Serafeim Koulosousas wins Italia 90 event in Greece

On saturday, June 9 16 players attended the old rules tournament played under the theme of "itali 90 World cup". Players were split in four groups and used old subbuteo equipment and rules. The special guest of the day was the actual Subbuteo World Cup winner of Rome in 1990 Angelos Tsakiris. Angelos brought the final's team and the trophy with him, signed a poster for the local club of Flaming flickers and was kind enough to give an interview describing what happened and how he won the World Cup back then you can find the video here.

As for the tournament, Serafim Koulousas defeated Panos Patitsas in the final on shots to claim the victory!

Anas winner in Singapore

The Farrer Park Flickers club held its monthly WASPA tournament on Friday, 29 June 2018. In total, there were six flickers, four from the club (Anas Rahamat, Rizal Taib, Nic Tan, and Irwan Iskandar) and two guest players (Tan Kok Wee and Enzo Fornaro) from the SG Lions Table Football Club, fresh for action after last weekend’s National Championships organised by the Table Football Association of Singapore (“TFAS”). They played a round robin league with 20-minute games.

At end of the day, recently-crowned national champion, Anas Rahamat of the Farrer Park Flickers, stamped his dominance by claiming the title for the day by winning all his games. TFAS President, Tan Kok Wee of the SG Lions Table Football Club came in second, while Nic Tan (Farrer Park Flickers) was third.

It was also the first WASPA appearance of Italian, Enzo Fornaro who joined the SG Lions Table Football Club recently, and he credibly held Kok Wee to a 1-1 draw in his debut.

Results:

Round  1
Enzo 0 Rizal 2
Kok Wee 0 Anas 2
Nic 5 Irwan 0

Round 2
Kok Wee 2 Nic 1
Anas 2 Rizal 1
Enzo 0 Irwan 3

Round 3
Anas 3 Nic 0
Enzo 1 Kok Wee 1
Rizal 3 Irwan 2

Round 4
Nic 2 Rizal 0
Irwan 0 Kok Wee 3
Anas 3 Enzo 0

Round 5
Irwan 1 Anas 3
Rizal 0 Kok Wee 3
Nic 2 Enzo 0

Standings: 
1) Anas (15 points)
2) Kok Wee (10 points)
3) Nic (9 points)
4) Rizal (6 points)
5) Irwan (3 points)
6) Enzo (1 point)

Second WASPA title for Sean Tidy

The Tucson Subbuteo Soccer Club Summer tournament was held at BlackRock Brewers brewery on June 23rd in Tucson, Arizona. Six players attended so we split into two groups, seeded with the first and second place player from our Spring league. After a match against each other player in the group the group stage standings were:

Group A
1. Sean Tidy
2. Trevor Kvaran
3. Ed Bertschy

Group B
1. James Wyss
2. Chuck Damon
3. Ed Bertschy

Sean Tidy later won his semi and final to claim his second WASPA title.

Semi-Finals
Sean Tidy 2:0 Chuck Damon
James Wyss 0:1 Trevor Kvaran

Consolation
James Wyss 0:1 Chuck Damon

Final
Sean Tidy 2:0 Trevor Kvaran

Mick Hammonds wins the Parrot Cup

London Road Subbuteo Club held the Parrot Cup on June 24 and it was good to see a turnout of 14 players from England, Wales and the Isle of Man's Brian Kinrade.

There was a group stage, then quarter-finals and more knock-out games till the final while other players were allowed to play the Plate tournament.

Mick Hammonds from the Wolverhampton club defeated Richard Stock in the final to claim the title. Brian Daley and Dan Nicholls were stopped in the semis. Dave Kelly won the Plate tournament.

Congratulations to Cayne and his friends for doig a great work of promotion and for being one of the most active clubs on the WASPA scene. Well done for attracting some old and new faces at tournaments. That's the way to go!

Mathéo Grégoire winner in Bande

Last week the club of Wamme was holding another tournament in their premises with 6 players taking part.

There were many close games during the Swiss system but in the end Mathéo Grégoire (Rochefort TS) proved to be in a great day as he won his four games.

Jean Grosdent (Wamme) was runner-up with 9 points while Pascal Droeven (Semois) had 6.

Aurore Grosdent, Henri Grosdent and Philippe Thys were also taking part.

Congratulations to Mathéo!

The first tournament in Portland

Portland Table Soccer Club held their first tournament last week-end with Jonathan Smith of the Boise USL club coming as a special guest. There were 8 players taking part and the round robin ended as follows:
Jonathan D Smith 21
Simon Gawlik 13
Mark Prinzmetal 11
Matthew Crittenden 10
Dan Morgan 8
Randy Kilwag 5 (*)
Kellen Christensen 5
Josh Geyer 3
(*) Tiebreaker between Randy and Kellen went to GA.

First and second place played for the Rocky Martin Memorial Portland Cup. Jonathan beat Simon 4-0 while coaching him heavily. You can draw your own inferences from the fact that PTSC's top finisher was 10 years old. "It was so much fun! I'm exhausted, but it was so much fun! Thanks to everyone who participated and helped make it possible. Special thanks to Jonathan D Smith for traveling here from Idaho to represent BUSL and show our humble club the ropes. Thanks again to The Portland Game Store for once again being a gracious host", commented local organizer Randy Kilwag.

Fabrizio Coco winner in a new location

Last week 8 players attended the Sydney TFC WASPA tournament. Fabrizio Coco defeated Tony Credentino in the final to win the trophy. Hermann Kruse and Daniele Lombardi made it to the semi-finals. There was a special guest as Adrian Connolly from the Western Flickers club (Melbourne) was taking part. It was another good night of games at the club's new home, Associazione Napoletana in Leichhardt, NSW.

Geert Leys winner in the Flanders

Last Monday Belgium was in a party day not only because the national football team won their opening game against Panama at the FIFA world cup but also because there was Subbuteo action in Hofstade-Zemst. Because of the football game, there was a smaller field than expected with 6 entries but there were many good games. Geert Leys finished on top of the Swiss system with 10 points while Frank Lannoy was runner-up with 9 points and Jos Ceulemans (7) took the third place. Stéphane Lambert, Johan Lourdon and Willy de Bandt were also taking part. Congratulations Geert!

Richard Stock wins in Knighton

Knighton TFC was holding another WASPA tournament last Friday and the club had the visit of Richard Stock.

Richard also finished on top of a group of 6 to claim the title (with 4 wins and a draw) while Dan Nicholls was runner-up.

Final standings:
1. Richard Stock
2. Dan Nicholls
3. Danny Bird
4. Tom Taylor
5. Rory Gittoes
6. Kenny Evans

Lincoln Flickers World Cup

Andy Boyer wins Lincoln Flickers’ World Cup with PANAMA. There was no need to play a final as Boyer beat both semi-final opponents; Jez Boothman on shots after a 3-3 thriller – Boothman down 1-3 came back and almost snatched the Golden Goal. Likewise A Garbutt found himself down 0-2 and despite getting a goal back couldn’t get the equaliser.  This meant there was no need to play a final which ended in a goalless roll with Panama beating Costa Rica on shots 3-2.
Jez Boothman’s Morocco beat A Garbutt’s Spain 2-0 in the Third Place Play-Off Final – 2-0 at half time, Spain through caution to the wind but could not get the breakthrough.
It was disappointing to only have 4 participants which might be blamed on Father’s Day. Despite the low numbers it was an enjoyable day. Group games were done on dice roll to decide the last 16 then each player had 4 teams to take forward. Clinton Simpson played well scoring a few goals, his highlight the 2-2 last 16 match between Japan and England (Jez Boothman) eventually losing a tight shoot-out 2-3.

PANAMA’s run to the title:
Group (automated dice roll)
Belgium 3:4 Panama
England 1:1 Panama
Panama 3:2 Tunisia
PANAMA top group, England second

Last 16
Panama 4:1 Columbia (vs C Simpson)

Quarter Finals
Serbia 0:0 Panama (0-2 shots vs A Garbutt)

Semi-finals
Morocco 3:3 Panama (1-2 shots vs J Boothman)

Final
Panama 0:0 Costa Rica (3-2 shots automated) – Costa Rica second in their group to Serbia beating Germany, England and Spain on the way to the final