We’ve reached the end! Not a lot of tournaments in December, but still enough for some players to make large moves up the table.
Here’s the final qualifying positions for the 2025 New Zealand Pinball Champs.
| | Points | Comps | NZ Rank | World | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ashley Burke | 279.12 | 28 | 1 | 391 | |
| 2 |  | Jason Lambert | 244.61 | 8 | – | – | |
| 3 | | Tyler Dipper | 241.53 | 14 | 2 | 415 | |
| 4 | | Josh Burke | 199.71 | 38 | 6 | 732 | |
| 5 | | Mike Burke NZ | 186.50 | 36 | 4 | 689 | |
| 6 | | Damon Newland | 162.84 | 32 | 9 | 1017 | |
| 7 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 135.05 | 29 | 14 | 1325 | |
| 8 | | Josh Dipper | 108.08 | 13 | 23 | 2172 | |
| 9 | | Kevin Hester | 98.08 | 21 | 27 | 2479 | |
| 10 | | Callum Boston | 93.66 | 14 | 28 | 2564 | |
| 11 | | Simon Haxton | 93.50 | 41 | 15 | 1469 | |
| 12 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 93.24 | 33 | 19 | 1933 | |
| 13 | ▲ 2 | | Aubrey Walker | 87.20 | 22 | 7 | 812 |
| 14 | ▼ 1 | | Laurence Smith | 83.91 | 22 | 17 | 1734 |
| 15 | ▼ 1 | | Danielle Peck | 83.58 | 7 | 5 | 696 |
| 16 | | Haylem Rayner | 79.56 | 30 | 16 | 1710 | |
| 17 | ▲ 1 | | Hugo Strang | 74.66 | 32 | 18 | 1817 |
| 18 | ▼ 1 | | Drew Bennett | 70.93 | 44 | 37 | 3392 |
| 19 | | Esther Ahronheim | 68.79 | 47 | 10 | 1118 | |
| 20 | | Mitchell Stewart NZ | 68.23 | 4 | – | – | |
| 21 | ▲ 5 | | David Peck | 67.35 | 12 | 3 | 600 |
| 22 | ▼ 1 | | Aidan Kersley | 62.67 | 15 | 8 | 972 |
| 23 | | Richard Willins | 61.92 | 17 | 25 | 2470 | |
| 24 | ▼ 2 | | Matt Gedye | 61.43 | 8 | 11 | 1208 |
| 25 | ▼ 1 | | Alfie Dennis | 55.68 | 29 | 48 | 4316 |
| 26 | ▲ 1 | | Marc Sanger | 55.11 | 19 | 20 | 1957 |
| 27 | ▲ 3 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 54.05 | 14 | 36 | 3380 |
| 28 | ▼ 3 | | Cameron Crabb | 53.34 | 35 | 38 | 3411 |
| 29 | | David Gifford-Moore | 49.20 | 17 | 34 | 3095 | |
| 30 | ▼ 2 | | Stephen Bardell | 48.40 | 14 | – | – |
| 31 | ▲ 7 | | John Scrivener | 44.98 | 33 | 39 | 3587 |
| 32 | ▼ 1 | | James Drury | 42.17 | 3 | – | – |
| 33 | ▼ 1 | | Ed Timings | 41.49 | 12 | 40 | 3669 |
| 34 | ▼ 1 | | Casey Lochead | 39.97 | 31 | 49 | 4798 |
| 35 | ▼ 1 | | Dylan Petrie | 38.21 | 20 | 30 | 2857 |
| 36 | ▼ 1 | | Markus Dipper | 37.57 | 14 | 32 | 3081 |
| 37 | ▼ 1 | | Sam Stonnell | 36.09 | 14 | 24 | 2262 |
| 38 | ▲ 2 | | Phil Dolbel | 34.52 | 21 | 41 | 3721 |
| 39 | ▼ 2 | | Tim Chapman | 34.41 | 4 | – | – |
| 40 | ▼ 1 | | Lisa Conroy | 31.46 | 13 | 22 | 2087 |
| 41 | ▲ 2 | | Lachlan Caudle | 30.86 | 21 | 60 | 6129 |
| 42 | ▼ 1 | | Matt Kemp | 30.50 | 17 | 26 | 2476 |
| 43 | ▼ 1 | | Karri Butler | 29.87 | 6 | 42 | 3743 |
| 44 | | Kobe Smith | 28.37 | 14 | 31 | 2998 | |
| 45 | ▲ 1 | | Sean Fausett | 28.24 | 24 | 44 | 3970 |
| 46 | ▼ 1 | | Kelly Mitchell | 27.40 | 27 | 21 | 2020 |
| 47 | ▲ 4 | | Jeremy Takacs | 25.67 | 11 | 35 | 3180 |
| 48 | ▼ 1 | | Ken Thompson | 24.91 | 13 | 50 | 4907 |
| 49 | ▼ 1 | | Travis Dawson | 23.43 | 3 | 58 | 5699 |
| 50 | ▼ 1 | | Isaiah Peters | 22.98 | 8 | 74 | 8089 |
| 51 | ▼ 1 | | David Clark AUS | 20.97 | 4 | – | – |
| 52 | | Rafael Olmedo | 20.26 | 39 | 72 | 7987 | |
| 53 | ▲ 1 | | Robert Meuldijk | 19.74 | 28 | 43 | 3797 |
| 54 | ▼ 1 | | Charles Dolbel | 19.57 | 34 | 66 | 6839 |
| 55 | | Andrew Chapman NZ | 17.31 | 10 | 47 | 4245 | |
| 56 | ▲ 7 | | Jennifer Bays | 16.18 | 41 | 79 | 8823 |
| 57 | ▼ 1 | | Kylie Dipper | 15.98 | 14 | 56 | 5565 |
| 58 | ▼ 1 | | Zac Cousins | 15.81 | 19 | 73 | 8075 |
| 59 | ▼ 1 | | Daryl Purdie | 15.79 | 17 | 51 | 5098 |
| 60 | ▲ 2 | | Marqus Berney | 14.60 | 17 | 63 | 6528 |
| 61 | ▼ 2 | | Matthew Proctor | 14.58 | 25 | 83 | 9311 |
| 62 | ▼ 1 | | Simon Ros | 14.18 | 35 | 88 | 9684 |
| 63 | ▼ 3 | | Thomas Skurr | 14.11 | 21 | 89 | 9812 |
| 64 | ▲ 3 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 10.59 | 29 | 93 | 10434 |
| 65 | ▼ 1 | | David Miles | 10.58 | 11 | 64 | 6600 |
| 66 | | Filip Piri | 9.74 | 24 | 90 | 10129 | |
| 67 | ▼ 2 | | Mark Higham | 9.59 | 4 | 77 | 8587 |
| 68 | ▲ 14 | | Paul Kang | 9.34 | 8 | 80 | 8946 |
| 69 | ▲ 6 | | Fiona Peck | 8.92 | 9 | 54 | 5510 |
| 70 | ▲ 1 | | Daniel Brown | 8.47 | 13 | 101 | 11336 |
| 71 | ▲ 7 | | Hamish Guthrey | 8.45 | 8 | 71 | 7948 |
| 72 | ▼ 4 | | Lee Cheneler | 8.37 | 5 | 99 | 10977 |
| 73 | ▼ 4 | | David Campton | 8.15 | 4 | 69 | 7720 |
| 74 | ▼ 4 | | Patrick Caudle | 8.13 | 18 | 105 | 11642 |
| 75 | ▼ 3 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 6.83 | 23 | 97 | 10672 |
| 76 | ▼ 3 | | Pedro Silva | 6.79 | 5 | 75 | 8302 |
| 77 | ▼ 3 | | Jono King | 6.70 | 13 | 82 | 9223 |
| 78 | ▲ 2 | | David Stavleu | 6.40 | 5 | – | – |
| 79 | ▼ 3 | | Sofia Riddell-Garner | 6.38 | 18 | 122 | 13895 |
| 80 | ▼ 3 | | Rod Wilton | 5.72 | 7 | 59 | 5951 |
| 81 | ▲ 17 | | Lewis Tennant | 5.40 | 8 | 98 | 10734 |
| 82 | ▼ 3 | | John Devine | 5.19 | 6 | 62 | 6391 |
| 83 | ▼ 2 | | Jono Ward | 5.13 | 10 | 129 | 14325 |
| 84 | ▼ 1 | | Carly St-Laurent | 4.70 | 9 | 120 | 13838 |
| 85 | ▼ 1 | | Jon Rennie | 4.32 | 7 | 128 | 14255 |
| 86 | | Andrew Way | 4.10 | 9 | 119 | 13724 | |
| 87 | ▼ 2 | | Nick Polson | 3.90 | 3 | 67 | 7113 |
| 88 | ▼ 1 | | Lincoln Holloway | 3.78 | 6 | 91 | 10251 |
| 89 | ▼ 1 | | Lani Gray | 3.57 | 3 | 96 | 10655 |
| 90 | ▼ 1 | | Blaine McLachlan | 3.55 | 11 | 126 | 14158 |
| 91 | ▼ 1 | | John Maughan | 3.49 | 11 | 78 | 8660 |
| 92 | ▼ 1 |  | Samantha Stanko | 3.43 | 3 | – | – |
| 93 | ▼ 1 | | Tom Busljeta | 3.35 | 8 | 55 | 5522 |
| 94 | ▲ 2 | | Tiffany Pont | 3.33 | 5 | 124 | 13925 |
| 96 | ▼ 3 | | Mike Fowles | 3.26 | 3 | 76 | 8504 |
| 96 | ▲ 5 | | Connor Kemp | 3.26 | 6 | 151 | 18253 |
| 98 | ▼ 3 | | Paul Malthouse | 3.11 | 4 | 115 | 13345 |
| 98 | ▼ 3 | | Jayne Whittle | 3.11 | 7 | 112 | 12847 |
| 99 | | Emily-Rose Kersley | 3.03 | 11 | 130 | 14755 | |
| 100 | ▼ 3 | | Mark Honey | 3.02 | 1 | 157 | 18768 |
Our Take
The old dog Dave Peck wins his own tournament again to move up to 21st, and well done to John Scrivener for his maiden victory and gaining 7 places! Good points for Jennifer means she should make the finals after withdrawn players are considered. But have Paul, Fiona and Hamish done enough to make it in? Follow the NZ IFPA page at https://www.facebook.com/IFPA.NZ to find out the final list.
A big congrats to those players who’ve qualified, and all who played in tournaments throughout 2025. If you’ve missed out on qualifying we hope it makes you more determined to play more of the game we love and make it next year instead!