Small changes to web site (Mon Jun 29 09)
In the past couple of weeks the Southern California Subbuteo Club has made a couple of minor changes to this web site.
The first is the drop down in the navigation area at the top of each page. This will allow you to select sections of this site that were previous only linked to on the Sitemap page.
Secondly, in our continuing efforts to guarantee that our site is appropriate for surfers of all ages we have registered with the Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA). ICRA is an international, non-profit organization working to protect children from potentially harmful material on the internet. By inserting a "label" into this site's web pages allows filtering software to allow or disallow access to them based on the information declared in the "label". We have declared that the contents of this web site is appropriate for everyone. Click on the ICRA image next to this story to view our site's "label".
Porter Ranch pitches (Sat Jun 27 09)
Continuing our occasional series featuring the pitches used by the Southern California Subbuteo Club you can now learn about the two main pitches at Porter Ranch:
You can view all of the other commonly used pitches in the Pitches section of this website.
Proposed format for Season 8 (Thu Jun 25 09)
At the end of Season 7 a new format for the next season was proposed by the players in the Wooden Spoon group.
The proposal was that there be two divisions, corresponding to the Stage Two groups in Season 7. Each player would play the other players in their division four times, twice "home" and twice "away". Then the players in the second division would play each of the players in the first division once, with the first division players using the "away" goalkeepers.
If the same number of players participate in Season 8 as they did in Season 7 each player would play sixteen games, twelve divisional games (three players x four games) and four inter-divisional games.
If there are an odd number of players the first division would be the larger division.
There would not be automatic promotion between the two divisions. At the end of the season the second division champion would play the player who finished in last place in the first division. The winner of the game would be placed in the first division the next season and the loser would be placed in the second division.
This is just a proposal and has not been accepted as the format for next season. The Season 8 league committee would like to hear from the players who participated in Season 7 and everyone who is likely to take part in the new season on their thoughts on this proposal.
If anyone else has any suggestions for Season 8 they should contact the Southern California Subbuteo Club using the Contact page.
The League Cup would be retained.
Logo for Season 8 (Tue Jun 23 09)
Do you have an artistic flair?
If so the Southern California Subbuteo Club is looking for people to submit logos for their next season, Season 8. The only requirements is that the logo contains the number eight, is no bigger than 144 (wide) x 144 (high) pixels, and is either a JPG or GIF format file.
All logos must be submitted by July 31, 2009. The winning entry will be selected by the SCSC's Season 8 league committee. There is no prize for the designer of the winning logo, but their name and design will be posted on this website.
You can submit your logos via email to Simon Hutchinson. If you do not know his email address use the Contact page and he will reply to your communication via email.
International guests (Sun Jun 21 09)
The Southern California Subbuteo Club will be welcoming two international players to the Father of the PlayStation birthday bash on August 9.
Thomas Baumeler is a member of the Swiss club Subbuteo Players Aargau-Süd. He is currently in second place in the "Swiss Cup 2009", and is ranked 417th in the FISTF rankings for May 2009. His daughter Trisha is in sixth place in the Swiss Cup.
If you would like to join Thomas and Trisha in this competition you can either email Simon Hutchinson or use the Contact page.
Father of the PlayStation's birthday bash (Wed Jun 17 09)
On Sunday August 9 the Southern California Subbuteo Club will be celebrating Ken Kutaragi's birthday, "the father of the Sony PlayStation", with a Subbuteo tournament hosted by the Hutchinsons' in Simi Valley.
We hope to have two international players joining us for this tournament.
If you are interested in participating in this event either email Simon Hutchinson or use the Contact page.
This could be your last chance for some match practice before the California State Championship, which is held six days later on Saturday August 15.
The Father of the PlayStation birthday bash is not an American Subbuteo Association Open.
ASA Rolling Rankings (Fri Jun 12 09)
The American Subbuteo Association published the latest Rolling Rankings on June 1. There were no ASA Opens last month in the USA, and as the yearly window shifted many Subbuteo players in the USA lost points from their rankings. This has benefited most of the Southern California Subbuteo Club's players who rose in the rankings, when compared to last month. For the first time the SCSC has three players in the top twenty:
| 6. | Wayne Smith | 51. | David Jensen | |
| 15. | Steve Tucker | 53. | Jason Mitchell | |
| 19. | Simon Hutchinson | 59. | Edgar Flores, Ian Sayer | |
| 28. | Kevin Nieman | 71. | Dominic Hutchinson, | |
| 39. | John Carroll | 82. | Adam Carlson, Edward Nathan | |
| 48. | Munir Merchant | 110. | Sean Daly |
What are the Rolling Rankings?
Only the ranking points won in the last twelve months are counted. If the player has played in more than five ASA tournaments in that time period only the points
won in their best five finishes are counted.
Season 7 photographs (Wed Jun 10 09)
Photographs taken during the final night of the Southern California Subbuteo Club's Season 7 have been added to the Season 7 slide show, including the pictures of the winners with their trophies (see left). You can view the slide show of all the photographs taken during this season's games here»
There are plenty more slide shows and videos of the SCSC's other tournaments on the Photographs page.
When does Season 8 start? (Mon Jun 8 09)
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The Southern California Subbuteo Club's league play is in hiatus over the summer months, Next season, Season 8, will start in September.
The new season is probably going to use a different format to the one used in Season 6 and Season 7. Keep checking this web site to see the proposed structure.
While there will be no league play over the summer there will be tournaments and friendly games. The California State Championship is on Saturday August 15. There will probably be another tournament earlier in August, and possibly another in July. Keep checking this web site for the announcements and details of Subbuteo action in southern California.
Season 7 finale (Fri Jun 5 09)
Before tonight both of the Southern California Subbuteo Club's Season 7 championships and League Cup winner were undecided.
The Championship group title was between Steve Tucker and Wayne Smith, who had to play each other twice. In the Wooden Spoon group the title could be won by either Munir Merchant or Jason Mitchell.
In the opening games of the night Munir beat Dominic Hutchinson and moved to the top of the Wooden Spoon group, with a one point lead over Jason. Wayne's "home" win against Steve widen his lead at the top to five points. Steve narrowed the gap to two points after his next game by beating Kevin Nieman. Jason's and Munir's tie was enough to give Munir the Wooden Spoon championship even though he had one game left to play. Munir went on to win his final game of the season, beating Dominic for the second time.
Steve's "home" game against Wayne was the title decider. He had to win the game to win the championship, if he failed to do so then the championship was Wayne's. It started brightly with Steve taking a two goal lead by the middle of the first half. Wayne pulled a goal back just before half time. The play in the second half was very even, and many of those present were cheering on Steve to hold onto his lead. Alas, an own goal tied the game in the third minute. Despite their best efforts neither player was able to score another goal. As the game ended even Wayne had won the Season 7 championship.
The second leg of the League Cup was the last game of Season 7. The first leg had ended goalless, and Simon Hutchinson had the task of trying not to lose to Wayne to win the cup. It all went horribly wrong for him and he was four goals down in a little more than five minutes of the first half. There were more goals in the second half and Wayne won the game by 6-1, and claimed the Season 7 championship and cup double.
At the end of the night the winners were awarded their trophies:
- Championship Group champion: Wayne Smith
- Wooden Spoon Group champion: Munir Merchant
- Wooden spoon winner: Dominic Hutchinson
- League Cup winner: Wayne Smith
Season 7»
Season 7 match reports»
Season 7 League Cup»
Season 7 Supplemental»
Season 7 videos (Mon Jun 1 09)
Steve Tucker's "Match of the Day" from Friday (May 29) is of Jason Mitchell's "home" victory over Munir Merchant. The highlights have been made into two video clips...
There are many other video clips of the Southern California Subbuteo Club players in action on the Photographs page here»