Subbuteo in Italy: January WASPA events in Genova, Lamezia and Terni

Things are on the up in Italy where several WASPA tournaments have been held in the last few days. In a country where Subbuteo is part of the national culture, it is great to see that some clubs continue to work on local development and try to recruit new players.

In Genova, the "Rebels" held a great event last week-end with 18 players taking part. The players were divided in three divisions of 6 players so that everyone had 5 games. Riccardo Berioli (from the neighbors of "Figures Genova"), Massimo Garatti and Davide Balito won in their respective divisions. The "Rebels" are proving they do an amazing job of promotion and it's great to see representatives from 4 clubs in total where taking part.

There will be an old rules tournament in Genova on Friday, also organized by the Rebels.

In Lamezia Terme, the club of Virtus Calabria held a tournament played with the old rules. 9 players were divided in 3 groups with then another 3 groups to decide the final standings. Congratulations to Andrea Pagano for being not only the organozer of the event but also the winner.

Finally, the latest tournament of SC Terni 2014 took place last week with 3 players. Simone Perotti took the honors. This was already the club's 11th tournament this season, which means they have one tournament left to reach the maximum of 12 events before the end of the season.

Results section

Genova, January 10, modern rules

Champion's League

1. Riccardo Berioli (Ligures Genova)
2. Christian Canessa (Ligures Genova)
3. Tommaso Sani (Club Rebels Genova)
4. Alessandro Gandin (Club Rebels Genova)
5. Samuele Bignardi (Club Rebels Genova)
6. Massimo Risso (PierCrew Genova)

UEFA League

1. Massimo Garatti (Club Rebels Genova)
2. Francesco Polverini (Club Subbuteo Tigullio)
3. Filippo Sottili (Club Rebels Genova)
4. Filippo Careddu (Club Rebels Genova)
5. Riccardo Dordoni (Club Rebels Genova)
6. Massimo Togo (Club Rebels Genova)

Conference League

1. Davide Balito (Club Rebels Genova)
2. Samuele Corrias (Club Rebels Genova)
3. Andrea Bolioli (Club Rebels Genova)
4. Filippo Di Rosa (Club Rebels Genova)
5. Thomas Villa (Club Rebels Genova)
6. Lisa Canessa (Ligures Genova)

Terni, January 6, old rules

1. Simone Perotti (SC Terni 2014)
2. Marco Perotti (SC Terni 2014)
3. Moreno Margheriti (SC Terni 2014)

Lamezia, January 9, modern rules

1. Andrea Pagano (Virtus Calabria)
2. Giuseppe Andricciola (Virtus Calabria)
3. Vittorio Giummo (Virtus Calabria)
4. Gianpaolo Pulice (Virtus Calabria)
5. Francesco Pujia (Virtus Calabria)
6. Domenico Gigliotti (Virtus Calabria)
7. Francesco De Santis (Virtus Calabria)
8. Angelo De Santis (Virtus Calabria)
9. Bernardo Bai (Virtus Calabria)

Great Subbuteo action in Australia during Summer events

Three WASPA events have recently been held in Australia. Thanks to Adrian and Steve for the great reports!

8th annual Christmas Binge WASPA tournament

The Clubhouse, Toongabbie

WSS hosted its traditional Christmas Binge as 7 players turned up to waddle around the pitches and try to burn off a few Christmas kilojoules. Steve started the evening with complaints about the fixture scheduling system. Adrian started the evening not having a clue what fixture scheduling system was even going to be used. But a full league, with quickfire games, was settled upon, to find the final Australian Subbuteo tournament champion for 2025.

Eliot got off to flyer, beating Franck 2-0 - a result which had significant repurcussions later on in the evening. Franck's evening was a mixed one, with 3 draws, against Adrian, John and Gordon respectively, while he also picked up wins over Steve and Gabriel.

Gordon progressively got better as the evening wore on, with the blip of a 0-2 loss to Steve followed by a tight 0-1 loss to Eliot and a draw with Franck. In spite of only picking up a few points, Gabriel showed his improving skills with goals against Steve and Eliot (the only goal Eliot conceded all evening!) and, most importantly, a crushing 2-0 victory in the final round of the evening - the Phokos Derby. John himself struggled for results, though played well - his 0-0 draw with Franck late in the evening a reward for his efforts.

Adrian went undefeated across the evening without conceding a single goal. Keeping up with Eliot was necessary for a chance to win the evening, and a 0-0 draw in that fixture was a step forward, but a 0-0 draw against Franck where Eliot was able to beat him proved to be the difference. Steve had a mixed bag, with equal losses and wins. He was unfortunate to lose to Adrian in the final round - a tight game was decided by a slow shot from Adrian that somehow dribbled under Steve's 'keeper at the near post. 

And so it was, unfortunately, the lone outsider who went away with the title in WSS's last tournament for the year. Congratulations to Eliot, you earned the extra slice of leftover panatone!

(Report by Adrian Elmer)

Please note Western Sydney will hold their next tournament on January 18.

Two winners for the Northern Falcons tournament

Jonty Brener and Adrian Grunbach shared the January WASPA after finishing the five-round Swiss level on 11 points, and having drawn 0-0 in the first round.

It was an epic night of surprises, close matches and all-round fun - as only a Sydney WASPA can be.

Franck and Eliot jumped to the lead after three rounds, but then things got interesting!

When Eliot went into the lead after 4 rounds it was still all to play for, and then Adrian G beat Eliot and Jonty claimed a share of the title by beating Franck.

The normally dominant Daniel couldn't find his shooting finger, Adrian E suffered from three draws, while Johnny Ball had his best performance in ages.

It was great to see Katelyn in action, showing her defence is improving at every outing.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the coming WSS night and Hipfingerz outing before the Australian Grand Prix.

(Report by Steve Dettre)

Finally, Melbourne TFC held their January WASPA on Saturday at East Ivanhoe Bowling Club. Adrian Connolly won his three games to win the league format. Congrats!

Results section

Sydney, Western Sydney, December 29

1. Eliot Kennedy (Northern Falcons)
2. Adrian Elmer (Western Sydney)
3. Francis Cozzarin (Western Sydney)
4. Steve Diasinos (Western Sydney)
5. Gordon Dudley (Western Sydney)
6. Gabriel Phokos (Western Sydney)
7. John Phokos (Western Sydney)

Sydney, Northern Falcons, January 6

1. Jonty Brener (Northern Falcons)
2. Adrian Grunbach (Northern Falcons)
3. Eliot Kennedy (Northern Falcons)
4. Johnny Ball (Northern Falcons)
5. Francis Cozzarin (Western Sydney)
6. Tony Credentino (Sydney TFC)
7. Steve Dettre (Northern Falcons)
8. Louis Dettre (Northern Falcons)
9. Adrian Elmer (Western Sydney)
10. Daniele Lombardi (Sydney TFC)
11. Katelyn Grunbach (Northern Falcons)

Melbourne TFC, January 10

1. Adrian Connolly (Northern Phoenix)
2. Benji Batten (Melbourne TFC)
3. Luke Radziminski (Melbourne TFC)
4. Beth Eveleigh (Northern Phoenix)

WASPA standings of December 2026

Dear Subbuteo friends,

we are pleased to present the WASPA standings of December 2026. The end of the year is usually a calm period in the circuit but we have added 27 regional tournaments and 5 old rules events in the records.

Results file in PDF format

Rankings and statistics in Excel file

Highlights of the months were:

- the last stage of the Irish Circuit in Derry. Kenny Beggs was the big winner of the day;

- first WASPA tournament of the club "Stradivari Cremona" in Italy;

- John Lauder winning the first Bristol tournament and Aaron Skinner winning the other one two weeks later;

- first tournament of the season in Greece organize in Thessaloniki;

- many young players involved in the tournament in Genova, Italy;

- good turnout for the 4 evens held in Belgium;

- many events held all around England;

- the hard work of local organizerts in the Netherlands, Ireland, Scotland and Romania;

- popular old rules events in Terni, Italy;

- Matthias Averlant (AS Hennuyer) taking the lead in the Open Season ranking.

Important notice: the only valid e-mail address to send results is vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

If you see missing, results in the PDF file, it's not too late to send them.

In the January rankings, we will add results of events collected in the last few days from Sydney (Western Sydney and Northern Falcons), Solent, Attard, Yorkshire and Terni.

We try to publish regular stories about WASPA events on our Facebook links and the WASPA blog. Thanks to the organizers who send a small story and some pictures of their events.

Your feedback to improve the WASPA circuit is more than welcome.

The doors of the WASPA circuit remain open for all players and clubs around the world ;-)

For any question, feel free to send me a message at vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

Best wishes for 2026. I really hope we can continue to grow this year and to attract more new players and clubs.

Best regards,

Vincent Coppenolle

Best pictures of the month

South Devon, England

Northern Phoenix in Melbourne, Australia

Wamme SC, Belgium

Edinburgh, Scotland

Thessaloniki, Greece

Bucharest, Romania

Marco Bevilacqua and Gabriel Ebejer winners in Yorkshire

Marco Bevilacqua (right) receiving his trophy from Paul Lawrenson

Last week-end, Yorkshire Phoenix organized another fantastic event as the Yorkshire International Open was a success with more than 50 players travelling from different countries to take part. Once again, organizers proved there is a strong partnership bewteen FISTF and WASPA and consolation events were held under WASPA banner. *Scotland's and Golazzo's Marco Bevilacqua defeated Craig Heward (Yorkshire) on shots in the Plate final while Malta's Gabriel Ebejer (Bormla) took the best against Brendan Ashley (London Road/Yorkshire) in the Shield final.

Gabriel Ebejer (right)

Special thanks to the organizers, Paul Lawrenson and Martin Hodds in particular, for the amazing work!

More details and pictures are available on the Yorkshire Phoenix page at https://www.facebook.com/yorkshirephoenixtfc

First WASPA tournament of 2026 in Malta

The first WASPA tournament of the year took place this week-end in Malta and consisted in a group of 5 players. The tournament was organized by H'Attard Subbuteo Club and Robert Farrugia Randon took the win, while Vincent Mifsud and Mark Baldacchino finished joint runners-up on equal points and goal difference. Special mention to the club youngster Luke Xerri, who continues to show clear improvement tournament after tournament.

Please note you have thill tuesday evening to send your December results to vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com so that we can publish the December standings by the end of the week.

Posters of forthcoming old rules tournaments in Brescia and Terni

 

More WASPA results from Australia, England and Italy

Some more results from Australia, England and Italy as Subbuteo continues to be played in the Christmas period.

In Melbourne, Autralia, the Northern Phoenix club had a recent gathering with 4 players. Players returned to the club's spiritual home and the guys were defying the temptations of late night festive shopping for some competitive clicking. It was great to see Anthony Madiona back in action after a small hiatus. Given his absence from the game, his form was extraordinary combining deft touches with some well controlled gameplay.

South Devon Subbuteo Club held their Christmas tournament on Tuesday. The tournament consisted in a group of 5 players with Bob Fairbrother finishing on top of the table.

Finally, our mates in Terni, Italy, continue to promote old rules. Their last two events were played in the premises of the club with Moreno Margheriti and Marco Perotti taking the honors in both events!

Northern Phoneix tournament in Melbourne, Australia

1. Christos Garagounis (Northern Phoenix)
2. Anthony Madiona (Northern Phoenix)
3. Kevin Grant (Central Victoria)
4. George Theocharis (Northern Phoenix)

South Devon Christmas Cup

1. Bob Fairbrother (South Devon SC)
2. Simon Francis (South Devon SC)
3. Oakley Francis (South Devon SC)
4. Bill Berkley (South Devon SC)
5. Marcus Ellis (South Devon SC)

Terni old rules event of December 23

1. Moreno Margheriti (SC Terni 2014)
2. Simone Perotti (SC Terni 2014)
3. Marco Perotti (SC Terni 2014)

Terni old rules event of December 30

 

1. Marco Perotti (SC Terni 2014)
2. Alessandro Arca (Subbito Gol Ferrara)
3. Moreno Margheriti (SC Terni 2014)
4. Simone Perotti (SC Terni 2014)
5. Leonardo Ascani (SC Terni 2014)

No Christmas break for English Subbuteo players

Three WASPA events took place this Sunday in England.

Morecambe Bay players

The Morecambe Bay Christmas cup had 6 players competing in a group format and three players finished on top with the same number of points. Goal difference was decisive with Lee Hatfield first, Stuart Andrews second and Luca Lanzani third. The other players were Brian Andrew, Rob Wilkinson and Keith Carman.

Action in Gillingham

Kent Invicta held an end of year WASPA which saw 10 players from Kent, Worthing and Surrey playing some fun Sunday afternoon matches ⚽️🏆. Kye Arnold came out on top beating teammate Tom Lacey  in the final with Worthing’s Malcolm Jamieson & Connor Gregory losing semi-finalists. Great to see Louis Singh back for some games too.

Bob Varney (right) winner in Pedmore

Finally, congratulations to Bob Varney on successfully defending the prestigious Roy Holden Trophy & Festive Flicker WASPA open event held by Pedmore Subbuteo & Table Football club.

Great to have Rich Grimley representing Godiva SC back playing, this was his first event in years and he put up a great performance, eventually losing in the main event quarter-final to Bob Varney in the golden Goal period.

Also great to see a stalwart of the game Arthur Collins (Pedmore) pick up some silver wear… Arthur only started playing again in April 2024. A huge thanks to everyone who attended the event and supporting the Club & a massive thanks to Quarry Bank Social Club for being a great host.

All done and dusted at The Morecambe Bay Subbuteo Club WASPA tournament with 3 players at the top of the table with 10 points. Goal difference was decisive with Lee Hatfield first, Stuart Andrews second and myself third. The other players were Brian Andrew, Rob Wilkinson and Keith Carman.

Morecambe Bay final table

1. Lee Hatfield (Morecambe Bay SC)
2. Stuart Andrews (Morecambe Bay SC)
3. Luca Lanzani (Morecambe Bay SC)
4. Brian Daley (London Road SC)
5. Keith Carman (Morecambe Bay SC)
6. Rob Wilkinson (Morecambe Bay SC)

Gillingham results

Semi-finals: Kye Arnold (Kent) - Malcolm Jamieson (Worthing) 1*-1
Connor Gregory (Worthing) - Thomas Lacey (Kent) 1-1*
Final: Kye Arnold - Thomas Lacey 3-0
Final for 5th place: Chris Shilling (Kent) - Terry Arnold (Kent) 2-0
Final for 7th place: Daryl Radwell (Worthing) - Louis Singh (Kent) 0-1
Final for 9th place: Hadley Chapman (Kent) - Joe Parody (Surrey/That Retro Place SC) 0-2

Pedmore results

Semi-finals: Bob Varney (Milton Keynes) - Justin Scott (Wolverhampton) 3-0
Graham Harwood (Godiva SC) - Mick Hammonds (Wolverhampton) 0-4
Final: Bob Varney - Mick Hammonds 2-1

Plate Semi-finals: Rob Paterson (TSPA) - Mark Weaver (Godiva SC) 3-0
Ian Sharp (Yorkshire) - Jeff Parsons (Wolverhampton) 1*-1
Final: Rob Paterson - Ian Sharp 1-0

Shield Event Winner: Mark Weaver beating Arthur Collins 2 v 1 In the final.

December 2025: More WASPA results from around Europe!

It's Christmas time and we have a lot of results coming in the WASPA records. Recent events have been held in England, the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium. Here is a quick summary of results.

In Bristol, Aaron Skinner won the latest monthly WASPA event. 7 players were taking part and Aaron defeated Steve Wonnacott in the final. In Rochford, the latest RAS tournament had a big turnout of 11 players divided in threee groups. Kevin Dyson later emerged as winner after defeating Stewart grant and Jack target in the second round. Casey van Os continues to dominate the Dutch scene. The Rijnmond player won another tournament in Gouda were 7 players competed in a league format. As a rehearsal for important events coming up in the agenda, Luc Grosdent claimed the honors in Nassogne where the Wamme players had another brilliant evening of play.

During the recent FISTF Satellite in Gilligham, the Kent players organized two tournaments for players eliminated after the frist round. In the tournament for players ranked third in their groups, young talent Jamie Warren defeated Chris Shilling in the final. In the event for players ranked fourth in their group, local organizer Terry Arnold defeated clubmate Thomas Lacey in the final. In Italy, 17 players attended the latest event organized by the Rebels Genova. 11 players competed in the main event and after the group stage (1 group of 5 and 1 group of 6), finals were played to decide the positions. Tommaso Sani managed to defeat clubmate Samuele Bignardi in the final. In the "Silver" tournament, Samuele Corrias finished on top of a group of six.

The Templeuve United christmas tournament was played in Néchin last Friday with 9 players from 4 different clubs taking part. Matthias Averlant won his four games to win the swiss system while his clubmate Jann Segers was runner-up and Michaël Dupret, who recently travelled to Yokohama (Japan) to play, took the third place.

Finally, congratulations to the old rules lovers in Terni, Italy. This time Marco Perotti took the honors after finishing on top of the table while Alessandro Arca was runner-up.

Bristol, England, December 15 2025

Aaron Skinner, open winner

Final: Aaron Skinner - Steve Wonnacott 2-1

Steve Wonnacott, runner-up

Final 3-4: Dave Fletcher - Stuart Briffett 2-1

Final 5-6: Alan Twiddy - Alex Salter 0-2

Rochford, England, December 17 2025

1. Kevin Dyson (TSPA White Star)
2. Stewart Grant (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
3. Jack Target (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
4. David Horncastle (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
5. Sam Cracknell (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
6. Amy Horncastle (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
7. Kevin Imbush (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
8. Ian Horncastle (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
9. Doug Cracknell (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
10. William Target (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)
11. Steve Target (Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club)

Gouda, the Netherlands, December 17 2025

1. Casey van Os (Rijnmond)
2. Nico Marks (Dutch Legends)
3. Jarno Marks (Dutch Legends)
4. Fabrizio Cavazza (Gorizia)
5. Rinaldo van Dijk (Rijnmond)
6. Xavier Aret (Dutch Legends)
7. Cailim Marks (Dutch Legends)

Nassogne, Belgium, December 18 2025

1. Luc Grosdent (Wamme)
2. Jean Grosdent (Wamme)
3. Noah Dirick (Wamme)
4. Maxim Grosdent (Wamme)
5. Vincent Dirick (Aye)
6. Sophia Grosdent (Wamme)

Gillingham, England, December 14 2025

Semi-finals: Jamie Samuel Warren - Simon Goodman 3-2
Adam Wells - Chris Shilling 0-0*

Final: Jamie Samuel Warren - Chris Shilling 5-0

B category Semi-finals: Terry Arnold - Neil Doherty 2*-2
Samantha Levy - Thomas Lacey 0-6

Final: Terry Arnold - Thomas Lacey 5-2

Genova, Italy, December 13 2025

Final: Samuele Bignardi - Tommaso Sani 1-3
Final for 3rd place: Massimo Garatti - Alessandro Gandin 0-2

Top 3 of the Silver competition: 1. Samuele Corrias ; 2. Andrea Bolioli ; 3. Matteo Corrias

Néchin, Belgium, December 19 2025

1. Matthias Averlant (Hennuyer)
2. Jann Segers (Hennuyer)
3. Michaël Dupret (Tournai)
4. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
5. Raphael Dhondt (Templeuve)
6. Dorian Tailliar (FRA/Wattrelos)
7. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Wattrelos)
8. Ursule Dhondt (Templeuve)
9. Eric Caillaux (FRA/Templeuve)

Terni, Italy, December 17 2025 (old rules)

1. Marco Perotti (SC Terni 2014)
2. Alessandro Arca (Subbito Gol Ferrara)
3. Simone Perotti (SC Terni 2014)
4. Riccardo Pazzaglia (SC Terni 2014)
5. Massimiliano Mancini (SC Terni 2014)

December results from around the world

We keep on receiving results from around the global and many clubs have been playing tournaments in the last few days.

The "big event" in the recent records was played in Derry, Northern Ireland. This was the last stage of the Irish circuit and 10 players were taking part. Kenny Beggs was the expected winner after defeating local organizer Martinog Bradley in the final. Stephen McAllister won the Plate final. Thanks to the Derry players for a great day in a great venue.

Morecambe Bay players finished their November tournament, which was played as a league with Lee Hatfield taking the honors. The club will hold their first WASPA Open tournament on December 28.

In Italy, Marco Perotti was on a great night to win the old rules tournament in Terni. Three of the 5 players finished the night with 8 points but Marco was the decided winner on goal difference.

The Tralee players in Ireland had their monthly tournament and this time Cian Hogan was in a great night to win all his games. Congratulations.

The North Shields group had a limited turnout but players but Jeff Parsons was glad to win the latest club event.

Small events are always welcome and we are gland to see the Sports TFC of Western Australia in Perth holding their first tournament of the season. Hugh Best took the honors but more importantly it was Des Devine's debut in the circuit.

Finally, two events have been played in Belgium on Friday. In the East of Belgium, 8 players met in the premises of SC Verviers-Herve. It was good to see some old faces back to the game but in the end, Sébastien Scheen defeated his brother Pascal to claim the victory while Jean-Michel Cuenca won the consolation tournament. In the Westy of Belgium, Matthias Averlant finished on top of the Swiss system night organized by the Templeuve United club. It was the club's November WASPA and the Christmas tournament will be played on November 19.

North Shields, England, December 5 2025

1. Jeff Parsons (Wolverhampton TFC)

2. Nigel Lamond (North Shields STF)

3. Dan Gosling (North Shields STF)

Perth, Australia, December 10 2025

1. Hugh Best (Sports TFC of Western Australia)

2. Noel Mani (Subbuteo Perth)

3. Des Devine (Sports TFC of Western Australia)

Derry, Northern Ireland, November 29 2025

Ian Greer - Martinog Bradley 0-3

Kenny Beggs - Andy Fitzpatrick 0*-0

Martinog Bradley - Kenny Beggs 1-2

Plate final: Daniel Kaliszewski - Stephen McAllister 0-2

Tralee and Munster, Ireland, December 8 2025

1. Cian Hogan

2. David Elton

3. James Murphy

4. Sean O'Connell

Morecambe Bay, England, December 10 2025

1. Lee Hatfield

2. Luca Lanzani

3. Stuart Andrews

4. Perry Sinacola

5. Keith Carman

6. Rob Wilkinson

7. Steven Dobinson

Terni, Italy (old rules), December 11 2025

1. Marco Perotti

2. Simone Perotti

3. Moreno Margheriti

4. Leonardo Ascani

5. Antonio Termini

Manaihant, Belgium, December 12 2025

Semi-finals: Ludovic Ponthieux - Pascal Scheen 3-6

Sébastien Scheen - Valéry Willot 2-1

Final: Pascal Scheen - Sébastien Scheen 2-3

Consolation final: Jean-Michel Cuenca - Cédric Geurten 4-3

Néchin, Belgium, December 12 2025

1. Matthias Averlant (AS Hennuyer)

2. Sébastien Rochez (Stembert)

3. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)

4. Benjamin Marain (AS Hennuyer)

5. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)

6. Raphael Dhondt (Templeuve)

7. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Wattrelos)

8. Ursule Dhondt (Templeuve)