The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for December 2012 is [player]Beat Kuhn[/player] from Switzerland. Beat earned 124.34 WPPR points in December, winning both the Main and Classics tournaments at Pins and Pints and Pinballz Metal Tournaments. In addition, Beat also won the Offene Frankenmeisterschaft tournament along with a 2nd place finish at the Pinballroom Tournament open division.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of November included [player]Robert Gagno[/player] from Canada with 93.62 WPPR points, [player]Eden Stamm[/player] from Canada with 81.88 WPPR points, [player]Richard Rhodes[/player] from Australia with 75.00 WPPR points, and [player]John Kremmer[/player] of Canada with 72.66 WPPR points.

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

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Year for 2012 is [player]Trent Augenstein[/player]. Trent racked up an incredible 760.58 WPPR points during 2012 moving him from 11th to 6th in the world during the year.

Trent was the IFPA Player of the Month in January, April and May of 2012 having won 23% of the tournaments he played in during 2012, and finished in the top 4 in 60% of the tournaments he played in. Trent's highlights during 2012 included a 2nd place finish at Pinburgh 2012, along with victories at this year's Pinball at the Zoo, Pinbowl Tournament and Pinnesota National Championship.

Trent will be given his award at the IFPA10 World Pinball Championship, scheduled for May 31-June 2, 2013 in Germany. The IFPA wishes to congralute Trent on all of his success throughout 2012.

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for October 2012 is current IFPA World Pinball Champion, [player]Daniele Celestino Acciari[/player] from Italy. Daniele earned 113.57 WPPR points in October, winning the Swiss Open Main Tournament, Stern Launch Party Tournament and Rome Pinball Tournament. In addition, Daniele finished in the top 4 of the Zelgi Main and Side Tournament in Switzerland.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of October included [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] of the US with 109.11 WPPR points, [player]Albert Nomden[/player] of the Netherlands with 86.01 WPPR points, [player]Bowen Kerins[/player] of the US with 77.43 WPPR points, and [player]Jérémy Reynaud[/player] of France with 73.17 WPPR points.

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

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for August 2012 is [player]Keith Elwin[/player] from the US. Keith earned all 123.17 WPPR points during the PAPA 15 World Pinball Championships. His 7th/2nd/2nd finises in the three Classics tournaments combined with his 4th PAPA title in the last 5 years netted him the second highest WPPR point total for a single tournament in the history of the World Pinball Player Rankings (second to Keith's previous performance at PAPA 13).

The rest of the top 5 for the month of August included [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] of the US with 114.79 WPPR points, [player]Cayle George[/player] of the US with 95.97 WPPR points, [player]Bowen Kerins[/player] of the US with 78.21 WPPR points, and [player]Joshua Henderson [/player] of the US with 77.09 WPPR points.

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

With the Stern X-Men pinball launch parties starting this week, Chicago's RedEye has some pre-event coverage for the Chicago location which will be at the Emporium bar from 6-9pm this upcoming Friday. Featured in the article is IFPA Vice President [player]Zach Sharpe[/player]. Click HERE to check out the article.

The IFPA is pleased to announce that our Player of the Month for July 2012 is [player]Julio Vicario Soriano[/player] from Spain. Julio earned a victory in each of the tournaments he played in during July including the Caja de Cristal Pinball Open, Pinball Party Night Valencia and the Torneo Espanol de Pinball, netting him 85.65 WPPR points.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of July included [player]Adam Lefkoff[/player] of the US with 77.03 WPPR points, [player]Keith Elwin[/player] of the US with 69.13 WPPR points, [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] of the US with 66.51 WPPR points, and [player]Trent Augenstein[/player] of the US with 57.87 WPPR points.

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

The IFPA is pleased to announce that for the third time in five months, our Player of the Month for May 2012 is once again [player]Trent Augenstein[/player], from Delaware, OH. Trent earned 92.59 WPPR points in May, winning both the Pinbowl Tournament in Michigan, as well as the Silver Ballroom Open in St. Louis.  Trent also finished in 3rd place at the Gameworks Chicago Tournament of Champions.

The rest of the top 5 for the month of May included [player]Josh Lehan[/player] of the US with 59.50 WPPR points,  [player]Andy Rosa[/player] of the US with 49.32 WPPR points, [player]Keith Elwin[/player] of the US with 48.84 WPPR points, and [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] of the US with 44.83 WPPR points.

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

Continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship takes us to Rialto, CA, where The Press-Enterprise talked with IFPA9 qualifier [player]Jim Belsito[/player] (ranked 16th in the world). Other players interviewed include IFPA9 qualifier [player]Karl DeAngelo[/player] (ranked 67th in the world), IFPA Vice President [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] (ranked 7th in the world) and California native [player]Brent Stoddard[/player] (ranked 325th in the world).

Check out the article HERE.

Continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship takes us to Seattle, where NBC affiliate KING5 Seattle talked with qualifier and host [player]Todd MacCulloch[/player] (ranked 128th in the world), IFPA Vice President Zach Sharpe (ranked 6th in the world) and defending World Pinball Champion [player]Cayle George[/player] (ranked 2nd in the world) who won last year at IFPA8 in Sweden. Also shown in the video are IFPA9 qualifiers [player]Julie Gray[/player] (ranked 134th in the world) and [player]Raymond Davidson[/player] (ranked 67th in the world).

Check out the video HERE.

Continuing coverage of the upcoming IFPA9 World Pinball Championship takes us to Chicago, where the RedEye talked with brothers [player]Zach Sharpe[/player] (ranked 6th in the world) and [player]Josh Sharpe[/player] (ranked 10th in the world). The Sharpe brothers, along with [player]Lyman Sheats[/player] (ranked 42nd in the world), [player]Joshua Henderson[/player] (ranked 18th in the world) and [player]Jason Werdrick[/player] (ranked 27th in the world) will all be making their way to Seattle to represent not only the United States, but Chicago at this year's IFPA World Pinball Championship.

Check out the article HERE.