Vasilis Vavourakis in WASPA history

Vasilis Vavourakis (black shirt) won the tournament. George Zangylos (white shirt) was the finalist

Vasilis Vavourakis became the first player to win a WASPA tournament in Cyprus. The event was played in Limassol by 12 players on sunday and Vavourakis beat George Zangylos on shots in the final. It was also the very first WASPA tournament held in Cyprus. Well done!

Congratulations Mike Newton

Mike Newton won the second tournament played under WASPA banner in Australia. The event was held in Penrith and six players took part. Brett Davis was 2nd, Jay Porter 3rd, Braydan Howell (the first Bolivian player ever) 4th, Aaron Daniels 5th and Anthony Ilacqua 6th. Here is a video with Mike Newton in action!

Northern Ireland is now part of WASPA

We are extremely happy and proud to announce that the forthcoming Dunmurry Open in Northern Ireland, played on October 27, will be a WASPA tournament. Interested players can check http://www.nitfa.org.uk/ or contact Kenneth Beggs at ken@nitfa.org.uk to enter.

First victory for Shane Hoopfer

Shane Hoopfer won the second tournament held in Calgary. Shane beat Nathan Haylett in the sudden death of the final to claim the title. "I got a little fortunate that Dave Baxter couldn't make the event", commented the winner. The next tournament in Calgary will be held on November 18.

Geoffrey Marain wins again

Much too easy for Geoffrey Marain

Geoffrey Marain won the WASPA tournament in Templeuve on sunday. There was a poor turnout of 5 players (including 2 beginners) but there were some good games. Geoffrey beat Vincent Coppenolle in the final by a clear 8-1. The tournament had some positive feedback as two new players showed up in the afternoon to discover the "professional rules" after they read in a local newspaper a tournament was going to take place. Hopefully they will attend the next tournament.

Peter Alegi wins in Grand Rapids

Four players were competing on saturday in Grand Rapids (USA), the first WASPA tournament held in the State of Michigan. Peter won two games and tied with Mike Ewer white Paul Pate beat Mike Ewer and Brian Lambert to take the second place.

More tournaments in the agenda

A few tournaments have been added in the WASPA calendar.
- October 21 in Limassol (Cyprus)
- October 24 in Attard (Malta)
- October 26 in Jambes (Belgium)
- November 18 in Attard (Malta)

Some good news from South Africa

WASPA just got some good news from Clifford Graaff in South Africa:
- Randburg Tournament: the third Randburg Tournament and fourth WASPA Tournament in South Africa will be held at Randburg Club on the 26th of October from 19h00. Contact: graaff@mweb.co.za
- Panorama Club have approached Clifford Graaff for another event before the close of season (our seasons run from January to December). They are EXTREMELY keen on hosting a tournament.
- Another smaller club have also asked Clifford Graaff to host a tournament at their club (Marks Park Rangers) before the end of the season. The chairman and his wife have become very good friends of Cliff as he referees the senior team quite often. Will probably have about 12 players - which will be a small tournament by SA standards.
- The finale will then be the annual SA Open Tournament - busy finalizing dates and venues presently.
- Vikash Ramnath has also great news on a potentially new subbuteo club in Durban. Vik is busy trying to organize this club and possibly the first ever tournament under SATFA in Kwazulu Natal. Clifford Graaff is very excited about this new development and he really try to attend the first tourney if possible.

Subbuteo celebrations in South Africa

Just a brilliant video about subbuteo

Just enjoy!

Updated results file

You can now check the updated results file by clicking here.


A few numbers will tell you more about the activity over the last month:
7 -> like the number of tournaments played this month
18 -> like Canada being the 18th country involved in the circuit
52 -> like the number of players who played for the first time in a WASPA tournament this month
272 -> like the total number of players in the ranking

In October there will be tournaments in the US, Canada, Australia, Belgium and Italy. We are waiting for news from South Africa and Japan. It's not too late to add more tournaments! Stay tuned and have a regular look at the blog for more updates! I hope you will enjoy the file with all the updated statistics and rankings!