With the Kiwi Capital Silverball event spreading over May and June and a massive 12 events held overall, there’s a lot of movement in June for the 2026 New Zealand Pinball Champs rankings. Lets take a look, remember your top 12 results from the year are counted.
| | Points | Comps | NZ Rank | World | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ashley Burke | 228.96 | 14 | 3 | 364 | |
| 2 | ▲ 2 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 184.69 | 21 | 12 | 1034 |
| 3 | ▼ 1 | | Simon Haxton | 164.82 | 21 | 11 | 975 |
| 4 | ▼ 1 | | Mike Burke NZ | 156.68 | 21 | 4 | 374 |
| 5 | ▲ 2 | | Tyler Dipper | 95.67 | 7 | 1 | 260 |
| 6 | ▼ 1 | | Josh Burke | 93.47 | 23 | 2 | 271 |
| 7 | ▲ 3 | | Damon Newland | 65.69 | 18 | 14 | 1295 |
| 8 | ▼ 2 | | Casey Lochead | 63.79 | 15 | 30 | 3166 |
| 9 | | Aubrey Walker | 62.60 | 10 | 6 | 680 | |
| 10 | ▼ 2 | | Esther Ahronheim | 60.94 | 27 | 9 | 887 |
| 11 | ▲ 4 |  | Mitchell Stewart NZ | 58.49 | 5 | – | – |
| 12 | ▼ 1 | | Aidan Kersley | 56.63 | 8 | 5 | 634 |
| 13 | | Hugo Strang | 52.15 | 17 | 20 | 1906 | |
| 14 | ▼ 2 | | Alfie Dennis | 50.78 | 13 | 33 | 3302 |
| 15 | ▲ 5 | | Rafael Olmedo | 45.48 | 27 | 51 | 5002 |
| 16 | ▼ 2 | | Isaiah Peters | 44.66 | 9 | 13 | 1276 |
| 17 | ▲ 12 | | Will De Vos | 41.69 | 10 | 16 | 1335 |
| 18 | ▼ 1 | | Laurence Smith | 39.89 | 12 | 8 | 884 |
| 19 | ▲ 8 | | Kevin Hester | 37.30 | 13 | 26 | 2624 |
| 20 | ▲ 4 | | Matthew Proctor | 35.24 | 14 | 58 | 5876 |
| 21 | ▲ 1 | | Danielle Peck | 34.45 | 8 | 10 | 951 |
| 22 | ▼ 1 | | Callum Boston | 33.73 | 8 | 29 | 2857 |
| 23 | ▼ 5 | | Marqus Berney | 33.36 | 16 | 53 | 5138 |
| 24 | ▼ 8 | | Drew Bennett | 32.51 | 23 | 41 | 3817 |
| 25 | ▼ 6 | | Haylem Rayner | 31.99 | 16 | 19 | 1878 |
| 26 | | Matt Gedye | 28.48 | 5 | 15 | 1310 | |
| 27 | ▼ 2 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 27.73 | 18 | 22 | 2225 |
| 28 | ▼ 5 | | Mark Higham | 27.20 | 2 | 57 | 5619 |
| 29 | ▲ 5 | | Lachlan Caudle | 25.77 | 15 | 55 | 5425 |
| 30 | ▲ 17 | | Kelly Mitchell | 24.16 | 13 | 21 | 1984 |
| 31 | ▼ 1 | | John Scrivener | 24.12 | 20 | 40 | 3706 |
| 32 | ▲ 8 | | Jeremy Takacs | 22.94 | 6 | 34 | 3312 |
| 33 | ▲ 12 | | Robert Meuldijk | 22.38 | 14 | 32 | 3290 |
| 34 | ▼ 6 | | Kobe Smith | 22.19 | 10 | 36 | 3356 |
| 35 | ▼ 3 | | Zac Cousins | 21.13 | 17 | 65 | 6764 |
| 36 | ▼ 5 | | Sean Fausett | 19.36 | 14 | 38 | 3389 |
| 37 | ▲ 13 | | Marc Sanger | 17.81 | 7 | 25 | 2455 |
| 38 | ▼ 1 | | Cameron Crabb | 17.63 | 16 | 42 | 3880 |
| 39 | ▼ 6 | | Tom Busljeta | 17.08 | 3 | 50 | 4957 |
| 40 | ▲ 9 | | David Peck | 16.83 | 7 | 7 | 863 |
| 41 | ▼ 5 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 16.81 | 17 | 74 | 8441 |
| 42 | ▼ 7 | | Dylan Petrie | 15.59 | 13 | 37 | 3367 |
| 43 | ▼ 2 | | Filip Piri | 14.84 | 14 | 76 | 8628 |
| 44 | ▼ 2 | | Craig Easson | 14.25 | 11 | 52 | 5065 |
| 45 | ▼ 7 | | Richard Willins | 13.92 | 7 | 28 | 2704 |
| 46 | ▼ 3 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 13.89 | 10 | 43 | 3946 |
| 47 | ▲ 6 | | Lisa Conroy | 13.44 | 7 | 23 | 2241 |
| 48 | ▼ 9 | | Ken Thompson | 13.41 | 14 | 54 | 5300 |
| 49 | ▼ 5 | | Charles Dolbel | 11.36 | 12 | 68 | 6998 |
| 50 | ▼ 4 | | Markus Dipper | 10.88 | 4 | 35 | 3315 |
| 51 | ▲ 3 | | David Miles | 11.86 | 17 | 66 | 6947 |
| 52 | ▼ 1 | | Jennifer Bays | 10.55 | 22 | 77 | 8893 |
| 53 | ▲ 7 | | Hamish Guthrey | 10.54 | 7 | 71 | 7748 |
| 54 | ▼ 6 | | Josh Dipper | 10.07 | 2 | 27 | 2699 |
| 55 | ▲ 14 | | Jackie Dolbel | 10.04 | 6 | 46 | 4165 |
| 56 | ▼ 4 | | Sarah Andreassend | 8.46 | 4 | 104 | 12432 |
| 57 | ▲ 9 | | Sam Stonnell | 8.42 | 5 | 24 | 2425 |
| 58 | ▲ 1 | | Daniel Brown | 8.21 | 12 | 86 | 10338 |
| 59 | ▼ 4 | | Stephen Bardell | 7.66 | 2 | – | – |
| 60 | ▼ 4 | | Travis Dawson | 7.51 | 4 | 59 | 5955 |
| 61 | ▲ 2 | | Simon Ros | 7.49 | 21 | 83 | 10025 |
| 62 | ▼ 5 | | Paul Kang | 7.36 | 10 | 78 | 9039 |
| 63 | ▼ 5 | | John Maughan | 7.31 | 3 | 90 | 10870 |
| 64 | ▲ 3 | | Thomas Skurr | 6.82 | 11 | 82 | 9427 |
| 65 | ▼ 1 | | Daryl Purdie | 6.68 | 9 | 60 | 6078 |
| 66 | ▼ 1 | | Matt Kemp | 6.02 | 6 | 17 | 1506 |
| 68 | ▼ 6 | | Tim Chapman | 5.98 | 2 | – | – |
| 68 | ▼ 6 | | Karri Butler | 5.98 | 1 | 48 | 4406 |
| 69 | ▲ 51 | | Patrick Radomski | 5.24 | 3 | 103 | 12147 |
| 70 | | Vlatko Materic | 4.80 | 7 | 108 | 14026 | |
| 71 | ▼ 3 | | Ethan Mclean | 4.62 | 9 | 118 | 14987 |
| 72 | ▼ 1 | | Stephanie Mason NZ | 4.58 | 10 | 136 | 16727 |
| 73 | ▲ 24 | | George Davidson | 4.37 | 3 | 67 | 6962 |
| 74 | ▲ 18 | | Patrick Caudle | 4.04 | 7 | 100 | 11852 |
| 75 | ▲ 5 |  | Jeremy Morris | 3.52 | 6 | – | – |
| 76 | ▼ 4 | | Sam Wilton | 3.49 | 2 | 137 | 16877 |
| 77 | ▲ 47 | | David Campton | 3.00 | 4 | 75 | 8517 |
| 78 | ▲ 1 | | Danny Bultitude | 2.87 | 8 | 154 | 19844 |
| 79 | ▼ 5 | | Brett Carter | 2.73 | 5 | 111 | 14157 |
| 80 | ▲ 2 | | David Gifford-Moore | 2.58 | 7 | 39 | 3421 |
| 81 | ▼ 8 | | Jimmy Saddlier | 2.53 | 1 | 161 | 20726 |
| 82 | ▼ 7 | | Troy Halliday | 2.27 | 3 | 80 | 9202 |
| 83 | ▼ 7 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 2.25 | 1 | 91 | 10898 |
| 84 | ▼ 7 | | Martin Halliday | 2.24 | 3 | 87 | 10347 |
| 85 | ▼ 6 | | Kylie Dipper | 2.23 | 4 | 61 | 6104 |
| 86 | ▼ 5 | | Belf Lim | 2.11 | 5 | 170 | 22076 |
| 87 | ▼ 4 | | Lewis Tennant | 2.02 | 2 | 96 | 11426 |
| 88 | ▲ 97 | | Craig Andersen | 1.75 | 7 | – | – |
| 89 | ▼ 1 | | Andrew Way | 1.69 | 8 | 113 | 14328 |
| 90 | ▲ 95 | | Blair Rhodes | 1.66 | 3 | 184 | 23901 |
| 92 | ▼ 1 | | John Devine | 1.59 | 4 | 73 | 8184 |
| 92 | ▲ 1 | | Nick Polson | 1.59 | 4 | 72 | 8078 |
| 93 | ▼ 9 | | Manny Giannakakis | 1.58 | 4 | 191 | 24319 |
| 94 | ▼ 9 | | Brooke Humphries | 1.55 | 1 | 106 | 13605 |
| 95 | ▲ 24 | | Andrew Chapman NZ | 1.52 | 2 | 49 | 4928 |
| 96 | ▼ 1 | | Jono Ward | 1.39 | 6 | 128 | 15677 |
| 97 | ▼ 11 | | Jono King | 1.38 | 5 | 85 | 10095 |
| 98 | ▼ 11 | | Jon Rennie | 1.35 | 4 | 121 | 15085 |
| 99 | ▼ 4 | | Emelyn Barrientos | 1.27 | 5 | 181 | 23444 |
| 101 | ▼ 12 | | Stien Lorent | 1.20 | 1 | 210 | 26635 |
| 101 | ▼ 5 | | Maxwell Kersley | 1.20 | 5 | 158 | 20306 |
Our Take
The Kiwi Capital Silverball Festival certainly shook things up! Ash stretched his lead at the top with another huge month, but the biggest move inside the top 10 came from Patrick, whose jump to second sees him leapfrog both Simon and Mike.
There were plenty of movers further down the standings too. Will (+12) and Kelly (+17) both enjoyed excellent months, while Kevin (+8) and Jeremy (+8) continued their steady climbs. Robert also made the most of June, jumping 12 places in the top 48.
Special mention has to go to Mitchell. After playing just five qualifying events, the former NZ Champion has flown straight into 11th place and already looks like a genuine contender if he decides to chase the title.