Subbuteo in Montreal

Montreal players have now a blog at http://subbuteomontreal.blogspot.ca/
Hopefully it will generate interest all over the Montreal area!

Canadian players in the FISTF rankings

After some months of trouble, FISTF has just released the world rankings of December 2012 and January 2013. In december, David Baxter was 425th in the Open ranking, and 228th in the veterans table. In January he was 426th in the Open section and 226th in the veterans ranking.

A new FISTF Board has been elected last saturday in Issy-les-Moulineaux (France). Luis Filipe Horta (Portugal) is the new president. Vincent Coppenolle (Belgium) is General Secretary, Fred Vulpes (Germany) is Finances director, Joe Zammit Pavia (Malta) is communication director, George Drazinakis (Greece) is sports Director and Thoms Petersen (Denmark) is marketing director.

Subbuteo day in Montreal

There will be a subbuteo day in Montreal on February 15. Aydin and Pierre are meeting again and hopefully this time more players will be attending. Interested players can contact Aydin at aydin_mirzad@yahoo.fr
Good luck to our fellow players in Quebec!

Big success in Hamilton

Nine players competed in the February HSC tournament. Super Bowl Sunday may have been a  factor on a day when 12 were expected to turn out. Big news though as finally there was an HSC tournament final not played between Peter and Shaun. Stephen forced his way into a final for the first time since the Toronto Tourney in September. Winner was as usual though, Peter with a 2-1 victory in the final. Beaten Semi-Finalist were Shaun and Brodyn. Next tournament date to be announced soon, looking at mid March. Can someone knock Peter off his perch?

(report from the Hamilton Subbuteo Club blog)

Some new from Canada

The next tournaments will be held on February 3 in Hamilton (Ontario) and on February 10 in Calgary (Alberta).

In the latest WASPA ranking, Peter Sexton is now 7th while Shane Hoopfer is 15th. 528 players from 28 nations are included.

Canada is now 4th in the ranking of nations with 144 points while the top 3 nations are Malta (188), Belgium (182) and Italy (150).

First tournament of the year in Canada

The year 2013 already started with a first tournament played in Calgary on January 1. Four players of the Calgary Subbuteo Club where present and Shane Hoopfer did it again by beating Logan Stevenson int he final. It was Shane's third title and Logan's first final. Josh Braun couldn't find a goal but his defense was stingy other than the first half of the first game. Ben Herrel also racked up his first two draws and only gave up one goal in regulation in four games!
Next event in Calgary will be Sunday February 10th at noon. Contact: Shane Hoopfer at Hoop27@gmail.com

Canadian players in the WASPA ranking

Canadian players in the WASPA ranking of December 2012:
 12 Peter Sexton Hamilton SC 55
 21 Shane Hoopfer Calgary SC 40
 34 David Baxter Calgary SC 26
 50 Shaun  Burt Hamilton SC 22
 51 Nicholas Sciberras Hamrun SC 20,25
 57 Stephen McNab Hamilton SC 19
 65 Josh Braun Calgary SC 16
 74 Gurmeet Khaira West Coast TSC 13
 99 Liam  Sexton Hamilton SC 9
 # Logan Stevenson Calgary SC 9
 111 Brodyn  Sexton Hamilton SC 8
 122 Nathan Haylett Calgary SC 7
 # Parjesh Randhawa West Coast TSC 7
 190 Travis Hoopfer Calgary SC 4
 # Brian Redmond Calgary SC 4
 # James Redmond Calgary SC 4
 # Allan Thornton Toronto Subbuteo League 4
 # Jeff Watts Toronto Subbuteo League 4
 # Ben Herrel Calgary SC 4
 # Chris Moore Hamilton SC 4
 # Iain Clarkson Hamilton SC 4
 # Shaan Bal West Coast TSC 4
 # Richard Ho West Coast TSC 4
 296 Chris  Faille Hamilton SC 1
 # Andrew Lemak Hamilton SC 1
 # Behn Wurthman Hamilton SC 1
 # Paul Burt Hamilton SC 1
 # John Mckay Hamilton SC 1
 # Kyle Rozoski Hamilton SC 1
 # Shawn Lovegrove Hamilton SC 1
 # Gerald Moore Hamilton SC 1