I am pleased to confirm that the ESTFA 2010 National Championships will once again be held at

British Gas
The Energy Academy
Aylestone Road
Leicester
LE2 7QJ

on 5th/6th June 2010.

The team event will be be on the Saturday and the individual on the Sunday.

To play in the individual event you must be a member of the ESTFA, you may join on the day however anyone who didn’t join by the closing date towards the end of last year will not be able to represent England at the World Cup this year.

The entry fee is £8.00 for those aged 19 or over as of 5th June 2010 and £4.00 for those aged 18 or under.

The entry fee for teams is £12.00.

The winner of each individual category is guaranteed a place in the individual category at the World Cup.

England captain Dave Pawsey may award further places subject to his discretion.

The winner and runner up of the team event will represent England at the Europa Cup.

Am looking forward to seeing plenty of players and teams for this event, it should prove to be a couple of exciting days.

2009 winners

Open – Dave Pawsey
Veteran – Steve Hawkins
Under 19 – Brandon Lavender
Team – EPL

You may enter either via  text, E-Mail, telephone call or smoke signal.

All queries to myself.

Regards

Jeremy

Please take a moment to read the attached document and reply with your comments either to this post or via email to michael.parnaby@ntlworld.com

This is a chance to have your say on how things progress with the ESTFA

Click here to download the document

The MK GP will go ahead as planned on 1st/2nd May 2010.

Apologies for the delay in announcing this. I have delayed announcing the tournament as there have been venue issues, which are still being resolved.

However, the tournament is definately going ahead as planned.

The individual will be on Saturday and the team on Sunday as usual.

Flick off on both days will be 09:30.

Entry fees will be the same as last year:

Open/Vets: £10.00
Under 19/15: £5.00
Teams: £20.00

Please enter either via Email to myself of course.

I have already received a number of entries as it has been advertised since last year on the fortnightly FISTF updates formerly sent by Vincent.

As soon as venue details are confirmed, which will be imminent, I will let everyone know.

Again please accept my apologies for the lateness of this announcement.

Look forward to seeing a lot of you soon!

Regards

Jeremy

Kaspar Bennett won in extra time 3-2 v Chris Short. Chris Thomas and Steve Bennett were the semifinalists.

Phil Redman won the veterans, Stuart McIlroy was runner up.

Kevin Adderley won the plate, Miguel Pereira was runner up.

Matthew Parnaby beat Dylan Staples in the junior final.

Cardiff won the team event, Yorkshire Phoenix were second.

Thanks to all 32 players who supported the event, it was a shame 1 player made a very late withdrawal and 1 player entered but didn’t turn up.

I hope everyone enjoyed the event and we hope to see you all again soon !

The full results are available for download below

yorks-io-results-2010

The Huntindon Open

 

 

Group 1

K.Valentine 3 v 1 M.Pereira

M.Hodds 6 v 0 D.Butler

M.Hodds 2 v 0 K.Valentine

D.Butler 2 v 1 M.Pereira

M.Hodds 6 v 1 M.Pereira

D.Butler 0 v 3 K.Valentine

 

……………P..W..D..L..F…A..Pts

1.M.Hodds……3..3..0..0..11..1….9

2.K.Valentine..3..2..0..1..6…3….6

3.D.Butler…..3..1..0..2..2…10…3

4.M.Pereria….3..0..0..3..3…11…0

 

Group 2

P.Lawrenson 9 v 0 M.Carmo

A.Douglas 1 v 4 A.Stephen

P.Lawrenson 8 v 1 S.Curtis

M.Carmo 0 v 2 A.Douglas

A.Stephen 4 v 1 S.Curtis

P.Lawrenson 4 v 0 A.Douglas

M.Carmo 0 v 7 A.Stephen

A.Douglas 0 v 2 S.Curtis

P.Lawrenson 1 v 0 A.Stephen

M.Carmo 1 v 7 S.Curtis

 

……………P..W..D..L..F…A..Pts

1.P.Lawrenson..4..4..0..0..22..1…12

2.A.Stephen….4..3..0..1..15..3….9

3.S.Curtis…..4..2..0..2..11..13…6

4.A.Douglas….4..1..0..3..3…10…3

5.M.Carmo……4..0..0..4..1…25…0

 

Group 3

K.Dyson 1 v 0 R.Gerraghty

J.Devaney 0 v 6 A.Curtis

K.Dyson 4 v 0 J.Turpin

R.Gerraghty 3 v 1 J.Devaney

A.Curtis 4 v 2 J.Turpin

K.Dyson 4 v 0 J.Devaney

R.Gerraghty 0 v 1 A.Curtis

J.Devaney 1 v 4 J.Turpin

K.Dyson 5 v 1 A.Curtis

R.Gerraghty 2 v 1 J.Turpin

 

…………..P..W..D..L…F…A..Pts

1.K.Dyson…..4..4..0..0…14..1…12

2.A.Curtis….4..3..0..1…12..7….9

3.R.Gerraghty.4..2..0..2…5…4….6

4.J.Turpin….4..1..0..3…7…11…3

5.J.Devaney…4..0..0..4…2…17…0

 

 

Quarter-Finals

M.Hodds 5 v 0 S.Curtis

P.Lawrenson 1 v 1 R.Gerraghty

2-3…Shots

K.Dyson 2 v 1 A.Stephen

K.Valentine 2 v 2 A.Curtis

0-3…Shots

 

Semi-Finals

M.Hodds 3 v 0 A.Curtis

R.Gerraghty 1 v 4 K.Dyson

 

Final

M.Hodds 1 v 1 K.Dyson  3-2…Shots

 

 

Plate Preliminary Round

J.Devaney 0 v 2 D.Butler

M.Pereira 5 v 0 M.Carmo

 

Plate Semi-Finals

A.Douglas 1 v 3 D.Butler

J.Turpin 2 v 1 M.Pereira

 

Plate Final

D.Butler 2 v 1 J.Turpin

 

 

Martin Hodds wins his first circuit Open even with a great victory here while it was great to see some of our less prolific players make an outing to Huntingdon.

In particular it was nice to see Miguel and Maria take part and score some points for Kent Invicta ! Kevin Dyson showed once again that whatever the code, he is a force to be reckoned with. But today it was Martin’s turn to lift the trophy, and about time too. Well done to Martin and also to John Turpin who once again organised this popular event.

The Liverpool Open

 

It was a small but select turnout for the second event on the ESTFA circuit. Algy Taylor had put a lot of time and effort into running this event and it was disappointing to see so few players making the effort to attend. Still, this meant that those who did play got easy points towards the circuit rankings!

The tournament did at least have perfect numbers for a Swiss Style event and this was the format used. Three rounds of Swiss were played and these all in one Open category. It was nice to see older faces like Tom Taylor playing alongside ‘newer’ faces like Angelo Ritoridis. At the end of the days play it was Mat Lampitt who was top of the table, but just look how close it was! Three players separated by goal difference and all three ahead of England Captain Dave Pawsey!

 

Results
Session 1
Algy 2-2 Tom
Dean 0-10 Dave
Mat 8-2 William
Angelo 1-2 Adrian

Session 2
Dean 0-0 William
Mat 2-0 Dave
Algy 0-6 Adrian
Tom 1-0 Angelo

Session 3
Angelo 1-2 Dean
Tom 4-2 William
Mat 1-1 Adrian
Algy 0-9 Dave

 

 

 

Table
1. Mat Lampitt – 5pts / +9
2. Adrian Ritoridis – 5pts / +7
3. Tom Taylor – 5pts / +3
4. Dave Pawsey – 4pts / +17
5. Dean Thornton – 3pts / -9
6. William Holliday – 1pt / -9
7. Algy Taylor – 1pt / -15
8. Angelo Ritoridis – 0pts / -3

The ESTFA Masters

Chris shows mastery again !

Report by Martin Hodds

Teesside’s Chris Thomas successfully retained his English Masters title at the David Lloyd Leisure club, Leicester on Sunday 30^th August 2009. The event was held the day after the Leicester International Open, where Chris had disappointingly lost in the quarter-finals. However today he was not to be denied.

 

Due to a couple of very late withdrawals, the event comprised 9 players but all at a very experienced level. Group 1 comprised Kasper Bennett, Matt Lampitt, Adrian Ritoridis, Paul Lawrenson and Ally Stephen. Group 2 was Chris Thomas, Martin Hodds, Jeremy Bradley and Steve Hawkins. No easy groups there !

 

Group 1 was won by Kasper with a 100% record, and became a straight fight between Matt and Adrian for the runner up spot and a place in the semi finals. Matt pipped Adrian by the odd goal to edge their game and take the coveted 2^nd spot.

 

Group 2 was won by Chris, again with a 100% record, however the race for 2^nd place was really tight between Martin, Jeremy and Steve. After Steve nicked a late 1-0 win against Jeremy, and Martin & Jeremy drew 2-2, Martin needed to beat Steve in the final game to come 2^nd, while Steve needed a draw. In a surprisingly open contest, chances were missed at both ends but Martin bagged the only goal of the game to secure his first ever semi final place.

 

Both semi finals were low scoring, with Kasper beating Martin 2-0 and Chris beating Matt 1-0 with a goal right on the half time whistle. Matt tried valiantly 2^nd half but just couldn’t claw back the deficit.

 

The final was a really good game, befitting a Masters final. Chris took a first half lead and had to defend valiantly, which he did successfully until about 4 minutes from time, when Kasper equalised following a sustained period of pressure. However not to be outdone, Chris went straight up the other end and took a 2-1 lead which he successfully retained until full time.

 

Well done to all who took part, and importantly it was great practice for the Rotterdam World Cup. Thanks to Jeremy Bradley for hosting a thoroughly enjoyable event in an excellent venue.

The English Sports Table Football Association (ESTFA), 2009- 2010 season got off to a flyer on the August Bank Holiday weekend.

With the fixture calendar in place and a guarantee of a spot in the England World Cup squad for each category up for grabs, coupled with it being an International Open, it saw a good number (21) of players in attendance.  This included some of the ‘top’ British Players! to name a few: Justin Finch, Kasper Bennett, Chris Thomas, Adrian Ritoridis, and Monkey (John Lauder) in attendance.

The venue was excellent and complimented the nature of the event and the participants.  We were playing in a private room at one of the David Lloyd Sport Clubs.  We had plenty of room for seats, food and drink was available, and we were also playing on the best pitches – San Siro.  Each player played at least 3 games for £10 each, which represents really good value for money.

One of the first things to mention is the variety of bases being used by players.  Chris, Adrian, and Jeremy were using the Extreme works bases (more to come).  Justin and Kcarrie Valentine were using ‘Bodo’ bases, whilst top youngster Brandon Lavender, and the new NETFA signing Andrew Hillerby were using the Stefan Corda G2A Raptor bases.  Martin Hodds, superbly played well with the ‘cheapest’ and the most cost effective bases the Sure-Shots.

Extreme works bases – special report: They seems to be a slight shift in the top players using these bases as opposed to the Astrobases.  They are of a similar shape but the main difference is that the inner part of the base is lower down within the main component.  It is also quite light.  This seems to generate a good lift of the ball when shooting and it also seems to knock the opposition figures further.

Kevin Dyson, played with the traditional flat bases.  Those that have played Kevin will hopefully agree that the ‘flats’ can be equally affective in the ESTFA / FISTF events as they are in the ‘big ball’ events.  With the ability to curl and nice long flicks it does show that the modern game is not all about playing in straight lines.  He was unlucky to not progress through his groups, but he then managed to win the Veteran category by beating Phil Holmes. Maybe this does show that the game is open to those traditional ‘big ball’ players.  If you like the big ball events why not try this as well!

The rest of the field played with G2, or a variety of Astro bases, this showing that they is a chance for players to choose from a wide range of bases with the ability to curl and still do well.

The full results are shown on the next page.

 

Junior:

What was particular good to see were that at least 4 juniors in attendance.  From speaking to teacher, Adrian, I was informed that he runs a nice after school Subbuteo club which attracts a good spread of youngsters, up to 30 at a time.  I am aware that Kcarrie Valentine also runs a similar club, and the association would like to thank you for the work you do in promoting the game.  Two of these youngsters were at the event and they seemed to have a good time, scoring some goals to boot.  I remember Chris Thomas as a youngster and we hope to see more youngsters at events

 

Plate:

For those not fortunate to get through the groups the Leicester IO saw an opportunity for players to play against similar levels.  The plate consisted of a group of 3, myself, Gary Pearson  (Leeds), and Kcarrie Valentine.

Kcarrie won all of his two group games and I have to admit that over the last two years his game his come on lots.  This shows that with regular practice and tournament experience anyone new can prosper.  On a similar vein, Gary Leeds, scored his first couple of tournament goals, and his game is always developing.

 

The next event is the Liverpool Open and we hope to see as many players, no matter what ability in attendance.

 

Open

 

Group 1 Country/Club                                                                  G     N Pts

  1.     Kasper Bennett ENG/ses   6                       4     2                      3     0   9

  2.     Justin Finch ENG/epl                   6     9              1                      2     0   6

  3.     Dimitris Stemitsiotis ENG/atl               0        0        4                  1     0   3

  4.     Gary Pearson ENG/yor      1        0                         0                  0     0   0

 

Group 2 Country/Club                                                                   G     N Pts

  1.     Chris Thomas ENG/car   2              4     4                                  3     0   9

  2.     Matt Lampitt ENG/epl     1          4                5                           2     0   6

  3.     Kcarrie Valentine SCO/yor    5        1           1                           1     0    3

  4.     Shawn Dickinson ENG/-         0    0        1                                  0     0   0

  

Group 3 Country/Club                                                  G     N Pts

  1.     Martin Hodds ENG/yor         6               2     0           2     1   7

  2.     Paul Lawrenson ENG/yor          0     7          0           1     1   5

  3.     Julio Candelas ESP/mai             0          1          6      1     1   4

  4.     Richard Matthews ENG/-     1          1               0      0     0    0

 

Group 4 Country/Club                                                  G     N Pts

  1.     David Lauder WAL/car     4                4             1     2     1     7

  2.     Adrian Ritoridis ENG/tsp        0     6                   1     1     2     5

  3.     Steve Hawkins ENG/epl         0           0     7             1     1     4

  4.     Kevin Adderley ENG/yor   1          0           0             0     0     0

 

Group 5 Country/Club                                                                                  G     N Pts

  1.     Jeremy Bradley ENG/tsp                           3   1        0        3                     1     1   10

  2.     Andrew Hillerby ENG/yor              1   10             3        9                          2     2     8

  3.     Dave Pawsey ENG/epl                  1                0        0           2                 2     1     7

  4.     Brandon Lavender ENG/wor                     2        1                 0    2           1      0    3

  5.     Alex Turpin ENG/tsp                            2                       0    1       1            0     0    0

 

Barrages

Matt Lampitt              -                      Paul Lawrenson                                2-1

Adrian Ritoridis          -                      Andrew Hillerby                                1-0

Quarter final

Kasper Bennett         -                       Matt Lampitt                                1-0

Jeremy Bradley         -                      David Lauder                                0-1

Martin Hodds             -                      Justin Finch                                0-3

Adrian Ritoridis          -                      Chris Thomas                             1-0

Semi-final

Kasper Bennett         -                     David Lauder                                6-0

Justin Finch               -                     Adrian Ritoridis                             2-1gg

Final

Kasper Bennett         -                     Justin Finch                                3-2gg

 

U15                               

Semi-final                                                                                                            

Brandon Lavender         -                  Richard Matthews                              9-0

Dimitris Stemitsiotis        -                  Shawn Dickinson                                3-1

Final

Brandon Lavender         -                  Dimitris Stemitsiotis                            4-0

 

Veterans                      

Group 1 Country/Club                                                   G     N Pts

  1.     Kev Dyson ENG/tsp   2     4         3                              3     0   9

  2.     Phil Holmes ENG/tsp   1          5                  1               1    1     4

  3.     Rudi de Smet BEL/aal        0                1     1               0     2   2

  4.     John Turpin ENG/tsp              0    2     1                      0     1   1

 

 

The 2008/2009 Yorkshire IO was held at the Wakefield Wildcats stadium on the 1st and 2nd of August.

The 1st saw the team even which consisted of a round robin of the 6 teams involved. Cardiff San Siro ended up the unbeaten winners with EPL in second place.

The Sunday was the open, veterans and plate competitions.

The results were

Open final – Chris Thomas 2-1 Dave Baxter. Semifinalists were Andrew Hillerby  and Phil Dacey.

Veterans final – Phil Redman 1-0 Kenny Beggs 

Plate final – Kevin Christopher 2-1 Neil Munns 

The whole results for the event are attached below.

Many thanks to all who attended and hope to see you all in Leicester soon

yorks-io-results

Posted on You Tube is a Swedish TV clip with highlights from a couple of games featuring English players

Fast Tube by Casper