Gurmeet Khaira wins in Vancouver

Four players attended the second WASPA tournament held in Vancouver on Sunday March 31, 2013. Unfortunately it was difficult to find a better date so that more players could attend but there was good fun and some interesting games. Special thanks to the two new additions whom took time to understand the game better .After the group stage, Parjesh and Gurmeet had six points and qualified for the final. Gurmeet took the title when he won the game 1-0. 

Canadian players in the international rankings

Here is the list of Canadian 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

4 Peter Sexton 111,00
14 Shane Hoopfer 66,00
24 Shaun  Burt 43,50
26 Stephen McNab 42,00
47 Josh Braun 27,00
48 David Baxter 26,00
74 Logan Stevenson 20,00
88 Liam  Sexton 17,75
90 Brodyn  Sexton 17,50
112 Gurmeet Khaira 13,00
127 John Mckay 12,75
131 Ben Herrel 12,00
149 Dan Otter 8,75
149 Mike Otter 8,75
171 Nathan Haylett 7,00
171 Parjesh Randhawa 7,00
219 Iain Clarkson 5,00
219 Chris  Faille 5,00
257 Travis Hoopfer 4,00
257 Brian Redmond 4,00
257 James Redmond 4,00
257 Chris Moore 4,00
257 Allan Thornton 4,00
257 Jeff Watts 4,00
257 Shaan Bal 4,00
257 Richard Ho 4,00
374 Paul Burt 2,00
374 Andrew Lemak 1,00
374 Shawn Lovegrove 1,00
374 Gerald Moore 1,00
374 Ron Pivatt 1,00
374 Kyle Rozoski 1,00
374 Behn Wurthman 1,00
374 Kieran Mckay 1,00

The FISTF ranking (www.fistf.com) has one Canadian player ranked. David Baxter is 417th in the Open ranking and 231st in the veterans section.

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).