We’re now 2/3 of the way through to find New Zealand’s top 48 pinball players, who’ll qualify for the NZ Champs in Wellington from January 17-18, 2026. A full schedule has now been released, visit https://www.pinballshoppe.co.nz/event-details/new-zealand-pinball-championship-2025 for the details!
On to the chart as at end of September:
| | Points | Comps | NZ Rank | World | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Ashley Burke | 266.19 | 21 | 1 | 279 | |
| 2 |  | Jason Lambert | 244.61 | 8 | – | 56 | |
| 3 | | Josh Burke | 192.70 | 30 | 6 | 625 | |
| 4 | | Mike Burke NZ | 185.41 | 29 | 5 | 545 | |
| 5 | | Tyler Dipper | 183.18 | 8 | 2 | 325 | |
| 6 | | Damon Newland | 154.34 | 26 | 9 | 795 | |
| 7 | | Patrick Fisher-Evans | 123.63 | 20 | 12 | 1157 | |
| 8 | | Josh Dipper | 94.01 | 8 | 25 | 2102 | |
| 9 | | Callum Boston | 93.21 | 13 | 30 | 2434 | |
| 10 | | Brooke Riddell-Garner | 89.05 | 27 | 18 | 1516 | |
| 11 | ▲ 3 | | Laurence Smith | 83.33 | 20 | 16 | 1416 |
| 12 | ▼ 1 | | Danielle Peck | 82.72 | 6 | 4 | 517 |
| 13 | | Kevin Hester | 82.46 | 15 | 31 | 2511 | |
| 14 | ▼ 2 | | Simon Haxton | 82.42 | 31 | 13 | 1201 |
| 15 | ▲ 2 | | Haylem Rayner | 73.91 | 24 | 15 | 1316 |
| 16 | ▼ 1 | | Drew Bennett | 68.45 | 35 | 39 | 3176 |
| 17 | ▲ 1 | | Aidan Kersley | 62.39 | 13 | 7 | 631 |
| 18 | ▼ 2 | | Aubrey Walker | 62.33 | 15 | 8 | 710 |
| 19 | | Hugo Strang | 57.82 | 24 | 20 | 1651 | |
| 20 | | Alfie Dennis | 53.97 | 20 | 48 | 4129 | |
| 21 | | Cameron Crabb | 52.32 | 27 | 37 | 2966 | |
| 22 | | Richard Willins | 50.96 | 14 | 26 | 2239 | |
| 23 | ▲ 1 | | David Gifford-Moore | 46.53 | 16 | 35 | 2774 |
| 24 | ▼ 1 | | Esther Ahronheim | 46.46 | 33 | 11 | 994 |
| 25 | | Stephen Bardell | 44.64 | 10 | – | 1700 | |
| 26 | | James Drury | 42.17 | 3 | – | 662 | |
| 27 | | Nikolas Busljeta | 41.09 | 11 | 42 | 3384 | |
| 28 | ▲ 3 | | David Peck | 40.85 | 9 | 3 | 436 |
| 29 | | Casey Lochead | 38.36 | 25 | 51 | 4298 | |
| 30 | ▼ 2 | | Marc Sanger | 38.14 | 14 | 19 | 1544 |
| 31 | ▼ 1 | | Dylan Petrie | 36.96 | 18 | 29 | 2414 |
| 32 | | Tim Chapman | 34.41 | 4 | – | 1109 | |
| 33 | | Ed Timings | 29.94 | 7 | 40 | 3251 | |
| 34 | ▲ 4 | | Matt Kemp | 29.75 | 16 | 22 | 1809 |
| 35 | ▼ 1 | | Karri Butler | 29.57 | 5 | 38 | 2999 |
| 36 | ▼ 1 | | Sam Stonnell | 29.18 | 10 | 24 | 1960 |
| 37 | ▲ 7 | | Lachlan Caudle | 28.63 | 17 | 67 | 5984 |
| 38 | ▼ 2 | | Kobe Smith | 28.28 | 13 | 33 | 2540 |
| 39 | ▼ 2 | | Matt Gedye | 28.24 | 4 | 10 | 897 |
| 40 | ▼ 1 | | John Scrivener | 28.09 | 25 | 57 | 4836 |
| 41 | ▼ 1 | | Phil Dolbel | 24.63 | 15 | 41 | 3289 |
| 42 | ▼ 1 | | Kelly Mitchell | 24.54 | 20 | 23 | 1872 |
| 43 | ▲ 2 | | Sean Fausett | 23.63 | 19 | 43 | 3459 |
| 44 | ▼ 2 | | Ken Thompson | 23.56 | 11 | 49 | 4182 |
| 45 | ▼ 2 | | Travis Dawson | 23.43 | 3 | 58 | 5004 |
| 46 | | David Clark AUS | 20.97 | 4 | – | 415 | |
| 47 | | Markus Dipper | 20.14 | 8 | 34 | 2581 | |
| 48 | ▲ 1 | | Rafael Olmedo | 19.72 | 30 | 75 | 7875 |
| 49 | ▼ 1 | | Lisa Conroy | 19.27 | 8 | 21 | 1801 |
| 50 | ▲ 13 | | Jeremy Takacs | 16.35 | 8 | 32 | 2530 |
| 51 | ▼ 1 | | Robert Meuldijk | 16.11 | 18 | 36 | 2955 |
| 52 | ▼ 1 | | Zac Cousins | 15.81 | 16 | 72 | 7556 |
| 53 | ▼ 1 | | Charles Dolbel | 15.66 | 27 | 68 | 6417 |
| 54 | ▼ 1 | | Daryl Purdie | 15.36 | 14 | 52 | 4512 |
| 55 | ▼ 1 | | Matthew Proctor | 13.51 | 21 | 89 | 9165 |
| 56 | | Simon Ros | 12.51 | 26 | 94 | 9843 | |
| 57 | ▼ 2 | | Kylie Dipper | 12.36 | 8 | 53 | 4541 |
| 58 | ▼ 1 | | Jennifer Bays | 11.30 | 29 | 90 | 9528 |
| 59 | ▼ 1 | | David Miles | 9.46 | 9 | 64 | 5622 |
| 60 | ▼ 1 | | Mark Higham | 8.78 | 3 | 74 | 7797 |
| 61 | ▼ 1 | | Blaise St-Laurent | 8.69 | 23 | 101 | 10523 |
| 62 | ▼ 1 | | Filip Piri | 8.28 | 16 | 93 | 9646 |
| 63 | ▼ 1 | | David Campton | 8.15 | 4 | 71 | 6755 |
| 64 | ▲ 9 | | Marqus Berney | 8.14 | 9 | 63 | 5504 |
| 65 | | Patrick Caudle | 7.91 | 13 | 106 | 11064 | |
| 66 | ▼ 2 | | Andrew Chapman NZ | 7.00 | 5 | 44 | 3575 |
| 67 | ▼ 1 | | Jono King | 6.56 | 12 | 77 | 7999 |
| 68 | ▼ 1 | | Fiona Peck | 6.00 | 6 | 55 | 4719 |
| 69 | ▼ 1 | | Hamish Guthrey | 5.35 | 7 | 78 | 8026 |
| 70 | ▼ 1 | | Mumtaz Dolbel | 5.33 | 20 | 96 | 10004 |
| 71 | ▼ 1 | | Jono Ward | 4.76 | 8 | 127 | 13666 |
| 72 | ▼ 1 | | John Devine | 4.71 | 5 | 62 | 5427 |
| 73 | ▼ 1 | | Sofia Riddell-Garner | 4.64 | 15 | 144 | 15239 |
| 74 | ▲ 5 | | Thomas Skurr | 3.96 | 13 | 149 | 16379 |
| 75 | ▼ 1 | | Nick Polson | 3.90 | 3 | 66 | 5894 |
| 77 | ▲ 2 | | Jon Rennie | 3.71 | 5 | 124 | 13335 |
| 77 | ▼ 2 | | Andrew Way | 3.71 | 7 | 117 | 12767 |
| 78 | ▼ 2 | | Lani Gray | 3.57 | 3 | 91 | 9575 |
| 79 | ▼ 2 | | Lincoln Holloway | 3.51 | 4 | 85 | 8677 |
| 80 | ▲ 4 | | John Maughan | 3.26 | 9 | 82 | 8175 |
| 81 | ▼ 1 | | Paul Malthouse | 3.11 | 4 | 109 | 11392 |
| 82 | ▼ 1 | | Tom Busljeta | 3.03 | 7 | 50 | 4255 |
| 83 | ▼ 1 | | Mark Honey | 3.02 | 1 | 165 | 18186 |
| 84 | ▼ 1 | | Carly St-Laurent | 3.01 | 5 | 138 | 14529 |
| 85 | ▲ 1 | | Blaine McLachlan | 2.77 | 8 | 126 | 13546 |
| 86 | ▼ 1 | | Patrick Radomski | 2.74 | 2 | 133 | 14051 |
| 87 | ▲ 17 | | Daniel Brown | 2.70 | 5 | 121 | 13225 |
| 88 | ▲ 2 | | Connor Kemp | 2.62 | 5 | 175 | 19081 |
| 89 | ▲ 8 | | Emily-Rose Kersley | 2.58 | 9 | 135 | 14103 |
| 90 | ▼ 3 | | Pedro Silva | 2.52 | 3 | 79 | 8066 |
| 91 | ▼ 3 |  | Eric Fisher AR | 2.37 | 1 | – | 4111 |
| 92 | ▲ 2 | | Lewis Tennant | 2.26 | 5 | 97 | 10297 |
| 93 | ▼ 4 | | Melcolm Spacies | 2.20 | 1 | 185 | 20344 |
| 94 | ▼ 3 | | Jo Caudle | 2.17 | 11 | 171 | 18619 |
| 95 | ▼ 3 | | Brett Carter | 2.04 | 10 | 128 | 13749 |
| 96 | ▼ 1 | | Daniel Madge | 1.98 | 5 | 129 | 13872 |
| 97 | ▼ 4 | | Julie Veltmeyer | 1.93 | 2 | 181 | 19670 |
| 98 | ▲ 4 | | Barry Wakeling | 1.54 | 6 | 81 | 8121 |
| 99 | ▼ 3 | | Charlotte Goodin | 1.53 | 4 | 119 | 12921 |
| 100 | ▲ 5 | | Vlatko Materic | 1.44 | 3 | 213 | 23415 |
Our Take
With eight tournaments in the month there was always going to be a lot of upwards movement. Big jumps by Marqus and Jeremy, who now sits just outside the cutoff line. And a great result by Lachlan with his 2nd place at Poneke Pinballers solidifying his place in the top 48.
Keep flipping!