FISTF News - Issue 288 (2009/12/24)

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In this week's issue...
1. Open of Athens correction
2. Sergio Ramos wins in Madrid
3. A very open tournament in Madrid
4. Marcos Kapsambelis wins the Satellite of Athens
5. The dutch cup for Robbert Thoen
6. Pierre De Leeuw is the king in Templeuve
7. New website for Atlas TFC
8. Calendar for the season 2009-2010
9. Suppliers of material
10. Other tournaments
11. Contact person in your country

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1. Open of Athens correction
There was a mistake in the previous issue of the FISTF newsletter. The
winner of the U15 section at the Open of Athens was Vaggelis Bairas.

2. Sergio Ramos wins in Madrid
The first Satellite of Madrid was played this saturday with a big field of
players. Sergio Ramos (Portugal) beat Giuliano Gazzoldi from Italy 4-1 in
the final. José Ros and Nicky Napolitano were the semi-finalists. The team
event (8 teams) was nice as well with a final victory for the team of Real
Murcia B. They beat the Italians of Sanremo in the final. Brescia and
Fiamme Azzurre lost in the semis.

3. A very open tournament in Madrid
Giuseppe Guzzetta (Catania, Italy) won the 2nd Satellite of Madrid held
this sunday in a shopping center int he center of the city. Guzzetta beat
Paolo Finardi (Warriors Torino). Semi-finalists were Claudio Dogali and
Emilio Richichi. The Madrid Satellites were very successful with 47 players
on each day!

4. Marcos Kapsambelis wins the Satellite of Athens
The second greek Satellite of the season was organized this week-end by the
club of Roligans. 54 players competed, which is a good number for a
Satellite. In the team event, 5 teams were competing and the team of Pireas
Lions won the tournament. They had the same number of points as the B-team
of Roligans but they had a better number of individual wins. Christos
Kourouklis (Roligans) beat his club mate Marios Bourtzonis in the final of
the U12 event. In the ladies we had also 6 players and Eleftheria
Papanikolaou (Roligans) beat Xiki violetta in the final with a score 1-0.
13 veterans participated in the category. Dimitris Kourambas (Olympia)
lifted his first ever trophy beating in the final Chris Aggelinas (AS
Hennuyer). In the main event on sunday, there were 34 Open players. The
favorites went all the way and Marcos Kapsambelis (seed 2) doubled his
victories for the season beating Giorgos Papadopoulos (seed 1) in the
final. Giorgos Tsombanidis and Eugene Plytas reached the semis. The
tournament was played with the presence of the TV Channel "TRT Turk" and
some kids played their first tournament ever thanks to the efforts of the
Roligans club, which introduces the game to a lot of young players.
Congratulations to Giorgos Dimakeas and his clubmates for their efforts.

5. The dutch cup for Robbert Thoen
On December 19, 2009 the National Dutch Cup was won by Robbert Thoen. In
the final he beat friend and teammate Marco Leeman with 1-0. The 3rd place
was going to Nico Marks. He won with 3-1 from Paul Brinker.

6. Pierre De Leeuw is the king in Templeuve
56 players attended the Templeuve national tournament this saturday. The
host club was celebrating their 20th birthday and unfortunately many last
minute drop-outs were registered because of the snow. Even the trains
coming to the Tournai station were late so the start of the tournament was
postponed by 30 minutes. In the main category, because of the drop-ous,
there were only 6 players taking part. After a groupe stage, Pierre De
Leeuw (Charleroi) and Rémi Soret (France) came on top and played the final.
Pierre De Leeuw won the game 4-3 to win the tournament for the second time.
Justin Leroy was 3rd. In the B-category, Rémy Huynh (Rochefort TS) defeated
home player Geoffrey Marain in the final (1-0). In the C-category, Eric
Threis (Stembert) won the final against Benoît Léonard (Rochefort TS).
Threis was playing his first tournament in 20 years! Jos Ceulemans (SC
Flanders) beat Bruno Goset (Stembert) in the final of the veterans. In the
U15 category, Jérémie Gosset (AS Hennuyer) had no pain to beat David
Vantassel in the final. The consolation tournaments were won by Julien
Dardenne (B-category), Jean-Luc Platiaux (C-category) and Matthias
Mastroianni (U15).

7. New website for Atlas TFC
The greek club of Atlas is building a new website at www.atlas-ftc.com

8. Calendar for the season 2009-2010
Some tournaments are already confirmed for this season. Some more dates
should be annouced soon. If you want to organize a tournament, please
contact Heinz Eder at eder@fistf.info
09-10/01/2010 - Grand Prix in Temploux (BEL) - Antoine Dikaios -
kouniak@hotmail.com -
09-10/01/2010 - Satellite in Rome (ITA) - Antonello Rodriquez -
antonellorodriquez@libero.it -
23/01/2010 - Satellite in Lisboa (POR) - Paulo Sena - PSena@besinv.pt -
30-31/01/2010 - Grand Prix in Issy-les-Moulineaux (FRA) - Thomas Ponte -
ftcissy@ftcissy.fr - www.ftcissy.fr
06-07/02/2010 - Grand Prix in Utrecht (NED) - Henk Landzaat -
henklandzaat@hotmail.com -
13-14/02/2010 - International Open in Malta (MLT) - Anthony Sapiano -
maltatablefootball@gmail.com -
13-14/02/2010 - International Open in Yorkshire (ENG) - Martin Hodds -
martinhodds@yahoo.co.uk -
20/02/2010 - America Cup for Teams in Washington D.C. (USA) - Zach Walker -
Zachary.j.walker@gmail.com -
20-21/02/2010 - Satellite in Rosario (ARG) - Fabrizio Bertolini -
tesorero@asr08.com.ar - www.asr08.com.ar
27-28/02/2010 - Satellite in Athens (GRE) - Chris Aggelinas -
chragg1@otenet.gr -
06-07/03/2010 - Major in Mons (BEL) - Olivier Père - olivier.pere@skynet.be
- www.ashennuyer.be
13-14/03/2010 - International Open in Sanremo (ITA) - Carlo Alessi - -
13/03/2010 - Western States Open/Satellite (USA) - Simon Hutchinson -
simon@socalsubbuteo.com - http://socalsubbuteo.com/competitions/wso2010.php
13/03/2010 - Satellite in Attard (MLT) - Silvio Catania/Joseph Debono -
maltatablefootball@gmail.com -
14/03/2010 - Challenger in Attard (MLT) - Silvio Catania/Joseph Debono -
maltatablefootball@gmail.com -
14/03/2010 - Satellite in Brussels (BEL) - Filip Van Hulle -
filip@subbuteovlaanderen.be -
27/03/2010 - Satellite in Massama (POR) - Jose Santos - corsan@sapo.pt -
27-28/03/2010 - Grand Prix in Edinburgh (SCO) - Mike Burns -
mike@worldtablesoccer.com - www.edinburghgp.110mb.com
10-11/04/2010 - Major in Amsterdam (NED) - Robbert Thoen -
romithoen@casema.nl -
24-25/04/2010 - International Open in Arbroath (SCO) - Steve Bennett -
salkbenn@supanet.com -
24-25/04/2010 - International Open/Grand Prix Individual (MLT) - Anthony
Sapiano - maltatablefootball@gmail.com -
01-02/05/2010 - Grand Prix in Milton Keynes (ENG) - Jeremy Bradley -
jeremybradley49@yahoo.co.uk
01-02/05/2010 - Grand Prix in Rosario (ARG) - Claudio Murcilli -
presidente@asr08.com.ar - www.asr08.com.ar
8/05/2010 - International Open in Belfast (NIR) - Kenneth Beggs -
ken@nitfa.org.uk -
08-09/05/2010 - International Open in Stembert (BEL) - Sébastien Scheen -
scheen.s@skynet.be -
22-23/05/2010 - Grand Prix/International Open Individual in Helsinki (FIN)
- Kari Hakkarainen - kari.hakkarainen@tietoenator.com -
22-23/05/2010 - International Open in Gibraltar (GIB) - Keith Sheriff -
sheriff@gibtelecom.net -
29-30/05/2010 - Major in Bologna (ITA) - Riccardo Marinucci -
botigers@infinito.it -
12-13/06/2010 - International Open in Murcia (ESP) - no - Juan Carlos
Granados Cuellar - granadosjc@terra.es - http://realmurcia-cf.blogspot.com/
04-05/06/2010 - International Open in Traiskirchen (AUT) - Christian Blümel
- chris23_at@yahoo.com - www.fcwrn
12-13/06/2010 - Grand Prix in Athens (GRE) - George Dimakeas -
georgiosdi@vodafone.net.gr -
19/06/2010 - International Open in Knighton (WAL) - Tom Taylor -
wrkl@hotmail.com -
20/06/2010 - Satellite in Knighton (WAL) - Tom Taylor - wrkl@hotmail.com -
19-20/06/2010 - Satellite in Reggio Calabria (ITA) - Salvatore Cotronei -
s.cotronei@email.it -
26-27/06/2010 - Grand Prix in Rome (ITA) - Enrico Guidi -
rome-gp@blackrose98roma.com - www.romegp.blogspot.com
3/07/2010 - Satellite in Issy-les-Moulineaux (FRA) - Thomas Ponte -
ftcissy@ftcissy.fr - www.ftcissy.fr
4/07/2010 - International Open in Issy-les-Moulineaux (FRA) - Thomas Ponte
- ftcissy@ftcissy.fr - www.ftcissy.fr
4/07/2010 - Future on Greek Island (GRE) - Leonidas Koutroumanos -
koutroul@hotmail.com -
17-18/07/2010 - Satellites in Templeuve (BEL) - Vincent Coppenolle -
vincent.cop@rsca.com -
31.07.-01/08/2010 - Grand Prix in Corbera de Llobregat (ESP) - Arturo
Martinez - artmartinez@mixmail.com - www.futboldetaula.cat
8/08/2010 - Future on Greek Island (GRE) - Stavros Argiropoulos -
stavrakas_filer30@yahoo.gr -
14-15/08/2010 - Major in Mattersburg (AUT) - Robert Lenz -
robert.lenz@gmx.at -
14-15/08/2010 - International Open in Mar del Plata (ARG) - Sergio Pelle -
sgpelle@hotmail.com - sites.google.com/site/futboldemesa
25/09/2010 – California State Championship/Future (USA) – Simon Hutchinson
– simon@socalsubbuteo.com -
http://socalsubbuteo.com/competitions/calstate2010.php

9. Suppliers of material
Astrobase - www.astrobase.it
Australian table soccer - www.subbuteoz.com
Bar Code Table Football - http://www.barcodetablefootball.com/
Bertu: www.bertu.eu
Best Teams Ever - www.bestteamsever.gr (Painting Services at Connoisseur
Level - Greek Painter)
Biemme - http://biemme.cjb.net
Bodo Reckzeh - tykoking@aol.com
Boomerang - www.boomerangflick.com
Custom Flicks - www.customflicks.co.uk
Extreme Works - www.extremeworks.it
Flickmaster - www.flickmaster.com
Flick N Good Figures - www.flickngoodfigures.com
Little Plastic Men - www.littleplasticmen.co.uk
My Subbuteo - http://www.mysubbuteo.com/
New Zealand & Australia: www.nztablesoccer.com
Petiot - http://babyfoot.com.fr/
Pungolo News - www.pungolonews.it
Profibase - http://www.profibase.eu
Real Soccer - www.realsoccer.be
San Siro Stadia - no website yet but contact Nicky Chappell at
sansirostadiaco@hotmail.co.uk
Soccer International - www.soccerinternational.com (many Hasbro Deluxe Club
Editions in stock & 1500 sets from 65 different teams) -For US & Canadian
residants only
SpeedyBases - www.speedybases.com (New Table Soccer Bases - Greek
Manufacturer)
Stefan Corda (international sites) - www.stefancordaitaly.com &
www.stefancorda.co.uk & www.stefancordagermany.com
Steven Laskey, Team, Bases and Base Decals -
http://queencitytsc.googlepages.com/rex-cbibases
Subbuteo Netherlands - www.subbuteo.nl
Subbuteo shop - www.subbuteoshop.co.uk
Subbuteo USA - www.tablesoccerusa.com
Subbuteo World - www.subbuteoworld.com or www.subbuteoworld.co.uk
Subbuteo 66 - http://www.subbuteo66.com
SuperFooty Table Soccer - www.superfooty.com
That's Magnificent - www.thatsmagnificent.com
World Table Soccer - www.worldtablesoccer.com
Zeugo - http://www.edilioparodi.com/

10. Other tournaments
January 17, 2010 - Huntingdon Open (England) - John Turpin -
johnny_reb@ntlworld,com
February 20, 2010 - Verviers tournament (Belgium) - Benoit Vanwissen -
benoitvanwissen@skynet.be
February 20, 2010 – ASA Open (USA) – Simon Hutchinson –
simon@socalsubbuteo.com -
http://socalsubbuteo.com/competitions/asaopen201002.php
April 18, 2010 - Essex Open (England) - John Ally Stephen -
allynecromunda@hotmail.co.uk
May 22, 2010 – ASA Open (USA) – Simon Hutchinson – simon@socalsubbuteo.com
- http://socalsubbuteo.com/competitions/asaopen201005.php
August 7, 2010 – ASA Open (USA) – Simon Hutchinson –
simon@socalsubbuteo.com -
http://socalsubbuteo.com/competitions/asaopen201008.php
August 21, 2010 - Blankenberge tournament (Belgium) - Alain Mengé -
subbuteo-blankenberge@skynet.be
November 13, 2010 – Los Angeles Galaxy Cup/ASA Open (USA) – Simon
Hutchinson – simon@socalsubbuteo.com -
http://socalsubbuteo.com/competitions/galaxycup2010.php

11. Contact person in your country
This new section might be helpful. If there is any mistake or if your
country is not listed, please drop me a line !
ARGENTINA - Claudio Murcilli - presidente@asr08.com.ar or
info@futboldemesa.com.ar (updated)
AUSTRALIA - Robert Smith - cheekybob75@hotmail.com & Steve Dettre -
steve.dettre@infostradasports.com
AUSTRIA - Heinz Eder - eder@fistf.info (updated)
BELGIUM - Laurent Coucke - laurentcoucke@hotmail.com
BRAZIL - Marcelo Coutinho e Santos - marcelocoutinhoesantos@gmail.com
CANADA - to be announced soon (updated)
CHILE - German Aburto - german.rm9@gmail.com
CHINA & HONG KONG - Chong Cheuk Man - chapman728@yahoo.com & Antonio
Carabillo - pacway@netvigator.com
COLOMBIA - "To Be Announced"
CYPRUS - Paul Andreas - arsenaliloveyou@hotmail.co.uk & George Zangylos -
zangylos@yahoo.gr
CZECH REPUBLIC - Zdenek Mateja - Z.Mateja@seznam.cz
DENMARK - Jesper Staal Nielsen - jstaal@sport.dk
ECUADOR - Jorge Felipe Alvarez Peña - jorgito183@hotmail.com
ENGLAND - Mike Parnaby - michael.parnaby@ntlworld.com (new)
FALKLANDS ISLANDS - Gary Tyrrell - gtyrrell@horizon.co.fk
FINLAND - Kari Hakkarainen at kari.hakkarainen@subu.fi or
kari.hakkarainen@tietoenator.com
FRANCE - Laurent Garnier - laurentgarnier@atenaconcept.com
GERMANY - Janus Gersie - janus.gersie@dstfb.de (new)
GIBRALTAR - Keith Sheriff - sheriff@gibtelecom.net
GREECE - Chris Aggelinas - chragg1@otenet.gr
INDIA - Ram Avtar - ramshokeen@yahoo.com (new)
IRAN - Asha - ashairani2001@yahoo.com
IRELAND - John Moore - johnmoorejm@hotmail.com
ISRAEL - Menashe Harman - harman@zahav.net.il
ITALY - Stefano De Francesco - rapportifistf@fisct.it
JAPAN - Masafumi Suzuki - masafumi@da3.so-net.ne.jp
MALAYSIA - Edwin Wong - imagine_newszine@mac.com
MALTA - Silvio Catania - maltatablefootball@gmail.com (updated)
MEXICO - Arq. Francisco Pérez Vilchis - zcala@prodigy.net.mx & Manuel R.
Medina - medina@fifamexico.com
MONACO - Alex Popoff - alexpp2@wanadoo.fr
NETHERLANDS - NSVB - bestuur@nsvb.com
NEW ZEALAND - Steve Hickey - stevehickey@xtra.co.nz
NIGERIA - Ibrahim Ahmed Ali - ibro101@yahoo.com
NORTHERN IRELAND - Kenneth Beggs - ken@nitfa.org.uk
NORWAY - Anders Bergane - anders_bergane@yahoo.no
PERU - Miguel Angel Ruiz Repetto - ruizrepetto@gmail.com & Luis Manuel
García Guzmán - garciaglm@hotmail.com
PAKISTAN - Noushad Ahmed Khan - nouskhan@hotmail.com
PORTUGAL - Jorge Silva - jorge.silva@noxitel.com
RUSSIA - Oleg Mitkin - neon@comch.ru
SCOTLAND - Mike Burns - mike@worldtablesoccer.com
SINGAPORE - Christopher Soh - subbuteo_aficionado@hotmail.com & Tan Kok Wee
- tankokwee@gmail.com (updated)
SOUTH AFRICA - Reza Bodiat - kuff@global.co.za & ubreza@global.co.za
SPAIN - Fernando Gómez - elway7@terra.es & fgomez@pv.ugt.org
SWEDEN - Bob Green - weareleeds4@hotmail.com
SWITZERLAND - Paul Remund - Paul.Remund@bluewin.ch
TOGO - Adesakin Okegbemi - kingsolom2001@yahoo.ca
TURKEY - Kadir Bayrak - bayrak.kadir@gmail.com & bayrak_kadir@hotmail.com
USA - Lenny Foster - lennyfoster@gmail.com (updated)
VENEZUELA - Santiago Perez - elporro22@hotmail.com
WALES - Colin Lewis - sadiebobcooper@yahoo.com

Vincent Coppenolle

FISTF President