Dundee United Club Championship 2.9

The second stage of the Dundee United TFC Club Championship was held on sunday with 5 players taking part. "Some players off today due to circumstances so a poor turnout but great fun, great laugh like it should be", reported Steve Bennet who finished on top of the table with 3 wins and a draw.

The final standings were as follows.
1. Steve Bennett
2. Andy Beskaky
3. David Baxter
4. Craig Thom
5. Dave Minty

Christophe Dheur does it again

The club of SC Verviers-Herve was hosting a first WASPA tournament on Friday night with 10 players competing in Swiss system. Christophe Dheur ended the evening with four wins and a draw against Sébastien Scheen who is the runner-up of the tournament. The final standings are as follows:
1. Christophe Dheur
2. Sébastien Scheen
3. Tony Braham
4. Pascal Scheen
5. Jean-Michel Cuenca
6. Philippe Roufosse
7. Michaël Denooz
8. Kevin Beckers
9. Benoit Vanwissen
10. Salvatore Visconti

Pun Amos from Nepal wins in Yokohama

Kenzo Koi and the group of Yokohama players organized a tournament On October 2 for their beginners. 9 players were competing and for all of them, it was a WASPA debut. Among the players, Pun Amos was a name to remember. The guy is from Nepal and he's therefore the first representative of his country to play a table football tournament. Pun Amos did well and even very well, reaching the semi-finals and defeating Tomoyuki Yoshimurato (Adachi TFC) on shots before winning the final on shots against Koshiro Shibata (OSC Yamato). Osamu Ishihara (Yokohama OSC) was the other semi-finalist. Special thanks to Kenzo Koi and his crew for organizing the event!

A second win for Miguel Pereira

Paul vs Rob

Kentin invicta was back in action last Friday. In an all Kent 10 man field, it was Miguel Pereira who won a close final with Kye Arnold 1-0 after a great night of flicking action at Playfootball !

Placings after 4 rounds excluding the final:
1. Miguel Pereira (Open) 12pts +8
2. Kye Arnold (U15) 10pts +9
3. Terry Arnold (Vets) 9 pts +4
4. Rob McCormick (Vets) 6pts +3
5. Dave Collier (Vets) 5pts -2
6. Finn Taylor (U15) 4 pts -1
7. Paul Frank (Vets) 4pts -2
8. Louis Singh (U19) 4pts -5
9. Thomas Lacey (U15) 1pt -5
10. Adam Kushner (Vets) 1 pt -8

Final
Miguel 1-0 Kye

Welcome back Montreal!

The five players

Benoit and Giancarlo in action

Canada is back! At least Montreal and Quebec are back! As you probably know, Canada has been a very important nation in the history of the WASPA circuit. In the period between 2012 and 2014, there were regular tournaments in Hamilton, Calgary, Toronto and Vancouver. Montreal also had a small tournament more than two years but this time, after a very long break, it seems that there is interest again for the beautiful game of subbuteo in the country. Last Saturday, five flickers competed in a tournament in Montreal. Pierre Chastenais, who was also the organizer, claimed the honors after defeating Simon Harvey in the final. Hugo Côté and Benoit Racette were the semi-finalists while Giancarlo Ramellini took the 5th place.

Pierre commented it was a good day of play: "Two of our best players could not attend so things were easier than expected for me but we had fun in all our games. I told our new players competing against Americans would be something different as the level is high in the US. The beginners will learn more in the future, they just need more experience."

There are good hopes to see another revival of the game in Canada in the near future: "Buying material from Europe is very expensive and that's maybe one of the reasons why some guys in other Canadian cities stopped playing but thanks to Dario Passadore, there are hope to get cheaper material thanks to a new e-shop."

Benoit Racette seemed to be confident about the future: "We will have more tournaments in 2017. The great news is that we have about 10 potential new players."

It seems like there are good hopes for the future of Subbuteo table football in Montreal. Let's cross the fingers!

Sergio Robertiello on top at the opening tournament

The first tournament in Firenze (Italy) took place this Monday with an impressive field of 20 players. There was a group stage with 6 different groups and players were later divided in several knock-out events. Sergio Robertiello won the final of the main event against Luca Pini.
Tiberio Becucci won the tournament for places 9 to 12 with a final against Nicola Poggiali.
Matteo Cherici was the consolation winner, winning his decisive game against Giammarco Riccioni.

The full standings were as follows:
Winner: Sergio Robertiello
Runner-up: Luca Pini
Last 4: Riccardo Ferri
Last 4: Mirco Pasquini
Last 8: Davide Visani
Last 8: Gabriele Casati
Last 8: Marco Bonciani
Last 8: Emanuele Cattani
Winner cadetti (places 9-12): Tiberio Becucci
Runner-up: Nicola Poggiali
Last 4 cadetti: Mirko Masini
Last 4 cadetti: Marco Trevisan
Winner consolation: Matteo Cherici
Runner-up: Giammarco Riccioni
Last 4 cons: Cristiano Catalanotto
Last 4 cons: Matteo Alaimo
17.: Stefano Barducci
17.: Alessio Riccio
17.: Francesco Gori
17.: Lorenzo Arcodia

Michaël Casciano wins in Auvelais

Top 4: Casciano-Heyvaert-Hallin-Grosdent

Due to the late date change of the national tournament of SC Charleroi, a WASPA tournament was held last Saturday to keep a day of Subbuteo for those who really wanted to play. 15 players were taking part including 5 beginners in the WASPA circuit. One of them, Jean Grosdent, is the leader of the new club of Wamme SC based in the South of Belgium. Grosdent did well, reaching the semi-finals but there was nothing to do against top Charleroi players as Michaël Casciano defeated Jérôme Heyvaert in the final to claim the honors. Michaël Hallin won the game for the third place. Thanks to the clubs of Charleroi and Auvelais for hosting a nice day of subbuteo.

Elliot Bellefontaine on top of the Harrow league

Elliott, on the right, during a game at the recent world cup in Belgium

Round one of the Harrow league took place the 21st of September. 8 players were present and were dropped in two groups so that everyone played five games. Elliot Bellefontaine defeated Paolo Barone in the final on shots to claim the win. Rudi Peterschinigg won the game for the third place against Panos Stemitsiotis. The final standings were as follows:
1. Elliot Bellefontaine (ENG/leu)
2. Paolo Barone (ITA/laz)
3. Rudi Peterschinigg (ITA/har)
4. Panos Stemitsiotis (ENG/har)
5. Marco Ghigliotti (ENG/leu)
6. Victor Jones (ENG/har)
7. Kevin Walker (ENG/har)
8. Neil Doherty (ENG/-)

Marco Baj wins in Milano

Busto Garolfo (Milan) October 9th, 2016.

Marco Baj

Flickers Milano organized their second tournament under the flag of W.A.S.P.A.  Nine players took part to the event. Seven players from the local team, Luca Pessini from Stradivari Cremona and special guest Danilo Presti as free agent.

Danielle Presti won the raffle

Six rounds. Three groups of three players to qualify for the finals groups. Marco Baj did not fail to live up to the expectation and won at sudden death against Vittorio de Pascale.   A complimentary bottle of Belgian beer to the winner Marco, while a second bottle assigned by lottery to Danilo.  W.A.S.P.A. stickers to everybody.  Homemade cake and espresso coffee to warm up the players during this beginning of autumn.

Final standing: 1° Marco Baj 2° Vittorio de Pascale 3° Mirko Balio 4° Genny Ancarola 5° Danilo Presti 6° Luca Pessini 7° Fabrizio Maiandi 8° Claudio Del Core 9° Ignazio Monte.

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(Report by Vittorio de Pascale)

Andrea Pagano does it again

This week-end the club of Catanzaro was back in action with a small tournament of four players held in their premises. Andrea Pagano was the final winner and claimed the honors with two wins and a draw.

The final standings were as follows:
1. Stoke City (Andrea Pagano) 7
2. Derby County (Davide Colace) 4
3. Sheffield Wednesday (Raffaele Bertucci) 3
4. Birmingham City (Giangi Carioti) 1