Daniel Cranston wins the Delaware Valley Open

The Delaware Valley Open took place last week-end in the US. Host Andrew zunino was glad to have 7 players taking part. The first round consisted in a round robin with the top 2 players qualifying for the grand final. Daniel Cranston defeated Paul Eyes (3-2) to claim the title. Deway LaRochelle beat Doshu Tokeshi (1-0) to win the Mushroom cup. Huge thanks to Andrew for hosting a great event and congratulations to the winners.

Mushroon Cup for Dewey LaRochelle

First round results:
1. Daniel Cranston
2. Paul Eyes
3. Adolfo Colindres
4. Andrew Zunino
5. Bryan Arnold
6. Dewey LaRochelle
7. Doshu Tokeshi

Final:
Daniel Cranston - Paul Eyes 3-2

Mushroom Cup final:
Dewey LaRochelle - Doshu Tokeshi 1-0

Daniel Cranston wins the Alex Cup

Daniel Cranston survived an up and down day, to finish on top in a sudden death finish against Gregg Deinhart (3-2) in the Alex Cup Final. Earlier Cranston had lost Bryan Arnold 1-2 in a great result for the Virginia based player. Eyes also defeated Cranston (3-0) to leave Cranston on the brink of elimination. He secured his spot with a shootout victory over Andrew Zunino, before defeating Eyes and Deinhart to take the title. In junior play, Sam Cohen topped a four man field going undefeated on the day. The event was played in honor of Alex Giffen, who sadly passed away last week. The Giffen family (7 siblings) have all played in table soccer events in the mid atlantic area in years past, and they are part of our table soccer family. The players raised $300 in Alex’s name. This money will be sent to the Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma Research Foundation (ACCRF) later this week.

Miguel Marques wins the Durham Cup

We have been extremely happy to see the return of a Subbuteo tournament in Connecticut last week-end as local players organized the Durham Cup with some players from different states taking part.

Miguel Marques defeated Massimo Conturso in the final (1-0 in overtime) while semi-finalists were Bryan Arnold and Domenico Venezia.

Huge thanks to Massimo and his clubmates for making things happen!

Final Rankings
1. Miguel Marques (SCC)
2. Massimo Conturso (SCC)
3. Bryan Arnold (NoVa Union)
3. Domenico Venezia (no official affiliation)
4. Andrew Zunino (Eastern PA SC)
5. Rick Marques (SCC)
6. Frank Silva (SCC)

A great wee-end of Subbuteo in Colorado

Players on Saturday

Last week-end there was Subbuteo action in Denver, Colorado as the Colorado Subbuteo Club held two tournaments with visitors coming from several US states. The Colorado Cup was held on Saturday with 8 players taking part. Patrick Sheridan defeated Michael Tillman in the final whle Zach Walker defeated Varant Kurkeyerian to claim the third place. Benny Nuger won the consolation final against Shaun Kidsley.

The final on Sunday

The Sunday tournament, the "Denver Cup", had a smaller turnout of five players but many great games. Local player Zach Walker beat Michael Tillman in a close final while Tory Reed took home the MJ trophy.

Congratulations to the Colorado players for hosting a great week-end of Subbuteo. Keep up the great work!

Gregg Deinhart wins PlayHard Championship

Gregg Deinhart, the winner, wears the red jersey and Daniel Cranston, the runner up, wears the yellow jersey

NoVA Union Subbuteo Club hosted the third annual 2019 PlayHard Championship on Saturday, September 28th in Alexandria, Virginia. Five players contended for this year's title. The group phase of five rounds of play ended with Daniel Cranston in the top spot followed by Gregg Deinhart, Bryan Arnold, Andrew Zunino, and Doshu Tokeshi. The knockout phases were won by Gregg Deinhart, who beat Bryan Arnold 5-0, and Daniel Cranston, who won against Andrew Zunino 5-1. The final was an intense contest of flicking quality and inventive play between Gregg and Daniel. Gregg surged back from 0-2 behind to win in overtime 3-2 with a sharp golden goal shot

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

Kye top in Orlando!

Garage Soccer hosted a nice tournament in Florida last Sunday at the An-Tobar Pub in Orlando.
Pat O’Brien & Chris Harris from Garage Soccer (USA) were joined by Kye & Terry Arnold from Kent Invicta (England) as everyone played each other twice in a mini league.

It was Kye who took the top spot after winning all 6 games whilst Terry clinched 2nd spot with a convincing last round win over Pat who himself finished 3rd. Chris was 4th as a great afternoon’s play came to an end.

It was a good chance to share ideas and thoughts on the game to help the Garage Soccer guys in the US.

Heatwave of Pennsylvania 2019 tournament

Daniel Cranston receives trophy from Bryan Arnold

The Heatwave of Pennsylvania 2019 tournament was held in Avondale, Pennsylvania on Saturday, July 20th. Six players competed for this summer's title: Daniel Cranston, Gregg Deinhart, Andrew Zunino, Bryan Arnold, Braden Deinhart, and Nick Deinhart. The tournament was Daniel's first competitive action since May but he was excellent throughout. Daniel won the final against Gregg, 2-1, in a match of awesome flicking and tactics from both players. Andrew and Bryan were semifinalists: Andrew lost in a close match to Daniel, 0-2; Bryan lost to Gregg for the second match on the day with a score of 0-1. Congratulations to both Braden and Nick Deinhart on a great barrage final ,which ended as a draw, 0-0, after regular time and overtime, with Nick winning the shootout 0-2. Graceful competition and comradery abounded throughout the day. Thank you to Andrew Zunino for hosting the event.

(Report by Bryan Arnold)

Gregg Deinhart wins Heatwave tournament

The first annual Heatwave Junior 2019 was held in Alexandria, Virginia USA this past Saturday hosted by Gregg Deinhart. It was a long awaited festival of table soccer enjoyment exemplified by comradery and competitive spirit. The participants--Gregg, Andrew Zunino, and Bryan Arnold--played four rounds of intense Subbuteo action. Gregg won the title with six victories and 19 total points. Bryan came in second place gathering a total of 9 points. Andrew collected 5 points with two draws and a beautiful win against Gregg in the final round, 1-0.

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.

Action in California

The first week-end of the month was special for table football in California as two different tournaments were taking place.

Some of the players in San Francisco

The Northern California Subbuteo Club held a tournament in honor of George Vassiliades's Birthday. It was a big gathering with 9 players involved. Everybody had tons of fun with games for all levels, and the tournament was full of surprises. Conan Mullen defeated Vincent Vidal in the final to claim the trophy. Thanks to Peter for hosting an impeccable day in sunny San Francisco and to all the players who traveled to take part in the tournament.

Action in San Diego

San Diego TSC also had a meetup on May 5. Just a small gathering of three players this time but there will be another tournament on May 19 à Brewskis Bar. Mike Sakell wins, Luca Varriale and Colin Taylor battled for second place until the very last game. Small turnout this month, lots of fun!

Mike Sakell wins in San Diego

Congratulations to Mike Sakell for winning the San Diego TSC April 2019 tourney, undefeated performance, great skills! Mike won three games and tied once to finish on top of a group of five.
Welcome to the club to him and to Colin Taylor, too. The next meetup will take place on May 5.

Paul Eyes wins 2019 MarchFlicks Cup

Paul Eyes wins the cup with Gregg Deinhart as runner up in a tight match ending in a shootout. The Mary Jane final ended in OT with a score of 2-1 to Bryan Arnold with Andrew Zunino as runner-up.

Two tense finals to end the day of great action.

Thank you to the players for making it an awesome time today playing Subbuteo and to NoVa Union Subbuteo club for hosting the event.

Paul Eyes wins Presidents Cup

Paul Eyes (BlackRose 1998 Roma) won the 2019 Presidents Cup in a Swiss Ladder style tournament that featured 9 players. Key results were a 0-0 between Eyes and Cranston, Eyes defeating Tillman 2-1, and Cranston defeating Tillman 3-2. With the title being decided on goal difference, a narrow 3-2 win by Cranston over an impressive Adolfo Colindres proved decisive.

Final standings:
1. Paul Eyes
2. Daniel Cranston
3. Michael Tillman
4. Andrew Zunino
5. Bryan Arnold
6. Sam Cohen
7. Grant Lilly
8. Adolfo Colindres
9. Claudio Santos

A Table Soccer club in San Diego

There is a new club in California. The "San Diego Table Soccer Club" has now a Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/646149129139884
The new club will have a tournament on March 3. Interested players can check the event page at https://www.facebook.com/events/588943458241219/

WASPA are very happy about the great news and we wish San Diego Table Soccer Club a great future!

Peter Alegi wins the Lake Effect Trophy in Michigan

Lake Effect competitors and fans

Eric Walton (left) vs Paul Pate

Despite -11’C temperatures, players from west, east, and mid-Michigan traveled to East Lansing on January 27 for the first WASPA event of 2019, hosted by Grand Rapids TSC.

The round robin saw some tight matches, none more hard-fought than the 0-0 draw between Paul Pate and Eric Walton, a former national finalist making his comeback after several years away from the game. Joe Legatz earned third place, avenging an earlier loss to Pate in the consolation final, while Bernardo Maestrini and Marco Del Pizzo both recorded their first wins in tournament play. Alegi’s shooting was reliable in the final, as he defeated Walton 4-0 to claim the title.

Paul Eyes wins Delaware Valley Open

The 2018 Delaware Valley Open has been held last week-end in Avondale, PA and after an eight year drought, Paul Eyes is your 2018 Delaware Valley Open Champion!! Paul defeated Daniel Cranston 3-1 in the final game to win the title. It is always a pleasure putting this event on for everyone!

(Report by Andrew Zunino)

Cranston Wins The Shrine Challenge in Maryland, USA

Maryland Subbuteo Club hosted an 8 player WASPA event on November 10th. Two groups of 4 were topped by favorites Eyes and Cranston. Of note, Sam Cohen (MSC) – a promising new youth player – scored his first goals in tournament play. Eyes defeated Zunino, and Cranston defeated Colindres in the semi finals. The final saw Cranston prevail on shots over Eyes after a 2-2 draw in regulation.

Ordinal Position:
1. Daniel Cranston
2. Paul Eyes
3. Andrew Zunino
3. Adolfo Colindres
5. Bryan Arnold
5. Grant Lilly
7. Sam Cohen
7. Claudio Santos

Some news from around the world - October 2018

Some results of several WASPA events have not yet been published so here is a brief recap of events held in different countries.

Players in Northern California

In Northern California, Conan Mullen finished on top of a group of five to win the "NCSC Halloween WASPA". There were some new players involved and some great games.

In Austria the Ebenfurth club had a small tournament a few weeks ago with 4 players taking part. Congratulations to Horst Deimel for the win while Rene Buchler was runner-up.

In Wales the latest Knighton tournament saw Dan Nicholls finishing on top of a group of 4. Tom Taylor took the second place.

In Australia the Western Flickers TFC players had a great gathering on October 14. 8 players competed in a round robin so that everyone had seven game. Benny Ng took the honors while benjamin Ng was runner-up and Steve right took the thid place.

Three more events were played under WASPA banner during the Melbourne Open.

Junior U19 WASPA: The junior WASPA was held for all those eliminated from the FISTF event. Second seed for the FISTF Junior competition, Billy Wright, overcame his disappointment at elimination from the main event to make the final but didn’t join his sister on the winners’ list, going down on penalties to promising debutant Liam Browne in the Junior WASPA final. (report from Subbuteo Australia)

MTFC Open WASPA: The Melbourne IO Event also saw the debut of the Power Rankings to decide the outcome of a WASPA tournament. The rules were:
- 1. Players not occupied referreeing the Junior, Women’s or Teams events on the Saturday were free to organise themselves games on the spare tables and record results.
- 2. The final standings were made using the new Power Rankings system given that not all players played a similar number of games, or games against players of the same standard. Only results on the day counted. A win over a player who had performed well on the day was worth more than a win against a player who was winless.
- 3. All enquires on how Power Rankings are calculated should be directed to Richard Wilson.
- 4. For disputes on the outcome, see rule 3 !
The completion was narrowly taken out by Raffaele Lombardi from Eliot Kennedy and Giuseppe Tardiota in a good indicator of players to watch in the main Open event on Sunday. It was great to see 10 players from 5 different clubs taking part. (report from Subbuteo Australia)

WASPA Open: To ensure the WASPA was complete prior to the FISTF IO Final, the format was a straight knockout competition with 2x10min halves and penalties (no extra time). There were 9 competitors in the WASPA Plate Event, with the previous days’ junior runner up Gabriel Lombard joining the 8 players eliminated from the FISTF Open event. Gabriel played Charlotte Wright in the barrage. After a scoreless draw Charlotte won 2-1 on penalties to move into the quarter finals.
In the quarter finals, Charlotte continued her impressive run of results by defeating Adam Deverell 2-1 on penalties. This set up a semi final showdown with her brother Billy who progressed after Beth Eveleigh needed to forfeit due to illness. Benny Ng accounted for Christos Garagounis to set up a clash with his son Benjamin in the other semi final after Benjamin defeated Juliette 1-0.
In the battle of the Wrights, it was Billy that prevailed 2-1 on penalties after a scoreless draw. In the other semi Benjamin continued his run of wins over his father to progress to the final 3-1.
The final saw two of the Western Flickers’ juniors battle it out for the WASPA Open win. In the end the FISTF Junior IO winner,
Benjamin Ng, proved to strong for the WASPA Junior IO winner Billy Wright. (report from Subbuteo Australia)

Canada had two events in October and both tournaments were played on the same date (October 20).

In Montreal, Simon Harvey won his first WASPA tournament after defeating Pierre Chastenais in sudden death in the final. More importantly, it was fantastic to see five players gathering for a tournament. We really hope for a good future in Quebec.

The monthly event in Toronto had a good turnout of four with Mike Sgro defeating Final Howard Christie in the final.

Finally, in Spain Pasquale Carrassi won the Marina Citerior SC "promotional event" in Javea, which was held a few weeks ago. the italian finished on top of a group of 3 with Scotland's Bill Dunham and Italy's Lisa carrassi also taking part.

Please keep mind all results are welcome. Even if you have only three players, that's enough to have a WASPA tournament. And if you are visiting a foreign country, you can always organize a "WASPA test-match" against a local player to show some WASPA presence.

For any question, contact WASPA at vincent.cop@rsca.com

Paul Eyes wins 2018 PlayHard Championship

NoVA Union S.C. hosted the second annual PlayHard Championship on Saturday, September 29th. A field of six contested a group phase and knockout phase with competitive matches throughout. Congratulations to Paul Eyes for winning the tournament with a 1-0 victory against Bryan Arnold in the final.

Thank you to everyone who made the trip to play in the tournament: Paul Eyes, Andrew Zunino, Gregg Deinhart, Nick Deinhart, and Grant Lilly. And, thank you to NoVA Union player, Doshu Tokeshi of The Games Tavern in Chanitlly, Virginia for his kindness in allowing the club to hold the event at the store.

(report by Bryan Arnold)