From FISTF newsletter No. 220 (Thu Sep 4)

The following is taken from the Federation International Sport Table Football (FISTF) newsletter.

« 10. USA: Western States Open
The Southern California Subbuteo Club hosted the last American Subbuteo Association tournament of the season with the Western States Open. The WSO is the Major competition for the western region of the USA. Wayne Smith won the Open competition for the third time beating Steve Tucker in a thrilling match, scoring the winner with just seven second left in extra time. Ian Sayer won his second Mary Jane tournament in a row defeating Dominic Hutchinson in the final. Dominic had better luck in the Under 19 tournament beating Adam Carlson in the final. A full report and the results can be found on the Southern California Subbuteo Club's website »
The full newsletter can be seen here»

Western States Open report»
Western States Open photographs»

No Subbuteo this week (Wed Sep 3)

There is no Subbuteo this week, Friday September 5.

Season 6 kicks off the following Friday, September 12, in Porter Ranch.

WSO photos (Fri Aug 29)

The photographs taken during Saturday's Western States Open have been uploaded into a slide show that can be viewed here»

Final ASA Rankings for 2007-08 (Tue Aug 26)

The Western States Open was the last American Subbuteo Association tournament of the 2007-08 season. The results from the WSO have been sent to the ASA who have compiled the final rankings for this season.  The Southern California Subbuteo Club players are ranked:

The full ASA rankings for this season can be seen here»

The 2008-09 season starts on  September 1.

Carlson reaches 100 milestone (Sun Aug 24)

We would like to congratulate Adam Carlson for becoming the seventh player to have played 100 games with the Southern California Subbuteo Club. He reached and passed the milestone during yesterday's Western States Open.

Who's going to be the next player to reach a milestone? Munir Merchant is only seven games away from the 100 milestone, and Dominic Hutchinson is eleven away from 200.

You can see the number of games played by the members of the Southern California Subbuteo Club here»

WSO 2008 (Sat Aug 23)

The Western States Open returned to California, where it was first played in 1999, after a four year absence. Fittingly the turn out for this tournament was the largest of any event in the history of the Southern California Subbuteo Club, with twelve players competing for the trophy.

Among the competitors was Wayne Smith, who had won it twice before when it had been played in the “Golden State”, in 1999 and 2004. And we welcomed a new player, David Jensen, who was undertaking a baptism of fire on his return to the world of Subbuteo... More»

Season 6 participants updated (Fri Aug 22)

Only two players remain to declare which teams they will be using for Season 6. You can see photographs of the teams picked so far on the Season 6 particpants page»

New player pages (Fri Aug 22)

Player pages for Edgar Flores and Jason Mitchell have been added to this site. Click on the name to view them.

Earlier news»

New members are always welcome. Whether you have played before or never heard of “subbuteo” contact us and we can give you more information about our club or help you find a club near where you live.