The England Team
Tunbridge Wells the home town of the Eland Cables FISTF World Cup and the subbuteo world cup 2024 - Friday 20th September to Sunday 22nd September 2024
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This is where you will find all the latest news from the England team going into the eland cables fistf world cup tunbridge wells 2024. As the host nation and with the ever growing popularity of Subbuteo Table football in the country, the nation dare to believe "it's coming home"
England Manager
Darren Clarke
A few words from the boss; With 6 months to go it is great to see more of our experienced players returning to the game and increasing our selection options which can only improve our chances at TW 24.
Ruby Matthews remain the star of our squad, however results in Europe have been improving across all categories this season which is encouraging in a World Cup year.
Squad selection will take place end of June to give our selected players as much time as possible to prepare.
The ESA selection committee will select our squad based on performances and results whilst also considering conduit. Although an amateur game/sport when selected to represent the ESA and English Subbuteo we have a responsibility to be the best versions of ourselves both on and off the table.
Individual Event
England Open Players
Kasper Bennett, Elliott Bellefontaine
England Open Players in Reserve
Chris Short, Matt Lampitt
Continued; We should remain measured in our expectations- ambitious and determined absolutely yes. In general English subbuteo does not carry a comparable strength to that of the English men’s or woman’s Football teams, however, our better players do have a chance to win in almost every game they will play.
Beyond the individual tournament the team events will provide our youth, open and veteran categories with an opportunity to impress.
It is important to remember that subbuteo does not define us as people, it’s a game/sport/passion we play for pleasure first and we must always remember this.
We are playing at home with little expectation from the wider subbuteo world, therefore we can play with a smile, free from pressure and with respect - let’s see what happens!…
Individual Event
England Veteran Players
Darren Clark, Bob Varney
England Veteran Players in Reserve
Justin Finch, Aaron Skinner
England Development Officer
Terry Arnold
A few words from terry; With the FISTF World Cup coming back to England, we are delighted to have teams in all categories for the first time. As well as our Open & Veterans teams, this tournament will see England also represented in the U12s, U16s, U20s and Women’s categories.
England has had a good representation over the years individually and have taken Bronze medals in the youth team categories previously, however being able to field across 4 categories at a single World Cup is a strong statement of the recent development of the game in England.
Our youth and women’s players this year include representatives across a number of teams in England with many clubs represented.
Individual Event
England Under 12 Players
Hadley Chapman, Max Rahman
Reggie Cramer, Fraser Chapman
Individual Event
England Under 16 Players
Ruby Matthews, Alex Scott
Connor Gregory, Jamie Warren
Individual Event
England Under 20 Players
Gage Badger, Riley Duckworth,
Alex Fenton,Daniel Vensyk
Individual Event
England Ladies Players
Frankie Bellefontaine, Sam Levy,
Amy Horncastle, Shell Claydon
Team Event
England open Team Players
Kasper Bennett, Chris Thomas,
Elliott Bellefontaine, Chris Short,
Matt Lampitt, Kevin Cordell
England open team Player in Reserve
Sam Curtis
Team Event
England veteran Team Players
Darren Clark, Bob Varney
Justin Finch, Rudi Peterschinigg,
Mick Hammonds, Aaron Skinner
Team Event
England ladies Team Players
Sam Levy, Frankie Bellefontaine
Amy Horncastle, Shell Claydon
Team Event
England under 12 Team Players
Hadley Chapman, Max Rahman,
Reggie Cramer, Fraser Chapman
Team Event
England under 16 Team Players
Ruby Matthews, Alex Scott,
Connor Gregory, Jamie Warren
Team Event
England under 20 Team Players
Gage Badger, Riley Duckworth,
Alex Fenton, Daniel Vensyk
Continued; Firstly our U16s team, led by Captain Ruby Matthews, has players who have been preparing well in readiness for the World Cup. Along with Ruby, the squad sees her joined by Alex Scott, Connor Gregory and Jamie Warren as the U16s look to consolidate a strong performances on home soil both in the Individual event and the Team tournament.
The U12s team, have an eagerness to do well, competing with optimism to give all the players a great opportunity to gain huge experience. With Hadley Chapman Captaining the team comprising of Max Rahman, Fraser Chapman & Reggie Cramer, these youngsters are looking forward to having a fun tournament.
Our U20s team, has experienced Gage Badger captaining the team who despite only having 3 players still hope to do their best. Riley Duckworth and Alex Fenton will be joining Gage
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Last but not least, our Women’s team are looking forward to playing against the World’s finest as Captain Frankie Bellefontaine, Sam Levy, Amy Horncastle & Shell Claydon hope to give their best for Team England.