Atkin and Blanchard win in Enderby

Saturday final

Sunday final

At the Enderby FISTF Satellite, 2 WASPA events took place with some great games. The WASPA plate event on Saturday saw a Kent final as Mat Atkin edged Brett Price 3-2 as the day came to a close. The Sunday WASPA plate was another tight game as London’s Martin Blanchard grabbed a 3-2 shots victory over Kent’s Gianpaolo Vitulano after a 2-2 draw.

Luca Pini on fire in Firenze

This monday 18 players competed in Firenze for another WASPA tournament. Luca Pini defeated Marco Bonciani in the ifnal (4-1) to claim his 8th WASPA title.

Mirco Pasquini and Emanuele Cattani also reached the semi-finals.

Giammarco Riccioni defeated Francesco Gori in the colsolation final.

Congratulations to the club of CS Firenze for another successful evening of Subbuteo.

Marcos Kalopsidiotis does it again

This saturday there was Subbuteo action in Cyprus after a hyatus of a few months. The club of Famagusta was holding the third tournament of the domestic circuit with 11 competitors.

The final

Marcos Kalopsidiotis won the final on shots against Georgios Zangylos. Giorgos Stylianou and Marios Themistokleous were the semi-finalists.

Marcos Kalopsidiotis is the current leader of the season ranking with 25 points while Zangylos is second with 15 points.

Thomas Eppensteiner did the job

This friday there was a small WASPA tournament in Ebreichsdorf, Austria.

Thomas Eppensteiner finished on top of a group of 4 while Thomas Bergholz, Lukas Eppensteiner and Mathias Eppensteiner  were the other competitors.

It was a good rehearsal before the serious tournaments coming up in Austria.

Old rules in Harrow

This sunday six players had good fun during a WASPA tournament played with the old rules in Harrow (England). Rudi Peterschinigg finished on top of a group of 6. The event was organized to test the pitches for the Old Subbuteo September gig.

Table 
10 points: Rudi Peterschinigg
6: Gerald Brightwell
5: Neil Doherty
4: Kevin John Walker (-2)
4: John Ellis (-3)
1: Matt Peterschinigg

But can he do it on a 30 degree day in Brighton?

4 Hour Subbuteo Marathon From Down Under

Luke Radziminski Reports:

Yeah, I must admit that the format wasn’t the most ideal. With a turnout of 7 players it was set up as a round robin event with 10 minute halves and a grand final after where top 2 go through after 7 rounds. There was only 5 minute breaks in between games on a day where it is over 30 degrees and have 3 boards squeezed into a small room. Could they do it on a hot, dry day in Brighton? Just barely.

Going back to the small room scenario, I was made unaware that the larger hall would be occupied for a birthday function and as soon as I arrived I saw a pre-school activity session occupying the smaller room. It was another panic mode for myself as we had no place to set up the event with only half an hour until the first games were about to start. Fearing the worst, I was half expecting an angry mob of 4 subbuteo players chasing me down the street with machetes and clubs as soon as they have found out there is no venue to play subbuteo after a long drive to reach Brighton. But not to worry, the small room had freed up 10 minutes before the start of the event and it was a rushed preparation to set up tables and had them vacuumed before everyone had arrived.

Juan, the beginner of the day

The man of mystery; Tom Nowacki had returned to the scene after 1 year in hiding and a new player, Juan Menendez, had joined the party. Juan had briefly played subbuteo back in Brisbane while growing up with his brothers. He recently moved to Melbourne and was very keen to experience an organised subbuteo event. He had surprised everyone with his solid flicking for someone to take part in their first ever tournament and even notched up a 1-0 win over tom and a 0-0 draw with Beth Eveleigh.

On paper, Christos Garagounis had made significant improvement in his performance achieving draws against the more experienced players Benny Ng and Luke Radziminski with scores of 1-1 and 0-0. He achieved 4th place in result of this. In other games Luke and Benny had won their first points against the superior Carl Young in 0-0 draws. Carl remained undefeated however and sealed his spot into the grand final, the second entrant was has contested between Luke and Benny. Each player achieved the same results in the 6 rounds however it was decided from the first round of games where Luke had defeated Benny 1-0.

Only smiles...

The grand final stood goalless at halftime, where Carl had dominated possession but was kept at bay from Luke’s goalkeeping. However in the second half Carl’s flicking had been flawless and disallowed Luke to advance forward with some precise blocking. Eventually it was too much for Luke to handle and was cleaned up 2-0 in the end.

Players interested in joining the Melbourne Table Football Club can e-mail Luke Radziminski at luker@internode.on.net

Majee Nolizam does it again Jakarta

This Sunday there was subbuteo action in Indonesia where the club of Batavia Garudas was organising a tournament.

Malaysia's Majee Nolizam was the final winner, beating Arudyo Putro in the final. Dwi Putranto and Yulianto Saputro where the other semi-finalists. 8 players were present in Jakarta for the event.

Lindsey and Boothman winners in England

On February 5, there was a small tournament in Cousldon. Colin Lindsey finished on top of the group stage of three players. Lee Fenton was runner-up and Scott Freeman took the third place.

The Lincoln Flickers held their monthly tournament this Wednesday in their premises. Jeremy Boothman finished on top of a group of 4 while Andrew Garbutt was runner-up, Andy Boyer was third and John Devaney was fourth.

Number 50 for Geoffrey Marain

The 16 players after the 4th session

The Templeuve United club was holding their 5th tournament of the season this friday and this time there was an incredible field of 16 entries, including 6 players from France. There were many close games, several draws and nobody finished the evening with 4 lost games. Geoffrey Marain managed to win his 50th title in the WASPA circuit, which is a great achievement. Marain won his four games and even won the final games against Vincent Coppenolle by a clear 8-3. Coppenolle had some luck anyway as many games ended with a draw, which means 6 players tied with 7 points for the 3rd place. Alain Flament, who had a better goal difference, took the third place. Erwin Delaunoy was playing his first tournament in 10 years, Michel Einsle and Hervé Lesigne made their WASPA debut and Jean-Charles Kain and Eric Caillaux were playing their first "regional" tournament, just 2 weeks after they made their debut in a "promotional event". Templeuve United will hold another WASPA event on March 4, the day before the FISTF Major of Frameries. Interested players can contact Vincent Coppenolle at vincent.cop@rsca.com

Action in the hall

Top 3 of the evening

Final standings of the evening

1. Geoffrey Marain (Belgium/Flickers Milano) 12

2. Vincent Coppenolle (Belgium/Templeuve United) 9
3. Alain Flament (Belgium/SCAF Quévy) 7
4. Renald Deloose (Belgium/Templeuve United) 7
5. Hervé Lesigne (France/SCAF Quévy) 7
6. Stéphane Lambert (Belgium/Kent Invicta) 7
7. Eric Caillaux (France/-) 7
8. Jean-Marc Matha (France/SCAF Quévy) 7
9. John Verfaillie (Belgium/Templeuve United) 6
10ea. Olivier Bodelle (France/Templeuve United) 4
10ea. Erwin Delaunoy (Belgium/Templeuve United) 4
12. Benjamin Marain (Belgium/Warcoing Ducks) 4
13. Eddy Beernaert (Belgium/SC Flanders) 3
14. Michel Einsle (France/SCAF Quévy) 2
15. Jean-Charles Kain (Belgium/Templeuve United) 2
16. Grégory Sottiau (France/SCAF Quévy) 1

Winning comeback for Christian Filippella

Newbury Park, California FISTF CHALLENGER 07/02/16
On Sunday February 7, 2016, the Southern California Subbuteo Club hosted the FISTF Challenger event in Newbury Park, California. The tournament also counted for the WASPA circuit. Seven competitors participated in the tournament, showcasing the return of Italian great, Christian Filippella.  In his first tournament in the United States, Christian defeated Paul O'Donovan Rossa 3-1 in the final, to capture the FISTF Challenger Championship.  Entering the semifinals, Christian won group A and Varant Kurkeyerian (USA) won Group B. In the semifinals, Christian defeated João Bruno Casaca (Portugal) 6-0 and Paul O'Donovan Rossa edged out Varant Kurkeyerian via penalties (6-5), after finishing the match 0-0.

(Report from the organizers)