An industrial area in the north-east of Kaiserslautern. It is cold and rainy. Bit by bit many young and a few older (old) people step down the stairway to the quite legendary “Löfft”, the headquarters in which the important decisions of the world (of Headis) are made. It will be the home of 20 men and 10 women for the weekend of the 17th and 18th of January, 2015. They qualified for the Masters by good tournament achievements in 2014 or received one of the popular Wildcards. In the “Löfft” they find a colorful Headisplatte, improved by spray artist Carl Kenz, begging to be played on with epic serves, stops and volleys.

The women’s finale develops clear, as “HB junger T” uses her experiences and triumphs after a tactically clever match against “Headité”, who delivers a great overall performance herself and who will certainly play a role in the coming world cup circus.

The men’s finale promises a great struggle: the pressure on both players is huge, Sniper could not celebrate a tournament victory since his success in Munich in 2014 and for Nosebraker it is only the second participation in a final. The urge to win glows on Sniper’s face, his stops come concentrated and his high risk plays pay off. Nosebraker braces himself against it, however, cannot prevent the loss of a set. After the side change Sniper turns up even more and offers the spectators a “Rampishow” par excellence. At last Sniper wins a match ball and therewith the victory is celebrated by the crowd. Then about half an hour later he stretches the “cup” formed by Carl Kenz to the storeroom’s roof.

The biggest Headis tournament of all times will take place on 12/6/2014 in the hometown of Headis, in Kaiserslautern!!!!

We have several Specials and “Geilheiten” for you, that make this year’s last tournament unforgettable: The biggest “Rundlauf” of all times, a tombola, where everyone without any exceptions wins a great price and the Secret DJ’s team on the after show party are only three of the highlights to celebrate Christmas and Headis with you in December. For all participants the participation fee includes, of course, an event shirt and 2 overnight stays in Kaiserslautern. You can sleep in the hall from Friday to Saturday and from Saturday to Sunday. The entry free after show party goes down only 200 m away from the tournament! Clenched “Geilheit” in one spot!

We want to have as many tournament participants in Kaiserslautern, as never before. New standards are put. Everybody is invited to this unique event! We are equipped with more than 20 tables so come to Kaiserslautern with anyone you can grab and be present when the special mood of this tournament hits its peak!

All specials on glimpse:

• Every player that “brings” another player (to his /her first tournament) receives a tombola lot. For every additional player you get an additional lot! Every lot wins and the prices are really awesome!!! The new player does not come away empty-handed of course!
• We play the biggest “Rundlauf” of all times! The most successful male and female players receive a Wildcard for the Headis masters on January 17^th!
• Best Dress Contest: Show the nicest / most mad outfits on the tournament and enjoy the other costumes. (Dressing up is not a must!)
• During the tournament a live painting is made. The winners take parts of the paintings home with them!
• All together prices worth more than 1000€ will be handed out to you!
• Tournament and overnight stay in the same location. Party 200 m away. 2 overnight stays! Friday till Sunday.
• Free entry to the after show party for everybody. All players and all visitors pay no entry to the after show party!
• Auction for the Headis charity project Headição
• 4 DJs rock the party! One DJ will lead you the whole evening and in between 3 DJs of our Secret DJ’s team hold their individual sessions!
• The final performance of the best costume bearers takes place in the middle of the after show party!

The last Headis tournament in Saarbrucken is already a while ago. Since then a lot has happened. A large part of the tournament players from today had never played Headis before the last cup in January, 2010 and it was not to be seen how many participants would come to the third cup after more than 4 years. Astonishing 82 players appeared this Saturday in Saarbrooklyn! Among the 82 players everything was represented: Besides eight top 10 players of the boys there were several novices and many players from Saarbrucken. Also the world champion of 2007, “Fefe the Gripper” and the former world’s number one player “Mitch”, who has not played a tournament since the world championship in 2012, started.

The quarter finals on one glimpse:

Red Hot Chili Headers missing Pepper – Guggi

Red Hot Chili Header – Schmoffkof

Headi Bobics junger Tatapan – Calimero

Schleonese – Headerella

Sniper Schorsch – Der haarige Hu-Bär

Spiff – Nosebraker

Headbrötchen mit Zwiebeln – Schmifie

Headi Potter – Lauchgesicht

The semi-finals were arranged. From now on all plays were delivered on only one table. The girl’s first semi-final was “missing Pepper” against “Schmoffkopf”. First it looked like the current world champion, as three weeks before, could beat “Schmoffkopf” when she won the first set with 11:7. However, “Schmoffkopf” was determined to win from the first up to the last second, the momentum turned and she won with 7:11 – 11:9 – 11:7. The second semi-final of the girls was clearer. “Headi Bobics of young Tatapan” gave “Headerella”, who played her first semi-final no chances and entered the finale versus “Schmoff”.

The boys were as fired up as the girls. “Spiff” and “Sniper Schorsch”, who played their 89th tournament together, met in the first semi-final! None of both lacked experience. “Sniper” was able to win the first set masterfully with 11:5. The “Spiffer” was not impressed by it, and won the second set with 11:3. Spiff could use the momentum and finally won the match with 5:11 – 11:3 – 11:8. In the second semi-final it came to the new edition of the Masters-Finals: “Lauch” against “Headbrötchen”. “Lauchgesicht” lost the first set with 12:14. However, at the end he was able to win with 12:14 – 11:7 – 11:5.

In the women’s finale “Schmoffkopf” and the “young Tatapan” met each other. Both were motivated to the maximum! Both fan camps did their best! In the end the “young Tatapan” won a hard fought match with 11:6 – 12:10 and made the 11th tournament victory perfect. The third place went to “Red Hot Chili Headers missing Pepper”.

After “Headbrötchen mit Zwiebeln” won the third place with 11:8 – 11:8 in a good match that he dominated, everything was arranged for the finale of the boys: “Lauchgesicht” against “Spiff”. The crowd cooked and the mood was bombastic. It was a brutally strong match. “Lauchgesicht”, who over in his young years in Headis learned a lot from the “Spiffer” was defensively strong as his opponent. Thanks to the bigger offensive strength “Lauchgesicht” is able to win 11:8 – 11:8 and celebrates the third victory in four weeks after the Headness in Münster and the Master in Kaiserslautern!

However, the absolute highlight of the tournament followed with the winner’s honour. For several minutes the second-placed “Spiff” received standing ovations from fans of all camps – no matter if Trier, Goettingen, Cologne, Kaiserslautern or Saarbrucken! After he could play only very few tournaments during the past months, one thing remains: Spiff is not back. He was never away!

A gigantic thank-you goes to everybody who made this day possible. To all players, every spectator, the boys and girls of the Catering and the Orga. We love Headis.

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