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 | 115.98 | 6 | 1 | 387 | |
| 2 | | Mike Burke NZ | 93.58 | 11 | 4 | 686 | |
| 3 | | Simon Haxton | 79.26 | 8 | 10 | 1121 | |
| 4 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 71.94 | 11 | 14 | 1271 | |
| 5 | | Josh Burke | 58.48 | 11 | 3 | 683 | |
| 6 | | Casey Lochead | 50.16 | 6 | 34 | 3110 | |
| 7 | | Alfie Dennis | 47.57 | 8 | 29 | 2871 | |
| 8 | | Aidan Kersley | 45.97 | 5 | 8 | 965 | |
| 9 | | Aubrey Walker | 45.03 | 4 | 5 | 724 | |
| 10 | | Damon Newland | 31.17 | 7 | 11 | 1196 | |
| 11 | | Mark Higham | 27.20 | 2 | 53 | 5427 | |
| 12 | | Esther Ahronheim | 26.99 | 13 | 9 | 990 | |
| 13 | ▲ 4 | | Hugo Strang | 24.84 | 8 | 16 | 1762 |
| 14 | ▲ 2 | | Marqus Berney | 24.77 | 9 | 51 | 5025 |
| 15 | ▼ 2 | | Callum Boston | 24.57 | 2 | 25 | 2575 |
| 16 | ▲ 2 | | Drew Bennett | 23.08 | 11 | 37 | 3449 |
| 17 | ▼ 3 | | Tyler Dipper | 22.99 | 3 | 2 | 475 |
| 18 | ▼ 3 | | Matt Gedye | 21.88 | 4 | 12 | 1218 |
| 19 | ▲ 2 | | Laurence Smith | 20.84 | 6 | 18 | 1948 |
| 20 | ▲ 13 | | Haylem Rayner | 18.17 | 7 | 17 | 1794 |
| 21 | ▼ 1 | | Kobe Smith | 16.88 | 5 | 31 | 2978 |
| 22 | | Danielle Peck | 16.85 | 3 | 7 | 881 | |
| 23 | ▼ 4 | | Matthew Proctor | 16.78 | 5 | 66 | 6862 |
| 24 | | Rafael Olmedo | 15.34 | 12 | 67 | 6933 | |
| 25 | ▼ 2 | | Isaiah Peters | 15.00 | 3 | 61 | 6005 |
| 26 | ▼ 1 | | Kevin Hester | 13.36 | 6 | 28 | 2803 |
| 27 | ▼ 1 | | Sean Fausett | 12.65 | 6 | 42 | 3900 |
| 28 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 11.64 | 8 | 20 | 2094 | |
| 29 | ▼ 2 | | Markus Dipper | 10.88 | 4 | 32 | 3037 |
| 30 | ▲ 22 | | Richard Willins | 10.61 | 3 | 26 | 2590 |
| 31 | ▼ 2 | | Josh Dipper | 10.07 | 2 | 24 | 2523 |
| 32 | ▼ 2 | | Lachlan Caudle | 9.99 | 7 | 58 | 5818 |
| 33 | ▼ 2 | | Filip Piri | 9.51 | 7 | 80 | 8791 |
| 34 | ▼ 2 | | Zac Cousins | 9.28 | 7 | 70 | 7211 |
| 35 | ▲ 3 | | Dylan Petrie | 9.06 | 5 | 33 | 3075 |
| 36 | ▼ 2 | | Cameron Crabb | 8.98 | 7 | 39 | 3633 |
| 37 | ▼ 1 | | Ken Thompson | 8.37 | 6 | 50 | 4816 |
| 38 | ▼ 3 | | Robert Meuldijk | 8.27 | 7 | 44 | 4081 |
| 39 | ▲ 10 | | Craig Easson | 7.94 | 4 | 48 | 4633 |
| 41 | ▲ 1 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 7.87 | 4 | 40 | 3708 |
| 41 | ▼ 2 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 7.87 | 8 | 82 | 9267 |
| 42 | ▼ 5 |  | Stephen Bardell | 7.66 | 2 | – | – |
| 43 | ▼ 3 | | Travis Dawson | 7.51 | 4 | 54 | 5738 |
| 44 | ▼ 1 | | John Scrivener | 7.12 | 10 | 38 | 3624 |
| 45 | ▲ 70 | | John Maughan | 7.08 | 1 | 89 | 10100 |
| 46 | ▼ 5 | | Will De Vos | 7.01 | 3 | 13 | 1264 |
| 47 | ▼ 3 | | Kelly Mitchell | 6.43 | 7 | 19 | 2048 |
| 48 | ▲ 2 | | Paul Kang | 6.23 | 6 | 75 | 8381 |
| 49 | ▼ 4 | | Tim Chapman | 5.98 | 2 | – | – |
| 50 | ▼ 2 | | Jennifer Bays | 5.34 | 11 | 79 | 8781 |
| 51 | ▼ 5 | | Lisa Conroy | 5.26 | 1 | 21 | 2310 |
| 52 | ▼ 1 | | Charles Dolbel | 4.83 | 5 | 69 | 7106 |
| 53 | ▼ 6 | | Simon Ros | 4.36 | 10 | 84 | 9401 |
| 54 | ▲ 9 | | Daryl Purdie | 3.93 | 3 | 59 | 5890 |
| 55 | ▲ 7 | | David Miles | 3.22 | 5 | 65 | 6697 |
| 56 | ▼ 1 | | Daniel Brown | 2.77 | 4 | 97 | 10858 |
| 57 | ▼ 4 | | Hamish Guthrey | 2.56 | 2 | 73 | 8097 |
| 59 | ▼ 4 | | Matt Kemp | 2.26 | 2 | 27 | 2682 |
| 60 | ▼ 4 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 2.25 | 1 | 92 | 10316 |
| 61 | ▼ 4 | | Kylie Dipper | 2.23 | 4 | 57 | 5780 |
| 63 | ▲ 4 | | Ethan Mclean | 2.22 | 5 | 137 | 16772 |
| 63 | ▼ 5 | | Marc Sanger | 2.22 | 1 | 23 | 2413 |
| 64 | ▼ 3 | | Thomas Skurr | 2.15 | 5 | 87 | 9736 |
| 65 | ▼ 5 | | Lewis Tennant | 2.02 | 2 | 94 | 10644 |
| 66 | ▼ 7 | | Tom Busljeta | 2.01 | 2 | 56 | 5750 |
| 68 | ▼ 4 | | Stien Lorent | 1.20 | 1 | 208 | 25955 |
| 68 | ▲ 1 | | Jon Rennie | 1.20 | 3 | 114 | 14066 |
| 69 | ▼ 4 | | Charlie Sykes | 1.19 | 1 | 62 | 6224 |
| 70 | ▼ 4 | | Jono Ward | 1.12 | 4 | 121 | 14400 |
| 71 | ▼ 3 | | Manny Giannakakis | 0.97 | 3 | 227 | 27687 |
| 72 | ▲ 6 | | Brett Carter | 0.89 | 2 | 125 | 14727 |
| 73 | ▲ 3 | | David Gifford-Moore | 0.86 | 2 | 46 | 4274 |
| 74 | ▼ 1 | | Andrew Way | 0.75 | 3 | 116 | 14179 |
| 75 | ▼ 5 | | Martin Halliday | 0.73 | 1 | 88 | 10004 |
| 76 | ▼ 5 | | Stephanie Mason NZ | 0.71 | 3 | 237 | 29156 |
| 77 | ▲ 38 | | Mike Davidson | 0.66 | 2 | 81 | 9174 |
| 78 | ▼ 6 | | Jono King | 0.64 | 2 | 86 | 9497 |
| 80 | ▲ 35 | | Sam Reeves | 0.60 | 1 | 235 | 28967 |
| 80 | ▲ 35 | | David Peck | 0.60 | 1 | 6 | 770 |
| 82 | ▼ 6 |  | Chris Grucza | 0.56 | 1 | – | – |
| 82 | ▼ 6 | | George Davidson | 0.56 | 1 | 64 | 6487 |
| 83 | ▲ 32 | | Michael Schenk | 0.51 | 1 | 210 | 26011 |
| 84 | ▼ 7 | | Jeremy Morris | 0.50 | 1 | – | – |
| 85 | ▼ 1 | | Danny Bultitude | 0.47 | 3 | 298 | 34561 |
| 87 | ▼ 8 | | Andrew Chapman NZ | 0.46 | 1 | 49 | 4700 |
| 87 | ▲ 28 | | Patrick Caudle | 0.46 | 1 | 103 | 11734 |
| 89 | ▼ 9 | | Carly St-Laurent | 0.44 | 2 | 112 | 14029 |
| 89 | ▲ 2 | | Maxwell Kersley | 0.44 | 3 | 181 | 22256 |
| 90 | ▼ 9 | | Luca Herman | 0.42 | 1 | 312 | 35851 |
| 91 | ▼ 9 | | Stephanie Mason VA | 0.40 | 1 | – | – |
| 92 | ▲ 23 | | Vlatko Materic | 0.39 | 1 | 152 | 18977 |
| 93 | ▼ 10 | | Barry Saxon | 0.36 | 1 | 240 | 29683 |
| 94 | ▲ 21 | | Fiona Peck | 0.35 | 1 | 60 | 5947 |
| 97 | ▼ 10 | | Mike Fowles | 0.32 | 1 | 77 | 8766 |
| 97 | ▼ 10 | | Jeni McEwen | 0.32 | 2 | 148 | 18410 |
| 97 | ▼ 10 | | Murray Hammond | 0.32 | 1 | 202 | 24742 |
| 99 | ▲ 16 | | Adam Corner | 0.29 | 1 | 146 | 18271 |
| 99 | ▼ 11 | | Ben St-Laurent | 0.29 | 1 | 207 | 25928 |
| 100 | ▼ 11 | | Sean Lyons | 0.28 | 1 | 212 | 26068 |
| 101 | ▼ 11 | | Denver Gray | 0.26 | 1 | 375 | 41140 |
Our Take
There’s no change in the top 12 this month, but some good results and jumps up the leaderboard by Haylem Rayner (+13), Richard Willins (+22), and Craig Easson (+10). John Maughan (+70) wins his only tournament of the year and rockets into the top 48, perhaps he should compete more (hint, hint)!