Wayne Smith wins in California

Because of two late drop-outs, only three players attended the tournament held in Sami Valley, California this sunday. The players met in a groupe stage and everyone player every opponent twice. Wayne Smith won all his games, Paul o'Donovan finished second and Kevin Nieman was third. Unfortunately this tournament will not count in the WASPA ranking as only three players were taking part.

Simon Gauci wins the Easter Cup tournament

The club of Attard organized another WASPA tournament on friday. the Easter Cup was played by 16 players and there were some good games in all stages of the tournament. After the group stage, four players qualified for the semifinals. Daniele Spadaro beat Alfred Fenech on shots and a game without any goal. In the other semi, Simon gauci also won on shots after a 1-1 draw against Hector Scerri. In the final, Simon gauci won by a single goal to Daniele Spadaro. In the match for the 3rd place, Alfred Fenech beat Hector Scerri on shot after a 1-1 draw. Congratulations to everyone for a great evening of table football.

The final between Daniele Spadaro and Simon Gauci (with Gordon Caruana as referee)

Simon Gauci receives his trophy

Alfred Fenech receives the trophy for the 3rd place

Daniele Spadaro, number 1 in the WASPA ranking, is the tournament runner-up

Geoffrey Marain wins again

Six players attended the Templeuve tournament on thursday. There were many close games despite Geoffrey Marain won all his group games and finished on top of the table with 15 points. The second finalst was know in the last minute. Kevin Dröhsler and Vincent Coppenolle had 10 points but "Kevin the Giant" had a better goal-difference. In the final, Kevin took a serious lead (2-0) after only minutes but Geoffrey was "on fire" and won the game (6-4). Here is the final standing of the evening:
1. Geoffrey Marain (Templeuve United)
2. Kevin Dröhsler (Templeuve United)
3. Stéphane Lambert (SC Flanders)
4. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve United)
5. Yves Baten (Renaix)
6. Samuël Verriest (Templeuve United)
All players were offered a bottle of the special beer produced for the famous cycling race "Paris-Roubaix".

From left to right: Samuël Verriest, Stéphane Lambert, Geoffrey Marain, Kevin Dröhsler, Yves Baten.

A first tournament in Denmark

The first WASPA tournament ever in Denmark will take on April 21 in Odense. Rasmus Lund is the contact person for whoever wants to take part. Details are available from Rasmus at Lund85@msn.com

New subbuteo figures

Here is a picture of the brand new basic blue team that can be found in the new subbuteo set box. The relaunch of the brand Subbuteo is now a reality and the game is already available in shops in the UK as well as in several Internet stores. The game will be available in shops in Portugal, Spain, Italy and Australia soon.

The Super 8 will count as WASPA event

The Lions SC in Singapore will be hosting the second Super 8 event on May 1, 2012 at Elias Community Center. The best players from past to date are specially selected to participate in the event. Den Mulia, Christopher Soh, Erfandy Kusnadi, John Ho, Noor Haikal, Erza Aripin, Tan Kok Wee and Rudy Norita will play for the title. Two years ago, Den Mulia won the first edition of the Singapore Super 8.

Easter Cup postponed

The tournament scheduled on April 3 in Attard (Malta) has been postponed to April 13 so that players can watch the Champion's League games on TV. Registrations are open till April 9.

A second tournament in California

The WASPA circuit is back in California. The second tournament in the US will be held on April 22 at Wayne Smith's in Porter Ranch. Details are available at ismith@socal.rr.com

Angelo Borg is Attard champion

The Attard SC Premier League ended this week and Angelo Borg is the new champion. Borg came on top of the table with 36 points in 12 games. Simon Gauci (25) is second and Darren Carabott (22) is third. Daniele Spadaro, Marco Mifsud, Hector Scerri and Timothy Spiteri come next.

Subbuteo is available again in the UK

Today is the official launch day for the new subbuteo range at the famous store Hamleys in London. The official launch of the iconic sports game takes place at 10.30 on the 5th floor with four top England under 12 table football players demonstrating the beautiful game!

Subbuteo is also available now in UK stores nationwide including Toys R Us, John Lewis (Oxford Street in London), selected Waterstones and Toymaster branches...