blog post courtesy of a very proud father 🙂

Danielle Peck has taken the title of the #1 Woman player in pinball!

This caps off a successful few years for the 16 year old from New Zealand, with the Womans titles from the 2017 Texas Pinball Festival and 2018 INDISC tournaments also under her belt.

Danielle’s achievement is the latest in a great line of success for the younger competitors in pinball, with 16 year old Johannes Ostermeier from Germany ranked 5th in the overall rankings, Escher Lefkoff (then only 14) winning the 2017 PAPA World Championship, 16 year old Alexsander Kacmarczyk racking up many impressive results, and 16 year old Colin Urban taking home the 2019 INDISC Champion title.

IFPA is actively promoting the growth of pinball through our younger players, with many Youth tournaments around the world, and with our IFPA youth rankings for players under 18.

The IFPA16 field is nearly set, with 62 out of the 64 players locked in. The IFPA European Pinball Championship and IFPA North American Pinball Championship Satellite spots will both be up for grabs in February/March to fill the final 2 spots.

A record 22 countries will be represented at IFPA16, along with 17 players in the field that have won a Major Championship at some point in their career (Keith Elwin, Jorian Engelbrektsson, Daniele Celestino Acciari, Raymond Davidson, Cayle George, Franck Bona, Albert Nomden, Zach Sharpe, Robert Gagno, Jörgen Holm, Colin MacAlpine, Jim Belsito, Robert Sutter, Adam Becker, Escher Lefkoff, Levente Tregova, Andrei Massenkoff).

At rank #48, Fred Richardson from the US became the last player above the cut line.

Check out the field HERE.

The State in South Carolina published a piece on the upcoming IFPA South Carolina State Pinball Championship. Click HERE to watch the piece.

NACS Day is upon us! Best of luck to the 968 competitors spread across the 53 States, Provinces and Districts!

Links below are available for both brackets and streaming information.

CityNews in Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada posted a video on the upcoming IFPA Manitoba Provincial Pinball Championship. Click HERE to watch the piece.

ABC affiliate WHAS11 in Louisville, Kentucky posted a video on the upcoming IFPA Kentucky State Pinball Championship. Click HERE to watch the piece.

FOX12 Oregon interviewed IFPA Oregon State Representative Greg Dunlap about the upcoming IFPA Oregon State Pinball Championship. Click HERE to watch the piece.

Eugene Weekly in Eugene, OR published a piece on the upcoming IFPA Oregon State Pinball Championship. Click HERE to read the piece.

Memphis Flyer in Memphis, TN published a piece on the upcoming IFPA Tennessee State Pinball Championship. Click HERE to read the piece.

KLCC 89.7FM in Eugene, Oregon interviewed Matt Walton about the upcoming IFPA Oregon State Pinball Championship. Click HERE to listen to the interview.