The IFPA is excited to announce that the following players have been now qualified for the $tern Rewards Program based on their June 2016 IFPA endorsed tournament performance! These players have until August 15th, 2017 to exercise their reward option.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Chris Chinn
BIGGEST MOVER AWARD – Paul Conley
BIGGEST MOVER AWARD – Nicole Pike
BIGGEST MOVER AWARD – Chris Doyle

Detailed rules for the $tern Rewards Program, including an updated list of qualifiers, and updated list of rewards available can be found HERE.

The IFPA is pleased to announce that the following players saw the biggest jump in their world ranking based on their June 2016 tournament performance.

The biggest movers for June 2016 included Paul Conley from Portland, OR, who moved up 16,007 spots from the following results:

Paul moved up to a rank of 7637th in the world.

Nicole Pike from Bremerton, WA moved up 12,420 spots from the following results:

Nicole moved up to a rank of 5835th in the world, and 219th in the Washington SCS.

Chris Doyle from San Antonio, TX moved up 10,656 spots from the following results:

Chris moved up to a rank of 6201st in the world, and currently sits in 127th place in the Texas SCS.

Congratulations to Paul, Nicole and Chris, as well as the other players that saw a jump in their ranking from their June tournament performance!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for June 2016 is Chris Chinn from Seattle, WA. Chris earned a total of 117.02 WPPR points in June. This included the following results:

Chris is currently in the top qualifying position for the 2016-17 Washington SCS.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of June included Steven Bowden from Franklin Township, NJ with 115.99 WPPR points, Bob Matthews from Thousand Oaks, CA with 105.21 WPPR points, Germain Mariolle from Redmond, WA with 95.47 WPPR points, and Aaron Metz from Morgantown, WV with 90-72 WPPR points.

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

photo courtesy of Gene X Hwang

At this point the comparisons to Tiger Woods can stop, because Tiger Woods wishes he was as good at golf as Keith Elwin is at pinball.

Keith captured his record 9th Major Championship with a victory at the 2016 Pinburgh Match Play Championships this past weekend in dominating fashion, while also expanding his record for the most top 4 finishes in Major Championships to 15. 2015-16 IFPA California State Pinball Champion, Karl DeAngelo increased his top 4 finishes in Major Championships to 2, while both Raymond Davidson and Cryss Stephens increased their top 4 finishes in Major Championships to 3.

To view the most current list of Major Championship stats, click HERE.

WFAE 90.7FM in Charlotte recently interviewed Sunshine Bon, the current leader in the North Carolina SCS as well as the runner up at last year’s IFPA Womens World Pinball Championship. Click HERE to read the article and listen to the interview.

We are pleased to announce that September will be POP month at the International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA)! Tournament directors around the country will be holding events to benefit POP and its mission to improve the lives of children by sharing the history and excitement of the game of pinball. The funds raised in September will go towards our high priority projects including purchasing a van to transport games for charity events, ongoing outreach projects, and day to day operations at POP HQ where pinball is offered for free to kids everyday.

The IFPA and Stern are excited to announce that the deadline of August 15th, 2016 for any 2015 reward earned has been extended through the end of the calendar year. Stern has also added KISS Premium to the list of available games starting today, and hope to add more titles later in the year before the deadline approaches.

Detailed rules for the $tern Rewards Program, including an updated list of qualifiers, and updated list of rewards available can be found HERE.

Episode 3 is available for download HERE.

The Wide World of Pinball homepage can be found HERE.

In episode 3 we discuss:

-Pinburgh preview
-Sandbagging
-Ball savers?
-More!