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The annual bicycle and pinball biathlon event happens on saturday july 15th and the starting line is at the MOHAI

If you like playing pinball and riding bicycles this is the event for you: ride to different bars and play a game against one of the “wizards” in order to move along to the next location. Meet at the MOHAI docks at the Lake Union Park sometime after 3:30pm with the event begining at 4:20. You will need: Lock • Pen • Cash for Quarters • 10 Dollars for Entry

Check out the live stream on Friday July 7th of the Sean Irby homebrew: Eight Ball Beyond (EBB)

Sean Irby presents his original self-made/homebrew pinball machine tonight on the South Sound Pinball Twitch channel. Local pinball enthusiasts will be on hand to help with the game play as Sean explains different aspects of his creation! If you saw EBB at last month’s pinball show you already know that this is a cool game and accomplishment!
July 7th, 7pm PST on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/southsoundpinball

The long running Seattle social pinball league is set to return in July with a new organizer and website

After long time SPL main-man Rod Olsen stopped organizing the league Stephen Donaldson decided to take the reins and has updated the website and organized three meet-ups for 2023. The first one happens on July 1st with the other two scheduled for September and November. Previous SPL members should have received an email a few weeks ago, so if you haven’t seen it check your spam folder. More info for everyone, both old and new can be found on the SPL website (which has a new address): http://www.splpinball.com/

During the MNP off season this new progressive tournament is happening at two capitol hill locations

The Monday Night Fight $1,000 Progressive Tournament began on May 1st and alternates between Time Warp and Raygun every other week. The top two players each week are entered into July 24th finals with the top 12 winning a share of the $1000. This week (May 15th) the tourney is at Raygun with next week’s at Time Warp and so forth. Details on the calendar!

Admiral Pub brings back their Music & Pinball tournament every monday until August 28th

During the Monday Night Pinball off season Matty PinPin will host a weekly 3-strike tournament at the Admiral Pub. The musical theme changes every week (May 22nd is 80s Night) but the tournament details stay the same: 7:30 start time, $5 entry, $75 pot splash, 21+

The monthly Thursday night tournament will be back in July

Registration for the event begins june 8th on their website

Although the NW Pinball Championships isn’t until September registration begins on June 8th on the NWPC website. Tournament director Germain explained that it is done this way so people can make their travel plans early. Since this is part of the Stern Pro Circuit expect some of the best players from out of the region to be there. For info about this event check out the listing on our calendar: Here

Registration sign ups happen on the NWPC site (June 8th at noon PST): https://www.nwpinballchamps.com/

The Airport Tavern weekly is moving to Saturday this week

Because the annual NWPAS After Party Tournament at the Triple Knock is happening this Sunday (June 4th) the Airport Tavern has moved their Sunday weekly to Saturday June 3rd. Along with changing the day, Airport Tavern host Anthony is also moving the start time back an hour to 8pm. Triple Knock host Altwin is also making a change to the after party, with this year’s event happening a bit later than years previous: 7pm. Details on the calendar.

If you are a facebook user and regularly attend Tacoma pinball events you should consider joining the Airport Tavern/Triple Knock Pinball Tournament Alliance group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/878516930086301