When:  April 10-12th, 2025

• Registration: Advance or at the door, with no cap on number of players
• Tournament Start: 6:00 PM Thursday

Where: Main tournament room

Event is part of the Stern Pro Circuit and IFPA Certified + with a 300% WPPR value for 2025.

This will be an Unlimited Card based format, with 5 games per card. The bank of games chosen for the event will be posted on the Games List page: look for the titles marked with the trophy icon.

Each entry will be $20 and consist of 5 games you choose from the bank. Your scores on the games will be ranked against other players scores and a point value will be awarded.

44 players will qualify for finals: 28 players in A division and 16 players in B division. All finalists will receive a cash prize along with a Pintastic New England pint glass and Silverball Rumble enamel key chain. There will be trophies for the top 3 in each division.

Finals will be a head-to-head single elimination bracket taking place on Saturday, April 12th at 3:00 PM. Finals will be streamed at twitch.tv/backhandpinball

As in the past, Juniors will also be tracked for Juniors standings as well as the main standings, and trophies will be handed out for the top 3 junior scores.

Full event schedule and details can be found in the rules document here. Tournament officials can be contacted at ctpinsanctum@gmail.com

Players can register in person at the tournament desk or in advance on the Never Drains link, which will be posted soon.

Past results for the Silverball Rumble are recorded on the IFPA site.

When: Friday, April 11th, 2025

• Registration: Required; on-site starts at 3:00 PM
• Tournament Start (including announcements): 4:00 PM

Where: Register at the desk at the entrance to the west wing. Play in Club Rooms as directed.

Players will compete in a Target Matchplay pinball tournament on games provided by the Belles & Chimes and other pinball clubs. Join us for camaraderie, competition, IFPA Women’s Division WPPR points, with cash prizes and trophies to be awarded to the top four players, and cash prizes awarded to 5th through 8th places.

Show Entry: A pass to the Pintastic New England show will be required to gain entry to the tournament area of the venue. Passes can be purchased at the venue Box Office or purchased in advance at PintasticNewEngland.com.

Tournament Entry: $20 Cash in person, which goes towards prize payout, trophies, and IFPA fees.

Qualifications: This event is open to all cis and trans women, as well as nonbinary players who are comfortable in a space that centers on the experiences of women. You will need to provide your IFPA number, if you have one, which can be found at ifpapinball.com, and an email address for event communication. Membership in a Belles & Chimes Facebook group or a Facebook account are not required.

Format

Target Matchplay: Players will compete in groups of three or four, scoring 7/5/3/1 points if in a four-player group or 7/4/1 points in a three-player group. Target: 35 points. Any games started after 7:30 PM will be the last round of qualifying.

Finals: When one player reaches or exceeds 35 points, the standings are frozen and will determine the top eight to compete in finals. Points earned through the last qualifying round will determine seeding in finals. Shortly after qualifying ends, the top eight competitors will play in group elimination finals, using 4/2/1/0 scoring. If any qualified player is not present, without any notice to tournament officials, their spot shall be forfeited and given to the next player who qualified and is present.

Ties for Finals Qualifying: In such a case that multiple players reach the target in the same round or are tied for position when standings are frozen, a single game tie breaker will be played on a game assigned by a Tournament Director. In case of ties for qualifying, the tiebreakers will dictate the seeding for the final rounds.

Ties during Finals: In the case that multiple players are tied for position in the top four group of finals, a single game tie breaker will be played on a game assigned by a Tournament Director.

Finals Game Selection: Finals will take place on Belles and Chimes Club Room games. Substitutions may be made at the Tournament Director’s discretion if necessary. Each round, the highest original seed player has first choice of either game or play order. On each subsequent game, the loser from the previous game chooses whether to play first, second, third, or fourth. The same choice is then given to other players in reverse order of finish from the previous game.

⦁ At no time during finals can a player pick a game currently in use. Each round a player can only pick each machine a single time.

⦁ The original seed of players going into finals is what is used every round to decide who gets first game choice. At no time during finals will a player’s seed number change.

Extra Balls: A player must plunge their extra ball. They will be allowed to use flipper buttons to set up any lane change etc. for a skill shot, but once the ball has been plunged, they must walk away. Any player who steps up to a machine and plunges another player’s extra ball will be disqualified for that game.

Practice: Players may warmup on games prior to tournament start and are encouraged to visit the club rooms during Pintastic beforehand. Once the tournament has begun, practice between rounds is not permitted, both on tournament and non-tournament games.

Behavior: Any player who is found to be disturbing, or harassing any other players or staff, or is found abusing machines and equipment for the tournament will be given a warning. This includes use of excessive profanity and other excessive outbursts and behavior. If said player is warned a second time, they will be removed from the tournament permanently. Any player who is removed from the tournament will forfeit any and all prizes.

Exploiting a game: Any player found taking advantage of a machine outside the normal scope of its features for their benefit will have that game voided. Examples of such behavior would be:

⦁ Extra flipping to constantly trigger a mis-adjusted or stuck switch
⦁ Playing while a rubber has broken and is obstructing an outlane

Game Malfunctions and Rulings: Any other rulings or game issues that arise and are not covered explicitly in these rules will referred to in the latest version of the combined IFPA/PAPA ruleset located at: https://www.ifpapinball.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PAPA_IFPA-Complete-Competition-Rules-2024.02.pdf

Awards: Following the final matches, an awards ceremony will happen and prizes and trophies will be handed out.

Prizes: IFPA Women’s Division WPPR points for all IFPA registered players. Cash prizes and trophies will be awarded to the four finalists, and cash for 5th through 8th.

• 1st Place 30%
• 2nd Place 25%
• 3rd Place 15%
• 4th Place 10%
• 5th to 8th Place 5% each

Player Limits: The SilverBelle Brawl will be limited to 60 players. There will be 50 pre-registered spots and 10 spots available to sign up in-person the day of the event. A waitlist will be available from the 50 pre-registered spots until 12:00 midnight on the day of the tournament. If you were not called from the waitlist by 12:01 AM on Friday, April 11, you must line up for one of the 10 in-person spots the day of the tournament.

Pre-Registration: Register on February 1st at 12:30 Eastern Time (1730 UTC) at this link.

In-Person Registration: There will be 10 in-person spots available to sign up for on the day of the tournament, more if pre-registered spots are vacated. In-person registration will open at 3:00 PM on Friday, April 11th. Spots will be filled in order of arrival at the tournament registration desk at the entrance to the west wing at Pintastic New England. Come early to secure a position in the queue for in-person registration. If any pre-registered player is not present, without any notice to tournament officials, their spot shall be forfeited and given to the next player who is present.

Contact/Cancellation: If you have questions about the tournament or if you need to cancel, please email SilverBelleBrawl@gmail.com. If you feel sick, we encourage you to stay home.

When: Thursday April 10th, 2025

• Registration: Required
• Tournament Start: 6:00 PM

Where: Western Mass Pinball Club and Southern New Hampshire Pinball Club rooms

This will be a 3 strike group matchplay knockout. Players will be assigned into groups of 4 and given a machine chosen by the software. After your game is played, the players who finished in 3rd and 4th will receive a strike. In a 3 player group, 2nd and 3rd place will receive a strike. Once all games have been finished, new groups will be made with new machine selections. Once a player has received 3 strikes, they are eliminated. Play continues until one player is left without 3 strikes.

The top 8 players will receive a cash payout. Prizes listed in percentages, after expenses, as listed below.

• 1st Place 23%
• 2nd Place 20%
• 3rd Place 17%
• 4th Place 14%
• 5th Place 11%
• 6th Place 8%
• 7th Place 5%
• 8th Place 3%

Registration for this event will take place on Saturday, February 1. The form will appear on our tournament registration page at Noon EST (1700 UTC) on February 1st. Ticketed entry to Pintastic New England is required.

When: Friday, April 11th, 2025

• Registration: First 96
• Tournament Start: 11:00 PM

Where: Western Mass Pinball Club and Southern New Hampshire Pinball Club rooms

This will be a 1 strike group matchplay knockout. Players will be assigned into groups of 4 and given a machine chosen by the software. After your game is played, the players who finished in 3rd and 4th will receive a strike and be eliminated. In a 3 player group, 2nd and 3rd place will receive a strike and be eliminated. Once all games have been finished, new groups will be made with new machine selections. Play continues until one player is left without a strike.

The top 4 players will receive a cash payout. Prizes listed in percentages, after expenses, as listed below.

• 1st Place 40%
• 2nd Place 30%
• 3rd Place 20%
• 4th Place 10%

Registration for this event will take place at the desk at the entrance to the West Wing at 11:00 PM Friday, April 11th. Limited to the first 96 people. The entry fee is $20.00.