Anas Bin Rahamat wins 2019 Xsmas cup in Singapore

(L to R): Bernard Lim, Nic Tan, Anas Rahamat, Ashley Tan, Den Mulia Yusni, Arjuna Hanafi, Rizal Taib, Michael Choong,
Vikkram Kumar, Vikas Chandiramani, Luke Lim, Isaac Lim, John Edwards, Bolkiah Musa, Rudy Hesty Roselan

The final tournament in the Singapore Table Football calendar with SG Ranking points took place on 29 Dec 2019 at the Singapore Sports Hub Library.  The Xmas Cup was organized under the banner of SG Lions Table Football Club and saw a turnout of 15 players.

The 15 players were randomly drawn into 4 groups for the round-robin Group Stage. The top 2 in each Group qualified for the Cup quarter-finals while the bottom 2 competed in the Plate quarter-finals.  Play-offs for respective placing in the Cup and Plate also took place for players eliminated at the quarter-finals.  Each player gets at least 5 games.

In the Cup Final, Anas continued his domination of the local table football scene to win 1-0 over Rudy to win the Xmas Cup!!  While in the Plate Final, Rizal defeated Vikas 2-1 to win the consolation final.

Final Placings
Champion: Anas Rahamat
Runner-Up: Rudy Hesty Roselan
3rd Place: Nic Tan
4th Place: Ashley Tan
5th Place: Michael Choong
6th Place: Den Mulia Yusni
7th Place: Bernard Lim
8th Place: Isaac Lim
9th Place: Rizal Taib
10th Place: Vikas Chandiramani
11th Place: Bolkiah Musa
12th Place: Vikkram Kumar
13th Place: John Edwards
14th Place: Luke Lim
15th Place: Arjuna Hanafi

Congratulations to all winners!!

Noor Haikal wins Merlion Cup WASPA tournament

The Merlion Cup 2019 saw some interesting matches, together with some surprise eliminations from the main tournament. The eliminated players were eligible for the plates event.

After a series of knockout matches, it was seasoned player, Noor Haikal, against Hong Kong Dragons’ youngest player, Nicholas Carabillo in the Plates Final. Nicholas managed to hold off Haikal’s relentless attacks in the first part of the final, but Nicholas’ defence finally gave way, with Haikal bagging in 2 goals in the net. Well done to the players!

November TFAS League 2019

The final day of Singapore league 2019 session was graced by a good healthy numbers of players; where 10 players, the regulars + Luke Lim & veteran player, Chandru participating.

After 9 months of gruelling flicking, the last session was extra tense for the league leaders notably Anas & Rudy, who were tied on same points, hence making the final session a “winner takes it all” session .

The session; which adopted the swiss format (5 rounds) had both league leaders separated & seeing Chandru come back game, after a few years against Luca. There were “No giant killers” during the match  ups, with the league decider determined as early in the 3rd round, where both club-mates,  Anas & Rudy squared off. Their match was tight, with few chances created and only a solitary goal in the 1st half securing the win for Rudy who won the league & November WASPA; Anas, secured 2nd while Luca, spotted with his new bases squeeze thru 3rd spot with Isaac getting 4th (Refer to below for final standing).

Conclusion
In behalf of the TFAS League committee, we thank everyone who participated & supported our league; which may be small in numbers but high in energy & camaraderie among the players. Moving forward, we hope to have more enthusiast, flick & enjoy our game together with us.

November Standings:

Place - Name - Pts - GD
1 - Rudy - 15 - +11
2 - Anas - 12 - +6
3 - Luca - 9 - 0
4 - Isaac - 7 - 5
5 - Bernard - 7 - 4
6 - Rizal Taib - 7 - -1
7 - Chandru - 7 - -2
8 - Vikas - 6 - -1
9 - Enzo - 3 - -5
10 - Luke - 0 - -15

TFAS League in Singapore - October results

October TFAS league session had lots of table Football activities, unfortunately only 4 played in this month’s competitive games.

The dedicated players notably Bernard, Anas, Vikas & Rudy battled each other in a round robin format for bragging rights for this month. In the end, the victor was Rudy who secured full points. Anas came in 2nd followed by Bernard & Vikas. Once again Rudy & Anas are tied at TOP spot in the TFAS league with equal points.

Stay tuned for the last session on 10th November 19 to decide 2019 TFAS league winner.

Results
Anas 1 - 4 Rudy
Vikas 1 - 3 Bernard
Bernard 0 - 1 Rudy
Anas 4 - 0 Vikas
Anas 1 - 0 Bernard
Rudy 4 - 2 Vikas

Anas wins third day of the TFAS League

TFAS 🇸🇬 League 2019 (15/9)

It was a busy flicking day at Millenia Walk, as our local flickers were busy promoting our game & playing our 🇸🇬 league games.

9 players comprising of regulars + Bolkiah & John Edwards joining us in the 3rd stage of the league. Players were randomly drawn into 3 preliminary groups, with the winner of each group qualifying to the Gold group while the runner up were drawn to the Silver group while the last placed drawn in the Bronze group.

Preliminary Groups
A - Rudy, Enzo & Bernard
B - Vikas, Anas & JE
C - Bolkiah, Isaac & Luka

After three group rounds Rudy, Anas & Isaac topped their groups while Bernard, Vikas & Luka secured runner-up while Enzo, JE & Bolkiah obtained the last group tier.

Final Group
Gold - Rudy, Anas & Isaac
Silver - Bernard, Vikas & Luka
Bronze - Enzo, JE & Bolkiah

In the end, Enzo won the Bronze group while Bernard secured the silver group while the gold group had to be determined by the dreaded shoot-out between Rudy & Anas, after they ended their game in a stalemate after both had won their games against Isaac. In the end, luck did not favour Rudy as he bowed out 3-0 in the shoot-out by in form Anas Bin Rahamat.

September 2019: Short news from around the world

Here are some results of several tournament held in different countries.

Players at the London Road tournament

Wales: Brian Daley winner in North Wales
The first London Road tournament of the season took place in Drury on September 15 with 8 players taking part. Brian Daley defeated Martin Blanchard in the final while Chris Bedford and Cayne Matthews reached the semis. Mark Tilling beat Ruby Matthews in the Plate final. There will be another tournament in Wales in September as another Wrexham event will take place on September 29. The next London Road tournament will be played on October 13.

Finland: Robert Green on fire
There was a small but interesting tournament in Helsinki earlier this month with both eliot Kennedy and Robert green from Australia meeting three local players. Robert green defeated Kari Hakkarainen in the final.
There shoudl be another tournament in Helsinki in January. Interested players can contact Kari Hakkarainen at Kari.Hakkarainen@elisa.fi

USA: Conan Mullen winner in California
The San Francisco players had a gathering earlier in september. Four players only were present but after home and away games everybody agreed it was a great day of table football. Conan Mullen ended as winner of the day while Varant Kurkeyerian was runner-up.

Howard Christie

Canada: Howard Christie does it again
Some late results of the August tournament in Toronto where Howard Christie defeated Mike Sgro in the final of the event. Five players were taking part.

There will be more action in Toronto all over this season with several events already in the agenda.

Singapore: Freshmen Challenge
The Freshmen Challenge tournament was hel at the Millenia Walk on September 14 and this WASPAevent was reserved exclusively for newcomers.

It was held at Millenia Walk as part of ongoing promotions during the F1 season in Singapore.
Seven players battled it out in a 5-round Swiss System.

Aidil came out comfortably on top and undefeated, with his son, Haziq close behind in second place. Well done! Results are as follows:
1. Aidil 11
2. Hazis 9
3. Bava 8
4. Adam 8
5. Azhari 7
6. Vivian 7
7. Vikram 6

Individual scores:
Haziq 1 v 2 Aidil
Vikkram 0 v 2 Bava
Vivian 1 v 0 Azhari
Adam 1 v 0 Bye
Aidil 0 v 0 Bava
Vivian 0 v 0 Adam
Haziq 0 v 1 Azhari
Vikkram 1 v 0 Bye
Bava 1 v 0 Vivian
Aidil 2 v 0 Adam
Azhari 0 v 1 Vikkram
Haziq 1 v 0 Bye
Aidil 2 v 0 Vikkram
Bava 1 v 1 Adam
Vivian 0 v 3 Haziq
Azhari 1 v 0 Bye
Aidil 2 v 2 Azhari
Haziq 1 v 0 Bava
Adam 1 v 0 Vikkram
Vivian 1 v 0 Bye

TFAS League 2019 Match Day 6

TFAS  League 2019 (August 25, 2019)
A good turn out at Kebun Bahru Community Centre witnessed 8 players flicking it out for the league pole position. Players were randomly placed in two groups where after several tensed games including several shoot outs, Anas & Rudy progressed to the finals. Anas eventually came out tops after beating the latter 1-0 hence crowned August winner.
Do join us for the next TFAS league session at Millenia Walk on 15 Sept 2019!

August Final Standing 
1- Anas
2- Rudy
3-Vikas
4-Bernard
5-Tan Kok Wee
6-Luca
7-Rizal T
8-Enzo

Anas Rahamat wins 2019 National Day tournament

Vikas (Fourth), Michael (Runner-Up), Isaac (Fifth), Bernard (Third), Anas (Champion)

In celebration of our nation’s 54th birthday, Singapore Lions TFC organized the National Day Tournament WASPA at the Singapore Sports Hub Library on 9 Aug 2019. 

A total of 5 players participated in a round-robin format with each player getting 4 games.
Anas emerged victorious with a 100% winning record in all his 4 games.  Michael was Runner-Up while Bernard ended up in Third place.

Final Placings
Champion: Anas Rahamat
Runner-Up: Michael Choong
3rd Place: Bernard Lim
4th Place: Vikas Chandiramani
5th Place: Isaac Lim

Congratulations to all winners!!

Rudy Hesty wins TFAS League July tournament

TFAS league week 5 on 21st July 2019 had 7 players notably Luca Maida who was making his debut in the league. The games were played in 5 rounds Swiss style format and games were played in the traditional 15 minutes per half.

Recent Perth IO winner Bernard Lim could not continue his good form as he stumbled to 3 defeats and was made to sweat before winning 4-3 against Luca. The battle of the Italians, Enzo vs Luca ended in an exciting 5 goals thriller with the latter winning 2-3. Alas, the overall winner was Rudy from Club Jurong, with the decided game was against his club mate, Anas 4-1 being the turning point, as Rudy edged out his club mate by 3 points to win July monthly League games.

Another win for Rudy Hesty

There was a Melbourne TFC presence this week in Singapore. Jurong Central SC organised the Arjuna Hanafi Visit WASPA Challenge which was taken by the recently crowned Asian Champion Encik Rudy not before being pushed real hard to the end by Nic who just returned and did very well in Spain playing in a FISTF European Circuit going on beyond the group stages!

"Thanks people for hosting and the schooling! You guys were awesome as usual! Had loads of fun", reported Arjuna after the event.

(Round 1)
Rudy 3 - 1 Ashley
Nic 4 - 0 Arjuna
Enzo 1 - 2 Vikas
Rizal T bye.

(Round 2)
Nic 2 - 1 Vikas
Rudy 3 - 0 Rizal T
Arjuna 0 - 0 Enzo
Ashley bye
(Round 3)

Nic 1 - 1 Ashley
Rudy 3 - 0 Enzo
Vikas 4 - 2 Rizal T
Arjuna bye

(Last Round)
Rudy 0 - 0 Nic
Vikas 1 - 0 Ashley
Arjuna 1 - 2 Rizal T
Enzo bye

Final Placing. 
1st - Rudy 10 pts
2nd - Vikas 9 pts
3rd - Nic 8 pts
4th - Rizal T 6 pts
5th - Ashley 4 pts
joined 6th - Enzo & Arjuna 4pts

Torben Pfister winner in Singapore

TFAS Asian Cup 2019 Plates WASPA
The Table Football Association of Singapore organized one of its biggest tournaments in the recent Asian Cup 2019, where players from Singapore, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong and Malaysia come together to compete in this prestigious tournament.

After the group stages of the Individual Open category, the players who got knocked out were eligible to play in the Plates WASPA. 16 players took part in this WASPA, and a series of knockout rounds followed.

The Plates Final was an all Australian match, with FISTF President Steve Dettre against a young talent, Torben Pfister. It was a tight final which ended 1-1. Torben managed to keep his cool and won the shootout afterwards. Congratulations Torben!

Results are as follows:

Last 16:
Naoto Tanaka 0-5 Kenzo Koi
Paul Mercer 3-1 Nigel Foo
Mohd Rizal Taib 3-1 Isaac Lim
Chris Thorn 0-3 Steve Dettre
Hideaki Wada 2-1 Kousuke Mukai
Tan Yi De 1-0 Vincenzo Coco
Torben Pfister 3-0 Irwan Iskandar
Takafumi Kido 3-1 Hugh Best

Quarterfinals:
Kenzo Koi 0-1 Paul Mercer
Mohd Rizal Taib 1-1 Steve Dettre (Shootout: 1-2)
Hideaki Wada 2-1 Tan Yi De
Torben Pfister 2-1 Takafumi Kido

Semifinals:
Paul Mercer 1-2 Steve Dettre
Hideaki Wada 0-2 Torben Pfister

Final:
Steve Dettre 1-1 Torben Pfister (Shootout: 0-2)

TFAS League 2019 Match Day 4

The fourth day of the TFAS League 2019 was held on 26 May, with 6 players playing a full round robin. This match day also serves as a warm up for the prestigious Asian Cup 2019 in June!
Anas came out on top, winning all of his games, with Rudy in a close second, after losing out on a  tight game against Anas.

Farrer Park Flickers WASPA (12 April 2019)

The Farrer Park Flickers held their fourth WASPA tournament of 2019 on Friday, 12 April 2019 at their clubhouse, the Pek Kio Community Centre. Seven flickers participated, six from the club (Rudy Hesty, Anas Rahamat, Rizal Taib, Vikas Chandiramani, Michael Choong, and Nic Tan) and Enzo Fornaro from the SG Lions Table Football Club.

There were two groups with round robin games. After that, players played their counterpart in the other group based on their final group positions for final placings. All games were 20 minutes long.

In Group A, Anas came out top with two wins and a draw. In the three-player group B, Michael's 2-1 victory against club captain, Rudy was the decisive result he needed to win the group. The final was a high-scoring affair for a 20-minute game with Anas capturing a 4-3 win and his second club WASPA tournament for the year.

Because of the fasting month, we will not have a club WASPA tournament in the month of May. The club's next WASPA tournament will be on Friday, 21 June 2019; all are welcome to join in!

Final Standings:
1) Anas Rahamat
2) Michael Choong
3) Rudy Hesty
4) Nic Tan
5) Rizal Taib
6) Enzo Fornaro
7) Vikas Chandiramani

Easter Sunday TFAS League 2019

A beautiful Easter Sunday in Singapore saw 5 seasoned local players assembled at Sports Hub Library. All were ready to match their finger skills after a month lay off to rekindle their football battle on the board in the 3rd session of the local league.

The games started off cautiously with players unable to score beyond 2 goals with several low scoring games but once the rusts were shaken off the goals came in abundance. In the end Rudy won March league session with 3 wins & a draw; followed by Anas, Bernard, Vikas & Isaac.

Overall an enjoyable & entertaining flicking session.
Till we flick again at same venue on 26 May 19.

Scores 
Vikas 2 - 0 Isaac / Anas 0 - 0 Rudy / Rudy 1 - 0 Vikas / Isaac 0 - 5 Bernard / Bernard 2 - 3 Rudy / Vikas 1 - 3 Anas / Anas 1 - 1 Bernard / Rudy 10 - 0 Isaac / Isaac 1 - 3 Anas / Bernard 4 - 0 Vikas

TFAS Cup 2019 Plates WASPA

The Plates category for the TFAS Cup 2019 was held on 24 March 2019, after the group stages of the main FISTF IO tournament had ended. The participants consisted of players who were knocked out from the main Open tournament of the TFAS Cup.
Nine players competed for the Consolation Plates. There was a draw, followed by a plate barrage round to decide the final 8 players for the knockout stages.
In the end, Vikas Chandiramani came out triumphant after defeating Isaac Lim in the final and wins the Plates!

Farrer Park Flickers - March tournament

The Farrer Park Flickers held their third WASPA tournament of 2019 on Friday, 15 March 2019. As usual, players met at their clubhouse, the Pek Kio Community Centre. Like the last tournament, there were six flickers participating, five from the club (Rudy Hesty, Anas Rahamat, Rizal Taib, Vikas Chandiramani, and Nic Tan) and Enzo Fornaro from the SG Lions Table Football Club.

They played a round robin format with 20-minute games. Club captain Rudy Hesty was victorious again this round with 13 points from 4 wins and 1 draw. Anas Rahamat came in second with 11 points, his 2-2 draw with Rizal Taib proving the decisive scoreline that put him second behind Rudy.

The club's next WASPA tournament is on 19 April 2019 (Good Friday); all are welcome to join in!

Final Standings:
1) Rudy Hesty 13 points
2) Anas Rahamat 11 points
3) Rizal Taib 8 points
4) Nic Tan 5 points
5) Vikas Chandiramani 4 points
6) Enzo Fornaro 0 points

Rudy Hesty wins February tournament

The Farrer Park Flickers held their second WASPA tournament of the year on Friday, 22 February 2019 at their clubhouse, the Pek Kio Community Centre. Six flickers took part, five from the club (Rudy Hesty, Anas Rahamat, Michael Choong, Vikas Chandiramani, and Nic Tan) and one from the SG Lions Table Football Club (Ashley Tan).

They played a round robin format with 20-minute games. The matches were generally close with only one of the 15 matches having a goal difference of three or more. Club captain Rudy Hesty took the victory with 11 points from 3 wins and 2 draws.

Join the club for their next WASPA tournament on 15 March 2019; all are welcome to join in!

Final Standings:
1) Rudy Hesty 11 points
2) Ashley Tan 9 points
3) Michael Choong 7 points
4) Anas Rahamat 6 points
5) Vikas Chandiramani 4 points
6) Nic Tan 2 points

Rudy Hesty winner in Singapore

The second day of the TFAS League 2019 was held on 3 February, with 6 players playing a full round robin. Rudy Hesty was back on form, winning all of his games this time round.

Finals standings (points and GD)
1. Rudy -> 15 / 14
2. Anas -> 12 / 9
3. Bernard -> 7 /
4. Vikas -> 7 / 2
5. Rizal -> 1 / -15
6. Isaac -> 1 / -16

Farrer Park January tournament

The Farrer Park Flickers held their first WASPA tournament of the year at their clubhouse at the Pek Kio Community Centre on Friday, 18 January 2019. Five flickers took part, four from the club (Anas Rahamat, Vikas Chandiramani, Mohamed Rizal Taib, and Nic Tan), and our usual guest, Enzo Fornaro, from the SG Lions Table Football Club.

Players played round robin matches in 20-minute games. Anas won his first three games, but a surprise 2-1 defeat to Rizal in his last round put his fate out of his hands as he sat out the last round and had to await the result of Vikas's last game against Enzo. Alas, Vikas could only manage a 3-0 win which was one goal short of what he needed to overtake Anas. Nic came in third after his 2-0 win over Rizal in the last round overtook Rizal on goal difference as well. Enzo came in last but put in some credible performances as he tried Tchaaa4 Sniper 2.0 bases for the first time, and make it difficult for all his opponents.

Join the club for their next WASPA tournament on 22 February 2019 (from 7pm) at the same venue; all are welcome!

Final Standings:
1) Anas Rahamant 9 points (GD: +4)
2) Vikas Chandiramani 9 points (GD: +3)
3) Nic Tan 6 points (GD: +1)
4) Mohamed Rizal Taib 6 points (GD: -1)
5) Enzo Fornaro 0 points (GD: -7)

TFAS League 2019 Match Day 1

The first match day of the 2019 season of the TFAS League kicked off on 6 January, with 8 players fighting it out to take an early lead in the League standings.
After 4 rounds of the Swiss System, Anas emerges out on top, with a clean record of 4 wins! However, the man of the match-day was notably the youngest player, Isaac, who came out undefeated at the end of the day, bagging a win against Vikas, and almost winning in the other games he drew.

Results are as follows:
Vikas 2 v 1 Bernard
Isaac 2 v 2 Rudy
Anas 3 v 0 Haikal
Rizal 0 v 1 Nic
Anas 3 v 0 Vikas
Nic 1 v 3 Rudy
Isaac 2 v 2 Rizal
Bernard 3 v 1 Haikal
Anas 3 v 0 Rudy
Bernard 0 v 1 Nic
Vikas 2 v 3 Isaac
Rizal 2 v 2 Haikal
Anas 2 v 1 Nic
Isaac 4 v 4 Bernard
Rudy 12 v 1 Rizal
Vikas 2 v 3 Haikal