Category: National

The STFA Scottish Cup took place in the Jubilee Tavern, Burntisland on Sunday 9 August. Fourteen players took part in the competition which was won by Gareth Christie who defeated Malcolm Lees 2-0 in the final.

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Five GTSA players travelled to the Fife town. For Willie Fleming it was a return to national competition after a gap of two years. Unfortunately he was drawn against Tom Burns in the first round. The new GTSA League Champion proved too strong and Fleming went down 2-0. Like Partick Thistle against Celtic the same day he claimed he was denied a penalty after a handball in the box. Barry Corr was also unlucky to play the eventual winner, Gareth Christie and he too lost, 3-0. John Halpin’s first round match was against Dave Baxter. Halpin failed to find any flow to his game and went down 2-0. Dave Gladman’s previous two matches with Martin Campbell had both been draws and it was Campbell who drew first blood in this game. But Gladman rallied and came back to get a convincing 4-1 win.

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In the quarter-final Tom Burns faced John Halpin’s conqueror, Dave Baxter. After a 2-2 draw, Burns managed to get through on shots. Dave Gladman’s opponent was Andy Beskaby who had come through against Stuart Peacock. Gladman dominated possession allowing Beskaby very little of the ball but he could not score. In the ensuing shoot-out Gladman lost 2-1.

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Tom Burns had high hopes of reaching the final but he could not find his best form against Malcolm Lees. Lees had gone to shots in the previous round against Greg Dand but here he won 3-1 so that he was the one to reach the final, not Burns.

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Three Glasgow players entered the quarter-finals of the Plate. Willie Fleming back in a national competition had drawn Tom Burns in the first round and now, in the Plate, he had to play Barry Corr. The outcome was no better for Fleming and it was Corr who marched on to the semi-final. John Halpin, however, defeated Craig Thom 3-0 to also reach the semi where he secured a 1-0 victory over Martin Campbell and thus make the final. That final was to be an all Glasgow one as Barry Corr won his semi-final with Rob Conway. In the final Halpin scored first and led 1-0 at half-time but the match turned round in the second half as Corr netted twice.

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GTSA would like to thank Martin Campbell for the organisation of a very enjoyable tournament.

 

More pictures from the day

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The final Scottish Circuit Event took place in Abernethy on Saturday 14th March. The competition had been brought forward from the Sunday due to the Scottish League Cup Final between Celtic and Dundee United taking place that day. As it was, only 9 players attended the Saturday event. Steve Bennett had already been crowned Champion but it was Gareth Christie who emerged winner on the day. This was enough to gain him runner-up spot in the rankings and push Tom Burns into third place.

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Tables ready in Abernethy

Players were drawn in three groups of three with Bennett, Christie and Burns seeded. Each won their group and they in turn entered a group to decide the winner. Christie won both his matches while Bennett edged out Tom Burns in a 9 goal thriller. Baver Bari made second place in his group, only losing 3-2 to Burns and defeating Dave Baxter 4-2. In the group of second placed players Bari lost out in a difficult group to Greg Dand and Malcolm Lees. John Halpin was drawn in a tough group with Steve Bennett and Malcolm Lees but performed well despite losing 4-1 to the former and 1-0 to the latter. In the group of thirds Halpin was victorious, winning the group on goal difference over Andy Beskaby and therefore achieving seventh overall.

In the Championship rankings therefore, Tom Burns was top Glasgow player in third spot, Baver Bari achieved fifth , Dave Gladman was seventh and John Halpin ninth.

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Tom Burns and Baver Bari are the best placed GTSA players in the Scottish Championship

 

Results:

SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT 4 of 4 – Abernethy, 14th March, 2015
Group 1
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Steve Bennett	2	2	0	0	9	4	6			Steve Bennett	4	1		John Halpin
Malcolm Lees	2	1	0	1	4	5	3			Steve Bennett	5	3		Malcolm Lees
John Halpin	2	0	0	2	1	5	0			Malcolm Lees	1	0		John Halpin
Group 2
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Gareth Christie	2	2	0	0	6	0	6			Gareth Christie	3	0		Greg Dand
Greg Dand	2	1	0	1	2	3	3			Gareth Christie	3	0		Andy Beskaby
Andy Beskaby	2	0	0	2	0	5	0			Andy Beskaby	0	2		Greg Dand
Group 3
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Tom Burns	2	2	0	0	8	4	6			Tom Burns	3	2		Baver Bari
Baver Bari	2	1	0	1	6	5	3			Tom Burns	5	2		Dave Baxter
Dave Baxter	2	0	0	2	4	9	0			Dave Baxter	2	4		Baver Bari
Group 1st to 3rd
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Gareth Christie	2	2	0	0	5	0	6			Gareth Christie	1	0		Steve Bennett
Steve Bennett	2	1	0	1	5	5	3			Gareth Christie	4	0		Tom Burns
Tom Burns	2	0	0	2	4	9	0			Tom Burns	4	5		Steve Bennett
Group 4th to 6th
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Greg Dand	2	2	0	0	4	0	6			Malcolm Lees	5	0		Baver Bari
Malcolm Lees	2	1	0	1	5	3	3			Malcolm Lees	0	3		Greg Dand
Baver Bari	2	0	0	2	0	6	0			Greg Dand	1	0		Baver Bari
Group 7th to 9th
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
John Halpin	2	1	1	0	6	5	4			John Halpin	3	2		Dave Baxter
Andy Beskaby	2	1	1	0	5	4	4			John Halpin	3	3		Andy Beskaby
Dave Baxter	2	0	0	2	3	5	0			Andy Beskaby	2	1		Dave Baxter
									Place			Points
									1	Gareth Christie		50
									2	Steve Bennett		45
									3	Tom Burns		42
									4	Greg Dand		40
									5	Malcolm Lees		38
									6	Baver Bari		37
									7	John Halpin		36
									8	Andy Beskaby		35
									9	Dave Baxter		34

 

Scottish Championship Final Table

			Event 1, Oct 12 Arbroath	Event 2, Nov 16 Glasgow	Event 3, Feb 22	Event 4, Mar 14	Total (best 3 events)
1	Steve Bennett		42	50	50	45	145
2	Gareth Christie		45	42	38	50	137
3	Tom Burns		40	45	45	42	132
4	Greg Dand		50	38	34	40	128
5	Baver Bari		32	0	40	37	109
6	Andy Beskaby		37	36	30	35	108
7	Dave Gladman		33	34	37	0	104
8	Dave Baxter		31	33	29	34	98
9	John Halpin		29	32	28	36	97
10	Craig Thom		28	27	27	0	82
11	Malcolm Lees		0	0	36	38	74
12	Rob Conway		36	37	0	0	73
13	Martin Campbell		34	29	0	0	63
14	Fraser McKenzie		0	30	26	0	56
15	Brian Daley		0	0	42	0	42
16	Barry Corr		0	40	0	0	40
17	Scott Fleming		38	0	0	0	38
18	Dave Butler		35	0	0	0	35
18	Colin Day		0	35	0	0	35
18	Ben Staples		0	0	35	0	35
21	Colin Berry		0	0	33	0	33
22	Conor Bowden		0	0	32	0	32
23	Ronnie McKenzie		0	0	31	0	31
23	Stuart Peacock		0	31	0	0	31
25	Martin Phee		30	0	0	0	30
26	Drew Orr		0	28	0	0	28

 

 

 

The second Scottish circuit event took place on Sunday 16th November at the Normandy Hotel in Renfrew. Disappointingly only 6 of the 16 participants were from the Glasgow club. Many thanks, therefore, are due to the travelling Tayside players. But all players enjoyed a fine day of competitive subbuteo. Steve Bennett was tournament winner defeating Tom Burns in the final by the narrow margin of 2-1. At the last event Burns had reached the semi-final only to lose to Gareth Christie. In a repeat of that semi, it was Burns who got the upper hand this time, scoring a golden goal to secure his final place.

 

 

 

It was also a good tournament for Barry Corr who defeated Greg Dand to reach the semi-final where he lost to Steve Bennett. Colin Day finished runner-up in his group but narrow defeats to Rob Conway and Andy Beskaby left him 8th overall. Dave Gladman found himself in what was undoubtedly the toughest qualifying group along with Greg Dand, Barry Corr and new boy Drew Orr. Gladman had to settle for third place after drawing with Corr and losing narrowly to Dand 1-0. Gladman was able to win his two play-off matches to finish 9th. John Halpin also finished 3rd in his group and won one of his play-offs to finish 11th. Fraser McKenzie found it difficult in his qualifying group but he went on to finish 13th after winning both his play-off matches. In the second match, against Martin Campbell he won on shots, scoring 4 out of 5 attempts.

 

 

 

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SCOTTISH TABLE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION
SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT 2 of 4 – Glasgow, 16th November, 2014
Group 1
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Steve Bennett	5	v	1	Dave Baxter
										Rob Conway	2	v	0	Fraser McKenzie
Steve Bennett	3	2	1	0	14	5	7			Fraser McKenzie	1	v	6	Steve Bennett
Rob Conway	3	1	2	0	5	3	5			Dave Baxter	0	v	0	Rob Conway
Dave Baxter	3	1	1	1	6	6	4			Rob Conway	3	v	3	Steve Bennett
Fraser McKenzie	3	0	0	3	2	11	0			Dave Baxter	5	v	1	Fraser McKenzie
Group 2
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Gareth Christie	5	v	0	Craig Thom
										John Halpin	2	v	4	Colin Day
Gareth Christie	3	3	0	0	13	0	9			Colin Day	0	v	3	Gareth Christie
Colin Day	3	2	0	1	4	5	6			Craig Thom	0	v	4	John Halpin
John Halpin	3	1	0	2	6	9	3			Gareth Christie	5	v	0	John Halpin
Craig Thom	3	0	0	3	0	10	0			Colin Day	1	v	0	Craig Thom
Group 3
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Tom Burns	2	v	0	Stuart Peacock
										Andy Beskaby	3	v	1	Martin Campbell
Tom Burns	3	3	0	0	11	3	9			Martin Campbell	0	v	4	Tom Burns
Andy Beskaby	3	2	0	1	9	6	6			Stuart Peacock	0	v	3	Andy Beskaby
Stuart Peacock	3	0	1	2	1	6	1			Tom Burns	5	v	3	Andy Beskaby
Martin Campbell	3	0	1	2	2	8	1			Martin Campbell	1	v	1	Stuart Peacock
Group 4
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Dave Gladman	0	v	1	Greg Dand
										Drew Orr	0	v	5	Barry Corr
Barry Corr	3	2	1	0	7	1	7			Barry Corr	1	v	1	Dave Gladman
Greg Dand	3	2	0	1	6	1	6			Drew Orr	0	v	5	Greg Dand
Dave Gladman	3	1	1	1	6	3	4			Dave Gladman	5	v	1	Drew Orr
Drew Orr	3	0	0	3	1	15	0			Greg Dand	0	v	1	Barry Corr
								Semi-finals		Steve Bennett	4	v	0	Barry Corr
										Gareth Christie	3	v	4	Tom Burns	GG after 3-3
								Final		Steve Bennett	2	v	1	Tom Burns
								3rd/4th		Gareth Christie	4	v	1	Barry Corr
								5th-8th		Colin Day	1	v	2	Rob Conway
										Greg Dand	5		0	Andy Beskaby
								5th/6th		Greg Dand	3	v	0	Rob Conway
								7th/8th		Andy Beskaby	1	v	0	Colin Day
								9th-12th		Dave Gladman	5	v	0	Stuart Peacock
										Dave Baxter	2	v	0	John Halpin
								9th-10th		Dave Gladman	3	v	1	Dave Baxter
								11th-12th		John Halpin	2	v	1	Stuart Peacock
								13th-16th		Martin Campbell	2	v	0	Craig Thom
										Fraser McKenzie	1	v	0	Drew Orr
								13th/14th		Fraser McKenzie	2	v	2	Martin Campbell	4-2 shots
								15th/16th		Drew Orr	1	v	0	Craig Thom
									Place			Points
									1	Steve Bennett		50
									2	Tom Burns		45
									3	Gareth Christie		42
									4	Barry Corr		40
									5	Greg Dand		38
									6	Rob Conway		37
									7	Andy Beskaby		36
									8	Colin Day		35
									9	Dave Gladman		34
									10	Dave Baxter		33
									11	John Halpin		32
									12	Stuart Peacock		31
									13	Fraser McKenzie		30
									14	Martin Campbell		29
									15	Drew Orr		28
									16	Craig Thom		27

 

 

Standings after 2 events

 

			Event 1, Oct 12 Arbroath	Event 2, Nov 16 Glasgow	Event 3, Feb 15	Event 4, Mar 15	Total (best 3 events)
1	Steve Bennett		42	50			92
2	Greg Dand		50	38			88
3	Gareth Christie		45	42			87
4	Tom Burns		40	45			85
5	Andy Beskaby		37	36			73
6	Rob Conway		36	37			73
7	Dave Gladman		33	34			67
8	Dave Baxter		31	33			64
9	Martin Campbell		34	29			63
10	John Halpin		29	32			61
11	Craig Thom		28	27			55
12	Barry Corr		0	40			40
13	Scott Fleming		38	0			38
14	Dave Butler		35	0			35
15	Colin Day		0	35			35
16	Baver Bari		32	0			32
17	Stuart Peacock		0	31			31
18	Martin Phee		30	0			30
19	Fraser McKenzie		0	30			30
20	Drew Orr		0	28			28

 

 

 

The first event of the Scottish Circuit took place in Arbroath on Sunday 12th October. Glasgow took six players to the event including Baver Bari. Bari is still signed for Hot Club but will transfer to Glasgow once the FISTF dissolution of HCE is complete. The competition was won by Greg Dand who defeated Gareth Christie in the final match. It was not a great day for Glasgow players. Best was Tom Burns who won his group to reach the semi finals only to lose to Gareth Christie and then Steve Bennett and thus gain 4th spot. Dave Butler, after an absence of two years from national competitions, found himself in the ‘group of death’ with Gareth Christie and Greg Dand. Butler lost narrowly to both and finished 3rd in the group. He then, surprisingly, lost on shots to Rob Conway and had to settle for 8th position. Baver Bari and John Halpin were drawn in the same group and finished 4th and 5th, Bari having secured a 1-0 victory over Halpin. Dave Gladman and Martin Phee were in the same group as Tom Burns and they too finished 4th and 5th. Gladman, complaining of sticky pitches, could manage only 3 draws and a 2-0 defeat to Tom Burns. Gladman went on to defeat Baver Bari to finish 10th with Bari 11th. Martin Phee played John Halpin for 13th spot, with Phee winning 1-0.

 

 

 

 

 

Group 1
										Steve Bennett	3	v	1	Scott Fleming
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Baver Bari	1	v	0	John Halpin
Steve Bennett	4	4	0	0	19	2	12			Rob Conway	0	v	5	Steve Bennett
Scott Fleming	4	3	0	1	12	5	9			Scott Fleming	6	v	1	Baver Bari
Rob Conway	4	2	0	2	8	8	6			John Halpin	0	v	2	Rob Conway
Baver Bari	4	1	0	3	3	17	3			Steve Bennett	5	v	0	Baver Bari
John Halpin	4	0	0	4	2	12	0			Scott Fleming	2	v	0	Rob Conway
										John Halpin	1	v	6	Steve Bennett
										Baver Bari	1	v	6	Rob Conway
										Scott Fleming	3	v	1	John Halpin
Group 2
										Gareth Christie	1	v	0	Dave Butler
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Craig Thom	0	v	3	Dave Baxter
Gareth Christie	4	4	0	0	15	1	12			Greg Dand	0	v	3	Gareth Christie
Greg Dand	4	3	0	1	12	4	9			Dave Butler	4	v	0	Craig Thom
Dave Butler	4	2	0	2	8	4	6			Dave Baxter	0	v	5	Greg Dand
Dave Baxter	4	1	0	3	5	14	3			Gareth Christie	5	v	0	Craig Thom
Craig Thom	4	0	0	4	0	17	0			Dave Butler	1	v	2	Greg Dand
										Dave Baxter	1	v	6	Gareth Christie
										Craig Thom	0	v	5	Greg Dand
										Dave Butler	3	v	1	Dave Baxter
Group 3
										Tom Burns	0	v	0	Andy Beskaby
	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Pts			Dave Gladman	0	v	0	Martin Phee
Tom Burns	4	3	1	0	12	2	10			Martin Campbell	2	v	6	Tom Burns
Andy Beskaby	4	2	2	0	8	4	8			Andy Beskaby	3	v	3	Dave Gladman
Martin Campbell	4	1	1	2	9	10	4			Martin Phee	1	v	5	Martin Campbell
Dave Gladman	4	0	3	1	4	6	3			Tom Burns	2	v	0	Dave Gladman
Martin Phee	4	0	1	3	1	12	1			Andy Beskaby	2	v	1	Martin Campbell
										Martin Phee	0	v	4	Tom Burns
										Dave Gladman	1	v	1	Martin Campbell
										Andy Beskaby	3	v	0	Martin Phee
								Semi Finals		Steve Bennett	0	v	0*	Greg Dand	(2-1 shots)
										Gareth Christie	3	v	1	Tom Burns
								Final		Gareth Christie	0	v	1	Greg Dand
								3rd/4th		Steve Bennett	5	v	1	Tom Burns
								5th/6th		Scott Fleming	1	v	0	Andy Beskaby
								7th/9th		Rob Conway	1	v	0	Martin Campbell
										Dave Butler	2	v	2*	Rob Conway	(3-2 sd shots)
								10th/12th		Baver Bari	3	v	1	Dave Baxter
										Dave Gladman	3	v	1	Baver Bari
								13th/14th		John Halpin	0	v	1	Martin Phee
								Place			Points
								1	Greg Dand		50
								2	Gareth Christie		45
								3	Steve Bennett		42
								4	Tom Burns		40
								5	Scott Fleming		38
								6	Andy Beskaby		37
								7	Rob Conway		36
								8	Dave Butler		35
								9	Martin Campbell		34
								10	Dave Gladman		33
								11	Baver Bari		32
								12	Dave Baxter		31
								13	Martin Phee		30
								14	John Halpin		29
								15	Craig Thom		28

 

 

 

 

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The final Scottish Circuit Event took place on Sunday 4th May at the Jamesfield Garden Centre, Abernethy. It was 1,2, 3 for Tayside with Steve Bennett, Gareth Christie and Scott Fleming finishing in the top three places. Highest finisher for Glasgow was Dave Gladman in 4th whilst Tom Burns was 5th. This meant that Steve Bennett was crowned Scottish Champion with Gareth Christie second and Tom Burns third.

 

 

Pictures from the day:

 

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The second Scottish Circuit event took place at the Normandy Hotel, Renfrew on Sunday 23rd March. The competition took the form of a four round Swiss system and also qualified as a WASPA (World Amateur Subbuteo Players Association) tournament. Gareth Christie defeated Steve Bennett in the final round match. Christie scored the only goal of the game with the last flick of the ball after winning a free-kick with seconds remaining. Both players are now tied on the same points with the final event due in May. Tom Burns finished third. In round 3 he had led Bennett at half-time but the experienced campaigner Bennett came back to win the match.

 

The turn-out was a healthy 17 players. Unfortunately two of Glasgow’s top players, Dave Butler and Willie Fleming were unable to attend and Edinburgh’s Hot Club were represented by only two players. Nevertheless the tournament was thoroughly enjoyed by all participants.

 

 

Final Placings
	Points	GD		Circuit Points
G Christie	12	7		40
S Bennett	9	8		36
T. Burns	9	6		34
R McKenzie	9	5		33
D Gladman	9	4		32
B Corr	7	5		31
S Fleming	6	5		30
F McKenzie	6	1		29
M Lees	6	0		28
C Day	5	2		27
D Baxter	4	-1		26
R Conway	4	-6		25
M Phee	4	-8		24
B Bari	3	-2		23
A Beskaby	3	-7		22
J Halpin	3	-11		21
S Berry	0	-9		20

 

 

More pictures from the day

 

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Full results

 

Round 1
					Ref	HT Score
F McKenzie	0	v	1	A Beskaby	D Baxter	(0-0)
S Berry	1	v	2	D Gladman	R McKenzie	(0-1)
B Corr	7	v	2	R Conway	M Lees	(6-0)
S Fleming	5	v	0	M Phee	D Gladman	(2-0)
C Day	0	v	3	G Christie	S Bennett	(0-2)
D Baxter	1	v	3	T Burns	B Corr	(0-1)
M Lees	4	v	3	B Bari	J Halpin	(3-2)
R McKenzie	0	v	5	S Bennett	A Beskaby	(0-4)
Round 2
					Ref	HT Score
B Corr	0	v	3	S Bennett	M Phee	(0-2)
S Fleming	1	v	2	G Christie	C Day	(0-2)
T Burns	5	v	2	M Lees	R Conway	(4-0)
J Halpin	1	v	0	A Beskaby	B Bari	(1-0)
J Halpin	0	v	4	B Bari	S Fleming	(0-3)
D Gladman	3	v	0	F McKenzie	A Beskaby	(2-0)
S Berry	0	v	4	D Baxter	B Corr	(0-2)
C Day	6	v	1	M Phee	T Burns	(2-0)
R McKenzie	2	v	0	R Conway	G Christie	(0-0)
Round 3
					Ref	HT Score
S. Bennett	2	v	1	T Burns	M Lees	(0-1)
G Christie	2	v	0	D Gladman	R McKenzie	(2-0)
S Fleming	4	v	1	B Bari	D Baxter	(1-0)
B Corr	1	v	1	C Day	J Halpin	(1-1)
A Beskaby	0	v	5	M Lees	T Burns	(0-0)
R McKenzie	6	v	1	J Halpin	D Gladman	(5-1)
F McKenzie	3	v	1	S Berry	B Bari	(1-0)
R Conway	0	v	0	M Phee	S Bennett	(0-0)
Round 4
					Ref	HT Score
M Phee	3	v	1	S Berry	R McKenzie	(1-0)
R Conway	1	v	0	A Beskaby	S Fleming	(1-0)
J Halpin	0	v	3	F McKenzie	T Burns	(0-2)
D Baxter	2	v	2	C Day	G Christie	(1-2)
D. Gladman	3	v	1	B Bari	B Corr	(2-1)
S Bennett	0	v	1	G Christie	D Gladman	(0-0)
S Fleming	1	v	3	T Burns	C Day	(1-2)
B Corr	4	v	1	D Baxter	M Phee	(2-0)
R McKenzie	3	v	0	M Lees	award

 

 

 

 

Category A

 

Steve Bennett recorded 4 victories to win this event and become overall champion. Gareth Christie took runner-up spot. Tom Burns was best placed Glasgow player in 4th whilst Dave Gladman was 6th and Barry Corr 8th. Pictures from the event are displayed below.

 

Results involving Glasgow players:

 

Round 1

 

D Gladman	0	2	S Fleming
T Burns	3	2	M Burns
B Corr	1	4	Bennett

 

Round 2

 

D Gladman	0	6	M Burns
T Burns	1	2	G Christie
B Corr	0	5	M Lees

 

Round 3

 

D Gladman	2	0	B Corr
T Burns	1	2	S Fleming

 

Round 4

 

D Gladman	1	0	M Lees
T Burns	4	2	B Corr

 

 

Category B

 

Baver Bari came out on top with 4 wins. In a crucial third round match he defeated Zoltan Hegedus by two goals to one. Bari led 2-0 at half-time. Despite dominating the second half, Hegedus could only claw back one goal and had to settle for the runner-up spot.

 

Results involving Glasgow players:

 

Round 1

 

Z Hegedus	4	0	G Higgins
B Bari	2	1	D Baxter

 

Round 2

 

Z Hegedus	2	0	M Campbell
B Bari	2	0	C Lynch

 

Round 3

 

Z Hegedus

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2

B Bari

 

Round 4

 

B Bari	3	2	M Campbell
Z Hegedus	2	0	C Lynch

 

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Congratulations to Steve Bennett who is top player in the Scottish Circuit. Dave Butler is runner-up.  Missing the last circuit Butler lost the opportunity to make a final challenge for the title. In Category B Baver Bari is champion and Zoltan Hegedus runner-up.

 

 

 

Category A

 

Steve Bennett	116
Dave Butler	110
Gareth Christie	108
Mike Burns	101
Malcolm Lees	99
Tom Burns	94
Dave Gladman	93
Willie Fleming	91
Colin Day	59
Kevin Christopher	34
Scott Fleming	32
Barry Corr	29

 

Category B

 

Full category B standings are not yet to hand but Baver Bari was first with 108 points, Zoltan Hegedus second with 103 points.

Dave Butler failed in his attempt to go clear at the top of the National League. After Sunday’s event he finds himself in second place, two points behind Steve Bennett. The day started well for Butler with two crushing defeats of Willie Fleming (4-0) and Malcolm Lees (8-2). In round 3, however, he lost 2-0 to Gareth Christie who went on to win the tournament. In round 4 Butler faced Steve Bennett, knowing that a win would take him top. Bennett won 1-0. Thus Butler let go two opportunities to establish himself as number one in Scotland. Did Butler get his tactics wrong in these crucial games? Does he approach games against the top two in a different way? He did no better than Dave Gladman against Gareth Christie and no better than Tom Burns against Steve Bennett.

 

Willie Fleming recovered from his first round defeat with a win and two draws which means he moves into 4th position in the League. Tom Burns lost 1-0 to Steve Bennett and  disappointingly could only draw his three remaining matches. He now lies 5th in the table. Dave Gladman was unfortunate to play both Christie and Bennett but he had a win and draw in his other matches to finish 6th putting him 8th in the League. Like Burns, Colin Day also had 3 draws and a defeat but finished above his club-mate by virtue of number of goals scored. Day is now 9th in the League.

 

It was a somewhat disappointing day for Zoltan Hegedus in Division Two. A defeat to Scott Fleming might have been expected but two draws in matches where he could not convert opportunities into goals cost him runner-up spot. A third place tournament finish now puts him 6th in Division Two.