It was a quieter month on the NZ pinball scene in July, with the Hawkes Bay Matariki weekend being the highlight. Lets see how that affected the 2026 New Zealand Pinball Champs rankings. Your top 12 results from the year are counted.
| | Points | Comps | NZ Rank | World | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ashley Burke | 231.92 | 15 | 3 | 357 | |
| 2 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 191.77 | 23 | 11 | 1052 | |
| 3 | | Simon Haxton | 180.59 | 25 | 12 | 1081 | |
| 4 | | Mike Burke NZ | 158.49 | 22 | 4 | 396 | |
| 5 | | Tyler Dipper | 105.93 | 10 | 1 | 262 | |
| 6 | | Josh Burke | 93.47 | 25 | 2 | 268 | |
| 7 | ▲ 5 | | Aidan Kersley | 68.94 | 10 | 5 | 627 |
| 8 | ▲ 1 | | Aubrey Walker | 68.29 | 13 | 6 | 812 |
| 9 | ▼ 2 | | Damon Newland | 65.69 | 18 | 14 | 1313 |
| 10 | ▼ 2 | | Casey Lochead | 63.79 | 15 | 30 | 3194 |
| 11 | ▼ 1 | | Esther Ahronheim | 60.94 | 33 | 10 | 1017 |
| 12 | ▼ 1 |  | Mitchell Stewart NZ | 58.49 | 5 | – | – |
| 13 | | Hugo Strang | 52.42 | 19 | 20 | 2104 | |
| 14 | | Alfie Dennis | 51.74 | 15 | 33 | 3310 | |
| 15 | | Rafael Olmedo | 47.50 | 29 | 50 | 4940 | |
| 16 | | Isaiah Peters | 44.66 | 9 | 13 | 1275 | |
| 17 | | Will De Vos | 43.74 | 11 | 16 | 1438 | |
| 18 | ▲ 3 | | Danielle Peck | 41.67 | 10 | 9 | 980 |
| 19 | ▼ 1 | | Laurence Smith | 41.28 | 15 | 8 | 924 |
| 20 | ▼ 1 | | Kevin Hester | 37.30 | 13 | 27 | 2626 |
| 21 | ▼ 1 | | Matthew Proctor | 35.24 | 14 | 58 | 5903 |
| 22 | | Callum Boston | 33.73 | 8 | 29 | 2896 | |
| 23 | ▲ 1 | | Drew Bennett | 33.39 | 25 | 41 | 3856 |
| 24 | ▼ 1 | | Marqus Berney | 33.36 | 16 | 53 | 5069 |
| 25 | | Haylem Rayner | 31.99 | 16 | 19 | 1882 | |
| 26 | ▲ 28 | | Josh Dipper | 28.98 | 5 | 22 | 2388 |
| 27 | ▲ 2 | | Lachlan Caudle | 28.91 | 20 | 54 | 5384 |
| 28 | ▼ 2 | | Matt Gedye | 28.48 | 5 | 15 | 1370 |
| 29 | ▲ 2 | | John Scrivener | 27.91 | 24 | 39 | 3750 |
| 30 | ▼ 3 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 27.88 | 19 | 21 | 2285 |
| 31 | ▼ 3 | | Mark Higham | 27.20 | 2 | 57 | 5572 |
| 32 | ▼ 2 | | Kelly Mitchell | 24.75 | 15 | 25 | 2552 |
| 33 | ▲ 11 | | Craig Easson | 24.34 | 14 | 49 | 4840 |
| 34 | | Kobe Smith | 23.59 | 11 | 38 | 3518 | |
| 35 | ▼ 3 | | Jeremy Takacs | 23.15 | 7 | 34 | 3338 |
| 36 | ▲ 4 | | David Peck | 22.40 | 9 | 7 | 860 |
| 37 | ▼ 4 | | Robert Meuldijk | 22.38 | 14 | 32 | 3295 |
| 38 | ▼ 2 | | Sean Fausett | 22.17 | 17 | 35 | 3383 |
| 39 | ▼ 4 | | Zac Cousins | 21.13 | 18 | 64 | 6865 |
| 40 | ▼ 2 | | Cameron Crabb | 20.72 | 17 | 40 | 3829 |
| 41 | ▲ 9 | | Markus Dipper | 18.89 | 7 | 31 | 3252 |
| 42 | ▼ 5 | | Marc Sanger | 17.81 | 7 | 23 | 2459 |
| 44 | ▼ 5 | | Tom Busljeta | 17.43 | 4 | 52 | 4988 |
| 44 | ▲ 1 | | Richard Willins | 17.43 | 10 | 28 | 2768 |
| 45 | ▼ 4 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 16.81 | 17 | 74 | 8484 |
| 46 | ▲ 5 | | David Miles | 16.72 | 21 | 61 | 6441 |
| 47 | ▼ 5 | | Dylan Petrie | 15.77 | 14 | 36 | 3411 |
| 48 | ▼ 5 | | Filip Piri | 14.84 | 14 | 76 | 8712 |
| 49 | ▼ 3 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 14.52 | 11 | 42 | 4057 |
| 50 | ▼ 2 | | Ken Thompson | 13.88 | 17 | 55 | 5387 |
| 51 | ▼ 4 | | Lisa Conroy | 13.44 | 7 | 24 | 2511 |
| 52 | ▼ 3 | | Charles Dolbel | 12.60 | 16 | 65 | 7036 |
| 53 | ▼ 1 | | Jennifer Bays | 11.20 | 23 | 77 | 8980 |
| 54 | ▼ 1 | | Hamish Guthrey | 10.54 | 7 | 72 | 8232 |
| 55 | | Jackie Dolbel | 10.04 | 6 | 43 | 4177 | |
| 56 | | Sarah Andreassend | 8.46 | 4 | 102 | 12496 | |
| 57 | | Sam Stonnell | 8.42 | 5 | 26 | 2569 | |
| 58 | | Daniel Brown | 8.21 | 12 | 85 | 10165 | |
| 59 | ▲ 2 | | Simon Ros | 7.74 | 23 | 82 | 9882 |
| 60 | ▼ 1 | | Stephen Bardell | 7.66 | 2 | – | – |
| 61 | ▼ 1 | | Travis Dawson | 7.51 | 4 | 60 | 6172 |
| 62 | ▲ 1 | | John Maughan | 7.46 | 4 | 91 | 10969 |
| 63 | ▲ 2 | | Daryl Purdie | 7.42 | 10 | 62 | 6556 |
| 64 | ▼ 2 | | Paul Kang | 7.36 | 10 | 79 | 9358 |
| 65 | ▼ 1 | | Thomas Skurr | 6.82 | 11 | 81 | 9520 |
| 66 | | Matt Kemp | 6.14 | 7 | 17 | 1506 | |
| 68 | | Karri Butler | 5.98 | 1 | 46 | 4426 | |
| 68 | | Tim Chapman | 5.98 | 2 | – | – | |
| 69 | ▲ 5 | | Patrick Caudle | 5.76 | 11 | 96 | 11531 |
| 70 | ▼ 1 | | Patrick Radomski | 5.68 | 4 | 103 | 12614 |
| 71 | ▼ 1 | | Vlatko Materic | 5.51 | 8 | 107 | 13719 |
| 72 | ▼ 1 | | Ethan Mclean | 5.29 | 11 | 112 | 14382 |
| 73 | ▲ 12 | | Kylie Dipper | 5.05 | 7 | 59 | 6101 |
| 74 | ▲ 4 | | Danny Bultitude | 4.87 | 11 | 127 | 16172 |
| 75 | ▼ 3 | | Stephanie Mason NZ | 4.58 | 10 | 129 | 16278 |
| 76 | ▼ 3 | | George Davidson | 4.37 | 3 | 70 | 8047 |
| 77 | ▼ 2 |  | Jeremy Morris | 3.84 | 7 | – | – |
| 78 | ▲ 2 | | David Gifford-Moore | 3.82 | 8 | 37 | 3425 |
| 79 | ▼ 3 | | Sam Wilton | 3.49 | 2 | 125 | 15917 |
| 80 | ▼ 1 | | Brett Carter | 3.11 | 6 | 110 | 14223 |
| 81 | ▲ 2 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 3.02 | 4 | 89 | 10843 |
| 82 | ▼ 5 | | David Campton | 3.00 | 4 | 75 | 8583 |
| 83 | ▲ 1 | | Martin Halliday | 2.56 | 4 | 87 | 10322 |
| 84 | ▼ 3 | | Jimmy Saddlier | 2.53 | 1 | 159 | 20862 |
| 85 | ▲ 7 | | John Devine | 2.46 | 6 | 71 | 8220 |
| 86 | ▼ 4 | | Troy Halliday | 2.43 | 4 | 78 | 9259 |
| 87 | ▲ 9 | | Jono Ward | 2.33 | 9 | 122 | 15379 |
| 88 | ▲ 2 | | Blair Rhodes | 2.26 | 4 | 163 | 21169 |
| 89 | ▼ 3 | | Belf Lim | 2.11 | 5 | 150 | 19617 |
| 90 | ▼ 1 | | Andrew Way | 2.09 | 10 | 113 | 14394 |
| 91 | ▼ 4 | | Lewis Tennant | 2.02 | 2 | 94 | 11456 |
| 92 | ▲ 2 | | Brooke Humphries | 1.90 | 2 | 106 | 13539 |
| 93 | ▼ 1 | | Nick Polson | 1.78 | 5 | 73 | 8374 |
| 94 | ▼ 6 | | Craig Andersen | 1.75 | 7 | – | – |
| 95 | ▲ 9 | | Jo Caudle | 1.72 | 13 | 144 | 18382 |
| 96 | ▼ 3 | | Manny Giannakakis | 1.58 | 4 | 187 | 24477 |
| 98 | ▲ 3 | | Maxwell Kersley | 1.57 | 7 | 152 | 19731 |
| 98 | ▲ 5 | | Barry Wakeling | 1.57 | 8 | 90 | 10856 |
| 99 | ▼ 4 | | Andrew Chapman NZ | 1.52 | 2 | 51 | 4948 |
| 100 | ▲ 5 | | Fiona Peck | 1.50 | 5 | 63 | 6722 |
Our Take
The top six remained unchanged in July, with Ash, Patrick, Simon, Mike, Tyler and Josh all holding their ground. The biggest story near the top belonged to Aidan (+5), whose climb into 7th continues an impressive season and keeps him well in contention.
The month’s biggest mover was Josh Dipper (+28), while Kylie (+12) and Markus (+9) also enjoyed sizeable jumps. With the Matariki weekend held at the Dipper household, it seems a little home cooking can go a long way! Last but not least, Craig (+11) continued his seemingly unstoppable march up the table.