FISTF News - Issue 292 (2010/01/21)

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In this week's issue...
1. A last newsletter?
2. World Cup 2010
3. Matzinger wins the national cup in Austria
4. The Greek cup for Nikos Beis
5. New website in Gibraltar
6. News from South Africa
7. World Cup 2010 in South Africa (by Clifford Graaff)
8. Some games in Latvia
9. Martin Hodds wins
10. Carlos Flores again
11. One more tournament in Belgium
12. News from France
13. Calendar for the season 2009-2010
14. Suppliers of material
15. Other tournaments
16. Contact person in your country

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1. A last newsletter?
There is a lot of sadness today as at the time of writing, I know it's
likely this will be the last FISTF newsletter. As you probably know, there
will be an Extraordinary meeting in Frankfurt (Germany) this week-end. A
lot of people also know that the goal of the meeting is not only to discuss
about the future of table football but also a few people have concentratred
their energy to "take over" FISTF. Therefore, as there is a big chance that
the current active Board members will not be involved in the FISTF Board in
the near future, I would like to thank all the readers of the newsletter
for their support over the years.

I also want to thank Heinz Eder, Thossa Büsing and Fred Vulpes for their
great help over the last few years as they are not only great people and
great table football fans but also hard workers and, more importantly,
great friends.

For sure there is another person who deserves a special mention int he
newsletter. Frédéric Perdaens, the world rankings officer, has proved to be
the right man for the job for many years and I'm more than happy to have
had the possibility to work with him.

Good luck to the new team. I'm not sure they are aware how much work being
a Board member involves but I know they will do their best to keep things
going.

2. World Cup 2010
On behalf of the Board of Directors I inform you that the coming WorldCup
will take place in GERMANY. The venue will be RAIN. The second candidate
(Fiumicino/Italy) will get the preference for the World Cup 2011.
The world cup website will be up and running soon. The address will be
www.worldcuprain2010.de

3. Matzinger wins the national cup in Austria
This weekend the Austrian Cup for Individuals and Teams was played in
Traiskirchen. 27 players took part in the individual competition. In a
close final Markus Matzinger (TFC Mattersburg) won the title against
Guenther Bamberzly (TFC Wr. Neustadt) win a score of 2-1. Robert Lenz and
Thorsten Korzil (both TFC Mattersburg) reached the semis.
In the team competition the 2 top seeded teams (TFC Mattersburg and TFC Wr.
Neustadt) reached the final. The first halft ended 1-1 (goal difference
1-1). In the middle of the second half Mattersburg scored 3 goals on 3
different tables (in 2 minutes) and the final score was 3 vs 0. Details:
Lenz vs Pawlica 1-0, Matzinger vs Blümel 2-0, Leitner vs Bamberzky 1-0,
Korzil vs Hinkelmann 1-1. TFC Mattersburg B and TFC Wr. Neustadt B reached
the semi-finals.

4. The Greek cup for Nikos Beis
The 26th Greek national cup was held this week-end. Almost 100 players were
taking part. Int he teams section, Falcons won the trophy. Olympia was the
finalist while Atlas and Pireas Lions were the semi-finalists.

In the Open category, Nikos Beis was the winner as he beat Giorgos Koutis
in the final. Hantzaras and Stamokostas lost in the semis.

Finally, the U15 tournament came to a logical end as Giannis Vlassopoulos
beat Koulosousas int he final. Dimopoulos and Bourtsonis lost in the semis.

5. New website in Gibraltar
The Gibraltar Table Soccer Club hasstarted a website at the following
address: www.gibraltartablesoccerclub.com
Some pages are still under construction but it's a great move to see the
Gibraltar association promoting their activity!

6. News from South Africa
The local association is hosting its annual New Years Tournament this
Friday (22 January @ Panorama Sports Club). They are also planning on
having an AGM early in February for elections for SATFA posts and to
finalize the season 2010. There will be various tournaments in the
Johannesburg area.

7. World Cup 2010 in South Africa (by Clifford Graaff)
All table football players/enthusiasts/followers planning on visiting South
Africa during the World Cup must please contact Clifford Graaff (Chairman
of the South African Table Football Association – SATFA) with relevant
details of there visit. Information required would be: duration of visit,
location of visit and contact information.
SATFA will be recording the above information in order to meet our
counterparts from the rest of the world and extend our legendary
hospitality to all our new friends.
We would also like to arrange friendly table football games, and where
possible, tournaments (at various centers in our country) to coincide with
this historic football landmark.
The emphasis of the above (apart from the strong friendships which will be
forged) is to learn more about this great game to improve our local game in
the administration, organizing and playing departments.
Janus Gersie visited our country two years ago and played in our first ever
GP of Johannesburg(which he convincingly won) and other games against all
our local players. He also assisted SATFA immensely in the development of
the game in South Africa. Janus is regarded as a GOOD friend of SATFA and
more importantly a close family friend of mine as he spent quality time
with my me and my family.
We (SATFA), would like to meet the rest of our international table
football family and create more friendships like our Janus
Gersie-friendship.
Please forward the information to cgraaff@skyegroup.co.za

8. Some games in Latvia
This monday, the very first games were played in Riga, Latvia. Rene
Pukitis, who used to live and play in Canada, brought back some material
and managed to get a few new players together to organize games. Hopefully
this will be the very first step before organizing a real tournament.

9. Martin Hodds wins
14 players attended the Huntingdon Open last sunday. Martin Hodds was the
final winner. The Yorkshire Phoenix player beat Kevin Dyson in the final
(1-1 & shots). Adrian Curtis and Russel Geraghty were the semi-finalists.

10. Carlos Flores again
30 players attended the tournament of El Prat (near barcelona). Carlos
Flores beat Angel Valverde in the sudden death of the final (3-2) while the
Real Murcia won the team event.

11. One more tournament in Belgium
The Future of Hofstade-Zemst will take place on February 13th. For more
details, you can contact Filip Van Hulle at vanhulle.fw@pg.com

12. News from France
There was a tournament in Montivilliers last week-end. Sébastien Dubuc beat
Stéphane Pommier in the final (1-0).

13. 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
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 -
13-14/02/2010 - Future of Hofstade-Zemst (BEL) - Filip Van Hulle -
vanhulle.fw@pg.com
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 - Satellite in Attard (MLT) - Silvio Catania/Joseph Debono -
maltatablefootball@gmail.com -
13/03/2010 - Satellite in Porter Ranch, California (USA) - Simon Hutchinson
- simon@socalsubbuteo.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 -
20/03/2010 - Satellite in Bergkamen (GER) - Thorsten Büsung -
busing@fistf.info -
21/03/2010 - Satellite in Bergkamen (GER) - Thorsten Büsung -
busing@fistf.info -
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
10/04/2010 - Satellite in Carcavelos (POR) - no - Miguel Castro -
mpc.subbuteo@oniduo.pt -
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 - -
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

14. 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/

15. Other tournaments
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
March 27, 2010 - National tournament in Eugies (BEL) - Denis Bouchez -
denisbouchez@tvcablenet.be
April 18, 2010 - Essex Open (England) - John Ally Stephen -
allynecromunda@hotmail.co.uk
April 17, 2010 - ASA Open (USA) – Simon Hutchinson
– simon@socalsubbuteo.com
- http://socalsubbuteo.com/competitions/asaopen201004.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

16. 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
AUSTRALIA - Robert Smith - cheekybob75@hotmail.com & Steve Dettre -
steve.dettre@infostradasports.com
AUSTRIA - Heinz Eder - eder@fistf.info
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
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
LATVIA - Rene Pukitis - Reinis.pukitis@schenker.com (new)
MALAYSIA - Edwin Wong - imagine_newszine@mac.com
MALTA - Silvio Catania - maltatablefootball@gmail.com
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
VENEZUELA - Santiago Perez - elporro22@hotmail.com
WALES - Colin Lewis - sadiebobcooper@yahoo.com

Vincent Coppenolle

FISTF President