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sear an vasanthakumar right and darcy clarke left subbeteo- under the watchful eye of referee nadeem public school staff photosteve s0mhw1uje battle it out in a game of kassafn at central park table board soccer game incorporates elements of chess bymikehayakawa i sports editor i occer is a popular sport among trie students at central park public school v with that beingthecase s teacher bill edmondson sees no reason i had to win them in an ebay auc- v house i 7 a popular game played around the v world- edrriondson estimates some five to six million people know of its exis tence but to his knowledge subbuteo is a local rarity i havent heard of anyone else play- i why the game of subbuteo cannot kick- t1 up a storm among trie youngsters- v v ingmegameinmarkhanvbutlknow after all subbuteo is a boarbtgarne that in mississauga they play the game like table soccer but also combines the even have aleague elements of chess c k k i its nothing like foozeball said edmondson of the game which was invented in england by peter adolph in the1950 v subbuteo is more tactical and theres more skill involved its half sport and half game what the game teaches we have a soccer crazy school and the kids couldnt wait to get at it its been wonderful just recently edmondson formeda is positioning and the rules of soccer- r- u iu 7uci 7 u played on a felt piece of cloth spread subbuteo club at his school and imme out on a flat table miniature player fig- ures are placed ori thesurface the- actual game of soccer each team is- comprised of 10 men playing out and one in net fj w y the miniature figures are ifnanqeu diately drew a response from 30 eager students the game made its debut at the school during arecent open house wiui the resources edmondson had available four tables were put to use j w i vuo4- w nu and the game proved a success h isssss p q tit the game because its funand with his finbernau- i uke soccer noted grade 7 snidem with his fingernail t in addition to the two participants manning the figures the game has a 1 referee who has the authority to issue yellow or red cards oh the players s its really neat edmondson said of the games resemblance to the real deal edmondson notes thplayer figures- are painted in colours of actual club teamsfrom around the world which r adds to the games reality- there are anywhere from 500 to 600 v different colours of miniature figures y available and while edmondson does not have the entire set hes slowly acquinng pieces obtaining the pieces has not been i easy or cheap vv a ydii cant get them in any old store fie said v s nx ricky lai v the game was easy to learn and i can learn more strategy from this game t think the game is exciting added gallantwu 12 v just took a few minutes to learn- and this ganie is a lot like soccer i think ive picked up more patience by playing i this ganie i these days the students gather at lunch hour to partake in an inschdol v league edmondson said thejeague will vhave an fa cup ajicl possibly a world v cup we have a soccer crazy school and it the kids couldnt wait to get at it its been wonderful edmonson said r bruce seaplev s correspondent wt i the canadian igajteani that lost to the ijhited statesiri last summersi inaugural chrysler nations cup at emerald hills golf club is view ing last summers onesided defeat as a mulligan ninetime lpga winner sandra post who will return as canadian team captain for the second nations cup july3 and 4 at the stouffville course said last years american victory served as a learning experience we didnt like the beating we took post said in a telecon ference interview tuesday our team learned a lot from last year post said the adjustment to the match play format proved tougher than her players expected tt was a new format for them its been a long time since 4 brandie burtoriryc-jnancy- vmost ofsmyfeplayeisplayedjscrarftbnjkeluk rnat3i play tneyreally riad to wendy waklv thinkas a teani werea little better prepared all around weregbing to geta little more teamminded having the same team means we kndw the golf course we know what to do 2 s vbut with american team captain judy rankin also on the conference call post declined to elaborate on teams modi fied approach im certainly hot going to tell you our strategy with judy rankin oh the other end of the lirie post chuckled once again the canadian team will consist of dawn coe johesajeathome loriekane gail graham and nancy harvey v the american squad has been completely overhauled and will include sherri steinhauer raikmsaidiastyeaystearri rbe prepanngfbr solheim cupmatch play event in early fall as well as another major team tournament in france in june also the us ppenis to be played within two weeksof the nations cup rankin said she expects the hew quintet to be competitive our team will be fresh and new it will be trie first crack at this kind of thirigfor some of them i think these fiveplayers are capable of beating any five players tj the nations cup 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