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New Pinball Event at Heritage Brewing Company

We have a quick and fun event coming up at Heritage Brewing Company with many more to follow.

This event is called, “The day before Mother’s day 3-strike knockout event.”

As the name suggests, you get three strikes, and then you are knocked out.  That’s it!  Simple!

Players will be assigned to play in groups of 3-4 players.  In four player groups, the third and fourth place players will receive one strike.  In three player groups, the last place player receives one strike.

There will not be a finals format, we will keep calling new rounds until the final player is eliminated.

Entry fee is $10 and there will be prize payouts as well as physical prizes awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers.  If we have more than 15 players, we will add a payout for the 4th place finisher.

Start time:  05/10/2025 at 1:00pm  (Registration begins at 12:30pm)

Address:   9436 Center Point Ln, Manassas, VA 20110

If you have any questions, please let me know at edan@fspazone.org

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Summer season upcoming and website/format changes

Summer season pre-registration is active for the upcoming seasons at Carpool, Silverball Sanctum (Lost Rhino), and Mustang Sally Brewery. Spinners is still on hiatus for Spring season while the new location is still pending their grand re-opening.

You can pre-register here:

CarPool: http://fspa.league.papa.org/eventRegistration/141
Mustang Sally: http://fspa.league.papa.org/eventRegistration/142
Silverball Sanctum (Lost Rhino): http://fspa.league.papa.org/eventRegistration/143

Carpool is testing out a new format, and to support the multiple versions of the traditional and modified ladder system, along with the new format, the website has been updated to provide format pages explaining the Traditional Ladder format that FSPA used for 20+ years, the modified Qualifying Ladder format, that was first used during Spring 2024, and the new Match Play format that Carpool will use for Summer 2024 season.

Another new page has been added to explain the different methods to treat player absences: pre-plays, drop two, and the hybrid format that combines both. The former Complete Rules page has been modified to become the Organization and Competition Rules that provide organizational information and rules of play that cover all leagues.

All of these updated and new pages can be found via the Players Guide & Rules menu.

For the remainder of the 2024 season, the league dues have been reduced to $30 per season. Players that played (and paid dues) in Spring 2024 will receive a $10 credit towards their next FSPA season. This means if you played in Spring, and are playing in a Summer league, your league dues are only $20. This only applies to one future league season, so if you play two summer leagues, one will cost $20 and the other $30.