Holiday Silver and Team National Championship in Maryland

The weekend of December the 5th and the 6th Alex Batacchi was the only club member to participate at the annual classical held at the Patapsco Middle school in Ellicot City, MD.

The competition in every tournament was very tough and our player did not show his best Subbuteo, frustrated mostly by a terrible shooting form that to a certain extent affected his whole game.

He reached the Semifinal in the Veterans tournament to be eliminated by Gregg Deinhart [7 times American Champion, in the picture], he left the main event at the round of 16 loosing with Ed Morgans at the Golden Goal in overtime, and on Sunday he reached the Semifinal in the F.A. Cup style tournament to be trashed by Zach Walker 5-0 best American player at the moment and probably for years to come [ simply awesome to watch him playing].

His best performance was in the Team National Championship, where being in the S.C.C. United team[as a free agent] he won all his games, and even though

his shooting was still terrible, in the interest of the team he kept on playing with discipline and intensity.

His best weekend game was in the Team Championship Final against Michael Tillman, very tight game, that could have gone both ways, he was able to win it in the dying seconds....Batabomber!!!!

Incredibly competitive this event, leave to a side your own individual perception of the game and put you at your team service.

For Alex was the second final in team competition in a row, and again a second

place with an unbeaten individual sequence of 12 games[ 11 won one tied]-

Our heroes lost the final 2-1 againt the M.S.C. team ,for the fourth time in a row A.S.A. Champions. In the picture above Miguel Marques, Alex Batacchi, Ed Morgans and Massimo Conturso [Captain], proud members of the S.C.C. United team Vice National Champion. Massicci ed incazzati!!!!-

The National Team Championship final results board.

Again a fantastic weekend of real competition in Maryland, a lot of fun playing this fantastic game and looking at a movement that is growing big time in quantity and quality of players.