Australian Pinball Museum

Annual Australia Day Long Weekend Event

Part of the Summer of Pinball Series - events every weekend in January!
$50 main tournament event entry, or FREE for invitees.
Max of 40 players.
How to get an invite to waive the entry fee? Every pinball tournament we run throughout the year will award points to players. The top 32 highest ranking players will be invited to the playoffs after the conclusion of the years tournaments.
Players have until 2 weeks before the event to confirm attendance, unconfirmed spots will be opened up for anybody to join the tournament. Some wildcard entries may open up early if someone lets us know they cant make it earlier. 8 spots are open for anyone to purchase tickets from day one.
The more events you play in the higher your chances of ranking high enough to be invited, also winning a tournament gives you extra points and really good odds at ranking high enough to be invited.
All tournaments run by the museum during the year are counted towards the invitational.

The 32 Invitees also receive a giftbag including limited edition commemorative souveniers.

Big prizes up for grabs!
Who will be crowned the grand champion?

Important dates:
- Last tournament for 2024 to obtain points - Saturday November 30th.
- Main tournament early registration ticket invites sent out 1st December.
- Ticket sales for main tournament opens up 7th December. See shop HERE to buy a ticket.
- Invitees have until Friday 10th of January to confirm attendance in the main tournament otherwise their spot opens up for anyone to take.

All other events during the Australia Day Long Weekend are open for any attendee to join.
The Pinball Gameshow is limited to 36 participants (Max seating in room).
The Aussie Pinball Olympics is a team based event which requires a minimum team size of 2 participants.

Congratulations to these players for making the top 32!!!

Russ Barton 347
Scott Bailey 347
Andre Thomson 306
Rob Redzepi 300
Neil Reid 287
Simon Carter 272
Susan Bailey 251
Matthew Owen 229
Andy Coffey 221
Fennessah Carter 216
Jan Saurbrey 201
Willow Williams 201
Dave Grinter 190
Gary Regan 170
Petra Saurbrey 153
Andrew JF Clark 128
Stuart McLean 127
Sean Campbell 125
Adrian Wilson 112
David Zunic 107
Morgan Karatseolis 104
Patrick White 100
Suzanne May 100
Dion Vuurens 94
Peter Whitmore 88
Greg Dunn 85
Brett Hammond 84
Ariana Coffey 80
Amity Wells 79
David Clark 77
Lisia Sturm 73
Charlie White 68

Click here to show all players positions after #32 and their points

Jonathan Geracitiano 67
Tom Casey 67
Scott Hayes 66
Steve Bartley 56
Andrew Carey 53
Brenton Herringe 53
Nicholas French 46
Wayne Field 46
Jessica De Mercurio 45
Skylar Coffey 42
Adam Farmer 40
John Forster 40
Leith Stuart 39
James Calvert 37
Jorge Multhaupt 37
Tom Diamond 37
Beck Page 35
Ben Hunt 35
Brian Boxy Shleibs 35
Will Miller 35
Suzanne van Strien 33
Sean Cheney 31
Jessica Coffey 30
Maya Clark 30
Nerolie Schrader 29
Oreste Gosti 29
Lachlan Moore 27
Gabriella Huser 25
Lucas Revens 25
David Georg 23
Esther Ahronheim 23
Kevin Vermeer 21
Paul Gregory 21
Adam Owl 19
Aussie Hunt 19
Brenton Hall 19
Michael Roleff 19
Nick Henderson 19
Paul Boes 19
Ashley Bailey 15
Cameron Root 15
Cicilia Stapleton 15
Claudia Caflisch 15
Daniel Acherman 15
Delanie Lewis 15
Dennis Schweinsteiger 15
Ethan Roleff 15
Hannah Rumsey 15
James McInnes 15
Jason Williams 15
Jen Jackson-Hall 15
Jezza Neale 15
John Vocat 15
Kate Saint George 15
Leighton Page 15
Lily Lucent 15
Lita Stanley 15
Lorraine Posar 15
Marcel Wolf 15
Mary-Anne Urquhart 15
Paul Debortoli 15
Phillip Debortoli 15
Robbie Evans 15
Robert Salathiel 15
Steve Bonney 15
Steve Buvari 15
Sue Brovedani 15
Tanya Way 15
Tom Boes 15
Veronica Gunn 15
Zac Coligan 15

Please contact us if you are in the list and have not received an email, facebook message or letter.

Main tournament format: HYBRID Best Game with Best-of-3 Double Elimination Finals.

Schedule of events (click on event for more info):

Fri 24th Jan

9am to 11pm - APM Main Event Best Game qualifying.

HYBRID Best Game Tournament (New tournament format for 2025).
IFPA TGP values 3X the normal given for Best Game tournaments!!!
Players play on 8 games.
32 total maximum number of attempts.
Total of 20 hours of qualifying over Friday and Saturday.
Qualifying is available from 9am until 11pm on Friday.
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Sat 25th Jan

11am to 9pm - The usual "Last Saturday of the month" Unlimited Play Day.

$25 buys you a wristband allowing unlimited play on pinball machines and video games.
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9am to 3pm - APM Main Event Best Game qualifying.

3pm to 6pm - APM Main Event Final Playoffs.

Double elimination best-of-3-games bracket.
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7pm to 9pm - IFPA Tournament - Flip Frenzy.

2 Hours of flip frenzy.
Players are randomly assigned an opponent and a game to play on.
Report who won the game, then players go back into the queue to be assigned a new opponent.
Non-stop games continue for a hectic 2 hours.
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Sun 26th Jan

11am to 9pm - Sunday Unlimited Play Day.

$25 buys you a wristband allowing unlimited play on pinball machines and video games.
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10am to 3pm - Aussie Pinball Olympics.

Compete in teams - min of 2 people, no maximum but recommend no more than 5 people in a team.
Range of challenge events such as "Split Flipper", "Stall Ball", "Foot Pedal Flippers", Co-op", "Obscured View", etc.
Some challenge events a team can only send one representative in to compete, others may require 2 representatives, or others may allow the whole team to compete.
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3pm to 6pm - IFPA Tournament - 5 Strikes.

Players will be grouped into fours and if necessary groups of threes.
In each round, each group will play a SINGLE game and allocated STRIKES according to their finishing position; 1ST - 0, 2ND - 1, 3RD - 1, 4TH - 2.
Winner will be awarded to the last ONE left without 5 STRIKES.
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7pm to 9pm - The Pinball Gameshow.

A relaxed fun gameshow quiz with lots of cool prizes!
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Mon 27th Jan

11am to 9pm - Monday Unlimited Play Day.

$25 buys you a wristband allowing unlimited play on pinball machines and video games.
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11am to 4pm - IFPA Tournament - Group Matchplay.

There will be SIX rounds of THREE games. Total of 18 games played per player.
Players will be grouped into fours and if necessary groups of threes.
In each round a group plays a single game on three different machines and allocated points according to their finishing position (7/5/3/1 or 7/4/1 depending on number of players in the group).
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5pm to 8pm - IFPA Tournament - Amazing Race.

Amazing Race has all participants playing 1 machine, with the player finishing in last place being eliminated.
The remaining participants play on a new machine, with the player finishing in last place being eliminated.
This is repeated until only one person remains.
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"Extra Ball" Pass can be purchased for each of Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.
Extend your All Day Unlimited Play an extra 2 hours from 9pm to 11pm for an extra $10.