The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for October 2016 is former IFPA World Pinball Champion Jörgen Holm from Sweden. Jörgen earned a total of 227.07 WPPR points in October. This included the following results:

Jörgen is currently sitting in 18th place in the 2016-17 ECS standings.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of October included Jorian Engelbrektsson from Sweden with 179.07 WPPR points, Cayle George from Seattle, WA with 159.54 WPPR points, Steven Bowden from Franklin Township, NJ with 152.37 WPPR points, and Johan Genberg from Sweden with 152.25 WPPR points.

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

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for September 2016 is 6-time Major Champion Jorian Engelbrektsson from Sweden. Jorian earned a total of 134.12 WPPR points in September. This included the following results:

Jorian is currently sitting in 2nd place in the 2016-17 ECS standings.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of August included Dave Stewart from Carnation, WA with 133.55 WPPR points, Raymond Davidson from Mukilteo, WA with 127.01 WPPR points, Robert Gagno from Burnaby, BC, Canada with 114.26 WPPR points, and Cesari Datri from Verona, Italy with 106.16 WPPR points.

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

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for August 2016 is Steven Bowden from Franklin Township, NJ. Steven earned a total of 185.50 WPPR points in August. This included the following results:

Steven is currently qualified in 6 different states for the SCS, including Georgia(1st), New Jersey(1st), New York(2nd), Kentucky(3rd) and Pennsylvania(15th).

The rest of the top 5 for the month of August included Trent Augenstein from Delaware, OH with 122.67 WPPR points, John Flitton from Canada with 94.68 WPPR points, Adam Becker from Keswick, ON, Canada with 94.57 WPPR points, and Greg Poverelli from New York with 76.99 WPPR points.

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

Keith Elwin may have just won his 9th Major Championship, but he has more importantly been named the IFPA Player of the Month for July 2016!

Keith earned 196.76 WPPR points during July, including 138.14 points from his Pinburgh 2016 victory (the 3rd most WPPR points earned at any tournament in history). Keith also won California Extreme in July for an additional 58.62 WPPR points. With that July activity Keith reclaimed the world #1 spot from Zach Sharpe following the posting of those Pinburgh results.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of July included Karl DeAngelo from Fontana, CA with 168.58 WPPR points, Steven Bowden from Franklin Township, NJ with 157.25 WPPR points, Raymond Davidson from Mukilteo, WA with 133.51 WPPR points, and Jason Werdrick from Park Ridge, IL with 117.99 WPPR points.

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

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!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for May 2016 is Albert Nomden from the Netherlands. Albert earned a total of 121.64 WPPR points in May. This included the following results:

Albert is currently ranked 33rd in the world and is in the top qualifying position for the 2016-17 ECS.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of May included Trent Augenstein from Delaware, OH with 113.26 WPPR points, Steven Bowden from Franklin Township, NJ with 96.02 WPPR points, Jorian Engelbrektsson from Stockholm, Sweden with 90.74 WPPR points, and Germain Mariolle from Redmond, WA with 87.84 WPPR points.

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

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for April 2016 is Bowen Kerins from Salem, MA. Bowen earned an insane total of 394.96 WPPR points in April (along with 25 PAPA Circuit points for the sometimes 3-time, sometimes 5-time World Champion). This included the following results:

Bowen is currently ranked 11th in the world and is in the top qualifying position for the 2016-17 Massachusetts SCS, 2nd in Maine, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and 4th in Florida.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of April included 0-time PAPA World Champion Zach Sharpe from Chicago, IL with 371.23 WPPR points, Jim Belsito from Murrieta, CA with 308.01 WPPR points, “Sharpe-Dream-Crusher” Robert Gagno from Burnaby, Canada with 271.21 WPPR points, and “Other-Sharpe-Dream-Crusher” Daniele Acciari from Italy with 245.23 WPPR points.

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

The IFPA is pleased to announce our Player of the Month for January 2016 through March 2016:

January 2016 –> Trent Augenstein from Delaware, OH (146.39 WPPR points)
February 2016 –> Nicklas Lindahl from Sweden (92.46 WPPR points)
March 2016 –> Cryss Stephens from Pittsburgh (179.51 WPPR points)

Congratulations to Trent, Nicklas and Cryss, along with the other top WPPR point earners over these months!

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for December 2015 is [player]Steven Bowden[/player] from Franklin Township, NJ. Steve earned a total of 114.80 WPPR points in December. This included the following results:

Steve is currently ranked 2nd in the world (for at least another day or two) and is in the top qualifying position for the 2015-16 New Jersey and New York SCS, 5th in Illinois and Pennsylvania, as well as 15th in Connecticut.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of December included [player]David Riel[/player] from Pittsburgh, PA with 110.78 WPPR points, [player]Dave Stewart[/player] from Carnation, WA with 109.08 WPPR points, [player]Francesco La Rocca[/player] from New York with 107.69 WPPR points, and [player]Per Schwarzenberger[/player] from San Francisco with 106.60 WPPR points.

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

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Year for 2015 is [player]Steven Bowden[/player] from Franklin Park, NJ. Steve racked up an incredible 1282.34 WPPR points during 2015 moving him from 13th to 2nd in the world during the year.

Steve was the IFPA Player of the Month in May, October and December of 2015 having won 36% of the 55 tournaments he played in during 2015, and finished in the top 4 in 64% of them.

Steve’s highlights during 2015 included 1st place finishes at Pinball Expo’s Flip Out Main Tournament, PPO’s Classics and Pin-Golf Tournaments, Pinfest and the 24 Hour Final Battle at The Sanctum. Steve also won 5 out the 12 Modern Pinball NYC Super League tournaments during 2015, racking up enough WPPR points (538.91) to actually change the course of the WPPR system forever!

Steve will be given his award at the IFPA13 World Pinball Championship, scheduled for April 12-14, 2016 in Pittsburgh. The IFPA wishes to congralute Steve on all of his success throughout 2015.