Two international guests in Templeuve

Players in templeuve

 

Paul and Vincent

Last week the Belgian club of Templeuve United had the visit of two international friends.

On Tuesday Paul mercer from Australia was visiting during his european trip in order to prepare for the forthcoming FISTF World Cup to be played in Gibraltar. A WASPA tournament in Swiss system was organized and 8 players were taking part. Geoffrey Marain won the evening with no surprise as he won his four games.

It was very hard to decide who would take the third place but in the end Matthias Averlant managed to score more goals to finish on the podium.

In the end of the evening, Paul Mercer offer a shirt of the the Australian national team (with signatures of the top Australian players) to local organizer Vincent Coppenolle as a sign of thanks for the work into WASPA over the last couple of years, a much appreciated gift.

Top 3 of the evening

Standings of the WASPA tournament:
1. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)
2. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve United)
3. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve United)
4. Benoit Lagneau (AS Hennuyer)
5. Michaël Dupret (Magic Team Tournai)
6t Paul Mercer (Northern Phoenix, Australia)
6t Jean-Luc Canfin (Magic Team Tournai)
8. Florian Renaut (Templeuve United)

Matthias and Cezar

Vincent and Cezar

On Wednesday, Romania's Cezar Stoilescu was visiting. during his business trip in brussels, Cezar was glad to take the train to Tournai to discover the Templeuve club and he played 2 test-matches against Vincent Coppenolle (0-2) and Matthias Averlant (1-2). The player from Bucharest showed he has a very good level thanks to his regular games against local opponent Massimo DalPrá. The evening ended in a good spirit around a pizza with the hope Cezar could make another visit in the near future.