The first Subbuteo tournament ever in Mongolia

The final

July 20, 2023 will remain in the history of table football as the very first Subbuteo tablefootball tournament in Mongolia took place in the city of Gobi. We are extremely proud that the event was played under WASPA banner. 8 players from Mongolia and Malta were taking part under the guidance of Clarence Psaila who proved to be a great ambassador of the game during his stay in the country.

Clarence, who is also known as a chess player, introduced the game to the players of a chess club in Gobi, chess being one of the most famous hobbies in the country. After several days introducing the game, a total of 12 players had the chance to play games. Finally 8 players attended the tournament. After the group stage, Clarence Plasila defeated local player Tumendembrel Ganbaatar (2-0) to claim the title.

More importantly, there is real interest for the game as local players enjoyed themselves while some curious spectators showed real interest.

Thanks to Clarence Psaila for making thing happen.

Thanks to Josef Camilleri for the material support.

Thanks to Orgil Gantumur for hosting! 

There are now plans to collect material so that the newly-born "Dayan Khan Biligt Subbuteo club" can have another table and possibly develop the activity.

Anyone interested to help this project can e-mail Clarence at clarence_247@yahoo.co.uk

July 2023 (part 1): results from the Netherlands and England

Here is the first part of results from this month. We have already collected results from 23 events so here is a summary of the first events of the month.

Ludovic Ponthieux wins tournament in Gouda

Action from the tournament in Gouda

Action from the tournament in Gouda

One of the most exciting events on the last few months took place in Gouda (the Netherlands) with a great field of 23 players including two foreign players. Belgium's Ludovic Ponthieux finally took the honors after beating Germany's Rudi Knuf in the final. Dutchmen Casey van Os and Fabrizio Cavazza made it to the semi-finals. More importantly it was a great day of table football with every player being given the chance to play many games and it was nice also to see some new names among the players. As written several times this season, it's good to see the Netherlands having a revival. That's promising for the future!

Link to "Subbuteo Nederland": https://www.facebook.com/Subbuteonederland

Elliot Bellefontaine winner in Bristol

The final stage of the English championshIp was organized by the Bristol club. it was an amazing tournament with 39 players from 14 different clubs taking place.  Elliot Bellefontaine won his third event and shares the first place of the final table with Chris Thomas. Elliot was undefeated but shared the first place of the day with Rudi Peterschinigg. Elliot was decided tournament winner on goal difference. Final table was as follows:

1. Elliot Bellefontaine (ENG/lot)
2. Rudi Peterschinigg(ITA/har)
3. Shaun Dunne (ENG/yor)
4. Alan Lee (ENG/wob)
5. Kevin Cordell (ENG/stw)
6. Chris Bedford(WAL/lot)
7. Mick Hammonds (ENG/wol)
8. Aaron Skinner (ENG/bri)
9. Sam Curtis (ENG/yor)
10. Marco Ghigliotti (ENG/har)
11. Simon Goodman (ENG/sur)
12. Neil Doherty (ENG/har)
13. David Lauder (WAL/car)
14. Robert Jones (ENG/bri)
15. Alan Hounsell (WAL/car)
16. Paul Andreas(CYP/har)
17. Graham Harwood (ENG/ped)
18. Richard Roper (ENG/ped)
19. Malcolm Jamieson (ENG/sol)
20. Justin Scott (ENG/wol)
21. John Lauder(WAL/car)
22. Stuart Briffett (ENG/bri)
23. Tony McCann (ENG/yor)
24. Mark Weaver (ENG/lei)
25. Gage Badger (ENG/wol)
26. Jason Christopher (ENG/sol)
27. Andrew Forster-Fake (ENG/che)
28. Steve Wonnacott (ENG/bri)
29. Alex Scott (ENG/wol)
30. Darren Barnes (WAL/car)
31. Rob Paterson (ENG/tsp)
32. Richard Badger (ENG/wol)
33. Adam Douglas (ENG/stw)
34. Ian Sharp (ENG/yor)
35. Craig Purnell (ENG/bri)
36. Simon Bodily (ENG/ped)
37. Paul Taylor (ENG/lei)
38. Jamie Samuel Warren (ENG/stw)
39. Phillip Bryant (ENG/bri)

Li,nk to the English Subbuteo Association: https://www.facebook.com/EnglishSubbuteoAssociation

Haverhill: Kevin Cordell on fire

Stanway's Kevin Cordell won the latest Haverhill tournament after taking 13 points in five games while Martin Hodds was runner-up. Final table:

1. Kevin Cordell (ENG/stw)
2. Martin Hodds (ENG/yor)
3. Marco Barqueiro (ENG/hav)
4. Sam Curtis (ENG/yor)
5. Joe Harrington (ENG/hav)
6. Mike Williams (ENG/hav)
7. Gerry Harrington (IRL/hav)
8. Jamie Samuel Warren (ENG/stw)
9. Paul Matthews (ENG/roh)

Haverhiil Rovers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/378921166394976

London TFC: Home win for Elliot Bellefontaine

London TFC players had a tournament with home and away fixtures. No surprise in the results as Elliot Bellefontaine won all his games to claim the trophy.

1. Elliot Bellefontaine
2. Brian Butterworth
3. Martin Bellefontaine
4. Francesca Bellefontaine
5. Peri Butterworth

Durham City is back

We are pleased to see the Durham City club holding a first tournament this season. Host Graeme Gibson couldn't stop Nick Pearson (tournament winner) and Tom Heslop (runner-up) but all players had a great day, which is the most important thing after all.

A great turnout of 24 in Leicester

Sam Curtis (right) winner of the tournament

If England is definately the most active nation in the WASPA circuit, it's amazing to see the great development of some local club. The Leicester Foxes had a great event with 24 players from 9 ddifferent clubs taking part. After the group stage, the top 16 players made it to the knock-out games for the main competition. Sam Curtis (Yorkshire) defeated Simon Bodily (Pedmore) in the final while Jeremy Bradley (TSPA White Star) and Graham Harwood (Pedmore) reached the semis. Stuart Briffett (Bristol) defeated Mark Weaver (Leicester) to claim the consolation tournament.

Leicester Foxes on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1256322291872352

Kye Arnold wins in Gillingham

Kent Invicta TFC is back in their new venue and the club held a tournament on July 10. Kye Arnold beat Dave Collier in the final while Terry Arnold and Malcolm Jamieson made it to the final 4. 12 players were taking part.

Kent Invicta TFC on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KentInvictaTFC

Chasers: Adam Jackson wins monthly tournament

Final table (league format):

1. Adam Jackson
2. Gary Gladwell
3. Mark West
4. Mark Francis
5. Samantha Levy

Chasers on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/314595413269756

Solent: Paul Izard on top

Paul Izard won this month's Solent tournament after defeating Malcolm Jamieson in the final. Chris Burford and Jason Christopher made it to the final.

Rochford and Southend Casual Subbuteo Club: Mark West wins first tournament

Mark West won this month's RAS tournament after defeating Adam Jackson in the final. 8 players were taking part and this time they were divided into two groups of 4 with finals for places 1 to 8.

WASPA standings at the end of June 2023

Dear Subbuteo friends, here are the monthly updates of the WASPA circuit.

Excel file (rankings)

PDF file

A few pictures of the June WASPA events

Action in Derry, Northern ireland

Old rules tournament in London

Players in Johannesburg, South Africa

New venue for Kent Invicta TFC in Gillingham, England

Players in Templeuve, Belgium

Old rules tournament in Roma, Italy

Action in Chesterfield, England

London Road tournament in Drury, Wales

WASPa action in Thessaloniki, Greece

WASPA tournament in Brisbane, Australia

Trophies in Pedmore, England

Young players in Genova, Italy

We added 39 tournaments in the records, which were divided as follows: 32 "regional", 5 "old rules" and 2 "promotional events".

The club of OSC Libertas Roma held a WASPA tournament for the first time. We wish them a huge welcome!

Tournaments were held in many different nations: England, Italy, Northern Ireland, Wales, the Netherlands, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, Greece, Belgium and Spain. That's fantastic!

There is a trend showing that events are becoming bigger. We saw several tournaments with an amazing turnout, which is great.

No need to say more. We hope players still enjoy the circuit and its atmosphere. We keep the game alive and that's a real achivement!

If you see missing results, don't hesitate to contact us. This will be corrected next month!

Thanks to all national associations, clubs, organizers and players who support the circuit!

How to send results?

This is a question I often receive and the easiest way to send results is to keep individual scores of all games (group stages, knock-out games) + a list of players taking part (first name, name, club, country, birthdate also if there are new juniors). Once we have that, it's usually easier to keep records.

Once again, I insist on the fact clubs should not 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 vincentcoppenolle@gmail.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 vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

Thanks for reading and have a great day!

Vincent Coppenolle, WASPA organizer

June 2023: final results from Spain, Northern Ireland, Belgium and England

Here is a quick review of the latest WASPA results collected in June with events held in Spain, Northern Ireland, Belgium and England.

Vicenç Prats wins 5th stage of the Catalan circuit

The final

In the last week-end of June the last stage of the "Circuit Català de Futbol de Taula" took place with 26 players from various clubs taking part. It was also the come-back of table football in Breda and many of the country's top players were taking part. it was an honor also to see Subbuteo legend Arturo Martinez attending his very first WASPA tournament. The former world champion Vicenç Prats defeated Ferran Coll in the final. Coll is also rthe leader of the circuit after 5 tournaments. There will be big finals on July 30 in the city of Montornès del Vallès. Good luck to all involved players and thanks to the organizers for the amazing work!

Circuit Català de Futbol de Taula: https://www.facebook.com/circuitcatalaft

Jason Christopher winner in Derry

Winner Jason Christopher (left)

Runner-up Justin Scott

Earlier in June the Derry Open was an amazing success with players travelling from many countries to play the FISTF Open. The consolation event was held under WASPA banner with 23 players taking aprt and many great games. Jason Christopher (Solent) defeated Justin Scott (Wolverhampton) in the final to claim the trophy. Semi-finalists were Dan Nicholls (Yorkshire) and Martin Bellefontaine (London TFC). Hue thanks to the organizers for showing FISTF and WASPA circuits can work together. Way to go as it makes players happy to have more important games during the week-end.

Derry City TFC: https://www.facebook.com/DerryCityTableFootball

Belgium: Matthias Averlant winner in Stembert

The Stembert club held a WASPA tournament for young players. The average age of entrants was close to 20 and six players travelled from different cities to play in "La Cave", the world-famous home of ST Stembert. Afther the group format, Lucas Père and Matthias averlant played the final. Averlant took the honors to claim his 7th WASPA regional title. Thanks to Mélina Scheen for organising a great day of table football.

Last Wednesday's Old Rules WASPA in Leicester

With a smaller than usual field of 6 local players took the opportunity to play a league format. "For added giggles crouching goalies were the order of the day and big balls were also used. We quickly exhausted all the big ball jokes and cliches ('til next time!) and soon got down to that special love and frustration we have for old school bases. Many a protracted scream that only an errant heavyweight can induce was heard throughout the night. Graham Harwood probably wins the frustrated rant award for screaming at Paul Taylor to "stop blocking my players!". An evening of great fun was had by all. For what it's worth Graham finished top of the evening's league with Paul as runner up", report Graham Harwood.

Final table:

1. Graham Harwood 11pts (+4)
2. Paul Taylor 7pts (+1)
3. Mark Weaver 7pts (0)
4. Kev Colman 5pts (-1)
5. Scott Hunt 5pts (-1)
6. Sean Wenlock. 3pts (-3)

Leicester Foxes: https://www.facebook.com/groups/571403958031872