Invitation for the tournament in Hoogezand (the Netherlands)

February 18, 2014, 9:37 am

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Here is the invitation letter from the club of GSV De Hyacinth in the North of the Netherlands for their first WASPA tournament.

Dear subbuteo friends,
It is our pleasure to invite you out for our Waspa subbuteo tournament, called COBEX / Top of Holland Tournament.

The tournament will be held on Saturday, May 10, 2014.

Registration is open until Saturday, May 3, 2014 by sending an mail to jacobbijlstra@hotmail.com

Mention your name and the club which you are playing for and your nationality. We have made a maximum number of 32 participants that can take part at the tournament. There will be one category, so no separate tournaments based on age .

Cost for participation are 10 Euro per person.
The start of the tournament will be at 9:00 hours and from 8:15 hours you can enter the playing room.

The tournament will be held at the new Woldwijck Center, Pleiaden 21, 9602 KD Hoogezand.
Website: www.woldwijckcentrum.nl/

If you want to stay then we can be helpful in finding a suitable hotel nearby.

Because I do not have all the email addresses of everyone I want to ask you to make within your club our tournament known

Hope to see you on May 10 , and for any questions you can always contact me by sending an mail to jacobbijlstra@hotmail.com or visit our site on facebook
www.facebook.com/groups/475015889259835/

Greetings,

Jacob Bijlstra

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Next event in Athens

February 19, 2014, 1:30 pm

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Poster of the next event in Athens.

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4th WASPA title for Luca Pini

February 20, 2014, 6:56 am

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Last monday 14 players attended the tournament organized in Firenze (Italy). The group stage was interesting and group 1 was some kind of "group od death" with Luca Pini, Davide Visani and Simone Faraoni playing together. These three players were in a great day as Pini later beat Visani in the final while Faraoni won the consolation final. Well done also to Sergio Robertiello and Marco Bonciani for reaching the semi-finals.

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Luca Parodi wins his first WASPA title

February 21, 2014, 4:23 am

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Luca Parodi, tournament winner

24 players attended the "Coppa delle Alpi" held on wednesday in Genova (Italy). The tournament was played with the old rules and due to the large turnout, the event was played in knock-out games. Luca Parodi was the winner of the evening, winning the final on shots against Federico Solari. Parodi already won his quarter-final on shots against Gian Paolo Ghersi and beat Riccardo Pedemonte in the semi-final (2-0). This is Parodi's first WASPA title. Riccardo Pedemonte won the game for the third place against Renato Villa (1-0).

Besides the tournament, there were good news from the club of Levante telling that a new club will soon join the WASPA circuit. "SUBBUTEO Table Soccer Ponente", a club based in Savona (50 km from Genoa) is recruiting subbuteo fans from all over the west coast of Liguria. Their website can be found here: http://stsponente.blogspot.it

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Busy week in the WASPA circuit

February 21, 2014, 6:43 am

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The days to come are going to be the busiest period ever since the beginning of the WASPA circuit as there will be 11 tournaments in the next 6 days. On saturday, there will be tournaments in Chicago, IL (USA) and Zürich (Switzerland). On sunday, there will be the very first event in Edimburgh (Scotland) but also tournaments in Massamá (Portugal), Lincoln (England), Quévy (Belgium), Paramatta (Australia) and Athens (Greece) but also a special event in Simi Valley, California (USA) where the tournament is also a FISTF Challenger. The WASPA Lazio League in Rome (Italy) will be back in action on wednesday and the last tournament of the month should take place in Templeuve (Belgium) on thursday evening. Good luck to all the players involved.

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Jos Ceulemans did it again

February 21, 2014, 9:00 am

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On February 3, 10 players met in the premises of SC Flanders in Hofstade-Zemst for a tournament run under swiss system. It was already the 6th WASPA tournament organized by the only official club in the North of Belgium and as usual, Jos "the boss" Ceulemans took the honors after ending the evening the 12 points (4 wins). Frank Lannoy and Bart Van de Vliet also ended on the podium. SCF President Filip Van Hulle reported "we had 10 participants, 20 games, 40 beers", which give an idea of the great atmosphere in the hall.

Bart Van de Vliet, Jos Ceulemans and Frank Lannoy

The ranking of the evening was as follows:
1. Jos Ceulemans (SC Anfield Hoppers Zürich) 10 points
2. Frank Lannoy (SC Temploux) 9
3. Bart Van de Vliet (SC Flanders) 6
4. Johan Lourdon (unattached) 6
5. Stephane Lambert (Kent Invicta) 5
6. Rudi De Smet (London & Essex United) 5
7. Eddy Beernaert (SC Flanders) 4
8. Bert Feyens (unattached) 4
9. Filip Van Hulle (SC Flanders) 3
10. Steven De Greveleer (unattached) 1

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First tournament in Parramatta

February 23, 2014, 1:14 am

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After a few last minute cancellations, the field was whittled down to 5 for the first ever tournament for "Subbuteo Parramatta" (Australia). Everyone played each other in a league format, which quickly sorted itself into the two frontrunners - Eliot and Peter - pulling away from Billy, Terry and Adrian. heading in to the final round, terry needed a win over billy to pull even with adrian in 3rd place, but the two brothers, as at the last tournament, cancelled each other out in a 2-2 draw.

The final game saw Peter needing a win over Eliot to top the league, as Eliot had a superior goal difference heading in to the game. A scintillating game took place with peter doing most of the attacking but Eliot defending solidly, and looking dangerous on the counter-attack. eliot had never picked up a point against peter and was looking good to hold on after 29 minutes. Then, with 50 seconds left on the clock, Peter finally got one of his custom chips to find the back of the net and celebrated a great victory.

With regular tournament play seeming to improve the quality of all the players, we look forward to heading out to Penrith next month (the exact date will be March 23).

Final table:
Peter Thomas 12 points
Eliot Kennedy 9 points
Adrian Elmer 4 points
Terry Koutzas 2 points
Billy Koutzas 1 point

(Report by Adrian Elmer)

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Marain wins in Quévy

February 23, 2014, 2:55 pm

≫ Next: First title for Trisha Baumeler

≪ Previous: First tournament in Parramatta

The tournament in Quévy (Belgium) on sunday had a good field of 14 players. The first round was played in three groups and there was no surprise before the next round. In the quarter-finals, the "usual clasico" between Geoffrey Marain and Vincent Coppenolle ended in favour of Marain during the sudden death. Geoffrey beat Renald Deloose in the semi while Vincent Guyaux beat Alain Flament in the other semi. In the final, it was very close till the last minute but Geoffrey Marain finally scored the winning goal in the last seconds to claim the tile. Dany Timmerman beat Jason Delattre in the final of the consolation tournament.

The finalists

Top 4 of the afternoon: Flament, Marain, Guyaux, Deloose

Final table of the day:
1. Geoffre Marain (SC Eugies)
2. Vincent Guyaux (SC Flanders)
3. Renald Deloose (Templeuve United)
4. Alain Flament (SCAF Quévy)
5. John Verfaillie (Templeuve United), Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve United), Sébastien Devreese (SC Eugies), Matthias Averlant (Templeuve United)
9. Dany Timmerman (SC Auvelais)
10. Jason Delattre
11. Benjamin Moreau (SCAF Quévy), Philippe Moreau (SCAF Quévy), Christophe Willot (SCAF Quévy), Grégory Sottiau (SCAF Quévy)

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First title for Trisha Baumeler

February 23, 2014, 11:10 pm

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This saturday the Swiss club of SC Anfield Hoppers had their second WASPA tournament in Zürich with a good turnout of 6 players. This time Trisha Baumeler took the honors as she beat her father Thomas Baumeler in the final (1-0) to win her first tournament in the WASPA circuit. Roman Bernhardsgrütter ended 3rd and Noemi Bernhardsgrütter was 4th. Well done to the Baumeler family!

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The Valentine Cup for Jeff Parsons

February 24, 2014, 3:38 am

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The Valentine Cup was held on sunday in Lincoln (England) with a few close games and Jeff Parsons winning the tournament with a best goal-difference than John Bottomley. Well done Jeff!

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Third tournament in Greece

February 24, 2014, 11:38 am

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The Flaming Flickers in Athens had their thrid WASPA tournament on sunday with a good field of 14 adults and 2 young players. The tournament was played in swiss system and Yiannis Metaxas took the honors with three wins. Yiannis Paschalides ended second with also three wins but less goals scored. Andreas Papakyriakou was third. Congratulations to the Flaming Flickers for another good tournament!

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Home win for Wayne Smith

February 25, 2014, 7:49 am

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The Southern California Subbuteo Club had a tournament in Simi Valley, California this sunday with 7 players taking part.T he torunament had the double status as it was a FISTF Challenger and also a WASPA tournament. After the group stage, Wayne Smith and Varant Kurkeyerian respectively beat Cameron Tucker and Rob Tucker to qualif for the final. In the decisive game, Wayne Smith scored the winning goal in the sudden death to claim the trophy. Congratulations to Wayne.

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The first Chicago tournament for Ilias Gikas

February 25, 2014, 10:38 pm

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Like all good things, the inaugural Windy City Challenge came with great anticipation and went like the wind! We expected up to nine players for our first tournament but, due to various circumstances, we quickly became 6 players.

The venue was amazing for this type of event! There were endless groups of both parents, kids and young adults milling about just outside the roped off area where we were playing. They were amazingly curious about what was going on. All of the players had an opportunity to engage them in conversation about our hobby/sport. We even had one parent/child inquire about purchasing a game set that was on display. He will soon be a member of our Chicago Area Subbuteo Club! Thanks to Sid Bond we had a great demonstration table available that was used for most of the tournament time by kids and curious parents who played with two of my extra teams. Sid and Tony were our best spokespeople spending a lot of time explaining the game and how the group came together.

Left to right: Sid Bond, Mike Ewer, Chris Sweetland, Ilias Gikas and Tim Tumminaro

As to the games, while the points at the top of the table might indicate otherwise, Ilias Gikas ran away with the tournament with 18 goals for and only 2 against. One of those goals against was mine as Ilias and I drew to a 1-1 tie (my high point in the event and the only blemish on Ilias' record). Mike and Tim were solid all afternoon. Ricky and Sid are new to the sport. Otherwise, the following was the final table:

Ilias Gikas - 13 pts
Mike Ewer - 12 pts
Tim Tumminaro - 9 pts
Chris Sweetland - 8 pts
Ricky Alvarez - 3 pts
Sid Bond - 0 pts

I look forward to our next event which is yet to be scheduled. I also want to schedule some introductory / educational sessions at Tony's facility to try to draw some more new players to the pitch.

(Report by Chris Sweetland)

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Subbuteo action at the Hamleys in Kuala Lumpur

February 26, 2014, 8:11 am

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On February 22, the players of the Hartamas Tigers Subbuteo Club in Kuala Lumpur had an exhibition at the famous Hamleys store. Two tables were set up for demos and friendly games and there will be more demos like this every last saturday of the month from now on. Stadiums were decorated with decals of the Hamleys brand but also with stickers of the current clubs partners (FISTF, WASPA, Singapore Subbuteo Association, Imagine games and the Minister of youth and sports). Coach Mike Dent and five young players were present to show the game to the visitors. The demo had a big impact as the "Star Newspaper" was present to cover to event and Mike Dent was interviewed by the reporter. On every subbuteo product sold in the shop, a sticker mentionned the existence of the Hartamas Tigers club. Well done for a great promotion!

Partner of the Hartmas Tigers SC are on the playing Boards

Stickers on the Subbuteo stuff to promote the club

Mike Dent and the kids

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Poster of the next tournament in Quévy

February 27, 2014, 4:29 am

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Tournament to be held on March 29 in Quévy (Belgium).

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20th WASPA title for Geoffrey Marain

February 27, 2014, 2:03 pm

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Despite some late dropouts, the Templeuve United club in Belgium had a good turnout of 10 players for their monthly tournament played in swiss ladder. There was no surprise as Geoffrey Marain won his four games to lift the trophy while Renald Deloose ended with three wins to take the second place. Well done to Geoffrey MArain for winning his 20th WASPA tournament already.

During the presentation of the prizes

Final classification of the evening:
1. Geoffrey Marain (SC Eugies)
2. Renald Deloose (Templeuve United)
3. Vincent Coppenolle (Templeuve United)
4. Alain Flament (SCAF Quévy)
5. John Verfaillie (Templeuve United)
6. Jason Delattre (Templeuve United)
7. Matthias Averlant (Templeuve United)
8. Sébastien Devreese (SC Eugies)
9. Jordan Bonte (Templeuve United)
10. Sandie Verriest (sans club)

The top 4 of the evening

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Winning come-back for Lazzaretti

February 27, 2014, 2:13 pm

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The 5th leg of the WASPA Lazio League 2013/2014 took place on wednesday February 26th in the premises of the club in Rome with 11 players taking part. The big fact of the evening was the winning come-backof Patrizio Lazzaretti who won all his games to win the title. Stefano Tagliaferri was an excellent second. He remained unbeaten and finished with 2 wins and 2 draws. Giuseppe Cascioli too the third place and ended with 7 points. Simone Trivelli, after winning three tournaments in a row, ended only in the fourth place with 6 points. Paolo Barone, Claudio Paolino and Sergio Sassi also ended with the same number of points.

Simone Trivelli (111) is still the absolute leader of the WASPA Lazio League, Stefano Tagliaferri (96) is second, Patrizio Lazzaretti (90) third and Gianmarco De Brocco (89) fourth.

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Ruben Português wins in Massama

February 28, 2014, 4:51 am

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There was a tournament last sunday in Massama (Portugal) with 22 players taking part. In the main event, Ruben Português defeated Ricardo Pavao in the final. The level of the tournament was very good with also Sergio Ramos and Manuel Santos in the semis. In the junior section, João Carrilho defeated Vasco Henriques in the final to claim the trophy. Well done to the winners.

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First trophy for Matthew Thomas

March 1, 2014, 1:45 pm

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Two players made their first appearance of 2014 tonight in an 8 man field. Matthew Thomas, the older brother of better known Chris Thomas, swept all before him to take his first title of the year. The only resistance came from David Russell who secured second place. newcomer Rob Heseltine struggled again, but is starting to show the signs that the tactics are there now. The mid table battle was won by Ben Staples tonight but it was so close that any of the other players could have got third place.

Date of next NETFA Teesside WASPA tournament will be 28th March 2014

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WASPA monthly report file of February 2014

March 3, 2014, 9:31 am

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Here is the monthly report of the WASPA circuit (CLICK HERE). Among the important facts of the month, we can mention:
- In February, we had a lot of different tournaments: 25 "regional" tournaments, 1 tournament with the old rules and 2 "promotional" tournament.
- Unfortunately we didn't receive the results of the Hamilton tournament played on February 8.
- We were happy to have the first tournaments in San Francisco, California, in Chicago, Illinois, in Madrid, Spain but also in Parramatta, Australia.
- The tournament in Chicago was the 300th WASPA regional tournament ever.
- Special thanks go to Cyprus with the huge development of the game in Limassol as 23 players attended the last event.
- The tournament in Simi Valley, California was also a FISTF Challenger, which is proving WASPA and FISTF are working together. We are looking forward to have more events under both banners soon.
- We have seen that there are more and more tournaments played under swiss system as it seems it's getting popular among players and organizers.
- Geoffrey Marain won his 20th WASPA title, which is very impressive.
- We have now 1186 players from 32 nations in the ranking!

Improving the WASPA blog: can you let me know which players you would like to be interviewed on the blog? Also, do you think it would help to have a page with the best tournament systems?

Also, I added a page on the WASPA blog called "Project Brazil 2014". If you have pictures of some kits of national football teams (playing the world cup), feel free to drop a line. If you have any other idea of promotion regarding Subbuteo & the football world cup, (for instance setting up a subbuteo tournament under the theme "Brazil 2014" or you are playing subbuteo with the jersey of a national team), let me know by e-mail at vincent.cop@rsca.com

Useful links
Here are the few links to check when you have time:
the WASPA blog: http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com
the WASPA map: http://goo.gl/maps/MP4gu
the WASPA Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/waspasubbuteo/
the WASPA Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/WASPA-World-Amateur-Subbuteo-Players-Association/231789816834700
the FISTF website: http://www.fistf.com
the independant table football forum: http://tablefootball.friendhood.net/

If some of your friends want to receive the monthly report by e-mail, they can drop a line to vincent.cop@rsca.com to be added in the mailing list

Use also vincent.cop@rsca.com for tournament requests or for sending results and pictures

Again, thanks to all players and organizers for the continued support over the last few months. So much support is a best reason to keep on working for the game!

Yours sincerely,

Vincent Coppenolle

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