Andrea Pagano wins the New year tournament

There was a Subbuteo "New year" tournament in Catanzaro, Italy on December 30 with a turnout of six players competing in Swiss system of three sessions. Andrea pagano won his three games and therefore won the tournament while the rest of the final table was as follows: Ugo Custo, Vittorio Giummo, Giuseppe Gesualdo, Florestano Girolami and Sandro Vasapollo. It was good to have CS Catanzaro in action again under WASPA banner and we hope to see more flicking action from many different clubs in Italy in 2015.

Miko Mann takes the "Augusta Tuesday Holiday Tourney"

The "Augusta Tuesday Holiday Tourney" went very well today. We had 8 turn out, which included 3 former students from the high school club that are now involved in NCAA soccer at Georgia Southern, NC State, & Louisville, as well as a local GRU student. Perhaps the biggest surprise of the day was that Miko Mann beat everyone and won the Holiday Cup.
We had a single elimination bracket with 8 players and shootouts were the common theme of the day.

(Report by Sean Mann)

Gianpaolo Vitulano wins the Christmas Cup

Kent Invicta held a 14 player 'Festive Flick' WASPA Cup on Saturday 27th at the 442 Club in Gillingham. With a competitive field of players, a 5 round swiss system was played with plenty of goals. In the end it was a Kent 1-2-3 as Gianpaolo Vitulano took the the winners cup after being victorious in all his games. Runner up was Welsh International, Adrian Davies whilst Kye Arnold took 3rd place overall and the Junior winners trophy. Josh Humphreys grabbed the Junior runners up spot finishing 7th overall.

Gianpaolo Vitulano

Final table

1. Gianpaolo Vitulano - 15 pts / gd +9
2. Adrian Davies - 12 pts / gd +20
3. Kye Arnold - 9 pts / gd +3
4. Terry Arnold - 9 pts / gd -1
5. Gio Larini - 9 pts / gd -1
6. Jonathan Lopez-Real - 8 pts / gd +2
7. Josh Humphreys - 7 pts / gd +3
8. Dave Collier - 7 pts / gd +2
9. Colin 'Taz' Tarry (LEU) - 7 pts / gd -1
10. Paul Frank - 6 pts / gd +2
11. Rhys Williams - 4 pts / gd -1
12. Robert Larini - 3 pts / -13
13. Josh Foreman - 2 pts / -8
14. Anthony Larini - 1 pt / -16

Adrian Davies

Results

Session 1:
Rhys 2-2 Dave
Robert 1-6 Adrian
Paul 0-2 Gianpaolo
Taz 2-2 Jonathan
Gio 2-0 Josh F
Anthony 0-5 Kye
Josh H 3-1 Terry

Session 2:
Adrian 4-0 Kye
Gio 0-2 Gianpaolo
Josh H 0-0 Jonathan
Taz 3-1 Dave
Rhys 2-4 Terry
Josh F 0-3 Paul
Anthony 0-1 Robert

Kye Arnold

Session 3:
Gianpaolo 2-1 Adrian
Josh H 2-3 Taz
Kye 2-0 Paul
Terry 6-1 Robert
Jonathan 0-4 Dave
Rhys 1-2 Gio
Josh F 1-1 Anthony

Session 4:
Gianpaolo 2-1 Taz
Adrian 10-1 Terry
Kye 3-0 Gio
Dave 4-1 Josh H
Paul 4-0 Robert
Rhys 5-0 Anthony
Jonathan 3-0 Josh F

Session 5:
Gianpaolo 5-2 Kye
Adrian 3-0 Taz
Dave 0-3 Terry
Gio 2-1 Paul
Rhys 2-5 Jonathan
Josh H 5-0 Anthony
Josh F 0-0 Robert

A second trophy for Kyriakos Stylianou

Before the final

10 players attended the 4th leg of the "Cyprus U15 circuit" this sunday in Limassol. The event was also a WASPA promotional tournament as usual. Serious things started in the second round when Constantinos Paraskevas defeated Panagiois Panaretos on shots. In the semis, Kyriakos Stylianou and Sofoklis Mougis won their semis Constantinos Paraskevas and Charalambos Constantinou. In the final, the game was very close and the title was decided on shots when Kyriakos Stylianou finally beat Sofoklis Mougis. Stylianou (Phoenix Famagustas) is the current leader of the circuit with 24 points while Mougis (Erimi Limassol) has 22. Marios Themistokleous (19), Constantinos Paraskevas (18) and Charalambos Constantinos (15) are also in the top 5.

Quentin Van Glabeke takes the Templeuve promotional event

Most of the competitors of the national tournament

The Templeuve United club in Belgium had a special tournament on December 27 as the club was celebrating its 25th birthday. The Templeuve club was founded in December 1989 by five young players aged 12 to 15. Since then, the club has had a lot of players and even if numbers are low at the moment, there were reasons to celebrate. The national tournament was played in three categories. Cédric Vanton beat Frenchman Rémi Soret in the final of the "Serie A". Emilie Despretz beat Vincent Guyaux in the "Serie B". The "Serie C" was also a WASPA promotional tournament and 17 players were taking part. Quentin Van Glabeke (SC Eugies) beat Guy Cavrenne (Brussels SC) on shots in the final. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve United) and Florent Versmissen lost in the semis. It was a great day of table football with almost 40 players taking part including three from France.

Before the final of the Promotional tournament

After the shots, Quentin( left) wins

Presentation of the trophies: Guy Cavrenne (runner-up), Quentin Van Glabeke (winner), Matthias Averlant and Florent Versmissen (semi-finalists)

Another win for Geoffrey Marain

Some of the players after the final ceremony

This tuesday eight players met in Templeuve for the monthly WASPA tournament held in the premises of the local club. There was a big surprise in the groups tage when Matthias Averlant beat Eddy Beernaert to qualify for the semi. Matthias had no chance in the next round to beat Geoffrey Marain (0-7). The other semi was much closer and Vincent Coppenolle beat Stéphane Lambert (3-2). The final was a "one-way" one with Geoffrey Marain winning 8-0! Geoffrey therefore wins his 31st WASPA title.

The final

Here is the final ranking of the evening.
1. Geoffrey Marain (SC Eugies)
2. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve United)
3. Stéphane Lambert (Kent Invicta)
4. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve United)
5. Eddy Beernaert (SC Flanders)
6. Olivier Bodelle (Templeuve United)
7. Jason Delattre (Templeuve United)
7. Renald Deloose (Templeuve United)

Martin Hodds takes the WASPA Trinity Trophy

Martin Hodds receives his trophy from Paul Lawrenson

The WASPA Trinity Trophy 2014 took place in Heckmondwike, home of the Yorkshire Phoenix club on saturday with a good turnout of 14 players. Only Martin Hodds managed to win his four games and finished on the top of the table. To be noticed that there was no draw among the 28 games of the day. "Congratulations to Martin Hodds taking the Trinity Tyrophy title, and to Connor Bowden who took the Category B title. Many thanks to the 14 players who took the time out to attend the event, especially so close to Xmas. Doing the North of England Subbuteo scene proud! Next Phoenix WASPA event will be in the new year for the Rhubarb Triangle Trophy!", reported Paul Lawrenson.

Results of the WASPA Trinity Trophy 2014.

Round one:

Hodds 4-0 Blanchard
A.Staples 0-2 D.Staples
Bowden 1-2 Parsons
Harker 3-1 Woodhead
Heward 0-1 Parnaby
B.Staples 0-1 Lawrenson
Daley W/O Caulfield

Round Two:

Daley 0-1 Hodds
D.Staples 3-6 Harker
Lawrenson 0-1 Parnaby
Parsons 0-1 Blanchard
Woodhead 0-1 Heward
B.Staples 4-0 A.Staples
Bowden 3-0 Caulfield

Round Three:

Hodds 3-0 Harker
Parnaby 3-2 Blanchard
Daley 2-1 Heward
B.Staples 2-1 D.Staples
Lawrenson 1-0 Parsons
Bowden 2-0 Woodhead
A.Staples 0-2 Caulfield

Round Four:

Hodds 3-1 Parnaby
Daley 0-1 B.Staples
Harker 0-7 Lawrenson
Bowden 0-3 Blanchard
Heward 3-0 D.Staples
Parsons 2-0 Caulfield
Woodhead 4-1 A.Staples


Table on the day were:
8 pts - Hodds
6 pts - Lawrenson, Parnaby, B.Staples
4 pts - Blanchard, Bowden, Daley, Harker, Heward, Parsons
2 pts - Caulfield, D.Staples, Woodhead
0 pts - A.Staples

Tournament in Yokohama to come

There will be a WASPA tournament in Yokohama (Japan) on December 31, 2014. Contact is Kenzou Koi at koikoifulie@mac.com

Blouberg Summer Subbuteo Tournament 2014

The group of players

A nice scoreboard was was present with the official timer

Rob Matthews did a great job of hosting Cape Town City TFC’s first tournament in the northern suburbs. While quite a few regular players were away on holiday, Rob brought four brand new and very enthusiastic players to the table (Brian, David, Lee & Damian). The tournament also marked the impressive return of childhood devotee Grant Lewis to the game. It was a particular privilege to welcome Jayden & Julian van der Merwe - visitors from the Pretoria Flickers Club who drove 17 hours to holiday in the Cape!

The final between Jayden and Cliton

The tournament featured two groups of five, from which Jayden, Rob, Clinton and Grant went through to the semi finals. Clinton ultimately beat Jayden 1-0 in the final, and Rob clinched 3rd spot after a tense penalty shoot out. Dave edged out Julian on penalties after a tight 5th / 6th spot play-off.

Final for places 3 and 4

After the tournament Clinton had a poignant moment reflecting on how he and Julian had grown up in different cities, at opposite ends of South Africa, amidst very different circumstances under the apartheid government, yet spent their childhood playing the same game – the game which is now forging a strong friendship 3 decades later.  

(Report by Clinton Gahwiler)

And when they don't play subbuteo, they play foosball

Anas Rahamat wins the WASPA Christmas Cup in Singapore

The players: Noor Haikal, Ezan Ahmad, Chandru Chugani, Anas Rahamat, Luke Lim, Vikas Chandiramani, Bernard Lim, Isaac Lim

8 players participated in this and they were drawn into 2 groups with the top 2 progressing to the semi-finals while the respective 3rd-placed players played-off for 5th/6th and the respective 4th-placed players played-off for 7th/8th. Group A comprised of: Isaac Lim, Anas Rahamat, Ezan Ahmad and Noor Haikal while Group B comprised of: Luke Lim, Vikas Chandiramani, Bernard Lim and Chandru Chugani.

Both Anas and Bernard played true to form and topped their respective Groups; while Haikal and Vikas finished 2nd in the respectively.  Ezan and Chandru finished 3rd to battle for 5th/6th placing ;while Luke and Isaac, the only 2 Junior players battle out for 7th/8th placing.

5th/6th Placing
Ezan 3 Chandru 1

With both players in preparation for the upcoming SGTF League Season 2015, Ezan ended-up eventual 3-1 winners to take 5th Place.

7th/8th Placing
Isaac 3 Luke 0

The 2 Subbuteo-playing Brothers, played out a often-seen derby game; with younger brother Isaac showing more composure to make his chances count to win 3-0 and take 7th Place.

Semi-Finals
Anas 1 Vikas 0
Bernard 7 Haikal 0

In the semi-finals, Anas edged out Vikas 1-0 in a very tight affair; while Bernard fully capitalized on Haikal’s numerous defensive errors to progress into the Final.

3th/4th Placing
Vikas 1 Haikal 0

The cool-headedness of experience triumphed over the exuberance of youth in yet another tight affair between Vikas and Haikal, as Vikas took 3rd Place with a 1-0 victory.

Final
Anas 2 Bernard 0

In what was a repeat of the recent Merlion Cup barrage play-off; this time Anas took full revenge with a solid defensive display and his trademark quick counter-attacking and moving-ball shots to catch Bernard unawares and out-of-position defensively.  It was sweet revenge for Anas as he won the game deservingly with 2 goals.

Congratulations Anas! … and well done to all participating players !

(Report by Bernard Lim)