Malcolm Lees wins first Edinburgh tournament

The first "WASPA Monday Night Subbuteo" action took place in Edinburgh on Monday. There were six players taking part and there were many good games between experienced and novice players. The group stage saw no surprise with favorites of the night qualifying for the next round. In the end, there was a final between Glasgow's Malcolm Lees and local organizer Marco Bevilacqua with Malcolm winning the game 3-0. John Mathieson was third, Martin Campbell fourth while Brian Spoors won the game for the 5th place on shots against French player David Curti.

"It was a great night for our first tournament. I thought that it might not be great if we only had 6 players, but because we only have two tables set up in the pub, it was actually a really good night", commented Marco Bevilacqua after the event.

Thanks to Marco for a great night of action! Hope to see the group playing more WASPA events in the future!

May and June 2019: news from around the world

Here is a quick look as some of the events held around the world in May and early in June.

Western Sydney tournament

An all Western Sydney Subbuteo saw two of the Micallefs, along with Paul and Adrian, do battle at Good Games Bella Vista. A simple round robin, with each player playing the other was run. In the opening round, Paul put two goals past Louis while Adrian scored three against Vince, his new bases adding some chipping to his shooting. The same scorelines followed in the next round, with Paul slotting two past Vince and Adrian three past Louis. The final matchups were much more even affairs. In the father and son battle, neither could take the advantage with a 1-1 final result. Meanwhile, Paul conceded his first goal in his last six competitive fixtures to also finish with a 1-1 draw against Adrian, leaving them ties at the top of the points table to share the honours.

(Report by Adrian Elmer)

Giuseppe Tardiota winner in Brisbane
Brisbane had a small turnout of three for their monthly tournament but there were many close games with Giuseppe Tardiota finishing on top of the group after home and away fixtures to claim his 17th WASPA title. New Zealand's Gerry Vickers was runner-up while Gareth Whalley took the third place!

Steve Bennett wins Scottish circuit tournament
In Scotland, Steve Bennett won the first stage of the Scottish circuit held in Letham, finishing on top of the ladder after four sessions played in Swiss system. 10 players from Glasgow and Dundee were taking part. Here are the final standings:
1. Steve Bennett (Dundee United)
2. David Baxter (Dundee United)
3. Dave Gladman (Glasgow)
4. John Halpin (Glasgow)
5. Andy Beskaby (Dundee United)
6. Malcolm Lees (Glasgow)
7. Colin Berry (Glasgow)
8. John Mathieson (Glasgow)
9. Baver Bari (Glasgow)
10. Brian Spoors (Glasgow)

Christos Agrios does it again

In Thessaloniki, Greece 9 players competed in the club's monthly tournament. Christos Agrios defeated Stavros Giapoutzis (2-1) in the final and Ilias Galanopoulos won the game for the third place against Constantios Giapoutzis.

First trophy for Nathan Urbaniak
In Melbourne, the consolation tournament of the recent FISTF tournament was played under WASPA banner and Melbourne TFC's Nathan Urbaniak took the honors after defeating local player Anthony Madiona in the final.

Eliot Kennedy on fire
The Chastwood players had a small WASPA tournament with 6 players taking part.

Final standings:
1. Eliot Kennedy
2. Hermann Kruse
3. Steve Dettre
4. Olliver Ollnow
5. Jonty Brener
6. Neil Brener

Great event in Liverpool
Liverpool TFC keep on developing with some very motivated players. The club's monthly tournament had a good turnout of 8 players. Brian Daley defeated Anthony Dry in the final while Steve Santo won the consolation tournament.

Singapore champion in Perth
In Perth, Australia, the club's monthly tournament saw Tan Yew Loy emerging of a group of four players. Hugh Best was runner-up while Ron Byrne and Chris Thorn also managed to grab a few points.

Howard Christie wins in Canada

Finally, the monthly tournament of the Toronto Subbuteo club saw five players competing with group games and knock-out games. Howard Christie defeated Richard Ruffolo in the final to claim the trophy. The next Toronto tournament will be played on June 15.

Bristol WASPA Tournament
The Curtain closer to the season was a WASPA tournament. In an attempt to level the playing field players were seeded and then the higher ranked players were handicapped with less players on in their team. Thought it did not seem to slow Aaron down as to romped, Manchester City like, to 16 goals scored in 3 games without reply to pick up the latest WASPA tourney.
Outstanding result of the WASPA event was Barry’s 1.0 win over Malcolm and 2 narrow 1 goal defeats which underlines the progress that he has been making on the arena of baize.
Peter Marshall's 1.1 draw with Adam was a fine result and earmarks him as a dark horse contender for Division 3 next season.

Group A
Andy Jarvis 0.1 Phil Bryant (-1)
Aaron (-3) 6.0 Andy Jarvis
Aaron (-3) 5.0 Phil Bryant

Group B
Peter Marshall 1.1 Adam Fraser (-1)
Peter Marshall 0.4 Gavin Gurney (-3)
Gavin Gurney (-1) 0.0 Adam Fraser

Group C
Malcolm Jarvis 0.2 Taylor Randle (-1)
Barry Dymianczuk 0.1 Bob Fairbrother (-3)
Bob Fairbrother (-3) 2.1 Malcolm Jarvis
Barry Dymianczuk 0.1 Taylor Randle (-1)
Bob Fairbrother (-2) 2.0Taylor Randle
Malcolm Jarvis 0.1 Barry Dymianczuk

WASPA Tournament Final
2 of the top 3 finishers qualify for the final both had 100% records.
Aaron Skinner 5.0 Bob Fairbrother

In tonight’s games Aaron had rattled in 16 WASPA goals and 5 ‘retro’ goals – that is some going and makes him a hot favourite to improve on this season’s finish in the BSFC Division 1 - could he bring the title home? As for tonight’s Final it bore some resemblance to the FA Cup final at Wembley, like Watford Bob played quite well had did very little wrong but, like Man City, Aaron just had the mood and the knack of opening up Bob’s tight defence with skill, speed and a deft touch. It was 1.0 at half time and Bob was still very much in it...then the floodgates opened!

(Report by Bob Faibrother)

Tea time tournament in Javea

The Marina Citerior club in Spain played the "13th Tea Time tournament" on June 1. Pasquale Carrassi won once again but this time there were many close games and after home and away fixtures, Pasquale took 7 points in four games, just enough to win while David McAulay had 6 points and Bill Dunham 4.

Gareth Christie and Malcolm Lees winners in Glasgow

Gareth Christie Open winner

Malcolm Lees veterans champion

The Scottish Grand Prix took place last week-end in Glasgow and it was a success. Organizers did a great job hosting two WASPA tournaments for Open players and Veterans in the second part of the Individual contest. 12 Open players and 15 veterans took part. In the veterans the host club finished with 3 players in the semi-finals. It turned out to be an all Glasgow affair with the club's elder statesman Malcolm Lees edging out John Halpin in the final.

The final in the open category was contested by Scotland's Gareth Christie and England's Trevor schott. They had met earlier in the day where Trev came out on top. This time it was Gareth who came out on top.

Congrats to all players who took part.

Open semi-finals
Martinog Bradley - Gareth Christie 1-3
Stuart Walsh - Trevor Schott 0-3

Final
Gareth Christie - Trevor Schott 1*-1

Veterans semi-finals
Andy Boyer - Malcolm Lees 0-2
John Halpin - Tom Burns 1-0

Final
Malcolm Lees - John Halpin 3-2

Steve Bennett winner in Dundee

Dundee United TFC had another tournament last week-end with 4 players taking part and playing each other twice.

In the end of the day Steve Bennett won the event with 6 wins while Andy Beskaby was runner-up with 12 points.

David Baxter was third with 2 wins while Dave Minty ended in fourth position.

WASPA would love to thank Dundee United TFC for the continued support with the hope the club will soon have more active players in events.

Steve Bennett does it again

Dundee United held a WASPA tournament last Sunday with six players taking part. It was a good training day before taking part to the FISTF Champion's League in Spain this week-end.

Steve Bennett finished on top of the group table with 5 wins.

The final standings were as follows:
1. Steve Bennett
2. Andy Beskaby
3. Rob Conway
4. David Baxter
5. Dave Minty
6. Craig Thom

Season kick-off in Dundee

Dave Minty vs Andy Beskaby

Steve Bennett won the first day of the club championship this Sunday in Dundee. Five players were present and competed in a group format. Andy Beskaby was runner-up with 3 wins while David Baxter took the third place. Dave Minty and Craig Thom finish the day with one point. Good luck to Dundee United TFC for the new season!

News from around the world - August 2018

Several small events have been held during the month in many different countries.

First trophy for Richard Ruffolo

In Toronto, Canada there was a turnout of 4 players for the latest TSC tournament with Richard Ruffolo winning the final against local top player Mike Sgro. Dan Santianni and Mike Devey also had some great games and prove to be improving au lot.!

In Scotland, Dundee United had two small events also to prepare the trip to the world cup. Steve Bennett won both event with Andy Beskaby being runner-up int he first event, David Baxter taking the second place of the second tournament.

In Australia, the Brisbane club organized a tournament under the theme of the world cup. Gus Gillespie defeated Gerry Vickers in the final to claim the honors.

In England, the Bristol club held a pre-season tournament with a small turnout of four players competing in a league format with home and away games. Simon Donadel took the honors while Bob Fairbrother was runner-up. Adam Fraser and Tim Mourant also managed to win some games!

Big game between Arudyo and Winaldo

Steve Dettre (left) in action

We have been glad to see some action in Indonesia after a long hiatus. During Steve Dettre's visit in Jakarta, the FISTF president managed to play a small tournament with Arudyu Putro Rudy and Winaldo Swastia Artaraya. Steve won the event but more importantly it was a good time to meet and discuss and the future of the game in the country.

The "Sporting Club 18", part of the "Podjistan Subbuteo Association", a new club based in Northern Ireland, held a first tournament last week. Martinog Bradley took the best on local organizer Simon Stewart and Lawrence Watson. There should be more events to come in the near future.
See the club's Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/podjistanflickers/

Players in Vreese

In Belgium, the club of Semois SC based in Vresse had a preseason event with four players. Pascal Droeven finished on top of a group format with Grégory Berte as runner-up, Philippe Thys being 3rd and Marc De Vos also playing some good games.

In Spain, the latest promotional tournament in Javea had a small field of 3 players with Pasquale Carrassi taking the best on Bill Dunham and Lisa Carrassi. It was a good way for Lisa to prepare for the forthcoming world cup in Gibraltar where she will proudly represent her club of Marina Citerior!

Finally, Knighton TFC in Wales had a promotional event last Friday with 5 players taking part. Dan Nicholls took the honors with Tom Taylor being 2nd. Rory Gittoes, Matt Booth and Kenny Evans confirm they are very motivated for the new season and the Knighton club will continue to grow in the future!

Some more action in Letham

Last Sunday Dundee United players met for another day of the domestic circuit. A group of seven gave a chance to everyone to play six good games.

Steve Bennett finished on top of the league with 6 wins while Gareth Christie was runner-up.

Final standings:
1. Steve Bennett
2. Gareth Christie
3. David Baxter
4. Rob Conway
5. Andy Beskaby
6. Dave Minty
7. Craig Thom

Short news from around the world

Some small events have been held in several nations in the last few days. here is a brief summary of these events.

Action at the latest Sydney tournament

Eliot Kennedy wins in Sydney
The club of Sydney TFC held a great WASPA tournament last week with 8 players taking part. Eliot Kennedy (Northern Falcons TFC) defeated local player Fabrizio Coco (1-0) in a close final to claim the honors. Hermann Kruse and Kostas Barbaris made it to the semi-finals.

Austria: action in Ebenfurth
TFC Ebenfurth was playing a tournament this week with six players. A league system was set up wo that everyone had five games and to decide the winner of the "35 Year Jubilee Tournament". In the end David Busch won his five games and was the winner while Mario Perrti was runner-up and Hungary's András Hicz took the third place.

Final standings:
1. David Busch
2. Mario Peretti
3. András Hicz
4. Roland Schwacha
5. Rene Buchler
6. Horst Deimel

Scotland: Steve Bennett still reigns in Dundee
The 7th stage of the Dundee United domectic circuit took place last week-end with six players meeting each other. Steve Bennett too the honors and Andy Beskaby was runner-up.

Final standings:
1. Steve Bennett
2. Andy Beskaby
3. David Baxter
4. Rob Conway
5. Dave Minty
6. Craig Thom

Players in Javea

Promotional event in Spain
The third promotional tournament in Spain was played in Javea earlier this week. Pasquale Carrassi finished on top of a group of 3 with 9 points while David Mc Aulay also finished with 9 points but less goals scored. Bill Dunham, who was a new entry in the WASPA circuit, finished in third place.

Italy: first tournament in Angri
A small event was held last week in Angri, Italy. Three players with no club had a first tournament together and Gianpaolo Abagnale defeated Giuseppe De Amicis in the final. Francesco Martino was the third player in action. Welcome to them in the WASPA family!

Australia: Great debut for Mark Ryan in Perth
The recent Perth tournament was full of surprises. Mark Ryan was playing his first WASPA tournament and managed to win the final against Alan Kimber while Ross McNulty defeated Chris Thorn in the game for the third place. A total of six players were competing and everyone had the chance to play at least seven games.

Brian Daley wins in Glasgow

Brian with young clubmate Ruby Matthews

The FISTF Grand Prix of Scotland took place this week-end in Glasgow. The tournament was run by the Glasgow TSA and attracted players from many different nations. If Sergio Ramos (Portugal) in Open category, Antonio Montaño (Spain) in the veterans, Noé Scheen (Belgium) in the U19 and Thomas Price (England) in the U15 took the honors, there was also a Plate tournament run under WASPA banner. Brian Daley (London Road SC) defeated Martin Bellefontaine in the final to finish on top of a grat field of 16 players. Scotland's David Baxter and Baver Bari reached the semi-finals. Congratulations to Brian and thanks to Tom Burns and the GTSA players for a great week-end in a nice venue.

News from Scotland, Italy, Wales, Spain

Several WASPA events have been held in the last couple of days. Here is a summary of the different results.

Action in Letham

In Scotland, it was great to see Dundee United TFC running their second event of the month. 7 players were taking part and competed in a league so that everyone had six games. Steve Bennett finished on top with 17 points while Andy Baskaby (15) was runner-up and Rob Conway (12) took the third place. Gareth Christie, David Baxter, Dave Minty and Craig Thom were also taking part. It was already Steve Bennett's 40th WASPA title!

There is a something going on in Wales for sure. The Knighton club had another event on Sunday. Danny Bird (London Road SC) finished on top of a group of 4 with 14 points in 6 games. Danny Bird had 10, Tom Taylor took the third place and Kenny Evans was the 4th player. Who knows is Knighton TFC will not become the next "WASPA top club"?

The players in Valencia

The second tournament of the "Province of Valencia" league took part on Sunday in Valencia (Spain) with seven players from two different clubs: Turia and Marina Citerior. Raul Benita claimed his second WASPA title after defeating Fernando Gomez in the final. Pasquale Carrassi (Italy) defeated Jorge López in the game for the third place. Stefka Pirova (Bulgaria), Abraham Martinez and Scotland's David Mc Aulay were also taking part.

Logo of Subbuteo Firenze

Finally, the club of Firenze in Italy had another successful evening on Monday with 16 players taking part. Marco Bonciani managed to claim his 10th WASPA title after defeating Davide Visani in the final (3-2). Mirko Masini and Matteo Cherici reached the semi-finals. Firenze remains Italy's top club in the WASPA circuit with very nice turnouts at every evening.

Short news from around the world

Here are short reports of several tournament held in the first part of the month.

In Austria, the club of Royal 78 had a Christmas Cup on January 14. There was a very good field of 15 players. "Stefan defeated Alex in the final while Christian and Karl reached the top 4", commented the organizers.

Scotland was back in action on January 14 with five players meeting in Lettham. Players met each other twice and in the end Steve Bennett finished on top of the table with 22 points. Rob Conway was runner-up (19) while David Baxter (9), Andy Beskaby (9) and Dave Minty (0) were also taking part.

Players at the Sydney TFC tournament

Australia had some tournament in the last few weeks. We will soon come back on what happened before and during the Asian Cup but some other results are worth a mention. Sydney TFC had a tournament last week with a good field of 10 players. Robert Green defeated Daniele Lombardi to claim the honors. Tony Credentino and FISTF president Steve Dettre made it to the semi-finals.

A bit earlier, Subbuteo Parramatta also had a tournament with seven players taking part. Hermann Kruse and Paul Magee played the final and there was no winner (0-0) so organizers decided to share honors so that there were two winners. Adrian Elmer and Steve Dettre reached the semis.

The Northern Falcons had a nive evening of play to prepare the Asian Cup. Fabrizio Coco finished on top of a group of 5 while Steve Dettre was runner-up, Tony Credentino took the third place, John Palamara was 4th and Kostas Barbaris was 5th.

In Wales, the first Knighton promotional tournament took place last Sunday. Dan Nicholls finished on top of a groupe of four while Danny Bird was runner-up. Tom Taylor and Kenny Evans were the other players taking part.

Conway and Baxter are winners in Dundee

Dundee United TFC have held two tournaments in the last few weeks. The first one was held on August 27 and attracted 6 players who competed in a group stage. David Baxter was the winner of the day with 3 wins while Gareth Christie was runner-up with 8 points.

On September 24 there was another event in Letham. This time Rob Conway took the honors while David Baxter was runner-up. It was good to see Blair Cunningham coming part in a tournament.

Good luck to Dundee United for the new season.

Gareth Christie and Steve Bennett share honors in Scotland

Rob and Gareth (photo: Craig Thom)

The Scottish Cup took place in Lethem on July 9. the tournament had a great turnout of 16 players coming from the country's two active clubs: Dundee United TFC and Glasgow TSA. The event was played in knock-out series with 8 players qulifying for the main event while the other eight played the consolation tournament. In the main event, Gareth Christie took the honors after defeating Rob Conway in the final (1-0). Conway was the surprising winner in the shootout of the semi-final against Steve Bennett. David Baxter was the other-semi-finalist. In the consolation event, Malcolm Lees took the honors after defeating Andy Beskaby in another close game (3-2).

One week later, Dundee United had their last tournament of the season. This time there was a amsller turnout of 5 players who played each other twice. This time Steve Bennett took the honors after finishing on top with 28 points while Andy Beskaby was runner-up with 21 points. Rob Conway was third, David Baxter 4th and Craig Thom 5th.

Steve Bennett wins in Letham

Steve vs Andy in the final

Andy vs Gareth in the semi-final shots

This Sunday the Letham International Open took place with 12 players competing in the individual tournament. The event was also a WASPA torunament and attracted 5 visitors from Glasgow besides the 7 local players. Steve Bennette defeated Andy Beskaby in the final (4-2) while Gareth Christie and Rob Conway lost in the semis. David Baxter defeated Craig Thom in the Plate final. Congratulations to all.

Glasgow WASPA Plate

David Baxter still on top

Andy Boyer (left) was finalist

This event took place at the Normandy Hotel in Renfrew on the 8th April 2017. It was run by Glasgow Table Soccer Association as part of the Scottish Grand Prix FISTF tournament. Sixteen players from Scotland, England, Spain and Greece took part. The victor was David Baxter who defeated Yorkshire’s Andy Boyer in the final. David is resident in Scotland, plays for Canada (he used to live in Calgary) but is a member of Manchester Table Football Club.

Steve Bennett takes stage 7

The 7th stage of the Dundee United circuit took place last week-end in Letham. Steve Bennett ended on top of a group of 5 after 10 points while David Baxter was runner-up with 8 points.

The standings of the day were as follows:
1. Steve Bennett
2. David Baxter
3. Andy Beskaky
4. Rob Conway
5. Craig Thom

Gareth Christie wins in Glasgow

Greg Dand and Gareth Chritis during the decisive shots

The third stage of the Scottish circuit took place in Glasgow on February 26 with 14 players taking part. Gareth Christie took the honors after defeating Greg Dand on shots after a great final (2-2). John Halpin won the game for the third place against Tom Burns.

The final standings of the day are as follows:
1. Gareth Christie
2. Greg Dand
3. John Halpin
4. Tom Burns
5. Dave Baxter
=. Andy Beskaby
7. Dave Gladman
=. Malcolm Lees
9. Ronnie McKenzie
10. Craig Thom
11. Rob Conway
12. Baver Bari
13. John Mathieson
14. Dave Minty

Gareth Christie is the leader of the Scottish circuit with 142 points while Tom Burns has 123 and both John Halpin and Malcolm Lees share the third place with 115 points.

More stuff here: http://glasgowtablesoccer.eu/?p=3043

Steve Bennett is a winner again

Dundee United players during the recent FISTF grand prix of Belgium in Rochefort

Last Sunday the club of Dundee United TFC was holding the 5th or their 9 tournaments in Letham with 7 players taking part. After 21 games played, Steve Bennett finished on top of the table to win the tournament while Andy Beskaby was runner-up. Congratulations to DUTFC for their ccntinued efforts of promotion in Scotland.

Final standings:

1. Steve Bennett

2. Andy Beskaky

3. Rob Conway

4. David Baxter

5. Drew Orr

6. Craig Thom

7. Dave Minty

Steve Bennett still on top in Letham

This Sunday the Tayside circuit was back in Letham, Angus as the Dundee United players moved to their old venue. 8 players were present and Steve Bennett ended on top of the league table after winning his seven games. The final standings were as follows:

1. Steve Bennett
2. Gareth Christie
3. Andy Beskaky
4. Rob Conway
5. David Baxter
6. Drew Orr
7. Craig Thom
8. Dave Minty