We just wanted to send a quick message to everyone. We hope everyone is safe and travels well through the unbelievable snow! And to say that we are still good to go for the AMCC launch ? tournament tonight at 7pm. Mr.Morris will be there early just after 5pm to make sure everything is going smoothly. Again the tournament is a GO! Turkey dinner just $12! See you tonight!
Congratulations to Ian G who won the Jurassic Park launch party!!! It is Ian’s 1st tournament win! Ian becomes the 12th different player to win an IFPA MB pinball tournament.
The launch party was played by 11 different players. In the qualifying round, Jay & Drew jumped out with very early huge scores that nobody could catch, including a new grand champion score for JMW. David Morris & Ian rounded out the top 4 playoff qualifiers. Then in a complete reversal, Ian beat Jay 2-1 & David beat Drew 2-1 in the semis. Ian won his 1st game against Jay by half a million! And Ian didn’t stop – racking up consistently big scores, often in the hundreds of millions, & beating David 2-0 in the final. In the 3rd place match, Drew beat Jay 2-0.
Next up – league night on Thursday at 7pm @ Phantom Amusement. It is the 2nd last open league night of the 2019 season. Expect some big movement as some players replace their lowest scores & any missed league nights from earlier in the season. See you there!
In the open league, the top 2 that were tied going into August league day were the best 2 that night. But who was better? By just a single point, Garth B takes sole possession of 1st place over Jay W! Rick E is close behind in 3rd. In the middle, we have a logjam. The 8 players ranked 7-14 are separated by just 10 points! And in the race for the final playoff spot, Brant B is in 16th leading David Morris by a single point.
On the women’s side, Jill H continues to lead the way over Jody & Samara.
Next league nights will be Thursday September 19 for the open league at Phantom Amusement, & Monday September 23 for the women at Half Pints. Expect some BIG movement, as this will be the 1st chance for players to replace their lowest scores (or zero scores).
Click the applicable League Standings link above for full standings.
This was a night of storylines. Congratulations to Drew S who needed & got 3 wins in a row to take the top spot in tonight’s tournament! Drew becomes only the 2nd player to win multiple IFPA Manitoba 2019 tournaments to date, & may be the 1st to come back with 3 must-wins in a row in the final 2 of a Manitoba Pinball strike tournament.
Lance W took 2nd place after starting the tournament with 9 wins in a row.
And in a repeat of a tournament that took place exactly 1 year ago less a day, Jay W & Samara M again faced off for 3rd place, with Jay winning. Jay was nearly eliminated out of the top 10 in round 6 but after scoring just 4 million on GOTG in the 1st 2 balls, he then got 100 million on ball 3 to stay alive. Samara took 2 early strikes in the 1st 3 rounds & then rattled off 5 wins in a row to make the final 4.
Next up – Jurassic Park Launch Party on Saturday September 14th @ 4pm.
LOTS of events have been added to the calendar for September, October, & even November. Launch party, return to the curling club, the Pinhead Cup, & more. Click on the Events Calendar link above to see all the dates.
Last night’s matchplay tournament could’ve been headlined as a battle between landlord & tenant. And it was the landlord that won. Congratulations to Spencer Z who won his 1st tournament that didn’t involve his own machines ? & also became the 11th different player to win a 2019 IFPA Manitoba Pinball tournament! He beat out Lance W in the final, meanwhile Drew S took 3rd winning the semifinal match against Kevin P who took 4th. Congrats to all!
Next up, we head to the beach for August league day for both the women & the open leagues Sunday August 25th at 1:30 & 4:30 PM.
Hello everyone, Mark and Dave are inviting anyone that would like to come out and play some pinball to come on Wednesday July 17th anytime after 8pm until close at 11pm. This is a meet and greet or if you already know them then it’s just to hang out and play pinball or ask any questions you would liked answered. They are taking the night off and actually PLAYING PINBALL! It is going to be a fun time and cold drinks will be provided, and even a few free games as well! Also a good warm up for the Red River Cup. So be like Dancing Gabe and come out and play some pinball!
