News from around the world - August 2018

Several small events have been held during the month in many different countries.

First trophy for Richard Ruffolo

In Toronto, Canada there was a turnout of 4 players for the latest TSC tournament with Richard Ruffolo winning the final against local top player Mike Sgro. Dan Santianni and Mike Devey also had some great games and prove to be improving au lot.!

In Scotland, Dundee United had two small events also to prepare the trip to the world cup. Steve Bennett won both event with Andy Beskaby being runner-up int he first event, David Baxter taking the second place of the second tournament.

In Australia, the Brisbane club organized a tournament under the theme of the world cup. Gus Gillespie defeated Gerry Vickers in the final to claim the honors.

In England, the Bristol club held a pre-season tournament with a small turnout of four players competing in a league format with home and away games. Simon Donadel took the honors while Bob Fairbrother was runner-up. Adam Fraser and Tim Mourant also managed to win some games!

Big game between Arudyo and Winaldo

Steve Dettre (left) in action

We have been glad to see some action in Indonesia after a long hiatus. During Steve Dettre's visit in Jakarta, the FISTF president managed to play a small tournament with Arudyu Putro Rudy and Winaldo Swastia Artaraya. Steve won the event but more importantly it was a good time to meet and discuss and the future of the game in the country.

The "Sporting Club 18", part of the "Podjistan Subbuteo Association", a new club based in Northern Ireland, held a first tournament last week. Martinog Bradley took the best on local organizer Simon Stewart and Lawrence Watson. There should be more events to come in the near future.
See the club's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/podjistanflickers/

Players in Vreese

In Belgium, the club of Semois SC based in Vresse had a preseason event with four players. Pascal Droeven finished on top of a group format with Grégory Berte as runner-up, Philippe Thys being 3rd and Marc De Vos also playing some good games.

In Spain, the latest promotional tournament in Javea had a small field of 3 players with Pasquale Carrassi taking the best on Bill Dunham and Lisa Carrassi. It was a good way for Lisa to prepare for the forthcoming world cup in Gibraltar where she will proudly represent her club of Marina Citerior!

Finally, Knighton TFC in Wales had a promotional event last Friday with 5 players taking part. Dan Nicholls took the honors with Tom Taylor being 2nd. Rory Gittoes, Matt Booth and Kenny Evans confirm they are very motivated for the new season and the Knighton club will continue to grow in the future!

Subbuteo gathering in Jakarta

There was a last minute gathering earlier this week in Jakarta, Indonesia as Steve Dettre was on a business trip and had a chance to play some games against local players Arudyo Putro and Aldo Swastia (both from Batavia Garudas).

Steve won his two games while Arudyo defeated Aldo. Local players explained the FISTF official it's hard to develop the game in Indonesia as there are no Subbuteo sets on sale.

It was great to see action again in Indonesia and there will hopefully be some bigger tournaments in the near future.

Majee Nolizam does it again Jakarta

This Sunday there was subbuteo action in Indonesia where the club of Batavia Garudas was organising a tournament.

Malaysia's Majee Nolizam was the final winner, beating Arudyo Putro in the final. Dwi Putranto and Yulianto Saputro where the other semi-finalists. 8 players were present in Jakarta for the event.

Forthcoming event in Indonesia

Majee Nolizam wins in Indonesia

Last monday the club of Batavia Garudas held a WASPA tournament in Jakarta, the main city of the country. The event had a turnout of 8 with three players from Malaysian club Hartamas Tigers. In the end, Majee Nolizam (Malaysia) defeated home player Arudyo Putro in a close final (2-1). Irman Farizul and Winaldo Swastia Artaraya were the semi-finalists. It was a good evening with a lot of goals and many close games. It's also very positive to see Subbuteo spreading in this part of the world. Besides the tournament, the club of batavia Garudas has proudly released a new website that you can discover at https://bataviagarudas.wordpress.com/

Dwi Putranto wins the Easter Cup in Indonesia

The Batavia Garudas club recently held their Easter Cup in Jakarta (Indonesia). 8 players were taking part and among them 3 were playing their first WASPA tournament. Dwi Putranto took the honors in the final as he beat Syarif Hidayat (2-0) while the semi-finalists were Arudyo Putro Rudy and Winaldo Swastia. Congratulations to all of them.

A nice win for Majee Nolizam in Tangerong

A small tournament took place this sunday in Tangerang, Indonesia. Five players were taking part and everyone had many games in the group stage as all players met twice. Arudyo Putro Rudy came on top of the group with five wins and three draws and qualified for the final.

In the decisive game, Malaysia's Majee Nolizam took the honors after defeating Arudyo Putro Rudy (2-0). Dicky Dewasanto finished third after defeating Dwi Putranto (1-0) in the consolation final.

Majee Nolizam takes the first tournament in Indonesia

The first official tournament in Indonesia took place in Jakarta on the November 16 with a good turnout of 10 players. Organizers were expecting a few other club members who could not attend due to work commitments. Each game was played in 20 minutes all the way instead of the 30 minutes. Organizers made two groups first and the top four players proceeded to the second stage.

The final stage was as follows:
1st: Majee Nolizam
2nd: Dwi Putranto
3rd: Dicky Dewasanto
4th: Arudyo Putro

Congratulations to the club of Batavia Garudas for the huge effort to host the first event ever in the country and special tanks to the Double Bay Cafe for hosting the games.

Poster of the first tournament in Indonesia

News from around the world

England: Small event in Couldson
A small event was held on August 22 in Couldson. Couldson SC were allowed to hold their second tournament of the summer in the same month. The event consisted of a small but dedicated group of three players, Colin Lindsey, Gerald Brightwell and Lee Fenton. The games reached a new level of intensity, as Lee Fenton, started using the Haka before his games, to heighten his intensity and concentration and to physce out his opponents before matches started. Gerald Brightwell, again finished as the winner, with the scores  Colin 1-2 Lee, Colin 0-1 Gerald, Gerald 1-0 Lee, Colin 2-2 Lee, Colin 0-0 Colin, Gerald 2-0 Lee, Gerald 2-0 Lee. All games were very VERY close, and could have gone either way with chances both missed and saved by all players. Gerald commented that both Lee and Colin have devolped considerably over the summer and now play with an intensity and now have developed 'The eye of the Tiger in their games' (Report sent by Lee Fenton)

Greece: Second event at Blades TSC
During his holidays in Greece, Steve Bennett (Scotland) had the chance to meet some players of the greek club Blade TSC in Heraklion. Two small events were held. This time again, Steve proved to be the most experienced player and won the tournament. Hopefully the club of Blade TSC will host more WASPA events in the future with their members.

Hungary: Support for a new club
The new club "Hungária Subbuteo Club" is trying to get funds or material to create something strong in Budapest. The founder, Adrián Száki, is hoping to get help from many people and he has already launched an Internet page to boost interest.
Link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hungaria-subbuteo-club

Austria: Experience pays

The first event of the "Austrian WASPA League" took place last week in Vienna. The winner of the tournament was no "Mr Nobody". Erich Hinkelmann (right on the picture) is currently ranked number 3 in the FISTF Veterans ranking and Erich is also a former number 1. It was great to see such a big champion sharing his love for the game with younger and newer players.

Belgium: A globe-Trotter in Japan

Stéphane Lambert (right on the picture) is not only one of the most active players on the WASPA circuit. The Antwerp player is also a real globe-trotter. The member of the English club "Kent Invicta" took part in the FISTF Grand Prix of Japan last week-end and reached the semi-finals. He was the only player to travel from Europe for the tournament.

Indonesia: let's start flicking!

The new club of "Batavia Garudas" started playing this week, once the first table of the club was built. The club member at training for the upcoming Merdeka tournament in Kuala Lumpur. Good luck to them!

Wales: Tournament in Cardiff
The Cardiff Bluebirds TFC will have a tournament on September 1. It will be the first WASPA event in the country since April 2013. Interested players can contact John Lauder at wrkl@hotmail.com

Scotland: First event of the season
There will be a tournament in Arbroath organized by the Tayside Kickers on September 7. This will be the first tournament of the season in Scotland. Contact Steve Bennett at ssb.5c67@yahoo.com for info.

USA: Great job in Georgia
On the Facebook page of the Aerican Subbuteo Association, Sean Mann reported "Subbuteo Club met today for our first meeting of the year at Greenbrier High School in Evans, GA. This is our 6th year. We had 21 kids packed into my classroom with 3 tables going. Looks good for Augusta Subbuteo's plans to host a Nov 8th tourney. 9 freshman joined the GHS Subbuteo club including my son Miko."
Congratulations for the amazing job!

USA: Our thoughts for California
A tournament was in the agenda in Petaluma (in the San Francisco area) last sunday. As you probably know, there was an earthquake in Northern California. Despite some players finally met, no tournament was held as everybody had the earthquake in mind. Our thoughts go to those who had damages. In these moments, subbuteo is certainly not a priority for all and there will be better days!

USA: Visit at Hercules SC

The great Zach Walker visited the newly-born Hercules SC this week and shared his experience and love for the game with Ilias Gikas and Tim Tumminaro.

Canada: action in Montreal
The "Club de Subbuteo de Montréal" is one of the smallest clubs in the world with only two players. Aydin Mir and Pierre Chastenais met this week and played three games. They will start their club league in September and really hope to find more players.

Statistics: Italy on top!
Since September 1, 2013, 246 tournaments have already been organized under WASPA banner. Italy was the main organizer with 53 tournaments (whille England and Belgium held 33 events). Rome (9) and Fiumicino (6) have been the 2 hot places. The challenge for the new season is to see more regular series and hopefully more tournaments in cioties like Bari, Firenze, Catanzaro, Genova, Macerata, Manoppello, Pescara, Viareggio,... Hopefully more clubs and more cities will join the WASPA circuit. Any help to try to get Italian clubs involved woud be appreciated!

WASPA Facebook group
We have reached the amazing number of more than 1400 members. Thanks to everyone for the great support.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/waspasubbuteo/?fref=ts

Written by Vincent Coppenolle on August 28, 2014 -> Contact: vincent.cop@rsca.com

News from Austria, Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia

Start of the Austrian WASPA League

Austria: The Austrian WASPA League (http://tfkniederoesterreich.npage.at/austrian-waspa-league.html) is starting soon. This new project will include tournaments held in several cities and hosted by different clubs all around Austria. For more details you can contact Thomas Eppensteiner at tfkniederoesterreich@gmail.com
Here is the agenda of the first events to come:
22.08.2014, 18.00 Uhr. Pfarrwiesenstraße 23, 1140 Wien (Regional).
24.08.2014, 10.00 Uhr. Pfarrwiesenstraße 23, 1140 Wien (Promotional).
14.09.2014, 10.00 Uhr.  ASKÖ Ballsport Center Bernoullistraße, 1220 Wien (Regional).
18.10.2014, 10.00. Franz Wallner Tischfussball Zentrum, 1220 Wien (Regional).
15.11.2014, 10.00. Tenniscenter Skarics, 2482 Ebreichsdorf (Regional).

Annual Toongabbie tournament

Australia: Last year, Alex Jennings was able to fluke his way through two penalty shootouts to take glory in the annual September Cup Subbuteo Tournament from under the noses of former champions Phillip Parker and Adrian Elmer. Costa Kamarados and his Greeks put in a great run to the semi-finals while new boys and girls, Jono Wilkes, Brontë Scott, Dan Wilkes, Imojjen Elmer and Paul Gorjan learned a lesson or two along the way.

Last season, for the first time, the tournament also gained the recognition of the World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association (WASPA) earning competitors world ranking points. With the added exposure that ensued, this season’s September Cup has the added interest of fellow Subbuteo enthusiasts from around NSW, meaning the competition will be heating up.

In keeping with the heritage of the tournament, competitors will only be permitted to compete using original Subbuteo figures and all matches will be played on glorious, original nylon Subbuteo pitches.

Flick off is at 3pm and there will be pizza, so bring along a few dollars as well as a drink.
Entry to the tournament is free.
The tournament is open to all players regardless of age, gender or Subbuteo experience. New players are always welcome and there’s plenty of equipment to borrow if you don’t have your own.
The tournament will be held at Adrian’s house in Toongabbie. If you don’t know the address, send message to Adrian at ajebec@netspace.net.au.

Facebook event page – https://www.facebook.com/events/475084999295482/

First club in Indonesia

Indonesia: our friend Jamie Kong, the organizer of the Hartamas Tigers club in Kuala Lumpur, is happy to announce that there is a new TF Club, the Batavia Garudas of Jakarta, Indonesia. "Mr. Majee is the Founder and have been with us since the Revive World Cup in June 2014. I am pleased that the Revive tournament has resulted the birth of new Clubs and continue to inspire the growth of table football everywhere in Malaysia and even to Indonesia now. It is our hope that in time by end of 2015, we will be able to host the first Asian Champions League, a FISTF International Open with inclusion of Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong and Australia. As such it will be good to have open communication on events and sharing of local news of the sport in each country. ", reported Jamie Kong.

contact information:
Batavia Garudas Klub Bolasepak Meja
Jl. Tanah Kusir 2, No.7 Arteri Pondok Indah
Jakarta 12240, Indonesia
Contact no: +62217398201
Founder: Mr. Majee
Email: m.nolizam@gmail.com

New club in Malaysia

Malaysia: in the meantime, Jamie Kong has also informed us that there is a new Subbuteo Club based in the city of Kuatan. Good luck to the involed players for the new project.