We’re now 1/3 of the way through the year – here’s the latest update to make the top 48 for the 2026 New Zealand Pinball Champs! Your top 12 results from the year are counted,
| | Points | Comps | NZ Rank | World | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ashley Burke | 129.98 | 7 | 1 | 386 | |
| 2 | | Mike Burke NZ | 103.84 | 13 | 5 | 697 | |
| 3 | | Simon Haxton | 83.30 | 11 | 10 | 1148 | |
| 4 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 78.16 | 12 | 13 | 1311 | |
| 5 | | Josh Burke | 63.02 | 14 | 4 | 690 | |
| 6 | | Casey Lochead | 59.79 | 8 | 30 | 2967 | |
| 7 | | Alfie Dennis | 48.42 | 10 | 29 | 2920 | |
| 8 | | Aidan Kersley | 45.97 | 5 | 9 | 1004 | |
| 9 | | Aubrey Walker | 45.03 | 4 | 3 | 660 | |
| 10 | | Damon Newland | 44.68 | 10 | 11 | 1204 | |
| 11 | ▲ 1 | | Esther Ahronheim | 39.28 | 17 | 8 | 975 |
| 12 | ▲ 1 | | Hugo Strang | 29.00 | 9 | 16 | 1768 |
| 13 | ▲ 3 | | Drew Bennett | 27.83 | 14 | 37 | 3497 |
| 14 | | Marqus Berney | 27.25 | 11 | 51 | 5087 | |
| 15 | ▼ 4 | | Mark Higham | 27.20 | 2 | 53 | 5518 |
| 16 | ▲ 3 | | Laurence Smith | 26.27 | 7 | 18 | 1938 |
| 17 | ▲ 5 | | Danielle Peck | 25.09 | 5 | 7 | 884 |
| 18 | ▼ 3 | | Callum Boston | 24.57 | 2 | 26 | 2642 |
| 19 | ▼ 2 | | Tyler Dipper | 22.99 | 3 | 2 | 474 |
| 20 | ▼ 2 | | Matt Gedye | 21.88 | 4 | 12 | 1232 |
| 21 | ▲ 3 | | Rafael Olmedo | 20.16 | 15 | 63 | 6546 |
| 22 | ▼ 2 | | Haylem Rayner | 19.64 | 9 | 17 | 1827 |
| 23 | | Matthew Proctor | 19.42 | 6 | 64 | 6777 | |
| 24 | ▼ 3 | | Kobe Smith | 16.88 | 5 | 31 | 3097 |
| 25 | | Isaiah Peters | 15.00 | 3 | 60 | 6070 | |
| 26 | ▲ 1 | | Sean Fausett | 14.24 | 8 | 42 | 3991 |
| 27 | ▼ 1 | | Kevin Hester | 14.21 | 7 | 28 | 2860 |
| 28 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 13.35 | 11 | 20 | 2139 | |
| 29 | ▲ 3 | | Lachlan Caudle | 11.93 | 8 | 54 | 5806 |
| 30 | ▲ 4 | | Zac Cousins | 11.27 | 10 | 70 | 7249 |
| 31 | ▼ 1 | | Richard Willins | 10.90 | 4 | 24 | 2530 |
| 32 | ▼ 3 | | Markus Dipper | 10.88 | 4 | 33 | 3108 |
| 33 | ▲ 6 | | Craig Easson | 10.61 | 6 | 48 | 4655 |
| 34 | ▼ 1 | | Filip Piri | 10.24 | 8 | 79 | 8917 |
| 35 | ▼ 4 | | Josh Dipper | 10.07 | 2 | 25 | 2545 |
| 36 | | Cameron Crabb | 9.94 | 9 | 39 | 3702 | |
| 37 | ▲ 4 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 9.53 | 5 | 41 | 3838 |
| 38 | ▲ 3 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 9.51 | 9 | 81 | 9159 |
| 39 | ▼ 4 | | Dylan Petrie | 9.50 | 7 | 34 | 3220 |
| 40 | ▼ 3 | | Ken Thompson | 9.30 | 8 | 50 | 4874 |
| 41 | ▼ 3 | | Robert Meuldijk | 8.27 | 7 | 44 | 4138 |
| 42 | ▲ 4 | | Will De Vos | 7.86 | 4 | 14 | 1347 |
| 43 | ▲ 4 | | Kelly Mitchell | 7.67 | 8 | 19 | 2069 |
| 44 | ▼ 2 |  | Stephen Bardell | 7.66 | 2 | – | – |
| 45 | ▼ 2 | | Travis Dawson | 7.51 | 4 | 56 | 5828 |
| 46 | ▼ 1 | | John Maughan | 7.23 | 2 | 89 | 10283 |
| 47 | ▼ 3 | | John Scrivener | 7.12 | 10 | 38 | 3684 |
| 48 | | Paul Kang | 7.00 | 9 | 74 | 8481 | |
| 49 | ▲ 1 | | Jennifer Bays | 6.45 | 13 | 80 | 8967 |
| 50 | ▼ 1 | | Tim Chapman | 5.98 | 2 | – | – |
| 51 | ▲ 1 | | Charles Dolbel | 5.62 | 7 | 69 | 7218 |
| 52 | ▼ 1 | | Lisa Conroy | 5.26 | 1 | 21 | 2349 |
| 54 | ▼ 1 | | Simon Ros | 4.86 | 12 | 83 | 9549 |
| 54 | ▲ 1 | | David Miles | 4.86 | 8 | 66 | 6800 |
| 55 | ▼ 1 | | Daryl Purdie | 4.02 | 4 | 58 | 6001 |
| 56 | ▲ 7 | | Ethan Mclean | 3.38 | 7 | 128 | 15715 |
| 57 | ▼ 1 | | Daniel Brown | 3.02 | 5 | 96 | 11064 |
| 58 | ▼ 1 | | Hamish Guthrey | 2.56 | 2 | 75 | 8601 |
| 59 | ▲ 5 | | Thomas Skurr | 2.54 | 6 | 87 | 9906 |
| 60 | ▲ 78 | | Jimmy Saddlier | 2.53 | 1 | 158 | 20460 |
| 61 | ▼ 2 | | Matt Kemp | 2.26 | 2 | 27 | 2732 |
| 62 | ▼ 2 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 2.25 | 1 | 91 | 10508 |
| 63 | ▼ 2 | | Kylie Dipper | 2.23 | 4 | 57 | 5855 |
| 64 | ▼ 1 | | Marc Sanger | 2.22 | 1 | 23 | 2442 |
| 65 | | Lewis Tennant | 2.02 | 2 | 94 | 10861 | |
| 66 | | Tom Busljeta | 2.01 | 2 | 55 | 5821 | |
| 67 | ▲ 5 | | Brett Carter | 1.69 | 3 | 115 | 14435 |
| 68 | ▲ 8 | | Stephanie Mason NZ | 1.41 | 4 | 191 | 24348 |
| 69 | ▼ 1 | | Jon Rennie | 1.35 | 4 | 108 | 13940 |
| 70 | ▲ 10 | | David Peck | 1.31 | 2 | 6 | 793 |
| 71 | ▲ 21 | | Vlatko Materic | 1.30 | 3 | 142 | 17503 |
| 72 | ▲ 2 | | Andrew Way | 1.27 | 5 | 111 | 14115 |
| 73 | ▼ 5 | | Stien Lorent | 1.20 | 1 | 210 | 26257 |
| 74 | ▼ 5 | | Charlie Sykes | 1.19 | 1 | 61 | 6316 |
| 75 | ▼ 5 | | Jono Ward | 1.12 | 4 | 119 | 14586 |
| 76 | ▼ 3 | | David Gifford-Moore | 1.08 | 3 | 45 | 4382 |
| 77 | ▲ 61 | | Belf Lim | 0.99 | 3 | 227 | 27822 |
| 78 | ▼ 7 | | Manny Giannakakis | 0.97 | 3 | 229 | 27994 |
| 79 | ▲ 6 | | Danny Bultitude | 0.86 | 4 | 236 | 29030 |
| 80 | ▲ 3 | | Michael Schenk | 0.77 | 2 | 196 | 24738 |
| 82 | ▲ 5 | | Patrick Caudle | 0.73 | 2 | 102 | 11914 |
| 82 | ▼ 7 | | Martin Halliday | 0.73 | 1 | 88 | 10251 |
| 83 | ▲ 1 |  | Jeremy Morris | 0.72 | 2 | – | – |
| 84 | ▲ 54 | | Jeremy Takacs | 0.71 | 1 | 35 | 3380 |
| 85 | ▼ 8 | | Mike Davidson | 0.66 | 2 | 82 | 9531 |
| 86 | ▼ 8 | | Jono King | 0.64 | 2 | 84 | 9652 |
| 87 | ▲ 46 | | Lincoln Holloway | 0.61 | 2 | 93 | 10760 |
| 88 | ▼ 8 | | Sam Reeves | 0.60 | 1 | 198 | 24761 |
| 90 | ▼ 8 | | Chris Grucza | 0.56 | 1 | – | – |
| 90 | ▼ 8 | | George Davidson | 0.56 | 1 | 65 | 6783 |
| 91 | ▲ 6 | | Jeni McEwen | 0.52 | 4 | 147 | 18702 |
| 92 | ▼ 5 | | Andrew Chapman NZ | 0.46 | 1 | 49 | 4755 |
| 94 | ▼ 5 | | Maxwell Kersley | 0.44 | 3 | 176 | 22484 |
| 94 | ▼ 5 | | Carly St-Laurent | 0.44 | 2 | 120 | 14651 |
| 96 | ▼ 6 | | Luca Herman | 0.42 | 1 | 310 | 36043 |
| 96 | ▲ 42 | | Frankie Curac | 0.42 | 1 | 311 | 36170 |
| 97 | ▼ 6 | | Stephanie Mason VA | 0.40 | 1 | – | – |
| 99 | ▲ 39 | | Rob Whelan | 0.39 | 1 | 320 | 36902 |
| 99 | ▲ 23 | | Agalia Vijay | 0.39 | 2 | 237 | 29112 |
| 100 | ▼ 7 | | Barry Saxon | 0.36 | 1 | 242 | 29994 |
Our Take
There’s no change in the top 10 again this month. And not a great number of large jumps in the top 48, with the best being Craig Easson (+6). Perhaps by the end of this month we’ll see some players making a move, with the Kiwi Capital Silverball kicking off at the end of May!