Great success for the latest Rebels Genova tournament

Last Saturday the Rebels Genova had an amazing tournament in their premises with 15 players taking part and Pasquale Sepe taking the honors after winning the big final against Marco Bertolotto. Samuele Bignardi and alberto Capoferri made it to the semi-finals.

Cristian Cordone defeated Luca Bignardi in the consolation final. In the Junior tournament, Andrea Bolioli won the final against Filippo Sottili.

Congratulations to the "Rebels" for another good day of table football.

Samuele Bignardi winner in Genova

The Italian players of "Club Rebels Genova" held their latest WASPA tournament last week-end with 10 players taking part. Only juniors were involved and after the group stage (2 groups of 5 players), Samuele Bignardi took the best against Alberto Capoferri in the final. "The kids are getting better than older players, which seems to prove we are doing a good job", explained local organizer Luca Bignardi. Congratulations!

Final: Samuele Bignardi - Alberto Capoferri 2-1
Final 3-4: Filippo Careddu - Filippo Sottili 4-2
Final 5-6: Davide Uva - Davide Balito 0-2
Final 7-8: Andrea Bolioli - Teo Peretti 1-0
Final 9-10: Celeste Caroleo - Simone Pennati 0-2

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

Samuele Bignardi wins promotional event

On Saturday the Rebels Genova had another tournament. This time it was a promotional event for the juniors. Ten players were divided in 2 groups of 5 with finals in the end of the day. Samuele Bignardi defeated Alberto Capoferri in the big final.

Congratulations to the club for the amazing job with the youth. having small tournaments under WASPA banner is for sure a source of motivation for young and novice players!

final: Samuele Bignardi - Alberto Capoferri 2-1
final 3-4: Filippo Careddu - Filippo Sottili 4-2
final 5-6: Davide Uva - Davide Balito  0-2
final 7-8: Andrea Bolioli - Teo Peretti  1-0
final 9-10: Celeste Caroleo - Simone Pennati 0-2

Young and old players together in Genova

The club of Rebels genova held a WASPA tournament this week-end with 14 players taking part. It was nice to have young and old players competing together. After the group stage (2 groups of 7), finals were played to decide the winners. Alessandre Gondin defeated Samuele Bignardi in the big final while Tomasso Sani took the best on Lorenzo Fazion to finish in third position.

More importantly, everyone had a great day!

Congratulations to the Genove players for their amazing job with the youth!

Brilliant days for the future of the game in Norway

The final

We are very happy to see young players having great Subbuteo games in Norway. Thanks to Terje Ellefsen, kids learn how to play and 8 of the players recently played a "Champion's League" in Terje's school in Oslo as part of an afterschool program.

This week the final of the tournament was played with "Palermo" defeating "Start IK" (2-0) in the final.

The anthem of the Champion's League was played before the final and about ten other kids and some adults watched the game.

Terje Ellefsen (left) against Italy's Andrea Di Vincenzo in Paris earlier in 2024

Of course it was only a friendly tournament are laws in Norway make there are no competitive events till the age of 12, in particular as the tournament is played in a school, and children are encouraged not to specialise. Terje Ellefsen, who is very motivated to teach the games to newcomers. So far about 150 kids aged 8 to 10 have tried Subbuteo in the last 2 years so there are good hopes for the future, in particuler since about 25% of the young players are girls (and one girl played the final of the "Champion's League" tournament). This is for sure one of the largest recruitment projects in Europe and WASPA will for sure support Terje's work in the future as it's done in the "WASPA spirit".

Thanks also to NBFF president Thomas Flaaten Fredriksen who has been very supportive about the project.

Keep up the excellent work Terje!

PS: any person wanting to support the project or to play Subbuteo in Oslo can contact Terje Ellefsen at terje.ellefsen@gmail.com

Alessandro Gandin wins junior tournament

We have been supporting all ideas to develop the game between young players and our friends in Italy are doing a great job as last Saturday the club of Valoponte held a tournament attracting 14 juniors players coming from different clubs (Rebels Genova, Valponte, Levante, Versilia and event Le Cannet in France).

Players were divided in 2 groups of 7 and then more games decided the winners. Alessandre Gandin (Rebels Genova) defeated clubmate Samuele Bignardi (2-1 in sudden death) to claim the title while semi-finalists were Clément Biondi (France, Le Cannet) and Davide Ghigliotti (Valponte).

Congratulations to the organizers, the players and the parents for the great day of table football!

Alberto Capoferri winner in Genova

Last week-end the "Rebels Genova" held their third WASPA promotional tournament of the season for their young players. 2 of the 10 invovled players were attending their first tournament and in the end of the day, Alberto Capoferri took the honors after defeating Samele Bignardi in the final (0-0 and 2-1 on shots). Filippo Careddu took the third spot.

Thanks to Luca Bignardi and his team for the awesome job with the youth. Having WASPA tournaments for young players can be a source of motivation for the kids and a source of inspiration for the other clubs with a youth program!

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063518110653

Samuele Bignardi wins in Genova

 

On Saturday the "Rebels Genova" had their second WASPA tournament of the season. The tournament was played by 8 players including beginners Celeste and Daniele Caroleo. Samuele Bignardi ended as tournament winner after defeating Alberto Capoferri in the final. Filippo Careddu defeated Giacomo Alessi in the final for 3rd place and Teo Peretti won the consolation tournament.

More importantly a great time was had by all players!

Thanks to Luca Bignardi for his energy to organize tournaments for young and new players!

Youth in action in Genova

 This Saturday the Rebels Genova had their first WASPA tournament, open only to young players. It was a great day of table football for confirmed and new players. It was good also to see how the club's top players would be doing after their trip in Gibraltar for the European championship. The 14 players were divided in two leagues of 7 players. Samuele Bignardi was with no surprise the winner of the main category while Andrea Ferretti won the "Silver League".

"Golden League"
1. Samuele Bignardi
2. Alberto Capoferri
3. Tommaso Sani
4. Alessandro Gandin
5. Lorenzo Fazio
6. Giacomo Alessi
7. Filippo Careddu

"Silver League"
1. Andrea Ferretti
2. Teo Peretti
3. Davide Uva
4. Andrea Bolioli
5. Andrea Ferrari
6. Filippo Sottili
7. Emma Pisu

A Subbuteo table football project in Mongolia

We are very pleased to hear of our Maltese friend Clarence Psaila who is not only a Subbuteo enthusiast but also a famous chess player. Clarence will be traveling to Mongolia in a couple of weeks, leaving Malta on June 30 and will stay with his wife in Mongolia for 2,5 months. Clarence has already bought teams and balls and will bring an Astropitch, 2 goals and 2 keepers in order to start something in a famous chess club in Mongolia. The club is open daily from 10am till 6pm so the goal is to have 3 hours of Subbuteo a day for new players. Local chess organizers encourage their members to have a secondary hobby as chess is very mentally challenging. Many select table tennis and the club has its own table. Some others chose billiards, etc. "I proposed for them to choose Subbuteo, I introduced it and explained that I can help them set up a club. They were delighted! This club is in the Gobi desert (not in the capital of Mongolia) in a town with around 20,000 people and it is a popular touristic destination for Mongolians. So basically, the Subbuteo table (of hopefully tables) will be set up inside this chess club, and chess players from this club will play after their chess training. Outsiders will also be invited to join the Subbuteo club / activity. During my 3 month stay in Mongolia I will be at this club for most of the time, I will teach them how to play and get them started", explains Clarence.

The idea is to teach the game to some of the chess players for a couple of weeks and then organize a tournament with the local players. of course the goal is to hand things over to a Mongolian delegate when Clarence leaves so that we keep things going in the future!

As it would be much easier to have 2 tables, Clarence would be glad to hear of anyone who could donate one spare pitch, 2 more goals or goalkeepers. Extra material would be more than welcome!

Anyone interested to help this project can e-mail Clarence at clarence_247@yahoo.co.uk

We wish Clarence good luck with this fantastic project!

Lorenzo Fazio wins junior tournament in Genova

Last week-end another tournament was organized in Genoa Campomorone, Italy for young players only. This time the host of the event was SC Valponte, one of the neighboring clubs of the "Rebels Genova". 12 young players competed in the tournament. The first round consisted in 4 groups of 3 players while the second round saw 3 groups of 4 players to decide the places from 1 to 12. Lorenzo Fazio was the winner this time while Davide Gigliotti was runner-up. Congratulations once again to those who work with the youth and see youth development as a priority for the future of the game!

1. Lorenzo Fazio
2. Davide Ghigliotti
3. Samuele Bignardi
4. Tommaso Sani
5. Enrico Ghigliotti
6. Davide Picollo
7. Paolo Invernizzi
8. Fabrizio Cicchero
9. Giacomo Alessi
10. Andrea Ferretti
11. Lorenzo Vernazza
12. Federico Cereseto

Italy: latest results from Borgo Vercelli and Genova

Last week-end the club of TSC 69ers was back in action and organized the Freedom Cup in Borgo Vercelli. It was a good tournament with 14 players competing in 2 categories. In the "Gold tournament", Andrea Lessona was in a great day and won all his games easily. In the final Lessona defeated Riccardo Bruno by a clear 7-1 while Andrea Gennari won the game for the 3rd place against Ferdinando Marino.

In the "Silver tournament", Alessandro Cirio was the best of the 6 players, beating Gabriele Saverino (3-2) in the final.

In March, the club of Rebels Genova held 2 "promotional events" for their young players. Only juniors were involved and in the first tournament, the 10 players were divided into 2 groups. Samuele Bignardi was the undisputed winner in group A while Tommaso Sani took the honors in the other group. In the final, Bignardi defeated Sani (2-0) to win the event while Alberto Capoferri won the game for the third place against Simone Tilli.

In March, the club of Rebels genova held 2 "promotional events" for their young players. Only juniors were involved and in the first tournament, the 10 players were divided into 2 groups. Samuele Bignardi was the undisputed winner in group A while Tommaso Sani took the honors in the other group. In the final, Bignardi defeated Sani (2-0) to win the event while Alberto Capoferri won the game for the third place against Simone Tilli.

Berioli and Bignardi winners in Genova

The "Rebels Genova" continue their great work of promotion with the youth. Last saturday the club held another tournament under WASPA banner for their juniors.

This time 11 young players were competing and the local organizers decided to have 2 categories. Riccardo Berioli was the best of 6 U16 players while Samuele Bignardi won the U12 tournament thanks to a better goal difference than Alessandro Gandin.

There will be another tournament for juniors on February 26 with a great field of players expected!

A strong youth program in Genova

The Club Rebels Genova is a new club based in Italy and with a strong youth program. In the beginning of the season, the club joined the WASPA circuit and decided to organize tournaments for their young players. Their 7th WASPA event was played on Sunday with 6 players competing in a group format. Samuele Bignardi, 10 years old, won his 4th tournament after being undefeated in five games. In such a case, results are not really important. The main point is to have young players enjoying Subbuteo games and practicing a lot to become stronger players in the future! Congratulations to the staff and our local organizer Luca Bignardi for the great work!

Standings of the tournament:

1. Samuele Bignardi
2. Alessandro Gandin
3. Davide Balito
4. Filippo Di Rosa
5. Edoardo Gennaro
6. Francesco Pellicci

Link: The Subbuteo Club Rebels Genova's Facebook page

Some more results from Autsralia - November 2018

Several tournaments recently took place in Australia.

In Perth, the usual group of six players met for the November tournament with a group stage and then knock-out games. Inthe end, Singapore's Tan Yew Loy (aka Mark Ryan) defeated Ross McNulty in the final (2-0) while Alan Kimber defeated Chris Thorn in the game for the third place. Hugh Best was 5th and Ron Byrne was 6th.

Sydney TFC also had a good event with 7 players taking part. Congratulations to Eliot Kennedy for the win and to Hermann Kruse to reach the final beating respectively Oliver Ollnow and Fabrizio Coco in the semi-finals.
The Sydney Christmas Cup will be held on December 9.

In Melbourne the Western Flickers had a great event called "WFW30 - Flicks in the Sticks III" last week-end with 14 players competing. The Open category was a group of 9 players and Benny Ng finished on top of the league with 8 wins while Adrian Connolly was runner-up and Christos Garagounis was third. In the Junior section, Charlotte Wright finished on top of a group of 5 willy Billy Wright was runner-up.

Final standings in Open category:
1. Benny Ng
2. Adrian Connolly
3. Christos Garagounis
4. Steve Wright
5. Anthony Madiona
6. Kevin Grant
7. Benjamin Ng
8. Beth Eveleigh
9. Juliette Browne

Final standings in Junior category:
1. Charlotte Wright
2. Billy Wright
3. Liam Browne
4. Jayden Truter
5. Sean Browne

WFW25 Junior WASPA event report

On June 30 the junior Pelicans were the stars of the show with a WASPA event exclusively for the kids.

The talented Briffa boys were unfortunate last minute scratches so we had to make a change in the competition format. Instead, our 5 remaining rising stars competed in a simple round robin format.

Returning from a long break, Aiman Hanafi had a tough session but still played really well to earn a couple of deserved draws. Jayden and Billy were neck and neck all day and only a single goal difference snared Jayden third spot. Charlotte continued her recent fine form with a second place finish, while top seed Benjamin was the dominant player of the day winning all his matches.

More importantly, it was a fun session with excellent sportsmanship all round. Our senior players gave out some tips as they refereed the game and Charlotte even had a go to referee a couple of games ! Well done C !

The future is looking bright indeed for our club juniors.

GO PELICANS !!!

Oliver Ollnow is junior champion

The monthly Junior tournament of the Northern Falcons took place on Friday with 6 juniors in action. Oliver Ollnow defeated Torben Pfister in the final while Niklas Raab and Jonas Hahn made it to the semis. Looking at the faces of the young players, everyone had a good time. Thanks to hermann Kruse for the job with the youth!

Subbuteo Parramatta Autumn Junior WASPA Tournament Report

It has been exactly one year since Good Games Bella Vista played host to Subbuteo Parramatta for the first time. Before the store was even officially opened, it enthusiastically let the club hold a Junior WASPA tournament during the April school holidays. And, so, one year on, the Junior players were back for an anniversary tournament. With 8 players in attendance, the tournament was the largest Juniors only tournament the club has held to date.

The Northern Falcons brought along a strong contingent to join some of the Subbuteo Parramatta regulars and a couple of new players. Oliver and Æowyn were the highest two ranked WASPA players and so took the seeded positions in each group. The other 6 were then drawn randomly into the two groups.

Round One saw Oliver battle his sister, Hermine, the far more experienced older brother taking the honours 3-0. Meanwhile, their club mate Jonas played brand new Subbuteo Parramatta player, Ethan, in his first ever tournament. Ethan put up an excellent showing, but Jonas pipped him 1-0. In Group 2, none of the four players could find the goal. The Elmer sisters hadn’t played since their outing in last September’s Sydney International Open and it was showing as relative newcomer, Angela, playing her second ever tournament, and youngster Moritz, were both able to hold them to scoreless draws.

The second round was a repeat performance in Group Two, with different player combinations. This time, Imojjen and Æowyn played out a scoreless draw, as did Moritz and Angela. In Group One, Hermine put in an excellent showing, also holding Jonas to a scoreless draw. Tournament favourite, Oliver, put 2 goals past Ethan, the result showing that Ethan was picking up the finer points of the game very quickly.

In the final round, Group One took its turn to go entirely without troubling the scorer as 2 very close games ended in 0-0 draws. Organisers were sweating over some results in Group Two, however, as further draws could have led to a 4-way shootout to determine group positions. In the end, however, both Moritz and Imojjen were able to slip goals past Æowyn and Angela respectively to make the table clear cut.

In the Semi Finals, Moritz played well against Oliver but Oliver’s finishing proved the difference with 4 unanswered goals. Meanwhile, Jonas managed a solitary goal against Imojjen to take his place in the Grand Final. The lower placed players also enjoyed consolation friendlies against each other, with all 4 tables in constant action.

In the 3rd/4th Place Play-off, Moritz and Imojjen played out another 0-0 draw, both agreeing their play had taken a turn for the worse as the day was fading. They were declared equal 3rd place getters. After their goalless draw during the group stage, the Grand Final between Oliver and Jonas was shaping up as yet another close affair. Midway through the first half, Oliver took a lead after dominating much of the play. However, Jonas took this as his cue to renew his efforts and began to carve out chances for himself. Over the course of the rest of the game, both players had a few chances to score but couldn’t dominate. In the end, the early goal proved to be the difference, with Oliver taking the title.

Many thanks again to Good Games Bella Vista for their hospitality, and to Hermann Kruse from the Northern Falcons for bussing the Junior Falcons across the extreme reaches of Sydney and refereeing at the tournament. Well done to all the players who all performed with the camaraderie and fair play that they have come to be known for.

(report by Adrian Elmer)

Western Flickers Promotional WASPA

Western Flickers Promotional WASPA
April 6, 2018 – The Good Games Experiment

Western Flickers TFC held a promotional WASPA on Friday 6 April 2018 at Good Games in Greensborough, located in the north eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Good Games are one of the official distributors for Subbuteo in Australia and the club decided to attempt to establish links to assist growing the game in Melbourne.

Six Open players and 7 juniors attended to play and thus the format decided was a Swiss System with each player playing 4 games. The games themselves were played over 1 x 10 minute period with draws being decided by a sudden death shot shootout. It is a fast action format that allows multiple games to be played where there are limited tables and was used successfully at the recent Illawarra Open WASPA warm up.

In the Open competition, the key result was a 1-0 win for Simon Briffa over Steve Wright which ultimately led Simon to his 3rd WASPA win. He won 3 of his 4 games and won the shootout in his 4th game. Steve won 3 games to finish 2nd. Arjuna Hanafi finished 3rd over Beth Eveleigh from Northern Phoenix TFC purely on the basis of scoring more goals in the competition, with both players winning one game, winning a shootout, losing a shootout and losing a game. Kevin Grant finished 5th and new girl Juliette Littlewood played her first WASPA tournament and played some great games with 3 narrow losses.

Open standings:
Simon Briffa 11
Steve Wright 9
Arjuna Hanafi 6
Beth Eveleigh 6
Kevin Grant 3
Juliette Littlewood 1

In the Junior competition, the same format of competition was utilised. The tournament was a high quality tournament which all competitors enjoyed immensely. Alex Briffa rolled into his 4th WASPA win with 3 wins and a shootout loss to Benjamin Ng who finished 2nd. Siblings Charlotte and Billy Wright finished level on points and separated only on goal difference despite Billy beating Charlotte in a shootout. New player Liam Browne was 5th with some creditable efforts against much more seasoned campaigners. Aiman Arjuna was 6th, resuming competition after a short break and he showed some real improvements in his game. Lastly, new player Sean Browne was 7th although he managed to take 2 experienced players to a shootout following a hard earned draw.

Juniors standings:
Alex Briffa 10
Benjamin Ng 9
Charlotte Wright 7
Billy Wright 7
Liam Browne 4
Aiman Arjuna 3
Sean Browne 2

(Report by Steve Wright)

Promotional events in Sydney

The Northern Falcons have recently organized two WASPA promotional events for their young players. The first event was held on March 23 and seven kids were taking part. After the group stage, Oliver Ollnow defeated Torben Pfister (3-0) in the final to claim the tile while Niklas Raab beat Jonas Hahn (1-0) in the game for the third place.

On April 6, there was a smaller turnout of 4 and Jonas Hahn took the honors after finishing on top of the league. Niklas Raab was runner-up while Moritz Hahn and were the other players taking part.

Congratulations to the players and huge thanks to Hermann Kruse for the great job with the kids.