Here are the July 2019 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Craig Pullen (95.23 WPPR’s)

Biggest Movers:
Scott Yager (+22,070 spots), Conrad Rustad (+13,455 spots) and Harrison Kwik (+9,078 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2019. Congrats to everyone!

Now This posted a video on the growth of women participating in competitive pinball. Click HERE to watch the video.

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We are excited to announce that all 2019-20 IFPA State/Provincial/District Championships will be held on Saturday, January 18, 2020. Additional details will be provided when we get closer to the end of the season. Players are encouraged to reach out to their IFPA State/Provincial/District Representative for any questions regarding your specific Championship.

Other dates worth mentioning:
2019-20 IFPA North American Pinball Championship –> Thursday, March 5th, 2020
2020 IFPA Women’s World Pinball Championship –> Thursday, March 5th, 2020
2020 IFPA Pin-Masters: World Pin-Golf Championships –> Friday, March 6-8, 2020
*These events will all be at Game Exchange of Colorado in Denver, CO – 2650 6th Ave, Denver, CO 80204
*All North American and Women’s World Championship finalists will have a spot in the IFPA Pin-Masters reserved for them.

In the history of competitive pinball, 30 players have had the chance to call themselves a Major Champion.

The record books will have to wait a little longer to expand that list to 31, as Keith Elwin captured his record 11th Major Championship with a victory at the 2019 Pinburgh Match Play Championships this weekend. Keith also expanded his record for the most top 4 finishes in Major Championships to 18.

Daniele Acciari increased his top 4 finishes in Major Championships to 12 (tying himself for 2nd most of all-time). Andrew Rosa II became the 90th player in history to earn a top 4 finish at a Major Championship with his 3rd place finish. Cryss Stephens increased his top 4 finishes in Major Championships to 5 (one of only 15 players to do so).

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

Congrats to Keith!

The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, IN published an article on the increased participation of women in competitive pinball at Fort Wayne Pinball Wizards World. Click HERE to read the article.

Re: in New Zealand posted a video interview with the current #1 ranked female player in the world, Danielle Peck. Click HERE to watch the video.

The connected pinball platform is proud to sponsor the premiere competitive pinball organization

August 1, 2019

Scorbit, the connected pinball platform, is excited to announce sponsorship of the International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA) at the Platinum Sponsor level. This sponsorship marks the beginning of what both Scorbit and the IFPA plan to be a long relationship supporting competitive pinball and helping to benefit pinball tournaments and players around the world.

“The growth of pinball recently can be directly tied to the work the IFPA has done to promote pinball tournaments worldwide and one of the goals of Scorbit is to help continue that growth and make pinball even more fun for more players,” said Scorbit co-founder & CTO and Top 50 IFPA ranked player, Brian O’Neill. “Sponsoring and working with the IFPA opens a lot of doors for Scorbit to help tournaments become more efficient and explore potential new ways of supporting competitive pinball.”

“Time and time again people are putting their real-world technical expertise on display to help advance competitive pinball forward. The team at Scorbit is doing exactly this!” IFPA President Josh Sharpe commented. “The IFPA is super excited to partner with Scorbit on using their technology to help provide a valuable tool for organizers to add to the quality of their events.”

For more information and to sign up for the Scorbit mailing list or reserve an order of a Scorbitron, please visit http://scorbit.io

ABOUT SCORBIT
Scorbit is a connected pinball platform that enables the tracking of scores from a pinball machine to the Internet via a hardware device called the “Scorbitron.” Installing a Scorbitron in a pinball machine ranging from modern pinball machines to DMD machines to solid state machines, enables the ability to track scores, progress and other data points and upload that date to the Scorbit app platform. Scorbit has successfully been deployed in professional pinball tournaments such as the San Francisco City Champ tournament and INDISC.

Here are the June 2019 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Peter Andersen (331.16 WPPR’s)

Biggest Movers:
Jennifer Rath (+23,262 spots), Michael Eccleston (+22,847 spots) and Adam Vatterott (+20,475 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2019. Congrats to everyone!

With the restraining order no longer in effect, IFPA President Josh Sharpe sits down, and stands up, to talk with Jeff Teolis of Pinball Profile. Jeff complains while offering no solutions, while Josh contacted police to reinstate the restraining order. Click HERE to listen . . . download the podcast at Stitcher, Google Play, Anchor, CastBox, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Castro, Pocket Casts, Spotify, Laughable, Breaker, Overcast, Downcast, Himalaya, Luminary . . .