Yearly Archives: 2014

IFPA Oursler Tournament – Buffalo

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Update: The tournament is officially SOLD OUT. See you there!

Buffalo Pinball will host a tournament to benefit Barry and Donna Oursler. Barry is a former pinball designer who created some of the greatest games of all time including Pinbot, Space Shuttle, Doctor Who, Bram Stoker’s Dracula and more. In 2013 Barry was diagnosed with bone marrow cancer and his wife Donna with kidney failure. As you can imagine, the medical bills are piling up so the pinball community is coming together with a series of fundraisers and events to benefit the Ourslers (more details at GoFundMe).

Tournament details:

When: Saturday, May 17, 2014
Check in at noon • Play begins at 1 p.m.
Where: 3097 Bailey Rd., Bloomfield, NY 14469
Cost: $25, limited to the first 36 players.
Format: Double elimination pinball tournament.
IFPA endorsed, earn WPPR ranking points.

To register: send $25 per player via PayPal to gusphan@msn.com. Limited to the first 36 registered players.

Tournament Promo Video

Check out some of the games we’ll be playing in this video, shot and edited by Ron Hallett Jr. and featuring tournament host Bruce Nightingale!

Tournament Flyer

Twisting up Tommy

Twister Pinball MusicalFare, on the campus of Daemen College on Main Street in Amherst, is putting on a production of The Who’s TOMMY, the rock opera that tells the classic story of the “deaf, dumb and blind kid” who becomes a pinball sensation.

Buffalo Pinball teamed up with MusicalFare and supplied a pinball machine — Sega’s Twister — for visitors to play in the theater’s newly-renovated lobby when they come to see the show. The machine is set on $.25/play and proceeds benefit MusicalFare, which is a not-for-profit professional musical theatre company dedicated to bringing quality musical theatre to Western New York.

TOMMY runs Feb. 19 – March 30. Click here for more information about tickets and show times. Thanks to Buffalo Pinball official Jamie Brundage for supplying the game!

Open League Night – March 8

Interested in learning more about the Buffalo Pinball league?

Our next league night will take place March 8 and is open to anyone who would like to see what it’s all about–and meet other collectors and enthusiasts from the Western New York area. You will go head-to-head against the other guests using the same play format we use in the league every month.

If interested, please email Bruce for details and the address. Practice begins at 5 p.m. and play will begin promptly at 6 p.m.

For the league members it is the second to last league night for the inaugural 2013-14 season. You are encouraged to bring someone along who likes pinball and might be interested in joining the BPL.

Hope to see you there!

Buffalo Pinball Open Results

Results from the 2014 Buffalo Pinball Open, held January 25

Adam Becker
John Flitton
Chris Pugh
Nick Lane
Robert Forbes
Jack Tadman
Jordan Nittoli
Brian Barrey Jr.
Neil Parrish
Chris Sartain
Craig Kroll
Bruce Nightingale
Kevin Manne
John Barsh
Jim Meszler
Greg Sisti
Matt Quantz
Rob Metzler
Leanne Tull
Gary Parsons Jr.
Doug Heerdt
Courtney Barrey
Etienne Bulle
Logan Manne