Another TOPL season is underway! Thanks to Jim for hosting a great kickoff week, and for having everyone out to play his great collection of machines, with some games that we don’t have the opportunity to play anywhere else. Also a welcome to Sam, who made it out to his first league night, and a welcome back to Bob and Jeff, who are back after taking a couple of seasons off.
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Playoff results-Oct 2014
First off, a big thanks to Kim for hosting everyone all day this past Sunday for the season playoffs. We had a decent turnout with 22 players, and a good solid 6 hours of match play to qualify. At the cutoff, the final standings were:
| Rank | Player | Total Points |
| 1 | Zaharatos, John (15) | 17 |
| 2 | Kowal, Les (11) | 16 |
| 3 | Becker, Adam (1) | 14 |
| 4 | Bernard, Ciaran | 14 |
| 5 | Brdar, Barry (14) | 13 |
| 6 | Blaquiere, Charles (13) | 12 |
| 7 | Manolis, Zeus (40) | 12 |
| 8 | Flitton, John (2) | 10 |
| 9 | Josef, Adam (32) | 10 |
| 10 | Clegg (B), John (21) | 9 |
| 11 | Luciani, Mike (4) | 9 |
| 12 | Bernard, Andrew (22) | 9 |
| 13 | Frolic, Chris (5) | 8 |
| 14 | Newman, David (6) | 8 |
| 15 | Cameron, Myles (7) | 8 |
| 16 | Smith, David | 8 |
| 17 | Wilks (B), Jim (3) | 7 |
| 18 | Kyriakoulias , John (15) | 7 |
| 19 | Bardon, Chris (9) | 7 |
| 20 | Raymond, Stephane (25) | 7 |
| 21 | Darowski (B), Kim (10) | 5 |
| 22 | Brown, Simon (32) | 4 |
Some surprises in the standings to be sure, but none as fun to watch as the 9 year old Ciaran, who managed to beat most of the top players though the day.
ToPL Members make finals in A/B/C/Classics divisions at PAPA 17
The PAPA 17 World Pinball Championship was held this past weekend in Pittsburgh. Some of our ToPL members who were there went all the way to the finals of their division:
Adam Becker (A Division finals) – finished 21st, 66 Classics I, 94th Classics III.
Jack Tadman (B Division finals) – finished 10th, 64th Classics III.
Eddie D’Orazio (C Division finals) – finished 11th, 70th Classic I, 62nd Classics III.
John Flitton (Classics III) – Finished 17th, 26th A Division
Results for other ToPL Members (if any are missing please reply to this post and we’ll add them):
David Smith – 38th B Division, 64th Classics III
Les Kowal – 41st B Division, 47th Classics I, 9th Classics II, 98th Classics III
Stephane Raymond – 26th C Division, 69th Classics III
Pete Nicholls – 57th C Division, 24th Seniors, 75th Classics III
Simon Brown – 75th C Division, 73rd Classics III
Ann Nicholls – 128th C Division, 129th Classics III
Hilary Hawoth – 140th C Division, 128th Classics III
James DeVuono – 94th Classics II, 87th Classics III
Congratulations to everyone for making us proud!
Oakland California legalizes pinball after 80 years
Big Bone Keswick Monday June 9th @ 6pm
Who’s in ? made reservations for 10 people Monday june 9th @6pm . Keswick just off woodbine ave on church st . 905 535 2663
Topl New Management
Some new players have taken the helm of ToPL.
Chris CF – President. ToPL Member since 2013.
Chris CMB – Scorekeeper. ToPL Member since 2009. Chris is also a host.
Mike – Treasurer. ToPL Member since 2013. Mike is also a host.
Week #1 at Jim’s Place
Welcome to the next season of the Toronto Pinball League! Week 1 will be at Jim’s place on Monday June 2nd.
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Location: 9 Vanstraalen Street, Carlisle
Google map: http://bit.ly/ToPL-JGWAssuming most are coming from the east, there are 2 possible routes: 401 or QEW/403. Both are detailed below.Via 401
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Exit the 401 at Guelph Line south. Proceed through the village of Campbellville. In Campbellville, Guelph Line becomes Main Street. Proceed 1km to the traffic light at Campbellville Road.
Turn right.Follow Campbellville Road for 3.6 km to Milburough Line.
Turn Left.Follow Milburough Line 6.8km to Carlisle Road (First Stop sign) Turn Right.Follow Carlisle Rd about 1.5km until you see Palomino Drive to your right, Progreston Drive to your left.
Turn left.Follow Progreston Rd 0.6km until you see Ida Red Rd as your first right. Turn right.Follow Ida Red Road 0.1km until it ends at Vanstraalen Street. Go straight ahead to my driveway.
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Exit the 401 at Guelph Line south. Proceed through the village of Campbellville. In Campbellville, Guelph Line becomes Main Street. Proceed 1km to the traffic light at Campbellville Road.
Turn right.Follow Campbellville Road for 3.6 km to Milburough Line.
Turn Left.Follow Milburough Line 6.8km to Carlisle Road (First Stop sign) Turn Right.Follow Carlisle Rd about 1.5km until you see Palomino Drive to your right, Progreston Drive to your left.
Turn left.Follow Progreston Rd 0.6km until you see Ida Red Rd as your first right. Turn right.Follow Ida Red Road 0.1km until it ends at Vanstraalen Street. Go straight ahead to my driveway.
Via QEW/403
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Exit the 403 at Brant Street North. Follow Brant Street for 10.8Km. Note that Brant Street becomes Cedar Springs Road once you are north of Hwy #5. Look for the intersection of Brittania Road. Note that Brittania Road east and west do not meet Cedar Springs at exactly the same point.
Take a left onto Brittania Road.
Follow Brittania Road for 1.3km until it ends at Milburough Line. Turn right.
Follow Milburough Line in a northerly direction for 0.7km when it turns left and becomes Eighth Concession Road E. Proceed westerly for 1.5km where Greenspring Road intersects from the right. Turn right.
Follow Greenspring Road in a northerly direction for 1km. It turns left and becomes Progreston Road. Proceed westerly for 0.2km to the stop sign. Turn right on to Progreston Road.
Follow Progreston Road in a northerly direction for 0.3km to where Ida Red appears as your first left.
Turn left.
Follow Ida Red Road 0.2km until it ends at Vanstraalen Street. Go straight ahead to my driveway.
General
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Doors open at 6:00pm. League play begins at 8:00pm SHARP. If you are going to be a bit late, call the host (number above) or Chris’ cell (416) 575-2694.
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ToPL Member Adam Becker finishes 12th at IFPA World Championships
Longtime ToPL member Adam Becker finished 12th in the world at the 11th Annual IFPA World Championships held in Denver Colorado the weekend on May 24, 2014.
Adam was the highest placing Canadian. This performance raises his world ranking to 27th on the IFPA World Pinball Ranking charts.
Congratulations, Adam!
ToPL #1 League at Pinburgh 2014
TOPL finished first out of 24 pinball leagues including the no affiliation after the ten rounds of Pinburgh. With a record of 529-431 and a percentage of 0.551 just ahead of Dutch pinball and John being the best of TOPL
Well done to everyone!
TOPL Member John JRF Wins B Division at PAPA 16!
Congratulations to John JRF for winning B Division at PAPA 16!
Here is a run down of TOPL action at PAPA 16 from Adam:
Randy, part time TOPL member also made the trip and tried his luck in the B division, but unfortunately didn’t make the cut. Jason, another part time TOPL player from Ottawa was also able to qualify in the B division but after fighting tough, in the quarter finals, went out in the semis.
The C Division saw the most participation from TOPL with, Les, Mike, Barry, Eddie, Simon, Stephane and David Smith all participating in the C Division. Eddie and Barry both qualified early in the Division, with Mike and Les squeaking in at the last second. A hard fought effort from Stephane, Simon and Dave who didn’t make the cut but still gave it their best.
Barry unfortunately ended up going out in the first round, Eddie falling in the second after winning a tie breaker in the quarter, Mike and Les making a valiant effort in the finals. Les made a costly mistake on Avatar of playing out of turn in the final but will still able to secure 2nd place with Mike following behind at 3rd.
In the A division Adam and Maurice gave it their best competing against the best players in the world, but neither were able to qualify.
In classics John was also able to impressively qualify in all 3 Classic tournaments taking top 8 in 2 and top 16 in the third.
We only had one member playing in the Seniors division and coming one position short Barry gave it his best shot, but time was not on his side as he had to spend some more time qualifying in C.
Congratulations to everyone who participated, winning or not, at this year’s PAPA, you did TOPL proud and I look forward to seeing you continue to represent the league is other competitive events.
Dan adds:
Handful of other topl people were also at PAPA in the C division … Stephane (25th), Simon (107th), Hillary and James (tied for 136 ..awww) and myself (80th) just for a fuller full results (although I might have also missed other entrants)