Report of the Finger Football Festival in Malaysia

The Finger Football Fiesta took place at the Hartamas Shopping Centre last weekend. For this maiden event, the players from Singapore; lead by Tan Kok Wee and John Ho, together with Vikash, Den Mulia, Haikal and Anas from the Jurong Central Subbuteo club made their presence felt with great enthusiasm and sportmanship. From the Hartamas Tigers TFC, the Juniors; Vishnuvarthanasundram, Sharvind v. Veera, Mohnish Rajakumaran and Phillip Arryan played to their best games on the first day. New senior players, Azril, Azrol and Lukman took part. A first for the Tigers, is our new lady player, Ms. Siti Hariza (or Gee). Jamie Kong, the Founder of the H.Tigers took part in both the Veteran and Open tournament categories.

The Open Final was an exciting game to watch, as Anas played his best game ever to hold out against Den Mulia forcing an equalizer of 1-1 at the end of the second half. With very tight formation, Anas made it supremely difficult for Den to score. But the Master won by scoring another 2 goals, making it a 3-1 score after the extra time of ten minutes.

The Veteran Final Match was between Den Mulia and Tan Kok Wee. Den Mulia won the match a 2-0 score proving that he has the steady nerves as a season veteran player. The Juniors Event was an all Malaysian affair without the presence of the Singapore juniors. All the boys are great friends off pitch but focus their rivalry to be the best in table football. Vishnuvarthana won with a 3-1 final score against Sharvind.

Dato and Datin Rajakumaran graced the occassion and the Dato Rajakumaran Cup was given to the Veteran Champion, Mr. Den Mulia. Dato Rajakumaran also presented the Junior's Trophy to the winners of the Junior Event. Michael Dent was on hand to give away the Open Trophy to Mr. Den Mulia and the players of the Open Category and also the QJ Rizal Cup donated by lawyer, Encik Rizal Bahari.

Thank you to everyone from all who helped the Hartamas Tigers TFC in the organization or this Event and also to YB. Khairy Jamaluddin for his patronage and the support of the Youth and Sports Ministry in endorsing the FF Fiesta for the sport of Subbuteo (table football).

Junior Event:
Champion: Vishnuvarthana Sundram
1st Runner Up: Sharvind Vyas Veera
2nd Runner Up: Mohnish Rajakumaran

Veterans Event:
Champion: Den Mulia
1st Runner Up: Tan Kok Wee
2nd Runner up: John Ho
4th Placing: Vikash

Open Event:
Champion: Den Mulia
1st Runner Up: Anas
2nd Runner Up: Tan Kok Wee
4th Placing: Vikash

(Report by Jamie Kong)

Next event in Singapore with guests from Malaysia

On October 26, Singapore will host the first tournament in Asia this season. A good turnout of 20 players is expected with 4 players from Malaysia and most of the top local players, including France's Ouabi Rouis.Bernard Lim, Den Mulia and michael Choong will be the other seeded players. Good luck to everyone involved.

New fences for subbuteo table

Great job by the Hartamas Tigers clubs in Malaysia!

Report of the Merdeka Cup in Malaysia

The Subbuteo Collectors Fiesta on 30^th August 2014 and

the Merdeka Cup Open Tournament on 31^st August, Malaysia National Day

at the Subbuteo Shop, Hartamas Shopping Centre, Malaysia

Report by Jamie Kong

Singapore and Indonesia (the Batavia Garudas) came on both days to come help celebrate our Subbuteo Fiesta for Collectors and also participate in the inaugural Merdeka Cup Open tournament during our Malaysia National Day, weekend. The Malaysians had a good showing with 8 players joining the Merdeka Cup tournament, the Garudas (Majee, Dicky and Rudy) have been practicing all week long and the Singapore contingent, lead by Kok Wee, John Ho, Vikas, Rizal and Hashim.

                                    

                                                        

The Subbuteo Fiesta is the first Collectors event for the Hartamas Tigers TFC, to encourage a look at the Subbuteo phenomenon in Malaysia and Singapore. Fess, our ardent Malaysian Subbuteo enthusiast, has a wonderful book of past letters and records and his collectibles on display. Michael Dent graciously consented to display his England Subbuteo Trophy which he won in 1973, his 1974 World Cup pennant in Munich and his 1974 Farnum Trophy. For the Fiesta, we have mini games for all the players and a Teams Double Match which was won by John Ho and Kok Wee. Kaspar Bennett made a special appearance and hosted the Best Keeper Challenge which was won by Kok Wee. Kok Wee managed to stop the shots from Kaspar, 4 out of 5 times..

As the Event was held at the Subbuteo Shop, the visitors to the Hartamas Shopping Centre were able to enjoy the entire tournament and also walk into shop look at the world of table football. The players did not hold back and all did their best to outdo their opponent. Michael Dent who qualified for the semi-finals was held to a draw after extra time and was force into a shooting elimination round. It was nerve racking as both players did not managed to score any goals in their 5 attempts.

Michael scored the Golden Goal and went into the Final with Kok Wee who also was given a difficult time by Vikas. Kaspar Bennett refereed the Final and it was a close battle. Michael lost when Kok Wee

Managed to hold the score at 2-1. Everyone enjoyed the tournament and now, there are 3 venues within South East Asia for closer ties and cooperation for more exciting events to happen.

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.