Cape Town Open 2019

A rainy day in Cape Town provided the perfect backdrop to this year’s Open tournament. A relaxed, fun afternoon, with plenty of laughter, jibes and goals. And a truly fantastic display of the old Subbuteo equipment and accessories by local collector Brendon!

The final capped it all off - an epic affair, decided ultimately by a dramatic own-goal in the last minute of play. Clinton Gahwiler took the honors while Wayne McKenzie was runner-up!

Results of Belgian events in Templeuve - Bande - Tournai

Here is a quick look at some results from Belgium where three events have recently been held.

Final 3 of the event: Matthias Averlant (2) - Geoffrey Marain (1) - Michaël Dupret (3)

The Templeuve United tournament took place on October 18 with this time a small turnout of six but it was a good night for everybody as all players had five games. In the end Geoffrey Marain took the honors to claim another title.

Final table:
1. Geoffrey Marain (AS Hennuyer)
2. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve)
3. Michaël Dupret (MT Tournai)
4. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
5. Didier Moons (unattached)
6. Benjamin Marain (Templeuve)

Presentation of the prizes in Bande

During the national tournament of Bande, 8 players played the consolation tournament under WASPA banner and Delphine Dieudonné, the legend of ladies subbuteo, claimed her first WASPA trophy after defeating Rochefort TS's Loris Léonard in the final.

Quarter-finals
Delphine Dieudonné - Christophe Hubert 4-0
Antonio Timpano - William Van Den Houte 4-5
Sébastien Dohet - Sébastien Scheen 1-4
Loris Léonard - Esteban Boistelle 3-2

Semi-finals
Delphine Dieudonné - William Van Den Houte 3-2sd
Sébastien Scheen - Loris Léonard 1-2

Final
Delphine Dieudonné - Loris Léonard 3-1

Players in the Magic Team Tournai tournament

Finally, there was another tournament in the West of Belgium on Sunday with 9 players gathering and playing in Swiss system. The reason of this extra tournament was the visit of Australia's Adrian Connolly. The ATFA President paid a visit to the local players and did really well in his games. Adrian finished the day with 2 wins and 2 losses and proved to be a great players. Vincent Coppenolle defeated Matthias Averlant in the final session to claim the title. Michaël Dupret was runner-up. It was also good to see Anthony Meireaux's debut in a tournament. Thanks to the Michaël Dupret's "Magic Team Tournai" for hosting a great event.

Final table (all Belgians unless noted):
1. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve)
2. Michaël Dupret (MT Tournai)
3. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve)
4. Stéphane Lambert (Yokohama)
5. Adrian Connolly (Australia/Western Flickers)
6. Didier Moons (unattached)
7. Eric Caillaux (France/Templeuve)
8. Sébastien Sorge (France/Templeuve)
9. Anthony Meireaux (Templeuve)

Jayden van der Merwe retains the League 3 Cup

Saturday 19 October 2019, Kempton Park, South Africa : 
Pretoria Flickers Club travelled to Bonaero Park for the staging of the 3rd and final leg of this year's League Championship. We had 6 players competing for the PFC League 3 Cup.
Pre-tournament favourites Bevin Reed and Jayden van der Merwe appeared to have laid the ghost to rest of their respective dismal runs during the League 2 Cup back in August. Indeed it was these two players who set the pace from start to finish, with Bevin leading the standings right up until Match 29 and Jayden constantly occupying the 2nd spot all day.
Kegan van der Merwe had a big say in his four scheduled matches against Bevin & Jayden, as Kegan managed a draw against them in all four those matches.
Those draws ultimately cost Bevin the individual honour of 2019 League 3 Cup winner, whereas the draws cost Jayden the honour of overall 2019 League Champion.
In the final match (Match 30), Jayden was only 1 point behind Bevin. A calm and patient approach by Jayden was rewarded as he triumphed by 2-0 over Conway Julie, and in so doing Jayden managed to retain his League 3 Cup title. This latest triumph also marks Jayden's 22nd WASPA title to date!
Although Jayden emerged as winner of the 2019 League 3 Cup, the triumph was not enough for him to retain his title as overall PFC League Champion. In the end Jayden only accumulated 39 points over the three League meetings. The honour of overall 2019 PFC League Champion was bestowed upon Bevin Reed as he managed to accumulate a total of 40 points over the three League meetings! Another closely contested League campaign in the end!

Individual acknowledgements on the day :
"Goal Blitz" : Bevin Reed ended the day as the top scorer
"Player of the Day" : Kegan vd Merwe for his 3rd place finish, boasting an unbeaten run on the day as well
"Fighting Spirit" : Conway Julie for his 4th place finish

PFC League Champions :
2014 : Jayden van der Merwe
2015 : Jayden van der Merwe
2016 : Chessray Jooste
2017 : Jayden van der Merwe
2018 : Jayden van der Merwe
2019 : Bevin Reed

A big thanks to Gary Downs and his wife for hosting us, and the serving of a wonderful lunch on the day.

As always, a big thank you to all who attended to make the day a great success. Next - the PFC Scudo Campioni event.

The PFC website & facebook page will be updated shortly with photo's & news content at http://www.facebook.com/pages/PFC-SA/519566284755728

(report by Julian vd Merwe)

News from the UK - Results from Liverpool - Lincoln - North Wales - Derry

Several events have already been held in the UK in October and here is a brief summary of results.

Players in Liverpool

Brian Daley winner in Liverpool
The ESA tournament in Liverpool (England) had a good turnout of 8 with a group stage and more games to rank players from 1 to 8. Brian Daley was the winner with no surprise but it was nice to see Chris Bedford reaching the final for the first time. Ruby Matthews won the plate  and the was a first trophy for Raoul Newton. That was a great day of play for all.

Lincoln Flickers Round Robin
The tournament took place on October 9 during David Young's visit from Prague. David completed his UK Subaleague tour with 5 wins and only one goal conceded. He finished off with a win at Lincoln Flickers (still unbeaten) to put the icing on the cake! Jez was the only person to hold the visitor but later slipped back to fourth.

Final standings:
1. David Young
2. Andy Boyer
3. Andrew Garbutt
4. Jeremy Boothman

Players at the latest London Road tournament

London Road monthly tournament
London Road Subbuteo Club held their 35th monthly event on October 13 in Drury, North Wales. 6 players played in a league format. Brian Daley took the honors while chris bedford was runner-up.

Final table:
1. Brian Daley
2. Chris Bedford
3. Cayne Matthews
4. Ruby Matthews
5. Dave Merrilees-Kelly
6. Lucasz Whittle

The next LRSC tournament will be held on November 24. It will be the 3rd birthday of the club and their 36th Open Regional WASPA tournament. All welcome!

Martinog bradley (right) receives trophy from Lawrence Watson

Derry City Frightening Flicks 2019
Results in from this years Frightening Flicks tournament. A small crowd for this years tournament with some late drop outs, hence everyone having 3-0 against Kenny Beggs, he couldn’t make it in the end up! A league style was played with Martinog Bradley coming out the eventual winner closely followed by Donegal’s Brendan Rodgers. Great evenings craic and games.

Final table:
1. Martinog Bradley
2. Brendan Rodgers
3. Lawrence Watson
4. Oisin Mór
5. Jude Morrow

Latest gathering of the South Staffs club

50 years of flicking football at South Staffs TSC
Finally, a small word to congratulate Mike Bradbury and the South Staffs TSC for their 50 years of continuous existence. The club currently have around 15 members drawn from all over the English Midlands counties. We wish them all the best for the future!

Marco Bonciani wins in Firenze

Last Monday the club of Firenze held their first WASPA tournament of the season with 13 players taking part including Gabriele Allegria (from the Seagulls Viaraggio). Marco BOnciani was the only player to win his four games and he logically finished on thop of the table at the end of the evening played in Swiss System. Thanks to our italian friends for their support!

Final table:
1. Marco Bonciani
2. Davide Visani
3. Luca Pini
4. Mirko Masini
5. Tiberio Becucci
6. Emanuele Cattani
7. Matteo Cherici
8. Gabriele Casati
9. Francesco Gori
10. Stefano Barducci
11. Riccardo Ferri
12. Mirko Pasquini
13. Gabriele Allegria

Gábor Baross winner in Budapest

Last week-end Pasquale Carrassi was in Budapest and the local club of "Subbuteo Budapest" organized a small WASPA event for him. Only five players attended this tournament, everybody played against everybody in the group format before finals decided the winner and the third place.

Group stage:
1. Baross Gábor
2. Pasquale Carrassi
3. Mácsik Áron
4. Naszádi András
5. Katona Viktor

Final for third place:
Mácsik Áron-Naszádi András 1-0

Big final:
Baross Gábor-Pasquale Carrassi 2-0

Full story: https://budapestsubbuteo.blog.hu/2019/10/17/baross_gabor_gyozott_a_mini_waspa-tornan

TFAS League in Singapore - October results

October TFAS league session had lots of table Football activities, unfortunately only 4 played in this month’s competitive games.

The dedicated players notably Bernard, Anas, Vikas & Rudy battled each other in a round robin format for bragging rights for this month. In the end, the victor was Rudy who secured full points. Anas came in 2nd followed by Bernard & Vikas. Once again Rudy & Anas are tied at TOP spot in the TFAS league with equal points.

Stay tuned for the last session on 10th November 19 to decide 2019 TFAS league winner.

Results
Anas 1 - 4 Rudy
Vikas 1 - 3 Bernard
Bernard 0 - 1 Rudy
Anas 4 - 0 Vikas
Anas 1 - 0 Bernard
Rudy 4 - 2 Vikas

Fabrizio Coco wins October tournament

One team, one family of friends, this is what subbuteo is all about! Thanks guys for coming along tonight!!! Keep flicking and keep collecting beautiful memories!

Congratulations Fabrizio Coco for the win over Benji Batten in the final (1-0) after seeing the young melbournian player winning over fab 1-0 in the group stage! Well done to the rest of the crew always showing passion and respect for this game!

See you next monday for friendly flicks at Da Vinci Hub!!!

Marius Willhaus wins Sankt Pauli tournament

Subbuteo Sankt Pauli hosted their 2nd WASPA tournament of the 2019-20 season with 6 players facing off for the monthly title in a Swiss-League format. Last month’s winner Sven Schilling was again the favourite for the title but the returning Simon Stewart was hoping to break Sven’s dominance and take his first WASPA title of the season at his new club after finishing last season strongly at Derry City TFC with 3 WASPA wins. Club stalwart Marcos Perianes was hoping to improve on his 3rd place finish last time out and was again joined by Fred Elesbao making the long trek from Hannover. Marius Willhaus and Ralf Offenborn completed the line-up making their WASPA debuts for the season.

In the end it was Sven, Simon and Marius who set the pace and it was their head-to-head record that was decide the night. Sven was held 0-0 by Marius and 1-1 by Simon so it was the game between Stewart and Willhaus that would see the champion crowned iof either could forge a victory. Marius dominated much of the game and earned a well-deserved 1-0 win to see himself top the table and claim his first WASPA title.

We host our next monthly WASPA on November 12th when we hope to be joined by regulars Philip and Andre to swell our number to 8. More players are welcome so just message our Facebook page to take part.

1. Marius Willhaus 5:1 10 P.
2. Sven Schilling 4:1 8 P.
3. Simon Stewart 6:4 7 P.
4. Marcos Perianes 2:4 2 P.
5. Fred Elesbao 0:3 2 P.
6. Ralf Offenborn 1:5 2 P.

Simon - Ralf 2:0
Fred - Marius 0:1
Marcos - Sven 0:1
Simon - Marius 0:1
Sven - Fred 2:0
Marcos - Ralf 0:0
Sven - Marius 0:0
Simon - Marcos 3:2
Ralf - Fred 0:0
Sven - Simon 1:1
Marius - Ralf 3:1
Marcos - Fred 0:0

(Report by Simon Stewart)

Club's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/SubbuteoStPauli/

Third WASPA title for David Wouters

Last Monday the club of SC Flanders held their 62nd WASPA tournament, the 2nd event of the season. 7 players were taking part and it was good to see Vinnie “the wizz” Wouters back in action. David Wouters won the tournament with 4 games won while Geert Leys was runner-up. Further in the standings came Johan Lourdon, Jos Ceulemans, Danny De Greef, Willy De Bandt and last but not least Vinnie Wouters.

To be noted the next tournament in the Flanders should be held on Monday, November 11 (day off in Belgium). The flick-off time needs to be confirmed but it should be 7.00 pm with hopefully some international presence.