We’re two thirds of the way through the year now, and the race to qualify for the 2026 New Zealand Pinball Champs is firming up! Remember, your top 12 results from the year are counted.
| | Points | Comps | NZ Rank | World | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ashley Burke | 251.89 | 17 | 3 | 369 | |
| 2 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 194.71 | 25 | 11 | 1066 | |
| 3 | | Simon Haxton | 181.26 | 27 | 12 | 1091 | |
| 4 | | Mike Burke NZ | 161.74 | 25 | 4 | 405 | |
| 5 | | Tyler Dipper | 105.93 | 10 | 2 | 262 | |
| 6 | | Josh Burke | 94.16 | 26 | 1 | 183 | |
| 7 | ▲ 4 | | Esther Ahronheim | 69.09 | 36 | 10 | 1038 |
| 8 | ▼ 1 | | Aidan Kersley | 68.94 | 10 | 5 | 654 |
| 9 | ▼ 1 | | Aubrey Walker | 68.29 | 13 | 6 | 751 |
| 10 | ▼ 1 | | Damon Newland | 65.69 | 20 | 14 | 1345 |
| 11 | ▼ 1 | | Casey Lochead | 63.85 | 16 | 30 | 3204 |
| 12 |  | Mitchell Stewart NZ | 58.49 | 5 | – | – | |
| 13 | | Hugo Strang | 56.54 | 21 | 20 | 2130 | |
| 14 | | Alfie Dennis | 52.07 | 16 | 33 | 3336 | |
| 15 | | Rafael Olmedo | 47.58 | 32 | 50 | 4991 | |
| 16 | | Isaiah Peters | 46.54 | 10 | 13 | 1302 | |
| 17 | | Will De Vos | 46.21 | 14 | 16 | 1487 | |
| 18 | ▲ 1 | | Laurence Smith | 42.51 | 16 | 8 | 952 |
| 19 | ▼ 1 | | Danielle Peck | 42.30 | 12 | 9 | 1026 |
| 20 | | Kevin Hester | 38.31 | 14 | 27 | 2658 | |
| 21 | ▲ 3 | | Marqus Berney | 36.09 | 17 | 53 | 5105 |
| 22 | ▼ 1 | | Matthew Proctor | 35.63 | 16 | 58 | 5960 |
| 23 | | Drew Bennett | 34.02 | 28 | 40 | 3901 | |
| 24 | ▼ 2 | | Callum Boston | 33.73 | 8 | 29 | 2928 |
| 25 | | Haylem Rayner | 32.44 | 17 | 19 | 1911 | |
| 26 | ▲ 3 | | John Scrivener | 32.29 | 26 | 39 | 3698 |
| 27 | | Lachlan Caudle | 29.99 | 21 | 54 | 5394 | |
| 28 | ▲ 14 | | Marc Sanger | 29.19 | 8 | 23 | 2487 |
| 29 | ▼ 3 | | Josh Dipper | 28.98 | 5 | 22 | 2411 |
| 30 | ▼ 2 | | Matt Gedye | 28.48 | 5 | 15 | 1387 |
| 31 | | Mark Higham | 28.00 | 3 | 57 | 5630 | |
| 32 | ▼ 2 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 27.88 | 20 | 21 | 2310 |
| 33 | ▲ 11 | | Richard Willins | 25.52 | 11 | 28 | 2724 |
| 34 | ▼ 2 | | Kelly Mitchell | 25.14 | 16 | 25 | 2577 |
| 35 | ▼ 2 | | Craig Easson | 24.38 | 16 | 49 | 4967 |
| 36 | ▲ 3 | | Zac Cousins | 24.07 | 19 | 62 | 6639 |
| 37 | ▼ 3 | | Kobe Smith | 23.59 | 11 | 38 | 3538 |
| 38 | ▼ 3 | | Jeremy Takacs | 23.55 | 8 | 34 | 3364 |
| 39 | ▼ 1 | | Sean Fausett | 23.40 | 18 | 35 | 3410 |
| 40 | ▼ 4 | | David Peck | 22.98 | 10 | 7 | 918 |
| 41 | ▼ 4 | | Robert Meuldijk | 22.92 | 15 | 32 | 3320 |
| 42 | ▲ 6 | | Filip Piri | 20.99 | 16 | 69 | 7792 |
| 43 | ▼ 3 | | Cameron Crabb | 20.72 | 17 | 41 | 3928 |
| 44 | ▼ 3 | | Markus Dipper | 18.89 | 7 | 31 | 3269 |
| 45 | ▲ 4 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 18.57 | 13 | 42 | 3996 |
| 46 | ▼ 1 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 17.65 | 19 | 74 | 8553 |
| 47 | ▼ 3 | | Tom Busljeta | 17.43 | 4 | 52 | 5094 |
| 48 | ▼ 2 | | David Miles | 16.72 | 22 | 61 | 6493 |
| 49 | ▼ 2 | | Dylan Petrie | 16.08 | 16 | 36 | 3435 |
| 50 | ▲ 2 | | Charles Dolbel | 14.74 | 17 | 64 | 6926 |
| 51 | | Lisa Conroy | 14.04 | 8 | 24 | 2538 | |
| 52 | ▼ 2 | | Ken Thompson | 13.88 | 18 | 55 | 5415 |
| 53 | ▲ 2 | | Jackie Dolbel | 12.75 | 7 | 43 | 4206 |
| 54 | ▼ 1 | | Jennifer Bays | 11.54 | 26 | 76 | 9046 |
| 55 | ▼ 1 | | Hamish Guthrey | 10.75 | 8 | 72 | 8301 |
| 56 | | Sarah Andreassend | 9.13 | 5 | 99 | 12189 | |
| 57 | ▲ 1 | | Daniel Brown | 9.07 | 13 | 84 | 10225 |
| 58 | ▲ 1 | | Simon Ros | 8.62 | 25 | 82 | 9946 |
| 59 | ▼ 2 | | Sam Stonnell | 8.42 | 5 | 26 | 2581 |
| 60 | ▲ 5 | | Thomas Skurr | 7.99 | 13 | 79 | 9435 |
| 61 | ▼ 1 | | Stephen Bardell | 7.66 | 2 | – | – |
| 62 | ▼ 1 | | Travis Dawson | 7.51 | 4 | 60 | 6218 |
| 63 | ▼ 1 | | John Maughan | 7.46 | 4 | 91 | 11098 |
| 64 | ▼ 1 | | Daryl Purdie | 7.42 | 10 | 65 | 6942 |
| 65 | ▼ 1 | | Paul Kang | 7.36 | 10 | 78 | 9427 |
| 66 | ▲ 6 | | Ethan Mclean | 6.72 | 13 | 107 | 13944 |
| 67 | ▲ 4 | | Vlatko Materic | 6.57 | 10 | 105 | 13348 |
| 68 | ▲ 155 | | Ed Timings | 6.19 | 1 | 44 | 4279 |
| 69 | ▼ 3 | | Matt Kemp | 6.14 | 7 | 17 | 1529 |
| 71 | ▼ 3 | | Karri Butler | 5.98 | 1 | 47 | 4537 |
| 71 | ▼ 3 | | Tim Chapman | 5.98 | 2 | – | – |
| 72 | ▼ 3 | | Patrick Caudle | 5.76 | 11 | 94 | 11636 |
| 73 | ▼ 3 | | Patrick Radomski | 5.68 | 4 | 102 | 12735 |
| 74 | | Danny Bultitude | 5.22 | 12 | 127 | 16266 | |
| 75 | | Stephanie Mason NZ | 5.21 | 12 | 126 | 16158 | |
| 76 | ▼ 3 | | Kylie Dipper | 5.05 | 7 | 59 | 6159 |
| 77 | ▲ 2 | | Sam Wilton | 4.52 | 3 | 125 | 16000 |
| 78 | ▼ 2 | | George Davidson | 4.37 | 3 | 81 | 9867 |
| 79 | ▲ 82 | | Rod Wilton | 4.34 | 3 | 70 | 7889 |
| 80 | ▼ 3 |  | Jeremy Morris | 4.33 | 8 | – | – |
| 81 | ▼ 3 | | David Gifford-Moore | 4.22 | 9 | 37 | 3485 |
| 82 | ▲ 7 | | Belf Lim | 3.39 | 7 | 147 | 19005 |
| 83 | ▼ 3 | | Brett Carter | 3.11 | 6 | 110 | 14353 |
| 84 | ▼ 3 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 3.02 | 4 | 90 | 11003 |
| 85 | ▼ 3 | | David Campton | 3.00 | 4 | 75 | 8638 |
| 86 | ▲ 14 | | Fiona Peck | 2.58 | 6 | 63 | 6778 |
| 87 | ▼ 4 | | Martin Halliday | 2.56 | 4 | 86 | 10401 |
| 88 | ▲ 11 | | Andrew Chapman NZ | 2.54 | 3 | 51 | 4995 |
| 89 | ▼ 5 | | Jimmy Saddlier | 2.53 | 1 | 160 | 21014 |
| 90 | ▼ 5 | | John Devine | 2.46 | 6 | 71 | 8285 |
| 92 | ▼ 6 | | Troy Halliday | 2.43 | 4 | 77 | 9350 |
| 92 | ▼ 4 | | Blair Rhodes | 2.43 | 5 | 162 | 21303 |
| 93 | ▲ 130 | | Alexandra Leonhart | 2.42 | 3 | 164 | 21335 |
| 94 | ▲ 4 | | Barry Wakeling | 2.37 | 9 | 88 | 10790 |
| 95 | ▼ 8 | | Jono Ward | 2.33 | 9 | 121 | 15586 |
| 96 | ▼ 6 | | Andrew Way | 2.28 | 12 | 113 | 14699 |
| 97 | ▼ 6 | | Lewis Tennant | 2.02 | 2 | 101 | 12354 |
| 98 | ▲ 113 | | Ged Clink | 1.99 | 2 | 174 | 22757 |
| 99 | ▼ 7 | | Brooke Humphries | 1.90 | 2 | 106 | 13631 |
| 100 | ▼ 7 | | Nick Polson | 1.78 | 5 | 73 | 8452 |
Our Take
Ash continues to set the pace at the top, adding almost 20 points to stretch his lead over Patrick and Simon. Esther (+8.15) had one of the bigger gains near the top, jumping four places into 7th.
Marc (+11.38) was one of the month’s big movers, climbing 14 places from 42nd to 28th. Richard (+8.09) wasn’t far behind, jumping 11 spots to 33rd, while Filip (+6.15) moved up six places.
Further down, Ed (+6.19) had a monster month, jumping 155 places to 68th after adding his first result of the year. Rod (+4.34) also went on a serious road trip up the standings, climbing 82 places to 79th, while Alexandra (+2.42) shot up 130 places to 93rd.