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SEASON 2024/25

Irish Circuit 2025 - Round 5 - Wexford 30th Aug 2025

Saturday 30th August 2025, Flick-Off at 11:00 AM
Moglins Community Centre, Monamolin Hall, Gorey, Co. Wexford, Eircode: Y25 YY00
Contact: JOHNMOOREJM1@HOTMAIL.COM


FISTF International Grand Prix, Derry 21st/22nd June 2025

Venue: Nerve Centre, Derry
Contact:
Martinog Bradley
DCTFC@outlook.com

Four ROI players travelled to the Derry Grand Prix. Mark Farrell fared best, reaching the Individual Last 16 and representing Team Winners, Yorkshire Phoenix. Nick Pearson, lost in the Plate Q/F. John Kinsella reached the Shield S/F, after eliminating fellow countryman, Louis Herbert.

Individual Results | Team Results | Video


Mark Farrell (left) with Yorkshire Phoenix, Derry GP Team Winners


Teams at Derry Grand Prix 2025


Louis Herbert and John Kinsella in Derry


Irish Circuit 2025 - Round 4 - Tralee 31st May 2025

Mark Farrell Triumphs in Tralee

Another well-attended Irish Circuit WASPA event, with 19 players taking part at the Brandon Hotel in Tralee. Mark Farrell took the honours ahead of Runner-up, Martinog Bradley. Mario Frittelli beat Nick Pearson in the Shield Final and Louis Herbert won the Plate 3-player round-robin ahead of home player, Dave Elton. There was a home victory for Roisin Hogan in the Juniors, with Eliott Fitzpatrick finishing Runner-up. Thanks to Tralee Table Football Club for hosting and providing a great venue.

Full Results


All 19 Players at Tralee Open 2025

More Info on
Tralee Table Football Club Facebook


Irish Circuit 2025 - Round 3 - Dublin 26th April 2025

Kenny Beggs Wins in Dublin

The Cherrytree Pub in Dublin hosted another great WASPA event on the Irish Circuit. There were 21 players in attendance, 14 from the South, 3 from the North and 4 from England. Thanks to Andy Fitzpatrick, John Moore and Cherrytree Dublin Subbuteo Club for organising a superb day. Open Winner was Kenny Beggs, with a 2-1 Final victory against current Circuit Champion, Mark Farrell. Mario Frittelli won the Shield ahead of Nick Pearson and Daniel Kaliszewski beat Cian Hogan in the Plate Final. Junior Winner was Roisin Hogan and Runner-up Eliott Fitzpatrick.

Full Results

Videos:
http://www.facebook.com/1640109146041535/videos/3972360206414896
http://www.facebook.com/1640109146041535/videos/1215266893419417
https://www.facebook.com/61569711173090/videos/1436770004158759


Participants at Dublin Open 2025


Dublin Open Winner 2025, Kenny Beggs


Mark Farrell receives the Irish Circuit Winner's Trophy for 2024


Dublin 2025 Shield Winner, Mario Frittelli


Dublin 2025 Shield Runner-up, Nick Pearson


Dublin 2025 Plate Runner-up, Cian Hogan & Winner, Daniel Kaliszewski


Dublin 2025 Junior Winner, Roisin Hogan & Runner-up, Eliott Fitzpatrick


Andy Fitzpatrick on FISTF Board 2nd April 2025

Congratulations to Andy Fitzpatrick, who has been appointed to the FISTF Board as Director of Inclusivity and Participation. Read Andy's Statement here


Irish Circuit 2025 - Round 2 - Ballymena 22nd March 2025

Mark Farrell Wins Ballymena Open

There was a fantastic turnout of 24 players for the 2025 Ballymena Open at Ballymena Golf Club, coming from all corners of Ireland and some from England. Congratulations to Mark Farrell, who won the Main Event with a golden goal against Kenny Beggs 8 seconds from time. Plate Winner was Martinog Bradley, Runner-up Gerry Harrington and Cian Hogan beat Tralee Clubmate, Dave Elton in the Shield Final. Eliott Fitzpatrick took the Junior trophy ahead of Kyle Malone.

Full Results


Ballymena Open 2025: Mark Farrell receives Winner's trophy


ROI Trophies: Shield Cian (W), Dave (R/U); Plate: Gerry (R/U) and Eliott (Junior Winner)


Ballymena 2025 Junior Final: Eliott Fitzpatrick 1 Kyle Malone 0


Action from the 24 competitors at Ballymena Open 2025


Mons/Frameries Major 1st-2nd March 2025

Irish Premier League gave a good account of themselves in Mons Team and Individual Events. The team finished 3rd in their group, with a win against Eugies (Belgium) and defeats by Caen (France) and Temploux (Belgium). John Moore reached the Veterans Shield Semi-Final, just losing to Nick Pearson on shots.

Full Results


IPL in Mons: J.Moore, K.Beggs, A.Fitzpatrick, G.Moore, A.Pigott

Mark Farrell also travelled with his Yorkshire Phoenix Team. He had an excellent run in the Individual Open, topping his group and beating Steffan Despretz in the Barrage Round before going out to Sergio Loureiro of Portugal.


Mark Farrell v Sergio Loureiro in Last 32


Shield Semi-Final: Nick Pearson v John Moore


Gary Moore v Corentin Boltz


Adrian Pigott (left)


Gent WASPA Tournament 28th Feb 2025

The Irish Premier League were in Belgium for the Mons Major. Having travelled a day early, there was time to fit in some sight-seeing and hold a WASPA Event in the Celtic Towers Irish Pub in Ghent. Kenny took the honours, beating Gary 3-2 in the decisive match.


IPL at WASPA Event in Gent


Irish Circuit 2025 - Round 1 - Donegal 15th Feb 2025

Barry Spence Deadly in Donegal

Full Results

Venue: Loch Altan Hotel, Gortahork, Co. Donegal, F92 Y242, Ireland
Contact: Brendan Rodgers
Facebook:
Donegal TFC

SEASON 2023/24

Irish Circuit Round 5 - Derry 30th Nov 2024

Farrell Circuit Champion 2024

Dublin's Mark Farrell secured the 2024 Irish Circuit Title by beating reigning Champion, Northern Ireland's Kenny Beggs 2-0 in the Derry Final. During the course of the season, Mark also won Circuit Events in Donegal, Tralee & Wexford, only losing out to Kenny in Ballymena. John Moore and Martinog Bradley were semi-finalists. Daniel Kaliszewski beat Eoin Adams in the Plate Final.


Mark Farrell, Derry Open Winner & Irish Circuit Champion 2024


Derry Open Plate Winner, Daniel Kaliszewski


Players at the Derry Open 2024

Venue: Brigade Cricket Club, 41d Limavady Road, L’Derry, BT47 6LP
Contact:
Martinog Bradley
Facebook:
Derry City TFC


Flanders Grand Prix 9th-10th Nov 2024

The Irish Premier League travelled to Belgium for the Flanders Grand Prix at Mechelen Football Stadium. They didn't qualify from their group but beat Dutch Legends 'B' in the Plate Barrage before losing to Wamme in the Semi-Final.

Full Results | IPL Team Results


IPL in Flanders: A.Fitzpatrick, D.Kaliszewski, G.Moore, K.Beggs


Farrell All-Ireland Champion 2024 19th Oct 2024

Dublin's Mark Farrell became All-Ireland Subbuteo Champion for the 4th consecutive year, beating Northern Ireland's Kenny Beggs 3-0 in the Final. John Moore was 3rd and Daniel Kaleszewski 4th. Dave Elton won the Plate and Eliott Fitzpatrick took the Under-12 title. Thanks to Andy Fitzpatrick and John Moore for organising and to the Cherrytree Pub in Walkinstown, Dublin for the excellent venue.

Full Results

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All-Ireland Champion 2024: Mark Farrell


Runner-up: Kenny Beggs


Plate Final: John Kinsella 0 Dave Elton 1


Players at the 2024 All-Ireland Subbuteo Championships in Dublin


Ireland at 2024 World Cup in England 20th-22nd Sept 2024

Ole, Ole, Ole ...

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FISTF Individual Results | FISTF Team Results

Old Rules Subbuteo Individual Results


Republic of Ireland World Cup Squad 20th-22nd Sept 2024

OPEN INDIVIDUAL: Mark Farrell, Andy Fitzpatrick, Oisin Mor
VETERAN INDIVIDUAL: John Moore, Gerry Harrington, Adrian Piggott
UNDER 16: Daniel Kaliszewski
UNDER 12: Eliott Fitzpatrick
OLD SUBBUTEO: William Magnier, Dave Elton


Elliot Fitzpatrick Wins in Mons 10th Aug 2024

Congratulations to Elliot Fitzpatrick, who won the Under-12 event at the Mons Grand Prix in Belgium. Andy Fitzpatrick and Dave Elton also attended.


Elliot Fitzpatrick, Under-12 Winner in Mons


Elliot Loves Mons!


Mons Grand Prix Winners 2024


Dave Elton in Mons, pictured with Vincent Coppenolle


Irish Subbuteo Circuit 2024
Round 4 - Farrell Wins in Wexford
27th July 2024

Full Results

Fifteen players took part in County Wexford. Mark Farrell won the Open with a 1-0 final victory over Kenny Beggs. Semi-finalists were John Moore and Mick O'Brien. Gerry Harrington won the Plate and William Magnier was Plate Runner-up. Thanks to John Moore and family for organising another excellent event at St. Molings Community Centre in Monamolin and to all who travelled to make it a great day.


Video of Wexford Open


Wexford Runner-up, Kenny Beggs and Winner, Mark Farrell


Wexford Plate Winner, Gerry Harrington


All Players at Wexford Open


Well-written report by Dave Elton


Irish International Open, Derry 22nd/23rd June 2024

Full Results

In a strong competition of 36 players at Derry's Nerve Centre, England's Elliott Bellefontaine beat Austrian, Wolfgang Haas, in the Individual Open Final. Ireland's Mark Farrell reached the Quarter-Final, just losing 3-4 on a golden-goal to Bellefontaine, while Mick O'Brien lost to Haas in the Last 16. Andy Fitzpatrick and Daniel Kaliszewski met in the Plate, with Daniel progressing before losing to Plate Winner, Kenny Beggs. Brendan Rodgers and Oisin Mor played in the Shield following tough groups in the Open. Elstow Lions won the Team Event and Issy-les-Molineaux were Runners-up. Irish Premier League finished 6th. Thanks to Derry City Table Football Club for a great weekend.


Video by Martinog Bradley


Quarter-Final: Mark Farrell 3 Elliott Bellefontaine 4 (golden-goal)


Mick Hammonds v Mick O'Brien


Paul Lawrenson v Daniel Kaliszewski


Oisin Mor (right)


Lawrence Watson v Brendan Rodgers


Irish Premier League


Players at Irish International Open, Derry


Irish Subbuteo Circuit 2024
Round 3 - Tralee, County Kerry
20th Apr 2024

Full Results


Players at Tralee Open


Tralee Open Winner, Mark Farrell (left)


Plate Winner, Oisin Mor & Shield Winner, William Magnier


Irish Subbuteo Circuit 2024
Round 2 - Ballymena, County Antrim
23rd Mar 2024

Full Results


All 20 players at Ballymena


Ballymena Winner, Kenny Beggs & Runner-up, Mark Farrell


Ballymena Plate Winner, Andy Fitzpatrick (right)


Ballymena Plate Finalists: Mario v Andy (centre) with Dave (ref) & Eliott (Best Junior)



Gerry Harrington in Haverhill Echo 8th Mar 2024


Gerry Harrington in Haverhill Echo


2024 World Cup Qualifying Event 17th Feb 2024, 11am

Venue: Cherrytree Pub, Walkinstown
Contact:
 
markfarrell99@gmail.com 

Congratulations to the players who qualified to represent ROI at the World Cup in England:

OPEN INDIVIDUAL: Mark Farrell, Andy Fitzpatrick
VETERAN INDIVIDUAL: John Moore, Gerry Harrington
UNDER 16: Daniel Kaliszewski
UNDER 12: Eliott Fitzpatrick

Open - Final Table

Pos Name Pl W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 Mark Farrell 4 3 1 0 13 3 10 10
2 Andy Fitzpatrick 4 1 2 1 4 5 -1 5
3 Oisin Mor 4 0 1 3 2 11 -9 1

Veteran - Final Table

Pos Name Pl W D L GF GA GD PTS
1 John Moore 7 6 1 0 24 2 22 19
2 Gerry Harrington 7 5 1 1 10 1 9 16
3 Adrian Pigott 7 5 0 2 13 5 8 15
4 David Elton 7 3 2 2 6 5 1 11
5 William Magnier 7 2 2 3 6 9 -3 8
6 Nick Moore 7 2 0 5 4 9 -5 6
7 John Kinsella 7 2 0 5 4 15 -11 6
8 Bye 7 0 0 7 0 -21 -21 0

Irish Subbuteo Circuit 2024
Round 1 - Falcarragh, County Donegal
27th Jan 2024

Full Results


Wobbly Hobby League 18th-19th Nov 2023

Republic of Ireland were represented by Irish Premier League in the Wobbly Hobby League and also by Mark Farrell, who was a member of the Yorkshire Phoenix team which won Division 1.


IPL players at Wobbly Hobby League: Gareth Singer, Daniel Kaliszewski & Andy Fitzpatrick


Joe Harrington & Gerry Harrington were also part of the squad


Division 1 Winners, Yorkshire Phoenix with Ireland's Mark Farrell (2nd left)


John Moore Wins Sydney WASPA 19th Oct 2023

Congratulations to John Moore on winning a WASPA Event during his trip to Australia. He topped the five-player table with 3 wins and a draw. The competition was hosted by Adrian Elmer at Western Sydney Subbuteo Club with FISTF President, Steve Dettre and World Cup star Eliott Kennedy in attendance.


John Moore, WASPA Winner in Sydney, Australia


Blast From The Past ...


Nicky Moore, John Moore, Gary Moore


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Irish Circuit Calendar 2025

Date Venue Contact
15 Feb Donegal B.Rodgers
22 Mar Ballymena K.Beggs
26 Apr Dublin J.Moore
31 May Tralee D.Elton
30 Aug Wexford J.Moore
TBC Cork W.Magnier
Nov Derry M.Bradley

Irish Circuit Table 2025
(after 3 events)

Points System


Final Circuit Table 2024

  Player Pts
1 Mark Farrell 196
2 Kenny Beggs 179
3 John Moore 136
4 Daniel Kaliszewski 109
5 Andy Fitzpatrick 99
6 Martinog Bradley 93
7 Adrian Pigott 77
8 Mario Frittelli 71
9 Dee Jenkins 69
10 Barry Spence 67
11 Ian Greer 65
12 William Magnier 62
13 David Elton 60
14 Mick O'Brien 56
15 Nicky Moore 46
15 John Kinsilla 46
17 Oisin Mor 44
17 Brendan Rodgers 44
19 Lawrence Watson 40
20 Gerry Harrington 33
21 Frankie Connolly 28
22 Eoin Adams 27
23 Eliott Fitzpatrick 26
24 Cain Hogan 22
25 Stephen McAllister 13
26 Sean Connolly 9
27 Thomas O'Flaithearta 7
28 Tommy Fitzpatrick 4
28 Colin Perry 4
28 Barry Higgins 4
 
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HISTORY
The former governing body was the Republic of Ireland Subbuteo Association (RISA) headed by Martin Taylor. When the sport was at its peak in the early 1990s, Dublin was a highly respected International Open venue which attracted the World's top players.

From 1994-2002 the Irish Subbuteo scene declined but it was given a much needed boost when the Irish Team made a comeback at the 2002 World Cup in Birmingham. This led to the formation of the new governing body, TFAI, and the beginning of a new era, which has seen Ireland organise & travel to International Events, participate in the UK & Ireland Internationals and jointly organise the Irish Circuit with NITFA, their Northern Counterparts.

DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL OPENS:

1990 Winner: Eric Naszalyi
1991 Winner: Carl Young
1992 T.Busch 1 R.Bolte 0
1993 Guimaraes 5 Naszalyi 2
1994 Naszalyi 4 Perdaens
1
2004
GP: Verhagen 1 Mattiangeli
0
IO: Mallia* 0 Mattiangeli
0
*
won shoot-out
2005
GP:
Verhagen 3 Cremona
2