Welcome to the start of another TOPL season!  First, a huge thanks to Luch for hosting this week, which is always one of the busiest weeks of the year.  We had a good number of regulars come out, as well as a couple of folks we hadn’, but what was unprecedented was the number of new players we had this week.  Usually, there are one or two new people in a week, and maybe a group of three or four, but this week we had eight new players out for their first TOPL week (although to be fair, Andrew made it to playoffs).  So welcome to Mike, Julian, Mario, Josh, Andrew, Jeff, Mandle, and Glen-it was great that you all made it out, and hopefully you had a good time.  Remember that your league fees cover you for the entire season, which runs from now until the playoffs in July (tentatively scheduled for July 19).  The only money you’re on the hook for week to week is the host fee ($10), so enjoy the season!

High scores this week went to:

Continue reading Scores and standings-Week 1 →

Thanks again to Adam and Denise for hosting everyone for the playoffs at their place this past weekend, and for keeping the food coming through the day.  It was a hard fought tournament with 20 rounds of match play, so everyone had a great day of pinball on a wide variety of really tough games.  The earlier start and time change didn’t seem to deter anyone, and we didn’t have any late arrivals who missed out on changing their clocks, so the 21 players who showed up were there for all 20 rounds.  At the end of qualifying, here’s how things stood:

Continue reading Playoff results-March 2015 →

Just to reiterate a post by Chris previously we are changing the start time of playoffs to 11 am with doors opening at 10:30.

Why this is important is because the clocks spring forward on Sunday, so make sure you keep that in mind for this Sunday!

I look forward to seeing everyone there!

Thus ends another season of the Toronto Pinball League!

Thanks as always to Jim for opening up his amazing collection of machines for the league to enjoy!

A small turn out for the final night, but not unexpected as most things are already firmed up before the final league night.

High scores this week went to:

Bringing the final totals for the season to:

In the most improved race Congratulations to Tim Sanderson for being the Most Improved player for this TOPL Season!  Tim will get possession of the most improved trophy for the entirety of next season as well as a “Replay” for the next season!

Here are the results from the final week and final standings:

Thanks to Nick for hosting everyone last night-it was a good league night, and despite the freezing cold, we still managed a decent turnout.  The season is almost in the books, with just one more week to solidify things before playoffs on March 8 at Adam’s. 

High scores this week went to:

Continue reading Scores and standings-week 14 →

Thanks to everyone who made it out this week!  It’s been a busy week for TOPL, with Adam taking over as president, and the announcement that we’ll be giving away a pinball machine to a league member at the end of 2015.  There’s still pinball to be played though, and despite the cold, we’re still playing week after week. 

High scores this week went to:

Continue reading Scores and Standings-week 13 →

As the only person to come forward to fill the vacant position (as detailed here), Adam Becker will now take over as TOPL president, and we will not need to hold an election.  Thanks to Adam for volunteering his time again-we’re all looking forward to seeing what you bring to this new role.

The location for the Provincials, and the pingolf open running alongside it, has changed to Luch’s place in Newmarket.  Contact Adam Becker if you need the address.

With Chris resigning as president, we need to fill the vacancy.  As per the rules, we’re opening up nominations to fill the position.  In this case, I will be acting as the CRO (Chief Returning Officer) for the byelection.  Any eligible member who wants to run for TOPL president should comment on this post announcing that they want to run.  You may also post announcements/updates to the mailing list, Facebook group, or any other place you wish, but the official list of candidates will be determined from the comments to this blog post.  Nominations are open immediately, and will close at 11 PM on Monday, February 9, 2015.  If, at that time, we have multiple candidates for President, then voting will open on Friday February 13, and close on Friday February 27.  The winning candidate will take over as league president until the end of 2015, which is when the next regular TOPL election is scheduled.