Majee Nolizam wins in Indonesia

Last monday the club of Batavia Garudas held a WASPA tournament in Jakarta, the main city of the country. The event had a turnout of 8 with three players from Malaysian club Hartamas Tigers. In the end, Majee Nolizam (Malaysia) defeated home player Arudyo Putro in a close final (2-1). Irman Farizul and Winaldo Swastia Artaraya were the semi-finalists. It was a good evening with a lot of goals and many close games. It's also very positive to see Subbuteo spreading in this part of the world. Besides the tournament, the club of batavia Garudas has proudly released a new website that you can discover at https://bataviagarudas.wordpress.com/

Daniel Cranston takes the Delaware Valley Open

The players

The 2015 Delaware Valley Open presented by Yuengling Lager, Yuengling Lager, the offical lager of the Delaware Valley Open, has just concluded with Daniel Cranston winning his second DVO title. Daniel Cranston defeated Paul Eyes 2-1 in front of a sold out crowd of five in the finals. With the score tied 1-1 at the half, Daniel got the go-ahead goal with four minutes left to secure the victory. In the Mushroom Cup consolation final, Neal Rivera defeated Andrew Zunino by a score of 2-1. The attendance for that final was two. Thank you to all the players who participated in this years event. It is always my pleasure hosting this event.

Action during the final

The final

The final results are listed below:
1. Daniel Cranston
2. Paul Eyes
3. Adolfo Colindres
4. Gregg Deinhart
5. Neal Rivera
6. Andrew Zunino
7. Bryan Arnold
8. Douglas Thozomas

(Report by Andrew Zunino)

David Busch wins top final in Vienna

The top 4 of the tournament: Erich Hinkelmann (2), David Busch (1), Gabor Baross and Thomas Eppensteiner

On November 1, the ‘Eröffnungsturnier’ FISTF Satellite was organised by TFC Wien West in Austria. Alfred Strommer's club is back in action after a break of a few years and it's very positive as there are several new players in the U12 category. The event was also added as a WASPA tournament (only the Open category) as requested by several players.

As for the results, David Busch defeated Erich Hinkelmann in the final after scoring many goals. David scored the winning goal in sudden death (6-5). Thomas Eppensteiner and Hungary's Gabor Baross were the semi-finalists. The U12 tournament consisted in a group of 5 and Pauli Rauchenschwandtner was the winner with 10 points.

Besides the games, there was a social side of the tournament as Hussein Bakhshi, a refugee from Afghanistan living in a Austrian family, became the first player from his country to attend a Subbuteo tournament.

A clear win for Patrizio Lazzaretti

The second leg of the WASPA Lazio League 2015/2016 was held on October 28 in Rome (Italy) and this time, it was a clear win for Patrizio Lazzaretti who won his first tournament of the season. Lazzaretti won all his games while Simon Trivelli was runner-up. Lazzaretti is the season leader with 47 points while Gianmarco Del brocco is second with 45 points.

Jérôme Heyvaert wins in Auvelais

Winner Jerome Heyvaert and runner-up Michaël Hallin

The club of "Etoile Sarthoise" ran their first WASPA tournament this wednesday in Auvelais. Six players competed in Swiss system and Jérôme Heyvaert (Charleroi) won the event with 10 points in four games. Michaël Hallin (Temploux) was runner-up, ahead of Vincent Guyaux (Bormla) and local players Fabrice Guyaux, Dany Timmerman and Alyssa Guyaux.

Marco Trevisan wins in Pistoia

Time for modern table soccer at the Breda Pistoia clubhouse with 6 players in 2 groups. The newcomer Mirko Cappelli, good subbuteo player, showed his skill and class by winning his group, while the orange Marco Trevisan easily ruled his matches with stunning actions. The final match was played open face with offensive attitude by both players, but the experience and precision of Trevisan lead him to the victory.

(Report by Alfredo Granato)

Maurizio Pugi wins in Florence

This tuesday evening, the second stage of the North Florence SC Challenge was held in the premises of the club. The winner is Maurizio Pugi. He finished on top of a group of 5 while Marcello Monti was runner-up. Monti and Pugi share the leadership of the overall standings.

Challenge Standings:
Monti 7
Pugi 7
Cianferoni 3
Girardi 3
Zampieri 1

Number 45 for Geoffrey Marain

On monday evening 10 players met in Hofstade-Zemst for the monthly tournament of SC Flanders. The evening was played in Swiss system between 5 Flemish players and 5 players from the Tournai area. In the end, Geoffrey marain won his four games to claim to victory. Frank Lannoy was runner-up and Jos Ceulemans was third.

Frank, Geoffrey and Jos

Ranking of the evening:
1. Geoffrey Marain (Flickers Milano)
2. Frank Lannoy (SC Temploux)
3. Jos  Ceulemans (London & Essex United)
4. Bart Van de Vliet (SC Flanders)
5ea Johan Lourdon (SC Flanders)
5ea Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve United)
7. Renald Deloose (Templeuve United)
8. Stéphane Lambert (Kent Invicta)
9. Jason Delattre (Templeuve United)
10. Vicky Vanoverskelds (SC Warcoing Ducks)

English winner in Cyprus

This sunday the second tournament of the season in Cyprus was held in the premises of Famagusta TFC. Among the 12 competitors, there was a special guest from England. Nick Maclochlain (London & Essex) defeated Marcos Kalopsidiotis in the final to claim the title. Demetris Parperis and Kyriakos Stylianou were the losing semi-finalists.

Great promotion of the game in Paington

WASPA tournament in Paignton, Devon

(Report by Terry Arnold)

Kent Invicta held some Subbuteo sessions for 3 days to keep some of the boys occupied whilst their sisters were competing at the National Baton Twirling Championships. The first 2 days were for practicing and learning the game then finishing off with a WASPA tournament on the Thursday. Many Thanks must go to Tony McCann of Yorkshire Phoenix who lives locally and lent us the table and also donated some teams to the new players. After a fun tournament with some close games, it was Kent Invicta’s Kye Arnold who won the final 2-0 over his ‘old-man’ Terry with Louis Singh and Kieran Dominque the losing semi-finalists. Hopefully the new players who tried the game for the first time will be back playing again soon as we try to grow the game!

Final standings:
1. Kye Arnold (Kent Invicta)
2. Terry Arnold (Kent Invicta)
3. Louis Singh (Kent Invicta)
4. Kieran Domingue (Kent Invicta)
5. Josh Mitchell
6. Rhys Holloway
7. Jacob Silvester (Kent Invicta)
8. Alfie Webb
9. Lee Elkington
10. Reece Bailie
11. Nathan Silvester (Kent Invicta)
12. Archie Harding
13. Jenson Fellows
14. Jake Woods