Two titles for Danny Bird

Danny against Tom

Knighton TFC is continuing to work to develop local activities. In May the club had two tournaments under WASPA banner and Danny Bird firstly won the Regional tournament after finishing on top of a group of 5 while he later won the Promotional event with 6 players competing in Swiss system.

Knighton Regional event:
1. Danny Bird
2. Dan Nicholls
3. Tom Taylor
4. Kenny Evans
5. Rory Gittoes

Knighton Promotional event:
1. Danny Bird
2. Dan Nicholls
3. Tom Taylor
4. Matt Booth
5. Rory Gittoes
6. Kenny Evans

Great WASPA games in Bologna

During the FISTF Major of Bologna, Leonidas Koutromanos asked permission to Riccardo Marinucci to play the consolation games under WASPA banner. Riccardo accepted and we are very thankful because the two events attracted 36 Open players and 25 Veterans. For WASPA this was a huge opportunity to have many Italians in the records but also the first time Israël was in the records thanks to the presence of Emanuele Funaro.

The Open category was full of great games. In the final, Théo Modeste from France defeated Italy's Pierluigi Signoretti in the final while Rémy Lours and Augusto Vagnoni reached the semis. In the veterans, a former world champion took the honors as Gianfranco Calonico defeated Greek player Panagiotis Haratsis in the final of a very international tournament. Austria's David Busch and Leonidas Koutromanos from Greece reached the final 4.

Once again thanks to Leonidas for organizing things and to Riccardo Marinucci for having a successful tournament and for proving once again FISTF and WASPA can work together for the good of the game.

(Picture from Facebook by Davide Grilli)

Retro tournament in Melbourne

Last Saturday, we held our annual Retro Table football tournament at our Western HQ Barnstoneworth United Junior Football Club.

It was a WASPA (World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association) event with everyone allowed to use only 70s / 80s Subbuteo lightweight figures. Our chief logistics officer Kevin Grant even managed to resource a few old school Subbuteo pitches and plastic goals that you had to hold down as you keep !

There was a good turnout of 8 players in both the Open - including Luke Radziminski from MTFC - and Junior categories. Many of whom had never played with old equipment (and probably after the day, very thankful they won’t need to use it for another 12 months!)

The aim of the day was to have loads of fun and it was definitely a BIG tick for that objective ! Our usual laughter and banter was in abundance, with the added jokes and cries of mock frustration when the old figures tripped up for the umpteenth time.

The “oldies” had a distinct advantage with their prior Subbuteo experience which accounted for some minor upsets and odd score lines. Noticeably, Kevin Grant - who was in his element with his 80s Admiral-kitted England team - finishing above seeded player Luke in his group and scoring goals at will.

However, the winners and finalists still had a familiar look to it. The Briffa boys fought out another Junior final with Harrison coming out on top this time. In the Open final, club president Benny edged out Simon Briffa in a close contest. Special credit to Kevin and the ever-improving junior Charlotte Wright for finishing 3rd in their categories.

Well done all and thanks for attending another fantastic event !

Next up, we’re back to the modern game with a very special event ... The World Cup festival of Table football !! ... where we’ll be having back-to-back tournaments hosted by Western Flickers TFC and Northern Phoenix TFC !

GO PELICANS !!!

(Original report from the club's Facebook page)

Antonio Timpano wins in Auvelais

Last Friday the club of "Etoile sarthoise" was holding a tournament in their premises of Auvelais. It was a last minute tournament so there was a turnout of six players from 5 different clubs. In the end, Antonio Timpano (Seraing) finished on top with 10 points while VIncent Guyaux (Bormla) was runner-up with 8 points. Maxime Van Impe (Charleroi) took the third place thanks to more goals scored than Fabrice Guyaux (Etoile sarthoise).

Final standings:
1. Antonio Timpano
2. Vincent Guyaux
3. Maxime Vanimpe
4. Fabrice Guyaux
5. Pol Serwy
6. Richard Boulanger

Sarantis Papidakis winner in Creta

The recent tournament in Heraklion, Creta (Greece) had a field of 8 players from various clubs. Sarantis Papidakis was the "king of shots" after defeating Chris Aggelinas on shots in the semi and Andrianos Dervis also on shots in the final. Kostas Seses was the other semi-finalist. Congratulations to Sarantis Papidakis (SBSC) for taking the honors!

Gianfranco Grahonja does it again

Last Friday, May 25, the 12th edition of the Trieste WASPA Cup took place in the premises of the Trieste club. There were five players and Gianfranco Grahonja dominated the group stage. In the semi-finals, the closest game saw the victory of Davorin Korosec on Furio Segnani (1-0). Orazio Torrisi couldn't win his other semi-final against Gianfranco Grahonja.
In the final, Gianfranco Grahonja proved to be the best players by defeating Davorin Korosec (2-1). The next Trieste tournament will be held on June 29.

Alekos Apatzis winner in Kallithea

There was action again in Kallithea on may 5 when the club of OSC Kallithea Flame held a WASPA regional tournament with 20 players. After the group stage (4 groups of 5 players), there was a knock-out stage. In the end, Alekos Apatzis defeated Vaggelis Giantais after a close battle in the final.

To be noted organizers also held a Panini swap meet during their tournament for people collecting stickers.

Congratulations to Alekos for another victory and to all the participants for the great games.

More action in Thessaloniki

On May 23 the players of Panorama  1978 SC met for their monthly tournament. There was a good turnout of 8 players and there were many close games. In the final Ioannis Terzidis defeated Christos Agrios to claim his second WASPA trophy. Thrasyvoulos Pachatouridis won the game for the third place to finish on the podium.

Another good night of Subbuteo in Budapest

Last week the Budapest players had the visit of their italian frien Alberto Tarantino. Alberto is also the organizer and founder of SC Berlin in Germany. the Budapest organized a small WASPA event to celebrate Alberto's visit. There were six players including a beginner. Gábor Baross won the tournament.

Full details, pictures and results can be found here

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!