Samuele Bignardi wins promotional event

On Saturday the Rebels Genova had another tournament. This time it was a promotional event for the juniors. Ten players were divided in 2 groups of 5 with finals in the end of the day. Samuele Bignardi defeated Alberto Capoferri in the big final.

Congratulations to the club for the amazing job with the youth. having small tournaments under WASPA banner is for sure a source of motivation for young and novice players!

final: Samuele Bignardi - Alberto Capoferri 2-1
final 3-4: Filippo Careddu - Filippo Sottili 4-2
final 5-6: Davide Uva - Davide Balito  0-2
final 7-8: Andrea Bolioli - Teo Peretti  1-0
final 9-10: Celeste Caroleo - Simone Pennati 0-2

September 2024: results from tournaments held in England

Once again England has been a great field of activity for the Subbuteo scene and the WASPA circuit in particular in September. The English Subbuteo Association held a fantatsic FISTF world cup and WASPA events have been a great way for players to practive before the WC. It will also be a great tool to continue to attract new players and to gain experience before competing in international level. Here is a brief recap of September results!

Pedmore, Sep 1 2024, groups and knock-out

The tournament attracted an amazing field of 32 players and was a great way to prepare for the FISTF world cup. Elliot Bellefontaine defeated Sam Curtis in the final with both Rudi Peterschinigg and Ian Aggett making it to the semi-finals. Cayne Matthews won the consolation final against Simon McMurray.

Solent, Sep 4 2024

The final standings of the Solent league counted as a WASPA event. After home and away games, Jason Christopher ended as league winner!

1. Jason Christopher 79 points
2. Malcolm Jamieson 76
3. Connor Gregory 66
4. Chris Burford 59
6. Kyle Jamieson 49
6. Paul Izard 49
7. Rob Piggott 49
8. Dave Cope 42
9. Steve Smith 40
10. Nigel Morgan 40
11. Dave Hunter 37
12. Roger Duckworth 37
13. Corey Martin 26
14. Riley Duckworth 11
15. Tim Hill 9
16. Dave Skelton 4

North Shields, Sep 6 2024, Swiss system

1. Nick Pearson (North Shields)
2. Jeff Parsons (Darlington)
3. Chris Kaberry (North Shields)
4. Ben Staples (Yorkshire)
5. Tom Heslop (North Shields)
6. Rob Heseltine (North Shields)
7. Nigel Lamond (North Shields)
8. Neil Wearmouth (North Shields)

Leicester, Sep 8 2024, groups and knock-out

Finalists Kevin Cordell and Bob Varney

Plate Winner Ia Sharp

27 players from 12 different clubs attended the great tournament held by the Leicester Foxes. Kevin Cordell defeated Bob Varney on shots in the final. Aaron Skinner and Sam Curtis reached the semis and Ian Sharp defeated Connor Gregory in the Plate final. Nigel Edwards won the Shield.

Gillingham, Sep 15 2024, Swiss system

1. Kye Arnold (Kent Invicta)
2. Martin Bellefontaine (London TFC)
3. Louis Singh (Kent Invicta)
4. Terry Arnold (Kent Invicta)
5. Martin Colwell (Kent Invicta)
6. Roger Duckworth (Solent)
7. Daniel Vensyk (London TFC)
8. Mark West (Chasers)
9. Thomas Lacey (Kent Invicta)
10. Hadley Chapman (Kent Invicta)
11. Riley Duckworth (Solent)
12. Max Rahman (Chasers)
13. Fraser Chapman (Kent Invicta)
14. Jack Cossington (Chasers)
15. Francesca Bellefontaine (London TFC)

Chesterfield, Sep 15 2024, Swiss system

Ian Aggett and Jason Christopher

1. Ian Aggett (Milton Keynes)
2. Jason Christopher (Solent)
3. Ian Sharp (Yorkshire)
4. Jeremy Boothman (Doncaster)
4. Tom Heslop (North Shields)
4. Jeff Parsons (Darlington)
4. Mark Weaver (Leicester)
8. Connor Gregory (Solent)
8. Nigel Morgan (Solent)
8. Nick Pearson (Yorkshire)
8. Malcolm Jamieson (SCO/Solent)
12. Colin Fletcher (Chesterfield)
12. Rob Paterson (TSPA White Star)
12. Max Starkey (Yorkshire)
12. Brian Kinrade (IOM/Chesterfield)
16. Trevor Allen (Chesterfield)
16. Paul Taylor (Leicester)
18. Andrew Forster-Fake (Chesterfield)
19. William Lacey (Leicester)
20. Carl Drabble (Doncaster)
21. Adrian Hawcroft (Yorkshire)

Andover, Sep 18 2024, knock-out games

Another big success for the Andover club. 16 players competed in the tournament. Danny Gregory (Glasgow) defeated Malcolm Jamieson in the final. Jason Christopher and Steve Smith made it to the semis. Rob Piggott beat Jerry Lovegrove in the Plate final.

Yorkshire, Sep 19 2024, Swiss system

1. Stuart Walsh (Yorkshire)
2. Craig Heward (Yorkshire)
3. Brian Kinrade (Chesterfield)
4. Kevin Adderley (Yorkshire)
5. Sean Morgan (Johannesburg)
6. Ian Sharp (Yorkshire)
7. Ian Smalley (Yorkshire)
8. Adrian Hawcroft (Yorkshire)
9. Joe Nixon (Yorkshire)
10. Darren Brook (Yorkshire)

Morecambe Bay, Sep 24 2024, group of 5

1. Luca Lanzani
2. Stuart Andrews
3. Rob Wilkinson
4. Keith Carman
5. Perry Sinacola

Chasers, Sep 25 2024, Swiss system

1. Adam Jackson (Chasers)
2. Martin Bellefontaine (London TFC)
3. Gary Gladwell (Chasers)
4. Mark West (Chasers)
5. Mark Francis (Chasers)
6. Jerry Whelband (Chasers)
7. Martin Colwell (Kent Invicta)
8. Samantha Levy (Chasers)
9. Michele Claydon (Chasers)
10. Billy Attwood (Chasers)

Stourbridge, Sep 26 2024, Swiss system

We are really happy to see another new club hosting a WASPA evnt. Sourbridge Caual SC had a first tournament. Special thanks to Richard Roper for helping the new players!

1. Richard Roper (Pedmore)
2. Matthew Reynolds (Stourbridge)
3. Stuart Collins (Stourbridge)
4. Arthur Collins (Stourbridge)
5. Matthew Powell (Stourbridge)
6. Sam Taylor (Pedmore)

Old rules

Leicester, Sep 4 2024, Swiss system

A great night of Old Subbuteo in Leicester where Andrew Forster-Fake took the honors after 5 sessions of games.

1. Andrew Forster-Fake (Chesterfield)
2. Colin Fletcher (Chesterfield)
3. Richard Roper (Pedmore)
4. Paul Taylor (Leicester)
5. Graham Harwood (Pedmore)
6. William Lacey (Leicester)
7. Kevin Coleman (Leicester)
8. Nigel Edwards (Leicester)
9. Jay Williams (Leicester)

Àlex Araujo wins first tournament in Catalan Country

The players

Spain also had a great WASPA season flick-off on September 29 with 23 players competing in the first tournament of the Catalan Circuit. Mallorca's Fabio Mastroianni and Rafel Blasco de Tàrrega were playing their first WASPA tournament in Montornès del Vallès, home of Barcelona Futbol Taula.

The final

This time Àlex Araujo (AS Iluro Futbol Taula) won the final against Fabio Mastroianni (4-1) and becomes the leader of the circuit. Alfred Laporta and Ferran Coll made it to the semi-finals.

Oriol Quer (picture) defeated Toni Hernández to win the consolation final!

Congratulations to the organizers for a really great tournament! We are really pleased to see such a quality event in the WASPA circuit!

The next tournament counting for the Catalan circuit will be held on December 1 in Breda.

We remain open to all proposals to have more WASPA events (regional or local tournaments) in Spain in the future.

WASPA rankings of September 2024

Dear friends,

please find enclosed the results and the rankings of the WASPA circuit after the tournaments held in September.

Excel file (rankings)

PDF file (results)

We had 29 regional tournaments, 2 events with the old rules, 2 promotional events and 1 tournament with the Finnish rules!

Latest Tournai event in Belgium

Events have been held in Australia, England, Belgium, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, France, New Zealand, Greece, Scotland, South Africa, the Netherlands and Wales!

Please note it's the new season so possibly we haven't changed club for those who have been transferred this summer. If you see some mistakes, send me a message.

Note also the juniors are now players born in 2008 or later.

Youth in action in Genova, Italy

Players at the recent Milton Keynes tournament

Chasers tournaments in England

44 clubs from the 3 divisions have already scored points, which proves the rankings of clubs are a big success!

Welcome to Stourbridge Casual Subbuteo Club, the latest organizer in the circuit!

Once a new club has organized 3 WASPA events and has 3 club members involved, it can be part of the ranking of clubs (starting in the Conference League).

Don't hesitate to send more results from your local events! We will be glad to have more players, clubs and nations in the great WASPA family!

Best regards,

Vincent Coppenolle, WASPA organizer!

Revival day in Cyprus

This Sunday the first stage of the "WASPA Open Tour of Cyprus" was taking place in the Famagusta TFC Center. It was the revival day of the WASPA circuit in Cyprus.

Pano Vogiatzis (Famagusta) came on top of a group of 5 with 3 wins and a draw while George Zangylos (Famagusta) was runner-up and Patros Kosmas (Famagusta) was third. Other involved players were Markos Kalopsidiotis (Salamis) and Marios Nikolaou (Phoenix).

Wins for Coppenolle and Rochez in Belgium

Belgium had two WASPA tournaments in Belgium. The clubs of Tournai and Wamme were holding events in unusual venues as the first one took place in Templeuve and the other one was played in the "Belgian Subbuteoland" in Nassogne.

11 players attended the tournament on Friday and the good surprise was to see four very young players taking part, which is promising for the future of the game in the West of Belgium. There were many close games and after 3 sessions, Sébastien Rochez was the only players with three wins after he defeated Geoffrey Marain. In the last session, Vincent Coppenolle defeated Sébastien Rochez in a decisive game to win the tournament, his first WASPA title for 13 months. The final table was as follows:

1. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
2. Geoffrey Marain (Hennuyer)
3. Matthias Averlant (Hennuyer)
4. Sébastien Rochez (Wamme)
5. Ursule Dhondt (Templeuve)
6. Sébastien Sorge (Templeuve)
7. Mathis Verhelst (Templeuve)
8. Benjamin Marain (Hennuyer)
9. Gabin Deman (Templeuve)
10. Michaël Dupret (Tournai)
11. Sumaï Kabeya (Templeuve)

On Sunday morning 5 players were meeting in Nassogne and this time two players ended with three wins and a draw. Sébastien Rochez won the tournament on goal difference. Final table:

1. Sébastien Rochez (Stembert)
2. Noah Janssens (Wamme)
3. Jean Grosdent (Wamme)
4. Maxim Grosdent (Wamme)
5. Thomas Janssens (Wamme)

To be noted there will be several tournament in the West of Belgium in october:

- promotional tournament in Templeuve on October 11
- Templeuve regional tournament on October 18
- Tournai regional tournament on October 25

September 2024: results from across the globe

After a wonderful FISTF world cup, we are happy to receive many results from around the world. It's amazing to see players from many different countries playing WASPA tournaments. Here are some results from the last few days.

Regional tournaments

Melbourne, September 16, group format

1. Anthony Madiona (Northern Phoenix)
2. Nathan Urbaniak (Melbourne TFC
3. Christos Garagounis (Northern Phoenix)
4. Adam Deverell (Western Sydney)
5. George Theocharis (Northern Phoenix)

Gouda, September 18

1. Henk Landzaat
2. Jarno Marks
3. Xavier Aret
4. Rinaldo van Dijk
5. Richard Oranje
6. Cailim Marks

Templeuve (Belgium), September 20, Swiss system

1. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)
2. Sébastien Rochez (Stembert)
3. Eric Caillaux (FRA/Templeuve)
4. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
5. Michaël Dupret (Tournai)
6. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Wattrelos)
7. Franck Santer (FRA/Templeuve)
8. David Sardi de Letto (FRA/Wattrelos)
9. Ursule Dhondt (Templeuve)

Tralee and Munster (Ireland), September 16, group format

1. William Magnier (Cork)
2. David Elton (Tralee)
3. Jeff Murphy (Cork)

Perth (Australia), September 14 2024, host: Subbuteo Perth

1. Alan Kimber (Subbuteo Perth)
2. Noel Mani (Subbuteo Perth)
3. Chris Thorn (Subbuteo Perth)
4. Hugh Best (Sports TFC of Western Australia)
5. Ron Byrne (Subbuteo Perth)

Perth (Australia), September 15, host: Sports TFC of Western Australia

1. Tan Yew Loy (Singapore/Subbuteo Perth)
2. Hugh Best (Sports TFC of Western Australia)
3. Chris Thorn (Subbuteo Perth)
4. Noel Mani (Subbuteo Perth)

Promotional tournaments

Wattrelos (France), September 12, group format

1. Sébastien Sorge
2. David Sardi de Letto
3. Thibaut Marville
4. Nicolas Voet

Auckland (New Zeland), September 15, group format

1. Richard Edeson
2. Conrad Mudge
3. Andy Shearer
4. Andy Miller

Finnish rules

Helsinki (Finland), September 24, league system

1. Mika Ruuri
2. Janne Liesivaara
3. Kari Hakkarainen
4. Marki Leskinen
5. Timothy Ekholm
6. Jani Naapila
7. Vesa Närhi

FISTF World Cup 2024 - Message from WASPA

Dear Subbuteo friends,

Speaking in the name of WASPA, I would like to wish good luck to all the players who will attend the Eland Cables FISTF world cup in Tunbridge Wells, England.

The fact the world cup is taking place in England is no surprise for me. A few years ago, England was far to be among the most important Subbuteo nations as Italy, Greece, Spain or Belgium for instance had much bigger numbers of players, clubs and events.

The WASPA circuit certainly contributed to the revival of the game in England. The lockdown period brought back the interest for the game to many Subbuteo fans and many local clubs have been created.

For many of these clubs, the WASPA circuit was an important link to connect players and clubs, to create regional circuits and improve the general standards of play. Can you believe more than 900 WASPA tournaments have already been held in England?

Those who started playing in the last 4 years have new gained experience and it's no surprise to see some of them playing for their national team this week-end.

Of course, many "new" players will compete for England but we are pleased to see some people who gained experience in WASPA events recently now playing for many other countries.

We can be very proud of what has been achieved but as I said many times in the recent past, the work of the English Subbuteo Association must be a source of inspiration. England has proved the WASPA circuit can be a real benefit for the game to recruit new players and to boost the motivation of players who cannot afford to travel abroad to play tournaments.

This is the right moment to thank Mr Alan Lee and all the people in the ESA Board who have used the WASPA circuit as a tool to develop the game. The ESA is now proving to the world that England is a major Subbuteo nation again and we are very proud to have helped in some way.

Special thanks also to Mr Steve Dettre, FISTF president, who has always supported the philosophy of the WASPA circuit. We are really pleased to see a strong Australian team travelling to England for the world cup!

We are looking forward to see a straightened collaboration between FISTF and WASPA in the future and to see many more WASPA events held in many different countries.

Once again, good luck to all players involved in the different tournaments. We are sure it will be a fantastic week-end for everybody.

Vincent Coppenolle, WASPA organizer

See more details about the world cup here: https://www.englishsubbuteoassociation.com/world-cup-2024

New venue for Golazzo SC in Edinburgh

"The first WASPA event for Golazzo SC at the new venue, The Cramond Inn, ended in a battle of the goal differences. With 6 players competing in a league format, Marco Bevilacqua won out over Dave Allen with the last flick of the game to take the prize as overall winner! We also had an amazing debut from new Golazzo youth signing, Arthur Kent, who managed to hold Bruce Henderson to a draw whilst Paul McFadyen won over Andy Kent in the North Edinburgh Derby.

We are hoping to hold more WASPA events in the future and continuing to attract new players to the game in Edinburgh. With the pub allowing under 18's until 9PM, we have gathered a lot of local interest and have also expanded to 3 tables to accommodate new players."

Report by Marco Bevilacqua.

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/SubbuteoEdinburgh

Season flick-off in Genova

The young "Rebels" and their certificate of WASPA number 1 junior club

The Italian club of Rebels Genova had a first regional WASPA tournament on Saturday with 12 players taking part. Senior and junior players were competing together, not only to celebrate the start of the new season but also to have a small party after the "little Rebels" won the trophy of best junior club in the WASPA tables of the season 2023-2024. Samuele Bignardi took the honors after beating Alessandro Gandin in the final. Congratulations to Luca Bignardi and his clubmates for the great job with the kids.

Final: Alessandro Gandin - Samuele Bignardi 0-2

Final 3-4: Luca Bignardi - Andrea Gandin 2-0

Final 5-6: Alberto Capoferri - Filippo Sottili 1-0

Final 7-8: Davide Balito - Riccardo Danovaro 1-0

Final 9-10: Filippo Careddu - Simone Pennati 1-2

Final 11-12: Matteo Danovaro - Fabio Balito 1-2