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Circuit Event 1 Arbroath

The first event of the Scottish Circuit took place in Arbroath on Sunday 12th October. Glasgow took six players to the event including Baver Bari. Bari is still signed for Hot Club but will transfer to Glasgow once the FISTF dissolution of HCE is complete. The competition was won by Greg Dand who defeated Gareth Christie in the final match. It was not a great day for Glasgow players. Best was Tom Burns who won his group to reach the semi finals only to lose to Gareth Christie and then Steve Bennett and thus gain 4th spot. Dave Butler, after an absence of two years from national competitions, found himself in the ‘group of death’ with Gareth Christie and Greg Dand. Butler lost narrowly to both and finished 3rd in the group. He then, surprisingly, lost on shots to Rob Conway and had to settle for 8th position. Baver Bari and John Halpin were drawn in the same group and finished 4th and 5th, Bari having secured a 1-0 victory over Halpin. Dave Gladman and Martin Phee were in the same group as Tom Burns and they too finished 4th and 5th. Gladman, complaining of sticky pitches, could manage only 3 draws and a 2-0 defeat to Tom Burns. Gladman went on to defeat Baver Bari to finish 10th with Bari 11th. Martin Phee played John Halpin for 13th spot, with Phee winning 1-0.

 

 

Who are we waiting for?

 

 

Butler loses out to Conway

 

Group 1
Steve Bennett 3 v 1 Scott Fleming
Pld W D L F A Pts Baver Bari 1 v 0 John Halpin
Steve Bennett 4 4 0 0 19 2 12 Rob Conway 0 v 5 Steve Bennett
Scott Fleming 4 3 0 1 12 5 9 Scott Fleming 6 v 1 Baver Bari
Rob Conway 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 John Halpin 0 v 2 Rob Conway
Baver Bari 4 1 0 3 3 17 3 Steve Bennett 5 v 0 Baver Bari
John Halpin 4 0 0 4 2 12 0 Scott Fleming 2 v 0 Rob Conway
John Halpin 1 v 6 Steve Bennett
Baver Bari 1 v 6 Rob Conway
Scott Fleming 3 v 1 John Halpin
Group 2
Gareth Christie 1 v 0 Dave Butler
Pld W D L F A Pts Craig Thom 0 v 3 Dave Baxter
Gareth Christie 4 4 0 0 15 1 12 Greg Dand 0 v 3 Gareth Christie
Greg Dand 4 3 0 1 12 4 9 Dave Butler 4 v 0 Craig Thom
Dave Butler 4 2 0 2 8 4 6 Dave Baxter 0 v 5 Greg Dand
Dave Baxter 4 1 0 3 5 14 3 Gareth Christie 5 v 0 Craig Thom
Craig Thom 4 0 0 4 0 17 0 Dave Butler 1 v 2 Greg Dand
Dave Baxter 1 v 6 Gareth Christie
Craig Thom 0 v 5 Greg Dand
Dave Butler 3 v 1 Dave Baxter
Group 3
Tom Burns 0 v 0 Andy Beskaby
Pld W D L F A Pts Dave Gladman 0 v 0 Martin Phee
Tom Burns 4 3 1 0 12 2 10 Martin Campbell 2 v 6 Tom Burns
Andy Beskaby 4 2 2 0 8 4 8 Andy Beskaby 3 v 3 Dave Gladman
Martin Campbell 4 1 1 2 9 10 4 Martin Phee 1 v 5 Martin Campbell
Dave Gladman 4 0 3 1 4 6 3 Tom Burns 2 v 0 Dave Gladman
Martin Phee 4 0 1 3 1 12 1 Andy Beskaby 2 v 1 Martin Campbell
Martin Phee 0 v 4 Tom Burns
Dave Gladman 1 v 1 Martin Campbell
Andy Beskaby 3 v 0 Martin Phee
Semi Finals Steve Bennett 0 v 0* Greg Dand (2-1 shots)
Gareth Christie 3 v 1 Tom Burns
Final Gareth Christie 0 v 1 Greg Dand
3rd/4th Steve Bennett 5 v 1 Tom Burns
5th/6th Scott Fleming 1 v 0 Andy Beskaby
7th/9th Rob Conway 1 v 0 Martin Campbell
Dave Butler 2 v 2* Rob Conway (3-2 sd shots)
10th/12th Baver Bari 3 v 1 Dave Baxter
Dave Gladman 3 v 1 Baver Bari
13th/14th John Halpin 0 v 1 Martin Phee
Place Points
1 Greg Dand 50
2 Gareth Christie 45
3 Steve Bennett 42
4 Tom Burns 40
5 Scott Fleming 38
6 Andy Beskaby 37
7 Rob Conway 36
8 Dave Butler 35
9 Martin Campbell 34
10 Dave Gladman 33
11 Baver Bari 32
12 Dave Baxter 31
13 Martin Phee 30
14 John Halpin 29
15 Craig Thom 28

 

 

 

 

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Club Night 5/10/14

After several nights playing friendlies to help familiarisation with the new rules, the new league season kicked off at last. Eight players attended but since it was Willie Fleming’s first night he was excused competitive matches.

 

Friendlies only for Fleming

 

Last season Dave Butler and Tom Burns fought out a very close battle for the title. Both played two matches this evening and both started with wins. Burns had a comfortable victory over Baver Bari whilst Dave Butler had to work hard for a win against Dave Gladman with Butler scoring the only goal of the game. The two rivals then played each other in a tense competitive match. Both created chances to score. Burns even had the ball in the net but his strike was ruled out, the referee deciding that his shooting figure had touched a defender before connecting with the ball. Neither player dominated the match and both agreed that the no-scoring draw was a fair result.

 

 

Title contenders Butler and Burns

 

Baver Bari also played two matches and unfortunately for him he lost his second match as well. He was level 1-1 at half-time with Colin Day but lost a further two goals in the second half to the experienced campaigner and founder member.

 

 

Day opens his campaign with a win

 

History was made in John Halpin’s match against Martin Phee. Halpin recorded his first ever league win with a 2-1 victory. Last season Halpin had 2 draws and 22 defeats in his league matches. This season promises to be much better! Sadly the camera did not record this historic victory but below is a picture of Halpin playing Willie Fleming.

 

 

A night to remember for Halpin
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Perth International Open

 

The Perth IO took place over the weekend 14-15 June and was attended by players from Scotland, England and Malaysia.

 

It was a tough day for Colin Day who, suffering from neck and back pain, found himself in a group along with Greg Dand and Gareth Christie. Needless to say, Day lost heavily to both. Tom Burns and John Halpin were drawn in the same group along with Steve Bennett, Rob Conway and Martin Campbell. Burns lost 2-0 to Bennett but won his other three games to qualify in second place. Despite good performances, Halpin failed to win and did not progress. Tom Burns then played in the barrage and had a resounding 4-0 victory over Scott Fleming. In the other barrage game Gareth Christie squeezed through by a 3-2 margin against London’s Colin Tarry. Both semi-finals were closely fought, Burns losing 1-0 to Dand and Christie defeating Bennett 2-1. In the final Christie opened the scoring only to be pegged back by Dand but it was Christie who secured the title with a late goal.

 

The team event on the following day was a very low key affair and GTSA  finished third behind Tayside A and B teams.

 

The organisers were delighted that the event was attended by former subbuteo giant Mike Dent who now lives in Malaysia. Dent, originally from Blairgowrie, represented England at the 1976 Europa Cup in Malta. He went on to win that trophy beating Englishman Norman Gleave in the final. Our own Dave Houston represented Scotland at that tournament.

 

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Gibraltar International Open

 

Dave Gladman travelled to Gibraltar to take part in its International Open on the weekend of 24-25 May. The event took place at Gibraltar TSA’s own premises where 6 tables are permanently set up. On the Saturday, the Team event, won by Gibraltar’s A team was followed by the Veterans’ competition. In his first match Gladman recorded perhaps his best result in European competition, a 1-0 victory over Luis Mendez of Spain. This was followed by another good result, a 1-1 draw with Jason Cano. Gladman, therefore, went into his final group match needing only a draw to qualify. Unfortunately he crashed 0-3 to Jose Bonavia. The competition was won by Antonio Montano who defeated John Field 4-0 in the final.

 

On the Sunday it was the Open Event. For Gladman a 0-4 defeat to Ferran Coll was followed by a worse 0-6 defeat to John Field. There was some consolation in a 1-0 victory over Jose Bonavia in Gladman’s third match. But there was to be no consolation in the Consolation event where Gladman lost 1-0 on shots to Lawrence Alvarez after a 1-1 draw. Antonio Montano made it a double by winning 2-1 in the final against Jason Cano.

 

Full results: http://fistf.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Open-Gibraltar.pdf

 

 

 

Montano scores in the Open final against Cano

 

 

Gibraltar TSA very kindly awarded Gladman the Fair Play Trophy. Many thanks to John Field and all the players for their hospitality at this well organised event.

 

 

 

 

 

More pictures from the tournament

 

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Club night 19/5/14

Only three competitive matches were played. In the league Dave Houston played out a 1-1 draw with Colin Berry. Berry therefore moves above Baver Bari in the table. In the Association Cup quarter-final Colin Day edged out Ronnie McKenzie 2-1. Day now plays Dave Butler in the semi-final. In the Woodend Handicap Cup first round replay, Willie Fleming managed to claw back his one-goal handicap against Dave Houston to take the game to extra-time. The first half had been fairly even but Fleming dominated the second, deserving his goal. Houston came back into the game in extra-time but neither player was able to break the deadlock. Houston, however, triumphed, winning 2-1 on shots, both his goals coming from the wide shots. Houston will now play Burns in the quarter-final.

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Mallorca Grand Prix

 

Tom Burns and Dave Gladman became the first Glasgow players to take part in the Mallorca Grand Prix. The tournament took place over the weekend of 10/11 May but the Glasgow pair played in the Veteran category on the Saturday. Unfortunately neither player managed to qualify out of the group. Gladman had a win (1-0) and two defeats (0-2 and 0-5) to finish third whilst Burns had one draw (2-2) and two defeats (0-5 and 0-3) to finish fourth. Both players reached the quarter-finals of the ‘Consolation’, Gladman courtesy of a bye and Burns after a win on shots. Gladman then lost 0-3 and Burns 0-1.

 

Pictures from the day

 

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Circuit Event 3 at Abernethy

The final Scottish Circuit Event took place on Sunday 4th May at the Jamesfield Garden Centre, Abernethy. It was 1,2, 3 for Tayside with Steve Bennett, Gareth Christie and Scott Fleming finishing in the top three places. Highest finisher for Glasgow was Dave Gladman in 4th whilst Tom Burns was 5th. This meant that Steve Bennett was crowned Scottish Champion with Gareth Christie second and Tom Burns third.

 

 

Pictures from the day:

 

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Club night 28/4/14

Only two league matches were played, both involving Ronnie McKenzie and both ending in draws. Baver Bari and Dave Gladman were the players with whom he shared the points.

 

Bari 1 1 McKenzie
McKenzie 0 0 Gladman

 

 

Two matches were played in the Woodend Handicap Cup. McKenzie pulled back a 3-goal deficit to draw with John Halpin. Colin Day started two goals behind Colin Berry but could only manage one goal. Berry joins Gladman in the semi-finals.

 

Woodend Handicap Cup First Round

 

Halpin 3 3 McKenzie

 

 

Woodend Handicap Cup Quarter Final

 

Berry 2 1 Day

 

 

Two Glasgow Cup replays were played. In the Quarter-Final, Willie Fleming edged out Colin Berry. Fleming will play Dave Butler in the Semi-Final. In the other Semi-Final, Tom Burns beat Colin Day.

 

Glasgow Cup Quater-Final

 

Fleming 1 0 Berry

 

 

Glasgow Cup Semi-Final

 

Day 1 2 Burns

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Club night 14/4/14

Only one competitive match was played this evening – the Glasgow Cup semi-final between Tom Burns and Colin Day. Day started the match well and was on the front foot for the first two or three minutes. Then Burns took over and completely dominated the first half but when the whistle sounded for half-time he had only one goal to show for this domination. That goal resulted from Day’s spare goalkeeper giving away possession. After Burns went ahead by two goals in the second half, few would have anticipated the comeback that was to come. Both Day’s second half goals came after poor defensive flicks by his opponent created openings which Day ruthlessly exploited. Burns, however, really should have put this game to bed. With this thought at the back of his mind, will Burns performance be affected in the replay?

 

Burns 2 2 Day

 

 

Six players took part in a four round Swiss system competition. This was won by Baver Bari with wins over Martin Phee and John Halpin and draws with Dave Gladman and Colin Day. Tom Burns was runner-up.

 

 

 

A ruling was also passed on the abandoned Association Cup semi-final between Tom Burns and Willie Fleming. The match will be replayed from half-time with Fleming ahead by one goal.

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Glasgow Cup Draw

The draw has been made for the Glasgow Cup semi-finals.

 

Burns

v

Day

Butler

v

Fleming/Berry

 

 

The Glasgow Cup