ATTENTION: the $60 entry fee Payment for pinbowl must be paid by thursday july 24th. you can pay right now via check, money order or paypal. message me for paypal address or physical address. You can pay with cash in person on thursday the 24th of july. thursday is the pinGOLF day and practice and will most likely have a charity event that day as well (earn wppr points with that as well) (details pending). we need start promptly on friday so all payments must be made BEFORE hand. We can NOT sign up anyone on friday because we need all persons to be seeded for round 1 in advance.
Please be reminded, we are only allowing for 100 players max for PINBOWL. so if you pay NOW you are for sure in.

***anyone who brings a machine to use in the event can keep all of the coin drop from their machine. You can also choose to play on your own games when you have machine choice. Those are 2 amazing incentives to bring a game.* message me in advance. the machine must be fully working with no issues and tourney worthy.

**PINGOLF= Thursday july 24th, tee times start at 3pm, playoffs at 8pm. $20 per person, all entry fees paid out.

Pinbowl IV is switching to a match play format (similar in structure to PINBURGH).
The event standings will be live online.

friday july 25, saturday july 26
Location:
Richfield Bowl
5340 Richfield Rd,
Flint, Mi 48506
www.bowlflint.com/pinball

*we are limiting this to 100 players max.
$60 per person and this all goes into the payout purse. (all entry fees are paid out 100% to the winners).

EVERYONE QUALIFIES for the playoffs so you don't have to be an expert player. Beginners to average players are welcome as well.
*playoffs will be split into "A" division and "B" division with "good" players restricted to "A" division playoffs no matter how they play in qualifying.
This way, if you are not a good player, You won't be forced into playing in "A" division playoffs unless you do so well in qualifying you make the "A" cut (top half of players).
*Everyone will play together in groups of 4 on friday and saturday.
*each group will play 4 machines (2 older, 2 newer), then we re-seed for each round (just as pinball leagues do).
*8 rounds total.
*Playoffs will follow after round 8 on saturday.
**Payouts will be structured as follows and will be based on actual number of players.

75% of the prize purse goes to "A" division
25% of the prize purse goes to "B" division

"A"
1st= 30%of "A" purse
2nd= 18%
3rd= 12%
4th= 8%
5th= 4%
6th= 4%
7th= 4%
8th= 8%
9th= 2%
10= 2%
11th= 2%
12th= 2%

"B"
1st= 30%of "B" purse
2nd= 18%
3rd= 12%
4th= 8%
5th= 4%
6th= 4%
7th= 4%
8th= 8%
9th= 2%
10= 2%
11th= 2%
12th= 2%

The actual payouts pends the number of players we have.
*If we fill the 100 player max, payouts would be:
"A"
1st= $1350
2nd= $810
3rd= $540
4th= $360
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th= $180 each
9th, 10th, 11th, 12th= $90 each

"B"
1st= $450
2nd= $270
3rd= $180
4th= $120
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th= $60 each
9th, 10th, 11t5h, 12th= $30 each

** All games will be on normal coin drop.
REMEMBER, since all of the entry fees are paid out 100%, the coin drop pays for tournament expenses, trophies/prizes, game ware and upkeep before and after the event, employees, flyers and everything else tourney related.
*food and drinks will be available on sight. You CAN NOT bring food or drink into the venue. its against the law.

nice memory sir awesome.

**now added**
EVENT 1:
Pingolf (9 rounds) starts thursday july 24th at 3pm ($20) per person, top 12 qualify for playoffs on thursday evening., all monies in are paid out). full wppr points for this as well, so now there is 2 events you can cash in on the wppr's. (www.ifpapinball.com) pinball ranking points.
message me to lock in your PIN GOLF tee time. pin golf is easy, we will use 9 different machines, each machine acts as a HOLE and has a set "par" . the object to par could be a score to achieve, or certain "goal" per machine (example, start Quora multiball on tron in 3 balls is "par").

closest airport is FNT (15 minutes fom venue), its usually cheaper than DTW (Detroit Metro) as well. nicest, closest hotels are hill road area in grand blanc or in davison michigan.

yep, pingolf and pinbowl are 2 seperate events. pingolf is only one day...on thursday. so even if cant play in PINBOWL ,you can still play PINGOLF

Pingolf and Pinbowl session times:

Pingolf (thursday july 24th)- tee times start at 3pm and run every 20 minutes or so until 7pm. 3 or 4 players per golf group. playoffs at 8pm. top 12 qualify. $20 per player, all money paid out. message me to select your preferred tee times.

PINBOWL IV SESSION TIMES:
Everyone plays together so you must play at these times. Keep in mind, you can actually eat whenever you want and rounds most likely won't last a full 2 hours each time. Plenty of break and eat time.

FRIDAY july 25th:
session #1= noon- 2pm
session #2= 2pm- 4pm
break/food= 4pm- 5pm
session #3= 5pm-7pm
session #4= 7pm-9pm
break/food= 9pm- 10pm
session #5 10pm- midnight

Saturday july 26th:
session #6= 11am- 1pm
session #7= 1pm-3pm
session #8= 3pm-5pm
break/food= 5pm- 6pm
Playoffs= 6pm

*byes may be given for higher seeds, pends number of players. also, playoffs are best 3 of 5 single elimination. everyone qualifies for playoffs. Playoffs are split into A and B division. qualifiers in top half in A, bottom half in B.

To clarify, "full points" for pin golf means its not divided up within itself..for example, if you have a pingolf event once a month at the same location, the point value is lowered. Since its only going to happen once in a year at this given location, its treated as side tourney points in accordance with ifpa rules via wppr.

the games to be used in the event will be a heavy mix of older and newer machines.
(electromechanical, solid state, alphanumeric, dot matrix).

PINBOWL= in each session, each person will play 2 newer, and 2 older games.

here is a partial list so far: subject to change: remember, if anyone wants to bring a game to use, YOU get to keep all the coin drop your game makes. you can also choose your game (S) when you have a choice. MESSAGE ME ASAP If You want to bring games.

OLDER:
quick silver
triple action
future spa
old coney island
old chicago
xenon
nitro ground shaker
prospector
eight ball
night rider
chicago cubs triple play
spirit of 76
time zone
skylab
dragon (interflip)
laser ball
supersonic
monaco
Meteor

NEWER:
the addams family
Tron
indianapolis 500
Attack from mars
congo
earthshaker
judge dredd
escape from the lost world
white water
transformers LE
high speed
metallica
laser war
space shuttle
Stern?
Stern?
Stern?
etc