General Trends in Women's Tournaments at Major Pinball Events

Babes in Pinland in Seattle had record-breaking attendance last night for the NWPAS satellite! 54 women competing for 8 full show+tournament packages for the Tacoma event in mid-June. The previous attendance record was 39 for the Dec 2017 holiday party tourney. We play a 3X knockout every first Thursday.

Babes average # of players:
2014: 13
2015: 14
2016: 16
2017: 25
2018 (so far): 35

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Good stuff. Meanwhile, over in Iran…

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There’s a really good Iranian movie about this called Offside. Highly recommend it.

Here are some stats on women attendance from NWPAS held this past June:

Northwest Women’s Pinball Championship at NWPAS: 79 players. 41% size of the main tournament.
Open Match Play: 194 Players, 40 women (20.6%).
Classic Pingolf: 162 Players, 33 women (20.3%)
Rookie/Amateur Match Play: 57 Players, 18 women (30.5%)

Full results are online at http://nwpas.wapinball.net/live/results.htm

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Here are some stats on women attendance in the Seattle Monday Night Pinball team league, Spring 2018:

340 Players participated during the season:
240 as Roster Players, 55 Women (22.9%)
100 Subs, 20 Women (20.0%)

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