Ladies steal the show at Joburg Summer Cup

The Johannesburg Table Football Club hosted the Johannesburg Summer Cup on Saturday the 12th of November at Panorama Sports Club. We had a total turnout of 12 players of which 6 were ladies, which is a record for lady entrants in a WASPA Tournament in South Africa.

Clifford's birthday cake

The format for the Ladies was a straight knock-out, and even though all the games went to penalty shoot-outs, great fun was had by all with some great goals and fine goalkeeping  the order of the day. Heidie Modise triumphed in the end against Nita Hermaens in a titanic shoot out that went to the third round of sudden death penalties - well done to Heidie on her maiden tournament victory.
The mens event saw 6 competitors divided in two groups of three. After the group stages, Clifford and Abraham advanced as group winners with Greg and Waynne who advanced as runner-ups. The semi finals saw Waynne bring Abraham's great day to an end with an emphatic 2 nil victory. Clifford needed a shoot-out to defeat a tenacious Greg Green in the other semi. Before the final, all competitors were treated to some birthday cake, courtesy of Nita who baked a wonderful cake for Clifford featuring Subbuteo, QPR and Freddy Mercury edible pics.

Ladies final

A traditional South African braai was also then enjoyed while watching South Africa defeat Senegal in a 2018 World Cup qualifier on the big screen. The final saw perennial favourite Clifford square off against a much imroved Waynne Pienaar. Clifford defeated Waynne by a solitary goal to capture the Johannesburg Summer Cup. Once again, great fun and awesome cameraderie amongst all participants was the highlight of the day.

(Report by Clifford Graaff)

The first tournament of London Road SC

A great venue for a first tournament

Last week-end the city of Drury in North Wales was the regional center of Subbuteo as the newly-born London Road Subbuteo Club was organizing their first WASPA tournament at "The Parrot". There was an excellent turnout of 10 players with some players travelling from England to meet the local group. Players were ropped in two groups of 5 and the top two players from each group qualified for the semi-finals. At this stage, Brian Daley defeated Mark Hopwood while Trevor Schott beat Yanni Kelly. Daley took the honors in the final, winning the game (3-2) against Schott. It was
"It was an amazing day enjoyed by everyone, and a great venue that was very happy to have us return, so will plan one a month or every other month", reporter organizer Cayne Matthews who also thanked Bespoke Subbuteo Table Tops for suppling the pitches and Dave Kelly for finding an amazing venue. If any one interested in future events please contact Cayne at caynematthews@aol.com

Subbuteo gathering in Jakarta

There was a last minute gathering earlier this week in Jakarta, Indonesia as Steve Dettre was on a business trip and had a chance to play some games against local players Arudyo Putro and Aldo Swastia (both from Batavia Garudas).

Steve won his two games while Arudyo defeated Aldo. Local players explained the FISTF official it's hard to develop the game in Indonesia as there are no Subbuteo sets on sale.

It was great to see action again in Indonesia and there will hopefully be some bigger tournaments in the near future.

Number 7 for Bevin Reed

Saturday 12 November 2016, Pretoria, South Africa
The 2016 edition of the Scudo Campioni was played under the theme of ITALY v ENGLAND whereby 8 contestants played in the colours of various clubs from Italy and England - and this year, Team Italy outscored Team England (last year's winners) by 23-20 points!
Round 1 action produced 7 goals with defending champion Chessray Jooste (Sampdoria) defeating Conway Julie (Chelsea) by 1-0. Kegan vd Merwe (Roma) and Jayden vd Merwe (Everton) played to an exciting 1-1 draw and Adam Murray (Juventus) beat Sherwin Reed (Man Utd) by 1-0. The last match up then saw a thrilling come from behind win by 2-1 for Bevin Reed (Liverpool) over Julian vd Merwe (AC Milan) with Bevin getting the winner on the stroke of full time ! It is also worth noting that both players hit the bar at least once during the match too - this match really had it all!
Round 2 then produced 4 goals with the top result going to Chessray with a 3-0 triumph over Sherwin. Elsewhere Julian beat Conway by 1-0 with an acutely angled shot off the far upright. Adam then held Jayden to a 0-0 result, and then the biggest tie of the round saw Kegan launch an assualt on Bevin's goal for the first 8min of play with Bevin's goalkeeping skills tested time after time - corner kick after corner kick , with Bevin only settling down in the second half of the allocated time to ensure a 0-0 result. By the end of Round 2 Chessray went top on 4 points.
Round 3 delivered 5 goals. Firstly, tight defending by Sherwin earned him his first point of the day by holding Julian to a 0-0 result. Bevin then secured a convincing 2-0 win over Adam to go top of the standings - with Adam falling out of the top 3 for the first time all day. Then the tie of the round saw Jayden score on 3min against Chessray, but 2min later Chessray was back on level terms. Jayden then got the decider with 2min left to play to make the final score 2-1 in his favour - with Chessray dropping down to 2nd and Jayden moving up to 3rd overall.
Then... the business end of the day, with Round 4 producing four positive results and 8 goals as a bonus. Firstly, Adam scored the fastest goal of the day on 57sec as he eventually ran out 2-0 winner over Conway - a result which put Adam back into 3rd place overall. Jayden then produced his best play of the day by winning 3-0 over Julian - a result which saw Jayden go top of the standings for the first time all day. Kegan then dug deep to get a positive 2-0 win over Sherwin - a result which ensured 3rd place overall for Kegan, relegating Adam back to 4th spot. The decider then ended Bevin 1 v 0 Chessray - a tightly contested, sometimes heated affair which saw Bevin take the individual honours as 2016 Scudo Campioni victor ! This was Bevin's first triumph since June of this year - a triumph which marks the capture of Bevin's 7th WASPA title to date!
As always - thanks to all for attending and making the day a success once again.
(Report by Julian vd Merwe)

Final Standings - Points
Bevin Reed (LIVERPOOL) - 7
Jayden vd Merwe (EVERTON) - 6
Kegan vd Merwe (ROMA) - 5
Adam Murray (JUVENTUS) - 5
Chessray Jooste (SAMPDORIA) - 4
Julian vd Merwe (AC MILAN) - 3
Conway Julie (CHELSEA) - 1
Sherwin Reed (MAN UNITED) - 1

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David Busch wins in Mattersburg

On November 5 the club of TFC Mattersburg was hosting a second WASPA tournament with 12 players coming from 6 different clubs and András Hicz from Hungary helping to make it an international event. David Busch (ASD Master Sanremo) was on fire and claimed the honors after beating Christian Haas (TFC Wiener Neustadt) in the final. Matterburg players Robert Lenz and Erich Hinkelmann reached the final 4.

Kebun Baru Game 2

Game 2 was held on the 9th November.

The club has recruited a couple of new players with the inclusion of 2 female players who have also participated in the game.

Before the games took off, 2 certificates were presented to the last winners of Game One. Champion Rudy and Runners-up Nic Tan. These Certificates were endorsed by our advisor Mr Henry Kwek (Grassroots Advisor of Nee Soon GRC) to show his strong support to Kebun Baru Table Football in particular Kebun Baru Heights Residents’ Committee who has organised the event.

It was a long night and we ended the games quite late at around 11pm. Game Two Champion went to Rudy. He is currently World Number 3 on the WASPA ranking board. Runners-up went to Anas.

Game 3 will be played on the 11th Jan 2017.

Damien Denooz in a great day

Top 3 of the day

For his second WASPA appreance, Damien Denooz claimed his second WASPA title on Friday in Templeuve after putting pressure on Geoffrey Marain while winning the first game of the Swiss system ladder against the current number 1 of the WASPA ranking. Denooz defeated Marain (2-1) and John Verfaillie (5-0), tied with Vincent Coppenolle (2-2) and won the final game against Matthias Averlant (7-3). In the last sessions, Coppenolle defeated Marain to take the second place. Michaël Dupret took the third place. The final standings were as follows: 1. Damien Denooz ; 2. Vincent Coppenolle ; 3. Michaël Dupret ; 4. Geoffrey Marain ; 5. Corentin Boltz ; 6. Matthias Averlant ; 7. John Verfaillie ; 8. André Boltz ; 9. Jérôme Cyganek.
To be noted it was a long day for local flickers as the WASPA tournament took place in the afternoon while players already met in the morning to play the first leg of the provincial league (geoffrey marain took the honors), which means most competitors played a total of 8 games during the day.

Christian Filippella wins Los Angeles Satellite

The presentation of the trophies

Two weeks ago, members of the California Subbuteo Club welcomed Simone Di Pierro from Italy for the second time. Simone travelled 7 hours overnight by Greyhound bus from Las Vegas to LA to play in the tournament. Hosts were also glad Max Ambrosio who was in town from Kansas City. The event was a FISTF Satellite but also a WASPA tournament. In the end, Christian Filippella defeated Paul O'Donovan Rossa (3-0) in the final. Varant Kurkeyerian and Simone Di Pierro reached the semi-finals while Rob Tucker won the consolation tournament against Max Ambrosio. Thanks go to Rob Tucker and Varant Kurkeyerian for great hosting and organization.

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Jos Ceulemans strikes back!

Geert Leys - Jos Ceulemans - Frank Lannoy

This Monday the SC Flanders players met for their monthly tournament. Jos Ceulemans, who is currently ranked 13 in the WASPA ranking, managed to win the tournament - his 16th WASPA win, the first one since March 2016 - with 10 points in the end of the Swiss Ladder played in four sessions. Jos tied in a close game against Geert Leys who was runner-up of the evening with 8 points. Frank Lannoy was third with 6 points, just like Johan Lourdon and Bart Van de Vliet. Bert Feyens finished with 4 points, 3 for Danny De Greef and 2 for Willy De Bandt.