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Milton Keynes IO – A Fantastic Weekend

posted 2/04/08

The Milton Keynes IO was a huge succes last weekend. With only one drop from the open all players turned out. The Open was very close and in a big final Chris Thomas beat Angel Valverde 1-0 by a golden goal. Chris Thomas beat fellow Englishman and Subbuteo Ledgend and Icon Justin Finch to get to the Finla. Angel Valverde beat the world number 10 Saverio Bari (who is 35 places above Angel) to make it to the final.

In the veterans Juan Carlos Granados won the title after beating Adrian Curtis 6-0! Adrian doing well to beat Englands Steve Hawkings 2-1 on shots after a 0-0 draw after full time. Juan Carlos Granados beat Greek Panos Stemitsiotis 4-0 in the other semi-final.

There was a plate for the 3rd and 4th placed player in their groups called the Reckzah trophy. Phil Holmes won the trophy after beating veteran player Alan Cook 5-2.

In the U15’s it was an all German final where Bjorn Kegenbeim beat fellow team mate Marcel Kwiatkowski 3-0.

In the Beggs trophy which was a knockout tournament for players who finished 3rd in their group in the open catergory. Kenny Beggs came close to winning his own name trophy but was denyed by Mike Burns who beat him 2-1 to get to the final. Mike Burns faced off with Steve Bennett for the trophy and in the end Steve Bennett won by a golden goal. Final score 2-1.

In the Lauder Plate which was for players who finished 4th in their group, Adrian Ritoridis beat Julio Candelas Mazcunian 1-0 to win the plate. Adrian beat Reza Bodiat 8-3 while Julio beat Yorkshire’s Kevin Adderley 8-1.

The Last plate was the Chappell Chalenger where the 5th place player in their group played in this compettion. Kevin Christopher won the Plate after beating Terry Brown 2-1 in a close game.

The event was very good and the feedback from all the players is was very good. Thank you to all who helped out espesically Jeremy and Steve.   

Milton Keynes IO – It’s Set!!

Posted 28/03/08 by Alex Turpin

The final list for the MK Open has been confirmed. With 42 players in the open. The highest ranked player in the field is Italy’s Saverio Bari coming in the FISTF rankings at number 10. The World number 1 Eric Verhagen was in the mix but has recently pulled out. But despite the ammont of drops there is still alot of people still playing in the tornament on Saturday.

The Veteran category has only 18 players but the field looks tough with Spain’s Juan Carlos Granados, ranked in at number 6, playing in the tournament with most of the players ranking in the top 100.

The Under 15’s category looks a little thin on the ground but the competition looks tough with England’s Sam Curtis ,once the world number 1 Under 15, making a comeback to the game. The current world number 3 Björn Kegenbein of Germany is playing along with fellow team player Marcel Kwiatkowski, who is ranked at number 7 in the world. Brandon Lavender joins the mix with Dimitris Stemitsiotis as well as new players Toby Moore, Alex Miller and Gavin Manning representing England. This will be the category to watch.

A special mention should be made as Reza Bodiat of South Africa will be playing in the tournament and will be the furthest player to travel to the tournament with an approx. total of  5911 Miles. He wins the Fulltime Furthest Travelled Player Award. 

Although it is a smaller turnout than last year it will still prove to be an interesting and exciting tournament with a total of 68 players representing 14 nations around the world. For those who don’t know the format it will be as followed:

Open

8 groups of 5, top 2 qualifying to the last sixteen of the Open, 3rd places qualifying to the Beggs Trophy, 4th places qualifying to the Lauder Plate, 5th places qualifying to the Chappell Challenger

Vets

2 groups of 5, 2 groups of 4, top 2 qualifying to the quarter-finals, 3rd and 4th places qualifying to the Vets Plate, 2 5th places qualify for the Chappell Challenger.

Under 15’s

2 groups of 4, top 2 qualify to the semis. 3rd and 4th to the plate.

All games are refereed and all players once knocked out should not leave the tournament until they know that they are definately not refereeing in the next round please.

So I will look forward to seing you all there bright and early at 9:00am. Watch out as I will be taking your money.

 -Alex (Webmaster)