Subbuteo Table Football in Australia

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2012-02-02T02:53:00.001-08:00

The FISTF world ranking of January has just been released. The australian players are still involved.271 SMITH Robert630 THOMAS Peter890 KENNEDY Eliot1026 CREDENTINO Tony1027 DETTRE Steve1129 BALL Jon1130 GANNON Scott1131 PALAMARA John1132 NEWTON MikeMore on www.fistf.com

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-12-30T02:44:00.000-08:00

The FISTF rankings of December 2011 are out. here are the australian players in the official tables:273 SMITH Robert (Rochefort Table Soccer) 49,28 627 THOMAS Peter (NETFA Teesside) 12,00 891 KENNEDY Eliot (TSPA White Star) 4,80 1040 CREDENTINO Tony 2,40 1041 DETTRE Steve 2,40 1139 BALL Jon 1,20 1140 GANNON Scott 1,20 1141 PALAMARA John 1,20 1142 NEWTON Mike Wiltshire TFC 1,20 Robert Green is also 21th in the latest WASPA circuit ranking. He's the only Australian ranked in the WASPA circuit.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-12-06T01:02:00.000-08:00

Here are the australian players in the world rankings of November 2011: 274 SMITH Robert 47,78 615 THOMAS Peter 12,00 858 KENNEDY Eliot 4,80 1017 CREDENTINO Tony 2,40 1018 DETTRE Steve 2,40 1111 BALL Jon 1,20 1112 GANNON Scott 1,20 1113 PALAMARA John 1,20 1114 NEWTON Mike 1,20

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-11-04T01:24:00.001-07:00

In the FISTF world rankings of October 2011, here are the positions of the australian players: 192 SMITH Robert 75,90 629 THOMAS Peter 12,00 885 KENNEDY Eliot 4,80 1048 CREDENTINO Tony 2,40 1049 DETTRE Steve 2,40 1146 BALL Jon 1,20 1147 GANNON Scott 1,20 1148 PALAMARA John 1,20 1149 NEWTON Mike 1,20

Robert Green in number 14

2011-10-25T02:34:00.000-07:00

Robert Green is now 14th in the WASPA ranking of October. The WASPA ranking is available from the download section of the WASPA blog at http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com/Hopefully there will be more australian players listed in the next few months. Please note it is easy to host WASPA tournaments as only 4 players are needed to make a tournament official.

A final for Bob Green in Stockholm

2011-10-12T00:56:00.000-07:00

Bob Green was back in action this week-end at the WASPA tournament of Stockholm (Sweden). Only 5 players showed up but there were a lot of great games. In the first round, Bob lost to David Cremoux (France) 0-2 but beat Italy's Massimiliano Ria (1-0) and the two swedish players Lars Löfgren (4-0) and Ari Kainu (1-0). Int he final, Bob played David Cremoux again and the Frenchman won the game (2-0) to claim to title.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-09-30T01:22:00.001-07:00

Here are the australian players in the FISTF Open ranking of September 2011:187 SMITH Robert 75,90 623 THOMAS Peter 12,00 873 KENNEDY Eliot 4,80 1037 CREDENTINO Tony 2,40 1038 DETTRE Steve 2,40 1140 BALL Jon 1,20 1141 GANNON Scott 1,20 1142 PALAMARA John 1,20 1143 NEWTON Mike 1,20

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-09-02T02:02:00.000-07:00

Here are the positions of the australian players int he FISTF ranking of August 2011: 179 SMITH Robert 620 THOMAS Peter 880 KENNEDY Eliot 1044 CREDENTINO Tony 1045 DETTRE Steve 1146 BALL Jon 1147 GANNON Scott 1148 PALAMARA John 1149 NEWTON Mike

Robert was there!

2011-08-23T06:23:00.000-07:00

Just a picture proving Robert was in action this sunday in Stockholm. Robert (left) appears on the picture with the winner of the tournament, Marcus Tilgner from Germany.

Fourth place for Robert Green in Stockholm

2011-08-22T03:24:00.000-07:00

The first WASPA tournament ever in Scandinavia was held this saturday in Stockholm. It was also an historis event because it was the first tournament ever organized in Sweden. 8 players from six different nations were taking part. Marcus Tilgner (Germany) beat David Cremoux (France) in the final (1-0). Robert Green was taking part and he took the fourth place of the tournament. it was his first official tournament in many years so it is a really good performance!

The competitors!

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-08-08T07:37:00.001-07:00

Here are the australian players in the world rankings of July 2011: 180 SMITH Robert ; 631 THOMAS Peter ; 881 KENNEDY Eliot ; 1060 CREDENTINO Tony ; 1061 DETTRE Steve ; 1157 BALL Jon ; 1158 GANNON Scott ; 1159 PALAMARA John ; 1162 NEWTON Mike.

Looking for players for a demo

2011-08-08T03:34:00.000-07:00

Myron Shipp's club Group North is having an open day on the october 31, 2011 and he will be demonstrating Subbuteo. He's looking for players that would be available for the day. Myron's contact details are in the list of clubs.

The first WASPA tournament in Australia

2011-08-01T07:56:00.001-07:00

Brett Davis has confirmed that the venue for an Australian WASPA Tournament is booked in for 1st October 2011 at MOAB (Mother of All Battles) organised by Southern Battle Gamers, Sylvania Heights Community and Youth Club - Box Road, Sylvania. NSW 2224. Brett needs to thank Kym Pennell from the Battle Gamers who allowed us to come and play at MOAB and give our great game some public view. Details available from Brett Davis at wolfden@bigpond.net.au

Another tournament in Australia?

2011-07-28T00:53:00.001-07:00

Brett Davies (wolfden@bigpond.net.au) is trying to organize something in October at the MOAB, one of the largest Wargaming events in the country. Interested players can drop a line to Brett so that he can arrange the location and the exact date.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-07-04T02:01:00.000-07:00

Here are the australian players in the world rankings of June 2011: 185 SMITH Robert ; 632 THOMAS Peter ; 904 KENNEDY Eliot ; 1074 CREDENTINO Tony ; 1075 DETTRE Steve ; 1172 BALL Jon ; 1173 GANNON Scott ; 1174 PALAMARA John ; 1176 NEWTON Mike.

A tournament in Australia in January 2012?

2011-07-01T01:41:00.000-07:00

There are big chances a tournament will be held at Cancon in January 2012, this is Australia's biggest games convention and there are hopes it will be the Australian Championship as well. Contact Ron Shipp at ronshippau@yahoo.com.au for more details.

Robert Green back in action

2011-06-22T02:23:00.000-07:00

The recently created WASPA circuit (http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com/) is likely to have the very first tournament ever held in Sweden. The O'Leary restaurant in Stockholm will be the place for the event held on August 21 and players from Finland are thinking to travel to play. Robert Green, who is living in Sweden for a couple of years now, might be taking part to represent Australia. He would therefore be the first Australian to play in the WASPA circuit! Well done!

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-06-07T01:34:00.000-07:00

Here are the australian players in the world rankings of May 2011: 157 SMITH Robert ; 661 THOMAS Peter ; 922 KENNEDY Eliot ; 1088 CREDENTINO Tony ; 1089 DETTRE Steve ; 1178 BALL Jon ; 1179 GANNON Scott ; 1180 PALAMARA John ; 11182 NEWTON Mike.

News from Sydney

2011-05-23T00:49:00.001-07:00

Trevor Hogden and his neighbor are still playing every week, spending a few hours on the astroturf. They would love to meet other players as despite the numbers are low, their enthusiasm is high. Feel free to contact Trevor at trevricnegro@msn.com

New club in South Australia

2011-05-23T00:41:00.001-07:00

Ron Shipp from Clare, SA is trying to start a new club at Penfield sports centre near the Air base. Players meet Wednesdays at 7pm, all welcome. Contact: Ron Shipp on 0415686995 or ronshippau@yahoo.com.auRon has 4 pitches and about 10 teams and wants to have a game soon, then he wants to get involved nationally and have a competition at Cancon games convention in Canberra in January.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-05-06T08:35:00.000-07:00

Here are the australian players in the world rankings of April 2011:159 SMITH Robert ; 664 THOMAS Peter ; 932 KENNEDY Eliot ; 1097 CREDENTINO Tony ; 1098 DETTRE Steve ; 1202 BALL Jon ; 1203 GANNON Scott ; 1204 PALAMARA John ; 1206 NEWTON Mike.

Another final for Rob Smith

2011-03-31T09:24:00.000-07:00

Rob Smith reached the final of the last Singapore Satellite. Rob lost to Yusni Den Mulia (1-2) in the last game.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2011-03-31T09:23:00.000-07:00

Here are the australian players in the world rankings of March 2011:154 SMITH Robert ; 662 THOMAS Peter ; 932 KENNEDY Eliot ; 1108 CREDENTINO Tony ; 1109 DETTRE Steve ; 1212 BALL Jon ; 1213 GANNON Scott ; 1214 PALAMARA John ; 1216 NEWTON Mike.

Australian players in the world rankings

2011-03-02T02:22:00.001-08:00

FISTF had some internal problems over the last few months but the rankings of December 2010, January and February 2011 have finally been published.

December:
196 SMITH Robert
482 THOMAS Peter
762 KENNEDY Eliot
961 CREDENTINO Tony
962 DETTRE Steve
1153 BALL Jon
1154 GANNON Scott
1155 PALAMARA John
1156 NEWTON Mike

January:
195 SMITH Robert
475 THOMAS Peter
744 KENNEDY Eliot
947 CREDENTINO Tony
948 DETTRE Steve
1124 BALL Jon
1125 GANNON Scott
1126 PALAMARA John
1127 NEWTON Mike

February:
193 SMITH Robert
465 THOMAS Peter
733 KENNEDY Eliot
940 CREDENTINO Tony
941 DETTRE Steve
1116 BALL Jon
1117 GANNON Scott
1118 PALAMARA John
1119 NEWTON Mike

New player in Sydney

2010-12-29T12:13:00.000-08:00

Colin Brown from Sydney is back in action After a 30 year break, Colin Brown decided to start playing again. He contacted Robert Smith and let him know he would be interested to meet some players for a game. Colin lives in Sydney and will hopefully make new friends around his beautiful table. Feel free to contact him at yorkie68@bigpond.com for more details.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-12-03T04:59:00.000-08:00

In the rankings of november 2010, Robert Smith is 200th, Eliot Kennedy 767th, Tony Credentino and Steve Dettre 962th, Jon Ball, Scott Gannon and John Palamara 1163th. The english players based in Australia, Peter Thomas and Mike Newton, are 480th and 1165th.

A great time for Robert Smith in Belgium

2010-11-14T22:15:00.000-08:00

During his stay in Europe, Robert Smith decided to play some subbuteo for the first time in five months. Robert travelled to Belgium to play the International Open of Rochefort. Luckily, Robert was offered to play for the team of Rochefort Table Soccer and he could therefore compete in both the team event and the individual tournament. "I learned a lot", commented Robert after his first games at the Rochefort club night on friday evening. Robert could play two official games during the team event and a couple of friendlies. On sunday, he had a very difficult groupe, meeting a former european champion (David Ruelle from Belgium) and a dutch top player, Maikel de Haas (top picture). Even if he didn't manage to win many games, Robert had a great week-end and mùet many new friends, including Titi Giaux (bottom picture), the president of the Rochefort club.
You can see a video of the tournament at http://www.matele.be/content/view/7207/399/

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-11-08T04:05:00.000-08:00

In the rankings of october, Robert Smith is 168th, Eliot Kennedy 778th, Tony Credentino and Steve Dettre 960th, Jon Ball, Scott Gannon and John Palamara 1150th. The english players based in Australia, Peter Thomas and Mike Newton, are 477th and 1155th.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-10-03T00:24:00.001-07:00

In the rankings of september, Robert Smith is 166th, Eliot Kennedy 765th, Tony Credentino and Steve Dettre 955th, Jon Ball, Scott Gannon and John Palamara 1140th. The english players based in Australia, Peter Thomas and Mike Newton, are 464th and 1140th.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-09-07T07:08:00.000-07:00

In the rankings of August, Robert Smith is 161th, Eliot Kennedy 764th, Tony Credentino and Steve Dettre 957th, Jon Ball, Scott Gannon and John Palamara 1146th. The english players based in Australia, Peter Thomas and Mike Newton, are 472th and 1150th.

New Website For Australia

2010-09-04T09:55:00.000-07:00

There is a new website selling the finest Table Soccer products in Australia.

subbuteoaustralia also provides links to the Australian Table Soccer Association as well as all the latest news.

check it out

http://www.subbuteoaustralia.com.au/index.php?

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-08-09T04:46:00.000-07:00

In the rankings of July, Robert Smith is 165th (+11), Eliot Kennedy 776th, Tony Credentino and Steve Dettre 965th, Jon Ball, Scott Gannon and John Palamara 1140th. The english players based in Australia, Peter Thomas and Mike Newton, are 472th and 1150th.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-08-02T23:21:00.000-07:00

In the new rankings (june), Robert Smith is 176th, Eliot Kennedy 790th, Tony Credentino and Steve Dettre 986th, Jon Ball, Scott Gannon and John Palamara 1160th. The english players based in Australia, Peter Thomas and Mike Newton, are 486th and 1170th.

Yet another final for Rob Smith

2010-06-27T10:05:00.000-07:00

Rob Smith took part this week-end in the Singapore Open. The player from Australia was in another great day as he beat Antonio Carabillo (Hong Kong) in the semi-final and met Yusni Den Mulia (the guy with the Brazil jersey) in the final. Den Mulia won the game 2-1 and took the title but Rob's performance was amazing again. Well done!

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-06-19T01:26:00.000-07:00

In the new rankings (may), Robert Smith is 205rd, Eliot Kennedy 782th, Tony Credentino and Steve Dettre 996th, Jon Ball, Scott Gannon and John Palamara 1160th. The english players based in Australia, Peter Thomas and Mike Newton, are 500th and 1170th.

The "World Cup" in Western Australia

2010-05-05T21:29:00.000-07:00

How much fun can you have celebrating the 2010 World Cup whist raising monies for the Bobby Moore Cancer Fund? Hoping to set up a Bobby Moore Australia Fund. Not sure if Australia is aware that the 2010 World Cup is ONLY 39 sleeps away? Entertainment + = more fund raising activities. Guaranteed: Western Australia will see the biggest opening ceremony ever on Friday 11th June in and around Football Emporiums HQ Cannington Perth. Check out: www.socceremporium.com.au
Additional Fund Raiser: West Australia’s 1st ever Subbuteo World Cup Comp coming to you live and direct from Football Emporium’s HQ June/July 2010.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-04-30T08:04:00.000-07:00

In the new rankings (april), Robert SMith is 203rd, Eliot Kennedy 796th, Tony Credentino and Steve Dettre 1004th, Jon Ball, Scott Gannon and John Palamara 1180th. The english players based in Australia, Peter Thomas and Mike Newton, are 522nd and 1180th.

Some news from Western Australia

2010-04-29T06:01:00.000-07:00

Robert Smith has been in contact with a sports store called the Football Emporium and he has managed to put set up a table in the middle of their shop. While he was there, he has been contacted by many people who used to live in the UK and used to have material. There was some really good feedback and Robert is now hoping to organise a league or cup to coincide with the world cup.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-04-03T11:12:00.001-07:00

The world rankings of march have been released and there are now several australian players involved. Robert Smith is still leading as 203rd player in the world with 82,05 points. Eliot Kennedy is 800th (9,6 points), Tony Credentino and Steve Dettre are 1014th (4,8 points) while Jon Ball, Scott Gannon and John Palamara are 1176th (2,40 points). Peter Thomas from Canberra is 519th with 24 points while he's still officially playing for England. Same for Mike Newton who is 1176th with 2,40 points.

Peter Thomas wins the Challenger of Sydney

2010-03-21T22:39:00.000-07:00

The FISTF Challenger of Sydney took place on March 20th and it was a great success. Peter Thomas, an english guy based in Canberra (he's the brother of Chris Thomas, one of the best british players) beat Robert Smith (3-1) in the final while Eliot Kennedy beat Antonio Carabillo (who had travelled from Hong Kong for the tournament) in the game for the third place.
Ten players were present and they were divided in three groups. In group 1, Robert Smith defeated Tony Credentino (8-0) and Scott Gannon to take the first place and qualify for the semi-finals. Tony and Scott drew (1-1). In group B, Eliot Kennedy won both games against Antonio Carabillo (3-1) and John Palamara (10-0). Antonio beat John (6-0) to qualify for the barrage round. Group 3 was a group of 4. Peter Thomas and Steve Dettre qualified for the next round while Mike Newton and Jon Ball finished in the bottom of the table.
In the semi-finals of the plate tournament, Scott beat Jon and Miken beat John. In the final, Mike Newton beat Scott Gannon (4-1).
In the main event, the barrages gave no surprise as Peter Thomas beat Tony Credentino (5-1) and Antonio Carabillo beat Steve Dettre (2-0). The semi-finals were close games as Robert Smith beat Antonio Carabillo by a single goal (1-0) and Peter Thomas beat Eliot Kennedy (2-1). After the game for the 3rd place and Eliot's victory over Antonio, the final between Robert Smith and Peter Thomas was quite interesting. Peter finally won (3-1) to take the honors!
Let's hope this tournament will be the first of many others to come in Australia!
Special thanks to Steve Dettre for providing the venue and John Palamara for bringing the tables!

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-03-05T05:06:00.000-08:00

In the world rankings of February 2010, Rob Smith is 243rd (-4). He will be the first seed in the FISTF Challenger tournament in Sydney, on March 20th.

There are other good news as it is now confirmed that Antonio Carabillo (468th in the world rankings) from Hong Kong will attend the tournament.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-02-05T03:39:00.001-08:00

Rob Smith remains 239th in the world rankings of January 2010.

Bob Green's visit in Perth

2010-01-25T22:32:00.000-08:00

The Western Australian Subbuteo Club was the home of a few games between local player Rob Smith and australian legend Bob Green. Bog finally won 3 games while Rob won one. Rob Smith reported after the games: "We tried and tested a few different bases from old style 00 Heavyweights to modern Profibases and he was quite partial to the Raptor G2's. He's still got the touch, although to be fair, we were both a bit rusty!"

Bob Green was happy as well: "It was great to play again after not flicking a figure for around 10 years. I played better than I thought I would, I guess after all the games I've played over the years you don't forget everything. For both of us I think the mind was sharp but sometimes it seemed as if somebody else's hand was doing the flicking. I did manage to score one particularly nice goal. "I was mesmerised" was Rob's comment on the quick flicking that led to it. Rob and I had a great day (and also watching Perth Glory the night before) and it definitely gives me the taste for more! It won't be another 10 years until I flick again that's for sure."

Roll on March 20th!

Eliot Kennedy plays in Finland

2010-01-11T05:11:00.001-08:00

Legend Eliot Kennedy is currently spending a few weeks in Finland with the family and the finnish boys organised a tournament last wednesday to coincide with his visit, so Eliot got to play for the first time since leaving Finland in July 2007, which was great and has further fired his enthusiasm to play again in Australia, even if only semi-regularly. Eliot reports: "The tournament was played using the 'Swiss' system, where you draw names out of a hat, play the first round of games, do a league table, then 1 plays 2, 3 plays 4 etc, then you do another table and repeat the process (except you cannot play the same player twice). We had 13 guys and played 6 rounds on the day (1 or 2 too many for my old back, but great practice!). I managed to come 6th out of 13, about as expected. Won 3, drew 1 and lost 2. I did not play too badly given the long break, but the Finnish guys are definitely better than when I left, having benefitted from regular play in Finland (and for some of them in FISTF events elsewhere including the World Cup) and better figures (mainly C3 Profibase and Extreme Works figures. I was using my old Sureshot figures which are quite good, but not I think of the same quality). One indication of their progress is that I lost my last game 0-4 to a fellow I beat 2-1 just before leaving here in 2007. I was maybe a little unlucky and pretty tired, but he was clearly better than me on the day. When I was herebefore, I was in the top 2. Now, even with more regular play, I'd be very happy to be in the top 5."

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2010-01-04T20:54:00.001-08:00

Robert Smith is 239th in the open world ranking of December 2009.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2009-12-06T02:36:00.000-08:00

After his victory in the Singapore Challenger tournament, Robert Smith is now 246th in the Open world rankings of November. It's a huge improvement as Rob was 654th in October. Well done!

2010, next meet in Sydney

2009-11-25T03:26:00.000-08:00

There should be a meet in Sydney for the New year. Interested players can contact Rob Smith for more details. More news soon...

Some pictures of the FISTF events in Singapore

2009-11-24T08:25:00.000-08:00

Congratulations again to Robert Smith for becoming the 2nd Australia player to win a FISTF tournament, 15 years after Gary Hosie's triumph in the Australian Grand Prix. Well done Robert! On the pictures, Robert was wearing the green subbuteo t-shirt during the Challenger and the yellow jersey during the Satellite. Great job!!!

Rob Smith wins in Singapore!

2009-11-22T20:39:00.000-08:00

The Singapore association hosted two tournaments this week-end. Besides the great field of local players, representatives from Hong Kong, Malaysia and Australia were taking part. In the Satellite, Den Mulia confirmed he's still the best local player as he beat Rob Smith (Australia) in the final. Smith was in a great shape though as he won the other tournament of the week-end, beating Den Mulia in the semi-final and Tan Kok Wee in the final. This is the first international victory for Australia! Let's hope many more will follow and hopefully the next victory will be celebrated after a tournament held in Australia.

Flicking on the 31st just gone

2009-11-04T20:46:00.000-08:00

There was some action last saturday at Brett Davis's place in Penrith (Sydney) as Mike Newton and Steve Dettre paid a visit to have some games. Steve beat Brett (2-0) in the first game. Brett learned a lot from his opponent and he knows the offside rule by heart now (!) before Mike beat Brett 6-1. In the last game, Steve beat Mike (1-0). There should be another meeting again in december, probably at Steve's work, as it is more roomie and in a more central location. All players in the area are welcome to join.

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2009-10-29T05:59:00.001-07:00

Robert Smith is now 654th in the FISTF Open World ranking of October 2009.

More events in Singapore

2009-10-05T22:16:00.001-07:00

The Singapore association will organize some more FISTF events this year. It might interest many players around Asia & Oceania to travel there. The events will be as follows:
- Future tournament on October 18
- Challenger on November 20
- Satellite on November 21
For more details, feel free to contact Tan Kok Wee at tfasingapore@gmail.com
As a reminder, the top 100 players in the Open world rankings can not play Satellites, the top 200 players in the Open world rankings can not play Challengers and the top 300 players in the Open world rankings can not play Futures.

No winner in the Smith vs Smith game

2009-09-20T22:56:00.000-07:00

Some recent action from the first ever “friendly” game at the Western Australia S.C between Stuart Smith (Adelaide Derbyshire Rams) and host Robert Smith. The game finished 1-1 with Stuart equalizing in the last 90 seconds to dent Robert's pride. Much fun!

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2009-09-17T06:31:00.001-07:00

In the world rankings of August, Robert Smith is now 641st. He's the only Aussie until now in the Open ranking.

Australia at the World Cup

2009-09-07T04:37:00.000-07:00

Steve Dettre was in Rotterdam as a visitor during the FISTF World Cup this week-end. the former organizer of australian table soccer and FISTF Director was impressed by the event and was very enthusiast about the possibility to have an australian team in 2012 if the world cup is held in London. Steve also mate Laurent Garnier (France) and Willy Hoffmann (Switzerland), two of the other co-founders of FISTF. A good time to remember a lot of souvenirs...

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2009-07-30T05:37:00.000-07:00

Open category (July 2009) Robert Smith (Western Australia SC) is now 644th in the world rankings with 15,00 points.

Database of players

2009-07-15T06:50:00.000-07:00

Thanks guys, I've had a good response recreating a database of players, just need to find some more equipment and we are well on our way.
Robert Smith

Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

2009-07-08T09:52:00.000-07:00

Open category (June 2009)
Robert Smith (Western Australia SC) is the only australian player ranked. He's 641st with 15,00 points. Carlos Flores (Spain) is still the world's number 1 with 3016,00 points. Eric Verhagen (the Netherlands) is 2nd with 2515,88 points and Saverio Bari (Italy) is 3rd with 1994,00 points.

Robert Smith reaches the semis in Singapore

2009-07-03T07:39:00.000-07:00

Robert Smith (Perth) attended the FISTF Satellite tournament in Singapore on June 28. 29 players including one from Hong Kong were competing int he tournament. Robert Smith managed to reach the semi-finals, losing in a close game to final winner Yusni Den Mulia. This is a very encouraging result for the current australian number 1 player in the world rankings.