Category: International

Open

Last 16

 

Mark Gauci	Colin Berry	10	0
Neil Youngson	Mark Farrell	1	5
Dave Pawsey	Mike Burns	1	0
Paul Lawrenson	Hansel Mallia	0	3
Pascal Scheen	Ben Staples	7	1
Dave Butler	Paulo Gouvia	1	0
Steve Bennett	Sam Curtis	7	0
Gareth Christie	Kasper Bennett	0	1

 

Quarter-Finals

 

Mark Gauci	Mark Farrell	4	0
Dave Pawsey	Hansel Mallia	1	2
Pascal Scheen	Dave Butler	4	1
Steve Bennett	Kasper Bennett	2	3

 

 

Semi-Final

 

Mark Gauci	Hansel Mallia	0	1
Pascal Scheen	Kasper Bennett	1	0

 

Final

 

Hansel Mallia

Pascal Scheen

3

1

 

Veterans

 

Quarter-Finals

 

Joe Mifsud	Malcolm Lees	4	1
Colin Day	Mike Parnaby	0	1
Justin Finch	Colin Tarry	6	0
Adrian Curtis	Daniel Scheen	1	3

 

 

Semi Finals

 

Joe Miifsud	Mike Parnaby	6	1
Justin Finch	Daniel Scheen	3	1

 

 

Final

 

Justin Finch

Joe Mifsud

 

Justin Finch forfeited the final. He had to leave to catch a flight.

 

For all group tables and results  see ‘Grand Prix’ on menu bar

 

Under-19

 

Final

 

Noe Scheen

Sam Curtis

1

2

 

Plate

 

Final

 

Tom Burns

Russ Harker

7

0

 

 

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Congratulations to Hansel Mallia winner of the Open, Joe Mifsud winner of the Vets, Sam Curtis under-19 Champion and Tom Burns Plate winner!

 

 

 

 

OPEN	Last 16			Mark Gauci	Colin Berry
OPEN	Last 16			Neil Youngson	Mark Farrell
OPEN	Last 16			Dave Pawsey	Mike Burns
OPEN	Last 16			Paul Lawrenson	Hansel Mallia
				Pascal Scheen	Ben Staples
				Dave Butler	Paulo Gouvia
				Steve Bennett	Sam Curtis
				Gareth Christie	Kasper Bennett

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.

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!

 

Tom Burns heads for Manchester this weekend to take part in a competition at the English National Football Museum. The event is organised by the newly formed Manchester Subbuteo Club. The tournament has a healthy 40 entries who will be divided into ‘Standard’ and ‘Advanced’ categories. Tom is the only entry from a Scottish club.