Hi ToPL,

We’ve all been through a challenging year and a half without league pinball and tournaments, yet as more people get vaccinated, the return to pinball appears to be on the horizon.

As many of you know, the IFPA has set August 1st as when the IFPA will resume sanctioning tournaments and events, and some of our members have inquired about when our own league activities might resume.

The situation in Ontario is still such that we are not yet able to provide a timeline.  While Myles, Mike, and myself have been evaluating a variety of strategies and requirements for when we are able to resume league activities, Provincial re-opening phases don’t even yet cover the group size and social conditions that our activities operate in.  The nature of our activities, the large social groups, and the size of the locations we play at, require a more comprehensive consideration of risk regarding COVID than Provincial guidelines currently cover.

Compromising the safety of our members, our hosts, and the safety of the people you go home to isn’t worth jumping the gun.  We’re as eager as you are to get back to ToPL league nights as soon as it is safe and responsible to do so.

As things progress in Ontario, as vaccination numbers increase and we get a clearer picture of the risks of emerging COVID variants, we will update the ToPL community.

Stay tuned!

David Newman
President – Toronto Pinball League
ToPL.ca

Happy New Year TOPL members!

2021 is hopefully going to be a better year for pinball than 2020 was.?

Here’s a quick update if you were involved in the ToPL Spring Season of 2020 on what has happened and what will be happening going forward:

Results for the first 9 weeks of the 2020 Spring Season, before league activities were suspended due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, have been submitted to the IFPA, and WPPR’s awarded for 2020.  Check the IFPA website for results.

When it is safe and appropriate to responsibly resume league activities, the season will continue from week 10 to it’s conclusion in week 13 and then playoffs.

The results from weeks 10 through 13 will be credited with WPPR points when the season is concluded.

The ToPL Leadership team decided to submit results to the IFPA while technically in the midst of a season so as to have members realize WPPR’s earned in 2020.  With so few WPPR’s being awarded in 2020 due to COVID, these points should prove valuable in the standings.

If you have any questions please contact us.

We hope you are all doing well and please stay safe!

The ToPL Leadership Team
David, Myles, and Mike

Merry Christmas! Happy Chanukah! Happy Kwanzaa!  Happy Festivus!  Whichever you celebrate, we hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

While we’ve all had a very challenging year due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, and greatly missed getting together every week with this amazing group, we hope for the best for all in the New Year!  We  hope that COVID vaccinations can happen as swiftly as possible and that we can resume ToPL as soon as it’s safe and responsible to do so.

ToPL Christmas Slideshow

Things are pretty dire for bars and restaurants, and if you want to keep the silver ball rolling in Toronto, please consider donating to the fundraiser started to help Cabin Fever weather the COVID storm.  Click on the link below for details.

Hey ToPL!

We hope you are all healthy and are enjoying the summer!

If you haven’t already, please download the COVID Alert app, developed jointly by Apple  & Google and the Government of Canada to help us all track this virus and so we can get it over with as soon as possible.  It’s free and you can get it here:

The Toronto Pinball League is suspending the Winter 2020 Season until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The nature of pinball and league activity is that of hands on machines and close proximity to a large group of people.  The conditions at our league activities are exactly what York Region Public Health, Health Canada, and the WHO are recommending against attending to prevent the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) during this declared global pandemic.

The ToPL Leadership Team looks forward to getting back to league play as soon as it is deemed safe, appropriate, and responsible to do so.

Stay tuned,

David Newman
President – Toronto Pinball League

Thanks to everyone for making it out to Tilt on Monday!

We appreciate your feedback on the reliability and playable condition of the pinball machines at Tilt on Monday, and we’ve been in contact with Tilt regarding this.

The scores and standings are up on the PAPA Site.  Congratulations to Pablo Nevato and John Zaharatos for scoring a perfect 28 points on Monday!  Welcome to David and Pam as newcomers!  We hope you had a great time!

Have a great week and hope to see you all at Chris’ next week!

Thanks to Andy for hosting ToPL this week!

The results and standings are posted on the PAPA Site, with Myles pulling into the lead, and Brian Sauvé dominating the Most Improved category!

ToPL has a new FaceBook page!  You can follow ToPL on FaceBook here for all ToPL events and league nights, as well as on ToPL.ca!  The old FaceBook page will no longer be updated by ToPL, so be sure to follow on the new one.

We’re playing at Tilt next week, and look forward to seeing everyone there!  Have a great week!

Thanks to Scott and Dino for hosting us at Bluffs on Monday!  Great to see the newly refreshed selection of games to play at Bluffs!

After a minor technical hiccup with the posted scores, they are now posted on the PAPA Site!  Laura Edward is leading the season so far, but we’re only at the mid-point.  Brian Sauvé is having a great season and leading the Most Improved race!

Looking forward to seeing everyone out at Andy’s on Monday!  Have a great week!