The Abbotsford News also ran a piece on the Fraser Valley FlipOut tournament, which is going on right now! The Fraser Valley FlipOut is one of the nearly 450 annual IFPA endorsed tournaments where players can earn World Pinball Player Rankings points, and qualify for the IFPA World Pinball Championship. This tournament is also part of the IFPA Province Championship Series up in Canada, being included in the qualifying for the IFPA British Columbia Province Championship. Featured in the article is [player]John Kremmer[/player] (ranked 54th in the world). John is currently qualified in 10th place in the IFPA Washington State Pinball Championship, as well as 7th place in the British Columbia Province Championship. Click HERE to read the article and watch the video.

From Gioco News (translated to English):

The pinball is always sporting spectacle. And tonight even more, with the episode of the program Mediaset 'Italy's got Talent', aired in prime time on Channel 5, which will be among the competitors the two-time World Champion Daniele Acciari, engaged in a performance flipperistica with which it intends to win over the jury.
A success for the Italian sports pinball machine that sees its most illustrious player to finish in the early evening on one of the most popular TV shows of the moment.

Daniele's spot can be seen HERE.

The Province also ran a piece on the upcoming Fraser Valley FlipOut tournament. The Fraser Valley FlipOut is one of the nearly 450 annual IFPA endorsed tournaments where players can earn World Pinball Player Rankings points, and qualify for the IFPA World Pinball Championship. This tournament is also part of the IFPA Province Championship Series up in Canada, being included in the qualifying for the IFPA British Columbia Province Championship. Featured in the article is tournament organizer [player]Tommy Floyd[/player] (ranked 2156th in the world).  Click HERE to read the article.

The Vancouver Sun ran a piece on the upcoming Fraser Valley FlipOut tournament. The Fraser Valley FlipOut is one of the nearly 450 annual IFPA endorsed tournaments where players can earn World Pinball Player Rankings points, and qualify for the IFPA World Pinball Championship. This tournament is also part of the IFPA Province Championship Series up in Canada, being included in the qualifying for the IFPA British Columbia Province Championship. Click HERE to read the article.

The IFPA is excited to announce that the following players have been now qualified for the $tern Rewards Program based on their August 2013 IFPA endorsed tournament performance! These players have until August 15th, 2014 to exercise their reward option.

PLAYER OF THE MONTH – [player]Keith Elwin[/player]
Keith earned a total 136.11 WPPR points in August, over 107 of which came from his PAPA 16 2nd place finish in the A division, along with an 11th, 10th and 6th place finishes in the Classics tournaments.

BIGGEST MOVER AWARD – [player]Shaun Rowe[/player]
Shaun moved up 8395 spots by earning 4.24 WPPR points from his 2nd place finish at the August Emporium Monthly Pinball Tournament in Chicago. This boosted Shaun into now being the 3599th ranked player in the world.

BIGGEST MOVER AWARD – [player]Dan Woodske[/player]
Dan moved up 6216 spots from his victory at the Beaver Brewing Company Taproom Championship, 129th finish in the Classics III division at PAPA 16, and a 19th and 37th place finish at Pin-Butt-Palooza in the Main and Classics tournament respectively. In total, Dan netted 27.58 WPPR points from his performances, which has moved him up to a rank of 1149th in the world.

BIGGEST MOVER AWARD – [player]Jared Guynes[/player]
Jared moved up 4526 spots by earning .71 WPPR points from his 42nd place finish at the Ultimate Arcade House Party tournament. This moved Jared into now being the 8147th ranked player in the world.

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 August 2013 tournament performance.

The biggest movers for August 2013 included [player]Shaun Rowe[/player] from Chicago, IL, who moved up 8395 spots by earning 4.24 WPPR points from his 2nd place finish at the August Emporium Monthly Pinball Tournament in Chicago. This boosted Shaun into now being the 3599th ranked player in the world.

[player]Dan Woodske[/player] from Pennsylvania moved up 6216 spots from his victory at the Beaver Brewing Company Taproom Championship, 129th finish in the Classics III division at PAPA 16, and a 19th and 37th place finish at Pin-Butt-Palooza in the Main and Classics tournament respectively. In total, Dan netted 27.58 WPPR points from his performances, which has moved him up to a rank of 1149th in the world.

[player]Jared Guynes[/player] from Rockwall, TX moved up 4526 spots by earning .71 WPPR points from his 42nd place finish at the Ultimate Arcade House Party tournament. This moved Jared into now being the 8147th ranked player in the world.

Congratulations to Shaun, Dan and Jared, as well as the other players that saw a jump in their ranking from their August tournament performance!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for August 2013 is 6-Time "World's Greatest Pinball Player" [player]Keith Elwin[/player] from Carlsbad, CA. Keith earned a total 136.11 WPPR points in August, over 107 of which came from his PAPA 16 2nd place finish in the A division, along with an 11th, 10th and 6th place finishes in the Classics tournaments.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of August included 5-time World Pinball Champion [player]Bowen Kerins[/player] from Salem, MA with 119.78 WPPR points, current World #1 [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] from Chicago, IL with 107.75 WPPR points, [player]Donavan Stepp[/player] from Lakewood, CO with 101.00 WPPR points, and 2-time World Pinball Champion [player]Daniele Celestino Acciari[/player] from Italy with 81.39 WPPR points.

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