The American Subbuteo Association Open held by the Southern California Subbuteo Club on Saturday August 7, 2010, was the highest scoring tournament in the history of the club.  The seven players managed to score 56 goals in 21 games, an average of 2.67 goals per game.

Wayne Smith's streak of Open wins continued as he finished in first place again, having won all six of his games.

In an exciting finish Simon Hutchinson claimed second place on goal difference from Steve Tucker, who had impressed everyone by his play as he had not flicked for six months.

David Jensen's victory over Kevin Nieman allowed him to finish in fourth place, with Kevin finishing in fifth.

Dominic Hutchinson resolute defending and goalkeeping may not have won him any game, but it did allow him to tie three games and finish in sixth place.  John Carroll's defense was not so robust and he finished in seventh, with two ties.

A full report of this tournament can be found on the ASA Open August 2010 page
(Photographs and video will be added later)

Zach Walker chalked up his 4th Open title in 5 years by defeating a rapidly improving Michael Tillman 2-1 in Alexandria,Virginia, on June 5th. Walker would need OT to secure the title as Tillman pushed him hard with a composed and skillful performance that suggests he will return as a serious contender in future years. Close games in the semi finals saw Tillman defeat reigning champion Daniel Cranston, and Walker defeat Paul Eyes. Eyes would defeat Cranston in a low key 3rd /  4th  place game.

In the other categories, Michael Tillman won his first U19 title in his final eligible year, beating close rival Stuart Russell 2-0. Paul Eyes regained the Veterans championship in a very tight final contest (1-0) with Alex Batacchi of Florida.

Team play on Sunday saw Maryland again prevail in the Virginia Cup. Matt Steinmuller was a rookie on the MSC first team, but responded with a superb 3 win and 1 tie record out of his 4 matches. Including a crucial 1-0 lead against Gregg Deinhart (at the half) of WTSL in a pivotal game of the event.  Maryland finished first in a field of 5 teams.

In the final (unofficial) Red Hat (event sponsors) Open tournament on Sunday, Rick Wilcox displayed his enduring quality with a last gasp 1-0 victory over Tillman.

Congratulations to WTSL for doing a fine job of hosting the Nationals weekend.

It may have been the smallest ASA Open in southern California in four years but it was described as a "Cracking tournament" by the organizer Simon Hutchinson.

Wayne Smith won his 16th consecutive Open tournament, beating Simon in the final.  And David Jensen claimed third place winning a shoot out in "sudden death" against Dominic Hutchinson.

The group stage saw several games that almost ended in upsets.  Dominic gave his father, Simon, a shock by taking a very early lead.  Wayne had a tough time breaking through David's defense.  Simon scored an early goal on Wayne, and then hung onto this slender lead until midway through the second half.

All the scores, match reports, and photographs can be found on the ASA Open April 2010 page»

After a year's hiatus the Western States Open returned to California as part of the Southern California Subbuteo Club's 25th anniversary celebrations.  This year's tournament was special as it was also a FISTF Satellite, the first time a FISTF santioned tournament had been played in the Golden State.