Good turnout for the latest events in Western Hainaut

Players on October 27

Top 3 players in October 

Two tournaments recently took place in the West of Belgium. The October tournament of the Templeuve United club was played on October 27 and had a great turnout of 12 players competing in Swiss System. After 4 sessions, Geoffrey Marain was the undisputed winner. More importantly, it was good to have Franck Santer taking part for the first tournament in four years and taking the 4th place while new player Thibaut Marville, who lives in Lille, was glad to gain experience.

On November 1 in the afternoon, 13 players attended the tournament organized to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "Magic Team Tournai". The club was created in 1998 just after the football world cup held in France and had glory days in the early 2000's when some of the club's young players (Logan Carette, Steven Delfosse,...) won several medals in different FISTF world cups. The club has currently no premises anymore but Michaël Dupret remains a very active player, playing when his works allows it and travelling abroad from times to times to play international event. Michaël has played in North America and Japan and even won an international Open in Yokohama held under FISTF banner. He also organizes regular regional events under WASPA banner with the hope to recruit players again in the future. To celebrate the anniversary, Michaël was offered a new club jersey by the Templeuve friends.

Players on November 1

As for the tournament, it was Steffen Despretz (AS Hennuyer) finishing on top after 5 sessions of Swiss system. The event had 13 players and saw some old faces coming back to play as Jean-Luc Platiaux and André Flémal. Geoffrey Marain was runner-up and vincent Coppenolle finished third but both players were also undefeated.

Hopefully the next Templeuve tournament will take place on November 17.

October 27 final table (Swiss system - 4 sessions):

1. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)
2. Michaël Dupret (Tournai)
3. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
4. Franck Santer (Templeuve)
5. Benjamin Marain (AS Hennuyer)
6. Didier Moons (Templeuve)
7. Sébastien Sorge (Templeuve)
8. Jocelyn Celton (Templeuve)
9. Olivier Bodelle (Templeuve)
10. David Sardi de Letto (Templeuve)
11. Eric Caillaux (Templeuve)
12. Thibaut Marville (Templeuve)

Top3 players on November 1

Michaël Dupret in his new jersey

November 1 final table (Swiss system - 5 sessions):

1. Steffen Despretz (AS Hennuyer)
2. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)
3. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
4. Michaël Dupret (Tournai)
5. Benjamin Marain (AS Hennuyer)
6. Stéphane Lambert (Kent Invicta)
7. Matthias Averlant (AS Hennuyer)
8. André Flémal (BX Subbuteo club)
9. Didier Moons (Templeuve)
10. Jean-Luc Platiaux (Templeuve)
11. Sébastien Sorge (Templeuve)
12. Olivier Bodelle (Templeuve)
13. Thibaut Marville (Templeuve)