Already the 10th tournament in Trieste

On March 30 the club of Triestina held a 10th tournament under WASPA banner. There were many goals and spectacular games and the 8 players had a lot of fun. Gianfranco Grahonja proved to be on top again. He defeated Furio Segnani in the final while Davorin Korosec took the third place. Diego Giorio was 4th and proved to be improving a lot, which is promising for the future. During the evening, a journalist came to see the games and an article about the event will be published in the local newspaper soon.

WASPA test-match: Northern Californie vs California TSC

On Wednesday, March 28th, Conan Mullen (SoCo Subbuteo) of the Northern California Subbuteo Club hosted Paul O'Donovan Rossa of the California Table Soccer Club in the first ever "Northern California" WASPA Test Match. Paul made the journey up from Southern California for an evening of friendly and competitive Subbuteo matches, and handily took the Test Match honors, winning the 3-match series 2-1, 3-1, and 4-0. After which there were more training matches woth Paul sharing his experience and passing on valuable coaching tips to help Conan gear up for the California Table Soccer Club's upcoming Los Angeles FISTF Satellite/ASA Open in Newbury Park on April 7th.

Alekos Apatzis winner in Kallithea

20 players attended the 34th tournament of the Flaming Flickers SC. The event took place on March 10 and was covered by a team of journalists. After many good games in the WASPA spirit, the winnner was local player Alekos Apatzis who defeated Dimitris Tziortziotis (Glyfada United) in the final. Nikos Psomiadis and Giorgos Pitihoutis reached the semi-finals. Congratulations to the winner Alekos and to all the paticipants.

Daniel Cranston wins in Virginia

NoVA Union's Bryan Arnold was very happy to host the club's third tournament in the past year. The three tournament participants played in a round robin format loaded with many great matches. Congratulations to Daniel Cranston for the win and to Andrew Zunino as runner up. Bryan Arnold completed the standings in third.

Short news from around the world

Some small events have been held in several nations in the last few days. here is a brief summary of these events.

Action at the latest Sydney tournament

Eliot Kennedy wins in Sydney
The club of Sydney TFC held a great WASPA tournament last week with 8 players taking part. Eliot Kennedy (Northern Falcons TFC) defeated local player Fabrizio Coco (1-0) in a close final to claim the honors. Hermann Kruse and Kostas Barbaris made it to the semi-finals.

Austria: action in Ebenfurth
TFC Ebenfurth was playing a tournament this week with six players. A league system was set up wo that everyone had five games and to decide the winner of the "35 Year Jubilee Tournament". In the end David Busch won his five games and was the winner while Mario Perrti was runner-up and Hungary's András Hicz took the third place.

Final standings:
1. David Busch
2. Mario Peretti
3. András Hicz
4. Roland Schwacha
5. Rene Buchler
6. Horst Deimel

Scotland: Steve Bennett still reigns in Dundee
The 7th stage of the Dundee United domectic circuit took place last week-end with six players meeting each other. Steve Bennett too the honors and Andy Beskaby was runner-up.

Final standings:
1. Steve Bennett
2. Andy Beskaby
3. David Baxter
4. Rob Conway
5. Dave Minty
6. Craig Thom

Players in Javea

Promotional event in Spain
The third promotional tournament in Spain was played in Javea earlier this week. Pasquale Carrassi finished on top of a group of 3 with 9 points while David Mc Aulay also finished with 9 points but less goals scored. Bill Dunham, who was a new entry in the WASPA circuit, finished in third place.

Italy: first tournament in Angri
A small event was held last week in Angri, Italy. Three players with no club had a first tournament together and Gianpaolo Abagnale defeated Giuseppe De Amicis in the final. Francesco Martino was the third player in action. Welcome to them in the WASPA family!

Australia: Great debut for Mark Ryan in Perth
The recent Perth tournament was full of surprises. Mark Ryan was playing his first WASPA tournament and managed to win the final against Alan Kimber while Ross McNulty defeated Chris Thorn in the game for the third place. A total of six players were competing and everyone had the chance to play at least seven games.

Some more action in Belgium

Four different events have been hald in the last few days in Rochefort, Seraing, Bande and Vresse. Here are some small report and results of these different tournaments.

Nathan Dizier and Arnaud Robillard

JSC Rochefort had a WASPA tournament on Friday with seven players competing in a league system. Everybody played 6 games and Arnaud Robillard won the tournament on goals scored after sharing the same number of points with Valéry Dejardin. The final standings are as follows:

Rémy Honet and Manon Willem

The final standings are as follows:
1. Arnaud Robillard
2. Valéry Dejardin
3. Nathan Dizier
4. Didier Stévenot
5. Maxime Muraille
6. Manon Willem
7. Rémy Honet

Players in Seraing

SC Seraing had a small event with five players on Friday night. Everyone had four games and Pascal Scheen (Valletta SC) took the honors while Christophe Dheur was runner-up.

Here are the final standings:
1. Pascal Scheen
2. Christophe Dheur
3. David Fraikin
4. Richard Boulanger
5. Philippe Thys

Another event in Belgium took place in Bande and was organized by Wamme SC on March 22. Seven players met in Swiss system and the players of Rochefort TS made the law after taking the first 3 spots.

The standings:
1. Corentin Wauthy
2. Aurélien Feye
3. Basile Magermans
4. Bruno Mottet
5. Jean Grosdent
6. Philippe Thys
7. Aurore Grosdent

Finally, the club of Semois held a tournament on Sunday in Vresse. Small room, five players but great fun. Renaud Parisel defeated Pascal Droeven in the final while Tom Léonard beat marc De Vos in the game for the 3rd place. A great day was had by all.

Mark McCrossan takes the Spring Cup

There was a very small turnout of four players for this year's Spring Cup (2018) in Derry but players spent a very enjoyable evening.

Final standings:
1. Mark McCrossan
2. Martinog Bradley
3. Patrick Mc Keever
4. Craig Stewart

News from the Northern Falcons

An impromptu WASPA to really get back into action after the trips to Melbourne for the Asian Cup, and Kiama for the Satellite. Oli caused a sensation when he upped the tempo of his play and beat his father, Hermann, 3-0, but succumbed to great rival Jonty. Jonty's thunderous shooting caused Steve some nervous moments in their 0-0 draw, before he fell heavily to an all-out attack from Hermann. A great night's play, and once again thanks to the Good Games manager Daniel for being our host.

(Report by Steve Dettre)

Matthias Averlant wins promotional event

There was some Subbuteo action on Thursday in Templeuve, Belgium where a "promotional tournament" was held with a good field of 11 entries while three players were also present but not eligible to play. Matthias Averlant was the only player to win his four games and claimed the title. Averlant, who is still a U19 player, won the decisive game in the last session against Stéphane Lambert. Alain Flament was runner-up with 9 points and Stéphane Lambert took the third place. Congratulations to all aplayers for the fair-play and the positive spirtit.

Final standings:
1. Matthias Averlant
2. Alain Flament
3. Stéphane Lambert
4. Benoit Lagneau
5. Franck Santer
6. Jean-Luc Canfin
7. Eric Caillaux
8. Soan Marain
9. Florian Renaut
10. Julie Taquin
11. Benjamin Marain

Paolo Barone on top in Harrow

Italy's Paolo Barone took the honors in the recent WASPA tournament held in Harrow. Eight players competed in Swiss system and there were many close games. Paolo Barone only shared points with Elliot Bellefontaine to finish the evening with 10 points. Elliot was runner-up while Rudi Peterschinigg also finshed on the podium.

Final standings:
1. Paolo Barone
2. Elliot Bellefontaine
3. Rudi Peterschinigg
4. Neil Doherty
5. Paul Andreas
6. Lee Fenton
7. Victor Jones
8. Zoran Higgins