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WASPA monthly report of April 2014

The monthly report of April 2014 can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4_PpphlADgVeDFLdUZ6S25DQTQ

This month we had some interesting facts:
- 2 events were played in Cyprus, the first one counted for March as there was no tournament in Limassol last month.
- tournaments with the swiss system had a good turnout in Templeuve, Heckmondwike, Kallithéa and Rome.
- there were tournaments in two different cities in Australia
- the first WASPA tournament ever took place in Austria
- a tournament in California had a special guest from Singapore
- 11 players competed in Chile with representatives from New Zealand, Ecuador and Colombia
- a tournament played with the old rules in Italy will be added in the next ranking

As for the rankings:
- we have now 1250 ranked players from 34 nations
- Denmark is the first nation to disappear from the ranking as no Dane has played in the WASPA circuit in the last 24 months
- 42 players competed for the first time in WASPA events this month
- Simone Trivelli has entered the top 5 of the ranking
- the way points are awarded in the ranking of nations has been slightly modified due to the growing numbr of players
- 16 regional tournaments and 1 promotional tournament held in April 2014 counted in the new ranking

News from the US
The American Subbuteo Website has a renewed webiste at www.americansubbuteo.com/‎
Any update or idea of improvement can be sent to vincent.cop@rsca.com

About the WASPA blog (http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com):
- Our friend Panos from Greece is now doing interviews for the blog. this month interviews of Daniel Matos, Rudi Peterschingg and Vincent Coppenolle were added
-> Direct link: http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.be/p/interviews.html
- called "Project Brazil 2014". If you have pictures of some kits of national football teams (playing the world cup), feel free to drop a line. If you have any other idea of promotion regarding Subbuteo & the football world cup, (for instance setting up a subbuteo tournament under the theme "Brazil 2014" or you are playing subbuteo with the jersey of a national team), let me know by e-mail at vincent.cop@rsca.com
-> Direct link: http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.be/p/interviews.html


Useful links
Here are the few links to check when you have time:
the WASPA blog: http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com
the WASPA map: http://goo.gl/maps/MP4gu (to be updated soon)
the WASPA Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/waspasubbuteo/
the WASPA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/WASPA-World-Amateur-Subbuteo-Players-Association/231789816834700
the FISTF website: http://www.fistf.com
the independent table football forum: http://tablefootball.friendhood.net/

If some of your friends want to receive the monthly report by e-mail, they can drop a line to vincent.cop@rsca.com to be added in the mailing list

Use also vincent.cop@rsca.com for tournament requests or for sending results and pictures

Again, thanks to all players and organizers for the continued support over the last few months. So much support is a best reason to keep on working for the game!

Yours sincerely,

Vincent Coppenolle

14 WASPA titles for Georgios Zangylos

This thursday the players from Cyprus met for their monthly tournament of May. There were 19 players taking part and there were many close games. In the quarter-finals, three games ended on a draw. Peter Kalopsioditis beat Giorgos Stylianou on shots, Georgios Zangylos defeated Vangelis Zorbis in sudden death and Kostas Kalopsioditis also beat Charalambos Constantinou on sudden death. In the semis, the three Kalopsioditis brothers and Zangylos were ready for the win but in the end, Zangylos defeated Kostas Kalopsioditis (2-1) in the final to claim his 14th WASPA title. Well done!

The semi-finalists

The sixth WASPA title for Simone Trivelli

The 6th stage of the WASPA Lazio League took place on wednesday evening with a great foeld of 19 players and some new names taking part. Simone Trivelli, who is the current leader of the circuit, had a perfect evening ith four wins and the victory of the day. It's his fourth tournament win this season and sixth WASPA trophy overall. Three players finished the evening with 9 points but the italians ystem calculating the points of the opponents offered the second place of the evening to Matteo Del Brocco while Patrizio Lazzaretti is third and Paolo Barone is fourth.

Final table of the evening:
1 Simone Trivelli
2 Matteo Del Brocco
3 Patrizio Lazzaretti
4 Paolo Barone
5 Claudio Paolino
6 Gianmarco Del Brocco
6 Simone Lo Iacono
8 Mikael Caviglia
9 Luigi Aniballi
10 Stefano Tagliaferri
10 Giuseppe Cascioli
12 Mario Lo Iacono
13 Strano
14 Luca Trivelli
15 Marco Moretti
16 Riccardo Poncetta
16 Cristian Minotti
18 Alessandro Spoto
19 Ernesto Galieti

A good show with 11 players in Chile

Last saturday, 11 players attended the "Autumn Cup" in Valdivia (chile). It was a very international tournament as there were representatives from Colombia, Ecuador and New zealand taking part. The event was played in three groups, the winner of each group qualified for the final round. Ignacio López, who had the chance to meet players in Australia a few months ago, took the honors. Well done Ignacio!

Carolina Fonseca (from Colombia), Suzanne Hodgkinson (from New Zealand) and Manuel Gallardo (from Chile)

The whole group (First row from left to right: Carlos Polanco (Ecuador), Jaime Cabanilla (Ecuador), Sergio Vallejos (Chile), Emilia López (Chile). Second row: Annemarie Mohr (Chile, supporter), Laura López (Chile), Teresa López (Chile, supporter), Antonio Gallardo (Chile). Third row: Ignacio López (Chile), Suzanne Hodgkinson (New Zealand), Carolina Fonseca (Colombia) and Manuel Gallardo (Chile). Alejandro Claude is not in the photo

First row (from left to right): Antonio Gallardo (Chile), Manuel Gallardo (Chile), Carolina Fonseca (Colombia), Carlos Polanco (Ecuador), Jaime Cabanilla (Ecuador), Teresa López (Chile, supporter),  Ignacio López (Chile). Second row: Laura López (Chile),  Sergio Vallejos (Chile), Emilia López (Chile)  and Suzanne Hodgkinson (New Zealand)

The winner of the tournament: Ignacio López (Chile)

Mike Newton wins in Parramatta

Five players attended the Parramatta tournament held on sunday. There were local players but also England's Mike Newton who finished on top of the league format after winning three games and sharing points with Rob Retalic. Adrian Elmer finished second, Rob Retalic third, Steve Diasinos fourth and Gordon Dudley fifth.

Some more events in Singapore and Austria

The event will and both FISTF and WASPA status

A nice victory for Paul O'Donovan Rossa

Paul O'Donovan Rossa defeated Steve Tucker in the final of the tournament held wy the Southern California Subbuteo Club (2-0). The event was held to celebrate the visit of Singapore's Erza Aripin. Erza lost to Paul O'Donovan Rossa (0-1) in the semi while Varant Kurkeyerian was the other semi-finalist. After the event, Erza Aripin reported he was very thankful to the SCSC players for making new friends and having a great time. Congratulations to everyone for a great day of subbuteo.

Marcos Kalopsioditis wins in Limassol

The monthly tournament of Famagusta TFC took place on saturday with a great field of 18 players. This time Marcos Kalopsioditis took the honors as he beat Georgos Zangylos (2-1) in the final. Charalambos Constantinou and Daniel Sarris reached the semis. Congratulations to Marcos!

A good turnout for the promotional event in Templeuve

The 14 competitors of the evening

There were 14 players attending the WASPA promotional tournament held in Templeuve on thursday with many interesting games played in the swiss ladder system (5 sessions of 2 halves of 12 minutes). This time Alain Flament (SCAF Quévy) won all his games to win his first WASPA title. Thibault Buron, who had not played for years, took the second place with 12 points while Maxime Hoguet from France ended with 10 points. It was nice to see some old and new faces and representatives from four different clubs and two players from the North of France.

First WASPA title for Alain Flament

Final table of the tournament:
1. Alain Flament (SCAF Quévy) - 15
2. Thibault Buron (Templeuve United) - 12
3. Maxime Hoguet (Templeuve United) - 10
4. Eddy Beernaert (SC Flanders) - 9
5. Hatim Elmajd (Templeuve United) - 9
6. Olivier Bodelle (Templeuve United) - 9
7. Sébastien Devreese (SC Eugies) - 7
8. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve United) - 7
9. Kimberley Devreese (SC Eugies) - 6
10. Jordan Bonte (Templeuve United) - 6
11. Melvin Gobert (Templeuve United) - 6
12. John Verfaillie (Templeuve United) - 3
13. Laly Ramos (Templeuve United) - 1
14. Hugo Charlet (SCAF Quévy) - 1

The top 6 of the evening