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JHBTFC — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:40:30 CST

now PANORAMA TABLE FOOTBALL CLUB

Est. 2007

Proud member of S.A.T.F.A

(South African Table Football Association)

Clifford took his first SA Open Crown after beating Fernando Rodrigues 2-0.

Nando reached his first final after taking up the game at the beginning of 2009 and made some excellent saves in the final against Clifford. Nando almost went ahead midway through, but for a superb save on the line by Graaff. A very tactical game by Clifford saw him walk away with the top honour in the Senior section.

RECORD FIELD IN THE JUNIOR SA OPEN

This year SATFA split the Junior and Senior competition over two days. In the Under 10 category, Slade Livesey beat Anthony Davies 1-0 in a very exciting final game, after the record number of entrants in this Under 10 section. We had a total of 20 players in this section.

CLEAN SWEEPS FOR LIVESEY AND GRAAFF JNR

Slade Livesey won the Under 10 section

Richard Graaff won the Under 13 and Under 15 category and also competed in the Senior tournament on the Sunday.

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LEAGUE & CUP NIGHT JANUARY 2010

Watch this space for the 2010 diary, soon to be finalised

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RAINBOW FLICKER ISSUE 4 now available

Contact Clifford Graaff 082 683 6750 if you have not received a copy

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JHB TFC JOINS FORCES WITH PANORAMA SPORTS CLUB

The Westrand arm of the Johannesburg Table Football Club will be moving location from Clifford Graaff's premises to the Panorama Sports Club in Radiokop Johannesburg. There are various reasons for this as Jason Kennedy explains, 'I have been a member at Panorama Football Club for 11 year's now and I am still there as a player and as a Director of Coaching, this makes logical sense, as our football section is 500 + players strong from Under 6 to Veterans, and our already 26 plus Table Football members should double from the game itself being exposed to the children and to the adult/ senior players and parents' We will be hosting the 2nd South African Open at the Clubhouse which boasts a full kitchen, excellent bar facility, toilets, change rooms, fields for the kids to run around on during their games off and it is in a very central location. We will be advertising the event and have already invited various sponsors and club members to come and watch and or participate, so these are very exciting times for the Westrand branch of the JHB TFC. Watch this space...

CLIFFORD GRAAFF WALKS AWAY WITH THE 2009 CUP FINAL

CATERING FOR ALL AGES 8 TO 88

Leagues, Cups, FISTF approved Tournaments, Road-shows, Fun nights and Functions
Junior- Senior- Ladies- Veterans

We meet twice a month for League games and on set dates for Cups and Tournaments

Our Chairman sends out a monthly newsletter - JOZI TABLE FOOTBALL NEWS that covers all of our current events and tables plus all other news relating to either JTFC or SATFA

UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL CALENDER for Johannesburg Table Football Club

The following calender of FISTF approved events for South African players has been finalized for the remainder of the 2009 season:

14 June 2009 - THE FIRST AFRICAN INTER-CONTINENTAL CUP

September - Grand Prix of South Africa - 2009

1 November 2009: South African Open (Panorama Sports Club, Radiokop)

NEW PLAYERS WELCOME

Any new players interested in joining the ever increasing Johannesburg Table Football Club must please contact the following members:

Westrand & Surrounding area's: Clifford Graaff 082 683 6750 or Sean Morgan 083 750 2804

Johannesburg & Southern area's: Reza Bodiat 082 492 8348

Johannesburg North & Surrounding area's: Harold Silber 082 492 8348

Eastrand & Surrounding area's: Shane Graaff 084 915 1629

Kwazulu Natal & Western Cape: Vikash Ramnath 082 463 9119

Cape Town - Details by end of the week

International dialling code will be +27 and drop our first zero i.e. +27826836750

All Marketing and sponsorships Jason Kennedy 082 332 9670

SPONSORSHIPS

We have various options available for sponsoring both JTFC and SATFA to give your brand extra mileage

Tournament trophies for winners and all Juniors
T-Shirt sponsorship for Members
Jozi Table Football News (Charimans monthly newsletter)
Golf Shirt sponsorship
Fence surround sponsorship (very lucrative and well exposed at all games)
Sponsorship of caps for member's
Sponsosrship of our DVD productions at our tournaments
Website advertisements

All Marketing and sponsorships Jason Kennedy 082 332 9670

Links:

http://satfa.wetpaint.com

CLIFFORD GRAAFF WINS 2009 LEAGUE

GRAAFF GETS HAT-TRICK OF WINS by winning the 2009 Cup.

RUSSELL DAVIES TAKES THE 2009 PLATE FINAL

Sean Morgan clinches the 2nd SOUTH AFRICAN OPEN

SATFA hosted their most successful event yet at their new home ground and a fantastic day was had by all participants. Mille (The Skye Group and Mille sponsored prizes for all junior and senior players).
The group stages were evenly contested and the action really got going through the quarter and semi finals.

Outsiders did well on the day and one of them managed to beat the South African number 1.

The senior final saw Sean Morgan (2008 League Winner) take on Jason Kennedy in a tactical battle which managed to produce some top quality goals. Sean won it 3-2 in the end and the large crowd throughly enjoyed the day out.

The Junior final was the clash of the Bodiat Brothers and the honours went to Yasir Bodiat.
SATFA once again organised a brilliant event and we look forward to all our 2009 FISTF events.

SEAN MORGAN WINS 2ND LEAGUE TITLE IN A ROW

SEAN MORGAN, became the League Champion of the 2008 Johannesburg/ Westrand League, and will take some beating in 2009.

A very consistent season from Sean, left him ahead of the pack with Clifford Graaff coming runner up and Jason Kennedy coming third.

Next season will be bigger and better than ever before.

Congratulations Sean!

GRAND PRIX OF SOUTH AFRICA 2008

JHBTFC — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:37:26 CDT

JANUS GERSIE OF GERMANY LIFTS THE GRAND PRIX OF SOUTH AFRICA CUP

The South African Table Football Club hosted a hugely successful FISTF approved tournament on 25th May 2008 at the Cross Media training centre in Honeydew, and International entrant, Janus Gersie walked away with top honours after beating South Africa's number one, Clifford Graaff in the final. The organisation was excellent, the venue and food were superb and there were absolutely brilliant games of table football through the day. Our Junior member's all played against the Senior member's and therafter competed in their own knock out competition. SATFA always honours all of the junior participants by awarding them all a participation trophy, with the winners receiving additional honours. Our overseas guest taught every single South African member a thing or two and also shared some trade secrets with us all. The FISTF rules, (International) which all tournaments are based on shocked the local South African players a bit as they have once again changed, so it was a quick learning curve for all of us, but we managed and will now introduce these rules into our league matches with immediate effect. Well done to the SATFA committee and all of the back-room staff who not only make these days possible, but ensure that they are successful aswell. Our next FISTF approved tournament is in August and all of the players are looking forward to the next challenge, THE JOHANNESBURG CHALLENGER. Thanks to the following people and sponsors for The Grand Prix 2008

The Chairman - Clifford Graaff
Lynn of Cross Media Training Centre/ Honeydew Printing College
Lloyd of BMT Chemicals
Sharmane of Rates for You
Martin of Kaizen Plumbing
Gary of Admiral
Ian of Bondiblu
Harold - Our photography Guru
Colleen and Ashley - Our organising and score keeping committee
Janus Gersie of Germany
and all of our players who participated on the day

THE GRAND PRIX OF SOUTH AFRICA - 25 MAY 2008

SATFA will be hosting the FISTF approved G.P. of South Africa at the Honeydew Printing College facility on Sunday 25th May 2008 from 8am - 4 pm.

You will notice that the date has been moved back by one week due to the surprise entry of one of the worlds top 120 table football players from Germany, Janus Gersie.

Janus arrives in South Africa on the 19th of May 2008 and we have gladly accomodated the date change, not only to be able to pit our skills against the top 120 ranked German but also to learn from him as he has successfully hosted the Table Football World Cup when it was held in Germany.
His knowledge and expertise as the Chief Tournament Organiser will be invaluable to our SATFA members on our crusade to bring The Table Football World Cup of 2010 right here to Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Table Football World Cup is always hosted just before the real deal so many entrants will remain after the tounament for some holiday fun in the sun whilst watching the Worlds top International team's in action.

24 Entries have been received through all catagories for the Grand Prix of South Africa, which means the growth of our Association and of our Club is rapidly increasing. Development is an integral part of our Association and through leagues and tournaments like the Grand Prix of South Africa, we can continue to grow our wonderful hobby.

Thanks to Soccer 3D our Johannesburg Table Football Club has received 7 playing sets complete with 2 teams, 2 goals, 2 balls and a playing surface for us to continue growing our development side of our Association. We are busy completing the tables for these sets and at this stage have 2 to go. The excitement builds each day as we get closer to the schedule of roadshows that have been planned for the Johannesburg area in 2008 and all outlying area's in 2009.

The members of SATFA and of the various leagues are very excited about the prospects of playing against one of the top 120 players in the world and look forward to the upcoming Grand Prix of South Africa on 25th May 2008.

FISTF WORLD RANKINGS

JHBTFC — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:30:16 CDT

JUNE WORLD RANKINGS

Let me start by saying that a club only 17 months old with 19 world ranked players must be doing something correctly - congratulations to you all.

World Ranking first, Player Name and Points (ALL SOUTH AFRICA, except 470)

135 Clifford Graaff (132.00)

162 Sean Morgan (92.40)

215 Reza Bodiat (64.20)

269 Harold Silber (49.20)

275 Taariq Bodiat (48.00)

360 Richard Graaff (33.00)

400 Shane Graaff (27.60)

469 Michael Fouche (19.80)

470 Janus Gersie (19.43) OUR INTERNATIONAL GUEST STAR

637 Gillian Graaff (11.40)

638 Kevin Graaff (11.40)

639 Max Silber (11.40)

738 Y Bodiat (9.00)

739 Theresa Graaff (9.00)

740 Walter Selogile (9.00)

805 Jason Graaff (7.20)

916 Ashley Graaff (4.80)

1006 Terence Graaff (3.60)

1007 Zonder Nielsen (3.60)

LADIES Ranking World:

44 Gillian Graaff (90.00)

53 Robyn Morgan (63.00)

I have one question: Did the Graaff family invent SUBBUTEO?

WELL DONE TO ALL AND KEEP CLIMBING THE WORLD LADDER! Jason

Image Gallery of tournaments

JHBTFC — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:24:24 CDT

Astrobase have new bases for Subbuteo and Zeugo	Reza Bodiat teaching the Juniors	All games have Referee's, Clifford is our SATFA Chairman
	JHB TABLE FOOTBALL CLUB MAKING THE FISTF WORLD CUP IN 2010 POSSIBLE WATCH THIS SPACE
Grand Prix of SA action 25th May 2008		Type your photo caption or credit here.

JOZI TABLE FOOTBALL NEWS (NEWSLETTER)

JHBTFC — Tue, 13 May 2008 16:54:01 CDT

LATEST ISSUE
Jozi Table Football News Issue No 4

Morgan crowned League Champion

Sean Morgan captured his first league championship title by edging out current champion Clifford Graaff to claim the Summer Season 2007 title. Sean’s consistency proved vital and he only lost one game in securing his first title. Shane Graaff captured third spot and showed great improvement from his wooden-spoon spot in the previous season. In the junior section Taariq Bodiat claimed his second consecutive Junior League Championship. This season proved a lot closer than our first season when Taariq completed the season unbeaten. Richard Graaff pushed Taariq all the way and inflicted the first ever league defeat on Taariq towards the end of the season. The season delivered some great table football and a special word of thanks must go to all players in making this a truly successful season. Well done to all the players !!!!!

Final league positions : Summer Season 2007

SENIORS

Member ......Team name ............P W D L GD Points
S.Morgan (Scottish Legends) 8 7 0 1 35-12 21
C.Graaff (Western Eagles) 8 6 0 2 28-13 18
S.Graaff (Millwall Midgets) 8 4 1 3 20-21 13
R.Bodiat (Robertsham Callies) 8 2 1 5 25-26 7
H.Silber (Amakhosi United) 8 0 0 8 9-45 0

JUNIORS

Member ...... Team name ............P W D L GD Points
T.Bodiat (Joburg AllStars) 12 10 0 1 35-11 31
R.Graaff (Guerrero’s) 12 9 2 1 23-7 29
Y.Bodiat (WWE XI) 12 7 3 2 18-9 24
K.Graaff (Sharks) 12 4 2 6 9-15 13
M.Silber (Chessmasters) 12 3 2 7 6-16 11
G.Graaff (Boston Babes) 12 2 3 7 6-18 9
W.Selogile (Black Aces) 12 0 1 11 1-22 1

Interested in forming a club ???

Any individual interested in forming a table football club affiliated to the South African Table Football Association (SATFA) must please contact Clifford Graaff in order to qualify for a complete free starter kit. The starter kit, courtesy of SATFA, will comprise a complete table with two teams and balls. In order to qualify for the above a minimum of six participants (with at least two senior players) are required.

Morgan claims JCC Cup victory and claims historic ‘double’

Sean Morgan captured the first Johannesburg Challenge Cup title by edging out Shane Graaff by 4 goals to 1 in an entertaining and exciting final. The JCC Final brought the curtain down on a very successful second season and ensured that Sean Morgan, after securing the league title, claimed the first ‘double’ of the Johannesburg Table Football Club. In the semi-finals Sean edged out Reza Bodiat by the odd goal in an eleven goal thriller and Shane defeated Harold Silber by 4 goals to 2 in a close game.

First SA title goes to Clifford Graaff

On 2nd December 2007 the Johannesburg Table Football Club hosted the first FISTF-approved South African Open Championship at the Discovery Recreational Centre in Roodepoort. The following is a round-up of all the results : Girls Final G.Graaff 1 R.Morgan 0 Junior Final M.Fouche (0)3 R.Graaff (0)2 Quarter Finals - Senior C.Graaff 4 M.Fouche 4 S.Morgan 3 H.Silber 1 T.Bodiat 2 R.Graaff 1 S.Graaff 1 R.Bodiat 4 Semi Finals - Senior C.Graaff 2 R.Bodiat 1 S.Morgan 3 T.Bodiat 1 SA Open Final C.Graaff 5 S.Morgan 3 All participants were presented with a beautiful Mille sports shirt and kit bag courtesy of our main sponsor Mr Dave Kopelowitz, Managing Director of Skye Clothing. The 15 participants were drawn into five groups of three with the group winners and three best runner-ups qualifying for the senior quarter finals. The girls final saw Gillian Graaff beat her very good friend, Robyn Morgan in the final to claim her first title. The boys final also matched two good friends against each other and Michael Fouche (playing in his first competition) edged out Richard Graaff 3-2 on shots after a goalless final. The semi finals saw Reza Bodiat losing to Clifford Graaff by the odd goal in a tense three goal thriller. Sean Morgan then accounted for top junior ,Taariq Bodiat by three goals to one. Taariq has managed to reach two out of three senior semi-finals this season – well done !!!!! The first ever FISTF-approved SA Championship was decided between perennial adversaries Clifford Graaff and Sean Morgan. The final lived up to its status and top quality play was dished up to keep a boisterous crowd on the edge of their seats for an enthralling 30 minutes. Sean got the final off to a cracking start and scored the first goal early in the game to place pressure on the pre-tournament favorite. This pressure paid off when a sublime flowing movement from Sean resulted in his second goal. Clifford then regrouped and managed to halve the deficit by scoring his first goal. However Sean seized the initiative once again and scored his third from a foul from a tentative Clifford. Sean then had a great opportunity to wrap the game up only to see his shot saved by Clifford. This proved to be the turning point as Clifford scored his second goal seconds before half-time. Clifford applied the pressure in the second half and grabbed the equalizer to set up a grand stand finish to a great game. Sean committed an uncharacteristic foul in his shooting area to allow Clifford to chip the ball over the defensive wall and take the lead for the first time in the game. Clifford then managed to score his fifth goal after a good period of possession to claim the title of South African Champion for 2007. Each junior received a trophy and lucky draw prizes, courtesy of Wesbank and Absa, were handed to the lucky winners. All participants were also treated to a delicious lunch courtesy of Colleen Graaff.

Exciting start to the season

The new season will officially flick-off on the 10th February with the second Future of Johannesburg. A record field is anticipated as local interest in table football is very positive with membership of the Johannesburg Table Football Club steadily increasing. A league format will once again be used with the top two players qualifying for the Cup competition and the remaining players competing for the Plate competition (each participant will play at least 5 games).

Sponsorship of Jozi News

In an effort to generate funds for the ‘Johannesburg Table Football Club’ any individual or company will be afforded the opportunity to sponsor an issue of ‘JOZI NEWS’. These sponsors will be afforded advertising space at the forthcoming FISTF tournaments and be included in the ‘Information Brochure’ to be published for the first Grand Prix of South African early in May. Any interested party/parties may contact the editor, Clifford Graaff on 083 683 6750. Rates will be highly negotiable and all funds generated will be used in the promotion of table football in South Africa.

International Calendar

The following calendar of FISTF approved events for South African players have been finalized for the remainder of the season:

10 February 2008 : Future of Johannesburg (COMPLETED)

25 May 2008 : Grand Prix of South Africa - with Internaional guest player Janus Gersie (Germany)

3 August 2008 : Johannesburg Challenger

29 November 2008 : South African Open

‘If you do not have a dream how are you going to make your dream come true’

JHB TABLE FOOTBALL LEAGUE 2008

JHBTFC — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:14:17 CDT

UPCOMING FIXTURES AND RESULTS

Winter Season 2008

First Round

Fixtures - Seniors			Result
H.Silber	vs	S.Morgan	1	3
C.Graaff	vs	J.Kennedy
T.Funani	vs	T.Graaff
H.Silber	vs	C.Graaff	1	5
S.Morgan	vs	T.Funani	5	1
J.Kennedy	vs	T.Graaff
T.Funani	vs	C.Graaff
J.Kennedy	vs	H.Silber
T.Graaff	vs	S.Morgan
H.Silber	vs	T.Funani	4	0
C.Graaff	vs	T.Graaff
S.Morgan	vs	J.Kennedy
T.Graaff	vs	H.Silber
C.Graaff	vs	S.Morgan	1	3
J.Kennedy	vs	T.Funani

Fixtures - Juniors			Result
R.Graaff	vs	M.Fouche
B.Pienaar	vs	Z.Nielsen	1	0
W.Selogile	vs	Jnr Funani	0	0
M.Silber	vs	R.Graaff
M.Fouche	vs	B.Pienaar
Z.Nielsen	vs	W.Selogile
Jnr Funani	vs	M.Silber	0	1
R.Graaff	vs	B.Pienaar
M.Fouche	vs	Z.Nielsen
W.Selogile	vs	M.Silber
Jnr Funani	vs	R.Graaff
M.Silber	vs	M.Fouche	1	1
B.Pienaar	vs	W.Selogile	1	0
Z.Nielsen	vs	Jnr Funani	0	0
R.Graaff	vs	W.Selogile
Jnr Funani	vs	M.Fouche
M.Silber	vs	B.Pienaar	1	0
Z.Nielsen	vs	R.Graaff	0	3
W.Selogile	vs	M.Fouche
B.Pienaar	vs	Jnr Funani
Z.Nielsen	vs	M.Silber	0	2

Johannesburg Challenge Cup
First Round			Result
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3 Players to receive a bye

Quarter Finals			Result
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Semi Finals			Result
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JCC Final			Result
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Second Round

Seniors			Result
S.Morgan	vs	H.Silber
J.Kennedy	vs	C.Graaff
T.Graaff	vs	T.Funani
C.Graaff	vs	H.Silber
T.Funani	vs	S.Morgan
T.Graaff	vs	J.Kennedy
C.Graaff	vs	T.Funani
H.Silber	vs	J.Kennedy
S.Morgan	vs	T.Graaff
T.Funani	vs	H.Silber
T.Graaff	vs	C.Graaff
J.Kennedy	vs	S.Morgan
H.Silber	vs	T.Graaff
S.Morgan	vs	C.Graaff
T.Funani	vs	J.Kennedy

Juniors
M.Fouche	vs	R.Graaff
Z.Nielsen	vs	B.Pienaar
Jnr Funani	vs	W.Selogile
R.Graaff	vs	M.Silber
B.Pienaar	vs	M.Fouche
W.Selogile	vs	Z.Nielsen
M.Silber	vs	Jnr Funani
B.Pienaar	vs	R.Graaff
Z.Nielsen	vs	M.Fouche
M.Silber	vs	W.Selogile
R.Graaff	vs	Jnr Funani
M.Fouche	vs	M.Silber
W.Selogile	vs	B.Pienaar
Jnr Funani	vs	Z.Nielsen
W.Selogile	vs	R.Graaff
M.Fouche	vs	Jnr Funani
B.Pienaar	vs	M.Silber
R.Graaff	vs	Z.Nielsen
M.Fouche	vs	W.Selogile
Jnr Funani	vs	B.Pienaar
M.Silber	vs	Z.Nielsen

LEAGUE TABLES 2008 JOHANNESBURG

JHBTFC — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:03:48 CDT

CURRENT LEAGUE STANDINGS AFTER WEEK 1


Seniors 01/04/08
	P	W	D	L	Goals	Points
S.Morgan	3	3	0	0	11-3	9
H.Silber	3	1	0	2	6-6	3
C.Graaff	2	1	0	1	4-4	3
T.Funani	2	0	0	2	1-9	0
T.Graaff	0	0	0	0	0-0	0
J.Kennedy	0	0	0	0	0-0	0

Juniors 01/04/08
	P	W	D	L	Goals	Points
M.Silber	4	3	1	0	5-1	10
B.Pienaar	3	2	0	1	2-1	6
R.Graaff	1	1	0	0	3-0	3
Jnr Funani	3	0	2	1	0-1	2
M.Fouche	1	0	1	0	1-1	1
W.Selogile	2	0	1	1	0-1	1
Z.Nielsen	4	0	1	3	0-6	1

SATFA Executive Members

JHBTFC — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:50:09 CDT

CURRENT OFFICE BEARERS FOR S.A.T.F.A. 2008

The South African Table Football Association has elected their Office bearers for 2008 and everybody is extremely excited after been nominated as a possible host Association and nation of The Table Football World Cup 2010.

All members of the S.A.T.F.A. commitee are very hard at work securing sponsorships, TV coverage and accomodation options for the 2008 season and also for the Table Football World Cup of 2010.

If there are any questions regarding our South African Table Football Association, please contact the Office bearers below.

2008 S.A.T.F.A. Office Bearers

CHAIRMAN OF SATFA
Clifford Graaff
cgraaff@skyegroup.co.za

DEVELOPMENT OFFICER'S
All SATFA Members are involved in this project

TREASURER
Sean Morgan
sean.morgan@onearch.co.za

MARKETING AND SPONSORSHIP OFFICER'S
Jason Kennedy
owls@telkomsa.net

Harold Silber
silber@icon.co.za

COMPETITIONS OFFICER
Terence Graaff
tgraaff@calgrom3.co.za

SALES AND DISTRIBUTION OFFICER'S
Vikash Ramnath
+27 82 463 9119
Reza Bodiat
Reza_Bodiat@Dell.com