Stylianou wins the first promotional event in Cyprus

The first stage of the Cyprus U15 circuit was played under WASPA banner this sunday with a good field of 13 players. The winner of this first tournament was Giorgos Stylianou who defeated Marinos Mitellas (3-0) in the final. Sofoklis Mougis and Charalambos Constantinou were the semi-finalists. Congratulations to the Cypriots for their great efforts of development.

Mike Parnaby wins the Thornaby tournament

Mike Parnaby kicking off

Eight players turned up for this one, but we were without one of our regulars, Ben Staples, who preferred a night with Kate Bush to a night with a bunch of lads playing table football. Madness!!!! Anyway, the evening was played to the new FISTF rules and we found little to worry us in those. Mike Parnaby took the crown tonight after a tense finale against Neil Youngson. It ended 0-0 which sort of suited both players!

Rob Heseltine going for the ball against Jeff Parsons

Date of next NETFA Teesside WASPA tournament will be  3rd October 2014

John Bottomley attacking against Jeff Parsons

The tense final between Neil Youngson and Mike Parnaby

Final table of the evening
1. Mike Parnaby
2. Neil Youngson
3. John Bottomley
4. Chris Kaberry
5. Jeff Parsons
6. Andy Mill
7. Rob Heseltine
8. Mark Parkin

Andy Mill defends against John Bottomley

(Report by Mike Parnaby)

Matthew Thomas wins the First Call Gas WASPA shield

The First Call Gas WASPA shield for September was held on wednesday night in Heckmondwike. A great night was had by all, 9 players attended in all including 2 players from outside of Yorkshire. The latest edition of the FISTF rules were in force, which proved a challenge at times. Matt Thomas (London & Essex) took the nights silverware in the end, comfortably taking maximum points from his 4 games.

Session 1
Paul Lawrenson 0-2 Matt Thomas
Eric 0-4 Brian Kinrade
Stuart Walsh 2-1 Russ Harker
Ben Staples 2-1 Martin Blanchard
Craig Heward Bye

Session 2
Brian Kinrade 1-2 Craig Heward
Stuart Walsh 0-5 Matt Thomas
Ben Staples 3-1 Russ Harker
Paul Lawrenson 1-0 Martin Blanchard
Eric Bye

Session 3
Craig Heward 1-4 Matt Thomas
Ben Staples 1-2 Brian Kinrade
Paul Lawrenson 2-1 Stuart Walsh
Eric 0-5 Riss Harker
Martin Blanchard Bye

Session 4
Matt Thomas 4-0 Brian Kinrade
Paul Lawrenson 1-2 Craig Heward
Ben Staples 2-2 Stuart Walsh
Eric 0-7 Martin Blanchard
Russ Harker Bye

Table
1. Matt Thomas (London & Essex) 12pts
2. Craig Heward (Yorkshire) 9pts
3. Ben Staples (Yorkshire) 7pts
4. Paul Lawrenson (Yorkshire) 6pts
4. Brian Kinrade (Kent) 6pts
4. Russ Harker (Yorkshire) 6pts
4. Martin Blanchard (Yorkshire) 6pts
8. Staurt Walsh (Yorkshire) 4pts
9. Eric (Yorkshire) 3pts

A smashing time was had by all! Next WASPA event will be staged in October for the second leg of the First Call Gas WASPA shield.

(Report by Paul Lawrenson)

Opening of the season in Scotland

The Tayside Kickers started their season this sunday in Arbroath with a WASPA tournament. 8 players were taking part and the event was played in Swiss system. Gareth Christie took the honors as he won his four games. The event was played in a positive spirit. The final ranking was as follows:
1. Gareth Christie
2. Steve Bennett
3. Andy Beskaby
4. Colin Matthew
5. Fraser Bruce
6. Martin Campbell
7. Rob Conway
8. Craig Thom

Marcos Kalopsidiotis wins the opening tournament in Cyprus

The season started in Cyprus on saturday with the first event organized by Famagusta TFC. 16 players were taking part and they were playing in four groups of four players. In the quarter-finals, there were only tight games. Finally, the Marcos Kalopsidiotis beat Giorgos Stylianou in the first semi while Giorgos Zangylos defeated Kostas Kalopsidiotis in the other semi. Both games ended on 2-1. The final was even closer and Marcos Kalopsidiotis beat Giorgos Zangylos 5-4 in the sudden death to win the title. Congratulations to him!

Quarter-finals
Marcos Kalopsidiotis - Marios Themistokleous 1-0
Giorgos Stylianou - Sofoklis Mougis 1-0
Marinos Mitellas - Giorgos Zangylos 0-2
Giorgos Zangylos - Kostas Kalopsidiotis 0-1

Semi-finals
Marcos Kalopsidiotis - Giorgos Stylianou 2-1
Giorgos Zangylos - Kostas Kalopsidiotis 2-1

Final
Marcos Kalopsidiotis - Giorgos Zangylos 5-4sd

FISTF world cup 2014 in Belgium

The FISTF world cup is taking place this week-end in Templeuve in belgium. It will be great to meet some players who have been very active in the WASPA circuit is the last months and who are now taking part in the world's most important tournament. In the name of WASPA, we wish everyone a great week-end. We hope those who will not win many games will at least make a lot of new friends.

Link of the tournament: http://www.subbuteoworldcup2014.com/

Strong start for Jos Ceulemans!

Left to right: Bart Van de Vliet, Johnny Beaufays, Jos Ceulemans, Geert Leys

On September 1, nine players met in Hofstade-Zemst for the first tournament of the season held in the premises of Subbuteo Club Flanders. As always, the tournament was played in swiss system. Jos Ceulemans, who is now a member of SC Stembert, took the honors after taking 10 points in four games. Jos Ceulemans tied with Geert Leys in the last session. Bart Van de Vliet finished second, Geert Leys third and Johnny Beaufays fourth. This is Ceulemans's 8th WASPA title.

Phil Dacey wins in Cardiff

There was subbuteo action in Cardiff (Wales) on monday, September 1 as 8 players took part in a tournament organized by the Cardiff Bluebirds. Phil Dacey beat David Samuel (4-1) in the final while David Lauder and Darren Barnes lost in the semis. Martin Scheffer from the Netherlands was also taking part. Congratulations to all.

WASPA results file of August 2014

Dear all,

here is the monthly report of the WASPA circuit. This month 19 tournaments have been held in 10 different countries. For the first time we have had 3 players from Indonesia taking part in a tournament in Malaysia. 5 tournaments have been played by the minimum number of players (3) but at least we were happy to reach some new places in Greece, Austria and England.

Action from Singapore in August 2014

The season is now over. 219 regional tournaments have been organized during the season 2013-2014 but also 13 promotional tournaments, 4 tournaments with advanced rules and 19 tournaments with the old rules. More than 1000 players have competed in the WASPA tournaments in the last 12 months.

A small report with some statistics of the season 2013-2014 will be published you.

FISTF President Alan Collins took part in the Sliders Tour event in Yokshire

For the new season, the goals are simply:
- to have more tournaments taking place;
- to have more regional circuits under WASPA banner (like the one in Cyprus or the one of Lazio SS);
- to have more players, clubs and nations involved.

The other aim is to elect a WASPA Board. Interested persons to join the future WASPA Board can drop me a line!

A nice venue for the latest tournament in Kent

Please keep in mind you only need 3 players to run a WASPA tournament. Don't hesitate to send your tournament requests to vincent.cop@rsca.com

Please also note the news are updated on a very regular base on the blog at http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com

Big names took part in the Vienna tournament in Austria

Have a great week and a great day!

Vincent

England: the honors for Steve Bennett and Gianpaolo Vitulano

Two events have been held this week-end in England.

John attacks Ben

On sunday, three players met to test the new FISTF rules. Steve Bennett won the small Stockton tournament after beating Ben Staples and John Bottomley twi. Ben took the second place after beating John twice. Hopefully there will be more events in Stockton in the future.

Ben and Steve

On saturday, a tournament had been held in kent with 18 different players from Kent Invicta and Basingstoke. Terry Arnold reported "Kent Invicta TFC hosted another WASPA tournament on Saturday 30th August with some visiting players from Basingstoke and a few new Kent juniors playing for the first time – so 18 players in total at the 44Two Club in Gillingham. We played a 4 round Swiss system and also a team game at the end. With 6 adults, 4 Under 15’s and 8 Under 12’s, there were more youth players involved than adults – Kent Invicta again investing time in developing the game and getting youth players involved.

Nice group picture

It was good practice for some of Kent’s England junior players as they prepare for the World Cup next weekend in Belgium – so good luck to Kye, Daniel, James & Ashton plus our other Kent Internationals, Kane, Derrin, Christopher & Thomas!

The tournament went right down to session 4 to decide the final places where the only two players with a 100% record met as hot favourite Gianpaolo Vitulano edged out Kye Arnold to win the event from the England U12’s Captain. This is Vitolano's first WASPA title.

A nice venue

To finish off, there was a couple team games with Kent taking on the players from Basingstoke winning 4-0 plus a Kent ‘B’ v Kent ‘C’ game which saw the ‘B’ team winning 3-0."

Final Table (all Kent Invicta unless stated):
1. Gianpaolo Vitulano
2. Kye Arnold
3. Terry Arnold
4. Finn Taylor
5. Louis Singh
6. Daniel McCormick
7. Tony Whitelock
8. Josh Foreman
9. James McCormick
10. Elliott Blowes (Basingstoke)
11. John (Basingstoke)
12. Ashton Whitelock
13. Paul Allen
14. Danny Clark
15. Mark Lavender (Basingstoke)
16. Tom Lavender (Basingstoke)
17. Jacob Silvester
18. Rhys Williams