Subbuteo table football is back in Yokohama

 

We have received great news from Japan where our old friend Kenzo Koi organized a small tournament under WASPA banner on December 30. Kenzo, who is the historic organizer of the game in Japan, managed to have 5 players.

After the group stage, the standings were as follows:

1. Kenzo Koi (8 points)
2. Suguru Fujino (7 points)
3. Takafumi Kido (6 points)
4. Takafumi Tokita (5 points)
5. Yoshiyuki Okano (1 points)

After the group stages, finals were played. Kenzo Koi won the big game against Suguru Fujino (1-0) to claim the victory while Takafumi Kido defeated Takafumi Tokita in the game for the third place (3-0).

Huge thanks to Kenzo for organizing the tournament. We are looking forward to see Japan holding more WASPA events in the near future and we also hope there will be further developments, possibly with other organizers!

Sean takes the Christmas Challenge

December the 15th saw the second leg of the Randburg Nite Series, namely the annual Christmas Challenge proudly hosted by the Johannesburg TFC, aka the 'Joburg Eagles'.

A very good field of 8 players played a round robin league system whereby each player played 7 games.

It was great to welcome back the Joburg Eagles stalwarts in Johan Nieuwenhuys and Chris Dimmer. Both of these players have been friends for over 55 years and have been playing this great game for almost the same time period. It was also great to see Waynne Pienaar and his son Jason.

Once again the tournament was played in the true festive spirit with the normal banter and chirps between all the players. 

Sean Morgan rounded off a very impressive year and comfortably won yet another tournament to cement his spot as the top ranked player on the local circuit. His fine showing in the SA Champs by only losing to renowned English Superstar Justin Finch in the final. Jason Kennedy was also in great form and clinched the runners-up spot. Clifford claimed third spot with Johan edging out Chris in their life-long Subbuteo rivalry, by the smallest of margins.

Waynne secured the family bragging rights by edging out his son to claim the seventh spot.

Everybody at the Joburg Eagles and all fellow South African Subbuteo flickers would like to wish everybody a very blessed Christmas and a prosperous New Year free of this persistent Chinese Covid scurge.

(Report by Clifford Graaff)

England: Results and news from five different clubs

Here is a quick summary of results collected from different tourmanets in England. Huge thanks to the clubs of Solent, Worthing, Liverpool, Stanway and Manchester for organizing tournaments under WASPA banner.

Solent Subbuteo Club: Jason Christopher wins the club league

The Solent club has been very active in December. In the beginning of the month, the club held a small tournament with five players taking part. Corey Martin finished on top and won his first WASPA tournament.

Tournament table:
1. Corey Martin
2. Paul Izard
3. Steve Smith
4. Roger Duckworth
5. Malcolm Jamieson

The Solent League Cup was also completed a few days ago with Jason christopher winning the final against Paul Pearson. Congratulations to Jason for winning not only the Cup but also the club league. Main results are as follows:

Quarter-finals:
Jason Christopher - Steve Smith 8-0 & 4-1
Malcolm Jamieson - Paul Izard 0-1 & 1-3
Paul Pearson - Corey Martin 2-1 & 1-0
Roger Duckworth - Dave Hunter 0-0 & 3-0

Semi-finals:
Jason Christopher - Paul Izard 3-0 & 4-1
Paul Pearson - Roger Duckworth 2-0 & 1-0

Final: Jason Christopher - Paul Pearson 3-1

Final for 3rd place: Paul Izard - Roger Duckworth 2-1

Club league table:

1. Jason Christopher 78 points
2. Paul Pearson 62
3. Paul Izard 50
4. Corey Martin 47
5. Malcolm Jamieson 33
6. Steve Smith 24
7. Roger Duckworth -23
8. Dave Hunter 2

The Solent club on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2759539824274495

Steve Taylor wins Worthing tournament

The Worthing club held a tournament with 7 players competing in a league format. Steve Taylor took the honors and claimed his first WASPA title.

Final table:
1. Steve Taylor
2. Dave Croucher
3. Shaun Allison
3. Ian Maskell
5. Nathan Holley
6. Chris Stapleton
7. Sam Virgoe

Worthing Fivestar on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/worthingfivestar

Small Surrey Saracens tournament

The Surrey Saracens club had a small turnout of three players at their latest tournament. Simon Goodman won the tournament. Hopefully there will be more WASPA action at the club in 2022.

Final table:
1. Simon Goodman
2. Lee Fenton
3. Gianluca Zucchelli

Alan Lee wins the Stanway Rovers tournament

Also a small turnout at Kevin Coredll's club and once again Alan Lee takes the honors, claiming another WASPA tournament. Final standings were as follows:

1. Alan Lee
2. Kevin Cordell
3. Adam Douglas

Liverpool: Phil Redman is back

The latest Liverpool tournament had a smaller field than expected but it was great to see Subbuteo Legend Phil Redman taking part. Phil defeated Brian Daley in the decisive game to win the tournament.

Final table:
1. Phil Redman
2. Brian Daley
3. Chris Bedford
4. Lucasz Whittle
5. Gavin Roper

Liverpool Table Soccer Club on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolTSC

Dominant Brian Daley wins in Manchester

Brian Daley shown his class has he won the final club night of 2021. Conceding no goals and scoring 21 over 6 games, the night belonged to Daley.

Danny Lilley came in second place with Shaun Dunne and Lucaz coming 3rd & 4th respectively.

The next W.A.S.P.A club night will be Friday 4th February 2022 (TBC)

Final table:
1. Brian Daley
2. Danny Lilley
3. Shaun Dunne
4. Lucasz Whittle

Manchester Subbuteo Club on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ManchesterSubbuteo

Manchester Subbuteo Cub website: www.manchestersubbuteo.com

Belgium: december tournaments in Templeuve, Antwerp and Tournai

Belgium has been active in the WASPA circuit in December with three tournaments organized by different clubs.

The Templeuve Christmas Cup was held last Friday and 11 players were taking part. The Christmas Cup is the traditional club's main event of the season but this year, due to the rescheduled national calendar, the national league for clubs took place during the week-end so the Templeuve tournament was rescheduled from Saturday to Friday evening and, as a consequence, only players from the area were taking part. Geoffrey Marain won his four games to claim the title. With the new covid restrictions announced in the country, it is not sure yet that there will be another tournament in January.

Final standings:

1. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)
2. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
3. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve)
4. Michaël Dupret (MT Tournai)
5. Kevin Wallez (Templeuve)
6. Benjamin Marain (Templeuve)
7. Didier Moons (Templeuve)
8. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Templeuve)
9. Eric Caillaux (FRA/Templeuve)
10. Loris Celton (Templeuve)
11. Jocelyn Celton (Templeuve)

In Antwerp, the SC Flanders players met on Monday with 8 players attending the club's 72nd WASPA tournament. Once again, David Wouters proved to be the "man of the season" by winning another event while Jos Ceulemans was (onc again) runner-up.

Final standings:
1. David Wouters (SC Flanders)
2. Jos Ceulemans (SC Flanders)
3. Johan Lourdon (SC Flanders)
4. Geert Leys (SC Flanders)
5. Stéphane Lambert (Yokohama OSC)
6. Robin Somers (SC Flanders)
7. Vincent Wouters (SC Flanders)
8. Dirk Sucre (SC Flanders)

A bit earlier in the month, the club of Tournai held a small "promotional event" with 6 players. No surprise here as host Michaël Dupret won his three games to win the tournament while Templeuve United's Didier Moons was a great runner-up.

Finals standings: 
1. Michaël Dupret (MT Tournai)
2. Didier Moons (Templeuve)
3. Stéphane Lambert (Yokohama OSC)
4. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Templeuve)
5. Jocelyn Celton (Templeuve)
6. Loris Celton (Templeuve)

Brian Daley wins London Road December tournament

Finalist Ruby Matthews and tournament winner Brian daley sharing honors

Last Saturday London Road Subbuteo Club held the club's monthly tournament with a good field of 8 players. 6 London Road players were joined by Daniel Lilley and Shaun Dunne of Manchester SC for the event. Group 1 saw Brian Daley win with 3 wins and Ruby Matthews coming second with 2 wins. Group 2 saw Cayne Matthews win with 3 wins and Shaun Dunne come second with 2 wins. 

The Plate event was won by Daniel Lilley of Manchester beating London Road player Lucaz Whittle in the final. 

WASPA event saw Brian Daley of London Road defeat Shaun Dunne of Manchester in the semi-final. The other semi saw Ruby Matthews beat her dad Cayne 2-0. The final was played between two London Road players but 12 year old Ruby was out done by Brian Daley in a heavy defeat. 

Danny Lilley presenting the trophy to Ruby

It was a great day of play and all players mentioned how much fun they had.

During the tournament, Victory Kits owner and WASPA sponsor Daniel Lilley presented Ruby with her Junior World WASPA Number 1 2020-21 season trophy.

Varant Kurkeyerian winner in Atascadero

The first annual "Gypsy Social" was played on Saturday, December 18 in Atascadero, CA!

Goal machine, Jake Schoonmaker celebrated 21 goals heading into his final with Varant Kurkeyerian. Varant matched his intensity and defeated Jake, 4-1 in the final.

Follow the Central Coast Condors TSC news on https://www.facebook.com/groups/772997653588384

Barry Spence wins the Derry Christmas Cup

The Christmas Cup took place last Monday in Derry, Northern Ireland.

A tight run race to the finish following a 0-0 draw between Spence and Bradley, which took the competition to the last 2 games of the night with Bradley narrowly in front on goal difference. Oisi Mor proved to tough defensively for Bradley and another 0-0 wasn’t enough. Spence got the goal he needed against Watson to finish 2 poo ya clear at the top of the table. 

Lawrence Watson and Craig Stewart played another round of their own ‘Stand Firm Cup’ with 2 times champion Stewart finally giving up the title to Watson after a 1-0 win

Many thanks to all and a merry Christmas !

Tardiota and Vickers winners in Brisbane

Last Sunday Brisbane Subbuteo club held another WASPA tournament, which was the last one for this year. Giuseppe Tardiota won the Division 1 tournament on goals scored while New Zealand's Gerry Vickers took the honors in Division 2. Congratulations to the winners and Merry Christmas to our friends Down Under.

New organizers in Firenze

Last week-end there was a WASPA tournament in the Italian city of Firenze but for the first time, there was a different organizer. The Nuovo Falco Subbuteo Club hed an event played by 12 competitors using the modern rules but... traditional Subbuteo material. 11 of the 12 players made their WASPA debut, which is fantastic. After the 11 sessions, Stefano Cafaggi (Labronico) was the winner of the day. Huge thanks to local organizer Crisian Cecconi for the great job! This is hopefullt the first of many other events to come.

Final standings:

1. Stefano Cafaggi (Labronico) 33 points

2. Cristian Cecconi (Nuovo Falco) 23

3. Filippo Becattini (Subbuteo Club Valdarno) 23

4. Stefano Calzeroni (Nuovo Falco) 21

5. Angelo Micoli (Subbuteo Club Valdarno) 19

6. Iuri Rampi Fonzie (La Signoria) 17

7. Leonardo Marino (SC Villains Firenze) 16

8. Mirko Cappelli (Sombrero San Miniato) 14

9. Fabrizio Chimenti (SC Pantere Lucca) 12

10. Massimo Talozzi (no club) 8

11. Emiddio Giggi Figliolino (Labronico) 3

12. Gabriele Petocchi (Nuovo Falco) 1

Sydney TFC Christmas Cup 2021

We are happy to see Sydney TFC hosting their Christmas Cup. The tournament was held last week with a great turnout of 14 players who where divided into 2 groups of 3 and 2 groups of 4 players. here is the report from the club official Facebook page:

"Really nice to see players coming back to the game after few years of inactivity and also good to see new faces taking part and adding into our subbuteo community after months of lockdown!

Congratulations to all the players especially the two who reached the final and battled out to bring the trophy at home! 

Fabrizio Coco after 5 years the competition was born, finally took the trophy at home defeating Raffaele Lombard after a very tight and exciting game finished 0-0 at the normal time (Fabrizio won on penalties shots 3-2).

Thanks once again to everybody who attended and to Steve Dettre who set up the live stream, Well done mate!!!

Wishing everybody a safe and happy Christmas, see you at the next appointment in Willoughby in 2 weeks time for another WASPA tournament!"

A few days earlier, the club also held the monthly WASPA tournament of November. This time there was a smaller turnout of 5 players and Tony Credentino finished on top of the round robin with the same number of points as Fabrizio Coco but a few more goals scored! Congratulations to Tony!