Marco Bevilacqua and Gabriel Ebejer winners in Yorkshire

Marco Bevilacqua (right) receiving his trophy from Paul Lawrenson

Last week-end, Yorkshire Phoenix organized another fantastic event as the Yorkshire International Open was a success with more than 50 players travelling from different countries to take part. Once again, organizers proved there is a strong partnership bewteen FISTF and WASPA and consolation events were held under WASPA banner. *Scotland's and Golazzo's Marco Bevilacqua defeated Craig Heward (Yorkshire) on shots in the Plate final while Malta's Gabriel Ebejer (Bormla) took the best against Brendan Ashley (London Road/Yorkshire) in the Shield final.

Gabriel Ebejer (right)

Special thanks to the organizers, Paul Lawrenson and Martin Hodds in particular, for the amazing work!

More details and pictures are available on the Yorkshire Phoenix page at https://www.facebook.com/yorkshirephoenixtfc

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: latest results and news from around the world

First of all we would like to wish good luck to all players and clubs taking part in the Champion's League and the Europa League this week-end in Faversham, England. The continental cups for teams remain some of the most exciting and prestigious events of the season. Congratulations to the English Subbuteo Association for making this happen this week-end in Kent. We remember where England is coming from and we are very proud to see that WASPA contributed to the success and the rise of the sport in England.

We would also like to come back on the latest events played in the WASPA circuit as we received results from England, Ireland, Australia, Italy and Belgium. Thanks to all organizers for their great work to keep the game alive!

Regional events

Bristol, England, October 19 2025

The Bristol Round of the English Championships took place last week-end and had an amazing turnout of 41 players coming from all over England and from 15 different clubs. After the group stage, players were divided in 2 sections. In the main event, Kevin Cordell (Stanway) was in a great day and defeated Chris Short (Pedmore) in the final to win the tournament and take the lead of the Championship. Wolverhampton players Mick Hammonds and Justin Scott made it to the semi-finals. "Thanks to Bristolians Steve Wonnacott & others, organised fantastic hospitality & Kye Arnold as always with the fixtures as usual. Well done my stepson Jamie won the Youth Cup beat Connor. 👏🏼

Look forward to Champions League for my team Langton Green Subbuteo next weekend!", commented Kevin Cordell.

Rob Paterson (TSPA) defeated Malcolm Jamieson (Worthing) in the final of the Plate tournament. 

Kevin Cordell and Jamie Warren

Quarter-finals: Jason Christopher - Mick Hammonds 0-1
Chris Short - Alan Lee 2-0
Justin Scott - Kye Arnold 2-0
Kevin Cordell - Rudi Peters 1-0

Semi-finals: Mick Hammonds - Chris Short 1-3
Justin Scott - Kevin Cordell 1-2

Final: Chris Short  - Kevin Cordell 0-1

Plate final: Malcolm Jamieson  - Rob Paterson 1-2

Sydney, Australia, October 8 2025

The Northern Falcons held a WASPA event a few days before the Asian Cup. It was a good way to practice before the "big week-end" held in Sydney and players from 4 different clubs were taking part.

1. Eliot Kennedy (Northern Falcons)
2. Adrian Grunbach (Northern Falcons)
3. Louis Dettre (Northern Falcons)
4. Daniele Lombardi (Sydney TFC)
5. Robert Green (Northern Falcons)
6. Katelyn Grunbach (Northern Falcons)
7. Geoff Sirmai (Hipfingerz)
8. Greg Werner (Hipfingerz)
9. Steve Dettre (Northern Falcons)
10. Johnny Ball (Northern Falcons)
11. Simon Cole (Northern Falcons)
12. Francis Cozzarin (Western Sydney)

Dagenham, England, October 15 2025

The latest Chasers tournament had 7 players taking part

Semi-finals: Gary Gladwell - Mark West 0-1
Adam Jackson - Michele Claydon 4-0

Final: Mark West - Adam Jackson 3-1

Yorkshire, England, October 16 2025

October 16 saw a return to WASPA club night action at Dewsbury Moor Sports Club. Craig Heward retained the Super League leaders shield, taking victory on the night topping the table with a 100% record, winning 5 out of 5 matches.

It was great to welcome Adrian Hawcroft back after a short break. Despite the gap in play, he came away with a win and two draws from his games. A special mention of thanks to Dan Nichols for making the long journey as a guest player on the night. Was great to have you along for the ride mate!

Final standings on the evening:
1. Craig Heward (Yorkshire)
2. Dan Nicholls (Godiva)
3. Ian Sharp (Yorkshire)
4. Adrian Hawcroft (Yorkshire)
5. Kevin Adderley (Yorkshire)
6. Darren Brook (Yorkshire)

Worthing, England, October 16 2025

Standings of the latest event played in Swiss system (4 sessions)
1. Connor Gregory
2. Malcolm Jamieson
3. Chris Stapleton
4. Ian Maskell
5. Joe Currey
6. Dave Cope
7. Daryl Radwell
8. Nigel Pestelle
9. Nathan Holley
10. Colin Houlson
11. Daniel Whittington

Morecambe Bay, England, October 7 2025

Final table of the latest event played in Swiss system

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

Milton Keynes, England, October 16 2025

Final table (round robin)
1. Ian Aggett
2. Mark Green
3. Paul Gildersleve
4. Graham Farmer

Dudley-Kingswinford, England, October 16 2025

Final table (round robin)
1. Derek Air
2. Jordan Clee
3. Campbell Air
4. Tavin Kumar

Néchin, Belgium, October 17 2025

Final table (round robin)
1. Matthias Averlant (Hennuyer)
2. Geoffrey Marain (Hennuyer)
3. Benjamin Marain (Hennuyer)
4. Sébastien Rochez (Stembert)
5. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)

Nassogne, Belgium, October 22 2025

Final table (round robin)
1. Noah Janssens
2. Sébastien Scheen
3. Jean Grosdent
4. Thomas Janssens
5. Maxim Grosdent
6. Salvatore Visconti

Old rules

Terni, Italy, October 16 2025

Final table (round robin)
1. Marco Perotti
2. Simone Perotti
3. Massimiliano Mancini

Solent, England, October 6 2025

Final table (league format)
1. Jason Christopher
2. Jerry Lovegrove
3. Nigel Morgan
4. Chris Burford
5. Steve Smith
6. Andy McGovern
7. Rob Piggott
8. Gary Birch
9. Simon Hawley
10. Paul Izard
11. Tim Hill
12. Russell Cramer
13. Tim Rogers
14. Roger Duckworth

Forthcoming events

To be noted there will be some more events in:

- Switzerland. Swiss Cup on October 25 in Aesch BL. 20 players from Germany, France and Switzerland will be taking part, including Willi Hofman who will attend with his 'Cones' figures.

- Scotland: Edinbugh Subbuteo be hosting their first WASPA tournament of the season on 30th October at Leith Dockers Club. Join from 7PM for a spooooooooookily fun evening of beer, banter, a few tantrums and probably a wee bit of Subbuteo thrown in too. All welcome. Free entry. But do get in touch in advance if you want to join as spaces are limited.

- Belgium: "club WASPA" night on October 31 in Néchin. Flick-off at 6.30 pm.

New home for Edinburgh Subbuteo

March saw the return of the 'Golazzo' Edinburgh Subbuteo club at another new home, The Leith Docker's Club in Edinburgh. 

After a comfortable start, Marco retained the title in this month's WASPA through a goal in the last few minutes to make it 2-2 against Dave "the Danger" Allen. 

Andy Kent continues his rapid rise in the Edinburgh ranks by dispatching Bruce "The Bomber" Henderson 1 - 0 in a tight contest before a resolute performance by Paul "The Madyin" McFadyen halted his progress, securing a 0 - 0 in the Cramond Derby. 

We would like to say a huge thanks to Leith Docker's Club for hosting us and hopefully this is the start of a long stay at our new venue.

Latest results from around the world - February and March 2025

We have collected a lot of results from round the world and its really hard to publish stories for every tournament so here is a summary of recent events.

Perth (Australia), February 15 2025

Final table (all Perth and Australia Unless noted)

1. Tan Yew Loy (Singapore)
2. Ross McNulty
3. Brian Pearson
4. Alan Kimber
5. Hugh Best (Sports TFC of Western Australia)
6. Noel Mani
7. Ron Byrne

Johannesburg (South Africa), February 22 2025

1. Ian Clarke (Easterns TFC)
2. Gary Downs (Easterns TFC)
3. Jason Kennedy (ETS Subbuteo Club)
4. Fernando Rodrigues (ETS Subbuteo Club)
5. Johan Niewenhuis (Johannesburg TFC)
6. Shaun Majendie (ETS Subbuteo Club)
7. Jarryd Westerdale (ETS Subbuteo Club)

Tralee and Munster (Ireland), February 24 2025

Final table (all Tralee and Ireland Unless noted)

1. David Elton
2. Cian Hogan
3. Barry Higgins (Cork)
4. James Murphy
5. Sean O'Connell
6. Silvia Martin Simal (Spain)

Gouda (the Netherlands), February 26 2025

The "Dutch Legends" had a fantastic night of Subbuteo table football with 12 players taking part, including three players of MVV Rijnmond. it was a perfect rehearsal for those who were travelling to Frameries for the FISTF Major a few hours later. Casey van Os won a all-Rijnmond final against Jerrel van Keimpema.

Final: Jerrel van Keimpema - Casey van Os 0-1

Final 3-4: Rinaldo van Dijk - Patrick de Jong 1-0

Ghent (Belgium), February 28 2025

Before the FISTF Major in Frameries, a tournament was held in Ghent for the "Irish Premier League" players. It was a good way to practice and Gary Moore was the perfect host of the day, giving good games to all his teamates. Congratulations to Kenny Beggs for finishing on top of the league.

1. Kenny Beggs
2. Gary Moore
3. Andy Fitzpatrick
4. John Moore
5. Adrian Pigott

Nassogne (Belgium), February 27 2025

Here again, players needed a few good games before travelling to Frameries. Luc Grosdent finished on top of the Swiss system table.

1. Luc Grosdent
2. Maxim Grosdent
3. Noah Dirick
4. Vincent Dirick
5. Jean Grosdent
6. Sophia Grosdent
7. Lulani Verhoeven

Glasgow (Scotland)

During the FISTF tournament in Glasgow, organizers held two consolation tournaments under WASPA banner. It was excellent to see many exciting games in this WASPA event with a total of 20 players taking part.

Semi-finals of the tournament for 3rd player of each group: Malcolm Lees - Joe Harrington 2*-2 ; Gareth Christie - Josef Camilleri 1-0

Final: Malcolm Lees - Gareth Christie 2*-2

Semi-finals of the tournament for 4th player of each group: Alex Scott - Lawrence Watson 1-1* ; Ian Sharp - Gage Badger 0-1

Final: Lawrence Watson - Gage Badger 0-3

Drury (Wales), February 23 2025

League format final table:

1. Ruby Matthews
2. Cayne Matthews
3. Brendan Ashley
4. Mark Tilling
5. Harry Tilling

Drury (Wales), March 9 2025

League format final table:

1. Brian Daley
2. Ruby Matthews
3. Chris Bedford (Yorkshire Phoenix and Dewsbury Moor TFC)
4. Cayne Matthews
5. Brendan Ashley
6. Dan Nicholls (Morecambe Bay SC)

Néchin (Belgium), March 7 2025

Magic Team Tournai held their first WASPA tournament of the year and, once again, Geoffrey Marain finished on top to claim his 146th WASPA title after the 4 sessions of Swiss system.

1. Geoffrey Marain (Hennuyer)
2. Sébastien Rochez (Stembert)
3. Benjamin Marain (Hennuyer)
4. Matthias Averlant (Hennuyer)
5. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
6. Jordan Bonte (Wattrelos)
7. Michaël Dupret (Tournai)
8. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Wattrelos)
9. Thibaut Marville (FRA/Wattrelos)

Melbourne (TFC) (Australia), March 8 2025

Another Fun Afternoon of Table Football attending the Melbourne Table Football Club March WASPA event. Great company and some good competitive games after what appeared to be an eternity since last month's AGP. Congratulations to Nathan on taking out the event and to the BIG Man Kevin Grant on returning the boards after they received the 5-Star TLC treatment whilst back in Redesdale. There will be some upcoming news being released real soon regarding the next Northern Phoenix TFC WASPA.
Look forward to seeing you all at the next one.
(Report from the Northern Phoenix Facebook page)

1. Nathan Urbaniak (Melbourne TFC)
2. Christos Garagounis (Northern Phoenix TFC)
3. Beth Eveleigh (Northern Phoenix TFC)
4. Paul Mercer (Northern Phoenix TFC)
5. Kevin Grant (Central Victoria TFC)

Genova (Italy), March 9 2025

Another amazing event in Genova involved 14 players divided in 2 groups of 7. 3 players made their WASPA debut. Thanks to Luce Bignardi for a great tournament!

Final: Samuele Bignardi - Alberto Capoferri 1-0

Final 3-4: Tommaso Sani - Marco Bertolotti 1-2

Final 5-6: Luca Bignardi - Alessandro Gandin 1-2

Final 7-8: Filippo Careddu - Davide Balito 1-0

Final 9-10: Filippo Sottili - Maurizio Cussotto 1-0

Final 11-12: Fabio Balito - Simone Pennati 0-1

Final 13-14: Andrea Gandin - Filippo Di Rosa 2-0

Cape Town (South Africa), March 9 2025

Group stage:
1. Neil Hampton
2. Simmy Peertuin
3. Grant Lewis
4. Mike Ryder

Final: Neil Hampton - Simmy Peertuin 1-0

Final 3-4: Grant Lewis - Mike Ryder 2-0

Sydney (WS) (Australia), March 4 2025

A string of entries and then withdrawals left the numbers low for our March WASPA tournament and, sadly, our Western Sydney Subbuteo representatives outnumbered by those from the Northern Falcons. On the plus side, all the games could be played in the comfort of inside the clubhouse. With 5 players geared up to play, a full league format was used, with 20 minute games allowing everyone to play everyone else.

The opening round set the tone for the evening. Adrian E huffed and puffed but was, ultimately, rubbish, and Steve took advantage with a 1-0 win. Meanwhile Franck eased to a 2-0 victory over Adrian G. The two Adrians maintained this form for the rest of the evening, with neither managing to trouble the scoreboard at any stage during the evening! Adrian G did manage to keep a tight defense against Steve in the final game of the evening, picking up a second 0-0 draw (following the one against Adrian E) leaving him slightly ahead of Adrian E, but both rooted to the foot of the table.

Franck was on a roll and further commanding victories against Adrian E and Steve left him in a strong position at the top of the table heading into the final round. Steve had a mixed bag of results with a win, a loss and two draws, though one of those draws, against Eliot, had significant implications for the final match. Eliot sat out the first round with the bye but was, predictably, too good on the night for each of the Adrians, before hitting a snag with that 0-0 against Steve.

Which meant, heading into the final match against each other, Franck was heading the table with 9 points while Eliot was in second with 7. The two players lived up to the grand final nature of the fixture. Both players kept things tight in defense, with just the odd half chance each way opening up, but with no big misses for either player to regret. With Franck just needing the draw to take the title, his confidence grew as the minutes ticked down. Then, with just two minutes left on the clock, Eliot made the most outrageous curling flick, threading the needle between two expertly positioned defenders, in order to set himself up for a shot, which he converted with aplomb. Franck couldn't believe what he'd seen and Eliot, not known for outbursts of emotion in his mature years, yelled a loud 'yes!!' as the back of the net rippled. Franck needed to push for the equaliser with under two minutes left and this left him open to a second, counter-attacking goal, the final scoreline a cruel one for the player who had been two minutes away from claiming the title.

Eliot must now have a serious claim as the world's greatest exponent of the curled flick using flat bases, tonight used to directly win the tournament. A small but enjoyable tournament for the month, a good warm up for those present for our FISTF Satellite tournament being held in April. (Original report here: https://sites.google.com/view/westernsydneysubbuteo/tournaments)

1. Eliot Kennedy (Northern Falcons TFC)
2. Francis Cozzarin (Western Sydney Subbuteo)
3. Steve Dettre (Northern Falcons TFC)
4. Adrian Grunbach (Northern Falcons TFC)
5. Adrian Elmer (Western Sydney Subbuteo)

Dublin (Ireland), March 11 2025

1. Andy Fitzpatrick
2. Daniel Kaliszewski
3. Louis Herbert
4. John Kinsella
5. Eliott Fitzpatrick

Latest results from Edinburgh

December saw the last WASPA to be held at The Cramond Inn before it closes its doors for the final time. 6 players took part in 2 leagues and then playoffs to determine the final standings. The "group of death" saw Dave "the Defence" Allen shore up his bid for his first Edinburgh crown by topping the group, with Peter Morrison placing above Andy Kent on Goal Difference.

In the other group, a difficult 1 - 0 win for Marco Bevilacqua over Bruce Henderson was enough to secure top spot with youth prospect Arthur Kent continuing to improve and closing the gap to the adults. 

In the battle of the Kents, dad Andy triumphed over Arthur 2 - 1 on shots. 

The 3rd / 4th playoff saw Peter Morrison show his experience, closing out a 2 - 0 win over Bruce, whilst Marco defeated Dave 2 - 0 in the Grand Final after some more than interesting goalkeeping, meaning Marco retained the Cramond Cup for the 4th year running. 

Edinburgh Subbuteo will be back in the new year, hopefully bigger and better, as we look for a new venue to continue growing the club and hosting larger events.

Things are going well all over the UK & Ireland. Even of england is the most active country in the WASPA circuit, we are glad to receive results from recent events in Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Here is a grief summary of results.

Cork (Ireland), November 4, group format

1. William Magnier (Cork)
2. Mario Frittelli (ITA/Cork)
3. David Elton (Tralee)
4. Cian Hogan (Tralee)
5. Barry Higgins (Cork)

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558190611074

Donegal (Ireland), November 9, group format

1. Oisin Mór (Derry)
2. Brendan Rodgers (Donegal)
3. Frankie Connolly (Donegal)
4. Sean Connolly (Donegal)

Contact: tonnaithorai@hotmail.com

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/tablesoccertalk

Edinburgh (Scotand), November 15, group format

Marco took the honours in a quiet Edinburgh WASPA tournament, however, Andy Kent almost spoiled the party by scoring some cracking goals, only for Marco to win it with 7 seconds left. Although life sometimes gets in the way, it's always good to be able to continue playing WASPA events and help develop the newer players to continue to improve.

1. Marco Bevilacqua (Golazzo)
2. Arthur Kent (Golazzo)
3. Andy Kent (Golazzo)

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/EdinburghSubbuteo

Drury (Wales), November 24, group format

London Road SC held a 5 man WASPA League on Sunday. It was great to see Brian Daley return after a 6 month absence. Three wins out of four games gave him a respectable runner-up spot after losing 0-1 to four game winner Ruby Matthews. The London Road Christmas tournament will take place on December 15.

1. Ruby Matthews (London Road)
2. Brian Daley (London Road)
3. Cayne Matthews (London Road)
4. Mark Tilling (London Road)
5. Harry Tilling (London Road)

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1699324517049032

Tralee (Ireland), November 25, group format (2 divisions)

The best night as a club yesterday evening! For the first time ever, the club hit double figures for a club night with 10 players giving the great game their best shot. This afforded  to have 2 competitions. An experienced and a novice comp which worked very well.

Congratulations to Mario who took top place in the World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association (WASPA) and a very well done to Ciaran who who took the newbies comp. Once again a big thank you to the guys who travelled in from Cork and Killarney as well as a special thank you to our hosts at the Klub Bar and Bistro.

Experienced players:

1. Mario Frittelli (ITA/Cork)
2. William Magnier (Cork)
3. David Elton (Tralee)
4. Cian Hogan (Tralee)
5. Barry Higgins (Cork)

Novice players:

1. Ciaran (Tralee)
2. Sean O'Connell (Tralee)
3. Silvia Martin Simal (ESP/Tralee)
4. Liam O'Sullivan (Tralee)
5. Donall O'Sullivan (Tralee)

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/382626976190248

Edinburgh Golazzo Subbuteo Club October tournament

The Edinburgh Golazzo Subbuteo Club held a smaller, yet still enjoyable league format in October, with Marco Bevilacqua claiming the prize after coming out on top. 

New young gun, Arthur Kent, continues to be improving all the time and scored a fantastic goal to almost claim a point against Paul McFadyen, who also came close to taking a point off reigning champ, Marco, who scraped a 2-1 victory in the final minutes. 

Marco and Bruce then went into the final game tied on 9 points each, but Marco showed his experience coming out on top 3-0. 

Marco commented, "This is why we love the WASPA circuit. Enjoyable, friendly games and the flexibility to host a tournament in a club members house. We've had a few difficulties with venues, so it's great to be able to continue to play and help bring on future Subbuteo players just round at someone's house."

New venue for Golazzo SC in Edinburgh

"The first WASPA event for Golazzo SC at the new venue, The Cramond Inn, ended in a battle of the goal differences. With 6 players competing in a league format, Marco Bevilacqua won out over Dave Allen with the last flick of the game to take the prize as overall winner! We also had an amazing debut from new Golazzo youth signing, Arthur Kent, who managed to hold Bruce Henderson to a draw whilst Paul McFadyen won over Andy Kent in the North Edinburgh Derby.

We are hoping to hold more WASPA events in the future and continuing to attract new players to the game in Edinburgh. With the pub allowing under 18's until 9PM, we have gathered a lot of local interest and have also expanded to 3 tables to accommodate new players."

Report by Marco Bevilacqua.

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/SubbuteoEdinburgh

June and July 2024: results from around the world

We are always happy to see players flicking the plastic in many different countries. In the last few years, we had of course a lot of WASPA event in England but some other nations are still very active with regular tournaments. Here is a brief summary of recent results from Wales, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, Belgium, Northern Ireland, Ireland, France and Scotland. Some more news also from Norway!

Drury, Wales, June 16, group format

1. Ruby Matthews
2. Chris Bedford
3. Cayne Matthews
4. Brendan Ashley

Brisbane, Australia, June 16, group format

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

Johannesburg, South Africa, June 16 (group and knock-out games)

Semi-finals: Ian Clarke - Rui Dos Santos 3-0
Gary Downs - Craig Smith 3-1
Final: Ian Clarke - Gary Downs 1-0

Perth, Australia, June 23, group format

1. Hugh Best (Sports TFC of Western Australia)
2. Alan Kimber (Subbuteo Perth)
3. Chris Thorn (Subbuteo Perth)
4. Noel Mani (Subbuteo Perth)
5. Ron Byrne (Subbuteo Perth)

Auckland, New Zealand, June 24, Swiss system

1. Mark Rossi
2. Richard Edeson
3. Conrad Mudge
4. George Miller
5. Andy Miller
6. Craig Wright

Melbourne, Australia, June 27, group format.

1. Peter Thomas (Melbourne TFC)
2. Benji Batten (Melbourne TFC)
3. Adrian Connolly (Western Sydney)
4. Nathan Urbaniak (Melbourne TFC)
5. Anthony Madiona (Northern Phoenix)
6. Beth Eveleigh (Northern Phoenix)

Templeuve, Belgium, June 28, Swiss system (2 categories)

Templeuve United, one of the most active clubs in the circuit, organized a special tournament last month as the club will have to leave their premises in a couple of weeks. The city council decided to rebuilde the local sports center, which means the club will have to find a new venue during the next 2 years before have a great new room is available. 18 players attended the evening and two separate tournaments were organized in Swiss system. Geoffrey marain was unbeaten in the main tournament while returning player Raphael Dhondt, who had not played for more than 30 years, proved the training sessions of the last few weeks were good to win the "promotion" tournament.

Top division with 8 players

1. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)
2. Sébastien Rochez (Templeuve)
3. Matthias Averlant (AS Hennuyer)
4. Jann Segers (AS Hennuyer)
5. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
6. Benjamin Marain (AS Hennuyer)
7. Lucas Père (AS Hennuyer)
8. Michaël Dupret (Tournai)

Promotion group with 10 players

1. Raphael Dhondt (Templeuve)
2. David Sardi de Letto (Wattrelos-SLM)
3. Jordan Bonte (AS Hennuyer)
4. Franck Santer (Templeuve)
5. Eric Caillaux (Templeuve)
6. Sébastien Sorge (Wattrelos-SLM)
7. Thibaut Marville (Wattrelos-SLM)
8. Ursule Dhondt (Templeuve)
9. Mathis Verhelst (Templeuve)
10. Roman Lamiral (Templeuve)

Brisbane, Australia, June 27, group format

1. Chris Burford (England/Andover)
2. Giuseppe Tardiota (Brisbane)
3. Gus Gillespie (Brisbane)
4. Gordon Orr (Brisbane)
5. Gareth Whalley (Brisbane)
6. Wayne Miller (Brisbane)

Johannesburg, South Africa, June 29, group format

Report by Gary Downs: "On Saturday the 29th of June, ETS held a fund raiser fun day.  A 7-a-side football tournament, stalls, food, raffles and of course a Subbuteo tournament were all there. The tournament was a round robin of 6 players. After a tough opening draw between Easterns team mates, Ian and Gary, their days took a different turn. Ian went unbeaten to take the top spot, while Gary battled and went winless to finish 5th. Chris had his best day in a tournament for a long time, picking up two wins and two draws. He was pipped to second spot by Fernando by just one goal. Johan had a mixed bag to take 4th spot while Carl couldn't repeat his good performance in his last outing, and finished in 6th. All players that played and a few that didn't, contributed to the fund raising with donations, that are going to a worthy cause."

1. Ian Clarke (Easterns)
2. Fernando Rodrigues (ETS)
3. Chris Dimmer (Johannesburg TFC)
4. Johan Niewenhuis (Johannesburg TFC)
5. Gary Downs (Easterns)
6. Carl Bolweg (ETS)

Derry, Northern Ireland, June 23, Knock-out games

Lawrence Watson & winner Kenny Beggs

Lawrence Watson and runner-up Marco Bevilacqua

This years Jimmy Watson Memorial Cup was played as the plate competition at the Irish Open FISTF IO. The group was made up from an impressive line up who narrowly missed out on the last 16 from the main comp, so the competition was fierce. Kenny ‘The Legend’ Beggs came out as champion with Derry's own Marco Bevilacqua coming in runnner-up.

Semi-finals: Kenny Beggs - Malcolm Lees 2-1
Paul Lawrenson - Marco Bevilacqua 1-2
Final: Kenny Beggs - Marco Bevilacqua 2-1

Cork, Ireland, July 1, Group format

1. Mario Frittelli (Cork)
2. David Elton (Tralee)
3. Cian Hogan (Tralee)
4. William Magnier (Cork)
5. Timmy Ryan (Cork)
6. Jeff Murphy (Cork)
7. Barry Higgins (Cork)
8. Gerard Heaney (Cork)

Auckland, New Zealand, July 8, Swiss system (2 games each)

1. Mark Rossi
2. Andy Miller
3. George Miller
4. Conrad Mudge
5. Richard Edeson
6. Craig Wright

Edinburgh, Scotland, July 8, Group format

"July's WASPA event in Edinburgh saw 6 players play in a league format. Marco won his opening game against Bruce Henderson which proved to be pivotal, with Marco taking the game 1 - 0 and helping him to achieve top spot. 

Solid performances from Bruce and Peter Morrison saw them finish 2nd and 3rd respectively, with Peter accomplishing a full house of shutouts and conceding 0 goals on the night. 

In the Crammond Derby, Andy Kent and Paul McFadyen played a nail biting affair, with Andy triumphing 1 - 0 . And Lee McMenemy learned the hard way to hold his goalkeeper when getting shots taken against him. All in all, a great night."

1. Marco Bevilacqua (Golazzo SC)
2. Bruce Henderson (Golazzo SC)
3. Peter Morrison (Golazzo SC)
4. Andy Kent (Golazzo SC)
5. Paul McFadyen (Golazzo SC)
6. Lee McMenemy (Golazzo SC)

Wattrelos, France, promotional event, July 3, group format

1. Jordan Bonte (Belgium)
2. David Sardi de Letto
3. Sébastien Sorge
4. Thibaut Marville
5. Nicolas Voet

Norway: Subbuteo project in Terje Ellefsen's school

Terje Ellefsen is still doing an amazing job in his school with many kids involved in a development program. The "Euro 24 tournament" is not a WASPA event but might open doors for future events. The hard work pays as boys and girls are improving week after week and 16 players have been involved in the event. Half-size pitches and teams have been borrowed to kids so they can continue to practice during the summer and Terje is hoping to have tournaments outside school in the future, possibly involving parents, too. "We have a good wave here", reported Terje Ellefsen who has also been very active posting flyers and posters about the beautiful game in the surroundings with some positive answers from former players who will hopefully be back in action soon.

Action in Edinburgh, Scotland

We are pleased to publish the report of the latest tournament in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Original report: https://www.facebook.com/SubbuteoEdinburgh

"Well, there we have it. Another Monday Night Subbuteo event with WASPA (World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association) 

And what an event it was! Allow yourselves to be updated...

With seven players split into two groups, Marco Bevilacqua topped group one, with the returning Dave "Dark Horse" Allen from the infamous Hot Club, taking top spot in the other. 

Andy "Cut Throat" Kent went on to be king of "The Losers Club" beating Paul McFadyen and Lee McMenemy to top spot. 

But onto the semis... Marco squeezed past Bruce "The Bomber" Henderson 1 - 0 with Peter Morrison and Dave Allen playing out a tense 0 - 0 draw. Onto the dreaded SHOTS! Again, another tense affair with Dave sneaking a cheeky one in to beat Peter 1 - 0. 

Peter then repeated the entire process and lost 1 - 0 to Bruce in the 3rd place play-off of doom. 

The Final. And my goodness, it was a final to end ALL finals. An enormous 0 - 0 between Marco and Dave with the outcome and glory once again needing SHOTS! to determine a winner. 

With the prestige and honour of The Golden Finger trophy looking on, Marco managed to slip a few past the sprawling metal of Dave's keeper and triumph 3 - 1. 

A MASSIVE thanks to everyone who came and participated and of course to the lovely folks at The Chanter for storing the tables and letting us rearrange the furniture. 

Thanks WASPA (World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association) and our next event will be on the 17th June."

Golden Finger trophy for Gareth Christie

Congratulations to our first ever winner of the incredible GOLDEN FINGER trophy, FlickForKicks himself Gareth "Kick-Ass" Christie 🏆 

Being neck-a-neck into the final couple of rounds, Gareth and Marco "Big Bang" Bevilacqua faced off with Gareth applying the killer touch and defeating Marco 2-1. 

With fantastic performances all round from all the players, a huge thank you to everyone who came along and took part in our event supported by WASPA (World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association) 

With a few new players getting in touch to take part, we'll be hoping to expand the capacity to accommodate the growing interest. Thanks again to everyone for continuing to support #Subbuteo in #edinburgh

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/SubbuteoEdinburgh

Marco Bevilacqua wins March Edinburgh tournament

Monday's March WASPA event in Edinburgh saw 6 players take part in a league table. There were some familiar faces as well as a few new ones to the WASPA tour, which saw Marco Bevilacqua come out on top. Fantastic progress is being made by all the new players and it's really exciting times for Subbuteo in Edinburgh. Thanks again to all who took part, and of course a huge thanks to The Chanter for hosting us. We'll see you again on April 15th!

Final standings:

1. Marco Bevilacqua 13 points
2. Bruce Henderson 10
3. Peter Morrison 9
4. Andy Kent 7
5. Paul McFadyen 3
6. Lee McMenemy 0

Link to Subbuteo in Edinburgh: https://www.facebook.com/SubbuteoEdinburgh

Small events are beautiful

The WASPA circuit is made of big and small events. Sometimes small events don't get the deserved lights but we really think it's important to notice small groups of players are also part of our fantastic community.

Players in Edinburgh, Scotland

In Scotland, the second WASPA tournament organized by "Monday night Subbuteo" in Edinburgh had 3 players taking part. Marco Bevilacqua was the winner of the night but, more importantly, everyone had a great time! Games were played at "the Chanter" and the group had the vist of a potential new player. The next event will be on March 18th. This will be the third event in Edinburgh, giving the Golazzo players to the WASPA Conference League ;-)

Final results: 1. Marco Bevilacqua ; 2. Andy Kent ; 3. Paul McFadyen.

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/SubbuteoEdinburgh

In South Africa, the Eastern TFC player met for their monthly tournament that was played as a league. Ian clarke was one again the winner while Gary Downs was runner-up. 

Final table: 1. Ian Clarke ; 2. Gary Downs ; 3. Rui Dos Santos ; 4. Keegan Paolini ; 5. Christopher Paolini.

Finally we received results of the latest North Shields tournament. The club from England has regular events and Chris Kaberry, who is also the club organizer, was the winner of the day after a session of very close games!

Fcaebook link: https://www.facebook.com/northshieldssubbuteotablefootball

Feel free to contact the WASPA circuit at vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com for tournament requests. We are glad to compile results from all kind of Subbuteo groups and we are excited to see the first WASPA event this season in France to be held on February 22 in Wattrelos (North).