Australian players in the world rankings

FISTF have released the world rankings of June and July. In the ranking of June, Gerald Brightwell was 205th in the veterans. In July, Gerald was 204th.

In the WASPA ranking of July 2013, the Australian players are ranked as follows:
52 Carl  Young Subbuteo Melbourne 42,00
61 Brett Davis Emu Heights Bundesliga TFC 38,40
62 Eliot Kennedy Northern Falcons TFC 38,00
82 Steve Dettre Northern Falcons TFC 30,80
82 Gerald Brightwell West London TFC 30,75
85 John Devaney Lincoln Flickers SC 29,60
124 Robert Green Team Subbuteo Stockholm 20,00
138 Anthony Ilacqua (no club) 18,40
209 Jay Porter (no club) 11,80
210 Paul Magee (no club) 11,60
242 Searle Batten Subbuteo Melbourne 9,00
242 Eial Donnenfeld Subbuteo Melbourne 9,00
277 Luke Radziminski Subbuteo Melbourne 7,60
282 Adam Deverell Subbuteo Melbourne 7,00
282 Rick Piccinelli Subbuteo Melbourne 7,00
329 Tom Nowacki Subbuteo Melbourne 6,00
336 Martin Sarnecki Subbuteo Melbourne 5,80
340 Nick Drage (no club) 5,60
349 Martin Murgolo (no club) 5,00
391 Benji Batten Subbuteo Melbourne 4,40
399 Trent Fernandes (no club) 4,20
403 John Sexton Hamilton SC 4,00
459 Aaron Daniels (no club) 3,40
473 Matthew Murgolo (no club) 3,00
491 Cameron Toazell (no club) 2,80
564 Marlon Faner (no club) 1,00
564 Alex Fleig (no club) 1,00
564 Braiden Graw (no club) 1,00
564 Mitchell Schroder (no club) 1,00

Australia is now number 13 in the WASPA ranking of nations (32 nations ranked)

Semi-final for Gerald Brightwell in Belgium

Gerald Brightwell travelled to Belgium to play the WASPA tournament of Templeuve. Six nations were represented and Gerald was in a great day as he reached the semi-finals after defeating Kevin Cordell (England) in quarter-final. Gerald lost the semi to the final winner, geoffrey marain (Belgium) but that's definately a good performance for him.

Gerald in action

The final 4 of the event: Grégory Puissant (France), Paulo Gouveia (Portugal), Geoffrey Marain (Belgium) and Gerald Brightwell (Australia)

Well done Socceroos!

Well done to the Socceroos for qualifying for the soccer world cup 2014 in Brazil. Hopefully this will be a source of inspiration for Soccer... and Subbuteo (!) in Australia.

Gerald Brightwell unlucky in Chingford

8 players attended the WASPA tournament in Chingford (England) last wednesday. Gerald Brightwell lost his three group games against Paul Andreas (0-3), Rudi Peterschinigg (1-2) and Elliot Bellefontaine (0-1). Gerald is likely to attend the Templeuve tournament in Belgium on June 23.

Australian players competing in Harrow Weald

Two Aussies attented the WASPA tournament in Harrow Weald (England). 18 players from 5 nationalities in total were taking part and players were divided in four groups. Both John Devaney and Gerald Brightwell ended third in groups of four players. John lost to Steve George and Terry Arnold and tied with Jonathan Lopez-Real. Gerald lost to Kevin Cordell and Vasilis Vavourakis from Cyprus but beat Matthias Peterschinigg. In the consolation tournament, Gerald lost his quarter-final to Matthew Henry while John beat Kye Arnold and then lost to Matthew Henry.

Good games for Gerald Brightwell in Birmingham

Gerald Brightwell attended the English Grand Prix in Birmingham on May 5 & 6. In the individual tournament, Gerald played in the veterans section and was dropped in the only group of five. He lost to Scotland's Tom Burns (0-1), Wales's Richard Stock (1-2) and England's Rob McCormick (0-3) but beat John Bottomley from England (4-0). On sunday Gerald played the team event as a member of the Manchster TFC club. He lost to Yorkshire Phoenix's Martin Hodds (4-0), beat Rob McCormick of Kent Invicta (1-0) and lost to Mike Parnaby, the caption of NETFA Teesside (0-4). At least it was a good tournament and Gerald gained experience. His next tournament should be the WASPA tournament in Harrow Weald on May 19.

Australian winner in Europe!

John Devaney, the organizer of the Lincoln Flickers Subbuteo Club in England, has recently announced he would love to play subbuteo for Australia has he is born in Australia and has lived there for many years. On wednesday John won the WASPA tournament in Lincoln, which will hopefully be the first of many other victories. Well done!

John Devaney, another flicking Aussie in Europe!

Steve Dettre wins in Penrith (Australia)

For the fifth time in less than a year, the Mega Games shop in Penrith hosted a subbuteo tournament under WASPA banner. This time 8 players were present and the event was played under swiss system. Steve Dettre won the tournament with 3 wins and 1 draw. Steve Dettre is a legend of table football as he was a Director int he FISTF Board in the early 90's. The rest of the table was as follows: 2. Eliot Kennedy ; 3. Paul Magee ; 4. Mike Newton (England) ; 5. Nick Drage ; 6. Brett Davis ; 7. Anthony Ilacqua ; 8. Jay Porter.

Australian players in the world rankings

In the FISTF World rankings of March 2013, Gerald Brightwell is 302th in the veterans section.

In the WASPA ranking of March 2013, Brett Davis is 44th, Mike Newton (England) 47th, Eliot Kennedy 59th, Gerald Brightwell 79th, Robert Green 84th, Anthony Ilacqua 108th, Anthony Ilacqua 160th, Braydan Howell (Bolivia) 184th, Steve Dettre 232nd, Martin Murgolo 242nd, Paul Magee 267th, Trent Fernandes 275th, John Sexton 276th, Aaron Daniels 324th, Matthew Murgolo 339th, Cameron Toazell 347th, Nic Drage, Marlon Faner, Alex Fleig, Braiden Graw and Mitchell Schroder are 400th.

Australia is 11th (out of 31 nations) in the ranking of nations.

Australian players in the international rankings

Here is the list of Australian players in the WASPA ranking of February 2013. The next WAPA tournament will take place in Penrith on April 27. Hopefully there will be a first tournament in Melbourne soon. You can visit the WASPA blog at http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com

38 Brett Davis 34,40
42 Mike Newton 33,00 (reported under ENGLAND)
53 Eliot Kennedy 25,00
74 Robert Green 20,00
88 Gerald Brightwell 17,75
99 Anthony Ilacqua 15,00
145 Jay Porter 9,00
167 Braydan Howell 7,60 (reported under BOLIVIA)
209 Steve Dettre 5,80
219 Martin Murgolo 5,00
246 Paul Magee 4,60
255 Trent Fernandes 4,20
257 John Sexton 4,00
297 Aaron Daniels 3,40
314 Matthew Murgolo 3,00
325 Cameron Toazell 2,80
374 Nic Drage 1,00
374 Marlon Faner 1,00
374 Alex Fleig 1,00
374 Braiden Graw 1,00
374 Mitchell Schroder 1,00

The FISTF ranking (www.fistf.com) has one Australian player ranked. Gerald Brightwell is 300th in the veterans section. Gerald will attend the FISTF Major tournament in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) in April.