Category: news & gossip

the Fall 2025 edition of Seattle Women’s Super Weekend will have FIVE separate pinball tournaments from October 23rd to 26th at Ice Box Arcade and 4Bs Tavern in the Ballard

Two open division tournaments
Three women’s division tournaments
Karaoke and costume contest after party at 4Bs Tavern
-Series standings with cash prize for series champion
Pre-registration sale September 6th at noon PST, with a discount package option
Fantastic venues with stellar support: Ice Box Arcade and 4Bs
Stay tuned to South Sound Pinball’s Facebook page for pre-reg and pricing info!
We’ll do our best to have the pre-reg info on the Skill Shot site also.- ed

This progressive tournament is being held at three different locations north of seattle. players at these tournaments can win spots at the series finals on August 16th at the White Buffalo Saloon in Everett

Thursday at the White Buffalo, Fridays at Another Castle in Edmonds and Crave 80s in Marysville are the locations hosting the prelim tournies. One of the interesting features of this series is that you don’t necessarily need to place first to progress to the finals! Full details and prize breakdowns will be found on our Calendar… Here

An all-ages King Kong Stern Launch Party is happening on Saturday July 26th at the Ice Box Arcade. This is yet another OPPORTUNITY to check out the new game and maybe win a prize.

People are really digging the new Stern pinball release: King Kong! $5 buy in + coin drop. All ages. 1:30p sign ups, 2p flippers up. 5 rounds of match play. Raffle prizes for participants and a Launch Party Grand Champion Plaque for the winner

Town Portal bar manager Josh McKenna had a serious medical emergency earlier in July. A GoFundMe has been set up to help with his recovery expenses

The GoFundMe link: https://www.gofundme.com/f/join-us-in-supporting-josh-mckennas-recovery

The Schedule for the pre-series of tournaments in August has been released. Two weeks before the main NWPC weekend on august 22nd this series of tournaments will award big ifpa points!

Shorty’s Hot Clown Summer Pinball League will take the place of their regular wednesday night tournament for the rest of the summer.

For six weeks beginning on July 23rd, there will be qualifying tournaments (group match play) which will lead to a Hot Clown Summer Finals on Sept. 3. To be eligible for the finals, a player must play in at least 3 qualifying tournaments.
Sign ups begin at 7, $5 – 21+

The Tour De Flip Progressive Tournament on Capitol Hill has two more preliminary events before the finals on July 28th. Secure your spot to win part of the $2000 prize package!

Two players per event on July 14th (at the Raygun) and July 21st (at the Unicorn). These will be the last two chances for players to win spots in the July 28th Finals. Sign ups at 7:15pm with flippers up at 7:30pm. $8 entry. 21+
There are more details on our Calendar.

Pinball Wrestling returns with a new event at the Ballard Smoke Shop on James Frost-Winn’s birthday july 27th

Teams of five are encouraged to dress up and create a theme for this wrestling/pinball hybrid event. It’s probably a good idea to registar ahead of time; details are available on our calendar listing: Here