Two more events in the South of Belgium

Things are moving in the South of Belgium where the clubs of Wamme and Semois had events in the last few days. On September 20 six players attended the promotional tournament played in Bande. There were young and olde players and Lulani Verhoeven competed in their first tournament. Giulio Bonfanti took the honors after winning his four games played in Swiss system.

On Sunday there were also six players taking part in the Vresse tournament. Jean Grosdent (Wamme SC) was the winner of the day after winning his five group games while local organizer Pascal Droeven (Semois SC) was runner-up.

Both clubs will have a common tournament on October 21 in Bande with the hope to attract many players for other clubs.
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WASPA promotional event in Bande final standings):
1. Giulio Bonfanti
2. Henri Grosdent
3. Philippe Thys
4. Lulani Verhoeven
5. Aurore Grosdent
6. Maxim Grosdent

WASPA tournament in Vresse (final standings):
1. Jean Grosdent
2. Pascal Droeven
3. Henri Grosdent
4. Grégory Berte
5. Philippe Thys
6. Marc De Vos

Four in a row for Mauro Camilleri

Final between Tristan Fenech and Mauro Camilleri with Joseph Debono in the middle

Last week the club of Attard in Malta was holding a tournament during Independance day. The "Tazza Indipendenza 2018" tournament had 9 competitors from different clubs taking part. Mauro Camilleri (Bormla SC) won his fourth consecutive WASPA title after defeating Pireas' Tristan Fenech in the final. Joseph Agius defeated Walter Attard in the game for the third place. Thanks to joseph Debono for organizing the event with his Attard clubmates!

Bob Varney winner in Milton Keynes

Last week-end the TSPA White Star was holding a great Swiss tournament in Milton Keynes with 15 players involved. It was great to see some old names back in action. Among the players, Robert Green from Australia was in a great day, finishing in third place two weeks after attending the FISTF World Cup in Gibraltar. Bob Varney took the honors while Rudi Peterschinigg was runner-up.

Thanks to Jeremy Bradly for the great work to organize things!

The final standings were as follows:
1. Bob Varney
2. Rudi Peterschinigg
3. Robert Green
4. Jeremy Bradley
5. Paul Andreas
6. Marco Ghigliotti
7. Steve George
8. Matt Atkin
9. John Turpin
10. Colin Fletcher
11. Gerald Brightwell
12. Mark Green
13. Dave Croucher
14. Alex Turpin
15. Nick Harrop

Western Flickers Season opener

Western Flickers’ WASPA Season opener goes down to the wire

The Western Flickers opened their 2018/19 season with a WASPA in the Swiss format at Good Games Greensborough on Sunday. The games were played on the old Subbuteo Astropitch surfaces and for a fast format they were all 1x 20min period with the lowest on the ladder awarded the flick off.
The first round commenced with a random draw. New season Western Flickers President Adrian Connolly narrowly defeated the vastly improved Arjuna Hanafi 1-0. The other opening game pitted the two Northern Pheonix players Beth Eveleigh and Kevin Grant against each other in a 0-0 stalemate.
Tony Madiona overcame junior player Jayden Truter 1-0 whilst Benny Ng lost in a upset to his son Benjamin to close out round one.
Benjamin continued his form in the next round with Tony holding on for a 0-0 draw, whilst Arjuna overcame Jayden 2-0. Kevin felt the wrath of Benny’s loss in a 0-4 defeat. Adrian defeated Beth thanks to channeling his inner Carlos Flores for a great running goal.
In the third round, Benjamin played out another scoreless draw, this time against Arjuna, and Kevin made it a third 0-2 loss for Jayden. Adrian grabbed his third consecutive 1-0 win thanks to another fast goal on the run in a game of few chances against Tony. Benny climbed up to second place with a 1-0 win over Beth to set up a fitting finale in the final round of the Swiss format.
In the final round, Benny edged past Adrian 1-0 with a low shot that trickled into the bottom right corner to give last seasons’ WASPA World No.1. another WASPA title to add to his collection.
Third place went to Benjamin Ng in a great result for the junior who was the only player on the day to remain undefeated.
Tony and Arjuna were inseparable in fourth, level on points, goal difference, goals scored and also their match result. Kevin was a further place behind on goal difference, followed by his Pheonix clubmate Beth.
Western Flickers junior Jayden got in some good practice leading up to next months’ Melbourne IO with narrow losses against four open players.

Mark Farrell is All Ireland champion

Mark gets his trophy

Finalists Kenny and Mark

DCTFC played host to competitors from all over Ireland, from Co.Wexford, Co.Dublin, Co.Donegal, Co. Down, Co.Antrim, Co.Tyrone and Co. Derry. Group A drew as the group of death with last years winner Mark Farrell and Derry Open champ Kenny Beggs the firm favourites. The excitement came from group B though with only 1 point separating the top 3 going into the semifinals. Craig Stewart and Nicky Moore finished all square for joint second place, with a shoot out sealing defeat for Stewart and Moore facing Mark Farrell in the semi.

Kenny Beggs triumphed over Martinog Bradley in the other semi final, when a saved shot from Beggs was dragged into the net by Bradley’s own keeper.

The final was a repeat of last year after Farrell saw off Moore with a 4-1 victory. The drama never stopped as a 0-0 draw after full time and extra time was settled on shots. A shots marathon followed with Farrell defeating Beggs after 17 shots a piece, final score Farrell 6 Beggs 5.

SEMI FINALS
Kenny Beggs 1 Martinog Bradley 0
Nicky Moore 1 Mark Farrell 5

FINAL
Mark Farrell 0 (6) Kenny Beggs 0 (5)

Geoffrey Marain on top in Templeuve

Last Friday the Templeuve United club in Belgium had the "season premiere" in their premises with 7 playrs taking part, which was a bit less than expected. Seven sessions of 20 minutges were played so that everyone could play six games. With no surprise Geoffrey marain won another tournament even if he had to share points with Vincent Coppenolle (3-3) but Coppenolle also shared points with Matthias Averlant (2-2) who finished third. Eric Caillaux was 4th while other players were Jean-Luc Canfin, Arthur Clique and Olivier Bodelle.
The next events in Belgium will be played on September 23 in Vresse, September 26 in Warcoing/Templeuve and on October 1 in Hofstade.

A great week-end in North Wales

London Road SC winner on Sunday

London Road Subbuteo Club held the "Weekender" tournament last week-end with the individual tournament in Saturday and a team event on Sunday. 15 individuals were taking part with 10 players from the home club, but also 4 from Glasgow and one from Cardiff. Players were divided intou four groups with the top two qualifying for the next round and other players competing in the Plate tournament. Richard Stock took the honors in the end after defeating Martin Blanchard (1-0) in the final. Brian Daley and Tom Burns managed to reach the semi-finals. Cayne Matthews defeated his daughter Ruby in the Plate final.

On Sunday only three team ettended the event and games were played in home and away fixtures. The home team of London Road took the honors with 12 points while Glasgow had 6 and London Road B finished in third position. A great week-end was had by all.

More than ever Subbuteo lives on in North Wales!

Great turnout of 12 in Kent

Kent Invicta had a great night of flicking on Friday 7th October with a fantastic turnout of 12 players. With 4 groups of 3, there was a tournament feel to the games which saw plenty of games for everyone.

The semifinals ended up with two close games as Nicky edged Finn 1-0 and Kye winning 2-1 over Terry which led to a tight final that Nicky took with a solitary 1-0 win over Kye.

It was great to see Former England youth player, Kane returning to the action also we also saw two new players in Paul and Hayden taking part. Subbuteo is certainly alive and flicking in Kent!

Final ladder (All KIV):
1. Nicky Chappell (vets)
2. Kye Arnold (u19)
3. Finn Taylor (u19)
4. Terry Arnold (vets)
5. Louis Singh (u19)
6. Paul Frank (vets)
7. Tony Whitelock (vets)
8. Paul Grey (vets)
9. Kane Stanford (u19)
10. Mel Stanford (vets)
11. Rob McCormick (vets)
12. Hayden Grey (u15)

Season kick-off in Dundee

Dave Minty vs Andy Beskaby

Steve Bennett won the first day of the club championship this Sunday in Dundee. Five players were present and competed in a group format. Andy Beskaby was runner-up with 3 wins while David Baxter took the third place. Dave Minty and Craig Thom finish the day with one point. Good luck to Dundee United TFC for the new season!

Den Mulia winner in singapore

Singapore League match day 7 saw 5 senior players battling out in a round robin format. The games were thigh & needed the final game to separate the winner & pretender where Den Mulia came up tops with 3 wins & a draw followed by 2nd place Rudy & 3rd place Bernard. Overall, a very fun engaging time among good friends.

Stay tune & come join us on 14 Oct & 11 Nov for the final 2 league games.

16/9/18 League 
1 - Den 10pts
2 - Rudy 8pts
3 - Bernard 7pts
4 - Kok Wee 3pts
5 - Rizal T 0pts