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.
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
