Dear all, here are the updates records of the WASPA circuit after the 33 tournaments added in March!
Thanks to all organizers for their contribution! It's really appreciated!
We are glad to see tournaments being played in many countries and hope that many more events will be played in the next few weeks!
Stay tuned for more news!
Vincent Coppenole, WASPA organizer
Some pictures of events played last month
After a comfortable start, Marco retained the title in this month's WASPA through a goal in the last few minutes to make it 2-2 against Dave "the Danger" Allen.
Andy Kent continues his rapid rise in the Edinburgh ranks by dispatching Bruce "The Bomber" Henderson 1 - 0 in a tight contest before a resolute performance by Paul "The Madyin" McFadyen halted his progress, securing a 0 - 0 in the Cramond Derby.
We would like to say a huge thanks to Leith Docker's Club for hosting us and hopefully this is the start of a long stay at our new venue.
The aim was to share practical and theoretical experiences of playing materials from the past, present and perhaps also of the future. Workshop organiser Martin Wiesmann (SUI): "I am delighted that these three Subbuteo enthusiasts from the most diverse backgrounds and Subbuteo careers were able to try out and discuss the various materials, techniques and tactics with me with curiosity and an open mind".
Willi Hofmann (centre) had not only brought along his ‘Cones’ (curling figures weighing just 0.8 grams), but also milestones relevant to our table football history such as the original 'Newfooty figure' (front right), the ‘Sport figure’ developed by him and, of course, his creation ‘Toccer’. Wolfgang Haas (left), who also used to play with the ‘Sport figure’ and then switched to the ‘C3S’ from Profibase, was able to impart a lot of knowledge about the ‘Turtle Goalies’, developed by his brother Christian. Clinton Gähwiler (right), who played with the ‘Heavy Weight’ figures in the ‘Old Subbuteo’ category at the World Cup 2024, is an expert with them.
Clinton and Wolfgang tested their ‘C3S’ and ‘Heavy Weights’ on two different pitches and with different balls against Willi with his ‘Cones’. The FISTF recently refused to grant homologation for this, in contrast to the authorisation previously granted for the ‘Turtles’. It turned out that the curled ‘Cones’ can certainly compete with the other types of figures - at least in the hands of old master Willi Hofmann. The main reason he gave for developing the ‘Cones’ was that he wanted to extend the range of technical possibilities (curling) compared to the figures commonly used today and to enable experts to play a more challenging game.
It can be assumed that ‘Turtle’, ‘Cones’ and also the great popularity of the ‘Heavy Weight’ at Old-Subbuteo will clearly stimulate discussions about the further development of our sports table football.
Writer: Martin Wiesmann
There is a video here in which you can see the shooting and curling technique of Willi's 'Cones'.
The original version of this text was written in German and is published on www.swiss-subbuteo.ch
