Another win for Rudy Hesty

There was a Melbourne TFC presence this week in Singapore. Jurong Central SC organised the Arjuna Hanafi Visit WASPA Challenge which was taken by the recently crowned Asian Champion Encik Rudy not before being pushed real hard to the end by Nic who just returned and did very well in Spain playing in a FISTF European Circuit going on beyond the group stages!

"Thanks people for hosting and the schooling! You guys were awesome as usual! Had loads of fun", reported Arjuna after the event.

(Round 1)
Rudy 3 - 1 Ashley
Nic 4 - 0 Arjuna
Enzo 1 - 2 Vikas
Rizal T bye.

(Round 2)
Nic 2 - 1 Vikas
Rudy 3 - 0 Rizal T
Arjuna 0 - 0 Enzo
Ashley bye
(Round 3)

Nic 1 - 1 Ashley
Rudy 3 - 0 Enzo
Vikas 4 - 2 Rizal T
Arjuna bye

(Last Round)
Rudy 0 - 0 Nic
Vikas 1 - 0 Ashley
Arjuna 1 - 2 Rizal T
Enzo bye

Final Placing. 
1st - Rudy 10 pts
2nd - Vikas 9 pts
3rd - Nic 8 pts
4th - Rizal T 6 pts
5th - Ashley 4 pts
joined 6th - Enzo & Arjuna 4pts

Torben Pfister winner in Singapore

TFAS Asian Cup 2019 Plates WASPA
The Table Football Association of Singapore organized one of its biggest tournaments in the recent Asian Cup 2019, where players from Singapore, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia come together to compete in this prestigious tournament.

After the group stages of the Individual Open category, the players who got knocked out were eligible to play in the Plates WASPA. 16 players took part in this WASPA, and a series of knockout rounds followed.

The Plates Final was an all Australian match, with FISTF President Steve Dettre against a young talent, Torben Pfister. It was a tight final which ended 1-1. Torben managed to keep his cool and won the shootout afterwards. Congratulations Torben!

Results are as follows:

Last 16:
Naoto Tanaka 0-5 Kenzo Koi
Paul Mercer 3-1 Nigel Foo
Mohd Rizal Taib 3-1 Isaac Lim
Chris Thorn 0-3 Steve Dettre
Hideaki Wada 2-1 Kousuke Mukai
Tan Yi De 1-0 Vincenzo Coco
Torben Pfister 3-0 Irwan Iskandar
Takafumi Kido 3-1 Hugh Best

Quarterfinals:
Kenzo Koi 0-1 Paul Mercer
Mohd Rizal Taib 1-1 Steve Dettre (Shootout: 1-2)
Hideaki Wada 2-1 Tan Yi De
Torben Pfister 2-1 Takafumi Kido

Semifinals:
Paul Mercer 1-2 Steve Dettre
Hideaki Wada 0-2 Torben Pfister

Final:
Steve Dettre 1-1 Torben Pfister (Shootout: 0-2)

Brian Daley winner in Wales

The London Road Subbuteo Club tournament was held this Sunday at the Parrot, Drury (Wales).

It was a double round robin with five players involved. After home and away sessions, Brian Daley was the winner with 24 points while Cayne Matthews was runner-up. Dave Merrilees-Kelly was third, Ruby Mattews fourth and Lucasza Whittle fifth.

A good day was had by all.

Carlos Flores wins WASPA tournament in Alicante

I Demo Fun Subbuteo Tournament & VIII MontGoal Subbuteo Tournament, 21-22-06.2019 Ondara, Alicante, Spain

The two events organized last weekend by Marina Citerior Subbuteo Club have been an organizational success, registering a good number of visitors. Thanks to the support of the Portal de la Marina Shopping Center, the environment has been outstanding.

A lot of interest from children and adults, who have been able to discover Table Soccer for the first time with the help of great players. It has been proven that playing in public places represents a great opportunity to promote our game in the most effective and direct way.

The competition for beginners Demo Fun has been won by Fernando Gonzalez, while the pro event, the VIII MontGoal Subbuteo Tournament has registered the triumph of multi world champion Carlos Flores after an exciting final against Alberto Mateos.

Brilliant third has been Julio Candelas who has won the consolation final against David Somoza. It has been surely two days of great fun for all.

(Report by Marina Citerior SC)

Marcos Kapsabelis wins Asian Cup tournament

Finalists Nikos and Marcos

16 players competed in the recent Flaming Flickers WASPA version of the "ASIAN CUP 2019". The tournament took place on June 1 in Kallithea, Athens.

There were many great games and the final winner was Marcos Kapsabelis (and his team of Uzbekistan) after a close final against Nikos Liakopoulos (Japan).

Congratulations to the winner Marcos for one more title and to all the participants for the great games!

The "Bonanza" in Bonaero Park

Saturday 15 June 2019, Kempton Park, South Africa : 
Firstly, a big Thank You to Gary Downs and his wife Carol-Lynne Downs for hosting this event, and the serving of a fantastic lunch on the day!
Pretoria Flickers Club returned to Bonaero Park - the home of the 2018 PFC League 1 Cup defending champion Gary Downs.
What then unfolded on the day has been dubbed as the "Bonanza in Bonaero Park", as we were treated to great companionship, fun & thrills as only the sport of
Subbuteo can produce.
Round 1 action saw the 2018 defending champion Gary Downs hold his own in an entertaining 0-0 draw against the much fancied Jayden vd Merwe. After being
frustrated by Conway Julie in previous events this year, it was Bevin Reed who eventually recorded a 1-0 victory over Conway. Elsewhere, Kegan vd Merwe and
Julian vd Merwe played out a thrilling 0-0 draw.
By the end of Round 3, the standings already took on a familiar look - with Bevin topping the standings, Jayden in 2nd whilst Conway and Kegan were scrapping it out
for 3rd spot. Round 4 then produced the match of the day as Bevin raced to a 2-0 lead over Jayden, but even Bevin stated that the "job was not done yet" as Jayden
stepped up his game to pull one goal back, but eventually ran out of time as Jayden suffered his only loss of the day by 2-1 over Bevin.
In the return fixture (Round 8) between Bevin & Jayden, it was Jayden who dominated the match - but Bevin defended well as that match ended 0-0.
In Round 10, Gary needed a draw to clinch 4th place overall, but Bevin triumphed by 1-0 over Gary with Bevin just confirming his dominance on the day!
Conway clinched 3rd place overall on the day - with three consecutive draws against Gary, Kegan and Julian in Rounds 8,9 and 10 respectively. It is also worth mentioning
that Conway only suffered two 1-0 losses all day - those losses coming against the top two players of the day - Bevin & Jayden respectively.
The number 13 will have new meaning for Bevin Reed after this event - as this triumph marks Bevin's 13th WASPA title, and interestingly enough this was Bevin's first
triumph in 13 months - as he last captured the 2018 PFC Challenge Cup in May of 2018 !
Joke of the day : the organiser (Julian) made the trip all the way to Bonaero Park, and forgot the PFC League 1 trophy all the way back in Pretoria. Gary's wife quickly improvised
and purchased a small momento to ensure the day's winner did not leave "empty handed". Then the race back to Pretoria to present the League 1 trophy to Bevin, as the photo
portrays a different (more familiar) background. I promise that the trophy will now be the first item to be packed when we make another trip like this (chuckle)!!!

Individual acknowledgements on the day :
"Goal Blitz" : Bevin Reed ended the day as the top scorer
"Player of the Day" : Conway Julie for a well deserved 3rd place finish

As always, a big thank you to all who attended to make the day a great success. The next event - the PFC Gold Cup, played under an "international theme".

The PFC website & facebook page will be updated shortly with photo's & news content at :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/PFC-SA/519566284755728

(report by Julian vd Merwe)

News from Belgium: the first outdoor tournament

Tournaments have recently been held in Hofstade, Templeuve and Vresse.

A great turnout of 12 players

The SC Flanders club had a great turnout of 12 players for their last tournament of the season with visitors from Templeuve United but also a special guest from Romania. David Wouters was on fire in the first three sessions, being the only player to win his three games but in the last sessions, Wouters was defeated by Vincent Coppenolle who managed to win the tournament with 10 points. There were many close games and some surprises but all games were played in a fair spirit.

Final table:
1. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
2. David Wouters (SC Flanders)
3. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve)
4. Geert Leys (SC Flanders)
5. Bart Van de Vliet (SC Flanders)
6. Jos Ceulemans (SC Flanders)
7. Johan Lourdon (SC Flanders)
8. Frank Lannoy (SC Temploux)
9. Cezar Stoilescu (Bucuresti)
10. Willy De Bandt (SC Flanders)
11. Jordan Bonte (Templeuve)
12. Danny De Greef (SC Flanders)

Players at the Warcoing Ducks tournament

Three days later, as the stay of Cezar Stoilescu in Belgium allowed him to play some more games, a last minute tournament was organized by the Warcoing Ducks. This time there was no surprise with geoffrey Marain winning all his games to claim another trophy while Michaël Dupret was a well-deserved runner-up.

Final table:
1. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)
2. Michaël Dupret (MT Tournai)
3. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve)
4. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
5. Eric Caillaux (Templeuve)
6. Benjamin Marain (Warcoing Ducks)
7. Jordan Bonte (Templeuve)
8. Cezar Stoilescu (Bucuresti)
9. Sébastien Sorge (Templeuve)

Finally, this Sunday, the club of SC Semois had a very first outdoor tournament in the center of Vresse. The main goal was to show the game to potential new players and the 8 competitors played in a very fair spirit. After the seven session, Michaël Roberty (JSC Rochefort) was a proud winner, celebrating his come-back to the game while Michaël Hallin was runner-up. A good day was had by all and hopefully the host club will get some new players in the future.

Final table:
1. Michaël Roberty (JSC Rochefort)
2. Michaël Hallin (SC Temploux)
3. Jean Grosdent (Wamme SC)
4. Richard Boulanger (Wamme SC)
5. Raphaël Maillard (JSC Rochefort)
6. Pascal Droeven (Semois)
7. Marc De Vos (Semois)
8. Tom Léonard (Semois)

Three in a row for Simon Stewart

A small turnout for Derry City TFC's final WASPA tournament of this season. An extra time golden goal, over Martinog Bradley, saw Simon Stewart win his third WASPA tournament in a row. Small numbers didn’t lead to small fun though, with a great deal of craic had on a very friendly night. DCTFC return to action in August!

Andrea Lessona wins Summer tournament

Andrea Lessona won the Open category

In the welcoming venue of the Borgo Vercelli's Parish Oratory, on Sunday 16 June, the "1st Summer Tournament" of Subbuteo was held. The event was organized by the local club TSC 69ERS under WASPA banner. Despite the period of the end of the season, there was an excellent turnout of public and players divided into two categories. In the adults, Andrea Lessona won in the final 7-0 against the surprise of the tournament, Riccardo Bruno. In third place, Cristiano Gallo who got the better during extra time on the excellent Ferdinando Marino (2-1). Fifth place went to Andrea Gernnari, a bit subdued about his potential and the placement of previous events. Sixth, Emanuele Gianesini that improves so compared to the last tournament. Seventh the very good Gabriele Montaldi at his absolute debut.

Junior champion Alessandro Cirio

In the Children category, which has always been the most followed and appreciated, Alessandro Cirio beat Edoardo Montaldi 2-1: thus resuming the scepter of "Number 1" after losing to the placed shots, just with Edoardo, the V Province of Vercelli March tournament last. In third place, Marco Vaccarella: at his debut, he beat Mattia Gasparini 1-0, still in the placed shots. In 5th place Edoardo Beccati and in the 6th place Matteo Comello, retired for a family commitment.

Thanks to Agricola Perazzo and Bresciani SRL, Balzaretti Agri-Business SRL, Generali Insurance, Enterprise Video and Patrucco Bakery and Food and the international sponsor Tchaaaa Table Soccer Equipment, all participants received an award from the hands of Carlo Rigolone, who officiated the awards.

Ranking Adults:
1. Lessona Andrea
2. Bruno Riccardo
3. Gallo Cristiano
4. Marino Ferdinando
5. Gennari Andrea
6. Gianesini Emanuele
7. Montaldi Gabriele

Ranking Juniors:
1. Cirio Alessandro
2. Montaldi Edoardo
3. Vaccarella Marco
4. Gasparini Mattia
5. Beccati Edoardo
6. Comello Matteo

(Report translated from the Italian courtesy of TSC 69ers)

First trophy for Dana Stitt

Sporting Club 18 hosted another monthly WASPA in County Down Sunday 9th June. Club newbies Claire and Dana continued their rapid improvement with some good performances including Dana’s 2-1 win over last weeks club-meet winner Lochlin Bradley.

After the six-game round robin league,  WASPA #30 Simon and Dana were tied on points and goals after their 0-0 draw. Only a shoot-out could separate the pair with Dana pulling off four great saves to take her first WASPA title 2-0 on shots.