A massive 11 tournaments in November resulted in a lot of movement in the qualifying table, quite surprising for this late in the year. Some players who had made other plans for the finals weekend on January 17-18 might want look into booking their tickets for Wellington! A reminder, if you’re in the top 48 or in the next 20 or so places below the cutoff, make sure you let the IFPA team know at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1DDa3XmEdu/ if you can make the finals in or not; visit https://www.pinballshoppe.co.nz/event-details/new-zealand-pinball-championship-2025 for the NZ Champs details!
Here’s the latest as at the end of November:
| | Points | Comps | NZ Rank | World | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ashley Burke | 277.63 | 26 | 1 | 384 | |
| 2 |  | Jason Lambert | 244.61 | 8 | – | 61 | |
| 3 | ▲ 2 | | Tyler Dipper | 241.53 | 14 | 2 | 408 |
| 4 | ▼ 1 | | Josh Burke | 193.22 | 35 | 6 | 727 |
| 5 | ▼ 1 | | Mike Burke NZ | 185.41 | 33 | 4 | 681 |
| 6 | | Damon Newland | 162.84 | 30 | 9 | 994 | |
| 7 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 131.69 | 26 | 13 | 1315 | |
| 8 | ▲ 1 | | Josh Dipper | 108.08 | 13 | 23 | 2141 |
| 9 | ▼ 1 | | Kevin Hester | 96.09 | 18 | 26 | 2431 |
| 10 | | Callum Boston | 93.66 | 14 | 27 | 2515 | |
| 11 | ▲ 3 | | Simon Haxton | 93.50 | 39 | 15 | 1440 |
| 12 | ▼ 1 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 93.24 | 32 | 19 | 1906 |
| 13 | ▼ 1 | | Laurence Smith | 83.91 | 22 | 17 | 1692 |
| 14 | ▼ 1 | | Danielle Peck | 82.72 | 6 | 5 | 691 |
| 15 | ▲ 4 | | Aubrey Walker | 76.77 | 21 | 7 | 780 |
| 16 | ▼ 1 | | Haylem Rayner | 76.37 | 28 | 16 | 1691 |
| 17 | ▼ 1 | | Drew Bennett | 69.86 | 41 | 37 | 3352 |
| 18 | ▼ 1 | | Hugo Strang | 68.92 | 29 | 18 | 1814 |
| 19 | ▲ 1 | | Esther Ahronheim | 68.79 | 44 | 10 | 1100 |
| 20 | ▲ 212 | | Mitchell Stewart NZ | 68.23 | 4 | – | 182 |
| 21 | ▼ 3 | | Aidan Kersley | 62.43 | 14 | 8 | 958 |
| 22 | ▲ 18 | | Matt Gedye | 61.43 | 8 | 11 | 1158 |
| 23 | | Richard Willins | 56.32 | 16 | 28 | 2516 | |
| 24 | ▼ 3 | | Alfie Dennis | 55.52 | 26 | 48 | 4224 |
| 25 | ▼ 3 | | Cameron Crabb | 53.34 | 34 | 36 | 3349 |
| 26 | ▼ 2 | | David Peck | 53.02 | 11 | 3 | 590 |
| 27 | ▲ 3 | | Marc Sanger | 52.89 | 18 | 20 | 1931 |
| 28 | ▼ 1 | | Stephen Bardell | 48.40 | 14 | – | 1790 |
| 29 | ▼ 4 | | David Gifford-Moore | 46.53 | 16 | 34 | 3071 |
| 30 | ▼ 4 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 45.02 | 13 | 38 | 3546 |
| 31 | ▼ 3 | | James Drury | 42.17 | 3 | – | 727 |
| 32 | ▲ 1 | | Ed Timings | 40.93 | 11 | 39 | 3620 |
| 33 | ▼ 4 | | Casey Lochead | 39.92 | 29 | 50 | 4718 |
| 34 | ▼ 3 | | Dylan Petrie | 37.85 | 19 | 30 | 2829 |
| 35 | ▲ 14 | | Markus Dipper | 37.57 | 14 | 32 | 2982 |
| 36 | ▲ 1 | | Sam Stonnell | 36.09 | 14 | 24 | 2246 |
| 37 | ▼ 5 | | Tim Chapman | 34.41 | 4 | – | 1041 |
| 38 | ▼ 3 | | John Scrivener | 33.30 | 30 | 43 | 3935 |
| 39 | ▲ 11 | | Lisa Conroy | 30.91 | 12 | 22 | 2014 |
| 40 | ▲ 3 | | Phil Dolbel | 30.19 | 20 | 40 | 3667 |
| 41 | ▼ 7 | | Matt Kemp | 29.75 | 16 | 25 | 2394 |
| 42 | ▼ 6 | | Karri Butler | 29.57 | 5 | 41 | 3688 |
| 43 | ▼ 5 | | Lachlan Caudle | 28.63 | 18 | 62 | 6293 |
| 44 | ▼ 5 | | Kobe Smith | 28.37 | 14 | 31 | 2962 |
| 45 | ▼ 4 | | Kelly Mitchell | 26.77 | 24 | 21 | 1990 |
| 46 | ▼ 4 | | Sean Fausett | 24.98 | 23 | 45 | 3972 |
| 47 | ▼ 3 | | Ken Thompson | 24.39 | 12 | 49 | 4655 |
| 48 | ▼ 3 | | Travis Dawson | 23.43 | 3 | 58 | 5605 |
| 49 | ▲ 55 | | Isaiah Peters | 22.04 | 7 | 73 | 8015 |
| 50 | ▼ 4 | | David Clark AUS | 20.97 | 4 | – | 480 |
| 51 | ▼ 3 | | Jeremy Takacs | 20.53 | 10 | 35 | 3107 |
| 52 | ▼ 5 | | Rafael Olmedo | 20.26 | 36 | 72 | 7907 |
| 53 | ▼ 2 | | Charles Dolbel | 19.58 | 33 | 66 | 6919 |
| 54 | ▼ 2 | | Robert Meuldijk | 17.90 | 26 | 42 | 3707 |
| 55 | ▲ 12 | | Andrew Chapman NZ | 16.61 | 9 | 47 | 4180 |
| 56 | ▲ 1 | | Kylie Dipper | 15.98 | 14 | 55 | 5471 |
| 57 | ▼ 4 | | Zac Cousins | 15.81 | 19 | 71 | 7804 |
| 58 | ▼ 4 | | Daryl Purdie | 15.78 | 16 | 51 | 5015 |
| 59 | ▼ 4 | | Matthew Proctor | 14.58 | 25 | 81 | 9197 |
| 60 | ▼ 1 | | Thomas Skurr | 13.83 | 18 | 87 | 9883 |
| 61 | ▼ 5 | | Simon Ros | 12.73 | 32 | 89 | 10050 |
| 62 | ▼ 1 | | Marqus Berney | 12.56 | 15 | 64 | 6479 |
| 63 | ▼ 5 | | Jennifer Bays | 12.53 | 38 | 86 | 9620 |
| 64 | ▼ 4 | | David Miles | 10.58 | 11 | 63 | 6312 |
| 65 | ▼ 3 | | Mark Higham | 9.59 | 4 | 78 | 8451 |
| 66 | ▼ 2 | | Filip Piri | 8.94 | 21 | 92 | 10219 |
| 67 | ▼ 4 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 8.90 | 26 | 99 | 10906 |
| 68 | ▲ 167 | | Lee Cheneler | 8.37 | 5 | 97 | 10750 |
| 69 | ▼ 4 | | David Campton | 8.15 | 4 | 69 | 7640 |
| 70 | ▼ 4 | | Patrick Caudle | 8.11 | 16 | 103 | 11391 |
| 71 | ▲ 6 | | Daniel Brown | 7.61 | 10 | 101 | 11007 |
| 72 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 6.83 | 23 | 96 | 10510 | |
| 73 | ▲ 20 | | Pedro Silva | 6.79 | 5 | 74 | 8100 |
| 74 | ▼ 6 | | Jono King | 6.70 | 13 | 80 | 9109 |
| 75 | ▼ 6 | | Fiona Peck | 6.52 | 8 | 57 | 5535 |
| 76 | ▼ 6 | | Sofia Riddell-Garner | 5.73 | 17 | 128 | 14261 |
| 77 | ▲ 37 | | Rod Wilton | 5.72 | 7 | 59 | 5842 |
| 78 | ▼ 7 | | Hamish Guthrey | 5.35 | 7 | 75 | 8356 |
| 79 | ▼ 6 | | John Devine | 5.19 | 6 | 61 | 6271 |
| 80 | ▲ 152 | | David Stavleu | 5.13 | 4 | – | 3102 |
| 81 | ▼ 7 | | Jono Ward | 4.95 | 9 | 126 | 14060 |
| 82 | ▲ 2 | | Paul Kang | 4.39 | 6 | 90 | 10053 |
| 83 | ▼ 7 | | Carly St-Laurent | 4.36 | 7 | 120 | 13629 |
| 84 | ▼ 5 | | Jon Rennie | 4.02 | 6 | 129 | 14316 |
| 85 | ▼ 9 | | Nick Polson | 3.90 | 3 | 67 | 7046 |
| 86 | ▼ 8 | | Andrew Way | 3.80 | 8 | 121 | 13641 |
| 87 | ▼ 6 | | Lincoln Holloway | 3.68 | 5 | 88 | 10047 |
| 88 | ▼ 8 | | Lani Gray | 3.57 | 3 | 95 | 10453 |
| 89 | ▼ 4 | | Blaine McLachlan | 3.55 | 11 | 124 | 13862 |
| 90 | ▼ 7 | | John Maughan | 3.49 | 11 | 77 | 8423 |
| 91 | ▼ 9 |  | Samantha Stanko | 3.43 | 3 | – | 4682 |
| 92 | ▼ 5 | | Tom Busljeta | 3.35 | 8 | 52 | 5100 |
| 93 | ▲ 54 | | Mike Fowles | 3.19 | 2 | 76 | 8394 |
| 95 | ▲ 12 | | Jayne Whittle | 3.11 | 7 | 113 | 12662 |
| 95 | ▼ 9 | | Paul Malthouse | 3.11 | 4 | 106 | 11782 |
| 96 | ▲ 13 | | Tiffany Pont | 3.05 | 4 | 122 | 13660 |
| 97 | ▼ 9 | | Mark Honey | 3.02 | 1 | 156 | 18542 |
| 98 | ▼ 8 | | Lewis Tennant | 3.00 | 7 | 105 | 11470 |
| 99 | ▼ 10 | | Emily-Rose Kersley | 2.93 | 10 | 135 | 14589 |
| 100 | ▼ 9 | | Patrick Radomski | 2.74 | 2 | 130 | 14380 |
Our Take
Mitchell returned to the motherland and made a real nUCEsanse of himself, taking 2 wins out of 4 at the Show Weekend to debut at #20. Matt, Markus, Lisa, Isaiah, and Andrew also put in solid performances there to move up the table.
With just 6 tournaments in December, the top 48 are mostly set no doubt bar a few small changes. Time to practice, work on your game, and get ready for the biggest event of the NZ pinball calendar in just over a month!