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IFPA UK PINBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

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Hi guys,

Taken from Martin's post on ukpinball. Would love your support and encouragement with this, we think it has huge potential and can be a nice addition to the UK pinball scene. Any questions or thoughts I'd be happy to hear. Let's get involved and play some pinball!

Cheers, Craig



Hi everyone.

I'm pleased to announce the formation of a brand new nationwide pinball championship - the IFPA UK Championship Series.

Devised by Craig Pullen and Greg Mott, the Series pulls together results from all the major tournaments held in the UK in each calendar year to produce an overall ranking. Then, at the end of the year, the top 20 players from across the country will have qualified for the national final. The final will be held in different parts of the country each year, probably the following January of February.

The UK Championship Series is fully endorsed by the IFPA and we've wasted no time in getting this up and running. In fact, it's running right now, since all the results from tournaments held in the UK so far this year are already included in the 2014 Series. That means if you have played in any UK tournament this calendar year (excluding leagues), then you're already in with a chance of qualifying for the final and winning cash prizes, trophies and more WPPR points.

The current standings, the rules, the details of the finals, and the remaining qualifying events are all available on the IFPA website. It's the lead article on the front page, but you can get to the UK Championship Series information at any time at: www.ifpapinball.com/ukcs

The ranking and results tables require a little tidying up and we'll do that shortly, but Craig, Greg and I wanted to get this launched as soon as possible, since the next qualifying event is the UK Pinball Open which is under three weeks away. The UK Pinball Classic also counts towards the Series as a side-tournament.

With at half the qualifying tournaments still to take place, it's all to play for. With your top six results counting, you can still win even if you haven't played any tournaments so far this year.

So big thanks to Craig and Greg for coming up with the concept and working out the details. Pop over to the IFPA website to check it out, spread the word, and if you've got any questions I'm sure they will both be happy to answer them.

Cheers,

Martin.
(IFPA UK Country Director)
 
Awesome work mate, congrats to you and Greg for getting this setup :thumbs: Any details on how the finals would work....are you going for a league meet type thing at someones house or would it be a new event that the participants would bring games too?
 
Thanks Paul, much appreciated.

In terms of the finals, I think it's going to be pretty cool. The top 20 qualifiers at the end of the season will qualify for the finals. The finals are going to run in the same way as the PAPA circuit finals, full details of the final can be found here in section 3.

http://www.ifpapinball.com/ukcs/rules

The venue hasn't been decided as of yet, but it should be a great event.

Cheers, Craig
 
Hi

Following the excellent Pinburgher BBQ in the Rain event at David Mainwaring's yesterday, I've updated the UK Championship Series with the latest results which you can see in the attached file.

Remember that it's your best 6 results that count and the top 20 qualify for the finals to be held early next year with places eligible to next in order in from 21 to 25 to replace any qualifiers in the top 20 not able to compete in the finals. In the table, I've highlighted in yellow the results which don't count towards your best 6 for those who've played more than 6 events.

Next event is at Special When Lit in Salisbury on 17th October. Please register with Peter via the website if you want to attend.

Happy to answer any questions you might have.

Cheers
Greg
 

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TYHO said:
Not my cup of tea,mainly cos I am crap but also not competitive,but if it fills a void that people think is there,and they enjoy doing it,all well and good:)
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i'm the same as you Poi, i'm totally non-competitive and also extremely crap at pinball. maybe if i played better, i might be more competitive, but it's hard to worry about comps and placings when i consistently perform like a numpty

still much appreciated all the work put in by Greg, Martin, Dawn, Kate et al with all the organising that goes on for you good players

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If there was a competition for the best avatar or gif pics, I nominate that Dan wins
 
Just a quick heads up that Nick has posted a link to the UK Championship Standings on the league website under the UK comps menu and will keep updated so best place to keep up to date with the standings in future.

Cheers
Greg
 
The UK championship Series standings have now been updated again since Peter's excellent 'Not another birthday' tournament.
You can find the current standings either on the IFPA website, here Standings


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Standings
Current 2014 UKCS standings through 10/25/14: Pos +/- Player Total Best 6 Events Eff. Wins 1 - Craig Pullen 790.50 568.00 10 79% 3 2 - Martin Ayub 543....

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Or you can find them with more detail on the UK league website, here UK Pinball League – UK Competitions



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UK Pinball League – UK Competitions
Results of all UK pinball competitions

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Big movers after the tournament :


After Andrew Wilson's @dragon2000 superb win in the main tournament he has jumped up 11 places in the overall rankings, putting himself in 18th place, squeezing inside that all important 20th position.


Philip Mann played superbly well in both the main and side comps and has moved up 28 places in the overall rankings to 24th, putting him in a great position to make the top 20.


And Ian Wallace @ianw had a great showing, jumping up a massive 41 places and a current position of 33rd overall.


With 5 tournaments still to go before the end of the year it is going to be very interesting to see how the top 20 shape up.


In November we have the 'as yet unnamed pinball tournament' at tilt coffee house in Leicester on the 23rd, and on the 29th at the pipeline in London, the London Pinball team are running a tournament to coincide with the end of their league season.


Get out there and play some pinball!
 
Please can someone add me to the list as not on Facebook
 
Hi

Have attached the latest standngs in the UKCS following the comp at Tilt cafe yesterday and will be up on the league website shortly and IFPA later.

Many thanks to Wayne for organising this and to Dave at Tilt for hosting. Congratulations to Wayne on winning his first UK comp and to all others who did well. Top 10 was pretty much top 10 ranked players in UK who attended so went very much to form with top 3 UK players making up the final 4 with Wayne.

Biggest movers are:

Wayne up 3 to 7th with his win
Andy Foster up 9 to take up a solid 14th in crucial top 20
Sam Cullis up 24 to 36
Mike Kindler up 39 to 38

No change in the top 6 positions but some gaps closed.

With only around 100 points between 20th, the last qualifying place and next 25 places, still lots of chance to make the top 20 for a large number of players. And remember the higher up in the top 20 you qualify overall, the more byes you get in the UKCS finals so each position is important.

Still 4 meets to go with next one this coming Saturday at the Pipeline. Hope to see some of you there.

Cheers
Greg
 

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Hi Greg, just checked out the IFPA page for the UKCS and I'm pretty sure the names do not correspond to the scores. Whilst I'd happily take it, I know my efficiency rating is not 82%! Others may be incorrect too.... Cheers.
 
Thanks for the heads up, Mark

Looks right on my workings and on the uk pinball league site but something's gone wrong in conversion to the IFPA site. Looks like Andy Foster's got missed out on the IFPA list but his efficiency has stayed in so showing on your line.

I'll be posting an updated on here shortly after yesterday's comps so will hopefully that correct this.

Cheers
Greg
 
Hi

Thanks to Matt and Thomas for hosting an excellent comp on Saturday at the Pipeline. Congrats to Martin for the win, Craig for a near miss on a double (coming 2nd in main and top in high score) and to Dave Sanders for 3rd and Paul Pavlov Rubens for making his first final.

Here's the updated UKCS standings after this comp. No change to the top 15 although Craig is almost at maximum points for best 6 now!

Big movers were:

into top 20: James Watson up 9 and Chris Poyntz up 5
others: Oscar Evrenos up 36 to 33, Janos Kiss up 164 to 67 and Ben Pike up 115 to 78

Next event with 3 to go is at Special When Lit this coming weekend. Look forward to seeing some of you there.

Cheers
Greg
 

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It gives me great pleasure to announce the venue and dates for the final of the UK Championship Series.

Terry Sullivan has very kindly agreed to hold the finals at his home in Shepshed, near Leicester. Not only does this provide a central location within the UK, but Terry has a superb and varied lineup of games from a range of eras which will test all competitors and make for a brilliant weekend of pinball.

The dates of the finals will be on the weekend of the 31st Jan/1st Feb 2015. The first round of the finals between players in positions 20,19,18 and 17 will start at 10am on Sat 31st Jan, with practice from 9am. All players will be able to play one practice game (subject to time constraints) on each of the 6 games used in the finals.

The finals will be open to the top 20 players after the results of the final Series event at Greg's on the 30th of December. Those players in the top 20 will be contacted directly with registration details. If people in the top 20 are unable to attend then we will contact those in positions 21-25 until the top 20 places are filled. In fact, it would be great if you could contact me if you are in the top 25 at the moment and definitely do not plan to attend the finals so we can plan in advance.

Because of the format of the finals, and to make the most of the weekend for all players, we have decided to run a separate tournament as well. This tournament is open to everyone, but will be limited to the first 40 registered players. The 20 players involved in the UKCS will have first option, so a further 20 places will be open for non UKCS finalists. We will announce registration and format for this competition once the UKCS final event has been completed.

So mark the dates in your diary and please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions.

Cheers, Craig
 
Hi

Thanks to Peter for hosting a fantastic comp as ever last weekend at Special When Lit. Congrats to Peter for winning the Classics and Andy Foster for the main comp.

Here's the updated UKCS standings after this comp. No change to the top 10 with Andy moving up to 11th after his win.

Big movers were:

Ad Jonker up 82 to 55 and Nick Hill up 17 to 48.

Top 16 are probably safe but you never know and next 4 places are certainly up for grabs with a good result from any lurking between 20 and 30 or so in either of the last 2 events.

Next event is the Christmas Cracker this Sunday in Wells, Lincolnshire.

Cheers
Greg
 

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Hi

Thanks to Ross for hosting what sounded like a fantastic comp last weekend. Would love to have gone but juts a bit too far for me. Very many congrats to James Watson for his first ever UK win and to other finalists: David, Martin and Peter.
Here's the updated UKCS standings after this comp. No change to the top 10 with Andy moving up to 11th after his win.

Big movers were: David Dutton up 20 to 30, Tim Slow up 38 to 38, Garry Speight up 29 to 92.

No change to top 7 with some small switching of places around in the next 10.

With a reasonable gap , top 18 should be safe now with CJ and Richard Rothwell-Jackson in danger of just missing out for the finals.

Lurking just outside the top 20 and registered for last event are:
Andrew Wilson in 21st
Philip Mann in 23rd
Tony Smith in 25th
Tim Thornton in 28th

So last event of the year is the Robot Bash at mine on 30th. A few spaces still left and more details here:

http://www.robotbashpinball.co.uk/

Cheers
Greg
 

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Great stuff! It's all shaping up and the last meet at Greg's should definitely be a cracker, there are still a few spots left I see, grab them you fools, Greg really has one of the best gamesrooms/collections I have seen.

For those of you who are still unsure about the format of the finals, have a watch of the PAPA circuit finals here


It's going to be epic!
 
Hi

Here's the final standings after yesterday's comp.

Movers from yesterday in the top 20 were Ivan and Nick up one place and David and Thomas down one and most significantly Tim Thornton jumped 10 places to 18th qualify following his 3rd place.

So congratulations to the following who've qualified for the finals to be held the weekend of 31 January at Terry Sullivan's in Shepshed. I'll be sending an email to all qualifiers today with more info.

1 Craig Pullen
2 Martin Ayub
3 Greg Mott
4 Lukasz Romanowski
5 Matt Vince
6 Peter Blakemore
7 Wayne Johns
8 Ivan Miles
9 David Mainwaring
10 Nick Marshall
11 Thomas Evrenos
12 Andy Foster
13 Neil Fellender
14 James Watson
15 Justin Walker
16 Robin Kemp
17 Mark Potter
18 Tim Thornton
19 Chris Poyntz
20 CJ Brown UK

Those in places 21-25 below are eligible to be reserves in case any of the top 20 cannot make the finals.
21 Richard Rothwell-Jackson
22 Andrew Wilson
23 Phil Dixon
24 Phillip Mann
25 William Dutton

At the same event there will also be another comp the UKCS Hangover with 20 spaces reserved for the UKCS qualifiers and another 20 places available to others. Registration opens at 10:00am on Saturday 10th January 2015.

Cheers
Greg
 

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Okay, I'm in. See you all on the 31st for what should be an amazing weekend of competition pinball. Can't wait!
 
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