Congratulations to the 2013-14 league winners

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Congratulations to Jamie Brundage for taking first place in the A division and David Bentivegna for taking first place in the B division of the inaugural season of the Buffalo Pinball League. The playoffs took place on a great collection of games at Vance’s house just west of Rochester.

Final standings for the top four in each division were:

A Division

  1. Jamie Brundage
  2. Bruce Nightingale
  3. Neil Parrish
  4. Nick Lane

B Division

  1. David Bentivegna
  2. Craig Kroll
  3. Rob Metzler
  4. Jordan Nittoli

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In the consolation tournament, Jim Meszler was the winner and earned free entry into next year’s league.

Thank you to all the hosts, players and contributors to the league in its first year. Watch this space for upcoming announcements about the 2014-15 league here to begin this fall, and in the meantime, catch up with us at the Summer Pinball Series at Pocketeer over the next few months.

Summer Pinball Series at Pocketeer

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Pocketeer Summer Series 2014Good news, pinball fans – Buffalo Pinball has arranged for an open, match-play pinball tournament series this summer at Pockteer Billiards and Bar, 2444 Clinton St. in Buffalo!

The competitions will take place June 21, July 26 and Aug. 23 and are IFPA endorsed, so you’ll earn World Pinball Player Ranking Points. You can play in one, two or all three of the tournaments.

Cost is $10 per tournament, registration begins at 12:30 p.m. at Pocketeer and play will begin at 1:30 p.m. for each event. 100% of the money collected will be paid out to the winners. The number of payouts depends on the number of registrants.

Thanks to Pocketeer for hosting and see you there!

League: Season 1 Complete, Playoffs May 10

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The first regular season of Buffalo Pinball league play is in the books. The top four finishers from each division will advance to next month’s playoffs, hosted by Vance Collin May 10 in Chili, NY. Congratulations to the “final eight”:

A Division

  1. Nick Lane
  2. Bruce Nightingale
  3. Neil Parrish
  4. Jamie Brundage

B Division

  1. Jordan Nittoli
  2. Dave Bentivegna
  3. Jay Fairbrother
  4. Rob Metzler

As Jay is unable to make the B Division playoffs, Craig will step in and have the opportunity to compete for all the fame and glory (and a few dollars).

For the rest of us who didn’t make the playoffs, we will hold a single elimination tournament, with the winner earning a free entry into the league for next season.

Check out the final standings here. See you at the playoffs!

Buffalo Pinball Represents at Pinburgh

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Six Buffalo Pinball players were among the 400 competitors facing off in the 2014 Pinburgh Match-Play Championship this past weekend in Carnegie, Pa.

Nick Lane, Bruce Nightingale, Ron Hallet Jr., Jim Meszler, Ron Hallett Sr. and Jay Fairbrother went head-to-head with players from all over the world in more than two full days of match play pinball.

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Of the group, the top finisher of the weekend was Nick, who took third place in the B Division. Bruce made it to the second round of playoffs in the C division and Jim to the first round of the D division playoffs. And kudos to Ron Hallett Jr. who battled it out among the best in the world in A division.

Overall, Buffalo Pinball finished 12th out of the 23 affiliated groups, topping Seattle, Pittsburgh, Boston, San Francisco and more.

See the final affiliation rankings here or view the individual player rankings here. Orange Photography has many more images from the competition available here.

IFPA Oursler Fundraiser Tournament: SOLD OUT

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Oursler Tournament SOLD OUTIt’s official, the IFPA Oursler Tournament – Buffalo is  SOLD OUT. We’ll see you there to raise money for a good cause.

If you’d like to get on the the waitlist, email gusphan@msn.com – if players drop out of the tournament you’ll be notified that a position is available.

For more details on the tournament, visit https://buffalopinball.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/ifpa-oursler-tournament-buffalo/

 

Register for the IFPA Oursler Fundraiser Tournament

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Oursler Tournament 2014Update: The tournament is officially SOLD OUT. See you there!

Registration is now open for the IFPA Oursler Fundraiser tournament, to be held May 17 in Bloomfield, NY.

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

For more details on the tournament, visit https://buffalopinball.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/ifpa-oursler-tournament-buffalo/

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!

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

Oursler Tournament 2014

Twisting up Tommy

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Twister PinballMusicalFare, on the campus of Daemen College on Main Street in Amherst, is Tommy posterputting 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!