Hello Belles!

We had an amazing turnout for our November meetup Wednesday at Aftershock Classic Arcade! With 20 participants, including five first-timers, it was an exciting night filled with competitive energy and new faces. A huge thank-you to Aftershock for hosting us and providing those delicious hot pretzels!

Winners’ Circle

We played six rounds of group match play, wrapping up with a thrilling final on Monster Bash. Congratulations to our top players:

1st: Erin

2nd: Cora (welcome to the group!)

3rd: Alley

4th: Brooke

Alley, if you’d like your trophy before the next meetup, please reach out!

A special shoutout to Donelle, Stacie, Shay, and Joanne (not pictured), who each won $5 worth of tokens, thanks to Aftershock’s generosity!

Save the Date!

Mark your calendars for our final event of the year on Wednesday, December 11th! We’re finalizing the location and working with John and Adam at NerdHaven, who are balancing family commitments and currently open Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only. Keep an eye out for updates, and please support NerdHaven when you can!

News, Announcements, and Reminders

IFPA Tournament Reminder – If you’re interested in participating in the IFPA tournaments (both Open and Women’s), please remember to register on their page. Unregistered players will not be able to enter, even if they qualify. Several Belles currently qualify, and a few more are just below the line that may get invited, so don’t miss out!

Madison Youth Pinball – The Madison Youth Pinball group will hold its second meetup on Saturday, November 23, at 11 AM at Kickback. You may even see some friendly faces for Belles helping out. If you’d like to help with the event, please reach out, and we’ll connect you with the right contacts.

Check out what Andreas has created!  Belles & Chimes uses MatchPlay for our platform to run our tournaments.  Now you can adorn your Match Play profile with a collection of pride flags! Andreas finally found a nice set of pride flags to offer in addition to the national flags. You’ll find the pride flag section after the national flags, but before the US state flags.  Yeah for adding flare to the pinball community!! 

Looking forward to seeing everyone for a fantastic December meetup!

Cheers,

The Belles & Chimes Madison Planning Team