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This section provides an archive of recent BFA news announcements.


February 2006

Constitution Update

Details of proposed constitutional update here.

AGM February 2006

Details of the election results from the BFA AGM held at Warwick University on Saturday 11 February 2006 here.

Many thanks go to John Worthington and the Warwick Uni lads for arranging the dates and venue.

Minutes to the BFA AGM are available for download here (pdf).

November 2004

2005 BFA Calendar

The BFA is pleased to announce that its 2005 Calendar will be on sale soon, at the very reasonable price of £2.

Many thanks go to Dave Oates for putting this together. All proceeds go to the BFA.

October 2004

UK Open 2004 mailshot

Mailshot sent to all UK based members and venues listed in the britfoos.com database.

July 2004

Garlando Masters

Press release to the UK Garlando Masters, as sent to Walsall FC and media outlets in the west midlands in the build up to the Masters.

May 2004

BFA AGM Minutes

Minutes to the BFA AGM, held 4 April 2004, are available for download here (pdf).

September 2003

News Announcement

The BFA is pleased to announce that it has joined the European Table Soccer Association, Eutsa, as an A license holder.

Further details are available in the September Eutsa Newsletter.

August 2003

News Announcement

We are pleased to announce that UK no 1 player Rob Atha won four World Table-Football Titles at the Garlando championships in Austria.

The BFA press release is available here.

May 2003

Domain Change

The BFA is pleased to announce the successful relocation of the website to www.britfoos.com.

The change brings the website into alignment with the new name of the organisation, the British Foosball Association.

March 2003

AGM Announcement

BFA AGM Announcement available on Britfoos. Motions passed include the remaining of the association to the British Foosball Association.

January 2003

BritFoos Discussion Forum

The BFA is pleased to announce that the BritFoos Forum is now online.

Here players will find the latest tournament information, help and advice, as well as general table football related chat.

End of Year Membership Update

473 current BFA members as at 31 December 2002 (115 new members):

  • London 118
  • South East 58
  • South West 25
  • East Anglia 37
  • Midlands S 38
  • Midlands N 40
  • Yorks/Humbs 14
  • North West 49
  • North East 7
  • Scotland 3
  • Wales 9
  • Ireland 10
  • Overseas 63
December 2002

Jonathan Smith

It is with extreme sadness that the death of Jonathan Smith was announced on 10 December 2002. Tributes can be viewed here.

October 2002

WestDeutsche Meisterschaft Tornado 2002

Congratulations all round as UK boys done good at German Championship!

Success includes: 2nd in Open Singles, 3rd and 4th in Open Doubles, 1st in Rookie Doubles, 1st in DYP.

Full results + highlights/lowlights + DYP Final Commentary available here.

Table Football Expert Challenge

Many thanks to all those who took part in the Table Football Expert Challenge from Thu-03-Oct to Sun-06-Oct.

This should result in another £2,750 for the BFA. The "Experts" who were challenged were:

  • Dave Whitelam
  • Stuart Cree
  • Dave Ziemann
  • Clive Triplow
  • Diane Blackwell
  • Albert Andoh
  • Rob Atha
  • Boris Atha
  • Mike Cohen
  • Rhys Roberts

I thoroughly enjoyed the event and I hope that all the others who took part did as well.

Also, some of the challengers expressed an interest in taking part in a tournament so I hope Tich has enough tables at The Scotsman on 26-October.

Cheers, Rhys (BFA Chairman)

September 2002

NEW BFA site comes Online

The BFA website has undergone a complete redevelopment, in order to provide players with the best source of table football related information on the web.

The new website was designed by Richard Thomson, with help from the BFA committee and Daniel Gallon.

Information on how the website was put together is available here.

Tanny Iqbal

The Table Football community was shocked and extremely saddened by the tragic death of Tanny Iqbal on the morning of 4 September 2002.

Tributes can be found here.

January 2002

BFA Newsletter 2001

Downloadable version of the BFA's Annual Newsletter, published to keep members updated as to goings on at the BFA.

Includes full results from UK Ranking tournaments held on Tornado, Garlando & FAS tables in 2000 and 2001.

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