2025 WNACS Recap
This past weekend marked another milestone for women’s pinball: the 2nd annual Women’s North American Pinball Championship was held at Port City Pinball in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
The IFPA Women’s Advisory Board and the team at Port City Pinball hosted 54 players from 6 Canadian provinces, 47 US states, and the District of Columbia to crown the titles of Canadian Women’s National Pinball Champion, US Women’s National Pinball Champion, and Women’s North American Pinball Champion. That included 45 first-time competitors in this championship, as well as defending champion Amy Kesting, who won the inaugural event in 2024.
Congratulations to Gabrielle Mountenay from Quebec, who was crowned the Canadian Women’s National Pinball Champion, winning in a best-of-three final against runner-up Chantelle Mercier from British Columbia.
Congratulations as well to our 2025 Women’s North American Pinball Champion and US Women’s National Pinball Champion, Miriam Nadler from New York. Coming in as the 12th seed, she played amazingly well and prevailed across all 6 rounds in the single-elimination, best-of-7 bracket, including a 4-2 win against Kaylee Campbell in the finals. Along with the championship titles, Miriam won a NIB pinball machine from Stern Pinball.
Joining Miriam and Kaylee in the top 4 were Jane Verwys and Stacey Moritz, who took 3rd and 4th place respectively.
Our thanks to all the competitors for coming out to support the event, as well as our incredible hosts Allison O’Neill, Brian O’Neill, and Brian Yurick of Port City Pinball, streamer extraordinaire Marc Pautenaude of Backhand Pinball, and Gene X Hwang at Orange Photography. (Check out Gene’s photos from the event in this album!)
Special thanks to Stern Pinball, Marco Specialties, Replay Museum, Coastal Hemp Company – North Carolina, Builds By Bex, Captain Crazy’s Arcade, AtGames, and Chicago Gaming Company for supporting this event with additional prizes, swag, and logistics.
