We have reached the second half of September and we keep on collecting results from around the world. Here is a summary of recent events held in England Belgium, Italy, Australia and the Netherlands. Special thanks to Adrian Elmer for the great report of the recent Western Sydney tournament.
Stourbridge, England, September 18 2025
Group of 5 players
1. Richard Roper (Pedmore)
2. Arthur Collins (Stourbridge)
3. Andy Pountney (Pedmore)
4. Matthew Powell (Stourbridge)
5. Neil Walker (Stourbridge)
Néchin, Belgium (held by Magic Team Tournai), September 19 2025
Group of 4 players
1. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)
2. Michaël Dupret (Tounai)
3. Benjamin Marain (AS Hennuyer)
4. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
Genova, Italy, September 20 2025
Last week-end the club of Rebels Genova held the first tournament of their season with 16 players taking part in 2 categories. Tommasi Sani took the best in the "Champion's League" tournament while Andrea Bolioli won the "UEFA Cup" tounament. it was nice to see young and older players taking part together!
Semi-finals: Andrea Gandin - Alessandro Gandin 1-3Tommaso Sani - Samuele Bignardi 2-1
Final: Alessandro Gandin - Tommaso Sani 0-1
Semi-finals of the Category B: Andrea Bolioli - Massimo Togo 2-1
Filippo Di Rosa - Fabio Balito 3-0
Final: Andrea Bolioli - Filippo Di Rosa 1-0
Sydney, Australia, September 13 2025
20th annual SEPTEMBER CUP The Clubhouse, Toongabbie
Western Sydney Subbuteo traces its roots to the first ever September Cup. First contested in 2003, this year was the 20th edition of Australia's longest continually running Subbuteo tournament. And, by Subbuteo tournament, we mean Subbuteo - all equipment used was be Subbuteo branded - from original flats to 50s & 60s heavyweights, 70s & 80s lightweights, 90s Hasbro, 2010s rubber figures, little plastic goalkeepers, nylon and cloth pitches, even an original 2000s Dream Team stadium!!
This year, the handicap system was set into overdrive, with goalkeeper sizes (those early 2000s photoreal figures are quite big!), access to polish, base types, use of a travelling 'keeper and even goal size used in an attempt to even the field a little more. 8 players were one hand - a couple of Northern Falcons to add to WSS' six representatives. In the end, the final table remained somewhat true to regular expectations though, match by match, things were a lot closer than usual. Every player managed to find the back of the net, every player picked up at least a point, and every player swore at the pitch, their falling figures, their travelling goalkeeper or the Subbuteo gods at least once!
After a four round Swiss system, the highlights of which were Tim giving a relative hammering to Steve (the 2-0 scoreline being the only one of the day with more than 1 goal difference between opponents), John's first competitive goal against Adrian E, the annual Elmer Sister Derby (which opened the afternoon), Franck's perfect run of four straight 1-0 victories, and Adrian G's absolute screamer to win his match in the Adrian Derby, Franck and Adrian G were the top two placed players and so went to the traditional September Cup final.
While Adrian G generally dominated the field position, not many clear cut chances were made by either player, the Dream Team Stadium making sure any sort of flow was kept to a minimum. A 0-0 result ensued, meaning the combatants went straight to shots. With their little plastic goalkeepers (both with their arms down), accurate shots tended to find the back of the net. In the end, Adrian G took the victory, 3-2, the shootout going down to the wire and Franck missing the final shot. Adrian's victory was all the more deserved as he played with some vintage lightweights which hadn't left their boxes since the late '90s, and sporting his original Cherrybrook Bulldogs club shirt from his time across that decade in one of the most legendary clubs in Australian subbuteo history.
And so a brand new name is added to the famous trophy! Congratulations to Adrian G for the win, and to all the players for a great afternoon maintaining, and developing, the traditions of one of the most fun tournaments in existence!
Swiss ladder with 8 players
1. Francis Cozzarin (Western Sydney)
2. Adrian Grunbach (Northern Falcons)
3. Tim Phokos (Western Sydney)
4. Adrian Elmer (Western Sydney)
5. Steve Dettre (Northern Falcons)
6. Imojjen Hunnam (Western Sydney)
7. John Phokos (Western Sydney)
8. Æowyn Elmer (Western Sydney)
Gouda, the Netherlands, September 17 2025
Group of 6 players:
1. Casey van Os (Rijnmond)
2. Rinaldo van Dijk (Rijnmond)
3. Maurice Montone (-)
4. Xavier Aret (Dutch Legends)
5. Richard Oranje (Dutch Legends)
6. Stéphane Lambert (Kent Invicta)
Worthing, England, September 21 2025
Congratulations to Kevin Cordell for winning the Worthing Open 2025. Kevin beat Alan Lee 2-0 in the final. Congratulations also to Jeremy Bradley for winning the plate, beating Jamie Warrren 2-0 in the final.
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| Open winner Kevin Cordell |
Quarter-finals: Kevin Cordell (Stanway) - Robert Green (AUS/Northern Falcons) 2-0
Connor Gregory (Worthing) - Kye Arnold (Kent Invicta) 0-0*
Malcolm Jamieson (SCO/Worthing) - Rob Piggott (Solent) 1-0
Alan Lee (Wobbly Hobby) - Ian Sharp (Yorkshire) 4-0
Semi-finals: Kye Arnold - Kevin Cordell 1-3
Malcolm Jamieson - Alan Lee 2-6
Final: Kevin Cordell - Alan Lee 2-0
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| Plate winner Jeremy Bradley |
Plate Semi-finals: Nigel Pestelle (Worthing) - Jeremy Bradley (TSPA) 1-4
Jamie Samuel Warren (Stanway) - Joe Parody (Langton Green) 3-0
Final: Jamie Samuel Warren - Jeremy Bradley 0-2
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