2025 - Tournaments
All tournaments are taking place at Pintastic New England on April 10-13, 2025
Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel
181 Boston Post Road West (U.S. Route 20)
Marlborough, MA
A pass to the Pintastic New England show will be required to gain entry to the tournament area of the venue. Passes can be purchased at the venue Box Office or purchased in advance at PintasticNewEngland.com.
Thursday, April 10-12th
Tournament Start: 18:00 Thursday
When: April 10-12th, 2025
Registration: Advance or at the door, with no cap on number of players
Tournament Start: 18:00 Thursday
Where: Main tournament room
Event is part of the Stern Pro Circuit and IFPA Certified + with a 300% WPPR value for 2025.
This will be an Unlimited Card based format, with 5 games per card. The bank of games chosen for the event will be posted on the Games List page: look for the titles marked with the trophy icon.
Each entry will be $20 and consist of 5 games you choose from the bank. Your scores on the games will be ranked against other players scores and a point value will be awarded.
44 players will qualify for finals: 28 players in A division and 16 players in B division. All finalists will receive a cash prize along with a Pintastic New England pint glass and Silverball Rumble enamel key chain. There will be trophies for the top 3 in each division.
Finals will be a head-to-head single elimination bracket taking place on Saturday, April 12th at 3:00 PM. Finals will be streamed at twitch.tv/backhandpinball
As in the past, Juniors will also be tracked for Juniors standings as well as the main standings, and trophies will be handed out for the top 3 junior scores.
Full event schedule and details can be found in the rules document here. Tournament officials can be contacted at ctpinsanctum@gmail.com
Thursday, April 10th
Check-In/Register: 18:00 | Tournament Start: 19:00
Format: 3 Strike Group Knockout
Cost: $50
Player Limit: 120 (100 Advanced Registrations, 20 at the Door)
Date: April 10th, 2025
Time: 7:00pm
Where: Club Room at Pintastic New England - Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, MA
Pre-registration Open February 1st, at Noon (12:00 EDT)
Friday April 11th
Check-In/Register: 15:00 | Tournament Start: 16:00
Format: Target Matchplay
Cost: $20
Player Limit: 60 (50 advanced registration, 10 at the door)
Time: 3 PM Registration, 4 PM Tournament start (including announcements)
Where: Club Room at Pintastic New England - Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, MA
Pre-registration Open February 1st, at 12:30pm
Friday April 11th
Sign-Up: 23:00 | Tournament Start: 00:00 (Saturday)
IFPA Rated Sudden Death Group Knockout on Friday September 8th, at Midnight! (Technically Saturday)
Format: Sudden Death Group Knockout
Cost: $20
Player Limit: 100
Date: September 8th, 2023
Time: Midnight
Where: Club Room at Pintastic New England - Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, MA
No Preregistration Available. Registration Table Opens 11:00pm outside the tournament wing.
Women’s+ Pinball Brunch
Sunday, April 14th
Check-In/Register: 9:00 | Tournament Start: ~10:00
Format: Strikes Knockout
Cost: $15
Player Limit: 60 (no advanced registration)
Where: Club Room at Pintastic New England - Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel in Marlborough, MA