We’re getting to the pointy end of qualifying now, with only two months to go! But there’s still time for movement and with a HEAP of tournaments in November, including the Christchurch Show Weekend from 14th-16th, there’s a lot of points still on offer. If you’re already safe 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 January or not; visit https://www.pinballshoppe.co.nz/event-details/new-zealand-pinball-championship-2025 for the NZ Champs details!
Here’s October’s list:
| Points | Comps | NZ Rank | World | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ashley Burke | 273.30 | 24 | 1 | 369 | |
| 2 |  | Jason Lambert | 244.61 | 8 | – | 60 | |
| 3 | | Josh Burke | 193.22 | 33 | 7 | 787 | |
| 4 | | Mike Burke NZ | 185.41 | 32 | 4 | 664 | |
| 5 | | Tyler Dipper | 183.18 | 8 | 2 | 405 | |
| 6 | | Damon Newland | 160.21 | 28 | 9 | 969 | |
| 7 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 124.01 | 23 | 12 | 1267 | |
| 8 | ▲ 5 | | Kevin Hester | 94.29 | 16 | 25 | 2329 |
| 9 | ▼ 1 | | Josh Dipper | 94.01 | 8 | 24 | 2262 |
| 10 | ▼ 1 | | Callum Boston | 93.21 | 13 | 27 | 2459 |
| 11 | ▼ 1 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 89.05 | 30 | 20 | 1896 |
| 12 | ▼ 1 | | Laurence Smith | 83.91 | 22 | 17 | 1633 |
| 13 | ▼ 1 | | Danielle Peck | 82.72 | 6 | 5 | 675 |
| 14 | | Simon Haxton | 82.42 | 33 | 14 | 1377 | |
| 15 | | Haylem Rayner | 75.03 | 26 | 16 | 1626 | |
| 16 | | Drew Bennett | 69.86 | 38 | 36 | 3267 | |
| 17 | ▲ 2 | | Hugo Strang | 64.71 | 27 | 18 | 1805 |
| 18 | ▼ 1 | | Aidan Kersley | 62.43 | 14 | 8 | 934 |
| 19 | ▼ 1 | | Aubrey Walker | 62.33 | 15 | 6 | 748 |
| 20 | ▲ 4 | | Esther Ahronheim | 58.55 | 37 | 10 | 1081 |
| 21 | ▼ 1 | | Alfie Dennis | 54.39 | 23 | 46 | 4177 |
| 22 | ▼ 1 | | Cameron Crabb | 52.41 | 29 | 37 | 3281 |
| 23 | ▼ 1 | | Richard Willins | 52.19 | 15 | 29 | 2518 |
| 24 | ▲ 4 | | David Peck | 50.85 | 10 | 3 | 573 |
| 25 | ▼ 2 | | David Gifford-Moore | 46.53 | 16 | 34 | 3018 |
| 26 | ▲ 1 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 44.92 | 12 | 38 | 3494 |
| 27 | ▼ 2 | | Stephen Bardell | 44.64 | 10 | – | 1754 |
| 28 | ▼ 2 | | James Drury | 42.17 | 3 | – | 716 |
| 29 | | Casey Lochead | 39.50 | 27 | 49 | 4527 | |
| 30 | | Marc Sanger | 38.14 | 14 | 19 | 1816 | |
| 31 | | Dylan Petrie | 36.96 | 18 | 30 | 2763 | |
| 32 | | Tim Chapman | 34.41 | 4 | – | 1165 | |
| 33 | | Ed Timings | 29.94 | 7 | 42 | 3749 | |
| 34 | | Matt Kemp | 29.75 | 16 | 26 | 2351 | |
| 35 | ▲ 5 | | John Scrivener | 29.69 | 28 | 51 | 4901 |
| 36 | ▼ 1 | | Karri Butler | 29.57 | 5 | 40 | 3617 |
| 37 | ▼ 1 | | Sam Stonnell | 29.18 | 10 | 23 | 2214 |
| 38 | ▼ 1 | | Lachlan Caudle | 28.63 | 18 | 61 | 6061 |
| 39 | ▼ 1 | | Kobe Smith | 28.37 | 14 | 31 | 2886 |
| 40 | ▼ 1 | | Matt Gedye | 28.24 | 4 | 11 | 1148 |
| 41 | ▲ 1 | | Kelly Mitchell | 26.77 | 23 | 21 | 1935 |
| 42 | ▲ 1 | | Sean Fausett | 24.85 | 21 | 44 | 3900 |
| 43 | ▼ 2 | | Phil Dolbel | 24.63 | 15 | 41 | 3656 |
| 44 | | Ken Thompson | 24.39 | 12 | 48 | 4524 | |
| 45 | | Travis Dawson | 23.43 | 3 | 59 | 5499 | |
| 46 | | David Clark AUS | 20.97 | 4 | – | 469 | |
| 47 | ▲ 1 | | Rafael Olmedo | 20.26 | 33 | 72 | 7806 |
| 48 | ▲ 2 | | Jeremy Takacs | 20.18 | 9 | 33 | 2977 |
| 49 | ▼ 2 | | Markus Dipper | 20.14 | 8 | 35 | 3084 |
| 50 | ▼ 1 | | Lisa Conroy | 19.27 | 8 | 22 | 1961 |
| 51 | ▲ 2 | | Charles Dolbel | 17.60 | 29 | 68 | 6993 |
| 52 | ▼ 1 | | Robert Meuldijk | 17.36 | 20 | 39 | 3538 |
| 53 | ▼ 1 | | Zac Cousins | 15.81 | 18 | 71 | 7639 |
| 54 | | Daryl Purdie | 15.78 | 15 | 52 | 4929 | |
| 55 | | Matthew Proctor | 13.51 | 23 | 83 | 9327 | |
| 56 | | Simon Ros | 12.73 | 29 | 88 | 9848 | |
| 57 | | Kylie Dipper | 12.36 | 8 | 56 | 5337 | |
| 58 | | Jennifer Bays | 11.42 | 32 | 85 | 9684 | |
| 59 | ▲ 15 | | Thomas Skurr | 11.22 | 16 | 99 | 10785 |
| 60 | ▼ 1 | | David Miles | 10.08 | 10 | 62 | 6089 |
| 61 | ▲ 3 | | Marqus Berney | 9.74 | 12 | 64 | 6372 |
| 62 | ▼ 2 | | Mark Higham | 9.59 | 4 | 77 | 8329 |
| 63 | ▼ 2 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 8.67 | 24 | 95 | 10615 |
| 64 | ▼ 2 | | Filip Piri | 8.31 | 19 | 87 | 9749 |
| 65 | ▼ 2 | | David Campton | 8.15 | 4 | 70 | 7535 |
| 66 | ▼ 1 | | Patrick Caudle | 7.93 | 14 | 101 | 11208 |
| 67 | ▼ 1 | | Andrew Chapman NZ | 7.00 | 5 | 47 | 4208 |
| 68 | ▼ 1 | | Jono King | 6.70 | 13 | 79 | 8956 |
| 69 | ▼ 1 | | Fiona Peck | 6.35 | 7 | 57 | 5344 |
| 70 | ▲ 3 | | Sofia Riddell-Garner | 5.69 | 16 | 130 | 14138 |
| 71 | ▼ 2 | | Hamish Guthrey | 5.35 | 7 | 74 | 8118 |
| 72 | ▼ 2 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 5.33 | 20 | 97 | 10758 |
| 73 | ▼ 1 | | John Devine | 5.19 | 6 | 63 | 6116 |
| 74 | ▼ 3 | | Jono Ward | 4.76 | 8 | 123 | 13839 |
| 76 | ▼ 1 | | Nick Polson | 3.90 | 3 | 66 | 6871 |
| 76 | ▲ 8 | | Carly St-Laurent | 3.90 | 6 | 122 | 13814 |
| 77 | ▲ 10 | | Daniel Brown | 3.85 | 7 | 111 | 12644 |
| 78 | ▼ 1 | | Andrew Way | 3.80 | 8 | 118 | 13419 |
| 79 | ▼ 2 | | Jon Rennie | 3.71 | 5 | 135 | 14411 |
| 80 | ▼ 2 | | Lani Gray | 3.57 | 3 | 84 | 9650 |
| 81 | ▼ 2 | | Lincoln Holloway | 3.51 | 4 | 89 | 9887 |
| 82 | ▲ 138 |  | Samantha Stanko | 3.43 | 3 | – | 4532 |
| 83 | ▼ 3 | | John Maughan | 3.36 | 10 | 76 | 8305 |
| 84 | ▲ 49 | | Paul Kang | 3.28 | 4 | 92 | 10038 |
| 85 | | Blaine McLachlan | 3.27 | 10 | 120 | 13657 | |
| 86 | ▼ 5 | | Paul Malthouse | 3.11 | 4 | 104 | 11658 |
| 87 | ▼ 5 | | Tom Busljeta | 3.03 | 7 | 53 | 4951 |
| 88 | ▼ 5 | | Mark Honey | 3.02 | 1 | 157 | 18334 |
| 89 | | Emily-Rose Kersley | 2.93 | 10 | 134 | 14399 | |
| 90 | ▲ 2 | | Lewis Tennant | 2.83 | 6 | 100 | 11142 |
| 91 | ▼ 5 | | Patrick Radomski | 2.74 | 2 | 131 | 14191 |
| 92 | ▼ 4 | | Connor Kemp | 2.62 | 5 | 169 | 19259 |
| 93 | ▼ 3 | | Pedro Silva | 2.52 | 3 | 75 | 8179 |
| 94 | ▼ 3 | | Eric Fisher AR | 2.37 | 1 | – | 4305 |
| 95 | | Brett Carter | 2.21 | 11 | 125 | 13995 | |
| 96 | ▼ 3 | | Melcolm Spacies | 2.20 | 1 | 182 | 20483 |
| 97 | ▼ 3 | | Jo Caudle | 2.17 | 11 | 165 | 18862 |
| 98 | ▼ 2 | | Daniel Madge | 1.98 | 5 | 127 | 14083 |
| 99 | ▼ 2 | | Julie Veltmeyer | 1.93 | 2 | 172 | 19829 |
| 100 | ▼ 3 | | Barry Wakeling | 1.67 | 7 | 80 | 9015 |
Our Take
A great win by Kevin has him rocketing up the list into the top 10. Consistent results by Esther, RD, John S, and Thomas sees them improving their places, and special mention to Charles for picking up his maiden victory.
With 11 tournaments in November we expect to see a big change in the rankings next month, so don’t be complacent, get out and earn those WWPR’s!