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August 8, 2022August 24, 2022

Haverhill Subbuteofest 22

This Subbuteo extravaganza took place over the weekend of 30/31 July. On the Saturday there was a FISTF International Open for individuals as well as a Flats tournament. On the Sunday it was the FISTF Team event and a traditional Advanced Rules tournament. In addition there were a number of stalls selling all kinds of table soccer equipment.

Five Glasgow players made the almost 400 mile trip south: Tom Burns, Dave Gladman, John Halpin, Malcolm Lees and Brian Spoors. They were joined by Galazzo’s Gareth Christie. Burns, Lees and Spoors managed to qualify out of their groups into the Barrage. Unfortunately they were to progress no further. Halpin, along with Gladman and Christie in the Flats tournament did not qualify from the groups.

In the Team Event Glasgow were drawn with Glide, Slide, Chip and Dip as well as White Star. A 4-0 defeat against GSCD was expected but in the crucial match against White Star they lost 3-1. This meant that Glasgow would compete in the Plate which they won defeating Wobbly Hobby B and Haverhill, each by 3-0.

Meanwhile Gareth Christie was victorious in the Advanced Rules tournament beating former Scottish International Simon Goodman in the final.

The final match – Christie wins Advanced Rules title

May 27, 2022August 24, 2022

Scottish Cup

The Scottish Cup took place in Letham on 22 May. Thirteen players competed in four groups with the winners of each group qualifying for the semi-finals. Meanwhile eight players who did not qualify competed for the League Cup. Group winners were Gareth Christie, Tom Burns, John Halpin and Steve Bennett.

Round 1	A1	A4	F McKenzie	0	3	S Fleming
	A2	A3	Christie	2	1	Micheletti

	B2	B3	Burns	4	0	Minty

Round 2	C1	C3	Halpin	3	0	Nicol
	D1	D3	Gladman	0	4	Bennett
	A1	A3	F McKenzie	0	2	Micheletti
	A2	A4	Christie	3	0	S Fleming

Round 3	B1	B3	Baxter	4	1	Minty
	C2	C3	Spoors	3	0	Nicol
	D2	D3	Bevilacqua	1	1	Bennett


Round 4	A1	A2	F McKenzie	1	1	Christie
	A3	A4	Micheletti	2	0	S Fleming
	C1	C2	Halpin	4	0	Spoors


Round 5	B1	B2	Baxter	1	2	Burns
	D1	D2	Gladman	0	0	Bevilacqua


Scottish Cup

Semi 1			Bennett	3	2	Burns

Semi 2			Christie	2	2	Halpin
			Christie wins on shots 1-0

Final			Bennett	3	0	Christie



League Cup

QF 1			F McKenzie	3	0	Nicol

QF 2			Spoors	0	4	Bevilacqua

QF 3			Minty	0	1	Gladman

QF 4			Micheletti	0	2	Baxter


Semi 1			Gladman	2	0	F McKenzie

Semi 2			Bevilacqua	3	1	Baxter


Final			Gladman	0	0	Bevilacqua
						Bevilacqua wins shots 1-0

Congratulations to Steve Bennett who beat Gareth Christie in the Scottish Cup final and to Marco Bevilacqua who won on shots against Dave Gladman in the League Cup final.

March 24, 2022August 24, 2022

Scottish Championship Event 4

The fourth and final Championship event took place in Glasgow on Sunday 20 March. Only 11 players took part and although Steve Bennett dropped points for the first time in the four events, he still came top of the table. In fact Tom Burns led Bennett 4-1 with only 6 minutes remaining but a remarkable come-back saw Bennett draw 4-4. Gareth Christie missed out on the event and so fell back to 5th spot. Tom Burns had missed Event 3 and so had to settle for 7th. Top GTSA player was Malcolm Lees who finished 2nd whilst Baver Bari was 4th. Final placings will determine who can take part in the World Cup in Rome in September.

The final Championship table looks like this:

		F	A	Pts
1	Bennett	78	19	46
2	Lees	42	25	29
3	Beskaby	36	31	28
4	Bari	32	36	25
5	Christie	36	16	24
6	Baxter	33	22	20
7	Burns	33	21	19
8	Gladman	19	21	19
9	Spoors	13	44	19
10	Bevilacqua	28	22	18
11	Halpin	13	14	15
12	Stewart	18	42	14
13	R McKenzie	15	21	12
14	S Fleming	15	20	11
15	Thom	6	14	5
16	Nicol	4	54	4
17	Minty	4	7	3

All the results:

Round 1	1	R McKenzie	2	0	Lees
	2	Nicol	0	7	Bennett
	3	Beskaby	1	2	Minty
	4	Stewart	1	0	Spoors
	5	Bari	2	5	Burns
	6	Gladman

Round 2	1	Bennett	4	4	Burns
	2	R McKenzie	2	1	Minty
	3	Stewart	2	2	Gladman
	4	Gladman	0	2	Beskaby
	5	Spoors	0	8	Lees
	6	Bari	6	0	Nicol

Round 3	1	R McKenzie	0	7	Bennett
	2	Burns	5	1	Stewart
	3	Lees	6	1	Bari
	4	Beskaby	5	0	Nicol
	5	Minty	0	2	Gladman
	6	Spoors

Round 4	1	Bennett	7	1	Lees
	2	Burns	1	2	Beskaby
	3	Minty	1	2	Spoors
	4	Spoors	2	0	Nicol
	5	R McKenzie	2	2	Gladman
	6	Stewart	0	1	Bari

Event 4 Table:

		F	A	Pts
1	Bennett	25	5	10
2	Beskaby	10	3	9
3	Burns	15	9	7
4	R McKenzie	6	10	7
5	Lees	15	10	6
6	Bari	10	11	6
7	Spoors	4	10	6
8	Gladman	6	6	5
9	Stewart	4	8	4
10	Minty	4	7	3
11	Nicol	0	20	0

February 15, 2022August 24, 2022

Glasgow IO Individual Plate

Nineteen players contested the Plate over 5 rounds. The competition winner was Richard Badger of Wolves who defeated Glasgow’s Baver Bari in the final.

Round 1

Jeremy Boothman	0	1	Nick Pearson
Baver Bari	1	1	Brian Spoors	Bari shots
Kevin Cordell	2	0	Gary Stewart

Last 16

Nick Pearson	0	1	Gage Badger
Baver Bari	3	1	Martin Campbell
Kevin Cordell	2	0	Danny Lilley
Lucasz Whittle	0	3	Malcolm Lees
Cayne Matthews	1	2	John Halpin
Joe Harrington	3	0	Finn Skinner
Richard Badger	4	0	Brendan Ashley
Shaun Dunne	2	1	Ruby Matthews

Last 8

Gage Badger	1	4	Baver Bari
Kevin Cordell	2	1	Malcolm Lees
John Halpin	3	2	Joe Harrington
Richard Badger	4	0	Shaun Dunne

Last 4

Baver Bari	3	1	Kevin Cordell
John Halpin	2	3	Richard Badger

Final

Baver Bari	0	5	Richard Badger

January 24, 2022

Cup Draws

On the 17th January the draws were made for both the Association and Handicap cups.

Association Cup

Preliminary Round

Halpin v Butler

Quarter Finals

Berry v Halpin/Bulter

Burns v Spoors

Gladman v Bari

Houston v Fleming

Handicap Cup

Preliminary Round

Butler (0) v Burns (0)

Quarter Finals

Spoors (3) v Berry (2)

Bari (1) v Houston (2)

Fleming (0) v Halpin (0)

Gladman (1) v Butler/Burns (0)

January 20, 2022

The Glasgow Football Tour visits GTSA

On January 10 we were joined by Lindsay Hamilton of Glasgow Football Tour. Check out their website here.

Lindsay spent the whole evening at the club filming the action and interviewing the players. She has produced a short film about the club which you must view here

Thank you Lindsay!

December 8, 2021

Club Night 6/12/21

Two Glasgow Cup Group B games were played. Willie Fleming drew 1-1 with Dave Gladman. Gladman took an early lead but Fleming drew level just before half-time. In the second match Fleming joined Gladman on four points with a 1-0 win over Tom Burns. In the league John Halpin and Dave Butler fought out a 1-1 draw. This put Halpin on top of the league, one point clear of Tom Burns. Butler remains undefeated but three of his matches have now finished in a draw.

Fleming defeats Burns in a somewhat fractious match

December 7, 2021December 7, 2021

GTSA League Table

League Champion Dave Butler remains undefeated but now has three draws against the top three in the league. The league is now well underway with 12 players participating so far.

	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Halpin	10	6	2	2	13	7	20
Burns	8	6	1	1	22	3	19
Fleming	7	3	3	1	6	3	12
Corr	4	3	1	0	9	1	10
Gladman	8	3	1	4	10	15	10
Houston	8	2	3	3	3	8	9
Bari	9	2	3	4	8	15	9
Butler	4	1	3	0	6	4	6
Berry	7	1	2	4	6	10	5
McKenzie R	2	1	0	1	5	2	3
McKenzie F	1	1	0	1	3	3	3
Spoors	9	0	2	7	5	24	2

December 6, 2021December 7, 2021

Glasgow International Open 2022

FISTF competition returns to Glasgow in February next year with an International Open. Not many FISTF events took place in 2020 and the Glasgow Grand Prix was one of the last, shortly before the pandemic hit.

Unfortunately because of the uncertainty which the pandemic continues to cause, the club took the decision not to run a GP. We do not know how international travel will look come February. It seemed more prudent to organise the smaller scale International Open. The competition will not be held at our usual venue of the much loved Normandy Hotel in Renfrew. Instead we will be playing in the west end of Glasgow at the Royal British Legion.

The event is open to all registered FISTF players but due to the smaller scale there will be a limit on the number of participants.

For more information and to register please visit::

https://www.facebook.com/events/956175754985128

Or contact organiser Tom Burns at tomburns1961@hotmail.com

Some memories of previous competitions:

December 1, 2021December 1, 2021

Club night 29/11/21

Seven players attended but only four matches were played. Dave Butler remained unbeaten after tough opening games. He overcame Dave Gladman 3-1 and drew with Tom Burns 1-1. Willie Fleming had a narrow win over Colin Berry and in the Glasgow Cup Dave Houston had his first win by defeating Brian Spoors 2-1. Burns now tops the league on goal difference from John Halpin. Burns has played one game fewer.