Stephen Haberman qualified himself for the $tern Rewards Program in 2018. The rewards program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. Stephen redeemed his reward for a Guardians of the Galaxy Pro.

Congratulations to Stephen, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

Greg Pitner out of Burlington, WI finished 2017 being ranked 851st in the world. This qualified him for the $tern Rewards Program. The rewards program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. Greg redeemed his reward for a Batman 66 Premium.

Congratulations to Greg, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

Tom Graf out of Applteton, WI finished 2017 being ranked 250th in the world. This qualified him for the $tern Rewards Program. The rewards program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. Tom redeemed his reward for a Batman 66 Premium.

Congratulations to Tom, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

In September 2017, Mike Burgess out of Fort Wayne, Indiana moved himself 11,581 spots up the World Pinball Player Rankings. This earned him a “Biggest Mover” award and qualified him for the $tern Rewards Program. The rewards program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. Mike redeemed his reward for a Batman 66 Premium.

Since September ended, Mike has played in 5 more events in 2017, moving himself up from 7942nd to 5394th in the world.

Congratulations to Mike, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here. A reminder for anyone with a 2016 reward, you have 3 more weeks to redeem it before it expires.

As one of the players ranked in the top 1000 at the end of 2016, Raymond Davidson qualified himself for the IFPA’s $tern Rewards Program. The $tern Rewards Program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. Raymond redeemed his reward for The Walking Dead Pro.

Raymond played in 27 events in 2016, moving himself up from 8th to 5th in the world.

Congratulations to Raymond, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

As one of the players ranked in the top 1000 at the end of 2016, Jeremy Williams qualified himself for the IFPA’s $tern Rewards Program. The $tern Rewards Program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. David redeemed his reward for a Game of Thrones Pro.

Jeremy played in 11 events in 2016, moving himself up from 344th to 328th in the world.

Congratulations to Jeremy, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

As one of the Biggest Movers in the World Pinball Player Rankings in August 2016, David Konwiczka qualified himself for the IFPA’s $tern Rewards Program. The $tern Rewards Program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. David redeemed his reward for a Metallica Pro.

In just his first year competing David has moved himself up the rankings into the top 6000 in the world.

Congratulations to David, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

As one of the Biggest Movers in the World Pinball Player Rankings in November 2012, Bryan Broyles qualified himself for the IFPA's $tern Rewards Program. The $tern Rewards Program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. Bryan redeemed his reward for an AC/DC Premium, which came with a certificate of authenticity signed by Gary Stern himself.

Bryan's November 2012 performance boosted him to 2716th in the world rankings, and since then he has shown no signs of slowing down. He's earned an additional 15.83 WPPR points during 2013, boosting him to a rank of 1316th in the world.

Congratulations to Bryan, and remember if you're interested in qualifying for the $tern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

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

PLAYER OF THE MONTH – [player]Steve Zahler[/player]
Steve earned 89.36 WPPR points in January, including a 2nd and 1st place finish in the Main and Classic tournaments at the Maryland Pinball Championship. In addition, Steve won the Middletown NY Pinball Open, and finished in 12th place at Pinferno.

BIGGEST MOVER AWARD – [player]Greg Matherly[/player]
Greg moved up 1487 spots by earning .66 WPPR points from his 56th place finish at the Pinferno tournament in New York. This moved Greg up to the 5341st ranked player in the world.

BIGGEST MOVER AWARD – [player]Jake Peterson[/player]
Jake moved up 793 spots from his 31st place finish at the Maryland Pinball Championship, along with a 26th place finish in the Classics Division. In total, Jake earned 2.21 WPPR points, which has moved him up to a rank of 2701st in the world.

BIGGEST MOVER AWARD – [player]Keith Brown[/player]
Keith moved up 665 spots from his victory at the Lost Ark Monthly Pinball Tournament. This netted Keith 6.26 WPPR points and boosted him into now being the 1571st 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 January 2013 tournament performance.

The biggest movers for January 2013 included [player]Greg Matherly[/player] from the US, who moved up 1487 spots by earning .66 WPPR points from his 56th place finish at the Pinferno tournament in New York. This moved Greg up to the 5341st ranked player in the world.

[player]Jake Peterson[/player] from Baltimore, MD moved up 793 spots from his 31st place finish at the Maryland Pinball Championship, along with a 26th place finish in the Classics Division. In total, Jake earned 2.21 WPPR points, which has moved him up to a rank of 2701st in the world.

[player]Keith Brown[/player] from High Points, NC moved up 665 spots from his victory at the Lost Ark Monthly Pinball Tournament. This netted Keith 6.26 WPPR points and boosted him into now being the 1571st ranked player in the world.

Congratulations to Greg, Jake and Keith as well as the other players that saw a jump in their ranking from their January tournament performance!