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14.01.12 – World Pinball Player Ranking points

Any WPPR points earned in the 2011/12 league season in 2011 have now been added to the pinballrankings.com website.

19.10.11 – World Pinball Player Ranking points

The 2011/12 UK Pinball League season has now started in some regions. Players should be aware that any WPPR points earned in 2011 will not be added to the pinballrankings.com website until the new year as all meets for the 2011/12 season are deemed to have taken place in 2012.

17.09.11 – League meet fee change

In addition to the usual £2.00 fee per league meet an additional voluntary contribution of £1.00 will now be welcomed. This extra £1.00 will be given to the host to help towards the refreshments they provide at the meet. As before, hosts and their immediate family members will be exempt from the entry fee for the meet which they host. Hosts (but not their family members) are also exempt from paying the entry fee for every meet they attend in their region for that season. Children can also attend any meet for free.

16.08.11 – Greg Mott wins UK Pinball League Finals 2011

Congratulations to Greg Mott who has won the UK Pinball League Finals for the 2011 season. The finals were held on Sunday 14th August at the UK Pinball Party in Daventry.

12.08.11 – Groups for the UK Pinball League Finals 2011

Starting at 10:00am
Group 1
Nick Marshall
Eddie Lehan
Martyn Raison
Tom Hare

Group 2
Garry Speight
Greg Mott
Stan Simpson

Group 3
Martin Ayub
Dan Hardy
Peter Blakemore

Starting at 11:30am
Group 1
Phil Dixon
Matt Vince
Ian Fitzpatrick

Group 2
Eddie Mole
Dave Langley
John Budd

Group 3
John Higgins
Graham Rowley
Pete Hannan

04.08.11 – UK Pinball League Finals 2011

Congratulations to the following players who have qualified for the League Finals:

London & South East
1 Martin Ayub
2 Stan Simpson
3 Matt Vince
4 Tom Hare
5 Martyn Raison

South West
1 Greg Mott
2 Eddie Mole
3 Graham Rowley
4 Peter Blakemore

Midlands
1 Nick Marshall
2 Phil Dixon
3 Dave Langley
4 Pete Hannan

Northern
1 Garry Speight
2 Dan Hardy
3 Eddie Lehan

Scottish
1 John Higgins
2 Scott Nesbitt
3 John Budd

The number of qualifying places available for the League Finals was determined by the average attendance per meet over the season. This means that Northern region gets one less place than last year (commiserations to Paul Owen who unfortunately misses out) and the Scottish region gets one more. It works out that, on average, there's one qualifying place for every five players in the league.

Please can you let Greg Mott know as soon as possible if you know you won't be at the Show/League Finals as your place can be offered to the person who just missed out, but no further down the league table.

Format
The format will be the same as in previous years; similar to a league meet where players play five machines and their scores are ranked against each other. The player with most points overall wins.

Timing
Last year there was an issue with players trying to compete in both the League Finals and the Classics. This year there is the same problem in that both are held on the Sunday morning. However, this is the only time to fit them both in during the weekend.

To try to make this easier for those who want to compete in both competitions there will be two sessions for the League Finals on the Sunday morning - one at 10.00am and one at 11.30am. As in previous years, you'll play in groups (three players per group this time) so that you get to see and mix with players from other regions.

Please can you let Greg Mott know which session you want to compete in and he'll allocate players accordingly. Places will be awarded on a first come first served basis but in theory we can have a maximum of 12 in each session.

Groups and times will be posted in the middle of next week once all places are confirmed. If you don't contact Greg Mott before then, you’ll be allocated one of the two times.

Please arrive promptly for your games to help ensure it runs as smoothly as possible.

Machines
The machines to be used for the finals will be as follows:
Fish Tales
Addams Family
Dracula
Getaway
Dr Who

Terminator 3 and Tales from the Crypt will be in reserve in case of a breakdown during the finals or unreliability before we start.

These machines were chosen from those available at the show. We've tried to avoid using machines from previous League Finals and also ones which have been used most frequently in the league.

Andy, and those bringing these machines, have been asked to put them near the door. That way, you’ll know which machines are the specific ones to be used in the League Finals and therefore can practice on Saturday. There will be no other opportunity to practice. Hopefully the machines will be labelled.

The machines are to be moved late on Saturday afternoon into the same room that we used for the League Finals last year. Please could a couple of volunteers help move and set up the machines (ie. check levelling) late on Sat afternoon (please email Greg Mott) – you don’t necessarily have to be competing in the League Finals!

04.08.11 – John Higgins wins Scottish League

Congratulations to John Higgins who has won the Scottish League for the 2011 season.

25.07.11 – Martin Ayub wins London & South East League

Congratulations to Martin Ayub who has won the London & South East League for the 2011 season.

18.07.11 – Garry Speight wins Northern League

Congratulations to Garry Speight who has won the Northern League for the 2011 season.

11.07.11 – Nick Marshall wins Midlands League

Congratulations to Nick Marshall who has won the Midlands League for the 2011 season.

12.06.11 – Greg Mott wins South West League

Congratulations to Greg Mott who has won the South West League for the 2011 season.

27.11.10 – Christmas Pinball meets

There are two Christmas pinball meets this year. The Festive Pinball Gathering is at Special When Lit on the 4th & 5th December and the Christmas Cracker Pinball meet in Well, Lincolnshire is on the 5th December.

26.11.10 – UK Pinball League Facebook page

The UK Pinball League is now on Facebook.

04.10.10 – Changes to UK Pinball League & UK Pinball League Finals rules

During the close season several changes have been made to various aspects of the UK Pinball League, namely:

– Meet fees have been reduced from £2.50 to £2.00. In addition, anyone who hosts a meet (but not their family members) will be exempt from paying fees at all other meets they attend in their region during that season.

– One bonus machine point will be awarded to any player whose score on any machine is more than double that of the second placed player on the same machine.

– League points will be awarded to the top fifteen players at each meet with the first placed player getting 15 points down to the fifteenth placed player getting a single point.

The format for the League Finals has also been revised to make them more interesting:

– All sixteen players compete in the first round on four machines with the normal league format ranking all players against each other on all four machines.

– The top eight players from the first round then go through to the semi-finals which are played in two groups of four on three machines with the top two players going through to the final.

– Scoring for the semi-finals is nine points for 1st, five points for 2nd, two points for 3rd and zero points for 4th on each of the three machines. The total of these points over the three machines determines who goes through to the final.

– The semi-final format and scoring is repeated on three machines for the final round.

18.08.10 – Martin Ayub wins UK Pinball League Finals

Congratulations to Martin Ayub who won the UK Pinball League Finals for the 2010 season. The finals were held at the UK Pinball Party on Sunday 15th August. A report about the event should soon be available on Pinball News.

10.08.10 – Scott Nesbitt wins Scottish League

Congratulations to Scott Nesbitt who has won the Scottish League for the 2010 season.

02.08.10 – UK Pinball League Finals 2010

The finals for the 2010 season of the UK Pinball League will take place at the UK Pinball Party on Sunday 15th August. Unlike in previous years, the machines will be available for practice from 11:00am on Sunday morning. The competition will start promptly at 1:00pm with the intention of finishing by 3:00pm.

Depending on how quickly the results are compiled, and the time gap before the UK Pinball Classic tournament finals, the trophies will be presented at around 3:00pm in the main hall or around 5:00pm after the UK Pinball Classic tournament finishes.

All players must make sure that they meet in the league finals room at 12.50pm on the Sunday to ensure a prompt start at 1:00pm.

There will be certificates for the above up to 4th place and trophies up to 3rd place with both for the top four in the finals.

There will also be trophies for best female and best young player (not over 16 years old).

There will be five machines in the final – TZ, WH20, CV, DH, CFTBL – with players playing in the same group of four (one group of three) on each of the five machines in turn as follows:

Group 1: Greg Mott, Phil Dixon, Will Barber, William Dutton
Group 2: Nick Marshall, Tom Hare, Martin Wardle, Benny Benstead
Group 3: Martin Ayub, Eddie Lehan, Peter Blakemore
Group 4: Garry Speight, Scottish 2nd, Terry Sullivan, Roy Bussink
Group 3: Scottish 1st, Eddie Mole, Stan Simpson, Dave Langley

12.07.10 – Nick Marshall wins Midlands League

Congratulations to Nick Marshall who has won the Midlands League for the 2010 season.

08.06.10 – Garry Speight wins Northern League

Congratulations to Garry Speight who has won the Northern League for the 2010 season. There is still one more Northern League meet this season though Garry has already scored enough points to be assured of first place.

17.05.10 – Martin Ayub wins London & South East League

A belated congratulations to Martin Ayub who has won the London & South East League for the 2010 season. Going one better than Greg did last week, Martin actually won the league in April with two more meets still to be played.

11.05.10 – Greg Mott wins South West League

Congratulations to Greg Mott who has won the South West League for the 2010 season. Despite there being one more meet in the season, he has amassed enough points so that no one can catch him.

25.04.10 – Northern League Meet 5 cancelled

The 5th Northern League meet of the 2010 season, scheduled for Sunday 9th May, has been cancelled. As soon as a alternative date for the meet is arranged it will be posted on the website.

25.04.10 – 2007 Season Reuslts

All of the results from all of the league meets in the 2007 season have now been added to the website.

21.04.10 – Midlands League Meet 5

The 5th Midlands League meet of the 2010 season has been moved from Sunday 4th July to Sunday 11th July. The host and location – Terry Sullivan in Shepshed – remain the same.

02.04.10 – UK Pinball League Finals

The UK Pinball League Finals for the 2010 season will be held on Sunday 15th August at the UK Pinball Party. Qualifying places for the League Finals have now been allocated to each of the regional leagues. Check your league table to see what to aim for!

30.03.10 – Swavesey Pinball Meet dates change

The dates of the Swavesey Pinball Meet have changed from 28th–31st May to 21st–23rd May. The meet is at the White Horse Inn at Swavesey and features the UK Pinball Cup.

29.03.10 – London & South East League Meet 4

The 4th London & South East League meet of the 2010 season has been moved from Sunday 9th May to Sunday 16th May. The host and location – Ivan Durneen in Brighton – remain the same.

11.03.10 – 2008 Season results

All of the results from all of the league meets in the 2008 season have now been added to the website. In time we will also be adding the results of the league meets from the 2007 season.

27.02.10 – 2008 & 2009 Season League Finals

The results of the 2008 & 2009 League Finals have now been added to the website. For those players lucky enough to have taken part, you can refresh your memory of how you performed by clicking either 2008 or 2009.

22.02.10 – 2009 Season results

All of the results from all of the league meets in the 2009 season have now been added to the website. In time we will also be adding the results of the league meets from the 2007 and 2008 seasons.

04.02.10 – South Coast Slam report

An excellent report about the South Coast Slam can be found at Pinball News.

01.02.10 – South West League Meet 4

The 4th South West League meet of the 2010 season has been moved from Sunday 21st March to Sunday 28th March. The host and location – Doug Smith in Bristol – remain the same.

18.01.10 – UK Pinball League Finals

The UK Pinball League Finals for the 2010 season will be held at the UK Pinball Party. They will take place on either Friday 13th, or Sunday 15th August. We will confirm which date as soon as it is set.

11.01.10 – UK Pinball League high scores

A list of high scores for every pinball machine ever played in the UK Pinball League has now been added to the website. This list includes the top five scores for each machine. How many times does your name appear on the list?!

07.01.10 – London & South East League meet

The first league meet of the 2010 season for the London & South East region will take place at the South Coast Slam on 24th January. The South Coast Slam is the first UK pinball show of 2010 and will be one of the biggest of the year. It takes place in Worthing on the 23rd & 24th January.

05.01.10 – Northern League meet cancelled

The 2nd Northern League meet of the 2010 season, scheduled for Sunday 10th January, has been cancelled. This is due to the bad weather and the long distances that some members have to travel. A new date for the meet is being arranged and will be posted in the schedules section as soon as it is confirmed.