ToPL Playoffs at the Player One Showroom!

Thank you to all of our great ToPL Members for coming out and making our season and playoffs such a success! Big thanks to Jerry Power and Player One for not only hosting us with a lot of great new games to play, but also for contributing a pizza and a lot of great prizes! Jerry and Player One have gone above and beyond for us! Thanks also to Myles, Jason, Chris Draper, Andy McNab, Charles, John Clegg, Luch and others that came early and helped set up games, computers, food and seating!

Our dinner was catered by Sofra Mediterranean Cuisine  of Richmond Hill. They did a great job for us!

Running the tournament software for the first time on your own really makes you appreciate those who normally take care of that element of the Playoffs, so as he was unable to attend, Chris Bardon was truly missed – and thank you for getting it mostly set up for us! While the tournament got off to a slower start as we were trying to figure out the software, we gained our footing and things went quite smoothly.

We’ve noted some areas for improvement in future playoffs, such as minimizing 3-player groupings, having A and B banks of pins, and having top seed order selection.

Congratulations to our ‘A’ Division finalists!

1st place: Steven Machado
2nd place: Mike Cuzzupe
3rd place: John Zaharatos
4th place: Andrew Aiken

Congratulations to our ‘B’ Division finalists!

1st place: Terry Melnyk
2nd place: Victor Vetro
3rd place: Josh Zilberberg
4th place: Kim Darowski

Steve really had his focus and managed to win the season and the playoffs! Congratulations Steve!

On behalf of the leadership of the Toronto Pinball League, I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

We look forward to seeing you all next season starting on January 7th at Luch’s!

David Newman
President – Toronto Pinball League

Whether you want to go casual or impress with your Monday best, we’re presenting the new fall ToPL Collection!

Renowned elegance for the distinguished ToPL member, the bowling shirt is inimitable at league nights, tournaments, or international pinball expos.

Crafted from the finest rich, Corinthian polyester, and embroidered with genuine imitation silk-like thread, the generous fit bowling shirts can be ordered for $60

T-shirts are the easiest garment to use to express your personality. This cotton jersey T-shirt plays with the ToPL logo, incorporating it into a strong and decisive statement: PINBALL PLAYER.

A timeless garment symbolic of entire generations and iconic casual styling. This heavyweight cotton jersey T-shirt embodies the ToPL brand’s original attitude: the silk-screened ToPL logo on the front and back means it can be worn either way round (not really).  Order yours at the next league night for $25

We will be taking orders over the next few weeks at the league nights.  Member orders & payments will be collected prior to submitting our order for production.

Thanks to Nick for hosting ToPL this week!

Welcome to four new members; Bob, Mike, Paul, and Brian!  We hope you all had a great time, and look forward to seeing you throughout the season!

The scores are up on the PAPA site, but keep in mind that week 4 is the first week of the system taking the three drop weeks into account, so the standings got bounced around.

Everyone have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!  As it’s Thanksgiving, there’s no ToPL next Monday (Oct. 8th), but we’re back at it on the 15th.

Have a great week!

Thanks to the Tilt Arcade Bar in Toronto for hosting ToPL this week! This increasing popularity of Tilt is noticeable every time we visit!  It was packed with people and we were happy to welcome 3 new players: Joe, Ezra, and Terry.  We hope you had a great time and look forward to seeing you throughout the season!

The scores are up on the PAPA site, with John Zaharatos pulling into the lead.

We’re out at Nick’s next week on October 1st.  Have a great week!

The new Fall Season of the Toronto Pinball League starts on Monday (September 10th)!

The Toronto Pinball League (ToPL) has been running continuously for more than 20 years!

Open to women and men of all ages, if you are looking for some friendly competitive league pinball, ToPL has got your fix! We play at some of the most fantastic private and public collections all around the GTA. ToPL has a great welcoming, social atmosphere for all skill and experience levels.

Want to look forward to Mondays? Our league plays almost every Monday over three seasons each year.

You can find more information about the Toronto Pinball League, contact us, and even join online at http://topl.ca

We’re looking forward to this new season and hope you can join us!

David Newman
President – Toronto Pinball League

The ToPL Playoffs this season were a huge success and we have a lot of people to thank for that!

First off, Jerry Power and Player 1 provided a superb venue for the Toronto Pinball League to hold our season playoffs!  In addition to their showroom and all the machines, they also contributed pizza, wings, bottled water, and a lot of Player 1 swag as giveaways!  Furthermore, on behalf of Player 1, Jerry donated the host fees for the evening back to the league to contribute to the awards that we provide to players!  Thanks so much Jerry and Player 1!

Thanks to Chris Bardon for setting up and running our tournament software and for running our random draws for the prizes provided by our generous sponsors!  Thanks also to Luch and Myles for meeting me early at Player 1 to set up, level, and clean all the machines to ensure they were running tip-top for the tournament!

Finally, thanks to all our great membership for coming out and making our playoffs such a fun finish to our season!  We had 100% of our members come out to playoffs, and we’ve been hearing a lot of really positive feedback on the evening!

Our dinner was catered by Sofra Mediterranean Cuisine of Richmond Hill, and Gino’s Pizza.

Check out our site at topl.ca, and our Pinside page for photos from the playoffs and details about our new season starting on September 10th.

The CNEPC is on at the CNE this weekend (August 24-26), and it’s a really well run tournament that you don’t want to miss!

Looking forward to seeing everyone in September!

Dave

Congratulations to our A Division finalists!:

1st place: Kirk Hutton

2nd place: Myles Cameron

3rd place: Mike Faria

4th place: Andrew Lounsbury

Congratulations to our B Division finalists!:

1st place: John Clegg

2nd place: Chris Frolic

3rd place: Duncan McFarlane

4th place: Steve Machado

Here’s more photos from the event!:

Congratulations to all our local participants playing at Pinburgh this year!

Adam Becker made it to the final 8 (quarter finals) in A Division and tied for 7th in very tough competition with Keith Elwin, Eric Stone, and Andrei Massenkoff!

Great to see Adam’s 2012 Pinburgh Champion banner above the stage!

John Flitton and Barry Brdar made it to the final 4 in B Division, with John finishing in 2nd place, and Barry finishing in 3rd place!  Awesome finish!

In the inaugural E Division tournament, Myles Cameron vanquished all others to be crowned the E Division Champion with none other than former World Champion Bowen Kerins applauding Myles’ performance on Monaco in an exciting final tie-breaker!

These guys did an incredible job representing the GTA leagues at Pinburgh!  Congratulations!

Thanks to Kim for hosting this week on a gorgeous spring day!  The scores are up on the PAPA site.

Welcome to newcomers Kyle, Eddie, and Danny!  We hope you guys had a fun night, and look forward to seeing you throughout the season!

***Change of plans for next Monday: due to a scheduling conflict, we’ll be playing at Luch’s next Monday (May 14th) and at Tilt on June 4th.

After a lot of evaluation and planning, we’re pleased to finally announce updates to the format for the upcoming ToPL season beginning on April 30th!