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IFPA Sanctioned Events
Mar-13-2022- Aug-13-2022:2nd Sunday @ Loom Monthly 4-Strike Tournament at Loom
1901 E 46th St, Indianapolis, IN,
Jun-05-2022- Aug-28-2022:J&D's Place League 6 sessions.
Drop 1 lowest session.
5 games played per session.
IFPA results submitted based on regular season results.
Session 1 - 6/5
Session 2 - 6/19
Session 3 - 7/3
Session 4 - 7/17
Session 5 - 7/31
Session 6 - 8/14
Finals - 8/28
480 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington, OH,
Jun-10-2022- Aug-27-2022:Mid Ohio Flipper Organization Regular season consists of 6 sessions with 5 games per session.
We will drop the lowest session.
Finals will be bracket play.
IFPA results submitted based on regular season results.
Winter season -
Dates - 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25
Finals - 3/4 OR 3/5
Spring season -
Dates - 3/18, 3/25...
, New Albany, OH,
Jun-26-2022Stern Army Swag Showdown - 4 Strikes Knockout Stern Army Swag Showdown - Cartridge Gaming - Ready When Lit Pinball
Last Sunday of each month
Stern games will be in heavy rotation throughout.
Final rounds (8 players or less) will take place on Stern games exclusively.
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Registration and Open play Noon to 7PM. 24 Player Limit
Tournament sta...
2815 Elida Rd, Lima, OH,
Jun-26-2022Recbar Sunday Night Pinball Party 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Jeffersontown, KY,
Jun-26-2022PinVault PowerDown June 2022 (Monthly 4-Strike) Style - 4 strikes
Start time - 1:00pm or 1300 hours.... whichever comes first
Prize pool - 50% of entry distributed to top 3 finishers
You - BE THERE!
1043 Virginia Ave, Indianapolis, IN,
Jun-27-2022The Pinball Garage X Arcade Legacy VII The format for this event will be qualifying into finals. Scoring in four player groups will be 7/5/3/1. Scoring in three player groups will be 7/4/1. Top 7 players at the end of 7 rounds will go to the finals. Finals will be a ladder match. Bottom score in each round drops out. Seeds 4-7 start. ...
113 High St, Hamilton, OH,
Jun-28-2022L1 Tuesday Night Knockout Tournament Date: June 14, 2022
Level One Tuesday Knockout
Entry fee is $5 including $1 for IFPA plus coin drop
Event starts at 7pm
Format is 3 strike group knockout
130 Hutchinson Ave, Columbus, OH,
Jul-03-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Jul-07-2022ICS Thirsty Thursday @ Fountain Sqaure Brewery We will begin qualifying at 6pm with 90 minutes of Flipper Frenzy qualifying. We will then eliminate the bottom 50% and move to match play finals. Three game rounds will be played with top two advancing to next round (papa scoring)
1301 Barth Ave, Indianapolis, IN,
Jul-08-2022Awesome Ladies Flipper Frenzy Join the Ladies of Arcade Super Awesome for a flipper frenzy. Matches start promptly at 7:15 pm. Get ready for a fast-paced tournament: players will play head-to-head matches for exactly two hours, about 10-12 games, with a short queue after every two.
Depending on number of players, the top fo...
2415 Scioto Harper Dr, Columbus, OH,
Jul-08-2022NKY Pinball Open Pregame Strikes 9 Strikes Progressive (final 2, loser gets 2 strikes)
Older games only!
$20 buy in
Start at 7pm. at 10pm if still going, the longest playing games will be taken out
, Independence, KY,
Jul-09-20222022 NKY Pinball Open limited to 40 players! preregister on June 9th 2022.
$40 buy in. 40 player limit. Entry includes food and drinks, trophies and t-shirt. Practice at 10am, tournament starts at 12pm.
Top 3 of A division get payouts (70% of total pot) for 60%, 25%, and 15%
Top 3 of B division get payouts (30% of t...
, Independence, KY,
Jul-10-20222nd Sunday @ Loom Monthly 4-Strike Tournament at Loom
1901 E 46th St, Indianapolis, IN,
Jul-10-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Jul-17-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Jul-19-2022J&D's - Group Matchplay 6 rounds of group match play.
Scoring is 7/5/3/1 or 7/4/1
Tie breaker will be a randomly selected game with coin flip to determine order if there is a tie for first after 6 rounds.
480 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington, OH,
Jul-24-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Jul-31-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Aug-04-2022ICS Thirsty Thursday @ Fountain Sqaure Brewery We will begin qualifying at 6pm with 90 minutes of Flipper Frenzy qualifying. We will then eliminate the bottom 50% and move to match play finals. Three game rounds will be played with top two advancing to next round (papa scoring)
1301 Barth Ave, Indianapolis, IN,
Aug-07-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Aug-14-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Aug-16-2022J&D's - Group Matchplay 6 rounds of group match play.
Scoring is 7/5/3/1 or 7/4/1
Tie breaker will be a randomly selected game with coin flip to determine order if there is a tie for first after 6 rounds.
480 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington, OH,
Aug-21-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Aug-21-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Aug-28-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Aug-31-2022- Oct-12-2022:Belles and Chimes Columbus League I am submitting for 4 league sessions. All have the same descriptions and scoring. Sessions will rotate between Level One (130 Hutchinson Ave, Columbus, OH 43235) and J&D's Place (480 E Wilson Bridge Rd suite a, Worthington, OH 43085).
League open to all women, or those who identify as women...
130 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington, OH,
Sep-04-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Sep-11-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Sep-16-2022- Dec-17-2022:Mid Ohio Flipper Organization Regular season consists of 6 sessions with 5 games per session.
We will drop the lowest session.
Finals will be bracket play.
IFPA results submitted based on regular season results.
Winter season -
Dates - 1/21, 1/28, 2/4, 2/11, 2/18, 2/25
Finals - 3/4 OR 3/5
Spring season -
Dates - 3/18, 3/25...
, New Albany, OH,
Sep-18-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Sep-25-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Oct-02-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Oct-09-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Oct-16-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Oct-23-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Oct-30-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Nov-02-2022- Dec-21-2022:Belles and Chimes Columbus League I am submitting for 4 league sessions. All have the same descriptions and scoring. Sessions will rotate between Level One (130 Hutchinson Ave, Columbus, OH 43235) and J&D's Place (480 E Wilson Bridge Rd suite a, Worthington, OH 43085).
League open to all women, or those who identify as women...
130 E Wilson Bridge Rd, Worthington, OH,
Nov-06-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Nov-13-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Nov-19-2022Awesome Ladies Flipper Frenzy Join the Ladies of Arcade Super Awesome for a flipper frenzy. Matches start promptly at 7:15 pm. Get ready for a fast-paced tournament: players will play head-to-head matches for exactly two hours, about 10-12 games, with a short queue after every two.
Depending on number of players, the top fo...
2415 Scioto Harper Dr, Columbus, OH,
Nov-20-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Nov-27-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Dec-04-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Dec-11-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Dec-18-2022Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Jan-01-2023Recbar's Weekly Tournament 5 Rounds of Match play for Qualifying. Starting at 6pm
Top 50% or 16 which ever is less make finals.
Finals format is group knock out with 3 games played per round.
10301 Taylorsville Rd, Louisville, KY,
Mar-10-2023Escape Pod Monthly Tournament Monthly tournament at the escape pod in AMP at 16tech. 4 Strike Group knockout, starting at 6pm, go until one person standing!
1220 Waterway Blvd, Indianapolis, IN,
Feb-29-2024Cartridge Gaming Pinball 4 Strikes Saturdays 4 Strikes Pinball Tournament.
4 Strikes and you're out!
Play in groups of 3 or 4.
4 Player groups the bottom 2 players get a strike.
3 player groups the bottom player gets a strike.
Play continues til 1 remains!
$1 IFPA tournament fee per player.
2815 Elida Rd, Lima, OH,