Category: New Zealand Pinball Champs

NZ Pinball Champs 2025 Qualifying: September Update

We’re now 2/3 of the way through to find New Zealand’s top 48 pinball players, who’ll qualify for the NZ Champs in Wellington from January 17-18, 2026. A full schedule has now been released, visit https://www.pinballshoppe.co.nz/event-details/new-zealand-pinball-championship-2025 for the details!

On to the chart as at end of September:

			Points	Comps	NZ Rank	World
1		Ashley Burke	266.19	21	1	279
2		Jason Lambert	244.61	8	–	56
3		Josh Burke	192.70	30	6	625
4		Mike Burke NZ	185.41	29	5	545
5		Tyler Dipper	183.18	8	2	325
6		Damon Newland	154.34	26	9	795
7		Patrick Fisher-Evans	123.63	20	12	1157
8		Josh Dipper	94.01	8	25	2102
9		Callum Boston	93.21	13	30	2434
10		Brooke Riddell-Garner	89.05	27	18	1516
11	▲ 3	Laurence Smith	83.33	20	16	1416
12	▼ 1	Danielle Peck	82.72	6	4	517
13		Kevin Hester	82.46	15	31	2511
14	▼ 2	Simon Haxton	82.42	31	13	1201
15	▲ 2	Haylem Rayner	73.91	24	15	1316
16	▼ 1	Drew Bennett	68.45	35	39	3176
17	▲ 1	Aidan Kersley	62.39	13	7	631
18	▼ 2	Aubrey Walker	62.33	15	8	710
19		Hugo Strang	57.82	24	20	1651
20		Alfie Dennis	53.97	20	48	4129
21		Cameron Crabb	52.32	27	37	2966
22		Richard Willins	50.96	14	26	2239
23	▲ 1	David Gifford-Moore	46.53	16	35	2774
24	▼ 1	Esther Ahronheim	46.46	33	11	994
25		Stephen Bardell	44.64	10	–	1700
26		James Drury	42.17	3	–	662
27		Nikolas Busljeta	41.09	11	42	3384
28	▲ 3	David Peck	40.85	9	3	436
29		Casey Lochead	38.36	25	51	4298
30	▼ 2	Marc Sanger	38.14	14	19	1544
31	▼ 1	Dylan Petrie	36.96	18	29	2414
32		Tim Chapman	34.41	4	–	1109
33		Ed Timings	29.94	7	40	3251
34	▲ 4	Matt Kemp	29.75	16	22	1809
35	▼ 1	Karri Butler	29.57	5	38	2999
36	▼ 1	Sam Stonnell	29.18	10	24	1960
37	▲ 7	Lachlan Caudle	28.63	17	67	5984
38	▼ 2	Kobe Smith	28.28	13	33	2540
39	▼ 2	Matt Gedye	28.24	4	10	897
40	▼ 1	John Scrivener	28.09	25	57	4836
41	▼ 1	Phil Dolbel	24.63	15	41	3289
42	▼ 1	Kelly Mitchell	24.54	20	23	1872
43	▲ 2	Sean Fausett	23.63	19	43	3459
44	▼ 2	Ken Thompson	23.56	11	49	4182
45	▼ 2	Travis Dawson	23.43	3	58	5004
46		David Clark AUS	20.97	4	–	415
47		Markus Dipper	20.14	8	34	2581
48	▲ 1	Rafael Olmedo	19.72	30	75	7875
49	▼ 1	Lisa Conroy	19.27	8	21	1801
50	▲ 13	Jeremy Takacs	16.35	8	32	2530
51	▼ 1	Robert Meuldijk	16.11	18	36	2955
52	▼ 1	Zac Cousins	15.81	16	72	7556
53	▼ 1	Charles Dolbel	15.66	27	68	6417
54	▼ 1	Daryl Purdie	15.36	14	52	4512
55	▼ 1	Matthew Proctor	13.51	21	89	9165
56		Simon Ros	12.51	26	94	9843
57	▼ 2	Kylie Dipper	12.36	8	53	4541
58	▼ 1	Jennifer Bays	11.30	29	90	9528
59	▼ 1	David Miles	9.46	9	64	5622
60	▼ 1	Mark Higham	8.78	3	74	7797
61	▼ 1	Blaise St-Laurent	8.69	23	101	10523
62	▼ 1	Filip Piri	8.28	16	93	9646
63	▼ 1	David Campton	8.15	4	71	6755
64	▲ 9	Marqus Berney	8.14	9	63	5504
65		Patrick Caudle	7.91	13	106	11064
66	▼ 2	Andrew Chapman NZ	7.00	5	44	3575
67	▼ 1	Jono King	6.56	12	77	7999
68	▼ 1	Fiona Peck	6.00	6	55	4719
69	▼ 1	Hamish Guthrey	5.35	7	78	8026
70	▼ 1	Mumtaz Dolbel	5.33	20	96	10004
71	▼ 1	Jono Ward	4.76	8	127	13666
72	▼ 1	John Devine	4.71	5	62	5427
73	▼ 1	Sofia Riddell-Garner	4.64	15	144	15239
74	▲ 5	Thomas Skurr	3.96	13	149	16379
75	▼ 1	Nick Polson	3.90	3	66	5894
77	▲ 2	Jon Rennie	3.71	5	124	13335
77	▼ 2	Andrew Way	3.71	7	117	12767
78	▼ 2	Lani Gray	3.57	3	91	9575
79	▼ 2	Lincoln Holloway	3.51	4	85	8677
80	▲ 4	John Maughan	3.26	9	82	8175
81	▼ 1	Paul Malthouse	3.11	4	109	11392
82	▼ 1	Tom Busljeta	3.03	7	50	4255
83	▼ 1	Mark Honey	3.02	1	165	18186
84	▼ 1	Carly St-Laurent	3.01	5	138	14529
85	▲ 1	Blaine McLachlan	2.77	8	126	13546
86	▼ 1	Patrick Radomski	2.74	2	133	14051
87	▲ 17	Daniel Brown	2.70	5	121	13225
88	▲ 2	Connor Kemp	2.62	5	175	19081
89	▲ 8	Emily-Rose Kersley	2.58	9	135	14103
90	▼ 3	Pedro Silva	2.52	3	79	8066
91	▼ 3	Eric Fisher AR	2.37	1	–	4111
92	▲ 2	Lewis Tennant	2.26	5	97	10297
93	▼ 4	Melcolm Spacies	2.20	1	185	20344
94	▼ 3	Jo Caudle	2.17	11	171	18619
95	▼ 3	Brett Carter	2.04	10	128	13749
96	▼ 1	Daniel Madge	1.98	5	129	13872
97	▼ 4	Julie Veltmeyer	1.93	2	181	19670
98	▲ 4	Barry Wakeling	1.54	6	81	8121
99	▼ 3	Charlotte Goodin	1.53	4	119	12921
100	▲ 5	Vlatko Materic	1.44	3	213	23415

Our Take

With eight tournaments in the month there was always going to be a lot of upwards movement. Big jumps by Marqus and Jeremy, who now sits just outside the cutoff line. And a great result by Lachlan with his 2nd place at Poneke Pinballers solidifying his place in the top 48.

Keep flipping!

October 5, 2025

NZ Pinball Champs 2025 Qualifying: August Update

It’s that time again!

The top 48 qualify for the NZ Champs in January 2026, and only your best 12 competition results count.

			Points	Comps	NZ Rank	World
1		Ashley Burke	266.19	21	1	276
2		Jason Lambert	244.61	8	–	50
3		Josh Burke	186.27	28	6	617
4		Mike Burke NZ	185.32	27	5	539
5		Tyler Dipper	183.18	8	2	331
6		Damon Newland	153.80	23	9	798
7		Patrick Fisher-Evans	114.94	17	12	1143
8		Josh Dipper	94.01	8	24	2077
9		Callum Boston	93.21	13	30	2406
10		Brooke Riddell-Garner	89.05	25	17	1508
11	▲ 2	Danielle Peck	82.72	6	4	512
12	▼ 1	Simon Haxton	82.42	29	13	1193
13	▼ 1	Kevin Hester	81.98	13	31	2492
14		Laurence Smith	74.49	17	16	1446
15		Drew Bennett	68.45	32	39	3123
16		Aubrey Walker	62.33	15	8	708
17		Haylem Rayner	61.38	21	15	1353
18		Aidan Kersley	56.03	10	7	625
19	▲ 1	Hugo Strang	55.27	22	20	1641
20	▼ 1	Alfie Dennis	51.64	18	50	4227
21		Cameron Crabb	51.63	25	37	2937
22		Richard Willins	46.71	12	26	2278
23	▲ 7	Esther Ahronheim	46.15	30	11	979
24		David Gifford-Moore	45.08	15	35	2753
25	▼ 2	Stephen Bardell	44.64	10	–	1666
26	▼ 1	James Drury	42.17	3	–	657
27	▼ 1	Nikolas Busljeta	41.09	11	42	3343
28		Marc Sanger	38.14	14	19	1528
29	▼ 2	Casey Lochead	38.09	22	49	4224
30	▼ 1	Dylan Petrie	36.96	16	29	2381
31	▲ 6	David Peck	36.28	8	3	426
32	▼ 1	Tim Chapman	34.41	4	–	1081
33	▲ 5	Ed Timings	29.94	7	41	3255
34	▼ 2	Karri Butler	29.23	4	38	2964
35	▼ 2	Sam Stonnell	29.18	10	25	2089
36	▼ 2	Kobe Smith	28.28	12	32	2527
37	▼ 2	Matt Gedye	28.24	4	10	888
38	▼ 2	Matt Kemp	27.38	15	22	1795
39	▲ 3	John Scrivener	25.20	22	56	4893
40	▼ 1	Phil Dolbel	24.63	15	40	3240
41	▲ 8	Kelly Mitchell	23.81	17	23	1848
42	▼ 1	Ken Thompson	23.48	10	48	4168
43	▼ 3	Travis Dawson	23.43	3	58	4973
44	▼ 1	Lachlan Caudle	21.41	15	71	6862
45	▼ 1	Sean Fausett	21.20	15	43	3354
46	▼ 1	David Clark AUS	20.97	4	–	401
47	▼ 1	Markus Dipper	20.14	8	33	2571
48		Lisa Conroy	19.27	8	21	1785
49	▼ 2	Rafael Olmedo	19.06	27	79	7967
50		Robert Meuldijk	16.11	18	36	2921
51	▲ 1	Zac Cousins	15.65	15	72	7484
52	▼ 1	Charles Dolbel	15.01	24	67	6350
53		Daryl Purdie	14.13	12	52	4469
54		Matthew Proctor	13.51	20	89	9100
55		Kylie Dipper	12.36	8	53	4502
56		Simon Ros	12.13	23	96	9888
57		Jennifer Bays	11.30	26	90	9452
58		David Miles	9.03	8	63	5585
59		Mark Higham	8.78	3	74	7719
60	▲ 2	Blaise St-Laurent	8.60	21	101	10458
61		Filip Piri	8.28	14	93	9550
62	▼ 2	David Campton	8.15	4	70	6704
63	▲ 1	Jeremy Takacs	7.15	7	34	2647
64	▼ 1	Andrew Chapman NZ	7.00	5	44	3526
65		Patrick Caudle	6.43	12	111	11618
66	▲ 1	Jono King	6.41	11	77	7928
67	▼ 1	Fiona Peck	5.45	5	54	4511
68	▲ 1	Hamish Guthrey	5.35	7	78	7958
69	▼ 1	Mumtaz Dolbel	5.31	19	95	9867
70	▲ 2	Jono Ward	4.76	8	127	13558
71	▼ 1	John Devine	4.71	5	62	5396
72	▼ 1	Sofia Riddell-Garner	4.64	14	145	15252
73		Marqus Berney	4.15	7	64	5644
74		Nick Polson	3.90	3	65	5768
75	▲ 2	Andrew Way	3.71	7	117	12645
76	▼ 1	Lani Gray	3.57	3	92	9496
77	▼ 1	Lincoln Holloway	3.51	4	85	8619
79	▲ 2	Thomas Skurr	3.44	11	156	17207
79	▲ 3	Jon Rennie	3.44	4	124	13454
80	▲ 13	Paul Malthouse	3.11	4	104	10684
81	▼ 3	Tom Busljeta	3.03	7	51	4240
82	▼ 3	Mark Honey	3.02	1	165	18035
83	▼ 2	Carly St-Laurent	3.01	5	136	14435
84	▼ 1	John Maughan	2.89	7	82	8109
85	▲ 21	Patrick Radomski	2.74	2	131	13946
86		Blaine McLachlan	2.67	7	125	13462
87	▼ 3	Pedro Silva	2.52	3	80	7989
88	▼ 3	Eric Fisher AR	2.37	1	–	3899
89	▼ 2	Melcolm Spacies	2.20	1	186	20229
90	▼ 2	Connor Kemp	2.18	4	187	20288
91	▼ 2	Jo Caudle	2.13	10	170	18476
92	▼ 1	Brett Carter	2.02	9	128	13590
93	▼ 2	Julie Veltmeyer	1.93	2	175	19118
94	▼ 2	Lewis Tennant	1.88	4	97	10138
95	▼ 1	Daniel Madge	1.79	4	129	13764
96	▲ 2	Charlotte Goodin	1.53	4	118	12821
97	▼ 2	Emily-Rose Kersley	1.48	6	143	15151
98	▲ 29	Isaiah Peters	1.39	3	292	31244
99	▼ 3	David Holender	1.36	3	73	7577
100	▲ 2	Graeme Silk	1.35	4	116	12597

Our Take

A surprising number of big movers for this time of the year, with Esther, Dave Peck, Ed and Kelly all moving up at least 5 places. Kelly breaks into the top 48 at the expense of Rafael.

With four tournaments in Auckland in September we may see some Aucklanders making some moves up the table (or not…:-).

September 10, 2025

NZ Pinball Champs 2025 Qualifying: July Update

Our first post! Over half way through the year now, but still time for some movement in the table. Remember the top 48 qualify for the NZ Champs in January 2026, and only your best 12 competition results count.

			Points	Comps	NZ Rank	World
1		Ashley Burke	265.38	18	1	267
2		Jason Lambert	244.61	8	–	50
3	▲ 2	Josh Burke	186.27	26	6	585
4	▼ 1	Mike Burke NZ	185.32	25	5	493
5	▼ 1	Tyler Dipper	183.18	8	2	321
6		Damon Newland	148.61	21	9	754
7		Patrick Fisher-Evans	100.95	15	13	1173
8		Josh Dipper	94.01	8	24	2026
9		Callum Boston	91.82	12	30	2296
10		Brooke Riddell-Garner	86.29	23	17	1496
11		Simon Haxton	82.42	27	12	1109
12		Kevin Hester	80.61	11	31	2392
13		Danielle Peck	77.76	5	4	485
14	▲ 1	Laurence Smith	72.00	16	16	1427
15	▼ 1	Drew Bennett	68.45	29	39	3036
16		Aubrey Walker	60.21	14	8	685
17		Haylem Rayner	59.91	19	15	1336
18	▲ 3	Aidan Kersley	53.00	9	7	602
19	▼ 1	Alfie Dennis	50.95	16	51	4177
20	▼ 1	Hugo Strang	50.49	20	19	1572
21	▼ 1	Cameron Crabb	48.17	23	38	2947
22	▲ 8	Richard Willins	44.80	11	26	2188
23	▼ 1	Stephen Bardell	44.64	10	–	1640
24	▼ 1	David Gifford-Moore	44.37	14	35	2677
25	▼ 1	James Drury	42.17	3	–	649
26	▲ 1	Nikolas Busljeta	41.09	11	42	3262
27	▼ 1	Casey Lochead	37.96	21	50	4154
28	▼ 3	Marc Sanger	37.89	13	18	1506
29	▲ 4	Dylan Petrie	35.82	14	29	2287
30	▼ 1	Esther Ahronheim	34.88	26	11	957
31	▼ 3	Tim Chapman	34.41	4	–	1021
32	▼ 1	Karri Butler	29.23	4	36	2852
33	▼ 1	Sam Stonnell	29.18	10	25	2041
34	▲ 3	Kobe Smith	28.28	12	32	2486
35	▼ 1	Matt Gedye	28.24	4	10	818
36	▼ 1	Matt Kemp	27.38	15	21	1731
37	▲ 1	David Peck	26.37	7	3	409
38	▼ 2	Ed Timings	25.43	6	41	3178
39		Phil Dolbel	24.44	14	40	3164
40		Travis Dawson	23.43	3	58	4827
41		Ken Thompson	23.05	9	48	4056
42	▲ 3	John Scrivener	22.11	20	57	4716
43	▼ 1	Lachlan Caudle	21.34	14	71	6705
44	▲ 2	Sean Fausett	21.06	13	43	3274
45	▼ 2	David Clark AUS	20.97	4	–	402
46	▼ 2	Markus Dipper	20.14	8	33	2524
47	▲ 1	Rafael Olmedo	18.83	24	81	7986
48	▼ 1	Lisa Conroy	17.52	7	22	1756
49		Kelly Mitchell	16.92	15	23	1889
50		Robert Meuldijk	15.75	16	37	2862
51		Charles Dolbel	14.66	22	67	6238
52		Zac Cousins	14.29	12	72	7345
53	▲ 5	Daryl Purdie	13.73	11	52	4221
54	▼ 1	Matthew Proctor	13.30	18	89	8946
55	▼ 1	Kylie Dipper	12.36	8	54	4431
56	▼ 1	Simon Ros	11.84	21	97	9839
57	▼ 1	Jennifer Bays	10.26	23	94	9467
58	▲ 1	David Miles	9.03	8	63	5449
59	▼ 2	Mark Higham	8.78	3	75	7593
60		David Campton	8.15	4	70	6605
61		Filip Piri	8.10	12	91	9294
62		Blaise St-Laurent	8.05	18	104	10471
63		Andrew Chapman NZ	6.65	4	44	3480
64	▲ 17	Jeremy Takacs	6.21	6	34	2596
65	▼ 1	Patrick Caudle	6.00	11	111	11551
66	▲ 1	Fiona Peck	5.45	5	53	4421
67	▼ 2	Jono King	5.39	9	78	7775
68	▼ 2	Mumtaz Dolbel	5.29	17	95	9649
69	▼ 1	Hamish Guthrey	5.11	6	76	7601
70	▼ 1	John Devine	4.71	5	62	5283
71		Sofia Riddell-Garner	4.64	13	146	15184
72	▼ 2	Jono Ward	4.55	7	125	13216
73		Marqus Berney	4.11	6	64	5542
74	▲ 13	Nick Polson	3.90	3	65	5582
75	▼ 3	Lani Gray	3.57	3	90	9203
76	▲ 2	Lincoln Holloway	3.51	4	85	8347
77	▼ 1	Andrew Way	3.31	6	118	12528
78	▼ 4	Tom Busljeta	3.03	7	49	4127
79	▼ 4	Mark Honey	3.02	1	168	17768
81	▲ 4	Thomas Skurr	3.01	9	169	17802
81	▼ 4	Carly St-Laurent	3.01	5	136	13930
82	▲ 2	Jon Rennie	2.85	3	129	13593
83	▼ 4	John Maughan	2.74	6	82	8017
84	▼ 4	Pedro Silva	2.52	3	77	7725
85	▼ 3	Eric Fisher AR	2.37	1	–	3652
86	▲ 7	Blaine McLachlan	2.26	6	126	13217
87	▼ 4	Melcolm Spacies	2.20	1	188	19935
88	▲ 9	Connor Kemp	2.18	4	189	19995
89	▼ 3	Jo Caudle	2.13	10	174	18210
91		Brett Carter	1.93	8	127	13452
91	▼ 3	Julie Veltmeyer	1.93	2	171	17879
92	▼ 3	Lewis Tennant	1.88	4	93	9435
93	▼ 3	Paul Malthouse	1.85	2	106	10618
94	▼ 2	Daniel Madge	1.79	4	128	13546
95	▼ 1	Emily-Rose Kersley	1.48	6	141	14684
96	▲ 3	David Holender	1.36	3	73	7362
97	▲ 16	Barry Wakeling	1.27	4	79	7777
98	▲ 13	Charlotte Goodin	1.21	3	119	12665
99	▼ 4	Tim Cadogan	1.13	1	235	24797
100	▼ 4	Jayne Whittle	1.10	4	108	11033

Our Take

The battle of the Burkes continues with Josh just nudging ahead of dad Mike into 4th! The top 6 look untouchable with a very large gap back to 7th. With 3 tournaments in Auckland there was a number of Aucklanders climbing the rankings, including Aidan, Richard, Dylan, Kobe, Daryl, and Jeremy.

There’s still lots of time to make it into the top 48 so get flipping!

August 10, 2025