Thanks to Eddie for hosting this week!  Scores are up on the PAPA site, and it looks like Les is making a run on Adam for the season. 

Next week we’re playing at Luch’s place.  Adam and Luch needed to trade weeks, so we’ll be back at Adam’s place in a few weeks.  See everyone at Luch’s place next week!

Thanks to Scott and Walt for hosting us at Bluffs this week!  The new layout is great, and it seemed like there was much more space to move last night.  Scores are up on the PAPA site, and at this point, Charles is leading the season race, while Dave Glen is ahead in the handicapped standings.  We can also start tracking Most Improved, and Chris Draper has pulled out to an early lead there. 

Next week we’re off for the Thanksgiving long weekend, and then the week after we’re playing at Eddie’s place.  Have a great couple of weeks!

Thanks to Luch for hosting everyone this week!  Hopefully the weather cools off a little, because basements with a bunch of pins and people in them can get hot and humid, especially in this summer in September we seem to be having.  Scores are up on the PAPA site for the week. 

Next week we’re playing downtown at Tilt-have a great week everyone!

Thanks to Jim for hosting this week!  Scores are up on the PAPA site, and there’s not much to say about them yet, since it’s still early.  Remember that you’ll automatically drop your 3 lowest scores for the season, so there’s still plenty of time to come out if you haven’t made it yet. 

We’ll be playing at Luch’s next week-see everyone there!

Welcome to another TOPL season!  Thanks to Nick for hosting this week-we had 22 people out for the first week of the season, and we got the first chance for many of us to try out the new Stern Star Wars.  Results are up on the PAPA site, and one week in, there’s not much to say about them yet. 

Next week we’re off for Labour day, and then things pick up again on the 11th at Jim’s place.  Have a great long weekend, and see everyone in 2 weeks!

With the end of a TOPL season comes another TOPL playoff tournament, even though there was a little chaos around the date this season.  Since we moved out of the way of the CNEPC tournament happening at the Ex next weekend, we ended up on the same weekend as the Buffalo Open, which was on the PAPA circuit, so some players had to choose where to go.  Luckily, we still had 23 players for the finals, including some friends from the K/W area, and had a great day of pinball at Kim’s place.  A big thank you to Kim for hosting, and for making sure everyone was well fed all day! 

Once we finished the first 7 match play rounds, we gave the players below the cut line the option of whether we ran a B division or not.  Since we didn’t end up with the required minimum number of players, we kept to one division, and paid out the top 8 spots there.  The final results were:

1    Ken Lapointe
2    John Flitton
3    Charles Blaquiere
4    Adam Hollander
5    Kirk Hutton
6    Dave Smith
7    Les Kowal
8    Andy McNab
9    Andrew Aiken
10    John Clegg
11    Josh Zilberberg
12    Larry Perreria
13    Chris Bardon
14    Mark Foy
15    Mike Luciani
16    Chris Draper
17    Ryan Matheson
18    David Newman
19    Myles Cameron
20    Karl Braun
21    Kim Darowski
22    Henrik Andersen
23    Brianne Darowski

Congrats to all the winners!  Here’s Ken, Charles, and Adam with their prizes (not pictured, John Flitton):

As usual, we’re off tomorrow because of today’s playoffs, but the next season starts up a week later at Nick’s place.  See everyone there for a brand new TOPL season!

Another TOPL season is in the books!  This summer was a little quieter than other years, but we still had a decent turnout this week, even though the season was pretty much decided already.  The scores are up on the PAPA site, and as expected, Adam has taken the season champ, and earned a replay into next season.  The Pinball Wizard trophy goes to Kim, who managed to pull ahead of Adam once the handicap came into play, so really Kim had a much stronger season.  Kim also wins a replay into next season.  Finally, even though John Clegg ended up ahead of Luch for the most improved stats, John only had 6 scores for the season.  The rules state that while a valid percentage is 5 weeks, for the purposes of most improved you need 7 scores, which means that Luch takes the Most Improved award, and the replay into next season.  Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks again to all of the hosts and players for another successful TOPL season!

Just a reminder that playoffs are this Sunday (Aug 20) at Kim’s place.  Match play starts at 11 AM, and doors open at 10:30.  The plan is the same as last time-16 match play rounds before playoffs, with an A/B division split after the first 7 rounds assuming we have enough people.  Remember that the playoffs are completely open, so if anyone wants to bring a friend to check out the league, coming to the playoffs is a great way to try an event.  Also, some of the top ranked players are going to be going to the Buffalo Pinball Summer Open to chase the WPPR/Circuit points, so it’s an opportunity for someone not named Adam Becker to win the TOPL event.

See everyone at Kim’s on Sunday!

Thanks to Adam for hosting this week, especially right after Pinburgh!  Congratulations to all the TOPL folks who make the trek down to Pittsburgh for Replay FX and the big tournament.  Sounds like everyone had a blast, and a lot of you did really well with a tough set of competitors.  Registration for next year should be open in December, and will likely fill up fast, so watch the calendar for details on when that opens up. 

Scores are up on the PAPA site and it looks like Adam has gotten to the point of being unreachable (again) for the season total.  Luch is also holding onto about a percentage point lead over John Clegg in the most improved category, so we’ll see how that turns out after the final week of the season. 

Next week, we’re off for the long weekend, and then we’re back to my place in 2 weeks.  Also, a reminder that the playoffs are on Aug 20 at Kim’s, then the CNEPC is the weekend after that, and the next TOPL season starts on Monday August 28.  It’s shaping up to be a great month for pinball in Toronto!  Enjoy the long weekend, and see everyone in 2 weeks to wrap up the regular season.

Thanks to Luch for hosting this week!  Scores are up on the PAPA site, and with only 2 weeks left in the season, it’s not looking likely that anyone is going to catch Adam for the season championship.  John Clegg has pulled into the lead for most improved though, which is looking like a close race this time around. 

Good luck to all the TOPL folks heading down to Pinburgh this weekend-it promises to be a great tournament!  We’re still playing at Adam’s next Monday though, so I’m looking forward to hearing about it first hand from the competitors there (if you’re not sick of playing competitive pinball by then). 

Thanks to Josh for hosting this week!  Scores are up in the usual place, and Adam has increased his lead over John and Brian.  He’s also tied with Kim taking the handicap into account, although Luch is still leading the Most Improved category.  With only three more weeks to go, there’s still room for things to change, but not a whole lot. 

Just a quick reminder that the playoffs did move up a week to August 20 to get out of the way of the CNE tournament happening the following weekend.  They’re still at Kim’s place, and details are on Facebook and Yahoo.  Have a great week everyone-we’re back to Luch’s next Monday!