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Jamie Langridge of Odessa, Texas (right), regional Bud Light USARPS competitor, threw down paper to beat out his competitor and win $50,000 at the second annual Bud Light USA Rock Paper Scissors tournament at Mandalay Bay... |
30-Year-Old Texan Earns $50,000 and Distinction as the Nation's Best RPS Player
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Surviving a field of
more than 300 of the finest hand warriors in America, Jamie Langridge,
a 30-year-old male from Odessa, Texas, took home the grand prize of
$50,000 and the 2007 Bud Light/USA Rock Paper Scissors League
championship trophy this weekend.
The second annual tournament, to be aired on ESPN2 on July 7, 2007
at 9 p.m. EDT, was held in Las Vegas at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino
on Saturday, May 12 and Sunday, May 13. Bud Light brought together
regional champions -- 21 years of age and older -- from around the
country to vie for a big payday and the designation as the nation's
best RPS player for 2007. Contenders who made the trip to Las Vegas
qualified for the event by winning Bud Light-sponsored RPS tournaments
held at the local and/or regional level.
"Rock Paper Scissors took the nation by storm last year and proved
overwhelmingly popular among our adult Bud Light beer drinkers and
regional wholesalers that coordinated the local qualifying
tournaments," said Bud Light Brand Director Rick Leininger. "It's a
fun, social and co-ed event, which makes it a great sponsorship for Bud
Light."
"The game of Rock Paper Scissors gained national recognition last
year as one of the hottest trends in competitive sports," said Matti
Leshem, co-commissioner, USARPS League. "There are hundreds of
thousands of people playing professionally and Langridge is at the top
of his game right now. We're proud to have him as our 2007 champion."
Based in St. Louis, Anheuser-Busch (NYSE:BUD)
is the leading American brewer, holding a 48.4 percent share of U.S.
beer sales. The company brews the world's largest-selling beers,
Budweiser and Bud Light. Anheuser-Busch also owns a 50 percent share in
Grupo Modelo, Mexico's leading brewer, and a 27 percent share in China
brewer Tsingtao, whose namesake beer brand is the country's
best-selling premium beer. Anheuser-Busch ranked No. 1 among beverage
companies in FORTUNE Magazine's Most Admired U.S. and Global Companies
lists in 2007. Anheuser-Busch is one of the largest theme park
operators in the United States, is a major manufacturer of aluminum
cans and one of the world's largest recyclers of aluminum cans. For
more information, visit http://www.anheuser-busch.com/.
USA Rock Paper Scissor League (http://www.usarps.com/)
is the governing body of the sport in the U.S. The league was founded
in 2005 by Matti Leshem and Andrew Golder to bring rules and structure
to the sport in the U.S., and has hundreds of members and affiliate
Rock Paper Scissors cells.
