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 2025 to obtain points - Saturday November 29th 2025.
- Main tournament early registration ticket invites sent out 1st December 2025.
- Ticket sales for main tournament opens up 7th December 2025.
- Invitees have until Friday 9th of January 2026 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.

Tickets can be purchased here:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/summer-of-pinball-4-australia-day-long-weekend-tickets-1977705388054

Current standings for the 2025 season: (updated 4th December)

Russ Barton 526
Andrew JFC Peltzer 501
Scott Bailey 483
Simon Carter 463
Fennessah Carter 443
Rob Redzepi 426
Willow Williams 417
Andre Thomson 357
Neil Reid 343
Susan Bailey 306
Jason Williams AUS 300
Jezza Neale 247
Suzanne van Strien 242
Jason Barr 198
Andy Coffey 195
Ariana Coffey 195
Jan Saurbrey 179
Matthew Owen 175
Riley Ives 165
Delanie Lewis 161
Morgan Karatseolis 151
Peter Whitmore 145
Jess Lowry 139
Julie Redzepi 137
Brett Mann 132
Gary Regan 132
Brett Hammond 123
Hannah Rumsey 121
Greg Dunn 120
Petra Saurbrey 120
Stuart McLean 119
Suzanne May 113

32 Player Cutoff

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

Sean Campbell 108
Paula Barr 105
Beck Page 100
Steve Bonney 100
Marko Serin 89
Jonathan Geracitiano 83
Daniel Vandenberg 81
Lyndon Carter 81
Phillip Debortoli 80
Skylar Coffey 76
Amity Wells 75
Adrian Wilson 73
Kobi Neale 73
Stacey Borg 72
Celeste Saunders 68
Leighton Page 68
David Zunic 65
Dave Grinter 64
Scott Hayes 64
Benny Hunt 63
Mitchell Newman 61
Jade Jaramillo 59
Jack Lang VIC 55
Veronica Gunn 55
Andy Kay 54
Paul Debortoli 54
Riley Emmerson-Franke 54
Kimberley Molnar 45
Lily Lucent 45
Lisia Sturm 45
Nicholas French 44
Dave Burke 40
Jarrod Sachse 40
Matthew Brennan 40
Phill Spruce 40
Timothy Webster 40
Tom Casey 40
Tom Fletcher UK 40
Garreth Anderson 39
Stephanie Sachse 37
Rodney Boyes 36
John Forster 35
John Wadling 35
Johnny Crabtree 35
Ryan Lewis AUS 35
Steve Poulter 34
Ben Hunt 31
Ethan Roleff 31
Lita Stanley 31
Robert Dobbs 31
Stephen Vari 31
Ethan Jacobsen 30
James Malone 30
Neil Tillison 30
Ramsay EmmersonFranke 30
Bob Cane 29
Douglas Lewis 29
Michael Calder 27
Phoenix Dragon 25
Bonnie Crabtree 23
Erin Jordan 23
Frank Marion 21
Wayne Field 21
Alan Goss 15
Alex Lytras 15
Andrew Cottrell 15
Angela Coatsworth 15
Anna Gosden 15
Ash Gullickson 15
Aussie Hunt 15
Berk Stacy 15
Blake Hammond 15
Charlie Taylor 15
Cicilia Stapleton 15
Craig Bainger 15
Daniel Wyld 15
Ellie Cottrell 15
Fiona Goss 15
Franziscus Ramsey 15
Gus Williams 15
Henry Dansie 15
Jake Wilkinson 15
Jarrod Fitch 15
Jason Hubs 15
Jason Weber 15
Jill Lee 15
Jordan Tarpen 15
Kane Gosden 15
Laura Prittie 15
Liam Hayes 15
Lucas Revens 15
Luke Bentham 15
Matt Moore 15
Michael Marinucci 15
Michael Roleff 15
Ol Armstrong 15
Paul Boes 15
Pete Yuncken 15
Piet Vanhooydonk 15
Riley Hayes 15
Robbie Evans 15
Robert Will 15
Ryan Foran 15
Shane Coatsworth 15
Shane Marchewka 15
Skye Neale 15
Tim Tyler 15
Tom Boes 15
Uta Meyer 15
Zack Chi 15

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.
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 for top 8 players.
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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 5pm : 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", "Foot Pedal Flippers", "Blind Communication", "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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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 2pm : 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.

PLEASE NOTE THIS SCHEDULE IS PROVISIONAL, EVENTS AND TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Tickets can be purchased here.

The APM Invitational event has been held on the Australia Day Long Weekend every year so far, but is that the future plan?
We would like to say yes, but there are a couple of years where we are uncertain about the best plan.

2026 - Australia Day falls on a Monday making it a long weekend.
2027 - Australia Day falls on a Tuesday, meaning it will not be an official long weekend, but we have noticed in previous years a lot of people will take the Monday off of work and create their own super long weekend, so we will still do our Australia Day Long Weekend event at this time.
2028 - Australia Day falls on a Wednesday (currently undecided on how we will schedule this one)
2029 - Australia Day falls on a Friday making it a long weekend.
2030 - Australia Day falls on a Saturday. In most of Australia if a public holiday falls on a weekend the following Monday is the observed public holiday, so yes it will be a long weekend.
2031 - Australia Day falls on a Sunday. In most of Australia if a public holiday falls on a weekend the following Monday is the observed public holiday, so yes it will be a long weekend.
2032 - Australia Day falls on a Monday making it a long weekend.