Seventh victory in the WASPA circuit for Mark Farrell

Mark Farrell vs Kenny Beggs

Five players attended the Kildare Open held on saturday. The Irish event had two international guests, Kenneth Beggs from Northern Ireland and Colin Tarry from England. The event was not only a WASPA tournament but also a part of the Irish circuit 2013-2014. Every player met each opponent twice and in the end, Mark Farrell won the event with 7 wins and 1 drw. Kenny Beggs finished second and Colin Tarry was third. For Mark farrell, who was already the winner of the Kildare Open last season, this is already the seventh victory in a WASPA regional tournament.

Final standings of the tournament:
1. Mark Farrell (IRL/Yorkshire Phoenix) - 22
2. Kenny Beggs (NIR/Irish Premier League) - 16
3. Colin Tarry (ENG/London & Essex United) - 14
4. John Moore (IRL/Irish Premier League) - 4
5. Nick Moore (IRL/Irish Premier League) - 1

David Kugler wins the promotional event in Vienna

The first WASPA tournament held in Vienna (Austria) took place this sunday with a field of six players. It was this time a "promotional" tournament and some of the top players did not take part. Special thanks to Thomas Eppensteiner for the organisation! We hope every player enjoyed it and we look forward to see you lots of you soon again! The winner was David Kugler (TSC Royal 78) who beat Mathias Eppensteiner (2-0) in the final. Congratulations!

Mathias Eppensteiner, David Kugler, Daniel Vranovitz

The group

Jayden van der Merwe wins his first title for 2014

Saturday 17th May 2014, Pretoria, South Africa : Jayden proved simply too strong for the field on the day, posting figures of P6-W5-D1-L0 and conceding only 1 goal (to eventual runner-up, Julian van der Merwe) en route to becoming the 2014 PFC Challenge Cup champion! Chessray Jooste, PFC’s most in form player for 2014 to date, had to settle for a disappointing 4th place. During first round action, Jayden dispatched of Chessray by 2-0 and Jayden went on to repeat that same scoreline during 2nd round matches – thereby breaking Chessray’s dominance in this particular match-up over the past 3 events of 2014. But it was in the 10th match-up of the day when Jayden beat Julian by 1-0 thanks to a long range shot on the stroke of full time, which put Julian’s hope of success on halt, and handed Jayden his first title for 2014! The 12th (and final) match-up of the day , Kegan (1) v (0) Julian , saw Julian concede again on full time, ensuring 3rd place to the 2013 Challenge Cup winner, Kegan van der Merwe.

Final Standings:
1. Jayden van der Merwe – 11p
2. Julian van der Merwe – 5p
3. Kegan van der Merwe – 4p
4. Chessray Jooste – 4p
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(Report by Julian van der Merwe)

Alexander Haas wins in Trumau

The players

This wednesday's WASPA tournament in Trumau was a big success! Like in April we had a good field of ten players from different austrian clubs. To honour the winner of the european song contest, we gave the tournament the name “Conchita Wurst Trophy”.

The final

After some exciting games in the groups an some very close barrages David Busch and Alexander Haas met again in the final. It was a hard fight, David was 2-0 in the lead, some minutes before the end. Two great goals brought Alex back, in the end he was the lucky one winning on shots. Alex was very happy to win the Conchita Wurst Trophy. He tooked the price, a big fat wurst with a smile!

On the left, Alexander Haas is the winner of the evening

Find here pictures and the main results!

Semi-finals
Alexander Haas - Heinz Eder 2-0
Horst Deimel - David Busch 1-2

Final
Alexander Haas - David Busch 2-2*

(Report by Thomas Eppensteiner)

Peter Alegi wins in Michigan

Alegi and Gikias in the semi-final

There was a tournament in Grand Rapids, Michigan last saturday with a field of 8 players competing for a lot of points as the event had the double status (FISTF/WASPA) and the host club had the chance to meet players of the Chicago Area Subbuteo Club as well as Erik Haefke who has spent the last few months in France and played in several tournaments in Europe. Haefke made it to the final after defeating Mike Ewer in the semi. In the other semi, Peter Alegi beat Ilias Gikias on shots. The final was very close but Peter Alegi made the difference in the final to beat Erik Haefke in the sudden death.

Coppa D'Abruzzo to come

The "Coppa d'Abruzzo", a tournament played with the Old rules, will take place in Alba Adriatica on June 1. Contact is Salvatore Guida at asagame09@yahoo.it

First Couldson tournament

Couldson Subbuteo Club in England will have their first WASPA tournament on May 30. Good luck to all the players taking part. Details can be found on the calendar page.

Grégory Spilmont wins in Quévy

There was a very small turnout of 3 for the tournament held in Quévy on monday. There were ill players, working players and people unable to travel due to other reasons so the three players competed in a double round robin. Grégory Spilmont took the honors, won the event with 10 points while Alain Flament had 4 and John Verfaillie had 3. There will hopefully be more players in the next club event on June 9.

Robbert Thoen wins the first WASPA tournament in the Netherlands

Top 3 of the event: Mikey Gerrets (3), Robbert Hoen (winner), Maikel de haas (2)

The very first WASPA tournament in the Netherlands took place this saturday in Hoogezand and was called the "Cobex/Top of Holland tournament". 16 players were taking part and all of them were from the host nation. Players were dropped in four group and then everyone played three more games to define all places. There were some close games in the quarter-finals already and some surprises, for instance the young Mikey Gerrets defeated Marco Leeman. In the semi-finales, Robbert Thoen defeated Mikey Gerrest while Maikel de haas beat Jacob Bijlstra. The final was close but finally Robbert Thoen beat Maikel de haas (1-0) to win the event. Well done to Robbert and congratulations to GSV de Hyacinth for a very good tournament with the presence of the local newspaper and plans to have other events in the future, possibly with foreign players.

The final ranking of the event was as follows:
1. Robbert Thoen
2. Maikel de Haas
3. Mikey Gerrets
4. Jacob Bijlstra
5. Nico Marks
6. Kenney Gerrets
7. Paul Brinker
8. Marco Leeman
9. Casey van Os
10. Derk Steenhuis
11. Jovi Willeijns
12. Martin Bijlstra
13. Erwin Smit
14. Rinaldo van Dijk
15. Ronald Ruiter
16. Rick Hessing

Already 24 wins for Geoffrey Marain

A part of the players at the end of the evening

The Templeuve United club had a good turnout of 15 players for their monthly tournament counting for the WASPA circuit. This time players were dropped in four groups and the only surprise was Eddy Beernaert winning his group. In the knock-out stage, Geoffrey Marain was in a great day to qualify for the final. Renald Deloose had to wait the shots to defeat Eddy Beernaert in the semi.

Shots in the semi between Renald Deloose and Eddy Beernaert

In the final, Marain was again the stronger player. Olivier Bodelle, the only french player in the entry list, won the consolation tournament.

Steve Jamotte of the new club Standard SC Liège in his new jersey

Here is the final ranking of the evening.
1. Geoffrey Marain (SC Eugies)
2. Renald Deloose (Templeuve United)
3. Eddy Beernaert (SC Flanders)
4. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve United)
5. Alain Flament (SCAF Quévy)
6. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve United)
7. Sébastien Devreese (SC Eugies)
8. Kimberley Devreese (SC Eugies)
9. Olivier Bodelle (France, Templeuve United)
10. Jason Delattre (Templeuve United)
11. Steve Jamotte (Standard SC Liège)
12. Laly Ramos (Templeuve United)
13. John Verfaillie (Templeuve United)
14. Jordan Bonte (Templeuve United)
15. Bryan Decock (Dottignies)

Finalists of the evening were Geoffrey Marain and Renald Deloose