Latest results from around the world - February and March 2025

We have collected a lot of results from round the world and its really hard to publish stories for every tournament so here is a summary of recent events.

Perth (Australia), February 15 2025

Final table (all Perth and Australia Unless noted)

1. Tan Yew Loy (Singapore)
2. Ross McNulty
3. Brian Pearson
4. Alan Kimber
5. Hugh Best (Sports TFC of Western Australia)
6. Noel Mani
7. Ron Byrne

Johannesburg (South Africa), February 22 2025

1. Ian Clarke (Easterns TFC)
2. Gary Downs (Easterns TFC)
3. Jason Kennedy (ETS Subbuteo Club)
4. Fernando Rodrigues (ETS Subbuteo Club)
5. Johan Niewenhuis (Johannesburg TFC)
6. Shaun Majendie (ETS Subbuteo Club)
7. Jarryd Westerdale (ETS Subbuteo Club)

Tralee and Munster (Ireland), February 24 2025

Final table (all Tralee and Ireland Unless noted)

1. David Elton
2. Cian Hogan
3. Barry Higgins (Cork)
4. James Murphy
5. Sean O'Connell
6. Silvia Martin Simal (Spain)

Gouda (the Netherlands), February 26 2025

The "Dutch Legends" had a fantastic night of Subbuteo table football with 12 players taking part, including three players of MVV Rijnmond. it was a perfect rehearsal for those who were travelling to Frameries for the FISTF Major a few hours later. Casey van Os won a all-Rijnmond final against Jerrel van Keimpema.

Final: Jerrel van Keimpema - Casey van Os 0-1

Final 3-4: Rinaldo van Dijk - Patrick de Jong 1-0

Ghent (Belgium), February 28 2025

Before the FISTF Major in Frameries, a tournament was held in Ghent for the "Irish Premier League" players. It was a good way to practice and Gary Moore was the perfect host of the day, giving good games to all his teamates. Congratulations to Kenny Beggs for finishing on top of the league.

1. Kenny Beggs
2. Gary Moore
3. Andy Fitzpatrick
4. John Moore
5. Adrian Pigott

Nassogne (Belgium), February 27 2025

Here again, players needed a few good games before travelling to Frameries. Luc Grosdent finished on top of the Swiss system table.

1. Luc Grosdent
2. Maxim Grosdent
3. Noah Dirick
4. Vincent Dirick
5. Jean Grosdent
6. Sophia Grosdent
7. Lulani Verhoeven

Glasgow (Scotland)

During the FISTF tournament in Glasgow, organizers held two consolation tournaments under WASPA banner. It was excellent to see many exciting games in this WASPA event with a total of 20 players taking part.

Semi-finals of the tournament for 3rd player of each group: Malcolm Lees - Joe Harrington 2*-2 ; Gareth Christie - Josef Camilleri 1-0

Final: Malcolm Lees - Gareth Christie 2*-2

Semi-finals of the tournament for 4th player of each group: Alex Scott - Lawrence Watson 1-1* ; Ian Sharp - Gage Badger 0-1

Final: Lawrence Watson - Gage Badger 0-3

Drury (Wales), February 23 2025

League format final table:

1. Ruby Matthews
2. Cayne Matthews
3. Brendan Ashley
4. Mark Tilling
5. Harry Tilling

Drury (Wales), March 9 2025

League format final table:

1. Brian Daley
2. Ruby Matthews
3. Chris Bedford (Yorkshire Phoenix and Dewsbury Moor TFC)
4. Cayne Matthews
5. Brendan Ashley
6. Dan Nicholls (Morecambe Bay SC)

Néchin (Belgium), March 7 2025

Magic Team Tournai held their first WASPA tournament of the year and, once again, Geoffrey Marain finished on top to claim his 146th WASPA title after the 4 sessions of Swiss system.

1. Geoffrey Marain (Hennuyer)
2. Sébastien Rochez (Stembert)
3. Benjamin Marain (Hennuyer)
4. Matthias Averlant (Hennuyer)
5. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
6. Jordan Bonte (Wattrelos)
7. Michaël Dupret (Tournai)
8. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Wattrelos)
9. Thibaut Marville (FRA/Wattrelos)

Melbourne (TFC) (Australia), March 8 2025

Another Fun Afternoon of Table Football attending the Melbourne Table Football Club March WASPA event. Great company and some good competitive games after what appeared to be an eternity since last month's AGP. Congratulations to Nathan on taking out the event and to the BIG Man Kevin Grant on returning the boards after they received the 5-Star TLC treatment whilst back in Redesdale. There will be some upcoming news being released real soon regarding the next Northern Phoenix TFC WASPA.
Look forward to seeing you all at the next one.
(Report from the Northern Phoenix Facebook page)

1. Nathan Urbaniak (Melbourne TFC)
2. Christos Garagounis (Northern Phoenix TFC)
3. Beth Eveleigh (Northern Phoenix TFC)
4. Paul Mercer (Northern Phoenix TFC)
5. Kevin Grant (Central Victoria TFC)

Genova (Italy), March 9 2025

Another amazing event in Genova involved 14 players divided in 2 groups of 7. 3 players made their WASPA debut. Thanks to Luce Bignardi for a great tournament!

Final: Samuele Bignardi - Alberto Capoferri 1-0

Final 3-4: Tommaso Sani - Marco Bertolotti 1-2

Final 5-6: Luca Bignardi - Alessandro Gandin 1-2

Final 7-8: Filippo Careddu - Davide Balito 1-0

Final 9-10: Filippo Sottili - Maurizio Cussotto 1-0

Final 11-12: Fabio Balito - Simone Pennati 0-1

Final 13-14: Andrea Gandin - Filippo Di Rosa 2-0

Cape Town (South Africa), March 9 2025

Group stage:
1. Neil Hampton
2. Simmy Peertuin
3. Grant Lewis
4. Mike Ryder

Final: Neil Hampton - Simmy Peertuin 1-0

Final 3-4: Grant Lewis - Mike Ryder 2-0

Sydney (WS) (Australia), March 4 2025

A string of entries and then withdrawals left the numbers low for our March WASPA tournament and, sadly, our Western Sydney Subbuteo representatives outnumbered by those from the Northern Falcons. On the plus side, all the games could be played in the comfort of inside the clubhouse. With 5 players geared up to play, a full league format was used, with 20 minute games allowing everyone to play everyone else.

The opening round set the tone for the evening. Adrian E huffed and puffed but was, ultimately, rubbish, and Steve took advantage with a 1-0 win. Meanwhile Franck eased to a 2-0 victory over Adrian G. The two Adrians maintained this form for the rest of the evening, with neither managing to trouble the scoreboard at any stage during the evening! Adrian G did manage to keep a tight defense against Steve in the final game of the evening, picking up a second 0-0 draw (following the one against Adrian E) leaving him slightly ahead of Adrian E, but both rooted to the foot of the table.

Franck was on a roll and further commanding victories against Adrian E and Steve left him in a strong position at the top of the table heading into the final round. Steve had a mixed bag of results with a win, a loss and two draws, though one of those draws, against Eliot, had significant implications for the final match. Eliot sat out the first round with the bye but was, predictably, too good on the night for each of the Adrians, before hitting a snag with that 0-0 against Steve.

Which meant, heading into the final match against each other, Franck was heading the table with 9 points while Eliot was in second with 7. The two players lived up to the grand final nature of the fixture. Both players kept things tight in defense, with just the odd half chance each way opening up, but with no big misses for either player to regret. With Franck just needing the draw to take the title, his confidence grew as the minutes ticked down. Then, with just two minutes left on the clock, Eliot made the most outrageous curling flick, threading the needle between two expertly positioned defenders, in order to set himself up for a shot, which he converted with aplomb. Franck couldn't believe what he'd seen and Eliot, not known for outbursts of emotion in his mature years, yelled a loud 'yes!!' as the back of the net rippled. Franck needed to push for the equaliser with under two minutes left and this left him open to a second, counter-attacking goal, the final scoreline a cruel one for the player who had been two minutes away from claiming the title.

Eliot must now have a serious claim as the world's greatest exponent of the curled flick using flat bases, tonight used to directly win the tournament. A small but enjoyable tournament for the month, a good warm up for those present for our FISTF Satellite tournament being held in April. (Original report here: https://sites.google.com/view/westernsydneysubbuteo/tournaments)

1. Eliot Kennedy (Northern Falcons TFC)
2. Francis Cozzarin (Western Sydney Subbuteo)
3. Steve Dettre (Northern Falcons TFC)
4. Adrian Grunbach (Northern Falcons TFC)
5. Adrian Elmer (Western Sydney Subbuteo)

Dublin (Ireland), March 11 2025

1. Andy Fitzpatrick
2. Daniel Kaliszewski
3. Louis Herbert
4. John Kinsella
5. Eliott Fitzpatrick

WASPA standings of February 2025

Dear friends, you will find here the updated WASPA standings at the end of February. We have added 28 tournaments in the records, and we are very happy to see the circuit going really well in several countries.

Excel file: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSkW-ydC78N8OSMY5l7-5RkdqHwQBvU95TZUYCRaB1CAVszukSizSyBI0BxfJkZGg/pubhtml

PDF file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MZRAA3TXZVwtoEYQMR4jGAwNkhpYH6ir/view?usp=sharing

A great turnout of 29 in Montornès, Spain

We have had events in Spain, England, Australia, Cyprus, Belgium, Ireland, South Africa and the Netherlands. There is no need to give too many details about results, but we are pleased to see some highlights of the month.

Rob O'Hare (left) wins in Andover

In Australia, our friends in Melbourne did an amazing job of promotion; The FISTF Grand Prix was a huge success and several WASPA events have been held during the long week-end. The Thursday tournament included visitors from several clubs and from New Zealand. On Saturday, the consolation tournament of the FISTF event was played under WASPA banner and on Sunday, there was another event for those who couldn’t play the team event. This is another sign of great collaboration between FISTF and WASPA.

Players in Nassogne (Belgium) for the latest Wamme SC tournament

In England, the efforts of the English Subbuteo Association deserve also respect. The national circuit has amazing numbers. The tournament in Andover attracted 38 players while the old rules circuit had a great turnout of 20 players for the Rainham tournament.

M. Kalopsidiotis & G. Zangylos in Cyprus

Besides the big events, regular midweek events have been organized by different clubs (London, Solent, Stourbridge, Worthing, Dudley-Kingswinford, Leicester, Morecambe Bay, Dagenham, Chesterfield, Haverhill, Milton Keynes, Yorkshire), which proves the game is going well and all kind of players can find tournaments in their respective areas.

Latest Northern Phoenix tournament in Australia

In Spain, the Catalan Circuit managed to attract 29 players for the stage held in Montornès. It’s exciting to see old and young players competing in the right spirit. The Irish circuit had also a first tournament in Donegal with 10 nice people taking part.

The results of the Glasgow Open consolation events will be added in the March rankings.

We still believe there should be more focus on the youth. Unfortunately, only 8 players are listed in the WASPA junior ranking of clubs and this is something we must absolutely improve and the young players are the future of the game.

Once again, thanks to all organizers who put energy into holding tournaments. The support of volunteers is the key to our success.

Colin Fletch and Jeff Parsons in Chesterfield, England

Don’t hesitate to announce your WASPA events and to send your results to vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

If you see missing results, don’t hesitate to contact us!

Have a great week-end,

Vincent Coppenolle

February 2025: news from Ireland, Australia and Belgium

We are always pleased to see excellent Subbuteo events played under WASPA banner so thanks to the clubs of Donegal, Northern Phoenix and Templeuve for their latest tournaments.

Ireland: Irish circuit in Donegal

The first round of the Irish Circuit 2025 took place last week-end in Donegal. Thanks to Brendan Rodgers and his crew for organising the tournament. 10 players from all over Ireland took part and Derry's Martinog bradley took the honors after defeating clubmate Barry Spence in the final.

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/tablesoccertalk

Group A

1. Martinog Bradley (NIR/Derry)
2. Frankie Connolly (IRL/Donegal)
3. Andy Fitzpatrick (IRL/Irish Premier League)
4. Cian Hogan (IRL/Tralee)
5. Louis Herbert (NIR/Cherrytree)

Group B

1. Barry Spence (NIR/Derry)
2. Brendan Rodgers (IRL/Donegal)
3. Stephen McAllister (NIR/Derry)
4. Oisin Mór (NIR/Derry)
5. Donal Convery (NIR/Belfsat)

Semi-finals: Frankie Connolly - Barry Spence 0-0* ; Martinog Bradley - Brendan Rodgers 2-0
Final: Barry Spence - Martinog Bradley 1-0
Plate final: Cian Hogan - Oisin Mór 1-2sd

Australia: Northern Phoenix WASPA – Thursday 06th February 2025

A relaxing and chilled Northern Phoenix WASPA was the perfect lead in event for the weekend’s AGP a couple of days later.

The occasion was marked by the participation of a number of interstate and overseas players wanting to secure a last minute hit-out prior to the Big Dance.

Conrad Mudge, Mike Phillips and Yago Dee made special appearances, the Tasmanian making his entrance fashionably late after a delayed flight meant he arrived in the Victorian capital six hours late.

Benji Batten had a great outing winning all his four matches to take out the evening’s honours. Beth Robin however pushed him all the way in their third round encounter, Mr MTFC scoring a buzzer beater in the final seconds to get over the line and keep his impressive record in check.

Having been absent from the game for a couple of decades, Mike Phillips strung together a number of impressive performances and showed great close control and tactical awareness. Conrad Mudge made the most of his trip across ‘The Ditch’ playing an exhausting six matches and Nathan Urbaniak keeps on going from strength to strength finishing up as runner-up.

Another enjoyable evening and needless to say.......

Subbuteo was the Real Winner!

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/780610992079187

Final table (Swiss system)

1. Benji Batten (Melbourne TFC)
2. Nathan Urbaniak (Melbourne TFC)
3. Beth Eveleigh (Northern Phoenix TFC)
4. Christos Garagounis (Northern Phoenix TFC)
5. Conrad Mudge (NZL/Northern Line Flickers)
6. Mick Phillips (Adelaide TFC)
7. Yago Dzelalija (Hobart TFC)
8. George Theocharis (Northern Phoenix TFC)

Belgium: New premises for Templeuve United

The first WASPA tournament of the Templeuve United club in their new premises in Néchin (a small village in the town of Estaimpuis, known for being for former place of citizenship of famous French actor Gérard Depardieu) took place last Friday with 10 players taking part, which included newcomes Nicolas Malfait. Congratulations to Geoffrey Marain who won his four games to claim the title of the day.

Final table (Swiss system)

1. Geoffrey Marain (Hennuyer)
2. Sébastien Rochez (Stembert)
3. Benjamin Marain (Hennuyer)
4. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
5. Raphael Dhondt (Templeuve)
6. Sébastien Sorge (FRA/Wattrelos)
7. Franck Santer (FRA/Templeuve)
8. Ursule Dhondt (Templeuve)
9. Eric Caillaux (FRA/Templeuve)
10. Nicolas Malfait (FRA/Wattrelos)

Facebook links: https://www.facebook.com/TempleuveUnited & https://www.facebook.com/groups/25637672693

Georgios Zangylos wins national circuit tournament

Runner-up Kalopsidiotis and winner Zangylos

The 6th stage of the national circuit in Cyprus took place last Sunday in the remises of Famagusta TFC. The tournament had 8 players competing in 2 sections of 4 players. Georgios Zangylos (famausta) took the honors in the "Serie A" after winning two of his three group games while Markos Kalopsidiotis was runner-up. In the Serie B, Christos Panaretos (Phoenix) was the undisputed winner and claimed the honors while Christos Andreou was runner-up. To be noted two new players were taking part in the tournament. Welcome to eleni Kapsali and Victoras Koumas!

WASPA results of tournaments played in England in January 2025

Dear Subbuteo friends, you are aware there are a lot of WASPA tournaments run in England and it's really complicated to publish a story for every tournament. Most of the time we only get results from organizers buyt no picture or report. We are pleased anyway to publish a summary of the resutls collected in January. Some clubs do an amzing job running WASPA nights and the English Subbuteo Association is doing a fantatsic job organising national circuit events under WASPA banner. We really appreciate that. Thanks to all organizers and congratulations to all the winners! If anyone is ready to write monthly article about events held in England, it would be nice contacting me at vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

We could therefore put the lights on events played in England!

Dagenham, January 7 2025

1. Martin Bellefontaine (WAL/London TFC)
2. Adam Jackson (Chasers)
3. Mark West (Chasers)
4. Samantha Levy (Chasers)
5. Daniel Vensyk (London TFC)
6. Mark Francis (Chasers)
7. John Kiely (Chasers)
8. Francesca Bellefontaine (London TFC)
9. Gary Gladwell (Chasers)
10. Michele Claydon (Chasers)

Leicester, January 8 2025

1. Richard Roper (Pedmore)
2. Mark Weaver (Leicester)
3. Nigel Edwards (Leicester)
4. Henry Baker (Leicester)
5. Jay Williams (Leicester)
6. Sean Wenlock (NIR/Leicester)
7. Kevin Coleman (Leicester)
8. Scott Hunt (Leicester)
9. Alex Ashcroft (Leicester)
10. Paul Taylor (Leicester)
11. Stephen Hack (Leicester)

Haverhill, January 8 2025

1. Joe Harrington (Haverhill)
2. Peter Holmes (Haverhill)
3. Mike Williams (Haverhill)
4. Rob Fitch (Stanway)
5. Euan Grieg (Haverhill)
6. Callum Course (Haverhill)

North Shields, January 10 2025

1. Ben Staples (Yorkshire)
2. Tom Heslop (North Shields)
3. Rob Heseltine (North Shields)
4. Nigel Lamond (North Shields)

Dudley-Kingswinford, January 16 2025

1. Derek Air (SCO/Dudley-Kingswinford)
2. Jordan Clee (Dudley-Kingswinford)
3. Campbell Air (SCO/Dudley-Kingswinford)
4. Andy Lane (Dudley-Kingswinford)

Leicester, January 18 2025 (English Championship tournament)

Rudi Peters (right)

Quarter-finals: Rudi Peters - Sam Curtis 2-1sd  ; Kevin Cordell - Aaron Skinner 2*-2 ; Paul Sutton - Richard Badger 2-1sd ; Mick Hammonds - Justin Scott 0-0*

Semi-finals: Rudi Peters - Kevin Cordell 1- 0 ; Paul Sutton - Justin Scott 3- 2

Final: Rudi Peters - Paul Sutton 2-1sd

Joe Harrington

Plate Semi-finals: Steve Wonnacott - Joe Harrington 2- 3 ; Ian Sharp - Nick Pearson 0*-0

Final: Joe Harrington - Ian Sharp 1- 0

Stourbridge, January 23 2025

1. Richard Roper (Pedmore)
2. Derek Air (SCO/Dudley-Kingswinford)
3. Andy Pountney (Pedmore)
4. Carl Taylor (Stourbridge)
5. Arthur Collins (Stourbridge)
6. Matthew Reynolds (Stourbridge)
7. Campbell Air (SCO/Dudley-Kingswinford)
8. Jordan Clee (Dudley-Kingswinford)
9. Andy Lane (Dudley-Kingswinford)
10. Sam Taylor (Pedmore)
11. Neil Walker (Stourbridge)

Braintree, January 27 2025

1. Martin Hodds (Yorkshire)
2. Joe Harrington (Haverhill)
3. David McCartney (White Notley)
4. Peter Holmes (Haverhill)
5. Gerry Harrington (IRL/Haverhill)
6. Nico Brannigan (White Notley)
7. Ciaran Brannigan (White Notley)

Andover, January 27 2025

Semi-finals: Jason Christopher - David Samuel 2-1 ; Malcolm Jamieson - Chris Burford 2-1

Final: Malcolm Jamieson - Jason Christopher 1-1*

Plate Semi-finals: Mark Weaver - Dave Cope 1-0 ; Stuart Briffett - Connor Gregory 1-1*

Final: Connor Gregory - Mark Weaver 1*-1

Old rules

London, January 7 2025

Tony Banks

1. Tony Banks (London SC)
2. Gianluca Zucchelli (London SC)
3. Lindsay Reid (London SC)
4. Troy Cowdrey (London SC)
5. Luke James Hearn (London SC)

Vicenç Prats prevails in Montornès

Last Sunday, February 2, 29 players met in the 3rd Catalan Circuit tournament of the season in Montornès del Vallès. The competition brought together a total of 29 participants from all over Catalonia and Mallorca. This equals the record for attendance at a Circuit tournament.

The tournament ended with the victory of Vicenç Prats (Sarrià – Barcelona), who defeated Fabio Mastroianni (Mallorca) in a contested final that ended with the result 2-1. In fact, this was Prats' first participation in the Circuit this season, which explains his current position in the general classification. However, his victory has allowed him to regain first position in the individual ranking .

The young Mataró player Julià Rosa was the winner of the consolation tournament, beating his Iluro teammate, Cesc Vidal. In this way, he continues with the great progression in his sporting career, consolidating himself as one of the young promises of the Circuit.

Fabio Mastrioanni, Vincenç Prats and Julia Rosa

With this tournament, the Catalan Circuit reaches the midpoint of the season. Therefore, the next event, which will take place on March 30 in Girona, will be decisive for the players who aspire to qualify for the end-of-season playoffs. Thus, the participants will continue to accumulate points to secure a position among the top sixteen in the general classification.

Below, you can see the link to the results.

WASPA rankings of January 2025

The WASPA rankings of January are now available.

Excel file (rankings)

PDF file (results)

We have added 32 regional tournaments and 2 tournaments with the old rules in the records.

We are happy to see Germany, the USA and Japan hold their first tournaments, which means we have had tournaments in 20 different countries since the start of the season in September.

There were all types of events, sometimes very small with 3 players taking part, sometimes very big like the Leicester tournament, part of the English circuit, with 48 players. England had many tournaments in many different clubs but there is also a fantastic domestic circuit in Australia with tournaments held in many different cities.

Sometimes tournaments have the chance to attract players from different nations. It was great to see the Karlsruhe tournament attracted players from France, Switzerland and Italy.

Keep in mind all organizers are welcome in the WASPA circuit and that it's totally free to be included in the records.

For any question regarding the WASPA circuit, don't hesitate to send a message to vincentcoppenolle@gmail.com

Please use the same address for sending results.

I will stay at your disposal if you need details ;-)

Have a great week and keep on flicking!

Vincent Coppenolle

Some pictures of January events

Adelaide players back in action

Action in Tokyo, Japan

Sankt Pauli players in Hamburg, Germany

Action in Melbourne, Australia

Players in Limassol, Cyprus

Tournament in Ocean city, Maryland, USA

Players in Johannesburg, South Africa

Old rules tournament in Grottaferratta, Italy

International field in Karlsruhe, Germany

Group picture in Derry, Northern Ireland

January 2025: more results from Northern Ireland, Germany, Japan and Australia

More WASPA results from around the world. For the final note of January results, we received news from Northern Ireland, Germany, Japan and Australia. it's always exciting to see returning players and some new faces. It's also extremely important to remember that small events are also part of the development process in many different nations.

Thanks to contributors Martinog Bradley, Simon Stewart, Andrew Martini and Steve Dettre.

Derry, Northern Ireland

Derry City TFC recently held the ’Paul Boyle New Year Cup’ with 7 players divided in two groups. In the semi-finals, Martinog bradley defeated Ian Greer (3-0) while Barry Spence took the best on Lawrence Watson (4-1). Martinog won the final against Barry (1-0) while Dee Jenkins won the Plate final.

Hamburg, Germany

The Sankt Pauli players held their first WASPA for several years at their new venue on January 30. It was the club's first tournament for several years. The new venue, situated under the iconic South Curve at the Millerntor Stadion hosts many sports activities officially affiliated with the football club. On the night Marius took the honours but special mention to father and son Julian and Levy making their debuts who both recorded wins.

Tokyo, Japan

This week-end the Tokyo Sunzeol players held a small challenge cup under WASPA banner. Suguru Sugino, Tomoyoshi Ikeya and New Zealand's Andrew Martini were taking part. Andrew won the tournament on goal-difference while Suguru was runner-up.

The group is hoping to attract more players next time.

Another tournament will be held in March (see attached poster) and all ideas to promote the game in Japan and WASPA tournaments are always welcome!

Adelaide, Australia

We are extremely happy to see the first WASPA tournament taking place for years in Adelaide, Australia. It's a great example of how ATFA has been encouraging players in Adelaide, and now one is making the pilgrimmage to the FISTF AGP25, while they staged their first WASPA in 10 years!

Final table:
1. Stephen Wilson (12 points)
2. Mick Phillips (4 points)
3. Richard Gwynne (1 points)

Daniele Lombardi wins Hipfingerz tournament in Sydney

Congratulations to Daniele Lombardi for taking the Tuesday night Hipfingerz WASPA session, unbeaten but had some tough matches. Adrian Grunbach took second place on goal difference from Franck Cozzarin.

Great to see all four Sydney clubs represented.

It came down to the last round of the Swiss to determine second place, where virtually anyone could have snapped it up. But Adrian G's win took him home.

News from around the world - January 2025

The last few days have been full of subbuteo tournaments in many different countries. We will come back later with all the results from England but here is a summary of the other recent tournaments added in the WASPA records.

Karlsruhe, Germany

Last Saturday, 11 players from different nations met in Karlsruhe, germany, for a wonderful day of Subbuteo. "There were some old faces but there were also some new players. That is the most important thing and the main goal to show the game to others and that's why we organize WASPA events", commented Milan Knezevic, the happy organizer of the tournament. "Results are not important. The important thing is that we meet from different cities and that we had a wonderful day. There were players from Basel, Mulhouse, München, Frankfurt and Karlsruhe attending".

For the records, Milan Knezevic defeated John Imbrogiano (2-1) in the big final to win the tournament.

Final standings of the tournament:

1. Milan Knezevic (Serbia)
2. John Imbrogiano (Switzerland)
3. Janus Gersie (Germany)
4. Peter Erb (Switzerland)
5. Pierre Troestler (France)
6. Nicola Mariconda (Italy)
7. Alessandro Indellii (Italy)
8. Charlotte Troestler (France)
9. Pascal Chevalier (France)
10. Daniele Giulianelli (Switzerland)
11. Gionatan Luppolo (Italy)

Limassol, Cyprus

The 5th stage of the domectic circuit took place last Sunday in Limassol with 7 players taking part. Giorgos Zangylos (Famagusta) finished on top of the main event, which consisted in a group of 5, while Christos Panaretos (Phoenix) won the beginners section.

Main event:

1. Giorgos Zangylos (Famagusta)
2. Petros Kosmas (Famagusta)
3. Marcos Kalopsidiotis (Salamis)
4. Marios Nikolaou (Phoenix)
5. Giorgos Stylianou (Famagusta)

Beginners: 

1. Christos Panaretos (Phoenix)
2. Christos Andreou (Salamis)

Gouda, the Netherlands

Last week the Dutch Legends held another WASPA event with 9 players taking part. Three groups of three in the first round and some three other groups of 3 in the second rounds managed to define the final ranking. Fabrizio cavazza was the big winner. Congratulations.

Final table:

1. Fabrizio Cavazza (Gorizia)
2. Nico Marks (Dutch Legends)
3. Jarno Marks (Dutch Legends)
4. Marco de Bruin (Dutch Legends)
5. Xavier Aret (Dutch Legends)
6. Maurice Montone (no club)
7. Rinaldo van Dijk (Rijnmond)
8. Richard Oranje (Dutch Legends)
9. Cailim Marks (Dutch Legends)

Genova, Italy

On Saturday, the club of Rebels Genova held another WASPA tournament with 10 players from different ages taking part. Three players were attending their very first WASPA tournament, which is a great satisfaction. After the group format, finals were played to define the winners as follows:

Final: Massimo Garatti - Tommaso Sani 0-1
Final 3-4: Samuele Bignardi - Luca Bignardi 2-1
Final 5-6: Filippo Careddu - Alessandro Gandin 1-3
Final 7-8: Rononio Rossi - Massimo Togo 2-0
Final 9-10: Andrea Gandin - Simone Pennati 3-0

Tralee, Ireland

In Ireland, the Tralee club held their latest tournament on January 20. 8 players from 2 different clubs (Tralee and Cork) were taking part and after the 5 sessions of the Swiss system, William Magnier was the big winner. It was also James Murphy's first tournament so we are glad to see another beginner from Ireland.

"Very well done to William who took first place in the Monday night WASPA in Tralee. An excellent turnout of 8 players and with 4 missing through illness the numbers are improving. A closely fought contest with the Cork man just shading it. Keep a close eye on our new recruit James. One point behind in his second outing. Undoubtedly one to watch for the future", commented David Elton.

Final standings:

1. William Magnier (Cork)
2. David Elton (Tralee)
3. Cian Hogan (Tralee)
4. James Murphy (Tralee)
5. Jeff Murphy (Cork)
6. Silvia Martin Simal (Spain/Tralee)
7. Barry Higgins (Cork)
8. Sean O'Connell (Tralee)

Johannesburg, South Africa

The ETS club in Johannesburg, South Africa had 2 small tournaments on December 24. The first one was held to re-introduce Shaun Majendie to the game and the other one was a group format with five players before everyone went on leave. The next ETS tournament will be in February for the club's Anniversary Birthday (5 Years).

First tournament (every player met each other twice)

1. Jason Kennedy (ETS Club)
2. Shaun Majendie (ETS Club)
3. Johan Niewenhuis (Johannesburg TFC)

Second tournament (group of 5)

1. Clifford Graaff (Johannesburg TFC)
2. Jason Kennedy (ETS Club)
3. Fernando Rodrigues (ETS Club)
4. Shaun Majendie (ETS Club)
5. Liam Chapman (ETS Club)