Matthias Averlant wins big WASPA event in Verviers

Matthias Averlant vs Noah Janssens

Last Friday there was a great "training session" in Verviers just before a big week-end of action as the Belgian Interclubs Championships were taking part in the same venue. 16 players from 4 nations (Belgium but also France, Spain and Malta) were taking part in a WASPA tournament played in Swiss system. After the four sessions, two players finished the event with 12 points and Matthias Averlant was decided winner thanks to more goals scored than Daniel Scheen. The highlight of the night was the presence of Subbuteo legend Dominique Demarco. Dominique is a retired player for many years but used to be the "Carlos Flores of the 90's" after some significant wins in major events like the ETF European Cup 1989 in Wallisellen, the FISA World Cup 1994 in Chicago and later the FISTF World Cup 1994 in Paris. For sure it was a big honor for his opponents to meet him in a WASPA tournament

Dominique Demarco vs Sébastien Sorge

Final table

1. Matthias Averlant (Hennuyer)
2. Daniel Scheen (Stembert)
3. John Zammit (Malta/Stembert)
4. Geoffrey Marain (Hennuyer)
5. Noah Janssens (Stembert)
6. Dominique Demarco (-)
7. Aurélien Feye (Stembert)
8. Pascal Scheen (*) (Stembert)
9. Valéry Willot (Stembert)
10. Cédric Geurten (Stembert)
11. Bruno Goset (Stembert)
12. Benjamin Marain (Hennuyer)
13. Jean-Michel Cuenca (Spain/Tiburones)
14. Sébastien Sorge (France/Wattrelos)
15. Richard Boulanger (Wamme)
16. David Boulanger (Wamme)

(*): replaced by Sébastien Rochez in the last 2 sessions.

Ian Clarke wins ETS tournament in Johannesburg

We are happy to see a good turnout for the latest event in South Africa. Last week-end the ETS club held their latest tournament in Johanneburg. Local players had the visit of Sven Schilling from Germany. The Sankt Pauli player finished on top of his group of 5 players to qualify for the semi-finals. In the other group, Ian Clarke won his four games to take the first spot. In the semis, Rui Dos Santos managed to defeat Sven Schilling on shots while Ian Clarke took the best on Gary Downs. Ian Clarke later won the final to take the trophy while Jason Kennedy won the consolation tournament.

Steve Wonnacott wins Bristool WASPA night

Some news from the Bristol club where the latest WASPA event was held on Monday. Steve Wonnacott finished on top of a group of six players with Stuart Briffett being runner-up.

Players interested to join the Bristol club can check the club's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2435653826668859

Latest tournament in Brisbane, Australia

On Thursday the Brisbane players held their fourth WASPA tournament of the season with six players competing in a league format. Tomoki from Japan was the special guest of the night but Giuseppe Tardiota was the undefeated winner of the tournament.

We are really happy to see enthusiast players in such an isolated city and regular meetings prove how the local group is working well to promote the game.

If you are also part of an isolated group of Subbuteo players, don't hesitate to join the WASPA circuit!

First WASPA tournament in Caterham

Congratulations to "That Retro Place" in Caterham, England, for running their first WASPA tournament on Wednesday. Richard Myers defeated Adam Welles in the final. Hopefully there will be many more tournaments coming up in the future! We are happy to see a new active club in the WASPA circuit!

November results from England, the Netherlands, Malta, Italy and Australia

Part 2 of the November results. We are happy to see more results from events run in England, the Netherlands, Malta, Italy and Australia. The second stage of the ESA old rules circuit in Coventry was probably the highlight of the week with 24 players taking part. Congratulations to the boys at Godiva Subbuteo Club for a brilliant tournament.

Coventry, England, November 9 2025

Well done to Simon Goodman for his victory in the first Godiva Old Rules Event. Congratulations also to  Rudi for reaching the final (losing on sudden death shots) after a 1-1 draw. Also congratulations to our own Simon Bryan for reaching the  plate final and Joe Parody for winning the plate event.

Quarter-finals: Simon Goodman - Ian Sharp 1-0
Colin Fletcher - Nigel Morgan 2-0
Mark Weaver - Rudi Peterschinigg 0-4
Tony Banks - Victor Jones 0-3

Semi-finals: Simon Goodman - Victor Jones 0*-0
Colin Fletcher - Rudi Peterschinigg 1-2

Final: Simon Goodman - Rudi Peterschinigg 1*-1

Plate final: Simon Bryan - Joe Parody 0-2

Attard, Malta, November 8 2025

The third WASPA event of the season in malta was once again organized by the H'Attard club. This time there was no victory for the home club as Spencer Conti (Reggio Calabria) finished on top of a league of six players. Thanks to Robert Farrugia for the good work!

1. Spencer Conti (Reggio Calabria)
2. Robert Farrugia (H'Attard SC)
3. Vincent Mifsud (H'Attard SC)
4. Mark Baldacchino (H'Attard SC)
5. Walter Attard (H'Attard SC)
6. Luke Xerri (H'Attard SC)

Gouda, the Netherlands, November 5 2025

Another good night in Gouda was held last Wednesday with 7 players competing in a league format. Casey van Os was the winner once again. Thanks for our Dutch friends for running regular meetings!

1. Casey van Os (Rijnmond)
2. Marco de Bruin (Dutch Legends)
3. Fabrizio Cavazza (Gorizia)
4. Rinaldo van Dijk (Rijnmond)
5. Xavier Aret (Dutch Legends)
6. Martijn de Jong (Dutch Legends)
7. Richard Oranje (Dutch Legends)

Brisbane, Australia, November 8 2025

Last week-end the Brisbane boys were back in action and their monthly tournament consisted in hom and away fixtures so that everyone played 8 games. Thanks to Gareth Whalley for keeping things running and for sending results and pictures!

1. Giuseppe Tardiota (Brisbane SC)
2. Gus Gillespie (Brisbane SC)
3. Gordon Orr (Brisbane SC)
4. Gareth Whalley (Brisbane SC)
5. Wayne Miller (Brisbane SC)

Genova, Italy, November 8 2025

Last week-end the Rebels Genova hald their third tournament of the season with young and old players competing together. the tournament was dominated by young boys and Tommaso Sani took the honors. Thanks to Luca Bignardi for the mazing work of promotion!

Semi-finals: Samuele Bignardi - Tommaso Sani 1-2
Alberto Capoferri - Alessandro Gandin 0-2

Final: Tommaso Sani - Alessandro Gandin 4-0

South Devon, England, November 9 2025

WASPA complete. A really enjoyable day shared with other enthusiasts. Great thanks to all who travelled to the sunny South West on a very wet day!

Malcolm Jamieson, Stuart Briffett, Tony McCann, Phil Bryant and Andy Jarvis joining five of our regular club members Simon, Oakley, Bob, Bill and Marcus. 

Nice for our players to compete against better players and we learned a great deal. Malcolm and Tony shared much of their big game experience and gave some brilliant advice for us to act upon. 

Congratulations to Marcus Ellis who lifted the SDS Plate trophy.

Special congratulations to our WASPA trophy winner Bob Fairbrother who defeated Malcom Jamieson 1-0 in the final. Both had been in scintillating form on their respective runs to the final. Bob stayed calm when under intense pressure from Malcolm having taken the lead early in the second half. Was a wonderful game to watch with top quality play on display. 

It has been a real privilege watching our club grow. I have met great people and made new friends. The willingness of all to contribute enabled us to host this event today. From learning the new game of Subbuteo to slowly improving our equipment. We have a competitive league and cup format between our players, a website, club jersey and additional subbuteo paraphernalia. 

We couldn’t do it without a great venue. The White Hart Modbury, many thanks to Gareth and the gang for being generous host. 

If you are thinking of joining or creating a Subbuteo club, do it. You just might have a lot of fun. (report from the Facebook page)

Link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61562206802557

Semi-finals: Malcolm Jamieson - Stuart Briffett 2-1
Bob Fairbrother - Bill Berkley 4-0

Final: Malcolm Jamieson - Bob Fairbrother 0-1

North Shields, England, November 7 2025

We had a great evening's subbuteo at the Seahorse Pub, Whitley Bay Football Club,  on Friday 7 November. Eight players competed - with two groups of 4 players following by a head-to-head play-off for the final positions. The winner was Ben, defeating Nick, in a shoot-out. (report from the Facebook page)

Link: https://www.facebook.com/northshieldssubbuteotablefootball

Final: Nick Pearson - Ben Staples 0-0*

Final 3rd place: Tom Heslop - Jeff Parsons 2-1

Final 5th place: Karl Dragan - Nigel Lamond 0-1

Final 7th place: Neil Wearmouth - Dan Gosling 0-0

First results of November 2025: action in England, Australia and Italy

After a very busy month of October, we are happy to receive the first results of the events held in November. Here is a brief summary of recent tournaments held in England, Australia and Italy.

Pedmore, England, November 1 2025

Last Sunday the Pedmore Subbuteo & Table Football Club Autumn WASPA Open was a success with 16 players from many different clubs taking part. Simon Bodily and Richard Roper did a great job to offer a great day os Subbuteo to all competitors. Rob Paterson was in a great day and managed to win the final against Michael Mayes while Malcolm Jamieson won the Plate final.

Quarter-finals: Richard Badger  - Simon McMurray 1-0
Nick Pearson  - Michael Mayes 0-1
Robert Ramsay  - Arthur Collins 1-1*
Connor Gregory  - Rob Paterson 1-1*

Semi-finals: Richard Badger  - Michael Mayes 3-2
Arthur Collins  - Rob Paterson 0-1

Final: Richard Badger  - Rob Paterson 0-0*

Plate Final: Malcolm Jamieson  - Jason Christopher 2*-2

Solent, England, November 3 2025

Fireworks night Open WASPA at Solent saw an excellent display of flickery, lots of banger goals and plenty of rocket shots. Plus the long-awaited return of Mr Nice Guy…. Dave Hunter. Anyway, enough of the bonfire cracker puns…

Jason Christopher took the honours with 4 wins from 4 with wins over Andy McGovern (4-3), Tony Martin (3-1), Simon Hawley (5-3) and Gary Birch (5-0). Just managing to top the table ahead of last months winner, Christopher Paul Burford on goal difference after he also remained unbeaten. Another great night, but once again the real winner was sports table soccer (original story: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2759539824274495)

1. Jason Christopher
2. Chris Burford
3. Andy McGovern
4. Gary Birch
5. Dave Hunter
6. Simon Hawley
7. Tony Martin
8. Tim Hill
9. Nigel Morgan
10. Russell Cramer

Trieste, Italy, November 3 2025

Last Monday the club of Trieste had a great night of play with 6 players taking part. After the group stage, finals were played to decide final positions and Alberto Spiller defeated Alessandro Spiller to claim the trophy.

Final: Alessandro Spiller  - Alberto Spiller 1-2

Final for 3rd place: Corrado Toffoletti  - Stefano Dardi 1-2

Final for 5th place: Dario Bilucaglia  - Oscar Caselli 0*-0

Morecambe Bay, England, October 29 2025

Final standings of last month's competition in Morecambe Bay. Congratulations to Luca Lanzani for taking the honors this time!

1. Luca Lanzani
2. Lee Hatfield
3. Stuart Andrews
4. Keith Carman
5. Perry Sinacola
6. Rob Wilkinson
7. Steven Dobinson
8. Henry Eddington
9. Tom Eddington

Sydney, Australia, November 4 2025

The latest Northern Falcons tournament took place at Willoughby Park Bowling Club. Great to see Neil Brener back in action, scoring two stunners! And John Palamara. A great night was had by all. And the local group welcomed an old North Sydney Boys High player, Dave Freeman as a fascinated spectator. Last played back in the 80s, and lives just around the corner from the WPBC.

1. Eliot Kennedy (Northern Falcons)
2. Daniele Lombardi  (Sydney TFC)
3. Geoff Sirmai  (Hipfingerz)
4. Steve Dettre (Northern Falcons)
5. Neil Brener (Northern Falcons)
6. Louis Dettre (Northern Falcons)
7. John Palamara  (Hipfingerz)
8. Adrian Grunbach (Northern Falcons)

Old Rules

Terni, Italy, November 4 2025

There was a good show earlier this week in Terni for the latest Old rules event organized by the Perotti brothers. Alessandro Arca was once again the winner after defeating Marco Perotti on shots in the finals.

Semi-finals: Alessandro Arca  - Moreno Margheriti 1-0
Marco Perotti  - Simone Perotti 1*-1

Final: Alessandro Arca  - Marco Perotti 0*-0

Final for 5th place: Michele Bussotti  - Antonio Termini 3-0

WASPA rankings of October 2025

Dear Subbuteo friends,

it's November already and we are happy to release the WASPA rankings of October.

Excel file with rankings

PDF file with results

Last month was another amazing month with 43 tournaments added in the records including the All-Ireland championhips in Derry, 36 regional tournaments and 6 tournaments played with the old rules. Since the beginning of the season, we have had events held in 15 different countries, which is superb!

Malcolm Jamieson is the new leader of the season ranking and there are changes also on top of the different club rankings. 59 clubs have already scored points in the three different sections but we really hope we can have more then the current 7 clubs ranked in the Junior table as the youth remains a priority for the future of the game.

Special thanks once again to the national associations who support the WASPA circuit. We really appreciate the support from the Asian Confederation after the different events organised besides the Asian Cup in Sydney but also the national events held in Ireland and Switzerland and England with WASPA points for the players taking part.

Your ideas and proposals to improve the WASPA circuit are welcome so don't hesitate to send messages.

Have a great week-end and let's keep Subbuteo alive!

Vincent Coppenolle, vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

Some pictures of recent events

Old rules event in Brescia, Italy

Action in Sydney

Players at the Asian Cup

Players in Verviers (Belgium)

Players in Johannesburg, South Africa

Great turnout in Barcelona

Flickers in Leicster

Young players in action in Genoa

ESA Championship tournament in Bristol

Kenny Beggs winner of the All-Ireland championship

Irish Circuit tournament in Cork

Big final between Milan Knezevic and Eric Lienhardt in Aesch, Switzerland

October 2025: more news from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Australia and Italy

Here are the latest results of the WASPA events held in October. We are happy to receive reports from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Australia and news from Italy. We have added results from 43 different tournaments in the records in October! We will hopefully be able to publish the updated WASPA tables later this week.

Derry, All-Ireland championships

Congratulations to this years All-Ireland Champion Kenny ‘the Legend’ Beggs! ⚽️🦞⚽️🦞
Well done runner up Andy Fitzpatrick on his first all Ireland podium finish.
Derry’s own Oisin Mór takes the plate with Donegals Brendan Rodgers coming runner up
Louis Herbert takes the Monkey at the 2025 All Ireland Championship.

Original report from https://www.facebook.com/DerryCityTableFootball

Edinburgh, Scotland

Edinburgh Subbuteo held its first tournament of the season with a 4 man group playing in a league table. Marco Bevilacqua took top spot after holding on to beat Andy Kent 2-1 after a late goal from the eventual runner up Andy. Bruce Henderson took third place after rallying to come from a goal down to beat Erik Geddes, who made his WASPA debut and played some great Subbuteo.

More club news at https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghSubbuteo

Adelaide, Australia

Last week, local players Mick Philips and Stephen Wilson had the privilege to meet Hugh Best from WA, and a privilege it was. They played each other twice.

Round 1: Mick 0 Hugh 2 ; Stephen 1 Hugh 7 ; Mick 2 Stephen 2.

Round 2: Mick 0 Hugh 0 ; Stephen 0 Hugh 1 ; Mick 1 Stephen 0.

Table: 1. Hugh 10 points ; 2. Mick 5 ; 3. Stephen 1.

More about Adelaide TFC: https://www.facebook.com/groups/632171080247951

Tournament coming up in Genoa, Italy

Next Saturday there will be another big event organized by the Rebels Genova. Interested players can contact Luca Bignardi.

October 2025: more results from South Africa, England, Belgium and the Netherlands

While the European Cups last week were a success for the English Subbuteo Association, several WASPA tournaments have been held in the last few days. We have collected results from South Africa, England, Belgium and the Netherlands so here is a brief summary of recent resutls. Please note we will stop collectif results for the WASPA rankings of October on November 1 at 8.00 pm. Please send your results to vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

Johannesburg (eat), South Africa, September 13 2025

In South Africa, players are still active in the Johanneburg area. Two events have recently been held. The first one was a small event run by Easterns players and won by Gary Down. A few weeks later, 9 players attended the Johannesburg Open. Players from 3 different clubs were taking part and Ian Clarke defeated Gary Downs in the final.

1. Gary Downs (Easterns)
2. Craig Smith (Easterns)
3. Christopher Paolini (Easterns)
4. Rui Dos Santos (Easterns)

Johannesburg (eat), South Africa, October 12 2025

Semi-finals: Gary Downs - Craig Smith 0*-0
Ian Clarke - Jason Kennedy 2-0
Final: Gary Downs - Ian Clarke 0-1

Bristol, England, October 8 2025

The Bristol club recently held 2 events with some special guests as Australia's Nathan Heard and Cardiff's David Samuel paid a visit to Steve Wonnacott's group.

1. Dave Fletcher (Bristol)
2. Phillip Bryant (Bristol)
3. Alex Salter (Bristol)
4. Peter Marshall (Bristol)
5. Malcolm Jarvis (Bristol)
6. Gareth Hughes (Bristol)
7. Nathan Heard (Australia/Northern Phoenix)
8. Stuart Briffett (Bristol)
9. Alan Twiddy (Bristol)

Bristol, England, October 20 2025

1. David Samuel (Wales/Cardiff)
2. Lyndon Davies (Bristol)
3. Stuart Briffett (Bristol)
4. Steve Wonnacott (Bristol)
5. Alex Salter (Bristol)
6. Malcolm Jarvis (Bristol)
7. Andy Jarvis (Bristol)
8. Peter Marshall (Bristol)

Dagenham, England, October 29 2025

9 players attended the latest Chasers tournament. Wolverhampton's gaga Badger took the honoers while Michelle Claydon was awarded the player of the week title.

1. Gage Badger (Wolverhampton)
2. Martin Hodds (Yorkshire)
3. Gary Gladwell (Chasers Club)
4. Adam Jackson (Chasers Club)
5. Mark West (Chasers Club)
6. Samantha Levy (Chasers Club)
7. Marc Grant (Chasers Club)
8. Jack Cossington (Chasers Club)
9. Michele Claydon (Chasers Club)

Gouda, the Netherlands, October 29 2025

Dutch clubs did well last week in the European Cup but this week, the dutch legends were already back in business with another small WASPA tournament in Gouda. Xavier Aret was undefeated and was the deserved winner.

1. Xavier Aret (Dutch Legends)
2. Maurice Montone (-)
3. Richard Oranje (Dutch Legends)
4. Rinaldo van Dijk (Rijnmond)
5. Sjoerd van Bentem (Dutch Legends)

Verviers, Belgium, October 30 2025

The monthly tournament in the East of Belgium took part on Friday in Verviers with 8 players taking part. After groups, kno-out-games were playerd to decide final standings.

Pascal Scheen defeated Bruno Goset in sudden death (2-1) to claim the title while Noah Hanssens defeated Quentin Vanglabeke in the game for 3rd place. Final standings also includ Valéry Willot (5th), Benoit Vanwissen (6), Gabriel Janssens (7) and Thomas Janssens (8).

Stourbridge, England, October 30 2025

1. Andy Pountney (Pedmore)
2. Richard Roper (Pedmore)
3. Arthur Collins (Stourbridge Casual SC)
4. Matthew Powell (Stourbridge Casual SC)
5. Matthew Reynolds (Stourbridge Casual SC)

Old rules

Solent, England, October 29 2025

This week the Solent boys held a WASPA tournament played with the old rules. Jason Christopher was undefeated and won the tournament while Dawn Piggott made her WASPA debut.

1. Jason Christopher
2. Andy McGovern
3. Rob Piggott
4. Nigel Morgan
5. Steve Smith
6. Roger Duckworth
7. Dawn Piggott
8. Tim Hill