First tournament held in Parramatta

After a few last minute cancellations, the field was whittled down to 5 for the first ever tournament for "Subbuteo Parramatta" (Australia). Everyone played each other in a league format, which quickly sorted itself into the two frontrunners - Eliot and Peter - pulling away from Billy, Terry and Adrian. heading in to the final round, terry needed a win over billy to pull even with adrian in 3rd place, but the two brothers, as at the last tournament, cancelled each other out in a 2-2 draw.

The final game saw Peter needing a win over Eliot to top the league, as Eliot had a superior goal difference heading in to the game. A scintillating game took place with peter doing most of the attacking but Eliot defending solidly, and looking dangerous on the counter-attack. eliot had never picked up a point against peter and was looking good to hold on after 29 minutes. Then, with 50 seconds left on the clock, Peter finally got one of his custom chips to find the back of the net and celebrated a great victory.

With regular tournament play seeming to improve the quality of all the players, we look forward to heading out to Penrith next month (the exact date will be March 23).

Final table:
Peter Thomas 12 points
Eliot Kennedy 9 points
Adrian Elmer 4 points
Terry Koutzas 2 points
Billy Koutzas 1 point

(Report by Adrian Elmer)

Tournament In Penrith- 23 March

Next Penrith Subbuteo Tournament -
Mega Games
478 High St Penrith 2750
02 4722 9975
Sunday 23rd March...
Start 11am
Cost $5
Prizes
New players always welcome

Australian players in the world rankings

Robert Green is 605th in the Open FISTF ranking of January 2014 and 117th in the veterans. Gerald Brightwell is 211th in the veterans.

In the WASPA ranking of January 2014, Australian players are rankied as follows:
28 Carl Young 85,00
45 John Devaney 65,60
50 Peter Thomas (England) 56,00
78 Eliot Kennedy 40,50
111 Mike Newton (England) 31,80
126 Gerald Brightwell 28,38
130 Steve Dettre 27,90
144 Alex Jennings 25,00
156 Brett Davis 23,70
165 Benji Batten 22,40
180 Paul Magee 20,50
199 Searle Batten 18,00
232 Anthony Ilacqua 15,40
259 Luke Radziminski 13,60
266 Phill Parker 13,00
298 Adam Deverell 12,00
306 Robert Green 11,50
341 Adrian Elmer 9,20
345 Eial Donnenfeld 9,00
372 Tom Nowacki 8,00
395 Jay Porter 7,30
399 Costa Kamarados 7,00
399 Rick Piccinelli 7,00
479 Martin Sarnecki 5,80
501 Nick Drage 5,10
676 Martin Murgolo 2,50
719 Trent Fernandes 2,10
720 John Sexton 2,00
782 Aaron Daniels 1,70
786 Billy Koutzos 1,60
792 Matthew Murgolo 1,50
809 Cameron Toazell 1,40
818 Imojjen Elmer 1,00
818 Paul Gorjan 1,00
818 Bronte Scott 1,00
818 Alex Stefanos 1,00
818 Daniel Wilkes 1,00
818 Jonathan Wilkes 1,00
818 Terry Koutzos 1,00
818 Mark McIntosh 1,00
1004 Marlon Faner 0,50
1004 Alex Fleig 0,50
1004 Braiden Graw 0,50
1004 Mitchell Schroder 0,50

New club in Parramatta

Adrian Elmer is happy to announce the new club called "Subbuteo Parramatta" is now up and running. Interested players and fans can contact Adrian at ajebec@netspace.net.au

Subbuteo tournament in Paramatta

There will be a Subbuteo tournament in Paramatta on Febrary 23 at 12.00. Address of the day will be:

MARS HILL CAFÉ BASEMENT
331 CHURCH ST, PARRAMATTA
FREE ENTRY - ALL WELCOME

Click here for the Facebook page of the tournament

Australian players in the WASPA ranking

Here are the australia players in the WASPA ranking of December 2013.

Please note English players living in Australia are Mike Newton (ranked 104) and Peter Thomas (ranked 105).

28 Carl Young (Subbuteo Melbourne) 85,00
43 John Devaney (Lincoln Flickers SC) 61,60
98 Eliot Kennedy (Northern Falcons TFC) 33,50
108 Gerald Brightwell (London & Essex United) 30,75
122 Steve Dettre (Northern Falcons TFC) 27,90
133 Alex Jennings (no club) 25,00
143 Brett Davis (Emu Heights Bundesliga TFC) 23,70
182 Benji Batten (Subbuteo Melbourne) 18,40
219 Anthony Ilacqua (no club) 15,40
232 Searle Batten (Subbuteo Melbourne) 14,00
244 Luke Radziminski (Subbuteo Melbourne) 13,60
245 Paul Magee (no club) 13,50
252 Phill Parker (no club) 13,00
283 Adam Deverell (Subbuteo Melbourne) 12,00
295 Robert Green (Team Subbuteo Stockholm) 11,50
328 Eial Donnenfeld (Subbuteo Melbourne) 9,00
357 Tom Nowacki (Subbuteo Melbourne) 8,00
371 Jay Porter (no club) 7,30
372 Adrian Elmer (no club) 7,00
372 Costa Kamarados (no club) 7,00
372 Rick Piccinelli (Subbuteo Melbourne) 7,00
444 Martin Sarnecki (Subbuteo Melbourne) 5,80
464 Nick Drage (no club) 5,10
647 Martin Murgolo (no club) 2,50
688 Trent Fernandes (no club) 2,10
689 John Sexton (Hamilton SC) 2,00
750 Aaron Daniels (no club) 1,70
759 Matthew Murgolo (no club) 1,50
774 Cameron Toazell (no club) 1,40
782 Imojjen Elmer (no club) 1,00
782 Paul Gorjan (no club) 1,00
782 Bronte Scott (no club) 1,00
782 Alex Stefanos (Subbuteo Malbourne) 1,00
782 Daniel Wilkes (no club) 1,00
782 Jonathan Wilkes (no club) 1,00
968 Marlon Faner (no club) 0,50
968 Alex Fleig (no club) 0,50
968 Braiden Graw (no club) 0,50
968 Mitchell Schroder (no club) 0,50

Peter Thomas wins in Penrith

Only three players attended the tournament held on sunday in the Mega Games shop in Penrith.

Numbers were low but the standards of play were high as the competitors proved to have a very good level. They played each other twice and results were as follows:
Robert Green 3 - Eliot Kennedy 0
Peter Thomas 2 - Robert Green 0
Peter Thomas 4 - Eliot Kennedy 0
Robert Green 1 - Eliot  Kennedy 0
Peter Thomas 2 - Robert Green 0
Peter Thomas 4 - Eliot Kennedy 2

So, Peter was first, Greenie second and Eliot third. As ever, Subbuteo was the winner!

Many thanks to Manuel and Christine at Mega Games for their great hospitality, to Peter coming up from Canberra and of course to Greenie for coming from Sweden!

Our next tournament will be at 11am on Sunday 19 January 2014 at Mega Games (unless Adrian Elmer has one sooner than that at Toongabbie?), to coincide with the visit of Paul O'Donovan Rossa from the US. Hopefully we will have better numbers.

Next tournament in Penrith on November 17

Just a quick reminder for the next subbuteo event taking place on November 17 in Penrith.
Details can be found on the Mega Games website here: http://www.megagames.com.au/Other_Gaming.html
If you know ways to promote the event, don't hesitate. Football club and local newspapers would probably be happy to hear of the subbuteo tournament.
The tournament will count for the WASPA circuit (http://waspa-circuit.blogspot.com).
Top players as Robert Green, Mike Newton and Eliot Kennedy will be taking part! Hopefully many more will follow!

Australian players in the world rankings

In the FISTF world rankings of October 2013, Robert Green is 590th in the Open category. In the veterans, Green is ranked 119th while Gerald Brightwell is 210th.

Carl Young wins in Penrith

There was a good turnout of seven at the first tournament of the season held at Mega Games Penrith. Among the old had (Paul Magee, Eliot Kennedy), a local player (Anthony Ilacqua), the british guys (Carl Young from Melbourne, Peter Thomas from Canberra, Mike Newton from Flinders), there was also a "special guest" as Ignacio López Campbell from Chile was on a business trip in Sydney and had a chance to attend the event. Unfortunately Brett Davis was ill and couldn't attend. We wish him a quick recovery. The event was played in swiss format with Carl Young winning the trophy with 10 points, Peter Thomas finishes second, Eliot Kennedy third and Mike Newton fourth. Mega Games has announced the next tournament will be held on November 17 at 11.00 am.

Carl Young