News from Sydney

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

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.au Ron 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.