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Summer 2019 – Scores for Week 1

Welcome to an exciting Summer Season of the Toronto Pinball League!

Thanks to Luch for hosting the season opener!  The scores are posted on the PAPA site.

Welcome to David Shilman who is new to the league!

We’re at Bluff’s on Monday!  Looking forward to seeing everyone there!  Have a great Mother’s Day Weekend!

PS:  Don’t forget about the ToPL Spring Open Tournament on May 26th at Nick’s in Halton Hills!  Check our Tournaments page for further details and to register before it’s full!

ToPL Spring Playoffs 2019!…

ToPL Playoffs at the Player One Showroom!

Big thanks to all our ToPL members and hosts for making our season and playoffs such a success!

Thank you to Jerry Power and Player One for hosting our playoffs at their fantastic showroom!  Jerry even managed to have the brand new Stern Black Knight: Sword of Rage as well as The Munsters, and Oktoberfest from American Pinball available to us!  Jerry and Player One generously donate their time, space, and pizza & drinks, and sponsor the league by donating the host fees back to the league to fund prizes and awards!  Your generosity and support is very appreciated!

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

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Thank you to Myles, Kim, Jason, and Luch for helping us level and set up the pins for tournament play!  Thanks also to Chris Bardon for picking up the food, and for setting up the tournament software and keeping the tournament running smoothly!

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Congratulations to our Season Champion, Chris Draper!  It was a tough fight to the finish, but Chris persevered!

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Congratulations to our Most Improved Player, Jason Gillard!  Jason also won the Pinball Wizard trophy for the highest handicapped points total!

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Congratulations to our ‘A’ Division finalists!

1st place: Steven Machado
2nd place: Andrew Aiken
3rd place: Chris Bardon
4th place: Mike Faria

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Congratulations to our ‘B’ Division finalists!

1st place: Victor Vetro
2nd place: Josh Zilberberg
3rd place: Adam Hollander
4th place: Laura Edward

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Thanks again to our members, hosts, sponsors, and league officials that make the Toronto Pinball League so successful!

We look forward to seeing you all for the Summer Season starting on May 6th, 2019 at Luch’s in Newmarket!

David Newman
President – Toronto Pinball League

Winter 2019-Scores for week 13

Thanks to Adam for hosting this week!  Scores are up on the PAPA site, and this wraps up the regular season.  This is probably the closest final result we’ve had in a while, but Chris Draper managed to pull off a season victory by one point over Steve Machado.  It’s been a few seasons coming, so congrats to Chris for taking the season championship!  Jason Gillard takes the most improved race this season with an impressive 16% increase, and Jason also takes the handicap trophy.  Congratulations to all the winners!

We’re taking next Monday off for the Easter long weekend, but we’re back to the Player 1 showroom on the 29th for the playoff tournament.  Remember that this tournament is only open to league members.  The format will be similar to the past, 4 match play rounds followed by an elimination bracket for the finals, with groups re-balancing after all four rounds.  We’re adding another variable this time around though, in that the top seed (from the season) in each group gets to choose either game or order for each match play round.  The rules for game selection are that no player can choose the same machine twice (unless nothing else is available), and there’s no waiting for games that are in use.  Game choice goes from high to low seed, so the top overall seed (Chris Draper) gets game choice for the night if he wants it. 

Doors open at 6 at P1, and we’re aiming to have food there by 6:30.  Tournament starts at 7:30.  Have a great long weekend, and see everyone on the 29th!

Winter 2019-scores for week 12

Thanks to Nick for hosting this week!  Scores are up on the PAPA site, and Chris Draper is still hanging onto the lead for the season with a 2 point lead on John, who has a 2 point lead on Steve.  There’s only one more week left for regular season, which is up at Adam’s place next Monday.  Then we’re off for a week for the Easter long weekend, and then back for Playoffs at Player One on the 29th.  Have a great week everyone!

winter 2019-scores for week 10

Thanks to Walt for hosting us at Bluffs this week!  Scores are up on the PAPA site, and Chris Draper is hanging onto a 4 point lead for the season.  Jason Gillard is currently leading for most improved, but with 3 weeks left, there’s still room for movement. 

We’re at Andy’s place next Monday to play his and Draper’s collection.  Have a great week!

Winter 2019 – Scores for Week 9…

Thanks to Jim for hosting us this week!  The scores are now up on the PAPA site.  Chris Draper is still in the lead, and congratulations to Mike Faria for putting up a perfect round!  With 4 rounds left, the rest of the season looks interesting as the top five are all within 10 points of each other!

Welcome to Dane Gill!  We hope you had a great time, Dane, and look forward to seeing you out at our league nights!

We’re out at Bluffs next Monday!  Have a great week!

Winter 2019-Scores for week 6

Thanks to Adam for hosting this week!  Despite the snow, we still had a good turnout up in Keswick, and hopefully everyone got where they needed to be safely.  Scores are up on the PAPA site, and we’ve got 9 points separating the top 10 players, so things are still reasonably close, but there’s still a lot of season left to play. 

We’re back at Nick’s place next week-hopefully we’re past the worst of the winter storms, and we can get back to normal driving conditions for pinball.  Have a great week everyone!

Winter 2019-Scores for week 5

Thanks to Kim for hosting this week!  Sorry that scores are a little late going up, but as you probably noticed, both Newman and I were away last week, which left Luch on his own (although thanks to Myles for helping out with the groups).  Scores are up in the usual place though

Just a reminder that there’s no pinball on Feb 18 because of the Family Day stat.  We’re back on the 25th at Adam’s place.  Have a great long weekend everyone, and see you in a week!