The news of the week (16)

Hello everyone, here are the news of the week.

A promising tournament in Sweden - There will be a good field of players this saturday in Stockholm for the second tournament organized by Lars Löfgren. 16 players are currently registered but even if a few of them don't show up, it will be an interesting tournament. This time there will be less "top men" from abroad but David Cremoux (France), finalist of the first Stockholm tournament, will try to confirm his job of favorite player.

Results of the survey - 20 people answered to the questions "What should be the main priority of WASPA?" and 9 people (45%) said "Have more tournaments in more countries?", 6 (30%) said "Make sure it becomes a registered non-profit organisation ASAP". Other answers were "Have tournaments with different age categories" (5%), "Have a better website" (5%) and "Have a better rulebook" (10%). 1 person had no opinion. Right now our priority will therefore to try to have more tournaments in more countries but we need to find ways to convince people to host tournaments. Despite we have very positive contacts in the US, Canada, Greece, Argentina and Australia, we struggle to find people ready to organize events. Tournaments in Malta, Sweden, South Africa and Singapore have been very successful while events in the US, Japan and Belgium had a poor turnout but a great feedback from the players. It seems like some nations like France and Italy are a bit scared to organize WASPA tournaments because the national associations just want to give a priority to national events. Spain will be our next guest. We struggle to find contacts in Germany, Portugal, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Finland and the UK despite some players from these nations told us they support the WASPA movement. So if you have ideas to develop the WASPA circuit, feel free to contact me at vincent.cop@rsca.com or post messages on the WASPA section of the international table football forum at http://tablefootball.friendhood.net/

Possible tournament to be added in Belgium - The Templeuve United club is thinking about hosting a WASPA tournament in december again. Templeuve United will hold a national tournament on december 17 but plans are under way to host a WASPA tournament a week earlier due to the visit of Singapore's Erza Aripin in Belgium. More details later.

Forthcoming events - Here is a list of the forthcoming WASPA tournaments. We hope many more will be added in the near future. You cans ee the contact person for every tournament int he section "forthcoming events" (on the right column).
- October 8 - Tournament in Stockholm (Sweden)
- October 21 - Tournament in Attard (Malta)
- November 27 - Tournament in Barcelona (Spain)

Top 10 nations this week on the blog - This week the bigger number of visitors were from Spain & the US (both as number 1), Finland, Germany, Russia, Belgium, Sweden, Greece, Australia, Italy.

Keep on flicking,
Vincent

The news of the week (15)

Hello everyone, here are the news of the week. Sorry for the delay but yesterday was a busy day at work.

Updated results file - You can now download the updated "golden book" from the download section. Results of the last tournament in Templeuve are included, just as some more statistics and the ranking of september.

A new number 1 - Darren Bezzina of Malta is the new number 1 in the WASPA ranking. Darren, a player of the italian club "SPQR Roma", was semi-finalist of the last tournament held in Attard.

Tournament cancelled in Australia - Due to the lack of entries, the tournament scheduled in Sylvania hs been cancelled. Even if this is disappointing, many discussions between australian players came up in the last few days to organize meetings and tournaments in the future.

More tournaments in Europe - The WASPA Calendar has been growing over the last few days as there will be some more tournament in Attard, Malta (october 21) and Barcelona, Spain (November 27).

Forthcoming events - Here is a list of the forthcoming WASPA tournaments. We hope many more will be added in the near future. You cans ee the contact person for every tournament int he section "forthcoming events" (on the right column).
- October 21 - Tournament in Attard (Malta)
- October 8 - Tournament in Stockholm (Sweden)
- November 27 - Tournament in Barcelona (Spain)

Top 10 nations this week on the blog - This week the bigger number of visitors were from Spain, Singapore, Finland, the US, Greece, Australia, the UK, Malta, Belgium & Germany.

Keep on flicking,
Vincent

Small turnout but big fun in Templeuve

Only 5 players from the host clubs showed up in yesterday's tournament in Templeuve (Belgium). The group stage was full of easy games fro top favorite Geoffrey Marain who won his 4 games. In the final, it was another story though as after leading 5-2 at half-time,t he game ended on an amazing 6-6. Vincent Coppenolle scored the decisive goal in the first minute of the sudden death to win the title. KevinD röhsler finishes 3rd? Elodie Bertholet 4th and Renald Deloose 5th.

Elodie Bertholet in action

Renald Deloose vs Geoffrey Marain

The final between Geoffrey Marain & Vincent Coppenolle

Another tournament in Malta

Attard Subbuteo Club will be organizing their 4th WASPA tournament on October 21 at "FX. Dingli Club". The entry fee will include three different types of pasta and a glass of red/wine wine. Details available from jmdebono@onvol.net or by phone at 21414712 or 99405867. Early booking is recommended.

A very first tournament in Spain

The club of Palomar Futbol Taula will be holding the very first WASPA tournament in Spain on November 27. The tournament will be open to a field of 12 players and games will be held in a sports center where football games and hockey games are played at the same time. Details are available from Flavio Watzka at flavio@parada13.jazztel.es

The news of the week (14)

Hello everyone, here are the news of the week.

Some more picture of the Attard tournament - Here are some pictures of the final between Angelo Borg and Nicholas Sciberras in last week-end's final of the Attard tournament. The other picture is showing the presentation of the trophy to the winner, Angelo Borg.

Updated results file - Results of the Attard tournament have been added to the "Golden Book" (available from the "download section").

Ideas are welcome - There are 3 more tournaments to come in the agenda but we are looking for ideas on how to get more tournaments played in the future. We are looking for organizers to host events. Ideas are more than welcome!

Forthcoming events - Here is a list of the forthcoming WASPA tournaments. We hope many more will be added in the near future. You cans ee the contact person for every tournament int he section "forthcoming events" (on the right column).
- September 28 - Tournament in Templeuve (Belgium)
- October 1 - Tournament in Sylvania (Australia)
- October 8 - Tournament in Stockholm (Sweden)

Top 10 nations this week on the blog - This week the bigger number of visitors were from Spain, Finland, the US, Greece, Malta, Belgium, Italy, the UK, France & Germany.

Keep on flicking,
Vincent

Angelo Borg wins in Malta

It was another great tournament this sunday in Attard, Malta where 16 players were present for the 3rd tournament organized by the local club. Players were coming from the host club but also from Hamrun SC, the italian side of SPQR Roman and the greek team of Piraeus Lions. Angelo Borg, who is the current world number 1 in the FISTF U19 ranking, won the tournament after a close final against Nicholas Sciberras. Darren Bezzina and Daniele Spadaro lost in the semi-finals and Daniele won the game for the 3rd place. Congratulations to all the players and special tahnks again to Joe Debono for organising a great tournament.

Nicholas Sciberras (runner-up), Daniele Spadaro (referee of the final) & Angelo Borg (winner).

The news of the week (13)

Hello everyone, here are the news of the week.

Attard tournament on sunday - 16 players will be attending the "TAZZA INDIPENDENZA" tournament in Attard on sunday. Players will be droped in 4 groups of 4 players, games will start at 9.00 am and the final should take place at 12.45. The event will be plat at FX.DINGLI CLUB - MAIN STREET H`ATTARD. Visitors are more than welcome.

Updated results file - Results of the Johannesburg tournament have been added to the "Golden Book" (available from the "download section").

Forthcoming events - Here is a list of the forthcoming WASPA tournaments. We hope many more will be added in the near future. You cans ee the contact person for every tournament int he section "forthcoming events" (on the right column).
- September 18 - Tournament in Attard (Malta)
- September 28 - Tournament in Templeuve (Belgium)
- October 1 - Tournament in Sylvania (Australia)
- October 8 - Tournament in Stockholm (Sweden)

Top 10 nations this week on the blog - This week the bigger number of visitors were from Russia, the US, Finland, Greece, Singapore, South Africa, Belgium, Germany, Canada and France.

Keep on flicking,
Vincent

Details of the tournament in Templeuve

The Templeuve tournament will be held on September 28 in the local sports center, which is also the headquarter of the Templeuve United club. The tournament will start at 6.00 pm and the registrations will be open till 4.00 pm by e-mail at vincent.cop@rsca.com

Renald Deloose, Elodie Bertholet, Geoffrey Marain, Kevin Dröhsler and Vincent Coppenolle have already confirmed they will be present.

Clifford Graaf is the african number 1

19 players took part last friday in the first WASPA tournament ever organized on the african soil. Panorama TFC was the host for the day and there were many good games. Players, aged between 8 and 47, were meeting in a great spirit and it was all about fair-play, having fun and making friends. The tournament was played in four groups and the top 2 players of each group qualified for the semi-finals. There was no surprise to see the most experienced players qualifying for the second round as Clifford Graaff, Jason Kennedy and Fernando Rodrigues were top of their groups but Cohen Naidoo (13 years old) also managed to win his group. Cohen later won his quater-final against Alex Rodrigues and his semi-final against Jason Kennedy. In the final, Clifford Graaff proved he's the african number 1 player by beating Cohen Naidoo (1-0). Hopefully this will be the first of many more tournaments to come in South Africa!