Paul Boyle wins in Donegal

The first WASPA tournament organized by "Donegal Subbuteo" was played last friday with advanced rules and 5 players taking part. There were many good games in the first round and Paul Boyle and Brendan Rodgers managed to qualify for the final. Paul beat Brendan in the decisive game to win the title. Well done to everyone involved as it's good to see another active group of players in the Republic of Ireland.

Fabrizio Fedele wins in Manoppello

16 players were present in the tournament organized in Manoppello by the club of Arabona. The event was divided in 3 categories. In the main event, Fabrizio Fedele beat Simone Di Pierro (4-1) in the final. In the junior section, Riccardo Chieppa also beat Emanuele Di Francesco (1-0) in the final. There was also a tournament played with the old rules. Five players were taking part and Salvatore Rapino claimed the title after winning all his group games.

The winners of the tournament with the old rules

The junior champion

Youth in action!

Simone Di Pierro and Fabrizio Fedele after the final of the main event

Nice group picture

David Baxter did it again

The first tournament of the new season in Calgary had a small turnout of 4. There were some good games but David Baxter was really too strong. Dave beat Shane Hoopfer in the final. It was his last appearance in the league as he will be moving back to Scotland this week. The next Calgary event will take place on October 6.

Richard Stock wins the Worcester tournament

Here is the report from http://subbuteoassociation.co.uk/ of the Worcester subbuteo tournament played under WASPA banner with the advanced rules

With a large percentage of players from the Summer Cup unable to attend, we welcomed new and old faces back to the club to compete for the Autumn Cup. 13 players attended the second tournament of season 9, with Summer Cup winner John Lauder returning to defend his title.

It appears John’s win last time caused quite a stir amongst his fellow club members in the Cardiff league, with 3 fellow Welshmen joining John to compete in the Autumn Cup. Played under the WASPA banner to the old Advanced Rules with original Subbuteo equipment, the competition was a reminder of how fun and unpredictable the original game can be to a lot of players that have just played to the FISTF rules for the past couple of years.

With many a laugh and a few shock results, the Autumn Cup proved to be yet another successful tournament held by WRP7. The teams:
Adam Lundy – Lundy Island Puffins
Adam Washbrook – team name TBC
Matthew Henry – Philyceltics
Darren Barnes – team name TBC
Richard Tubb – Harvington Sporting Atari
Peter Laver – Oldfield Park Rangers
Paul Mahoney – Worc QPR
Thomas Hawkins – Tomahawks
Bill Thomas – Brentwood
John Lauder – Barry Town Utd
Richard Stock – team name TBC
Gareth Thomas – team name TBC
Any Pyke – Pykes Pirates


Due to the odd number of contestants, the group stages were drawn as 3 groups of 3 and 1 group of 4.

Group 1
Matthew Henry 5 Pts GD +4
Adam Lundy 5 Pts GD +3
Darren Barnes 2 Pts GD -2
Adam Washbrook 0 Pts GD -5

Group 2
Peter Laver 6 Pts GD +7
Richard Tubb 4 Pts GD +5
Paul Mahoney 2 Pts GD -9

Group 3
John Lauder 6 Pts GD +4
Thomas Hawkins 4 Pts GD +1
Bill Thomas 2 Pts GD -2

Group 4
Richard Stock 6 Pts GD +4
Andy Pyke 4 Pts GD 0
Gareth Thomas 2 Pts GD -1

The Cup competition: The first 2 from each group went through to the cup competition. All names were put into a hat and redrawn for the knock out stage.
Quarter Finals
Adam Lundy 1 – 1 Andy Pyke (Adam won 2-1 on shots)
Thomas Hawkins 1 – 0 John Lauder
Richard Tubb 0 – 2 Richard Stock
Peter Laver 1 – 2 Matthew Henry

Semi finals
Adam Lundy 1 – 1 John Lauder (John won 1-0 on shots)
Richard Stock 1 – 0 Matthew Henry

Final
John Lauder 0 – 1 Richard Stock

Plate Competition: Unfortunately Darren Barnes withdrew from the competition at this stage which meant we went straight to semi finals.
Paul Mahoney 0 – 2 Adam Washbrook
Gareth Thomas 5 – 0 Bill Thomas
Final
Adam Washbrook 1 – 3 Gareth Thomas

Congratulations go out to Richard Stock and Gareth Thomas for winning the cup and plate respectively.

Richard Stock (right) pictured with Adam Lundy

Farrell is All-Ireland Champion

Mark Farrell won the All-Ireland Championships in Celbridge Mill, deposing reigning Champion, Kenny Beggs. It rounded off a successful season for Mark, having already won the Irish Circuit before today's event. The seven entrants played each other once in a League format, with the top 4 qualifying for the final phase and the bottom 3 competing for the Plate. The tournament was the first ever national cup run under WASPA banner. The results after the split were as follows:

MAIN EVENT

Barry Spence 1-1 John Moore
Kenny Beggs 0-0 Mark Farrell
Barry Spence 0-2 Mark Farrell
Kenny Beggs 5-0 John Moore
Barry Spence 2-1 Kenny Beggs
John Moore 0-1 Mark Farrell

1. Mark Farrell - 7 points
2. Kenny Beggs - 4 points
3. Barry Spence - 4 points
4. John Moore - 1 points

PLATE

John Hughes 0-3 Nicky Moore
Peter Morrison 2-0 John Hughes
Nicky Moore 0-0 Peter Morrison

1. Nicky Moore - 4 points
2. Peter Morrison - 4 points
3. John Hughes - 0 points

(report from http://www.nitfa.org.uk/)

Geoffrey Marain dominates the Templeuve tournament

We had a good tournament in Templeuve with some big surprises (not only in the draw of the group stage), a very performing Geoffrey Marain and some new faces. Geoffrey proved to be on the right track again after losing the finals of the last two tournaments held in Templeuve. He beat Vincent Coppenolle (6-2) in the final. The two players of "SCAF QUEVY" reached the semis and Alain Flament finished 3rd after beating his teamate Greg Spilmont. The next Templeuve tournament should be held on October 20th and November 1st.

Final ranking of the evening:
1. Geoffrey Marain (SC Eugies)
2. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve United)
3. Alain Flament (SCAF Quévy)
4. Greg Spilmont (SCAF Quévy)
5. Renald Deloose (Templeuve United)
6. Maxime Hoguet (Templeuve United)
7. Hatim Elmajd (Templeuve United)
8. John Verfaillie (Templeuve United)
9. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve United)

Places 3 and 4 for the Quevy players Alain Flament and Greg Spilmont

Geoffrey Marain gave no chace to his opponents. He beat Vincent Coppenolle 6-2 in the final



Carl Young wins in Penrith

There was a good turnout of seven at the first tournament of the season held at Mega Games Penrith. Among the old had (Paul Magee, Eliot Kennedy), a local player (Anthony Ilacqua), the british guys (Carl Young from Melbourne, Peter Thomas from Canberra, Mike Newton from Flinders), there was also a "special guest" as Ignacio López Campbell from Chile was on a business trip in Sydney and had a chance to attend the event. Unfortunately Brett Davis was ill and couldn't attend. We wish him a quick recovery. The event was played in swiss format with Carl Young winning the trophy with 10 points, Peter Thomas finishes second, Eliot Kennedy third and Mike Newton fourth. Mega Games has announced the next tournament will be held on November 17 at 11.00 am.

Carl Young (picture from the last tournament in Melbourne)

First tournament of the new season in Hamilton

The first tournament of the new season in Hamilton had a fantastic turnout with 12 players and there were some regulars missing. We have some big expectations next tournament as the HSC has proven commitment now for over a year. The word is spreading and we are gathering new players to the game as well as old players who haven't played in a bit. Peter Sexton also has some great news as the numbers are getting up there and will continue to push the limits of having a rotating home based host. We now have official an official home base in The Pheasant Plucker complete with storage space to keep our gear there. Thanks to all those who came out and enjoyed a great game, great day. we got to play outside. Thanks to Chris Faille for hosting.

As for the results, it was an exciting win for Peter Sexton to start the year off strong. he beat Stephen McNab (3-0) in the final while Brodyn Sexton and Shaun Burt lost in the semis.

(report with the help of the host club)

First tournament in Toongabbie (Australia)

There were two tournaments in Australia this week-end and the one in Toongabbie attracted nine players. It was a good tournament and not only because it was a way to celebrate Adrian Elmer's birthday. Imojjen Elmer was also playing her first tournament. She's only 12 and was introduced to the game by her father. In the end, after the group stage, host Adrian Elmer lost on shots to Alex Jennings in the first semi while Phill Parker beat Costa Kamarados. In the final, Phill and Alex tied (1-1) but Alex won on shots to claim the trophy. Congratulations to everyone involved!

Action from the tournament

Adrian Elmer in the shoot-out of the semi

Alex Jennings is the winner of the day!

Nice group picture

Another victory for Chris Thomas

6 players took part in the latest WASPA event to be held in Thornaby, hosted by the NETFA Teesside Subbuteo Club. Unusually, we had two players from the Valetta SC playing, both being very welcome and both being regular players at our club nights. As expected, Chris Thomas dominated proceedings and to be honest every result was much as expected, with only one really close game on the night.

Date of next NETFA Teesside WASPA tournament will be 4th October 2013

Chris Thomas, the tournament winner