Australian players in the FISTF world rankings

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.