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06/07/10

 

Only now can we report on the huge success Yorkshire Phoenix had at the recent Welsh International Open from Knighton.

 

The club won the International Open for teams beating British rivals San Siro Carrdiff to the title. With Cardiff dropping more individual games throughout the event, a draw in the final game between the two sides gave Phoenix their first championship title on Welsh soil!

 

The A team was made up of Paul Lawrenson, Martin Hodds, Adrian Curtis and Tony Mc Cann.

 

The club also fielded a B team in the event showing that once again Yorkshire was back as a growing force in the game. Representing Phoenix B was captain Eoin Adams, Sam Curtis, Gary Pearson and making a return to playing Richard Blythe.

 

Also on the Saturday saw the individual event of the Welsh International Satellite. It was fifth time lucky for Paul Lawrenson finally winning a satellite final beating fellow Phoenix team mate Adrian Curtis on a shoot out after the game finished stalemate.

 

Adrian Curtis was still to get his hands on a winners trophy though beating fellow Phoenix player Martin Hodds to take the Veteran Satellite title after a mamouth days play. Adrian virtually played non stop on the Saturday after the team event, Satellite Open and Satellite Veterans event. A strong back was certainly needed!

 

Sunday saw the International Open for Individuals take place, and there was further glory to be had for the club!

 

Adrian Curtis was again to star in the days proceedings reaching the Open final but missed out narrowly though to Kents Miguel Pierra. Both Martin Hodds and Tony Mc Cann made it to the semi finals making three out of the last four!

 

Martin Hodds gained revenge for missing out on the previous days veterans title taking the IO version, and Gary Pearson picked up some silverware in claiming the Plate title.

 

A truly great weekend had by all - The Phoenix invasion of Wales was well worth the trip taking all title except one. They will surely be back again next year! Well done to everyone who took part! 

 

 

16/06/10

 

This weekend will see the club head to deepest darkest Wales to take part in several events. In particular the club will be fielding two sides in the International Open for teams. This will be the second major event in recent weeks where Phoenix have had two teams taking part.

 

Theres also individual action this weekend with the International Open and Satellite for players outside the worlds top 100.

 

Good luck Phoenix. Usual updates will be LIVE via twitter (see above)

 

15/06/10

 

Last week saw Phoenix finish runners up at The English National Club Championships. They narrowly missed out on the over all title to super team English Premier League. The Phoenix where leading against there rivals but lost out 1-3 in the end in the final match. The team of Paul Lawrenson, Martin Hodds, Adrian Curtis, Stuart McIlroy and new signing Alan Collins booked the clubs place in the Europa Cup which takes place in October in Mattersburg, Austria.

 

Phoenix also had a second team take place in the championships made up of Malc Dickson, Kev Adderley, Sam Curtis and Tony McCann. The B team finished on the same points as third placed TSPA Whitestar and fourth placed NETFA.

 

The Sunday saw the indidual events where Sam Curtis was crowned English Under 15 champion. A proud day for father Adrian who saw Sam capture his final under 15 championship. Sam will now step up a level from next as he aims to take the Under 19 title. Well done Sam!

 

Paul Lawrenson made the semi finals of the Open catergory beating NETFA's Andrew Hillerby in the quarter finals in a tense one nil scoreline. Paul lost out in the semi's to eventual champion Chris Thomas (Cardiff) 1-3.

 

In the veteran catergory again Phoenix had reason to be happy. Tony McCann and Alan Collins both made the semi finals. Tony made the semi's after dumping out Phoenix team mate Martin Hodds in the grouop stage. Alan Collins just missed out on the final after losing out to Whitestars Jeremy Bradley on shots.

 

A great weekend for the club, well done everyone who took part.

 

14/06/10

 

Since the last update of the site Martin Hodds travelled to Finland to take part in the double header of International Open and Grand Prix. Martin made hstory for Phoenix reaching the IO final before losing out to italian Matiengeli. The first Phoenix player to reach an Open final outside of the UK. Well done mate.

 

The week before saw Phoenix's Kenny Beggs and Eoin Adams satge the 2010 Belfast International Open.

 

Tony McCann beat Eoin Adams to take the International Plate title, Martin Hodds was one step away from retaining his Open title finishing runner up and Stuart McIlroy also made it to a final before losing out to EPL's Steve Bennett to finish runner up.

 

As ever a well organised event and good results for the Phoenix!

 

04/05/10

 

This weekend saw several Phoenix players take part in the English International Grand Prix in Milton Keynes.

 

(left to right, Gary Pearson, Martin Hodds (c), Kcacarie Valentine, Stathis Tsolis)

 

Phoenix took part in the team event (above) on the Sunday. The club where given a tough draw but were given the opportunity to rekindle some old rivalry in getting drawn against Cardiff. The other three games went as expected with defeats to top European opposition in the form of Rochefort of Belgium, Wiener Neuistadt of Austria (Semi finalists), Azzurie of Italy (eventual winners). However Phoenix saved themselves for the Cardiff game. Gary Pearson broke his FTSTF duck winning his match 2-0, Kcarrie Valentine won his game 3-0 on his Phoenix team debut, Martin Hodds drew 0-0 with Cardiff General John Lauder and Stathis Tsolis narrowly lost out in the last minute going down 1-2 to Simon Bryan. So Phoenix won the match 2-1 and finished 4th in the group. Well done boys!

 

The Saturday saw the individual event take place. Aswell as the above Phoenix players Rob O'Hare made a suprising entry, and new Phoenix signing Alan Collins took part in the Veterans event.

 

The veterans event gave the club their best results of the day. Both Martin Hodds and Alan Collins made it to the Quarter Finals before both narrowly missing out on Semi Finals placings going down 0-1 each.

 

Kcarrie Valentine made it to the semi finals of the plate event losing out to Italian opposition, meanwhile in the open event Stathis Tsolis made it through the group stages before exiting in the barrage round.

 

All in all a great weekend had by all! Next up for Phoenix id the Belfast International Open next Saturday (Volcano Ash permitting :-) )

26/04/10

 

Last weekend saw two of our players take part in international action. Martin Hodds made the trip North to take part in the Scottish International Open in Arbroath whilst Gary Pearson travelled south (much further south) to the Malta Grand Prix and International Open.

 

Gary Pearson continued his ever improving results recording his first draw on the FISTF circuit drawing 1-1 with Malta's own Mannuel Aqualina. A great weekends experience and will not doubt do wonders for confidence as the season builds to its climax.

 

Meanwhile Martin Hodds was to have a succesful weekend making it a treble of semi finals. On the Saturday he made it to the semi's of the Veterans event first losing out narrowly to Scotlands Scott Flemming 3-4 after giving away an open goal! Whilst in the main event Martin came back from 2 goals down against EPL's Brian Clark to draw 2-2 meaning Martin would top the group. In the semi final Martin faced a tough encounter in England International Matt Lampitt. In the end it was a step to far for our Marlon as he was edged out 0-5. Lampitt went on to win the days event in the final 4-0.

 

On the Sunday Martin was again drawn with Brian Clark, and again came back from 2 down to draw 2-2. This was to be the third time that this had happened in recent meetings! This meant that Martin was to top his group again after winning his other two group games. Martin faced Scotlands Gareth Christie this time and was to give as good as he got this time round. However, defeat was to be tasted again losing out in golden goal extra time 1-2. Unlucky Martin.

 

Well done to both players flying the flag for Phoenix at the top level. Next up for the club is the English Grand Prix next weekend in Milton Keynes. Good luck to all who are entering! 

 

22/04/10

 

Following the good news in the press yesterday featuring Phoenix, The club are pleased to announce the signing of England Veteran International Alan Collins. Alan signs for the club having been out of contract since last playing for TSC Royal of Austria over two years ago.

 

Alan has said:- "looks like i have joined the right team in the UK and can not wait to come up to the league meetings and play some games with you all-looking forward to going to as many events as possible and winning for Yorkshire across the world"

 

Everyone at Phoenix would like to welcome Alan to the club and look forward to having him in the team at the next available opportunity.

 

21/04/10

 

The club has today been featured in the Yorkshire Evening Post newspaper.

 

The article can be viewed here:- http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/n ... 6241542.jp

 

Anybody interested in taking up the game should click here:-

http://www.yorkshiresubbuteo.com/wanttoplay.htm 

 

or contact Paul Lawrenson at paullawrenson177@hotmail.com

 

20/04/10

 

Last weekend saw the final league meet of the season take place. Going into the final day all catergories where still to play for.

 

Report below from Martin Hodds:-

 

Another good day's play to end the season in style at a sun kissed Belle Vue stadium. Round 1 results were:

Stathis 1-2 Craig
Paul 5-0 John
Brett 0-1 Munzi
Marlon 4-1 Kcarrie
Gary 1-3 Malc

Just before the second games, unfortunately Craig had to leave. Which opened the door for Paul to possibly take the title. Round 2 results were:

Craig 0-3 Paul (forfeit)
Munzi 1-7 Marlon
Malc 1-1 Stathis
John 0-1 Brett
Kcarrie 2-1 Gary

Lunch was good as usual, plus category B&C players had the opportunity to have a go at England international 'Chris Short champagne shots challenge' to win a bottle of Veuve Cliquot champagne provided by Martin. Alas none of them could beat Chris, though Kcarrie went to the 23rd shot before being edged out !! Chris therefore won the bottle.

Round 3 results were:

Paul 0-0 Marlon
Malc 3-0 Brett
Kcarrie 1-0 Stathis
John 1-2 Gary
Munzi had a bye in this round.

Round 4 results:

Paul 3-1 Malc
Marlon 5-0 Brett
Kcarrie 4-0 Munzi
Munzi 0-2 Gary
Stathis 3-0 John

Gary clinched the Cat C trophy on the day and for the season with a surprise win over Munzi, who was still on for the B title. Well done Gary !

Then Munzi played Kcarrie in the Cat B decider, with the winner taking the season title. Kcarrie beat a zombified Munzi 4-0 to take the title, well done!

Finally Paul and Marlon had a shootout to decide the Cat A winner on the day. Paul saved the final shot to edge in 2-1 and take the Challenge Cup Trophy for the day.

(Paul Lawrenson (left) receives the winners trophy from Martin Hodds)

The season Cat A title (and thus the 2009/10 club champion) was actually a tie between Paul and Craig. However with Craig not being there, there was no possibilty of a playoff. Both players have agreed to share the title. Well played to both.

New season starts Sat 18th September with 2nd meeting on Sat 20th November. See you all there if not before !

 

13/04/10

 

This weekend saw Phoenix make their regular appearance in Amsterdam. The players took part in the 2010 Major of Amsterdam.

 

Saturday saw Martin Hodds take part in the Veterans individual event. Dealt a tough draw Martin lost to Marco De Bruin 1-2 and to Italys Fabio Belloni.

 

The Sunday saw a squad of Paul Lawrenson, Martin Hodds, Stuart McIlroy, Eoin Adams and Richard Blythe take part in the team event.

 

Again a tough draw was dealt. However the team made a good fist of it! First up where the Italian side of GCT GLF Gorizia. It finished 0-2 to the Itallians, Paul Lawrenson 1-1 Aaron Allison, Martin Hodds 2-2 Andrea Cucit, Eoin Adams 1-5 Marco Pinausi, Stuart McIlroy 0-1 Marco Bernardis.

 

Next up was JSC Rochefort of Belgium, another tough tie, but Martin kept up his unbeaten run on the day actually recording a victory 2-1 against Emanual Gorgette, other results where StuartmcIlroy/Richard Blythe 0-8 Jean Marie Armbernay, Paul Lawrenson 1-4 Armauld Robinnard, and Eoin Adams 0-7 Olivier Saffer. Overall result 1-3 to the Belgiums.

 

Final match was against the seeds of the group SC Brussells . Phoenix put up a great fight against one of Europes elite, Stuart McIlroy 1-2 Fred Vanton, Paul Lawrenson 1-2 Cederic Vanton, Martin Hodds 0-3 Gil Delogne, and Eoin Adams 0-9 Laurant Coucke. Overall result 0-4 to the Belgiums.

 

As usual going to Amsterdam was more than just the Subbuteo, and a great weekend was had by all. Great to see the return of Eoin Adams in a Phoenix shirt, and the special cameo appearance from Richard Blythe for a half a game in the team event.

 

12/04/10

 

Kenny Beggs has added yet another Irish title to his name in winning the Celbridge Open. Beggs who is Northern Irelands number one ranked player won the 11 man swiss style event pipping fellow country man Barry Spence to the championship.

 

Phoenix also had another representative at the event in Eoin Adams. Eoin finished sixth overall, in what was a very strong field made of of both players from north and south of the border.

 

Congratulations to Kenny, well done!

 

29/03/10

 

Last weekend saw a team of Paul Lawrenson, Martin Hodds, Richard Pepper and Gary Pearson travel to Edinburgh for the Scottish International Grand Prix.

 

Saturday was the team event and Phoenix where drawn in the tougher of the two groups. First match up was against tournament hosts Hot Club. After Hot Club narrowly missed out to Phoenix for second place at The Yorkshire International Open revenge was in the air, and it was to be the Scotts turn to come out on top this time. At half time the tie was even. However, the second half all was to change everything with an inspired subsitution with Dave Baxter coming on to score the equaliser against Paul Lawrenson to draw 1-1, and Richard Pepper finally gave in to Scotland Association Chairman Mike Burns, this with Gary Pearsons defence being finally breached by Terry Brown, Martin Hodds also had a narrow defeat. Meaning Phoenix lost the tie 0-3.

 

After the Hot Club game it was always going to be a tough task. The club faced straight defeats to World Number One side TFC Mattersburg and and Belgium outfit Rochefort.

 

After a great players dinner organised by the SSTFA on the Saturday night, Sunday was the individual event.

 

Martin Hodds was seeded in the open event and advanced without too much trouble. But did have a tasty encounter with fellow Phoenix player Gary Pearson in the group. Hodds won the match though 3-1 in the Yorkshire Derby. Paul Lawrenson also advanced from his group on goal difference after holding world number one Eric Verhagen to a 3-4 defeat. Richard Pepper finished third in a group of five in the veterans event therefore qualifying for the plate event.

 

In the barrage round Paul Lawrenson narrowly missed out on a last 16 place after going 0-1 to Mike Burns of Hot Club, whilst Martin Hodds won his match 1-0 against the ever improving Miguel Periria of Kent. However, it was to be one step too far for Martin as he was to lose out in the next round to England International and semi Finalist Chris Thomas 1-2.

 

    

 

There was still to be silverware for Phoenix though this weekend, as Richard Pepper went on to make the runners up spot in the International Plate event. Well done Rich!

 

A great weekend as ever in Edinburgh, and recommended to any table footballer! 

 

21/03/10

 

Next weekend will see a team of Paul Lawrenson, Martin Hodds, Richard Pepper and Gary Pearson head north to Edinburgh for the Scottish International Open.

 

Live updates from both on and off the pitch will now be available at:- www.twitter.com/paullawrenson17

 

Register now to be kept up to date with all the latest info as it happens!

 

27/02/10

 

Today saw the latest Phoenix league meet at Wakefield Wildcats RLFC.

 

After Paul Lawrenson won the last meet in November (Rhubarb Triangle Trophy), it was a return to form for Craig Heward this time. Craig won the the days event (Merfox Trophy) with a 100% record. Craig picked up victories over Philip Townsend (3-0), Keva Adderley (3-0), Martin Hodds (2-0) and sealed the winners trophy beating Northern Irelands Stuart McIlroy in emphatic fasion 4-0! Craig is now favourite to retain his Phoenix title with only Paul Lawrenson mathamatically possible to stop him.

 

Craig Heward (left) and Paul Lawrenson (right)

 

Catergory B will go to the wire at Aprils meet between Neil Munns and Kcarrie Valentine. Kcarrie was unavailable for todays meet after the birth of his child. This gave Munzi the opportunity to go top of the table. He fought of opposition from rivals Gary Pearson and Keva Adderley picking up two victories out of four, including a one nil win over Gary.

 

Meanwhile catergory C is also a two horse race now, this time between the ever improving Gary Pearson and Stathis Tsolis. The days title though was to goto 8 year old newcommer Coen Townsend after winning a shoot out over Gary.

 

See the league tables section for current tables.

 

The days results are below:-

 

Round One

Stathis Tsolis 1-2 Keva Adderley
Philip Townsend 0-3 Craig Heward
Munzi Munns 1-0 Gary Pearson
Paul Caulfield 0-4 Marlon Hoods
Rich Pepper 4-0 John Devaney
Stuart McIlroy 0-0 Paul Lawrenson

Round Two

Keva Adderley 0-3 Craig Heward
Munzi Munns 0-3 Marlon Hoods
Rich Pepper 0-1 Stuart McIlroy
Paul Lawrenson 3-0 Coen Townsend
Stathis Tsolis 4-2 Coen Townsend
Gary Pearson 4-0 Philip Townsend
Paul Caulfield 0-1 John Devaney

Round Three

Craig Heward 2-0 Marlon Hoods
Stuart McIlroy 3-1 Stathis Tsolis
Paul Lawrenson 2-1 Keva Adderley
Munzi Munns 0-2 Rich Pepper
John Devaney 0-0 Philip Townsend
Paul Caulfield 0-1 Richard Wood
Coen Townsend 4-0 Josh Wood

Round Four

Craig Heward 4-0 Stuart McIlroy
Paul Lawrenson 2-2 Marlon Hoods
Rich Pepper 3-1 Gary Pearson
Gary Pearson 2-0 John Devaney
Stathis Tsolis 1-2 Munzi Munns
Keva Adderley 2-2 Richard Wood
Coen Townsend 1-0 Philip Townsend
Paul Caulfield 2-0 Josh Wood

 

Merfox Cup Final Table:

 

Craig Heward               4    4    0    0    12-0     8
Rich Pepper                4    3    0    1     9-2     6
Paul Lawrenson             4    2    2    0     7-3     6
Marlon Hoods               4    2    1    1     9-4     5
Stuart McIlroy             4    2    1    1     4-5     5
Munzi Munns                4    2    0    2     3-6     4
Coen Townsend              4    2    0    2     7-7     4
Gary Pearson               4    2    0    2     7-4     4
Richard Wood               2    1    1    0     3-2     3
Keva Adderley              4    1    1    2     5-8     3
John Devaney               4    1    1    2     1-6     3
Stathis Tsolis             4    1    0    3     7-9     2
Paul Caulfield             4    1    0    3     2-6     2
Philip Townsend            4    0    1    3     0-8     1
Josh Woods                 2    0    0    2     0-6     0

Next League meet will be Saturday April 17th at Wakefield Wild Cats RLFC

 

 

26/08/09

 

With the new season only weeks away now, the final two outstanding Super League games of the 2008-09 season took place this evening.

 

Results:-

 

Paul Lawrenson 2-1 Richard Pepper

Paul Lawrenson 1-0 Martin Hodds

 

The result had now bearing on the championship as Craig Heward had already been crowned League Champion. The results do mean though that Paul Lawrenson finishes second.

 

Only eight points seperated the top of the league from the bottom. For full details see the league tables section.

 

2/8/2009

 

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.

Well done to the Yorkshire Phoenix players who took part and hope to see you all in Leicester soon

yorks-io-results

31/07/2009

 

Although the new season is still just over a month away the club would like to make an announcement regarding the 2009-10 season:-

 

Following the recent board meeting I have pleasure in making the following announcements for the 2009-10 season:-

Format:

The 2009-2010 Season will be split into 4 dates throughout the season, starting with the first in September. Exact date to be confirmed after the Yorkshire IO.

Match Day One - Will be a Swiss styled event.

Match Day Two - Merfox Trophy - The usual knockout syled event drawn at the start of the day. This season though, every place in the comp will be played out. So if 20 players take part you will then get to know who finished 1st, 2nd, 3rd down to 20th position. Giving everyone a good days play.

Match Day Three - Will be a Swiss styled event.

Match Day Four - Challenge Cup. The same as the Merfox day but each round of the main event will be drawn at random. Again every place will be played out to the very end.

During the Swiss events, goal difference will not be used. If two players are tied at the end of the event, then a ten minute golden goal match will take place between the two. Shots to follow if ness.

Points will be awarded for each event. These will be awarded depending on where you finish in the table that day. Then at the end of the season the player with the best three results (points total)from the four events will be deemed champion.

Also, before the start of the season all players will be allocated a catergory. For arguments sake A,B, and C. Players allocated A will be represented in a Championship Table A. Players in Catergory B will be represented in Table A and B. Finally, players in Catergory C will be represented in Tables A, B, and C. Also known as the nested system. This gives every player the opportunity to compete at his/her level aswell as the highest the club offers.

Each individual table will carry its own points allocation also. Rich will provide an example of how things may look after Match Day One.

Relegation and promotion between catergories will still happen but will be limited to one place only.

The decision to run the season in this way has been taken to cater for as many players as possible. This way all players can attend as many or as little events as they like. Trophies will be awarded at each meet as each meet is still a stand alone competetion in its own right.

Sponsorship

For the 2009-10 season the club are proud to announce that FIRST CALL GAS LTD will be the clubs new sponsors, providing the club with a new polo shirt styled team shirt for the new season.

First Call Gas is proud to be associated with Englands number one ranked club!

Membership Fee

For the first time this season you will be able to pay as you play. Match Days will be charged at £10 per meet. Once again lunch will be included in this small fee for a full days play.

As an incentive however, should you pay your £40 upfront in September, you will receive a new club shirt free of charge and ahead of any forthcoming team events.

New Signings

The club is currently in negotiations to bring new blood into the club. However, if you know or know of anyone who would like to try their hand at Phoenix next season then put them in touch.

Another good point about our new styled league competion is that it caters for the new player better than ever. So again, have a word and see if you can get someone to come along and see what all the fuss is about.

 

31/5/2009

 

At the final meeting of the season, reigning Superleague champion Craig Heward retained his title with his final game of the season, a 5-1 win against club captain Paul Lawrenson.  Paul was previously the only player who could catch Craig.  Well done Craig !

 

Paul did win against Paul Lloyd, who also drew with Richard Pepper.  Please see the Results and League Tables pages for updated versions.

 

The Phoenix Challenge Cup was won against the odds by Conference champion Kcarrie Valentine, beating 2 Superleague players en route to his first final. The final against Paul Lawrenson was settled on shots after a goalless draw. Well done to Kcarrie on a great result !

 

In the one Conference game played, Rich Kane secured 2nd place with a win against close rival Tony Pickance.

 

There was also a 'Team Craig' v 'Team Rich' challenge match, with each captain selecting players for a total of 15 ties. Rich was victorious by 7 games to 5 !

 

Everyone had a good day and hopefully we will see all players plus some new faces back for the new season's 1st meeting in September.  Watch this site for details in the near future !

 

11/5/09

 

Saturday 9th May saw Phoenix players Martin Hodds, Kenny Beggs and Eoin Adams contest the Belfast International Open tournament.  It was a good day for the club, with Hodds and Beggs contesting an all Phoenix final ! A tight game ended in a 0-0 draw, with Martin winning on shots.  Kenny also reached the Veterans final.

Hodds & Beggs in the final, with Scotland's Brian Clark as ref - Martin parades the trophy !

 

8/4/09

 

The weekend of 4/5 April saw Phoenix travel to the Major of Amsterdam, one of the biggest tournaments on the continent.

 

Saturday's team event saw a superb performance from the foursome of Lawrenson, Hodds, McIlroy and the welcome return of Rob O'Hare.  Belgian club Rochefort's B team were put to the sword 3-0 which ensured a passage to the next round. Mattersburg and Delft proved too strong, but history was made as this was the club's first last 16 qualification in a European tournament.

 

On Sunday, only Hodds competed in the individual competition, and again qualified from his group with a win over another Rochefort player, before bowing out 4-0 to former world champion and eventual tournament winner Carlos Flores (Spain).

 

The main thing was all players (plus subbuteo groupies Walter and Steve!) had a fantastic few days in Amsterdam.

 

31/3/09

 

This weekend saw a sizeable Phoenix contingent head south to the English Grand Prix event at Milton Keynes.

 

Saturday's individual competition saw a notable performance from Andrew Hillerby, who reached the last 16 before bowing out to maltese ace Massimo Cremona. In the previous round Andrew was 2-0 down with 5 minutes left but came storming back with 3 goals in those 5 minutes !  Alas nobody managed to pick up any silverware, the closest was Sam Curtis who reached the Under 15 semifinals.

 

In the team event on Sunday, we were placed in a group of 4 with AS Hennuyer (Belgium), Sparta Spreeathen (Germany) and Cardiff. A very tough draw, and an exit in the group despite some good individual performances from all the team. Player of the day was Stuart McIlroy with a win and a draw from his 3 games.

 

 

7/3/09

 

Today saw a program of Superleague games at the regular venue Belle Vue in Wakefield. Reigning champion Craig Heward moved to within one win of retaining his crown, despite his first defeat in 2 seasons against Richard Pepper. Only club captain Paul Lawrenson can catch him if he wins all his remaining games.

 

We also piloted a new 'mini leagues' system, Rich Kane and Gary Pearson picked up their first Phoenix silverware in the 2 divisions played, well done to both.

 

 

1/3/09

 

Yesterday 3 Phoenix players travelled to Teesside to take part in the North East TFA's new Astrobase League.  12 players took part in total on the day.

 

With 2 wins and 2 defeats, Kevin Adderley was our highest ranked player.  Richard Pepper drew his first 3 games, including a 2-2 draw with Martin Hodds, and went down by the odd goal against Ben Staples.  Martin also drew his first 3 games and was "rewarded" with a final match against national champion Chris Thomas ! Chris won 3-1.

 

All players enjoyed the day and will be hoping to take part in further NETFA events. Other players are very welcome to join them !

Kev takes on organiser Mike Parnaby

 

19/02/09

 

Red Nosed Phoenix

On Thursday February 19th, Yorkshire Phoenix joined Football League club Rotherham United in a Comic Relief fundraiser at Parkgate Retail World in Rotherham.

A really successful afternoon saw numerous fans of all ages visit the event to have their picture taken with the Rotherham players and get their autographs. There was also face painting and a life sized game of Operation.

The kids really enjoyed playing Subbuteo against each other and the players, with Phoenix players coaching them.  Some of the Rotherham players really got into playing !

Check out the Photo Gallery for some pictures of the event.

 

 

25/01/09

 

Two Yorkshire Phoenix players travelled to the Scottish Grand Prix at Easter Road, Edinburgh, the home of Hibernian FC. Martin Hodds beat local player Fraser Bruce 6-0 to progress through the qualifying group as runner up, but was beaten 3-1 by Walsall's Matt Lampitt in the barrage round.  Kcarrie Valentine played well in a tough group, and went down to Scottish international Kevin Christopher and England captain Dave Pawsey.

 

11/01/09

 

A strong Phoenix contingent took part in the Huntingdon Satellite tournament. Martin Hodds reached the semi final before losing 3-1 to Greek player Adrian Ritoridis. Kevin Adderley also had a good run to the quarter final, as did Adrian Curtis, and Kcarrie Valentine reached the barrage round.

Former World number 1 Under 15 player Sam Curtis was victorious in the U15 competition, well done Sam !

 

 

30/12/08

 

The Leeds League Handicap Cup was won by Martin Hodds, with Kevin Adderley the runner up.

 

9/12/08

 

Tuesday night in Middleton saw the climax of Kevin Adderley's Leeds League. Martin Hodds clinched the title, with Richard Pepper in runner up spot and Keva himself in 3rd place.

 

6/12/08

 

The final Wakefield event of 2008 saw Phoenix host the Yorkshire Open, an English Circuit event. English number 2 player Chris Thomas, from Teesside, took the title, beating fellow Teessider and former Phoenix player Mike Parnaby 2-1 in the final. As always, a good day's play was had by all at Belle Vue.

 

17/11/08

 

Yesterday saw Martin Hodds and Richard Pepper make the long journey south to take part in the 2008 Salisbury Open. Tony Mc Cann also took part travelling up from Devon.

 

Congratulations to Richard Pepper who finished runners up to England Captain Dave Pawsey after losing out 1-3 in the final. Full details can be found at www.estfa.com

 

15/11/08

 

The latest Phoenix league meeting took place two weeks ago, and with the first cup event of the season. Despite a low turn out for this meet, a good days play was still had by all.

 

Congratulations to Andrew Hillerby who won the Merfox Trophy beating last years champion Craig Heward in the final.

 

Full Merfox Trophy results:-

 

First Round

Craig Heward      2-1   Stuart McIlroy
Brett Price       1-2   Richard Kane (aet)
Marlon Hoods      4-0   Keva Adderley
Munzi Munns      $1-1   Stathis Tsolis (aet)
Andrew Hillerby  10-0   Gary Pearson 
Paul Lloyd        1-2   Richard Pepper (aet)
Kcarrie Valentine  wo   Louise Lawrenson
Jason Wilson bye

Second Round

Craig Heward        2-1  Richard Kane (aet)
Kcarrie Valentine   1-2  Merlin Hobbs
Richard Pepper      3-2  Munzi Munns
Andrew Hillerby    10-0  Jason Wilson   

Semi Finals

Marlin Hodcarrier   1-1$   Craig Heward aet
Andrew Hillerby     2-0    Richard Pepper

Final

Andrew Hillerby     3-1   Craig Heward


 

All league tables are updated along with the results page with all the scores from this seasons Super League, Div1 and Conference.

 

15/11/08

 

Phoenix took part in the Europa Cup once again this year, and yet again the club has inproved on previous years reaching the last five!

 

Highlights of the weekends event where victories over Barcelona, Madrid, Elbeuf, and a draw with Hot Club of Scotland.

 

 

Five of the Seven Phoenix players that took part in Oldham

 

Full squad that took part was (above) Kenny Beggs, Paul Lawrenson, Stuart McIlroy, Martin Hodds, Andrew Hillerby - aswell as John Henning Bergane and Richard Pepper.

 

23/10/08

 

The new FISTF world rankings list has come out today and Yorkshire still fly the flag for Britain, leading the way in 20th place in the team world rankings!

 

In the individuals all the new club signings now feature, with John Henning Bergane leading the way for Phoenix in 22nd place followed by Andrew Hillerby in 63rd and Kenny Beggs in 66th on the Open table.

 

Sam Curtis returns in the under 15's and under 19's for Yorkshire on the respective tables.

 

Full details can be found in the world rankings section. 

 

18/10/08

 

After a bit of break the website has now been fully updated.

 

New updates include the latest league tables after match day one of Super League, Division One and The Conference.

 

Also the website now features the 2008-09 Team photo (above) including this seasons latest recruits.

 

On the news front, Phoenix go into battle next weekend in their 4th Europa Cup outing. After past glamourous hosting towns and cities such as Athens, Almada, and Murcia, this years event is taking place in sunny "Oldham". The ESTFA play hosts to the rest of Europe and Phoenix will be looking to improve yet again this season with several British clubs taking part.

 

Full squad announcement will be made next week.

 

04/08/08

 

The club is proud to announce it's SIXTH new signing of the summer in capturing EPL's Andrew Hillerby. Andrew becomes the 4th EPL player this summer to make the switch.

 

(Vice captain Martin Hodds (left) with Andrew)

 

In a breif statement Andrew said the following:-

 

"This season Yorkshire have consistently managed to enter teams at events I've been keen to play in - and being invited to join Yorkshire next season will hopefully give me a more stable base from which to plan my participation at events, play a good few games and keep improving.

And as tournament numbers have recently worringly dwindled, I believe the league aspect of the game will play an even greater role in sustaining Subbuteo in this country. The Yorkshire league structure certainly appeals to me.

I'm looking forward to next season and can't wait to get started."

 

Phoenix Chairman Paul Lawrenson said:- " I am very pleased that Andrew has decieded to join the club. It has been a long process in capturing Andrew's signature, but I am sure it will pay dividends many times this upcoming season. Andrew will be a great asset to both team events and the Phoenix new league season that starts on September 6th."

 

Any other players that are interested in taking part in the new Phoenix league season should contact us at yorkshiretfa@yahoo.co.uk or paullawrenson177@hotmail.com

 

 

03/08/08

 

The latest world rankings have been published today and again Yorkshire have reached their highest placing in the world to date. The club now lie in 20th place in the World Team Rankings!

 

Kenny Beggs still leads the Phoenix charge in th eopen rankings in 62nd, whilst Richard Pepper has leaped up to 35th place in the Veterans table after his recent success in Leicester.

 

Full details can be found in the World Rankings section.

 

 

02/08/08

 

Last weekend saw several Phoenix players travel down to take part in the 2008 Leicester International Open.

 

Richard Pepper continued his recent good run in reaching the semi finals of the Veterans event. Rich booked his place after edging out Cardiffs John Lauder in a hoot out in the previous round. However England international Steve Hawkins proved too strong for Rich in the semi and lost the game 0-3.

 

Martin Hodds took concilation from going out in the group stages of the open event after he reached the final of the plate event. Jeremy Bradley was to take the spoils though winning the match and title 1-0.

 

In the team event on the Sunday, Phoenix where unable to reproduce their recent form finishing a dissapointing 4th picking up only one point in a 1-1 draw with Cardiff.

 

23/07/08

 

This weekend will see several Phoenix players head to the midlands to take part in the final British event of the season.

 

On Sunday the club will be fielding a team in the 2008 Leicester International Open. Prior to that on Saturday Martin Hoods, Richard Pepper, Kcarrie Valentine, Paul Lloyd, and Stuart McIlroy will be taking part in the individuals event.

 

Good Luck to all taking part!

 

09/07/08

 

 

The new World Rankings have been published today, and once again Phoenix have hit an all time high in the team rankings. The club has risen yet another place on the table, now up to 21st place in the world.

 

In the individual rankings, Kenny Beggs still leads the way at the club, streets ahead in 60th place, with Martin Hodds 116th and Paul Lawrenson up to 125th after his final appearance at the Yorkshire Satellite.

 

The club has several debutants on this months table, in the form of Tony Pickance, Brett Price, Kcarrie Valentine, and Jason Wilson all entering the table at 1007th, 1008th, 1009th and 1010th respectively.

 

Full details can be found on the World Rankings page.

 

05/07/08

 

This weekend see's Martin Hodds travel to Norway to take place in the 2008 Norway Grand Prix (Saturday) and also the 2008 Norway International Open (Sunday).

 

Martin will be one of a small number of players making the long journey to have an opportunity to pick up further "big" world ranking points.

 

More details on Martin's progress can be found here:-

http://home.arcor.de/mtilgner/international/norway08.htm

 

26/06/08

 

The club is proud to announce two further new signings to the club for the upcoming 2008-09 season.

 

 

 

The club would like to welcome Tony Leach (pic left) and Dean Thornton (pic right) to the club. Both players are making the move accross to Phoenix from Cheshire Corinthians.

 

Paul Lawrenson - Phoenix Chairman (above) said "I would like to welcome Tony and Dean to the club. I am sure they will both provide even more substance to the ever growing league we have in Yorkshire and I am sure they will both be more than worthy of their places in a Phoenix team when called upon".

 

Welcome again Tony and Dean!

 

23/06/08

 

This weekend saw the club stage their 5th Yorkshire Satellite Event. Home advantaged showed, as the club won their second successive FISTF title taking the 2008 Yorkshire Satellite Team Championship honour.

 

Winning team of Hodds, Heward and Lawrenson (apologies for the blur)

 

On Saturday the above team defeated closest rivals EPL in the final game of the day 2-1. Hodds beat Sam Curtis 6-1, Heward narrowly lost out to Dave Russell 0-1 and Lawrenson beat Adrian Curtis 2-0. The club will be looking forward to the new world rankings to be released next month to see if they have increased on their already record high.

 

 

Sunday was the individual event, which saw players travelling as far as Scotland to take part.

 

A great day was had by all, and especially Yorkshire players. Paul Lawrenson made it to his 4th Satellite Final, but again was to lose out. The final was a repeat of the 2004 event with Paul facing EPL's Dave Russell. This time it was to be a lot closer with Dave taking the title by a solitary goal 1-0.

 

Paul had earlier defeated fellow Yorkie Martin Hodds in the semi finals with an extra time golden goal shot to take the game 1-0. The other semi saw soon to be Yorkshire again Adrian Curtis losing out to Russell. Richard Pepper from the club was also in the mix in the quarter finals where Hodds won the match 1-0.

 

Tony, Paul and Rich doing there bit for Northern Ireland :-)

 

There was to be some more silverware on day two however with Kevin Adderley winning the plate event.This after coming back from 2 goals down against Simon Bryan in the semi finals to win on a shoot out before beating Yorkshire newcommer Tony Pickance in the final 2-1. Tony playing in his first event previously beat fellow Phoenix player Jason Wilson in the semi's in a shoot out after a 1-1 draw.

 

Adrian taking on Kev Adderley with a happy Mr Pepper reffing :-)

 

Full results can be found here:- http://www.yorkshiresubbuteo.com/2008 Yorkshire Satellite Results.doc 

 

 

 

16/06/08

 

This coming weekend will see the club organise its annual FISTF Satellite event. Once again Wakefield Trinity Wild Cats play host to the now 5 year old event. This year for the first time, there will be a team event incorperated. Saturday will see the team event take place with the usual individuals tournament on the Sunday.

 

 

If you would like to take part this weekend then please contact Paul Lawrenson on paullawrenson177@hotmail.com The event is open to anyone of any standard. (As long as you are not inside the world's Top 100).

 

15/06/08

 

This weekend saw Phoenix's Martin Hodds fly out to Austria for the 2008 FISTF World Cup. Martin was part of a 5 man squad taking part in the team event. The side over came Portugal 2-1 and Germany 2-0, but lost out to Belgium 1-2 in the Groups. The side howver faced in elimination in the Quarter Finals against World Champions Italy 0-4. 

 

 

A brief report on preperation to Martin's trip was recently published in the Yorkshire Evening Post:- http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/news/Leeds-Subbuteo-star-flies-flag.4102213.jp

 

Well done Marlon!!!

 

11/06/08

 

Following on from the earlier announcment of the return of former Phoenix players Adrian and Sam Curtis, the club is pleased to announce that yet another Phoenix player will be re-joining the club for next season.

 

The returning player is non other than Cypriot International - Rob O'Hare. The club would like to welcome Rob back and look forward to having him back in league and event action for the start of the 2008-09 season.

 

Rob will also be launching the new Phoenix Southern Premier League for the start of the new season, specifically for Subbuteo players in the south of England. More exiting information on this venture to follow......

 

Statement from Rob O'Hare:-

 

''I'm absolutely delighted to be returning to Yorkshire Phoenix next season. The club is very unique in this country, and prides itself on promoting Subbuteo not just in Yorkshire, but for the whole of the UK. There is a real family vibe to the organisation which can't be bettered anywhere and I'm really looking forward to playing with these guys at International tournaments again.

I'm also thrilled to be kicking-off the Southern Premier League next season. This is a fantastic opportunity for all Southern based Phoenix members to stay in touch and play on a regular basis and hopefully the club will attract a few more new players to its already growing membership. This new league will potentially make Yorkshire Phoenix an even stronger club, both domestically and when playing as a unified team at UK and International events, therefore enhancing its reputation within the world Subbuteo scene''

''I would also like to take this opportunity in thanking EPL captain Dave Pawsey for his support regarding my decision in leaving, and I wish EPL continued success in the future''

 

     (Rob O'Hare pictured left playing now clubmate David Eyre)

 

10/06/08

 

Following the success of winning the 2008 Belfast Team Grand Prix, the latest world rankings have been announced today. The club now sits at it's highest ever position, at the dizzy height of 22nd in the world. That's ahead of Cardiff Blue Birds in 26th and English Premier League in 28th! Leading the way for clubs in the UK!

 

A proud day for the club and all it's players that have ever been involved!

 

Special mention must also go to Kenny Beggs, who has smashed his way into the Worlds Open Top 100 leapfrogging other Phoenix players up to a whopping 60th place out of over 1300 players. Well done Kenny!

 

Full details can be found in the world rankings section.

 

09/06/08

 

Yorkshire Phoenix recently won their first ever International Grand Prix Team title. They are the reigning 2008 International Grand Prix of Belfast Team Champions.

 

 

The above team (pic left to right - Kenny Beggs, Paul Lawrenson, Richard Pepper, and Eoin Adams) defeated Belfast Barbarians B in the semi finals before beating Irish Premier League in the final 2-1! The club will be hoping for further team success this month, as they will be hosting the countries first international satellite for teams on June 21st at Wakefield.

 

    (Andrew hillerby 2-4 Kenny beggs in IO final)

 

Further success was had in Belfast in the individual events. The Sunday saw the international Open take place where Kenny Beggs made himslef a double champion winning both the open title and veterans. Ken beat EPL's Andrew Hillerby 4-2 in the open before topping a four man group to win the vets. Paul Lawrenson won the plate event beating IPL's Nicky Moore in the final.

 

        (Nicky Moore 4-2 Richard Pepper in Grand Prix Final)

 

On the Saturday at the Grand Prix, Kenny lost out in the final of the open event to Mike Burns 0-1. Richard Pepper also narrowly missed out on a title in the form of the Veterans event losing to IPL's Nicky Moore in the final 1-2.

 

A great weekend had by all, special thanks to Kenny and Eoin Adams for organising the event!

 

02/06/08

 

Normal service has now resumed at www.yorkshiresubbuteo.com

 

Please find below all the latest news, reports and pictures from recent weeks featuring the UK's number one Subbuteo Table Football Club.

 

 

Craig Heward has swept the board this season, taking the Super League title, Merfox Trophy, and Phoenix Challenge Cup on the final day of the season, beating Stuart McIlroy 3-0 in the final (full details on the Challenge Cup page - left). Craig is also pictured with the 2006-07 Wakefild Premier League shield which he won in his first season.

 

This years Super League, was the closest season yet, with only 11 points seperating 1st to 6th! Kenny Beggs sealed second place behind Craig after Eoin Adams scored his only victory of the season beating Martin Hodds 3-2 in his final game of the season. This left Martin one point behind Kenny.

 

 

Paul Lloyd (Puctured right) finished the Divsion One campaign 6 points clear from nearest rival Tony McCann. Paul went the full season unbeaten dropping only two points throughout. He made it a double on the final day, winning the Div1 Cup from second placed Kevin Adderley. Tony McCann won the second promotion spot to Super League after defeating third placed Neil Munns in the play off final 1-0. 

 

 

Steve Worthington had already wrapped up the conference title at the Leagues last meet in March from Terry Hitch in second. This meet was the Conference Cup where Sam Curtis (pictured right) showed his class and a winning Phoenix return in taking the Cup title beating Eddie Betteridge 4-1 in the final. Result of the day though, came with Jason Wilson beating Conference Champion Steve Worthington in the group stage which knocked the champ out of the event.

 

This has been with doubt the clubs most succesful season to date for the leagues. If anyone is interested in taking part in the 2008-2009 season, please email yorkshiretfa@yahoo.co.uk

 

All league tables and results can be found in the relevent sections.

 

08/04/08

 

Yorkshire Phoenix are proud to announce their first new signings for next season.

 

It is the return of former Phoenix players - father and son duo:- Adrian and Sam Curtis.

 

Adrian and Sam where instrumental in the early days of Phoenix, and Adrian was part of the side that won the clubs first English title.

 

  Adrian and Sam with Phoenix chairman Paul Lawrenson

 

A delighted Adrian said: "We are excited and delighted to be returning to Yorkshire Phoenix - a club we believe is our spiritual home.

"Sam and I achieved our greatest successes during our previous stint with Yorkshire and we are looking forward to achieving as much, if not more, on our return to the ranks.

"We believe Yorkshire possesses the right club and playing environment for both of us, at domestic and international level, and we are honoured to have been asked to return to a club that has been, and remains, at the forefront of the game's resurgence in this country.

"While we opted to take a break from the game for much of this season, rest assured our batteries are now re-charged and we look forward to the coming season with renewed vigour and freshness. Bring it on!

"In the meantime would like to pass on our thanks to EPL for giving us the chance to play for the team over the last two years.

"We are especially proud of the way we helped Dave Pawsey to keep the team going after the loss of four players to San Siro.

"But we felt the time was perfect to return to our Subbuteo roots with the Yorkshire Phoenix club and we wish the EPL team and their players all the best in the future."

Sam added: "We cannot wait to return to Yorkshire. We made many good friends during our first time at the club and we hope to enjoy our second spell there as well.

"Going 'home' has certainly got me excited about playing the game again."

 

Adrian and Sam will make their return to the club this weekend at the final league meet of the 2007-08 Season, where the pair will take part in this seasons Phoenix Challenge Cup.

 

Welcome back Dippa and Sam!

 

If anyone would like to come along to a Phoenix meeting, simply e-mail us on paullawrenson177@hotmail.com for more details. If anyone can't make it to one of our upcomming meetings but would still like to come along anothertime then again get in touch, we are having a couple of cup comp's during the season, so you don't have to be a full time member.

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