Second title for Matteo Del Brocco

Just like last month, Matteo Del Brocco won the WASPA tournament organized under Swiss system in the premises of the club of Lazio in Roma (Italy). It is already Matteo's second title in the WASPA circuit. He took 13 points in five games, just enouh to come on top of the table just before Gianmarco Del Brocco. Patrizio Lazzaretti was third and Gabriele Silveri was forth. 13 players were taking part this time. Gianmarco Del Brocco is leading the overall WASPA Lazio League with 82 points while Matteo Del Brocco has 72 and Simone Trivelli 70.

First WASPA tournament in Florida

The Suncoast Subbuteo Club and Tampa Bay Tabele Soccer Club are teaming up to host touney on March 24th, 2013 in Tampa, Florida (USA). It will be the 2013 Suncoast Open. Contact Brandon Rowdies, Daniel Louis or Matt Fox via Facebook or the ASA page on facebook or eckatofox@netscape.net (Matt's email).

First tournament in the Republic of Ireland

The second leg of the Irish Circuit will take place on January 5, 2013 and will count for the WASPA circuit. It is the first time a WASPA tournament is held in the Republic of Ireland. The event will take place in Celbridge, which is about 30 minutes from Dublin Airport. "Celbridge is in Kildare where all the great horses are trained", reported organizer John Moore. Details about the tournament are available from John at johnmoorejm@hotmail.com

Great success for the Hamilton tournament

This sunday's Hamilton tournament was a huge success with 15 players, including one from Australia, taking part. For the first time, the tournament was played at the Lionshead pub. Results didn't differ much from the first event, Shaun Burt defeating Stephen McNab in one semi-final, Peter Sexton beating Brodyn Sexton in a shootout in the other semi. Peter defeated Shaun in the final. There were prizes, there was pizza, there was beer, there was fun and hopefully a few new enthusiasts were introduced to the game. Well done to Peter Sexton for organizing the event. Helping new players to be part of tournament is exactly the goal of WASPA so well done for managing to get more and more new players involved!

Subbuteo comes back in California

There will be some WASPA tournaments again in California on January 5 & 6, 2013. The Southern California Subbuteo Club will host 2 tournaments in Simi Valley and Zach Walker, who now lives in Colorado, will be the special guest of both events. Several top players from California such as Wayne Smith, Varant Kurkeyerian and Paul O'Donovan have already confirmed they will attend both tournaments. Interested players can contact Wayne Smith ismith@socal.rr.com

Second title for Shane Hoopfer

The Calgary Subbuteo Club met for their 4th tournament under WASPA banner on saturday evening. The club of Alberta was happy to get a new player involved and Ben Herrel did well by losing his three games only by 0-1. In the final, Shane Hoopfer proved to be in great shape. He beat Josh Braun by a single goal (1-0). This is already Shane's second title in the WASPA circuit.

Souvenir of the Singapore tournament

Rudy Hesty is sending us this great poster of the Singapore tournament with several pictures of the different competitors. A great souvenir for sure!

Rudy Hesty wins in Singapore

There was a last minute tournament added to the WASPA calendar as the Singapore organizers asked to have an exhibition tournament under WASPA banner on saturday while several players from abroad (Japan, Hong Kong and Belgium) are present for this sunday's FISTF Open. It was Rudy Hesty's day of glory as he beat Stéphane Lambert (Belgium) in the final. Tan Kok Wee and John Ho were the semi-finalists. Congratulations Rudy!

Another tournament in Italy

The club of Brasilia in Italy (www.subbuteobrasilia.jimdo.com) will be hosting a tournament in Manoppello on December 22. Interested players can contact Fabrizio Fedele at brasiliachieti@gmail.com

Andrea Gasparini wins the Holiday Silver

Group picture!

Andrea Gasparini, a big champion!

About 40 players were present this saturday in Ellicott City, Maryland for the Holiday Silver. More details and results are still to come but congrats to Andrea Gasparini (Open), Gregg Deinhart (veterans), Adolpho Colindres (U19), Michael Shlining (U15), and Christina Mattera (women) for their Holiday Silver victories. All deserved champions. More to follow this week...