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Greece loses World Cup

The FISTF Board have announced that they have decided to organise the Subbuteo World Cup, not in Greece but in another country.  The Greek association has agreed to this change. The only justification given for this decision is, the ‘huge problems in Greece nowadays’. Of course there are difficulties in Greece just now as it goes through this period of austerity. But the country wants and needs tourists. It is still a great place to visit.

 

 

FISTF have invited member associations to make bids to host this year’s event as well as that of 2014. Associations are being asked for proposed dates, therefore the 2013 World Cup need not take place on the current designated weekend of 13th/14th July. Will the STFA bid for either year? 2013 seems unlikely given the timescale and the current strength of the association. It would require input from all member clubs to create a team strong enough to successfully assist in organising the event.

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Circuit Event 3 Cairneyhill

Dave Butler failed in his attempt to go clear at the top of the National League. After Sunday’s event he finds himself in second place, two points behind Steve Bennett. The day started well for Butler with two crushing defeats of Willie Fleming (4-0) and Malcolm Lees (8-2). In round 3, however, he lost 2-0 to Gareth Christie who went on to win the tournament. In round 4 Butler faced Steve Bennett, knowing that a win would take him top. Bennett won 1-0. Thus Butler let go two opportunities to establish himself as number one in Scotland. Did Butler get his tactics wrong in these crucial games? Does he approach games against the top two in a different way? He did no better than Dave Gladman against Gareth Christie and no better than Tom Burns against Steve Bennett.

 

Willie Fleming recovered from his first round defeat with a win and two draws which means he moves into 4th position in the League. Tom Burns lost 1-0 to Steve Bennett and  disappointingly could only draw his three remaining matches. He now lies 5th in the table. Dave Gladman was unfortunate to play both Christie and Bennett but he had a win and draw in his other matches to finish 6th putting him 8th in the League. Like Burns, Colin Day also had 3 draws and a defeat but finished above his club-mate by virtue of number of goals scored. Day is now 9th in the League.

 

It was a somewhat disappointing day for Zoltan Hegedus in Division Two. A defeat to Scott Fleming might have been expected but two draws in matches where he could not convert opportunities into goals cost him runner-up spot. A third place tournament finish now puts him 6th in Division Two.

 

 

 

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Results 4/2/13

Only five players braved the biting wind on this cold Glasgow night. Two league matches were played. After a 3-1 win over Baver Bari, Willie Fleming joined Dave Butler and Tom Burns as joint leaders on the 34 point mark. Fleming, however, has played 3 games more than Burns and 6 more than Butler! Colin Day also had a victory over Bari. Bari dominated the match and had numerous shots on the Day goal but lost 3-0! There was a surprise visit by Andrea Andreoni who was looking for match practice having entered the Grand Prix in March.

 

League

 

Day       3  0  Bari

 

Bari       1  3  Fleming

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Scottish Circuit Event 3 at Cairneyhill

On Sunday 3rd February the Maltings Hotel Cairneyhill will be the venue for event 3 in the Scottish Circuit. GTSA will be represented by Tom Burns, Dave Butler, Colin Day, Willie Fleming and Dave Gladman in Division One and Zoltan Hegedus in Division Two. Dave Butler is joint leader with Steve Bennett on 75 points. Given his current form there must be a real possibility of Butler going clear at the top this Sunday. Burns lies 5th with 61 pts and Fleming 6th with 59 pts. Gladman is 9th with 31 pts and Day 10th with 29 pts, both having played only one event.

 

Zoltan Hegedus is 6th in Division two. He also has played only one event. Baver Bari, a frequent guest at GTSA, is second, 3 points behind Hot Club’s Craig Lynch. With the Edinburgh player absent this weekend the opportunity is there for Bari to go top.

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Results 28/1/13

Dave Butler played two matches in the Glasgow Cup which allowed Tom Burns to go back to the top of the league with his 4-1 victory over Barry Corr. Burns and Butler both have 34 points and the same goal difference but Burns leads by virtue of having scored more goals. Also in the league Dave Gladman recorded his fifth successive victory with a 3-0 win over Baver Bari. Colin Berry moved up 2 places after beating Zoltan Hegedus. Butler won his two Glasgow Cup matches and looks likely to qualify along with Willie Fleming. In the other group Corr beat Colin Day so it looks likely there will be a close fight for second place after Burns.

 

League

 

Bari         0  1  Fleming

 

Burns      4  1  Corr

 

Gladman  3  0  Bari

 

Berry       3  1  Hegedus

 

Glasgow Cup

 

Group A

 

Corr        4  2  Day

 

Group B

 

Butler      3  0  Fleming

 

Butler      6  0  Berry

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Results 21/1/13

Two victories saw Dave Butler go three points clear at the top of the league and with two games in hand. Since starting to use ‘profibases’ this season, Dave’s form in the league has been remarkable, dropping only two points and conceding only one goal. He has performed well also at national events. Could this season’s Scottish Champion be from Glasgow? In the Glasgow Cup Tom Burns recorded his fourth group win, scoring 18 goals in all. In a friendly match Dave Houston and Willie Fleming fought out a 0-0 draw. Fleming can count himself a bit hard done to, if also a little unobservant, since Houston played the whole match with 12 men!

 

League

 

Corr              3  1         Bari

 

Butler           3  0         Bari

 

Houston        0  2         Butler

 

Glasgow Cup

 

Burns           4  0          Corr

 

 

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Changed venue for GP

The venue for the March Grand Prix of Scotland has been changed from the David Lloyd Centre to the Normandy Hotel, Renfrew. The team event will be on the Saturday and Individual on the Sunday.

 

 

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Results 14/1/13

There was a good turnout with ten players attending. Butler closed the gap on Burns and is now only three points behind with four games in hand. Fleming lost ground with a surprise defeat to Houston. Baver Bari had his first competitive match drawing with Colin Berry. Meanwhile, in the Glasgow Cup, Burns and Fleming look certain to qualify from their groups.

 

 

 

League

 

Butler     1  0  Corr

 

Bari        0  0  Berry

 

Butler     2  0  Day

 

Corr        2  3  Gladman

 

Houston  2  0  Fleming

 

Berry      1  1  Day

 

Houston  0  0  Hegedus

 

Glasgow Cup

 

Group A

 

Burns    6  0  Hegedus

 

Burns    5  0  Houston

 

Group B

 

Berry    1  3  Fleming

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Burns 9th out of 20 in Manchester

Tom had mixed fortunes in this Manchester tournament on Saturday 12th January. A four round Swiss system was used.

 

T Burns        2  1  M Bellefontaine

 

P Gouveia     2  0  T Burns

 

T Burns        0  1  E Bellefontaine

 

C Townsend  0  2  T Burns

 

Mike Burns was a late Scottish entry and he finished 4th.  The competition was won by former England great Justin Finch. Famously, when he was younger, Justin insured his finger for £50,000! Have a look at this YouTube video of Justin……25,296 views…….not bad but well sort of the 34,321 views of one of our GTSA videos!