Giorgos Pitihoutis wins Kallithea tournament

On April 31, the last tournament of the month took place in the premises of the Kallithea Flame. Giorgos Pitihoutis took the honors as he defeated Nikos Liakopoulos in a close final.

Panagiotis Panagiotides and Mike Tastsoglou took the 3rd and 4rth places.

It was another good day of table football with fair and friendly players.

Wolverhampton Easter Cup

Another huge success, the 2018 Easter Cup was contested by 12 players. Congratulations to our winners, Ian Keay (Am's) and Robert Ramsey (Pro's). A brilliant evenings play with some fantastic subbuteo skills on show. Thanks to everyone who attended and made it a fantastic night of Subbuteo.

David Leroy wins in Bande

On Saturday 12 players were present in Bande to play the monthly tournament of Wamme Subbuteo Club. As there was plenty of time, a "Super-Swiss system" was played so that everyone had six games. David Leroy was on top as he won all games to win the tournament. Brothers Bruno and Antonio Timpano from Seraing finished in the top 4 while SC Temploux's Michaël Hallin was a surprising third in the end of the day. Congratulations to all the players involved!

Final standings:
1. David Leroy (Rochefort TS)
2. Bruno Timpano (SC Seraing)
3. Michaël Hallin (SC Temploux)
4. Antonio Timpano (SC Seraing)
5. Corentin Wauthy (Rochefort TS)
6. Jean Grosdent (Wamme SC)
7. Richard Boulanger (SC Seraing)
8. Henri Grosdent (Wamme SC)
9. Giulio Bonfanti (Wamme SC)
10. Philippe Thys (Wamme SC)
11. Geoffrey Kelner (SC Seraing)
12. Maxim Grosdent (Wamme SC)

WASPA standings of March 2018

Dear friends,
you will find in the attached files the monthly standings of the WASPA circuit after all events held in March.

Well, you will find the details about the circuit in the attached files:
- the season results (PDF);
- the rankings and statistics (Excel).

March has been a very busy day with 38 regional events, 6 promotional tournaments, 1 tournament with old rules and 1 test-match.

The first event in Tucson

We are pleased to have seen the first events run by some new clubs: AS Hennuyer (Belgium), Tucson Subbuteo Soccer Club (USA), Toronto SC (Canada), Illawarra TFC (Australia), Barcelona FT (Spain), Subbuteo Angri (Italy).

We have also seen the first events held this season in Czech Republic and Spain and for the very first time we have a player from Russia in the records.

We are glad to see action in Toronto

There are some big changes in the ranking of "top clubs" as we are pleased to welcome the Lincoln Flickers (England), the Northerns Falcons (Australia) and Sydney TFC (Australia).

The big changes in the rankings is the first version of the Junior rankings. Please note some details:
- the individual ranking is made of players born in 2001 or later. Probably many players are missing so if you have some birthdates to send, it will be more than welcome.
- the club ranking is made of clubs with at least 3 juniors. Probably the list will grow in the near future.

Flickers in Canberra

I want to insist on the fact some FISTF organizers are giving us a lot of support by organizing WASPA tournaments during their events. We have had WASPA games at the Major of Frameries (Belgium), the Grand Prix of Heckmondwike (England), the Open of Barcelona (Spain), the Satellite of Prague (Czech Republic), the Illawara Satellite (Australia), the Singapore Open.

We want to wish good luck to Mike Sgro who is the new president of the Canadian association and who has great goals to make Canada great again on the international Subbuteo scene.

Good turnout of 26 for the WASPA tournament held during the Major of Frameries

Congratulations to Australia and Belgium for running 8 regional events this month in many different locations. This is very impressive.

Great news also as we have a new partner. Flicks for Kicks (http://shop.flickforkicks.com/) will be helping us to promote the WASPA circuit and we really hope we can also help their project to grow.

Once again, thanks to all organizers and players for contributing to make the WASPA circuit great.

The first Russian Subbuteo player in the WASPA ranking competed in Prague

Maybe some results didn't arrive in due time. Do not worry, they will be added next month.

Well, that's all for now. Please remember you only need 3 players to register your tournament. Don't be scared to join. It's free and tournament requests can be sent by e-mail to vincent.cop@rsca.com

Keep an eye on the WASPA blog at http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com as there are updates almost every day.

Youth in action in Sydney

Please invite your friends to join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/waspasubbuteo/
We also have a WASPA page here: https://www.facebook.com/WASPA-World-Amateur-Subbuteo-Players-Association-231789816834700/

Keep in mind WASPA is also looking for partners. If you know any company ready to support us (we don’t ask for money but we want some win-win agreements so that we can promote each other), don't hesitate to contact me at vincent.cop@rsca.com

Ideas to develop the WASPA circuit, to get new clubs/nations involved or to make things more attractive are always welcome. We stay at your disposal for more info.

Yours sincerely,
Vincent Coppenolle

Promotional events in Sydney

The Northern Falcons have recently organized two WASPA promotional events for their young players. The first event was held on March 23 and seven kids were taking part. After the group stage, Oliver Ollnow defeated Torben Pfister (3-0) in the final to claim the tile while Niklas Raab beat Jonas Hahn (1-0) in the game for the third place.

On April 6, there was a smaller turnout of 4 and Jonas Hahn took the honors after finishing on top of the league. Niklas Raab was runner-up while Moritz Hahn and were the other players taking part.

Congratulations to the players and huge thanks to Hermann Kruse for the great job with the kids.

Second tournament in Thessaloniki

On March 28 the new club of Panorama 1978 SC was holding a second WASPA tournament in Thessaloniki, Greece. Players were dropped in two groups and there were then finals. Ioannis Terzidis defeated Christos Agrios in the final. Constantios Giapoutzis took the third place. Congratulations to the Thessaloniki players. We wish them the best of luck for future events.

Already the 10th tournament in Trieste

On March 30 the club of Triestina held a 10th tournament under WASPA banner. There were many goals and spectacular games and the 8 players had a lot of fun. Gianfranco Grahonja proved to be on top again. He defeated Furio Segnani in the final while Davorin Korosec took the third place. Diego Giorio was 4th and proved to be improving a lot, which is promising for the future. During the evening, a journalist came to see the games and an article about the event will be published in the local newspaper soon.

WASPA test-match: Northern Californie vs California TSC

On Wednesday, March 28th, Conan Mullen (SoCo Subbuteo) of the Northern California Subbuteo Club hosted Paul O'Donovan Rossa of the California Table Soccer Club in the first ever "Northern California" WASPA Test Match. Paul made the journey up from Southern California for an evening of friendly and competitive Subbuteo matches, and handily took the Test Match honors, winning the 3-match series 2-1, 3-1, and 4-0. After which there were more training matches woth Paul sharing his experience and passing on valuable coaching tips to help Conan gear up for the California Table Soccer Club's upcoming Los Angeles FISTF Satellite/ASA Open in Newbury Park on April 7th.

Alekos Apatzis winner in Kallithea

20 players attended the 34th tournament of the Flaming Flickers SC. The event took place on March 10 and was covered by a team of journalists. After many good games in the WASPA spirit, the winnner was local player Alekos Apatzis who defeated Dimitris Tziortziotis (Glyfada United) in the final. Nikos Psomiadis and Giorgos Pitihoutis reached the semi-finals. Congratulations to the winner Alekos and to all the paticipants.

Daniel Cranston wins in Virginia

NoVA Union's Bryan Arnold was very happy to host the club's third tournament in the past year. The three tournament participants played in a round robin format loaded with many great matches. Congratulations to Daniel Cranston for the win and to Andrew Zunino as runner up. Bryan Arnold completed the standings in third.