Skill Shot
Sign-ups for the pingolf on Saturday and Sunday are being done via email for this event and there’s about 40 or so spaces left the last time I checked. Email: SouthSoundPinball@gmail.com – On Friday night there will be a matchplay pre-tournamenet at the same location. There are a lot more details on the calendar listings!
The Bally Masters will be happening at two different locations in Shoreline this year The $20 registration fee includes a BBQ lunch and non-alcholic beverages (BYOB). You may have to go to the facebook page for their addresses unless you already know Mitch Anderson or Timm Shere, who are co-hosting this year’s event. All-ages!
Our event calendar has the necessary links: https://www.skill-shot.com/event/bally-masters-2023/
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/
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
If you are looking for somewhere to play pinball when you’re not at NWPAS this weekend take a look at our pinball list (link at the top). Tacoma now has it’s own section under the “road trip” link. If you’re from Seattle you may want to go to the Airport Tavern or the7 Seas Brewery to play the Jersey Jack’ Guns N Roses pinball machine since it’s pretty scarce in Seattle outside of the Seattle Pinball Museum. I’m pretty sure there will not be one at this year’s show. Note: the AAV next to a location’s name stands for All-Ages Venue (all of the rest are 21+).
Visitors looking for local tournaments should go to our calendar. We try to include all of the pinball related events from Tacoma, in the south to Bellingham, in the north and also Kitsap County, to the west (which includes Bremerton). While there are different catagory filters if you’re just interested in what’s happening during a short amount of time then clicking the main calendar link should be fine.
If you’re in Seattle without a ride to Tacoma (or back) here’s a link to our post on the public transportation options: Here
If you plan on playing in one or all of the tournaments at NWPAS and haven’t heard about the new formats yet you should definately take a look at them on the NWPAS site. There have been a number of surprised comments about the changes and pricing on Facebook. https://www.nwpinballshow.com/tournaments
Regular users of this site may have noticed that I’ve been changing the dates on some of the recent posts. This is done to bump the posts about past events down the page so the more relevant posts stay at the top.
If you see me (gordon) taking photos at the show be sure to say hi and let me take your pic for the collage in the upcoming issue of Skill Shot. (I’ll mostly be taking them in the lobby or outside). It’s been a while since we published an issue of the zine but there’s one planned for later this summer. Support Local Pinball!
I checked the current schedules for taking the bus to this weekend’s NW Pinball & Arcade Show and updated the post. Not much has changed this year so if you’ve done it before you should be good. Youth under 18 now ride for free on Sound Transit and the last bus leaves from Tacoma to downtown Seattle at 10:20pm. Get the full details here: https://www.skill-shot.com/the-bus-to-tacoma-2017/
This tournament is to raise money for the Emerald City Softball team, Seattle Shablam! $20 to enter. 3-strike format, $200+ cash and prizes, 2pm sign up. I really only know what’s on the flyer which can be viewed on our calendar: Here
This annual tournament is restricted to those ages 40 and over and it’s always a good time. It’s also Claire’s birthday tournament so say something nice to her (at least!) Start time is 3pm. 40+
