The story of May was the Kiwi Capital Silverball held in Wellington at the end of the month. With lots of WPPR’s on offer, how did that shake up 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 | 194.34 | 12 | 1 | 400 | |
| 2 | ▲ 1 | | Simon Haxton | 141.33 | 17 | 10 | 1150 |
| 3 | ▼ 1 | | Mike Burke NZ | 141.11 | 18 | 3 | 695 |
| 4 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 132.82 | 17 | 12 | 1281 | |
| 5 | | Josh Burke | 80.66 | 20 | 4 | 698 | |
| 6 | | Casey Lochead | 62.97 | 13 | 30 | 3025 | |
| 7 | ▲ 12 | | Tyler Dipper | 60.57 | 6 | 2 | 520 |
| 8 | ▲ 3 | | Esther Ahronheim | 59.87 | 23 | 8 | 992 |
| 9 | | Aubrey Walker | 54.03 | 7 | 5 | 714 | |
| 10 | | Damon Newland | 53.79 | 14 | 11 | 1232 | |
| 11 | ▼ 3 | | Aidan Kersley | 53.63 | 6 | 9 | 1015 |
| 12 | ▼ 5 | | Alfie Dennis | 48.42 | 10 | 29 | 2996 |
| 13 | ▼ 1 | | Hugo Strang | 44.75 | 14 | 16 | 1805 |
| 14 | ▲ 11 | | Isaiah Peters | 37.52 | 6 | 59 | 6152 |
| 15 | ▲ 142 |  | Mitchell Stewart NZ | 36.64 | 3 | – | 178 |
| 16 | ▼ 3 | | Drew Bennett | 32.13 | 20 | 38 | 3546 |
| 17 | ▼ 1 | | Laurence Smith | 31.95 | 10 | 18 | 2006 |
| 18 | ▼ 4 | | Marqus Berney | 31.55 | 15 | 52 | 5160 |
| 19 | ▲ 3 | | Haylem Rayner | 31.44 | 14 | 17 | 1864 |
| 20 | ▲ 1 | | Rafael Olmedo | 30.87 | 21 | 63 | 6618 |
| 21 | ▼ 3 | | Callum Boston | 29.44 | 6 | 26 | 2696 |
| 22 | ▼ 5 | | Danielle Peck | 28.20 | 6 | 7 | 903 |
| 23 | ▼ 8 | | Mark Higham | 27.20 | 2 | 54 | 5585 |
| 24 | ▼ 1 | | Matthew Proctor | 25.05 | 11 | 64 | 6786 |
| 25 | ▲ 3 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 23.86 | 16 | 20 | 2201 |
| 26 | ▼ 6 | | Matt Gedye | 21.88 | 4 | 13 | 1285 |
| 27 | | Kevin Hester | 20.70 | 10 | 28 | 2860 | |
| 28 | ▼ 4 | | Kobe Smith | 18.67 | 8 | 33 | 3199 |
| 29 | ▲ 13 | | Will De Vos | 18.57 | 8 | 14 | 1376 |
| 30 | ▲ 17 | | John Scrivener | 18.28 | 16 | 39 | 3667 |
| 31 | ▼ 5 | | Sean Fausett | 17.96 | 11 | 43 | 3974 |
| 32 | ▼ 2 | | Zac Cousins | 17.34 | 13 | 70 | 7347 |
| 33 | ▲ 33 | | Tom Busljeta | 17.08 | 3 | 48 | 4834 |
| 34 | ▼ 5 | | Lachlan Caudle | 16.25 | 11 | 55 | 5874 |
| 35 | ▲ 4 | | Dylan Petrie | 13.88 | 10 | 34 | 3265 |
| 36 | ▲ 2 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 13.44 | 15 | 81 | 9139 |
| 37 | ▼ 1 | | Cameron Crabb | 12.84 | 13 | 40 | 3747 |
| 38 | ▼ 7 | | Richard Willins | 12.63 | 5 | 25 | 2675 |
| 39 | ▲ 1 | | Ken Thompson | 12.59 | 11 | 51 | 4949 |
| 40 | ▲ 44 | | Jeremy Takacs | 11.97 | 4 | 35 | 3414 |
| 41 | ▼ 7 | | Filip Piri | 11.78 | 11 | 79 | 9015 |
| 42 | ▼ 9 | | Craig Easson | 11.66 | 8 | 50 | 4942 |
| 43 | ▼ 6 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 11.61 | 7 | 42 | 3918 |
| 44 | ▲ 7 | | Charles Dolbel | 11.01 | 10 | 65 | 6865 |
| 45 | ▼ 4 | | Robert Meuldijk | 10.90 | 10 | 37 | 3468 |
| 46 | ▼ 14 | | Markus Dipper | 10.88 | 4 | 32 | 3162 |
| 47 | ▼ 4 | | Kelly Mitchell | 10.67 | 11 | 19 | 2119 |
| 48 | ▼ 13 | | Josh Dipper | 10.07 | 2 | 24 | 2598 |
| 49 | ▲ 21 | | David Peck | 9.85 | 4 | 6 | 810 |
| 50 | ▲ 14 | | Marc Sanger | 9.25 | 4 | 22 | 2482 |
| 51 | ▼ 2 | | Jennifer Bays | 9.22 | 18 | 76 | 8895 |
| 52 | ▲ 90 | | Sarah Andreassend | 8.46 | 4 | 103 | 12327 |
| 53 | ▼ 1 | | Lisa Conroy | 8.44 | 4 | 23 | 2527 |
| 54 | | David Miles | 7.95 | 12 | 66 | 6911 | |
| 55 | ▼ 11 | | Stephen Bardell | 7.66 | 2 | – | 2400 |
| 56 | ▼ 11 | | Travis Dawson | 7.51 | 4 | 56 | 5907 |
| 57 | ▼ 9 | | Paul Kang | 7.36 | 10 | 75 | 8662 |
| 58 | ▼ 12 | | John Maughan | 7.31 | 3 | 91 | 10554 |
| 59 | ▼ 2 | | Daniel Brown | 7.30 | 10 | 89 | 10394 |
| 60 | ▼ 2 | | Hamish Guthrey | 6.54 | 5 | 74 | 8661 |
| 62 | ▲ 95 | | Karri Butler | 5.98 | 1 | 45 | 4320 |
| 62 | ▼ 12 | | Tim Chapman | 5.98 | 2 | – | 885 |
| 63 | ▼ 9 | | Simon Ros | 5.97 | 17 | 83 | 9619 |
| 64 | ▼ 9 | | Daryl Purdie | 5.93 | 7 | 58 | 6029 |
| 65 | ▼ 4 | | Matt Kemp | 5.44 | 4 | 27 | 2820 |
| 66 | ▲ 91 | | Sam Stonnell | 5.32 | 3 | 21 | 2433 |
| 67 | ▼ 8 | | Thomas Skurr | 5.28 | 9 | 82 | 9552 |
| 68 | ▼ 12 | | Ethan Mclean | 4.62 | 9 | 122 | 14886 |
| 69 | ▲ 68 | | Jackie Dolbel | 4.27 | 2 | 41 | 3868 |
| 70 | ▲ 1 | | Vlatko Materic | 4.00 | 5 | 116 | 14583 |
| 71 | ▼ 3 | | Stephanie Mason NZ | 3.65 | 8 | 149 | 19165 |
| 72 | ▲ 85 | | Sam Wilton | 3.49 | 2 | 137 | 16734 |
| 73 | ▼ 13 | | Jimmy Saddlier | 2.53 | 1 | 163 | 20622 |
| 74 | ▼ 7 | | Brett Carter | 2.33 | 4 | 111 | 14211 |
| 75 | ▲ 56 | | Troy Halliday | 2.27 | 3 | 73 | 8046 |
| 76 | ▼ 14 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 2.25 | 1 | 92 | 10685 |
| 77 | ▲ 5 | | Martin Halliday | 2.24 | 3 | 87 | 9937 |
| 79 | ▼ 16 | | Kylie Dipper | 2.23 | 4 | 57 | 5933 |
| 79 | | Danny Bultitude | 2.23 | 7 | 170 | 21522 | |
| 80 | ▲ 3 |  | Jeremy Morris | 2.12 | 5 | – | 21958 |
| 81 | ▼ 4 | | Belf Lim | 2.11 | 5 | 173 | 21946 |
| 82 | ▼ 6 | | David Gifford-Moore | 2.04 | 5 | 47 | 4648 |
| 83 | ▼ 18 | | Lewis Tennant | 2.02 | 2 | 95 | 11014 |
| 84 | ▼ 6 | | Manny Giannakakis | 1.58 | 4 | 194 | 24225 |
| 85 | ▲ 72 | | Brooke Humphries | 1.55 | 1 | 114 | 14453 |
| 86 | | Jono King | 1.38 | 5 | 85 | 9735 | |
| 87 | ▼ 18 | | Jon Rennie | 1.35 | 4 | 113 | 14395 |
| 88 | ▼ 16 | | Andrew Way | 1.34 | 6 | 112 | 14244 |
| 89 | ▼ 16 | | Stien Lorent | 1.20 | 1 | 213 | 26451 |
| 90 | ▼ 16 | | Charlie Sykes | 1.19 | 1 | 61 | 6398 |
| 91 | ▲ 16 | | John Devine | 1.18 | 3 | 71 | 7699 |
| 92 | ▼ 10 | | Patrick Caudle | 1.16 | 4 | 102 | 12068 |
| 93 | ▲ 64 | | Nick Polson | 1.15 | 2 | 72 | 7956 |
| 95 | ▼ 20 | | Jono Ward | 1.12 | 4 | 120 | 14823 |
| 95 | ▲ 30 | | Emelyn Barrientos | 1.12 | 4 | 191 | 24061 |
| 96 | ▼ 2 | | Maxwell Kersley | 1.08 | 4 | 160 | 20511 |
| 97 | ▼ 7 | | George Davidson | 1.07 | 2 | 67 | 6979 |
| 99 | ▲ 58 |  | Lucas Recoaro | 1.00 | 1 | – | 12089 |
| 99 | ▲ 1 | | Barry Saxon | 1.00 | 2 | 203 | 25148 |
| 100 | ▼ 6 | | Carly St-Laurent | 0.88 | 4 | 117 | 14593 |
Our Take
Ash extended his lead at the top with a 60+ point gain, and a great month by Simon has him just pipping Mike for 2nd. Elsewhere Tyler, Isaiah, Will, John, Tom, and Jeremy all made impressive moves into the top 48. But topping them all was old mate Mitchell who swooped in from Oz and rocketed from nowhere up to 15th. Perhaps he’s keen to win back the NZ champs crown again…