11/16/09

Looking back at our history



First of all congratulations to the S.T.S.L. for their fresh start, hopefully they will prosper and play the game, unfortunately the old history of the club was lost in the internet so let's try to remember just with numbers and pictures, it would be very difficult and too long writing about any singular event.

There were played 3 A.S.A. sanctioned tournaments held at the Batacchi grounds since September 2007:

  1. Florida Cup 07 - Winner - Alex Batacchi - Runner Up - Jody Schaaf
  2. Turkey Classic 08 - Winner - Alex Batacchi - Runner Up - Jody Schaaf
  3. Florida Cup 09 - Winner - Alex Batacchi - Runner Up - Isabel Batacchi


Above some action from the Florida Cup 2007.

Matt- Jody on the left . Jody and Alex on the right.

There were played also 2 not A.S.A. sanctioned events :

  1. Gasparilla Cup 08 - Winner - Alex Batacchi - Runner Up - Isabel Batacchi
  2. Sunshine Cup 08 - Winner - Alex Batacchi - Runner Up - Isabel Batacchi




The Gasparilla Cup above and Sunshine Cup Winner and Runner Up.


Here to follow some stats of the players with more than 10 games played and organized by the S.T.S.L. in A.S.A sanctioned events:

  1. Alex Batacchi - 21 / 21 / 0 / 0/ 97 / 1 /


  2. Jody Schaaf -14 / 11 /0/ 3 / 28 / 3 /


  3. Sandro Tarozzi - 17 / 9 / 1 / 7 / 31 / 19 /


  4. Isabel Batacchi - 18 / 7/ 3 / 8 / 23 / 20 /


  5. Matt Fox - 17 / 4 / 3 / 10 / 6 / 39 /

  6. player - GP/ W/ T / L / GS / GA /

Some stats from the not A.S.A sanctioned events:



  1. Alex Batacchi - 14 / 14 / 0/ 0 / 62 / 2 /

  2. Isabel Batacchi- 15 /5 / 5 / 5 / 9 / 14 /

  3. Sandro Tarozzi - 9 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 3 / 14 /


  4. Matt Fox - 14 / 1 / 1 / 12 / 1 / 39 /

Total stats for all games [ + 25 games ]


Alex Batacchi - 35 games - 35 wins - 159 goals scored - 3 goals allowed -


Isabel Batacchi - 33 games - 12 w. - 8 t. - 13 l. - 32 g.s. - 34 g.a. -


Sandro Tarozzi - 26 games - 11 w. - 4 t. - 11 l. - 34 g.s. - 33 g.a.


Matt Fox - 31 games - 5 w. - 4 t. - 22 l. - 7 g.s. - 78 g.a.
Last S.T.S.L. tournament of the old course: Florida Cup 2009 - 2nd edition , held at the end of May before the Nationals.

Let's hope that both clubs prosper bringing to the game as many players as possible to make Florida one of the largest Subbuteo State of the Country, spreading the interest for this little but great game, the only real simulation of soccer for tabletop ever created: "flick to kick" my friends.

11/10/09

Alex's reign at the Turkey Classic continues



Great 5th edition of the Turkey Classic at the Batacchi grounds, as tradition full of great games and competition with friendship and fun.





The format was a round robin with home and away games between the six players competing: Alex Batacchi, Isabel Batacchi, Sandro Tarozzi, Jody Schaaf, Joey Balmer, Josh Knight.



  1. Josh - Alex 0-4 / Isabel - Joey 0-2 / Jody - Sandro 4-0 /
  2. Joey - Alex 0-1 / Sandro - Josh 2-0 / Isabel - Jody 0-1 /
  3. Alex - Sandro 4-0 / Josh - Isabel 0-4 / Jody - Joey 1-1 /
  4. Alex - Jody 3-0 / Sandro-Isabel 0-0 / Josh - Joey 1-4 /
  5. Isabel - Alex 0-2 / Joey - Sandro 0-0 / Jody - Josh 4-0 /




The first whole round of games saw Alex leading the field with 15 points, followed by Jody with 10, then Joey 8, Sandro 5, Isabel 4 and Josh 0.





Jody and Joey returned to the competition after last year Turkey, but they showed good form, Isabel did not start very well, while Sandro had his worst of Subbuteo days and newcomer Josh impressed everybody for his touch [ if he will keep on playing will become a serious contender].
All the games were quite tight and full of adrenaline, after a good pizza lunch the second whole round was played:



  1. Alex - Josh 4-0 / Sandro - Jody 0-1 / Joey - Isabel 0-2 /
  2. Alex - Joey 3-0 / Josh - Sandro 0-3 / Jody - Isabel 0-2 /
  3. Sandro - Alex 0-4 / Isabel - Josh 1-0 / Joey - Jody 0-0 /
  4. Jody - Alex 0-4 / Isabel - Sandro 3-0 / Joey - Josh 2-1 /
  5. Alex - Isabel 3-0 / Sandro - Joey 1-1 / Josh - Jody 1-3 /





Incredible comeback for Isabel in the partial round with 12 points giving up only one game to Alex that topped with 15 points, then Jody 7, Joey 5, Sandro 4 and Josh 0, but scoring his first goals in an A.S.A event.



For the fouth edition in a row Alex lifted the Turkey Classic trophy, Jody was runner up and Isabel fantastic third.


























Most important all the participants had a good time and fun, even though it was a serious competition and hopefully we will see everybody next year for the 6th edition of this traditionally fantastic Turkey Classic.

You could see other pictures of the tournament at :

http://Tampabaytablesoccerclub.shutterfly.com/




11/3/09

Turkey Classic 5th edition is approaching



The Turkey Classic was created by the Savannah Subbuteo Club in 2005, the 5th edition will be held in Tampa this coming Sunday at the Batacchi grounds.


The Turkey Classic has become a tradition full of great matches and drama, fun and competitive games.


The past winners will be present again to revive their rivalry, the 2005 edition was won by Jody Schaaf with Joey Balmer as runner up, 2006 saw Alex Batacchi beating Mark Holloway in the final, in 2007 again Alex in front of Jody with a superb performance prelude of a great Holiday Silver, and last year saw Alex winner again topping Jody after a very competitive final.


The ingredients are all there for a competitive and full of fun recipe such as become the Turkey during the years.