Italy: results from Borgo Vercelli and Firenze

Riccardo Bruno receives his award for his victory

Italy has been active in the WASPA circuit in December with tournaments held in Borgo Vercelli and Firenze.

The Christmas Cup in Borgo Vercelli had two categories in the books. The Open section consisted in a group of five with Riccardo Bruno finishing on top to claim his first WASPA title.

Open category standings:
1. Riccardo Bruno
2. Ferdinando Marino
3. Andrea Gennari
4. Gabriele Montaldi
5. Alberto Cirio

The Junior players together during the presentation of prizes

Alessandro Cirio
receives his medal
from Paolo Milan

The Junior section had a turnout of 6 players with a group stage and then knock-out games. Alessandro Cirio defeated Edoardo Montaldi in the final (2-1) while Marco Tagliavini won the game for the third place against Gabriele Saveriano. Matteo Comello won the game for the 5th place against Edoardo Beccati.

Thanks to Andrea Lessona for the good work to organize the event!

Luigi Di Vito (Eagles Napoli) winner in Firenze

In Firenze, the local club had the visit of Luigi Di Vito in the beginning of the month and the tournament organized under WASPA banner was played in Swiss system by 9 players. Luigi Di Vito proved to be the best player after winning three game and sharing points against local organizer Marco Bonciani.

Final standings of the Firenze tournament:
1. Luigi Di Vito
2. Gabriele Casati
3. Matteo Cherici
4. Stefano Barducci
5. Mirko Masini
6. Marco Bonciani
7. Francesco Gori
8. Tiberio Becucci
9. Mirko Pasquini

Marco Bonciani wins in Firenze

Last Monday the club of Firenze held their first WASPA tournament of the season with 13 players taking part including Gabriele Allegria (from the Seagulls Viaraggio). Marco BOnciani was the only player to win his four games and he logically finished on thop of the table at the end of the evening played in Swiss System. Thanks to our italian friends for their support!

Final table:
1. Marco Bonciani
2. Davide Visani
3. Luca Pini
4. Mirko Masini
5. Tiberio Becucci
6. Emanuele Cattani
7. Matteo Cherici
8. Gabriele Casati
9. Francesco Gori
10. Stefano Barducci
11. Riccardo Ferri
12. Mirko Pasquini
13. Gabriele Allegria

Andrea Gennari wins in Borgo Vercelli

Acrton during the U15 tournament

Tournament of Santa Caterina Subbuteo Table Football at Borgo Vercelli

Results and classifications

Andrea Gennari (left) wins the Open section

There was a great public success with many emotions last Sunday in Borgo Vercelli for "The Tournament of Santa Caterina di Subbuteo Table Football". The event, organized by the local club TSC 69ERS with the patronage of WASPA - The World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association - took place during the "Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows", organized by the "Confraternity of Saint-Catherine". In the category dedicated to adults, Andrea Gennari beat Ferdinando Marino (21) in the final, after a hard-fought match. In the final for third and fourth places, Riccardo Bruno got the better (3-0) over Alessandro Foti, welcome guest of Pierce 14, the club of Casale Monferrato.

U15 winner Alessandro Cirio receives trophy from Paolo Milan

In the Under 15 category, Alessandro Cirio once again triumphed over his opponents, confirming himself as the rising star of the Vercelli Subbuteo. In second place, his excellent rival Edoardo Montaldi. On the third step of the podium, Edoardo Beccati while Matteo Comello finished fourth. In the thrilling "Tiri Piazzati" race, the famous Subbuteo penalties, Edoardo Beccati triumphed in the under 15 category, while Alessandro Foti won in the Adults. Thanks to the generosity of the "Confraternity of Saint Catherine" all the participants were able to eat the famous and delicious panissa prepared by its members and thanks to the contribution of the sponsors Patrucco Panetteria e Alimentari, Enterprise Video and Agricola Perazzo & Bresciani, each athlete received an award delivered by the councilor Paolo Milan.

(Report by Andrea Lessona)

Andrea Lessona wins Summer tournament

Andrea Lessona won the Open category

In the welcoming venue of the Borgo Vercelli's Parish Oratory, on Sunday 16 June, the "1st Summer Tournament" of Subbuteo was held. The event was organized by the local club TSC 69ERS under WASPA banner. Despite the period of the end of the season, there was an excellent turnout of public and players divided into two categories. In the adults, Andrea Lessona won in the final 7-0 against the surprise of the tournament, Riccardo Bruno. In third place, Cristiano Gallo who got the better during extra time on the excellent Ferdinando Marino (2-1). Fifth place went to Andrea Gernnari, a bit subdued about his potential and the placement of previous events. Sixth, Emanuele Gianesini that improves so compared to the last tournament. Seventh the very good Gabriele Montaldi at his absolute debut.

Junior champion Alessandro Cirio

In the Children category, which has always been the most followed and appreciated, Alessandro Cirio beat Edoardo Montaldi 2-1: thus resuming the scepter of "Number 1" after losing to the placed shots, just with Edoardo, the V Province of Vercelli March tournament last. In third place, Marco Vaccarella: at his debut, he beat Mattia Gasparini 1-0, still in the placed shots. In 5th place Edoardo Beccati and in the 6th place Matteo Comello, retired for a family commitment.

Thanks to Agricola Perazzo and Bresciani SRL, Balzaretti Agri-Business SRL, Generali Insurance, Enterprise Video and Patrucco Bakery and Food and the international sponsor Tchaaaa Table Soccer Equipment, all participants received an award from the hands of Carlo Rigolone, who officiated the awards.

Ranking Adults:
1. Lessona Andrea
2. Bruno Riccardo
3. Gallo Cristiano
4. Marino Ferdinando
5. Gennari Andrea
6. Gianesini Emanuele
7. Montaldi Gabriele

Ranking Juniors:
1. Cirio Alessandro
2. Montaldi Edoardo
3. Vaccarella Marco
4. Gasparini Mattia
5. Beccati Edoardo
6. Comello Matteo

(Report translated from the Italian courtesy of TSC 69ers)

Promotion for forthcoming events in June 2019

A quick look at the promotion of forthcoming events with the great job of some of our active clubs.

In Italy, the "69ers" will hold a tournament in Borgo Vercelli and they proudly told the local newspaper the tournament is played under WASPA banner, which is a great form of respect.

In South Africa the Pretoria Flickers have revealed the poster of their next tournament.

In Derry (Northern Ireland), the next DCTFC tournament will be held next Monday.

Finally, the amazing job done by our Spanish friends of Marina Citerior SC who have had support of local sponsors and will hold a special tournament on June 21&22. Rumors said Carlos Flores Lopez will be taking part, which is fantastic for WASPA. there will be a prize money and all details are available from https://www.portaldelamarina.org/evento/torneo-de-subbuteo/

Thanks once again to all organizers for the efforts to promote the game!

May 2019: news from around the world

Here is a quick look at results of several tournaments held in May.

Cranston and Haefke winners in Michigan

Daniel Cranston vs Bryan Arnold

Earlier this month the "Flicko de Mayo" in East Lansing, MI tournament was another success with competitors travelling from several US States to play for FISTF ranking points. Besides the main event, two small tournament were played under WASPA tournament. The Friday event consisted in a group of three where Daniel Cranston from Maryland was the best to claim the WASPA Gideon Smith Cup. Peter Alegi was runner-up while Bryan Arnold took the third place.

Tim Tumminaro vs Eric Walton

On Saturday Erik Haefke defeated Eric Walton in the final of the WASPA consolation tournament. Tim Tumminaro and Paul Pate were also taking part.

The Perth club is still alive
We received some late results from Perth, Australia where three tournament from the last few months had not been recorded yet. The February tournament had a good field of six. After the roud robin, Tan Yew Loy defeated Alan Kimber in the final. In March, Tan Yew Loy finished on top of the table after home and away fixtures. Chris Thorn was runner-up, Hugh Best was thrid and Ron Byrne was fourth. In April, only four players were taking part and Tan Kok Wee from Singapore was not only the special guest of the day but also the winner of the tournament after defeating Tan Yew Loy in the final.

Promotional tournament for Michaël Ponthieux

Michaël Ponthieux receiving his prize from Wamme president Jean Grosdent

In Bande, Belgium, after the "Cup of Province of Luxemburg", a WASPA promotional tournament was played with Michaël Ponthieux finishing on top of a group of four to claim the title. Daniel Boistelle, Philippe Thys and Lulani Verhoeven were also taking part.

Simon Stewart wins Sporting 18 tournament

Players at the Sporting 18 tournament

In Northern Ireland, Simon Stewart took the honours at the Sporting 18 'May Day Cup', but the day was really about introducing two new club members to the game. Dana Stitt looked like she could have a real natural ability for the game as she finished 2nd, beating fellow debutant Claire Sweet with a flowing attack from kick-off and then pipping club legend Lochlin Bradley thanks to a last minute equaliser.

After a break the four played off in the 'May Day Shoot-Out Penalty Cup', a simple shoot-out competition across the shooting line. Claire took that title with three straight wins with Dana finishing second. Stewart and Bradley were left to slug it out for the wooden with Stewart edging it thanks to a 2-2 draw.

A great afternoon was had by all, Dana has taken temporary possession of Simon's pitch and a few teams and we're hoping to get another round of flicks in soon.

Chris Kaberry wins WASPA Cup in Ponteland

Stephen, Dave, Nick, Chris

The first WASPA Cup mini tournament of 2019 under the North Shields STF banner was held in Ponteland last night 26th May.

Two hard fought semi finals with new boy Nick Pearson flicking-off his first competitive game in 30 odd years with a win. The goal coming 2 minutes from time. Chris got lucky in game two when he was able to shoot into an empty net after a keeping error. On form Dave took his equalizer well and then defended stubbornly to take the game to a shoot out. Chris edged it 2-0.

The 3/4 and final were a little one sided with Stephen not having his best night and Nick struggling to keep pace with Chris. However, he took his goal well and it shouldn't be too before he's competing with the best of us up here in the North East of England. Well done lads!

Abagnale winner in Angri
Finally, in Angri (Italy), the club of Castello Doria CT held a good day of table football with six players taking part. Gianpaolo Abagnale defeated Francesco de Angelis (5-3) to win the title. This was the club's second tournament with hopefully many more to come.

Andrea Lessona wins in Vercelli

V Tournament "Province of Vercelli" Table Soccer Subbuteo Results and ranking

Andrea Lessone vs Roberto Cacelli

Last Sunday, in the magnificent setting of the "Circolo Sportivo Bellaria" in Vercelli, the 5th edition of the Subbuteo Table Football tournament "Province of Vercelli" was organized by the Subbuteo Club TSC 69ERS of Borgo Vercelli.

In front of a large audience, 18 players competed in the event and offered spectacular matches, full of emotions and goals.

Fernandino Marino vs Andrea Gennari

In the Open Adult Category, Andrea Lessona won the trophy, defeating usual rival Roberto Cacelli in the final (8-2), thus winning the "Province of Vercelli" for the fifth time out of five. In the final for places 3 and 4, Andrea Gennari took the best on Ferdinando Marino, proving himself the third force of the tournament. In fifth place Riccardo Bruno and the sixth Alberto Marazzato. While the seventh place went to Tullio Villa against Lillo Di Stefano.

In the Adult Consolation Tournament, Cristiano Gallo finished in first place, placing Gian Luca Mussato (second), Piero Marino (third) and Emanuele Gianesini in fourth place.

The competitors in the Junior tournament

However, the most beautiful and true emotions were experienced in the Junior Category: six children were the heart of the V "Province of Vercelli". For them many applauses and compliments for the commitment and passion with which they participated in the event.

The Tournament was won by Edoardo Montaldi who, after the regular time (2-2), beat Alessandro Cirio (4-3) at shootout. The final final for places 3 and 4 was won by Leonardo Marazzato (10) over Matteo Comello. In fifth place Sveva Mussato beat Tommaso Francese at shootout 1-0.

Short news from around Europe

In Greece two more events have been played in the last few days. Last Sunday the club of Panorama 1978 SC Thessaloniki held a tournament with 8 players. In the end of the day, Constantios Giapoutzis defeated Christos Agrios in the final (2-0) to claim the title. Stavros Giapoutzis and Ioannis Terzidis were the semi-finalists.

A bit earlier, the Roligans had their second event of the month and this time it was a "promotional event" with four players. Alexis Tzelatis finished on top of the round robin while Chris Kotrotsos was runner-up, Konstantinos Stefanis was 3rd and Stavros Mesonisanakis took the 4th place.

In Wales, the recent Knighton tournament had a good field of 6 players. Dan Nicholls took the honors after winning his five games.

Final standings:
1. Dan Nicholls
2. Danny Bird
3. Tom Taylor
4. Rory Gittoes
5. Matt Booth
6. Kenny Evans

In England, the Brock WASPA Challenge Cup was played in Bristol on February 15.
Gavin Gurney finished on toip of a group of 3 while Bernard O'Connor was runner-up and Taylor Randles took the third place.

In Italy, Firenze subbuteo Club had another good evening of play on Monday with 15 players competing. This time Luca Pini defeated Emanuele Cattani in the final while semi-finalists were Mirko Masini and Stefano Barducci.
Alessio Riccio won the consolation tournament after defeating Tiberio Becucci in the final.

Tournament coming up in Cremona

Tournament coming up in Italy. Interested players can contact Gianpaolo Abagnale at waspaitalia@mail.com

Davide Visani winner in Firenze

The fourth tournament of the regional circuit in Firenze took place on Monday with 14 players taking part.

It was another good evening with a group stage and then knock-out games. There were also a few surprises and this time it was Davide Visani wook took the honors, claiming his fourth WASPA title. Davide defeated Luca Pini in the final on shots.

Stefano Barducci and Matteo Cherici reached the semi-finals. Francesco Gori won the consolation tournament!

Huge thanks to Marco Bonciani and his clubmate for organizing WASPA tournaments and being a great club!

First tournament of TSC 69ers in Borgo Vercelli

Finalists Andrea Lessona and Roberto Cacelli

Last December 23, the club of "TSC 69ERS" organized a tournament in their city of Borgo Vercelli, Italy. The aim of the event was to bring back Subbuteo table football in the city after a break of 30 years. Thirteen people attended the event: 5 boys/children and 9 adults.

As for the results, Andrea Lessona defeated Roberto Cacelli in the main final while Andrea Gennari beat Marco Palamà in the game for the third place. Emmerik Lucchini beat Tullio Villa in the game for places 5 and 6.

In the junior tournament, Alessandro Cirio won the main final against Edoardo Montaldi and Matteo Comello beat Edoardo Beccati in the game for the third place.

Huge welcome to "TSC 69ERS" in the WASPA family as we hope there will be many more events like this in the future!

Two in a row for Marco Bonciani

The third tournament of the season in Firenze took place on Monday with 12 players taking part. Marco Bonciani won his second tournament in a row after defeating Luca Pini in the final. Sergio Robertiello and Gabriele Casati manage to share the third place while Giammarco Riccioni won the consolation tournament.

Marco Bonciani winner in Firenze

Earlier this week the club of Firenze was holding a second WASPA tournament for this season. There were 12 players taking part and this time Marco Bonciani took the honors after defeating Mirko Masini in the final. Luca Pini and Tiberio Becucci made it to the semi-finals while Cabriele Casati won the consolation tournament. Thanks to all the players for another good evening of Subbuteo!

Good season debut for Luca Pini in Firenze

Luca Pini and Davide Visani

The first WASPA tournament of the Firenze club this seaosn took place on Monday with 17 registered players. Luca Pini defeated Davide Visani (2-0) in the final while Marco Bonciani and Tiberio Becucci reached the semi-finals. We are really glad to have the Firenze players in action in the WASPA circuit again this season. Huge thanks to Marco and the local crew for the support!

A first tournament in Asti

Last week-end the club of Asti organized their very first WASPA tournament under WASPA banner. It was a great day with 12 players from different clubs taking part. Salvatore Cammarata did a great job to organize everything. The first round consisted in two groups of six players with three games per player. After thate, every player had two more games to decide the final standings. In the end, Vittorio De Pascale (Flickers Milano) defeated clubmate Giulio Astengo in the final. Huge thanks to the organizers for their support!

Final standings:
1. De Pascale Vittorio
2. Astengo Giulio
3. Quilico Stefano
4. Lanzeni Massimo
5. Cammarata Salvatore
6. Di Muri Dario
7. Fassio Andrea
8. Marazzotta Stefano
9. Cammarata Matteo
10. Lepri Marco
11. Barisone Massimo
12. Cammarata Giulia

New WASPA delegate in Italy

We have good news from Italy where we have received a proposal from Gianpaolo Abagnale to become the new delegate of WASPA in Italy. In the last few years, we have seen that Italy didn't play many WASPA tournaments and last season only the clubs of Trieste and Firenze had regular tournaments while, in the past, more events were played in Rome (Black Rose, Lazio), Pescara, Macerata,... Gianpaolo has offered to be the link between the Italian clubs and WASPA. Therefore all Italian clubs can now communicate with Gianpaolo by e-mail at gianpaoloabagnale1983@gmail.com

At the same time, Gianpaolo is also looking for people ready to help to provide sports figures so if any of you still has some spare figures, he can also contact him at gianpaoloabagnale1983@gmail.com

Great WASPA games in Bologna

During the FISTF Major of Bologna, Leonidas Koutromanos asked permission to Riccardo Marinucci to play the consolation games under WASPA banner. Riccardo accepted and we are very thankful because the two events attracted 36 Open players and 25 Veterans. For WASPA this was a huge opportunity to have many Italians in the records but also the first time Israël was in the records thanks to the presence of Emanuele Funaro.

The Open category was full of great games. In the final, Théo Modeste from France defeated Italy's Pierluigi Signoretti in the final while Rémy Lours and Augusto Vagnoni reached the semis. In the veterans, a former world champion took the honors as Gianfranco Calonico defeated Greek player Panagiotis Haratsis in the final of a very international tournament. Austria's David Busch and Leonidas Koutromanos from Greece reached the final 4.

Once again thanks to Leonidas for organizing things and to Riccardo Marinucci for having a successful tournament and for proving once again FISTF and WASPA can work together for the good of the game.

(Picture from Facebook by Davide Grilli)

Gianfranco Grahonja does it again

Last Friday, May 25, the 12th edition of the Trieste WASPA Cup took place in the premises of the Trieste club. There were five players and Gianfranco Grahonja dominated the group stage. In the semi-finals, the closest game saw the victory of Davorin Korosec on Furio Segnani (1-0). Orazio Torrisi couldn't win his other semi-final against Gianfranco Grahonja.
In the final, Gianfranco Grahonja proved to be the best players by defeating Davorin Korosec (2-1). The next Trieste tournament will be held on June 29.

Davide Visani wins in Firenze

On Monday, the 6th tournament of the season in Firenze, Italy had an impressive turnout of 21 players. Besides 20 italians, Serbia's Milan Knezevic wasthe special guest of the evening. As always, there was a group stage and then games in knock-out. Davide Visani defeated Luca Pini in the final (1-0) while Matteo cherici and Marco Bonciani made it to the semis. Alessio Riccio won the games for the 9th place and Mirko masini the games for the 13th place. Congratulations to the club of Firenze!

Second tournament win for Sandro Ceppi

On April 27 the 11th WASPA tournament in Trieste was played by 7 players divided into two groups. Furio Segnai won group A while Sandro Ceppi (DLF Gorizia) finished on top of group B. Ceppi later qualified for the final and met Gianfranco Grahonja for the tile. The Gorizia player won in extra time to claim his first WASPA title. Furio Segnani won the game for the third place against Gianluca Venturini.
Huge thanks to the club of trieste for their efforts of promotion. The next event will be played on May 25.