Chris Thomas took the Wales International Open on October 16, beating Christian Short in a dramatic final on shots 3-2, after scores were locked 1-1 at the end of extra time.

Cayne Matthews (left) presents the winners trophy to Chris Thomas.

Chris won all six of his matches on the day, scoring 16 goals in the process.

Runner up Christian Short

A massive congratulations are due to organisers John Lauder and Cayne Matthews, ably assisted by Alan Lee.
Great to see 24 players in action.

FULL RESULTS:
Wales IO

Belgium’s Sebastian Scheen wrote himself into the history books when he won the 19th edition of Guerin Subbuteo, a famous tournament sponsored by the classic Italian sports magazine Guerin Sportivo.

Sebastian, representing SC Salernitana, beat Andrea Di Vincenzo (Bologna Tigers) 2-0 in the final at Subbuteoland at Reggio Emilia in northern Italy.

In the ‘silver category’, Stefano Pacitti (SC L’Aquila) beat Stefano Montefiori (Papata Group Ponticino) 2-1.
The event was the 19th edition of Guerin Subbuteo, but 26 years since the last edition which was famous within the Italian Subbuteo community.

Guerin Sportivo is  the oldest sport magazine in the world.  The title and the logo depicts a medieval knight throwing a javelin.
The other titles on the weekend were the Guerino Team Gold won by the Fiamme Azzurre Roma, beating Stella Artois Milano 2-0.

Martin Maioli (Subbito Gol Ferrara) took both the Under 12 and U16 titles.
FISCT TV ensured 18 hours of live streaming on the Eleven Sports platform. Videos can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMhzI1ovAYdsnfTWdTXkDxw
At the end of the month a Traditional Subbuteo event will be staged, again at Subbuteoland.

Full results: Guerin Sportivo

French club Foot de table club de Saint–Symphorien-sur-Coise staged an innovative promotional event recently, with club members of rival football clubs taking to the table.

Four of the club members – Herve Rakowski, Denis Polsinelli, Cedric Pandolfi and Cyprien Bonnet — are all fans of Olympique Lyonnais, while the remainder of the club support St Etienne.

In a battle for honour, a team of the ASSE supporters, Mickael Blanc, Daniel Guyot, Cyril Bolusset, Laurent Meygret, and Julien Blanchon faced off with their clubmates.

“There was a real tension, a real pressure, but always in a very good atmosphere,” said club organiser Julien Blanchon.

After leading 2-1 at halftime, the ASSE lads ended up cracking against the motivated Lyonnais to lose 3-1 — such is the drama of team events.

“A big thank you to our main sponsor (Agricultural Credit) for attending this derby, to the Mayor of St Symphorien for stopping by to say hi, as well as to Messrs Voute, Guillon and Breuil for all the reports and reports on Le Progrès newspaper from Lyon,” said Julien.

The German Cup will be staged this weekend in Bergkirchen-Oberbachern, not far from Munich.
The Wirtshaus Oberbachern is a new venue for LV Süd this year.
Action for both days are planned as follows:
Saturday: from 11:00 a draw for the German Singles Cup – start of matches from 11:30 a.m.
Sunday: 10:00 am Start of the German Team Cup
The German Cup will take place under the hygiene concept:
– Please have one of the following documents with you. Recovered, vaccinated or tested
– Hands must be disinfected before each game
– No shaking hands with the opponent and referee before the game
– Please ensure that everyone maintains a minimum distance of 1.5 m
– Exception: on the table (both players and referee) no face mask is required and no specific distance (as much as possible!)
– Spectators are not allowed in
– If a participant wants to watch a game, the distance rule applies
– Everyone is asked to have a face mask with them at all times.
– Teams: fill out a match report sheet, team briefing etc .: only with face mask and with a minimum distance
We look forward to a successful weekend with you!

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The American Subbuteo Association hosted a highly successful U.S. Nationals weekend in Denver, Colorado, on August 27-29, 2021.
18 players from 7 states attended the event organized by the Colorado Subbuteo Club.
On Friday evening, Daniel Cranston won the Travelers’ Cup, a warm-up tournament for out-of-town players.
Patrick Sheridan (Colorado) won the National Championship (Open category) with a 2-1 win over Paul Eyes (Maryland) in the final.
You can watch the match here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCkX4YqMN-E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbkVC2ANcT4

Open winner Patrick Sheridan

Peter Alegi (Michigan) took the Veterans’ title with a 2-1 sudden death victory over Eyes.

Shaun Kidsley (Indiana) won the Mary Jane tournament and Jake Schoonmaker (California) claimed the Beginners’ Cup.
A friendly team event brought the weekend to a close.

For full results and other videos, check out the ASA Page: https://www.asa-tablesoccer.com/2021/09/13/2021-nationals-wrap-up/
There are also full interviews with players here: https://www.asa-tablesoccer.com/2021/09/13/2021-national-champions-interviews/

Jamie Bonnici (MLT/SS Lazio TFC) claimed the FISTF Satellite of Malta with a tight 3-2 win over countryman Jurgen Balzan (ST Stembert).
He won all six matches on the day.

Group shot

Jurgen beat John Zammit (Bormla SC) 4-0 in the semifinal, while Jamie beat Josef Camilleri (Bormla SC) 3-2.

Podium

The event attracted 17 players and was organised by the H’Attard Subbuteo Club.

Finalists: Bonnici (left), referee John Zammit, Balzan

Huge congratulations to the winners of the first phase of the Belgian Championships with Charlotte Bouchez (Lions Eugies) winning the Under 16 category, Benoit Massart (SC Temploux) taking the Veterans title and Emilie Despretz (AS Hennuyer) taking the Women’s event.

Under 16 podium: Cyganek, Bouchez, Denne

Final rankings in each category were:
U16 : 1^st Charlotte Bouchez (Lions Eugies) , 2^nd Jerome Cyganek (ASH Hennuyer) , 3rd Noah Denne (Lions Eugies)
Vétéran : 1st Benoit Massart (SC Temploux) , 2^nd Daniel Scheen (Kaisermuhlen/AUT ) , 3rd Eric Threis (Stembert Team)
Women : 1st Emilie Despretz , 2nd Elodie Bertholet , 3rd Léa Despretz (all from AS Hennuyer).

Special mention should be made of Benoit Massart who beat all of the 8 other competitors in an outstanding winning streak.

Veterans Podium: Scheen, Massart, Threis

The open championship will take place on 20 and 21 of November.

ends

It is with great sadness that we must report that the Major of Rochefort 2022 scheduled for January has been cancelled.
Titi Giaux and Justin Leroy from Rochefort Table Soccer (RTS) made the decision after it was decided the venue would not be usable after the July floods that smashed through parts of western Europe.
A search for an alternative venue came up empty.
“There was just too much damage,” said Justin.
Organising a Major is a significant undertaking, and with uncertainty over a venue, the RTS team made the call as early as they could to prevent people making travel plans for the January event, scheduled January 22-23.
“We will do our best to organise the 2023 event,” said Justin.

Charles Aquilina of Bormla Subbuteo club won the FISTF Satellite tournament organized on Saturday 11th September 2021 by Bormla Subbuteo club.

In the final he won against clubmate Melvin Barun 3-1.

In the semi finals, Barun beat Josef Camilleri 4-3, while Aquilina beat George Ebejer also 4-3.

Camilleri, Aquilina, Barun, Ebejer.

In the Barrage phase after the group stage, Mauro Camilleri and John Zammit, both for the Blues club, didn’t progress and lost to Aquilina 4-2 and to Josef Camilleri 7-5 after shots when the game ended 3-3.

Finalists Aquilina and Barun with referee Ebejer

Players from Bormla, H’attard and Naxxar took part.

This tournament was organized at the Cospicua St George’s band club with the help of MTFSA, SportMalta & Fondazzjoni Kottonera.

Report by Josef Camilleri
Tournament organizer
Bormla Subbuteo club