Hello Everyone! We are excited to recap the PHILA Pinball Winter 2018 Finals!
Thanks to Matt King for taking photos of the event! A gallery can be found on the Facebook group page.
**Our Winners:
A-Division
1. Matt Gusler
2. Dave Sharrar
3. Beck Gusler
4. Rick Prince
Congrats to Matt Gusler for crushing the final games on Jacks to Open, Joker Poker, Houdini, and Funhouse to take down the title!
B-Division
1. Dennis Gardner
2. Jack Sharrar
3. Chris Thomas
4. Matt Deibert
Dennis Garner outlasted 25 other players in a twelve-strike brawl to defeat Jack Sharrar in a heads-up showdown on Ghostbusters after surviving the final four on Medieval Madness.
TNA Reactor Champ
1. Jerry F. Kroboth – 3 Reactors, 1.1 Million
2. Ryan Altermore – 3 Reactors
3. Rick Prince – 2 Reactors
One-Ball Laser War Champ
1. Brian Service – 2.7 Million
2. Michael Reimer – 2.2 Million
3. Jerry C. Kroboth – 1.5 Million
Silver Slugger Runs Champ
1. Jay Robinson – 52 Runs
2. Nick Wahal – 28 Runs
3. Michael Reimer – 2 Runs
Our Raffle Winners:
iPad from Booth’s Corner Arcade – Rob Maerz
Railroad Street Growler – Brad Ladutko
University Family Fun Center Gift Pack #1 – Ryan Weicker
University Family Fun Center Gift Pack #2 – Matt Gusler
$1.03 Target Gift Card – Jeffrey Shropshire
$1.73 Starbucks Gift Card – Nicholas Wahal
Congrats to all our winners!
**We Want to Thank:
* Booth’s Corner Arcade – Donation of an iPad
* Chester County Sports Arena – Cash for Prize Pool
* Confetti Arcade – Cash for Prize Pool
* North & South Bowl – Gift Cards
* Penn Skate – Gift Cards
* Pinball Gallery – Gift Cards, T-Shirts, and letting us host the event
* PinCrossing – Railroad Gift Cards & Railroad’s Famous Wine Mugs
* Rage Tilt Pinball – T-Shirts for Winners
* University Pinball – Gift Baskets
* Village Arcade – Cash for Prize Pool
**KYW Newsradio Coverage
**PHILA Pinball Spring 2018 Season
Casey and Corey need a few weeks to recover and start to plan for the next season. Stay tuned for announcements!
**Feedback Survey
We’d like to ask everyone to fill out the survey to tell us what you liked, what you didn’t like, and what we can do better. Please also feel free to reach out to Casey and Corey directly to share your thoughts.
**Final Results
A Division Final Results have been submitted to the IFPA and to MatchPlay Ratings.
B Division Results have been submitted to MatchPlay Ratings.
1. Matt Gusler
2. Dave Sharrar
3. Beck Gusler
4. Rick Prince
5. Chris Chow
6. Joel Zingone
7. Jerry C. Kroboth
8. Corey Hulse
9. Jay Robinson
9. Nick Hislop
11. Dennis DeLong
11. Matt Deibert
14. Nathaniel Gibson
14. Dennis Gardner
14. Harry Jackson
16. Jack Sharrar
17. Erik Ryan
17. Chris Thomas PA
19. Cliff Albert
19. Nicholas Wahal
21. Christina Cimino
22. Dylan McGarry
22. Michael Reimer
24. Bill Shupp
26. Brad Ladutko
26. Jerry F. Kroboth
26. Brian Service
28. Jeffrey Shropshire
28. Ryan Altemose
30. Rob Maerz
31. Jackie Himes
32. Brandon Service
33. Kelsie Reimer
34. Casey Cuene
35. Phil Kline
36. Dave Gubernot
37. Anne Gibson
38. Stephen Haberman
39. Brian Thomas
40. Kate Haberman
**Announcements – PinFest
PinFest is coming up the first weekend in May! We are a Stern Pro-Circuit event this year and have expanded the event to make it bigger and hopefully better. To make it better, we’re looking for a few things:
Volunteers – People to help with the event! We’ll give you lots of free entries into the tournament and access to special “volunteer hours” for qualifying
Bring a Machine! – We’re looking for good, fun machines to use in the tournament.
Sponsors – If you or someone you know would make a good sponsor for the event, let Jay and I know.
**PHILAPinball.com
Over the coming weeks we’re going to be reshaping PhilaPinball.com to not only be about the tournament, but also include general information about finding and playing pinball in the Philadelphia area!
It will include a Competitive Pinball Calendar, listing of local places to play, and how to get involved in area leagues and events. We want to to be a central resource for anyone looking for Pinball in the Philly Area. Please be on the lookout for that in the coming weeks.
**Expanding the Executive Board
We’re interested to keep momentum going but are looking to expand the PHILA Pinball Inner Circle. For coming seasons we want to ensure that we have an expanded group in place to make the event bigger and better in the future.
Score Tracker – Responsible for ensuring scores are captured
Registrar – Responsible for signing people in on League & Hangout Nights. Collects E-mail addresses and makes sure that MailChimp is up to date
Social Media Guru – Runs the Instagram and Facebook accounts
Web Architect – Runs the website
Prize Maven – Ensures we have cool prizes to give out each week
Treasurer – Collects the funds, keeps track of who has and hasn’t paid
Referees (x4) – People who are familiar with the IFPA/PAPA Ruleset
If you’re interested to join us, please us know!
Thank you again for an awesome season! Looking forward to playing more pinball in 2018!