IFPA Pro Circuit – 2016/17 Inaugural Season
The IFPA is proud to announce the kickoff of the IFPA Pro Circuit. The IFPA Pro Circuit offers the country’s most competitive players a setting where they can showcase their hard work and talent and be rewarded for the time and effort that they have invested in the sport they love so much.
The IFPA Pro Circuit is the series of sanctioned events held annually across the country in which registered players accumulate WPPR points towards their IFPA Pro Circuit standings. Only players registered in advance as an “IFPA Pro” will be included in the IFPA Pro Circuit standings. Details on how to register are below.
Throughout the IFPA Pro Circuit, there are 10 IFPA Pro Circuit event locations, each chosen for its great pinball culture and its ability to provide unique travel and competition experiences.
For the 2016-17 season this includes:
- Pinball Expo Flip Out
- Texas Pinball Festival
- Michigan Pinball Expo
- NW Pinball Championships
- Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show
- Pinbowl
- California Extreme
- Modern Pinball Super League (August 2016 only)
- Wild West Pinball Fest
- Free Play Florida
- Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown
At the end of the last event on the IFPA Pro Circuit, the top 10 players will qualify for the IFPA Pro Circuit Championship. With the help of the Professional and Amateur Pinball Association, they have offered to host the inaugural IFPA Pro Circuit Championships. It is slated for April 11th, 2017 at 101 Keystone Dr, Carnegie, PA. Further details on the format will be posted to our website.
To apply, players must register by paying a $100 fee for the season. IMG in partnership with the IFPA has agreed to match the fees collected dollar for dollar towards the prize pool. All money collected will be awarded to the winner of the IFPA Pro Circuit Championship. 100% of the fees collected will go to the winner of the IFPA Pro Circuit Championship, along with the Circuit Bracelet. We’ve hired the best in the industry to design and manufacture the bracelet. Sample bracelet can be found HERE (subject to change). Please contact the IFPA at ifpapinball@gmail.com regarding registration.
April 2nd update . . .
This was an April’s Fools joke! However, we do have some plans brewing related to a possible IFPA tour of events. We will keep you posted as things develop.
IFPA HATES EUROPE! JOSH SHARPE IS DESTROYING PINBALL!!!
I sent in the $100 and made non-refundable travel arrangements to all those events, cant wait!
…but I REALLY wanted the bracelet!!! 🙁
So instead of PAPA, we now have MAMA? (Make Achievements More Asinine)
I’m sure you can find similar styles at your local Wal-Mart
so TPF already happen, so is this next years TPF?
dave co Next year to the day, April 1st.
This is West Coast biased!
I like how Pinbrawl STILL didn’t make the cut.
IFPA HATES EUROPE! JOSH SHARPE IS DESTROYING PINBALL!!!
I am glad RMPS made the circuit. It’s always a nice place to visit, even though the tournament is really expensive and they don’t always give out the prizes they promise.
Also hoping I can win a MPE dildo from one of their many tournaments.
Pinbrawl is special!
Can’t believe he went there 😀
Tim Arnold already volunteered to be my caddy on the tour!
You blew out your budget on the bracelet, you fools! You should have gone for the edible candy bracelet instead.
WWPF? That’s a real blast from the past. 😉
El o el
IFPA tour? Is that like the Web.com tour or the old AFL? I guess the question is how it would relate to the PAPA Circuit – – no overlap? Some? And the purpose is … ?
One thing that might be fun is a “B” division tour for all the larger events, PAPA circuit or otherwise, that have a Novice or B division. Let the “best of the B’s” qualify for something in the process of moving up towards A.