December 2023: News from around the globe

Over the last few days we collected results from several countries. It's amazing to see WASPA tournaments played in many different places! Small and bigger events are always welcome int he WASPA circuit. As long as players have fun and keep on promoting the game, we are happy to have everyone involved!

In Australia, the Brisbane guys had their monthly tournament in their new venue. Six players competed in home and away fixtures and Gus Gillespi finished on top of the table. Well done! 

Final table:

1. Gus Gillespie - 25 points
2. Giuseppe Tardiota - 18
3. Gareth Whalley - 14
4. Kevin Halliday - 14
5. Gordon Orr - 6
6. Wayne Miller - 6

In England, the Morecambe Bay players were joined by Yorkshire's Shaun Dunne for the club's monthly event. Shaun took the honors after winning his 4 games. Finale table was as follows:

1. Shaun Dunne
2. Luca Lanzani
3. Stuart Andrews
4. Keith Carman
5. Rob Wilkinson

In Belgium the Magic Team Tournai club was glad to host another tournament just before Michaël Dupret and Stéphane Lambert took the plane to travel to Japan for the forthcoming FISTF tournament. 11 players competed in Swiss laddr. It was funny to have the top 3 players finishing the evening with 9 points; Matthias Averlant, who lost his first game of the night, was the final winner of the evening with Michaël Dupret being runner-up. Final table:

1. Matthias Averlant
2. Michaël Dupret
3. Stéphane Lambert
4. Jean-Pierre Genart
5. Vincent Coppenolle
6. Sébastien Rochez
7. Sébastien Sorge
8. Jocelyn Celton
9. David Sardi de Letto
10. Olivier Bodelle
11. Eric Caillaux

In Italy, a small "old rules" event took place in Terni with Marco Perotti taking the honors, Moreno Margheriti being runner-up and Leonardo Ascani third.

In South Africa, the latest "Easterns" tournament Johannesburg had a poor turnout of three players and Ian Clarke won the home and away fixtures to win the day. Craig Smith was runner-up, Gary Downs third.

In Scotland, it was fantastic to have the Glasgow TSA players meeting for their second tournament of the season. This time 8 players were taking part. Tom Burns won the final against Andrea Andreoni (3-0) while John Halpinand Chad Wright made it to the semi-finals.

Finally, there was a "Old Rules Mini WASPA" at the London Subbuteo Club (England) on Sunday 10 December 2023 in Fulham.

Results:
Gianluca Zucchelli 2 - 1 Paolo Matteo Agostinelli
Andrea Alessandro Agostinelli 1 - 2 Gianluca Zucchelli
Paolo Matteo Agostinelli 2 - 2 Andrea Alessandro Agostinelli.

Table:
Gianluca 4 points, 4 scored, 2 against, +2 GD
Paolo 1 point 3 scored, 4 against-1 GD
Andrea 1 point, 3 scored, 4 against 1 GD
Gianluca winner, Paolo and Andrea 2nd ex aequo.