Tag: lightning flippers
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Lightning Flippers Recap for 9/26/2026
September 26 was our third Lightning Flippers women’s league meet for the season. It was also Joseph’s birthday and he graciously postponed his birthday celebration until the next day in order to provide administrative assistance with the league. We drove the four hours to Indiana Beach the next day to celebrate his birthday and have…
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Lightning Flippers Recap for 9/12/26
Our second of six sessions for the Lansing Lightning Flippers women’s league happened drew nine players, resulting in a neat division into three-player groups. Abby, Sarah, and Mackenzie joined for the first time this season, but Dana and Stephanie were both out of town and we also missed Christy, Lexi, and Marnie. The Swiss pairings…
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Lightning Flippers Recap for 8/22/26
The Lansing Lightning Flippers women’s pinball league started its second season on August 22 with a good turnout of 11 players! We had two new players, Elke and Jamie. Elke has previously played tournaments in Ann Arbor, but Jamie is new to the competitive pinball scene and decided to try it out after she saw…
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Lansing Lightning Flippers Recap 4/24/26
April 24 was another exciting meet for the Lansing Lightning Flippers women’s league. We had a high turnout of 12 players, which made for a tidy three groups of four. In addition to most of our usual players, we had a new player, Danielle – a friend of Lexi, I believe. Danielle did quite well…
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Lansing Lightning Flippers Recap 4/11/26
The last Lightning Flippers meet was our fourth, which also means we were starting the second half of the season. We had seven attend which means we were missing a few members, but we were graced by the return of Linda, Sarah, and Mackenzie after their absence last time. We were split into the top…
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Lansing Lightning Flippers Recap 3/28/26
We finished up the front half of Season 1 on March 28 with, unfortunately, a much smaller turnout than the previous meet. Linda was living it up on the JoCo Cruise, Mackenzie and Sarah were in California, and we were also missing new players Beatrice and Jen. The up side is that with eight players…
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Lightning Flippers Recap 3/10/26
After a promising start to the season, our second meeting upped the ante even further with a record turnout of 14 members. Our newest joiners were Mackenzie’s friend Jen and Lexi’s kids, Marnie and Beatrice. This was Jen’s first pinball competition but she came in second for the night. Congrats! But that means she is…
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Lightning Flippers Recap 2/28/25
My longtime dream was finally realized: Lansing now has a true women’s league! We previously held monthly women’s tournaments under the Lansing Lightning Flippers name, but they have now been transformed into a semi-monthly league. The league uses match-play scoring instead of best-game scoring (like the open league uses). Everyone plays five games against two…
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Lansing Lightning Flippers: a Women’s Tournament Series
I’m going to be trying something new for the Lansing scene, a women’s tournament series called the Lansing Lightning Flippers. If it is successful it may become a regular monthly tournament. It will be free, novice-friendly, and eligible for women’s ranking points with the IFPA, which can be used to qualify for the women’s state…