New South Welshman Brett Goodwin has been crowned the 2016- 2017 IFPA Australian Championship Series (ACS) champion.
After a gruelling two days of competition at the Thornbury Bowls Club, the field of 32 players was down to just two: New South Welshman Brett Goodwin and Victoria’s Johnny Crabtree. The State Of Origin was on, with Johnny Crabtree taking out round 1 in the best of 5 rounds, on Stern’s Metallica. Round 2 saw Brett Goodwin sneak in a win on Gilligan’s Island to square the ledger. Brett then took out round 3 on Stern’s 1977 Pinball machine leading the final 2 – 1, leaving Johnny the table pick for the all-important round 4.
With the pressure mounting, Johnny chose his pet table, Stern’s AC/DC. Both players had a phenomenal game, but Brett was simply unstoppable, playing a near perfect game, scoring 120+ million to Johnny’s 75+ million, giving him a 3 – 1 win and the crown as the IFPA Australian Championship Series champion for 2016 – 2017.
The 3rd place playoff saw Matthew Venables (NSW) take on Robert Macauley (SA). Matthew took out 3rd place by winning both rounds 1 and 2 on Dirty Harry and AC/DC respectively.
As per all great competitions, there are a number of people that make things happen and ensure the competition is run smoothly and is fun for all. IFPA Australian Championship Series directors, Luke Marburg and Dan Robar did a fantastic job in organising the event and running it like clockwork.
Of course, the 15 tournament pinball machines didn’t just spontaneously appear, they were provided by these great people: Lucas Bardin, Geoff Wills, Marcus Sezonov, Dan Robar, Adam Clarke, Dan Brown, Alex Nunn, Jordan Tredaway and Johnny Crabtree – thank you all for providing your machines for the 2016-2017 IFPA ACS final!
See you all in Adelaide for the 2017 – 2018 IFPA Australian Championship Series final!
For all of the results and standings from the weekend, go and check them out on pinballscore.com.
The champion’s trophy and a $400 1st place prize. The pinball wizard deserves to be rewarded!
IFPA ACS Co-Director, Luke Marburg keeps an eye on proceedings
Two beauties!
The machines look very inviting. But first we must turn them on!
The Minnow will NOT be lost!
Alex Boz is mesmerised by Avatar
Busting ghosts!
Johnny Crabtree gives us the thumbs up!
A dead flip!
Getting in some action before the finals!
Even the beer is retro!
Young gun, Jordan Tredaway samples some Pinball Magic and gets 20 million!
The crowd is readying for the finals!
Beer is put down, time to play!
3rd place play-off between Robert Macauley and Matthew Venables. First up, Robert on Dirty Harry!
Matthew Venables feels lucky, punks! 1.23billion on Dirty Harry ain’t too shabby at all!
And the 3rd place in the IFPA ACS final goes to… Matthew Venables.
Down to the last two standing: Johnny Crabtree sets a winning score on Metallica in Round 1
Brett Goodwin steps up to Metallica
Johnny Crabtree getting in the zone on Gilligan’s Island
Brett Goodwin takes out round 2 of the ACS grand final!
Johnny sees the light on Pinball
Brett sets a round 3 winning score on Pinball
New South Welshman, Marc Bell (left) had an excellent tournament, making the finals on the Sunday after posting a 2nd in Pool B
Turn me on Johnny!
Johnny Crabtree sets a reasonable score on Stern’s AC/DC in round 4 of the grand final
But it’s not good enough, as Brett Goodwin gets the win and snags the title as the 2016-17 IFPA ACS Champion
The winner is congratulated
There are no losers in pinball! Fellow pinball wizard, Wal Dickie congratulates Johnny on his valiant effort
Show me the money: the top 8 players all received cash prizes
IFPA ACS Co-Director, Dan Robar presents Johnny with his trophy and cash winnings
It’s all smiles for the champion, Brett Goodwin
L-R: Matthew Venables (3rd place), Brett Goodwin (1st place), Johnny Crabtree (2nd place)
The final standings
Geoff Wills starts the bump-out – another great championship is done and dusted
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