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QLD State Pinball Championship

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Tournament Information

Director : AUS IFPA
Location : Surfers Paradise, QLD
Country : Australia
Information : Website

WPPR Snapshot

Ranking System :Main
Ranking Strength :4.98
Ratings Strength :8.56
Base Value : 31.5
Rated Players :63
Total (before TGP) : 45.04
TGP :100.00%
Event Booster :100%
Tour Value :45.03
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Results for the Main Tournament event on December 09, 2018

Pos Player Rank Rating Points
1 Peter Watt 187 1894.95 45.03
2 Paul Jones AUS 80 1875.70 35.04
3 Nicolas Noben 513 1741.82 29.68
4 Simon Baird 1811 1588.41 25.61
5 Jason Lambert AUS 105 1891.57 22.31
6 Jonathan Chabowski 694 1508.06 19.55
7 Grant Quinn 291 1687.54 17.20
8 Rob Milla 840 1674.88 15.19
9 Paul Carter 1509 1632.10 13.44
10 Tony Woods 348 1629.77 11.93
11 Travis Bishop 354 1693.26 10.61
12 Greg Field 2254 1407.48 9.46
13 Thibaut Allender 568 1564.50 8.45
14 Hollie Mills 1603 1384.39 7.56
15 Glen Charles 2480 1462.99 6.79
16 Greg GEE 206 1752.67 6.12
17 Matthew Hetherington 1368 1424.23 5.54
18 Jacob Paint 582 1434.82 5.04
19 Michi Henning 327 1517.25 4.60
20 Corey Hamilton 479 1616.03 4.22
21 Zack Foster 392 1778.02 3.89
22 Rob Singh 569 1530.46 3.61
22 Adam Vesly 1607 1511.29 3.61
25 Chris Jennings 445 1627.82 3.00
25 Emily Cosson 1029 1450.52 3.00
25 Chris Sommerville AUS 3952 1535.24 3.00
27 Malcolm Byrne 4131 1549.08 2.73
28 Dan Olejniczak 2743 1353.13 2.61
29 Gavin Drogemuller 753 1612.76 2.52
30 Gino Thimios 310 1798.28 2.44
31 Dave Porter 2987 1473.24 2.36
32 Oliver Dickson 1572 1383.18 2.29
33 Warren Beetham 844 1497.35 2.22
34 Travis Johnson 3523 1292.32 2.14
35 Mitchell Setschnjak 494 1596.07 2.07
36 Joe Wade AUS 410 1649.32 2.00
38 Steven Riding 1359 1261.24 1.86
38 Barrie Valentino 4701 1410.99 1.86
38 Hugh Dickson 677 1464.83 1.86
40 Rob McIntyre 1307 1494.47 1.72
41 Luke French 1116 1530.80 1.64
42 John Cosson 608 1570.96 1.57
43 David Clarke 1178 1520.48 1.50
44 Shane Archer 6096 1492.71 1.43
45 Paul Raynham 6274 1441.14 1.36
46 Jasen Mouritsen 772 1558.29 1.29
46 Mike Pascale 550 1598.51 1.29
48 Rob Burnes 1640 1492.65 1.14
49 Dirk Booy 865 1529.64 1.07
50 Kelly Buxton 2083 1395.28 1.00
50 Tim Walle 786 1552.05 1.00
52 David Stavleu 2272 1367.98 0.86
53 Jimmy Nails 671 1605.50 0.79
54 Ben Bronson 2357 1429.56 0.71
55 Roland Kaegi 2092 1389.87 0.64
56 Michael Saunders 765 1511.17 0.57
57 Grant Christophers 4735 1357.67 0.50
58 Mark Robinson AUS 1909 1507.17 0.43
59 Alex McClarty 1527 1486.44 0.36
60 Clifford Tucker 2132 1529.94 0.29
61 Emily Jane Smith 1961 1403.70 0.21
62 David Irving 2899 1329.06 0.14
63 Glen Geeves 3117 1370.40 0.07
Highlighted players are not applied to strength calculations due to lack of played tournaments.

Location


Cavill Ave Surfers Paradise QLD 4217 Australia

Format Details


Event Name : Main Tournament
Qualifying Format :
Finals Format : Unknown
Player Limit : Unknown
Unlimited Qualifying? : No

Tournament Overview


Tournament Date: December 09, 2018

GENERAL INFORMATION:

Tournament Director: Jason Lambert.

Tournament Venue: Timezone Surfers Paradise, Cavill Ave, Surfers Paradise, QLD 4217.

Tournament times: 9:30am to 8pm.


IMPORTANT NOTES:

To qualify for the QLD State Pinball Championship, a player must finish in the Top 3 in any of the monthly pinball events run by any of the following eight clubs in Queensland during February to November 2018:

* Brisbane Pinball Club Monthly Tournament (held every 2nd Tuesday).
* Netherworld Flip Frenzy (usually held on the 1st Saturday of every month).
* SBC (Saccharomyces) Pinball Tournaments (usually held Sundays).
* Flipswitch (Yeerongpilly) Monthly Tournaments (usually held on the last Saturday of every month).
* Gold Coast Pinball Club Monthly Tournaments (usually held on the first Wednesday of every month).
* Pinball Grotto Matchplay events (usually held on the 3rd Sunday of every month).
* Pinball Grotto 3-Strikes events (usually held on the 1st Friday of every month).
* The North QLD Winter Pinball Carnival (to be held on June 15th & 16th).
* Pincadia 2-strike & Mini Matchplay events (every Monday fortnight).
*Coolangatta-Tweed Pinball Club (usually held on the 3rd Wednesday of every month).
*Townsville West End Wizards Monthly Comp (usually held on the 3rd or 4th Friday of every month).

There will be over 100 events for players to participate in at this stage, so there is plenty of opportunity for players to qualify for the big dance!

Qualifying by players from other states is also welcome!


The GRAND PRIZE:
* The winner will win FREE ENTRY into the 2019 ACS Tournament (if eligible) and essentially be QLD's representative at the event.
* The prize also includes Airfares & Accommodation for up to 2 nights.
* If the player is ineligible or unable to attend the 2019 ACS, a suitable and equivalent prize will be awarded.


TOURNAMENT FORMAT DETAILS:

QUALIFYING:

Players will be placed into groups of 4 chosen at random (4 player games).
Each group will be assigned 3 games at random.
Each game has the same points ... 7 for 1st, 5 for 2nd, 3 for 3rd, 1 for 4th.

There will be a total of 4 qualifying rounds (12 games per player).
After each round, new groupings will be selected, according to points earned in the tournament to date.

Groupings are determined from the scoring in each round thereafter as follows:
1,2,3,4 .... 5,6,7,8 .... 9,10,11,12 .... 13,14,15,16 .... 17,18,19,20 .... 21,22,23,24 .... 25,26,27,28 .... 29,30,31,32 .... and so on, until all players have been grouped.

All games will be played as a 4-player games (unless machine is unable to allow it).
Matchplay software will allocate the games and order for each match.

The top 16 players will advance to the Finals once completed.
Ties for any player in the Top 16 will be broken by the player with the most number of wins, then broken by 2nd placings, then by a tie-break game (if required).

FINALS:

Finals will be played via a single elimination bracket.
Each match will be contested as a best of 5 series.
Highest seed has either choice of machine or play order.
Machine chosen will remain the same for all 5 games (if required), while play order alternates between games.
The winner will be the last remaining player.

Other events related to this Tournament

Event Date Ranking System Winner
Main Tournament March 12, 2022 MAIN Curtis Sahariv
Main Tournament December 15, 2019 MAIN Escher Lefkoff

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