Fabrizio Coco wins Northern Falcons tournament

Fabrizio Coco and Tony Credentino pulled off another "Italian Job" when they took the top two honours at the latest WASPA at the Willoughby home base.

With a solid field of 11 players, Fabrizio first had to overcome the hurdle of the Northern Falcons' young guns in Oli Ollnow and Torben Pfister, whom he beat 1-0 and 2-0 respectively.
Group 2 was there for the taking by Eliot, who started with a comfortable 3-0 win over John Palamara. Jonty Brener moved into qualifying contention when he beat Geoff Sirmai 1-0, then got the all important point in a 0-0 draw with John. Geoff's hopes were dashed when he lost 3-0 to Eliot.

In Group 3, Tony showed his continued rise in the Sydney scene with a gutsy 2-1 win over Hermann Kruse, while Steve Dettre just edged Neil Brener 1-0.

Hermann then thumped Neil, while Steve and Tony drew 0-0, putting the pressure back on Hermann who needed to beat Steve to qualify. But after falling a goal behind, he worked his hardest, but could only manage a late equaliser and went out of the tournament.

In the Barrage round, Tony completed the clean sweep of the Kruse-Ollnow pairing, winning 1-0, while Steve edged out Jonty 3-2.

The semi finals were incredibly tight, with Fabrizio beating Steve 1-0, and then Tony beating Eliot 2-1 on shots.

The final was a tremendous tussle, with Tony putting up a great fight to force shots, where Fab won out 2-1.

Another great night for the Falcons, and we must thank players from Sydney and the Hipfingerz for continuing to support us.

Next up is the AGFA Cup on May 19 -- a day not to be missed, as we farewell Hermann, Oli and Hermine from our club.

Simon Stewart takes Easter Cup

Great nights craic for the 2019 Easter Cup last night. The final match between Simon Stewart and Martinog Bradley was to decide the winner. Bradley, having already dropped points in a 1-1 thriller with Oisín Mór, needed the win to seal victory. Bradley thought he had it in the bag leading 1-0 but a slip in concentration let Stewart through with a stunner of a goal to level 1-1 with 5 seconds to go, leaving him top of the table. Congratulations Simon Stewart, this years Easter Cup Champ.

Lincoln Flickers’ Eostre OS Cup

Favourite Jez Boothman took the honours in Lincoln Flickers’ annual Easter Old Subbuteo event, the Eostre Cup. Jez won a close game against Andrew Fake, from Derbyshire. Andrew is a returner to the game after a long absence; they last met on the circuit about 25years ago. Despite this gap Andrew performed well throughout. Fast fingers creating the decisive opening. Andrew Garbutt was unbeaten on the day but didn’t make the final as he couldn’t find the net finishing all three group games goalless. Clinton Simpson performed well and was narrowly beaten to third with a long-range effort.  A friendly, enjoyable and equally matched event.  A highlight was all the interest from the junior tennis players and parents; some giving it a try and perhaps a little interest created!

Results:
A Fake (1) 2 : 0 CJ Simpson
J Boothman 0 : 0 A Garbutt
A Fake 0 : 2 (1) J Boothman
CJ Simpson 0 : 0 A Garbutt
A Fake 0 : 0 A Garbutt
CJ Simpson 0 : 1 (0) J Boothman


Third Place Play-Off:
A Garbutt (0) 1 : 0 CJ Simpson

Final:
J Boothman (0) 1 : 0 A Fake

Christos Panagiotides wins in Kallithea

On Saturday, April 6 16 players attended the tournament organized by the Greek club of Flaming Flickers under the theme of "WASPA FIFA World Cup for clubs".

The winner was Christos Panagiotides (Manchester City) who claimed his second WASPA title after defeating Nikos Liakopoulos (Real Madrid) in the final.

Semi-finalists were Alekos Apatzis and Mike Tastoglou.

Congratulations to all players for another great tournament in the WASPA spirit .

Farrer Park Flickers WASPA (12 April 2019)

The Farrer Park Flickers held their fourth WASPA tournament of 2019 on Friday, 12 April 2019 at their clubhouse, the Pek Kio Community Centre. Seven flickers participated, six from the club (Rudy Hesty, Anas Rahamat, Rizal Taib, Vikas Chandiramani, Michael Choong, and Nic Tan) and Enzo Fornaro from the SG Lions Table Football Club.

There were two groups with round robin games. After that, players played their counterpart in the other group based on their final group positions for final placings. All games were 20 minutes long.

In Group A, Anas came out top with two wins and a draw. In the three-player group B, Michael's 2-1 victory against club captain, Rudy was the decisive result he needed to win the group. The final was a high-scoring affair for a 20-minute game with Anas capturing a 4-3 win and his second club WASPA tournament for the year.

Because of the fasting month, we will not have a club WASPA tournament in the month of May. The club's next WASPA tournament will be on Friday, 21 June 2019; all are welcome to join in!

Final Standings:
1) Anas Rahamat
2) Michael Choong
3) Rudy Hesty
4) Nic Tan
5) Rizal Taib
6) Enzo Fornaro
7) Vikas Chandiramani

Easter Sunday TFAS League 2019

A beautiful Easter Sunday in Singapore saw 5 seasoned local players assembled at Sports Hub Library. All were ready to match their finger skills after a month lay off to rekindle their football battle on the board in the 3rd session of the local league.

The games started off cautiously with players unable to score beyond 2 goals with several low scoring games but once the rusts were shaken off the goals came in abundance. In the end Rudy won March league session with 3 wins & a draw; followed by Anas, Bernard, Vikas & Isaac.

Overall an enjoyable & entertaining flicking session.
Till we flick again at same venue on 26 May 19.

Scores 
Vikas 2 - 0 Isaac / Anas 0 - 0 Rudy / Rudy 1 - 0 Vikas / Isaac 0 - 5 Bernard / Bernard 2 - 3 Rudy / Vikas 1 - 3 Anas / Anas 1 - 1 Bernard / Rudy 10 - 0 Isaac / Isaac 1 - 3 Anas / Bernard 4 - 0 Vikas

Wins for Ralf Grégoire and Jean Grosdent in Belgium

In Belgium two events have been held last week with great turnouts of 7 and 16 players.

The club of Huy had a good evening with players from the same area but from four different clubs taking part and Ralf Grégoire, the locaol organizer of USC Huy, managed to take the honors after many close games. The Timpano brothers ended on the podium as well. The final standings were as follows:
1. Ralf Grégoire (USC Huy)
2. Bruno Timpano (Charleroi)
3. Antonio Timpano (Charleroi)
4. Geoffrey Kelner (Eugies)
5. Richard Boulanger (Wamme)
6. Dany Mlynek (USC Huy)
7. Lara Schmeits (USC Huy)

In the South of the country, the tournament in Bande was a great rehaersal before the national league for clubs held on Saturday. 16 players were taking part with many close games and Jean grosdent winning his four games to claim the final victory.

Final standings:
1. Jean Grosdent (Wamme)
2. Basile Magermans (Rochefort TS)
3. Thierry Magermans (Temploux)
4. Raphaël Maillard (JSC Rochefort)
5. Pascal Droeven (Semois)
6. Junior Travieso (Wamme)
7. Richard Boulanger (Wamme)
8. Luc Grosdent (Wamme)
9. Philippe Thys (Wamme)
10. Dany Mlinek (USC Huy)
11. Marc De Vos (Semois)
12. Daniel Boistelle (Wamme)
13. Henri Grosdent (Wamme)
14. Giulio Bonfanti (Wamme)
15. Aurore Grosdent (Wamme)
16. Esteban Boistelle (Wamme)

Eliot Kennedy wins in Hobart

Hobart’s historic first WASPA goes down in history as the most southern tournament at 42.8594° S, which featured players from three clubs.

The format of the tournament was a round-robin home and away series, which saw Northern Falcons powerhouse Eliot Kennedy who took the gold dude aka trophy. The tussle for the remaining places was tight to the very end.

Eliot vs Peter

HTFC member Peter Brook made his long awaited debut, and was impressive against his more experienced opponents. His form and level of play dramatically improved during the tournament. If his conversion rate was better, he would have taken a scalp or two. His first match was up against club mate Yago, and Yago was fortunate to come away with a 1-0 win. Peter’s defence and midfield set-up was consistently tight. Peter had a memorable draw against Arjuna and held his own against Sydney titan – Eliot.

In the opening match of the historic event, Eliot Kennedy had a statement win against Arjuna from Melbourne. The bar was set high for the other players to aspire to.

It was great day for the Hobart club, and with new member Chris ready to join the ranks, the club continues to show signs of growing.

A big thank you to Arjuna and Eliot who made the hop across the pond to Tassie; and to Peter for his wonderful hospitality.

A new home for Panorama 1978 SC Thessaloniki

On April 10 the Greek club of Panorama 1978 SC Thessaloniki held their monthly WASPA tournament 10 players attending. It was a special day as the club was playing their first tournament in their new home, a place where they can have 8 tables. In the end of the day, Christos Agrios defeated Stavros Giapoutzis (2-1) in the final while Ilias Galanopoulos beat Ioannis Terzidis in the game for the 3rd place. A great day was had by all.

April 2019: results from Belgium

The first tournaments of the month in Belgium had good turnouts in Templeuve, Hofstade and Vresse.

Players in Templeuve

The Templeuve regional tournament had a good field of 10 players with Geoffrey Marain winning all his games to claim another title. Matthias Averlant was once again runner-up while Eric Caillaux proved to be improving to finish in third place.

Top 3 of the evening

The final standings of the evening were as follows:
1. Geoffrey Marain
2. Matthias Averlant
3. Eric Caillaux
4. Michaël Dupret
5. Vincent Coppenolle
6. Jean-Luc Canfin
7. Arthur Clique
8. Jordan Bonte
9. Olivier Bodelle
10. Sébastien Sorge

In the Flanders, the Swiss system was also used to decide the winner. This time Jos Ceulemans proved to be in a good day to claim another tournament. Jos tied in the last session against Geert Leys but that was enough to win the trophy.

Final standings:
1. Jos Ceulemans
2. Geert Leys
3. Johan Lourdon
4. Philippe Thys
5. Willy De Bandt
6. Stéphane Lambert

The players in Vresse

In the South of Belgium, the club of Semois had a tournament with six players invovled in their premises of Vresse.

The event consisted in a league format and after five sessions, Pascal Droeven ended as winner with 13 points while Renaud Parisel was runner-up (13).

Philippe Thys was 3rd (8), Marc De Vos had 5 points, Tom Léonard 5 and Michaël Paquay 1.

Promotional event in Templeuve

Finally, in Templeuve, the "promotional event" held last Friday had 7 players involed with two of them not eligible to get WASPA ranking points. Among the five competitors, the younger boys did well and Arthur Clique (15) defeated Jordan Bonte (19) in the final to claim his very first WASPA trophy. Sébastien Sorge won the game for 3rd place against Djessy Dardenne.