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			1	2	3 Star Spangled Sprint to the Target Star Spangled Sprint to the Target Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 3, 2026 - 11:00 PM Location: Lower Level Arcade Description: This will be a Target MatchPlay. Target is 24 points. Players will compete in 4 or 3 player groups with (4/2/1/0) scoring. Player pairing is Swiss. No finals. First 4 to players reach target win. Tiebreakers will happen only if needed for Top 4. Please register ahead of tournament so we have approximate number of players. https://app.matchplay.events/tournaments/251195 More details... •	4 Super Saturday Showdown Super Saturday Showdown Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: July 4, 2026 - 6:00 PM Location: EinStein's Katy, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: SCPL presents: The Super Saturdays Showdown Explore pinball around Space City on the first Saturday of the month! Space City Pinball will host WPPRtunity tournaments at various venues around town with space for large groups. Each event will consist of 8 rounds of group matchplay that will be used to accumulate series points. Rounds will use IFPA scoring (7/5/3/1). Finals formats may vary depending upon the location. Our 2026 series will begin in February with ten opportunities to play to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Space City Pinball! The top 7 events will count towards the series ranking for division awards in December: February 7 – Gandalf’s Arcade, a private collection March 7 – Eureka Heights April 4 – EinStein’s Pub & Arcade in Richmond May 2 – Gandalf’s Arcade, a private collection June 6 – The Game Preserve NASA July 4 – EinStein’s Pub in Katy (21+) August 1 – The Game Preserve NASA September 5– EinStein’s Pub & Arcade in Richmond October 3 – Eureka Heights December 5 – UpKick Pinball, a private collection More details... •
5	6	7 Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 7, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Every Tuesday starting around 4:30 PM (as soon as a tournament director arrives), we'll kick off a weekly high-score game that runs until the end of the match play tournament that night. Then at 6:30 PM, our 6-week match play league gets underway. Each week features two rounds of four-game match play qualifying. Players earn points each week, and the top point leaders after 6 weeks will advance to the playoff during Week 7. You don’t have to participate every single week to join in. While points accumulate over the 6 weeks, we'll still be celebrating weekly Highscore,1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners every Tuesday night. Fee: $10 Entry to TGP NASA, $1 IFPA Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 7, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2026 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2026 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 7, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Katy, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2026 Instructor: Space City Pinball League Course Curriculum: The PhysXXX curriculum includes interactions of matter and energy, velocity, accelerations, force, and momentum. Space Cadets will test their skills to manipulate physical matter using electricity and mechanical engineering constructs. Course Instructions: SCPL Cadets will assembly in small study groups of 3-4. Each group will attempt to outperform their group peers in a test of skill on one of the specialized electromechanical PhysXXX simulators available. SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session. The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend. On the last scheduled date of class after qualifying rounds a class finals will held. The top 4 qualifying SCPL Cadets will compete in a PAPA style finals. Material's List: $1 for IFPA fees & coin-drop Prerequisite: age 21+, familiarity with concepts such as "fun" and "a good time" Electronic Devices: Students should be able to access http://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. More details... • • •	8	9	10 Eureka Heights Friday Tournament Eureka Heights Friday Tournament Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 10, 2026 - 9:30 PM Location: 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: Five rounds of group matchplay (7/5/3/1). Top 8 finals. More details... •	11 Belles & Chimes Womens Monthly Belles & Chimes Womens Monthly Starts: 3:00 PM Ends: July 11, 2026 - 7:00 PM Location: Eureka Heights Brew Co, 941 W 18th St, Houston, TX 77008, USA Description: Join Belles & Chimes Houston at our monthly women's only pinball tournament! This month we will be at the Eureka Heights Brewery. We welcome women of all ages and skills. If you've never played pinball before, don't worry. We are a fun and welcoming group! All ladies will play 10 games in this matchplay tournament, and the top players will compete in a PAPA finals round of 3 games. This is an IFPA event, and all players will earn WPPR points towards their women's ranking. The tournament is $1 plus coin drop. Practice at 2pm. Tournament at 3pm. Please review the Belles etiquette expectations listed on our website as they vary from the open Space City tournaments. https://www.spacecitypinball.com/bellesandchimes/ Details about our league and tournament rules can also be found on our website. Space City Pinball hosts tournaments throughout the Houston area. Check out the SCPL website calendar to find out what events fit your schedule. We'd love to have you join us at an upcoming open or women's tournament soon. More details... •
12 EinStein's Drainiacs EinStein's Drainiacs Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: July 12, 2026 - 6:00 PM Location: 873 S Mason Rd, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: 4 Strikes Knockout 21+ More details... •	13	14 Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 14, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Every Tuesday starting around 4:30 PM (as soon as a tournament director arrives), we'll kick off a weekly high-score game that runs until the end of the match play tournament that night. Then at 6:30 PM, our 6-week match play league gets underway. Each week features two rounds of four-game match play qualifying. Players earn points each week, and the top point leaders after 6 weeks will advance to the playoff during Week 7. You don’t have to participate every single week to join in. While points accumulate over the 6 weeks, we'll still be celebrating weekly Highscore,1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners every Tuesday night. Fee: $10 Entry to TGP NASA, $1 IFPA Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 14, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2026 FINALS EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2026 FINALS Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 14, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Katy, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q1 2026 PLUS FINALS Instructor: Space City Pinball League Course Curriculum: The PhysXXX curriculum includes interactions of matter and energy, velocity, accelerations, force, and momentum. Space Cadets will test their skills to manipulate physical matter using electricity and mechanical engineering constructs. Course Instructions: SCPL Cadets will assembly in small study groups of 3-4. Each group will attempt to outperform their group peers in a test of skill on one of the specialized electromechanical PhysXXX simulators available. SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session. The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend. On the last scheduled date of class after qualifying rounds a class finals will held. The top 4 qualifying SCPL Cadets will compete in a PAPA style finals. Material's List: $1 for IFPA fees & coin-drop Prerequisite: age 21+, familiarity with concepts such as "fun" and "a good time" Electronic Devices: Students should be able to access http://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. More details... • • •	15	16	17	18
19 Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Starts: 1:30 PM Ends: July 19, 2026 - 5:30 PM Location: Little Dipper Bar, 304 Main St, Houston, TX 77002, USA Description: Space City Pinball: Meteor Strikes at the Little Dipper Three Strike Tournament 3rd Sunday of the Month 1:30 pm (Doors open at 1pm) 21+ Coin drop. Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a strike. Players who receive four strikes are eliminated from the next round. More details... •	20	21 Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 21, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Every Tuesday starting around 4:30 PM (as soon as a tournament director arrives), we'll kick off a weekly high-score game that runs until the end of the match play tournament that night. Then at 6:30 PM, our 6-week match play league gets underway. Each week features two rounds of four-game match play qualifying. Players earn points each week, and the top point leaders after 6 weeks will advance to the playoff during Week 7. You don’t have to participate every single week to join in. While points accumulate over the 6 weeks, we'll still be celebrating weekly Highscore,1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners every Tuesday night. Fee: $10 Entry to TGP NASA, $1 IFPA Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 21, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2026 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2026 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 21, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Katy, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2026 Instructor: Space City Pinball League Course Curriculum: The PhysXXX curriculum includes interactions of matter and energy, velocity, accelerations, force, and momentum. Space Cadets will test their skills to manipulate physical matter using electricity and mechanical engineering constructs. Course Instructions: SCPL Cadets will assembly in small study groups of 3-4. Each group will attempt to outperform their group peers in a test of skill on one of the specialized electromechanical PhysXXX simulators available. SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session. The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend. On the last scheduled date of class after qualifying rounds a class finals will held. The top 4 qualifying SCPL Cadets will compete in a PAPA style finals. Material's List: $1 for IFPA fees & coin-drop Prerequisite: age 21+, familiarity with concepts such as "fun" and "a good time" Electronic Devices: Students should be able to access http://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. More details... • • •	22	23	24	25 Jimburgh 2026 Jimburgh 2026 Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: July 25, 2026 - 9:00 PM Description: Preregistration required. Starting 5/30/2026 @ 11:00 AM. Player capacity of 32. Waitlist will be maintained. Please advise asap of any cancellations. Registration link: https://forms.gle/gLW9kmZjwvthddci9 Private residence confirmations will include address. Email spacecitypinball@gmail.com for questions. Practice starts at noon, tournament at 1pm. Players will play four rounds of pinball. Each round consists of 4 games in a bank designed to be from different eras. 3,2,1,0 scoring. PAPA Style Finals for top 8 players. More details... •
26 EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² EinStein's=MatchplayCompetition² Starts: 1:00 PM Ends: July 26, 2026 - 7:00 PM Location: 16733 W Airport Blvd #290 Richmond, TX 77407 Description: 7 rounds of matchplay qualifying. PAPA finals for top 8. 1 PM start. All ages welcome. $1 + coin drop. More details... •	27	28 Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Space City Pinball: TGP NASA Interstellar Training Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 28, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve NASA, 20810 Gulf Fwy Suite Z, Webster, TX 77598, USA Description: Every Tuesday starting around 4:30 PM (as soon as a tournament director arrives), we'll kick off a weekly high-score game that runs until the end of the match play tournament that night. Then at 6:30 PM, our 6-week match play league gets underway. Each week features two rounds of four-game match play qualifying. Players earn points each week, and the top point leaders after 6 weeks will advance to the playoff during Week 7. You don’t have to participate every single week to join in. While points accumulate over the 6 weeks, we'll still be celebrating weekly Highscore,1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners every Tuesday night. Fee: $10 Entry to TGP NASA, $1 IFPA Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Space City Pinball: Three Strike Tuesday Starts: 6:30 PM Ends: July 28, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: The Game Preserve, 473 Sawdust Rd, Spring, TX 77380, USA Description: Players are placed in groups of 3-4 and play on a random machine. The bottom two players (bottom player in three player groups) of each game receive a “strike”. Players who receive three strikes are eliminated. event Organizer: Space City Pinball (Website) More details... EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2026 EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2026 Starts: 7:00 PM Ends: July 28, 2026 - 10:00 PM Location: EinStein's Katy, 873 S Mason Rd #360, Katy, TX 77450, USA Description: EinStein's PhysXXX Syllabus - Summer Semester Q2 2026 Instructor: Space City Pinball League Course Curriculum: The PhysXXX curriculum includes interactions of matter and energy, velocity, accelerations, force, and momentum. Space Cadets will test their skills to manipulate physical matter using electricity and mechanical engineering constructs. Course Instructions: SCPL Cadets will assembly in small study groups of 3-4. Each group will attempt to outperform their group peers in a test of skill on one of the specialized electromechanical PhysXXX simulators available. SCPL Cadets will perform 3 rounds of 2 games each class session. The series will be 6 weeks long with a minimum attendance of 4 weeks. Cadets desiring to audit for less than 4 weeks are welcome to attend. On the last scheduled date of class after qualifying rounds a class finals will held. The top 4 qualifying SCPL Cadets will compete in a PAPA style finals. Material's List: $1 for IFPA fees & coin-drop Prerequisite: age 21+, familiarity with concepts such as "fun" and "a good time" Electronic Devices: Students should be able to access http://app.matchplay.events/ on a personal electronic device. More details... • • •	29	30	31