Stow man upsets top seed to win Ohio pinball championship
IFPA SCS coverage continues in Ohio, with more from the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Featured in the article is #2 OH seed [player]Rod Lawrence[/player], #6 OH seed [player]Brian Shepherd[/player], #1 OH seed [player]Trent Augenstein[/player], #5 OH seed [player]John Delzoppo[/player], #9 OH seed [player]Mike Szilagyi[/player] and #3 OH seed [player]Don Johnson[/player]. Click HERE to read the article.
Pinball! Play begins for the Ohio championship
IFPA SCS coverage continues in Ohio, where the Cleveland Plain Dealer spent the day at the inaugural IFPA Ohio State Pinball Championship. Featured in the article is #5 OH seed [player]John Delzoppo[/player], #9 OH seed [player]Mike Szilagyi[/player], #1 OH seed [player]Trent Augenstein[/player] and #3 OH seed [player]Don Johnson[/player]. Click HERE to read the article.
As game regains popularity, Olathe man wins Kansas pinball championship
IFPA SCS coverage continues in Kansas, where the Kansas City Star spent the day at the inaugural IFPA Kansas State Pinball Championship. Featured in the article is #9 KS seed [player]Don Brownback[/player], #1 KS seed [player]Phil Cridlebaugh[/player], #6 KS seed [player]Stu Allison[/player], #3 KS seed [player]Steve Hill[/player] and #2 KS seed [player]Jason Scheffelmaer[/player]. Click HERE to read the article.
It’s all in the wrist as pinball wizards take a stand for Florida title
IFPA SCS coverage takes us to Florida, where the Palm Beach Post spent the day at the inaugural IFPA Florida State Pinball Championship. Featured in the article is #1 and #5 father/son duo [player]Jeff Palmer[/player] and [player]Atticus Palmer[/player], along with IFPA Florida State Championship organizer [player]Donny White[/player]. Click HERE to read the article and watch the video.
Pinball wizards begin quest for championship at Lincolnshire event
IFPA SCS coverage continues in Illinois, where the Daily Herald spent the day at the inaugural IFPA Illinois State Pinball Championship. Featured in the article is #1, #2 and #8 seeds [player]Josh Sharpe[/player], [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] and [player]Roger Sharpe[/player]. Also featured was #10 seed [player]Tim Smith CHI[/player], #3 seed [player]Joshua Henderson[/player], #8 seed [player]Jeff Hooper[/player] and #14 seed [player]Joseph Blasi[/player]. Click HERE to read the article.
2014 Ford Mustang Pinball machine at the Chicago Auto Show
Autos 0-60 with Javier Mota on Sirius XM was on hand at the Chicago Auto Show covering the launch of Stern's Mustang Pinball. The IFPA was on hand, where 2013 World's Greatest Pinball Player, Zach Sharpe challenged journalists to beat his high score on the new machines during media preview days at the Chicago Auto Show. Click HERE to watch Zach set the score to beat.
Amid Pinball Resurgence, St. Louis Hosts Missouri State Championship
SCS coverage continues across the nation! This time it's Cityscape on St. Louis Public Radio who talked with MO #2 seed [player]John Miller[/player] (ranked 171st in the world) and MO #6 seed [player]Brian Bannon[/player] (ranked 213th in the world) leading up to the inaugural IFPA Missouri State Pinball Championship. Click HERE to listen to the radio clip and read the article.
Top players set to flip for state pinball title at Tucson arcade
Coverage of the inaugural IFPA State Championship Series takes us to Arizona, where the Arizona Daily Star published an article on the upcoming IFPA Arizona State Pinball Championship. Featured in the article is #2 AZ seed [player]Greg Davis[/player] (ranked 413th in the world), #1 AZ seed [player]Mark Pearson[/player] (ranked 116th in the world), and #11 AZ seed [player]Wes Sparks[/player] (ranked 1356th in the world). Click HERE to read the article.
Pinball Wizard: 2015 Ford Mustang pinball machine is ready to play at the Chicago Auto Show
The kickoff of the Chicago Auto Show is today, and at the Ford booth you'll find Stern's latest launch, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the Mustang. The marketing power of Ford has made the media coverage of the Mustang pinball release unprecedented in terms of exposure for pinball. Edmunds.com has an article available HERE. USA TODAY has an article available HERE. New York Daily News has an article available HERE. Digital Trends has an article available HERE. Autoblog has an article available HERE. Car and Driver has an article available HERE. Autoweek has an article available HERE.
The IFPA is proud to be part of this launch, where 2013 World's Greatest Pinball Player and IFPA Vice President [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] is on hand to help promote the game to a new audience.










































