Dear Subbuteo friends,
first of all, happy new year to all of you. We hope that 2023 will bring you a lot of great things and that Subbuteo table football will remain a source of pleasure. Hope fully you will have many games and meet some new friends around the green tables!
WASPA results file (click for link)
WASPA rankings (click for link)
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| Players from different nationalities attended the Hannover tournament in Germany |
As for the December rankings, we are pleased to publish the usual records. We had a lot of tournaments played under WASPA banner in the last few weeks. We added the National Championship held in Johannesburg, South Africa, 30 regional tournaments, 8 tournaments played with the old rules, one promotional event (only for juniors) and one tournament played with special rules (in Greece). 40 players atteded their very fist WASPA event and we are happy to see a growing individual ranking with 1075 ranked players. 537 players have played in the WASPA circuit since the beginning of the season and we also have 94 juniors in the records (if some players are "forgotten", just send me their birthdate).
It's also really exciting to see the different clubs doing their best to do well in the "Top clubs" and "Development League" tables. It's not surprise to see England dominating the ranking of nations. England is really the power of the WASPA circuit and a source of inspiration for other nations. Since the beginning of the season, 66 WASPA events have been held in England, which is amazing. Italy (20), Australia (15) and Belgium (13) are the other most active nations in the circuit.
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| The latest Templeuve tournament had a good tournament of 17 players |
The WASPA circuit remains a very international affair. We had great tournaments in many different countries such as Singapore, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Greece. We also see growing interest for the tournaments played with old rules, which is appreciated.
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| Aaron Skinner (right) winning the Wolverhampton tournament on December 11 |
Support for Israel
We have received a request from Israel to develop the game in the country. Here is the message we received: "The Israel Subbuteo and Table soccer association’s management is making a concerted effort to increase our membership and the number of players that still love, practice, play and follow the game worldwide. We are looking for players who may have played the “beautiful game” in their youth and may have left their native countries to settle in Israel. We would appreciate any help from our international partners who may know of and can inform us of any players who would be willing to enhance our efforts in developing our local Israel Subbuteo/ Table soccer league. Any information would be highly appreciated."
Contact: Menashe Harman: menashe.harman@gmail.com or +972 52-254-5324 (phone or Whatsapp).
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| Christmas tournament organized by the Roligans club in Greece |
Help for the blog
You may have noticed it's really hard nowadays to publish reports of all tournaments on the WASPA blog. We are now looking for some help from one or two persons able to write some articles and publish them on the WASPA blog and also to share them on social networks. If you are interested, please send a message to vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com
National organizers
Some nations are doing an amazing job to develop WASPA tournaments and to recruit new players. Once again, I believe England must be a source of inspiration for other nations. We believe some other nations are trying to do great things but unfortunately the local projects are much too isolated. We are trying to find people ready to share their passion for the game and to be the link between the WASPA circuit and their national associations. We are looking in particular for national organizers in the following countries: France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Scotland, the US, Canada, Austria. Of course ideas to start something in a new country are also more than welcome as there are many nations with absolutely no Subbuteo activity nowadays. If you are interested, please send a message to vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com
More about WASPA
Don't hesitate to run tournaments under the WASPA banner. It's a great way to promote your club, to attract new players and to create local or regional development and we all agree this is what the game needs nowadays.
All your ideas to make the WASPA circuit more attractive are more than welcome. Don't hesitate to send your feedback. We also hope to see more and more clubs running events under the WASPA banner in the future.
We also take to opportunity to thank our partners:
- SubKits at https://www.facebook.com/subkits
- Flicks for Kicks at http://shop.flickforkicks.com/
- MAD ABOUT GAMES at http://subbuteo2012.co.uk
Well, that's all for now. Please remember you only need 3 players to register your tournament. Don't be scared to join. It's free and tournament requests can be sent by e-mail to vincent.cop@rsca.com
Keep an eye on the WASPA blog at http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com as there are updates almost every day.
Please invite your friends to join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/waspasubbuteo/
We also have a WASPA page here: https://www.facebook.com/WASPA-World-Amateur-Subbuteo-Players-Association-231789816834700/
Keep in mind WASPA is also looking for new partners. If you know any company ready to support us (we don’t ask for money but we want some win-win agreements so that we can promote each other), don't hesitate to contact me at vincent.cop@rsca.com or vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com
Thanks for reading and have a great day!
Vincent Coppenolle, WASPA organizer
