December 2023: results from England, Italy, Ireland and Belgium

December is another busy month so here is a quick summary of recent results collected from different tournaments held in England, Italy, Ireland and Belgium.

The latest CHASERS (Chadwell Heath & South Essex, Romford Subbuteo) Club tournament took place last week with 12 players competing in Swiss system and Martin Bellefontaine taking the honors. Final table:
1. Martin Bellefontaine
2. Kye Arnold
3. Mark West
4. Jason Kettley
5. Adam Jackson
6. Stephen Moreton
7. Jonathan Beales
8. Terry Arnold
9. Thomas Lacey
10. Billy Attwood
11. Samantha Levy
12. Jerry Whelband

Chasers page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/314595413269756

Mario Frittelli winner in Tralee

An enjoyable night of Subbuteo in Tralee. Once again Mario Frittellitook the honours but other players are closing the gap. It's also great to see Silvia giving the game another go. It’s not easy but she’s getting there.

1. Mario Frittelli (Italy)
2. William Magnier
3. David Elton
4. Jeff Murphy
5. Silvia Martin Simal (Spain)

Table football Munster: https://www.facebook.com/groups/382626976190248/

More good games in Leicester

The Leicester foxes club held a tournament (counting as promotional event) with 6 players cometing in league format. Woburn's Ian aggett was on top, winning his 5 games. The club will hold a FISTF Satellite on January 27 (inviduals) and 28 (teams).

1. Ian Aggett (ENG/wou)
2. Alex Ashcroft (ENG/lei)
3. Paul Taylor (ENG/lei)
4. John Cooper (ENG/wou)
5. Kevin Coleman (ENG/lei)
6. Liam Johnson (ENG/lei)

Leicester page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1388271968705973/

Jamieson and Christopher winners in Solent

The Solent club held 2 tournaments in the last few weeks. The November tournament was played in Swiss system and Malcolm Jamieson was on top of the table including 7 players.

1. Malcolm Jamieson
2. Corey Martin
3. Nigel Morgan
4. Kyle Jamieson
5. Tim Hill
6. Dave Hunter
7. Roger Duckworth

The December tournament was held last week. The Solent December Club WASPA ‘The Xmas Cup & Plate’ was originally set for 16 players but Steve Smith withdrew 3 days prior due to a bereavement so we were set for 15 plus one Bye, so we did the draw etc….

Unfortunately, on the night of the tournament, there was a serious road accident which prevented Paul Izard, Tony Martin and Dan Parsons from attending. However, they had started out on their journey’s but were forced to turn back.

Bailey Challinor and Dan Parsons made theis WASPA debut, which is great.

Jason Christopher won the main event while Connor Gregory defeated Kyle Jamieson in the Plate final.

Semi-finals:
Malcolm Jamieson - Dave Hunter 1-0
Jason Christopher - Paul Pearson 5-0

Final:
Malcolm Jamieson - Jason Christopher 2-3

Plate: Semi-finals:
Bailey Challinor - Kyle Jamieson 1-2
Connor Gregory - Nigel Morgan 2-1

Final:
Kyle Jamieson - Connor Gregory 2-2*

Solent on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2759539824274495/

Luca Bignardi winner in Genova

The Rebels Genova held their first "regional" tournament of the season. 14 players were divided into 2 categories. Luca Bignardi was on top of the "gold league" while Davide Balito won the Silver league. It was great this time to have young and older players competing together!

Gold League:
1. Luca Bignardi
2. Samuele Bignardi
3. Fabio Balito
4. Tommaso Sani
5. Lorenzo Fazio
6. Filippo Careddu
7. Giacomo Alessi

Silver league:
1. Davide Balito
2. Davide Ramazzotto
3. Simone Pennati
4. Andrea Bolioli
5. Teo Peretti
6. Filippo Sottili
7. Davide Uva

Genova Subbuteo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063518110653

Kaberry winner in Darlington

North Shields STF held a small WASPA event with 5 players in Darlington on Saturday. Chris Kaberry won the tournament. Thank you Nick Pearson for your excellent hospitality and a big thanks to Shaun Dunne for making the trip up from Accrington.

1. Chris Kaberry
2. Nick Pearson
3. Shaun Dunne
4. Tom Heslop
5. Jeff Parsons

North Shields STF on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/northshieldssubbuteotablefootball

Sunday league format in Gillingham

In Gillingham, 7 players attended the latest Kent Invicta tournament and Kye Arnod finished on top thanks to a better goal difference.

1. Kye Arnold
2. Terry Arnold
3. Dave Collier
4. Daniel McCormick
5. Martin Colwell
6. Thomas Lacey
7. Hadley Chapman

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

Patrick de Jong winner once again in Belgium

In Belgium, Patrick de Jong won the latest tournament held in Antwerp. This is the third time Patrick travels from the Netherlands to play in the premises of SC Flanders and this is his third victory. Congratulations!

1. Patrick de Jong (Valletta Lions)
2. David Wouters (SC Flanders)
3. Geert Leys (SC Flanders)
4. Marco de Bruin (SC Flanders)
5. Gary Moore (SC Flanders)
6. Jos Ceulemans (SC Flanders)
7. Robin Somers (SC Flanders)
8. Martijn de Jong (Dutch Legends)

SC Flanders: https://www.facebook.com/groups/479038732231303