to many corners of previously it was in Dubai for the International Boat Show.
the globe. Its latest development is the sale of two of its best selling Following the event in Istanbul, the simulator went on tour with the Grand Prix
Hillbilly galleries to Tunzafun, an expanding Australian operation of family event and was part of the race village in Italy. Now the simulator is on its way to
entertainment centres. Sweden for the second last race of the season in Gothenburg.
Paul Whittaker, Managing Director of Pan explains, “It’s over twenty
years since we sold a gallery in Australia so in many ways it’s a new
market for us and an excellent opportunity to develop in this large
entertainment area.”
Milliken gets Chinese award
Tunzafun owns and runs several centres in South Australia and Victoria
one of which is on the site of the Southern Hemisphere equivalent of the
London Eye. “They are proud of the fact that they have all the latest coin
operated equipment and see the Hillbilly shooting galleries as a major S
hortly before World Snooker announced its decision to use Beijing
Xingwei Star tables for its ranking tournaments world wide, Milliken
attraction with a guaranteed rapid pay-back,” adds Paul Whittaker. was presented with a special certificate to mark its long association as a
Over the last twelve months Pan has not only consolidated its position Strachan distributor in China.
in the key markets of USA and the UK but has also expanded into Russia, The Strachan brand of snooker cloth is made in the UK by Milliken,
Iran and other parts of the Middle East and Asia. which has been building its relationship with Beijing Xingwei Star since
the early 1990s and helped to develop its association with World Snooker.
The Beijing Xingwei Sports Goods Co Ltd is China’s largest
Anniversary edition
manufacturer of snooker and other sports tables. Formed in 1987, its
factory covers 40,000 sq metres and produces 30,000 tables annually.
They are sold throughout China and exported to 30 countries including
the UK, US, Canada, Russia and the Middle East. The Star table was
F
unworld has released PHOTO PLAY 2010, a first class special anniversary launched in 1995 and three years later acquired ISO9001 certification.
edition/ PHOTO PLAY is 15 years old and to mark this great occasion
PHOTO PLAY 2010 with its 17 brand new is proving to be the biggest and best
game update ever. It includes four of the popular Yetisport games, a fresh design,
a host of technical innovations and an optimised game player interface.
The new games are an outstanding combination of cards, quiz, skill and fun
games. In addition, they have all been optimised for the PHOTO PLAY MASTERS
tournament system.
Two new multiplayer games are provided in PHOTO PLAY 2010, namely Battle
Dice and Elements, bringing the total of multiplayer games offered in most
countries up to 17. Multiplayer is a thrilling head-2- head player function in which
players face each other in online contests. Up to four players can challenge each
other simultaneously and play either move by move or in parallel. Tournament
confrontations are also possible in the Multiplayer Cup with sophisticated ranking
lists and status systems recording the international successes players have to
their credit.
“It’s a sensation, PHOTO PLAY is 15 years old! We are celebrating this major
anniversary with a special anniversary edition bringing mega fun and terrific
entertainment. PHOTO PLAY 2010 has the biggest game offer of all times with
its 17 top games and it assures both high turnovers plus long-term binding of the
Milliken marketing director Duncan Kettell is pictured presenting Gan Liang Tong of Beijing
players,“ said Josef Öhlinger, CEO of funworld ag.
Xingwei Star with a certificate commemorating the close link between the two companies.
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