The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for October 2013 is current World No.1 [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] from Chicago, IL. Zach earned a total 147.76 WPPR points in October, with victories at both the Pinball Expo Flip Out Tournament and the Danish Pinball Open. Zach also finished in 3rd and 2nd place in the Classics Divisions of each of those tournaments respectively.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of October included [player]Trent Augenstein[/player] from Delaware, OH, with 114.17 WPPR points, [player]Marcin Kisiel[/player] from Poland with 92.69 WPPR points, [player]Josh Sharpe[/player] from Palatine, IL with 87.23 WPPR points, and [player]Roy Wils[/player] from the Netherlands with 86.35 WPPR points.

Congratulations to Zach and the other top WPPR point earners of the month!

The IFPA10 World Pinball Championship marked the return of the Charity Challenge at the championship. Through entry fees, player donations, and the gracious matching of funds raised from both Stern Pinball and Jersey Jack Pinball, and we were able to raise $1695 for Kids Fight Cancer.

Results from the Charity Challenge tournament can be found HERE. Players played one run through a set of 3 games, including an OLD, MID and NEW game. This year the games played included Dogies, Kings of Steel and Monster Bash, with 100-90-85-84-83-etc scoring. [player]Trent Augenstein[/player] emerged victorious with 256 points, besting IFPA8 runner up [player]Andreas Harre[/player] (242 points), new World Pinball Champion Jörgen Holm (227 points) and [player]Roy Wils[/player] (226 points). Showing he still has some gas left in the tank, PAPA Co-founder and IFPA Chairman [player]Steve Epstein[/player] finished 5th with 223 points.

Thanks to Stern Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball and to all the players that helped raise money for Kids Fight Cancer!

We look forward to continuing the tradition of the IFPA Charity Challenge at IFPA11 as the World Pinball Championship will be celebrated in Denver, Colorado at the Game Exchange of Colorado warehouse. Mark your calendars for what has become an annual tradition of IFPA World Championship Week starting Friday, May 16th, 2014. The week will start with the Lyons Spring Classic that opening weekend, which will also include the battle of the IFPA State Champions at the inaugural IFPA National Championship to be held on Sunday, May 18th at Lyons Classic Pinball. Pre-IFPA tournaments will be happening all week, with the Epstein Cup scheduled for Thursday, May 22nd. IFPA11 and the Charity Challenge will then kick off on Friday, May 23rd.

New for 2012, the IFPA will be highlighting the player that has earned the most WPPR points for each month of the year. Our first Player of the Month is [player]Trent Augenstein[/player] from Delaware, OH. Trent earned 33.69 WPPR points in January, finishing 2nd at both the Stern Launch Party in Pittsburgh, and the Fountain Square Pinball Classic in Indianapolis.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of January included [player]Roy Wils[/player] of the Netherlands with 30.16 WPPR points, [player]Derek Fugate[/player] of ths US with 29.70 WPPR points, [player]Mats Holmqvist[/player] of Sweden with 29.44 WPPR points, and [player]Jason Hatch[/player] of the US with 29.22 WPPR points.

Congratulations to Trent and the other top WPPR point earners of the month!