John Breen was a lifelong pinball player, a resident of Waynesboro, a member of Dominion Pinball League and regular at Decades Arcade. He found out in January 2021 that he had terminal cancer. In his last few months, John contacted Arcade Manager Lindsey and Dominion Pinball League Director Dan, asking us to keep his name alive with a charity pinball tournament. We were honored to do so.

THE CHARITIES:
https://projectpinball.org
Project Pinball's mission is to place pinball machines in children's hospitals and Ronald McDonald Houses across the nation, to introduce the therapeutic benefit of play to those in treatment (and their families). To date they have placed 58 pinball machines in 25 different states. https://rmhcharlottesville.org/

The Ronald McDonald House of Charlottesville provides affordable housing, community resources & meals for families of children undergoing treatment at the University of Virginia Health System. With stays ranging from one night to multiple months, their always-open facility offers a home-away-from-home with 19 rooms, 4 kitchens, laundry facilities and a recreational area.
Decades Arcade will be raising money to donate to Project Pinball, who will be donating a pinball machine to our local Ronald McDonald House in Charlottesville in John's memory.

John loved kids and talked about how they were much braver than him - he said had been blessed to live a full life, and his wish was to help them face hard diagnoses and treatments via his love of pinball.

THE TOURNEY:
$20 Entry Fee, $12 of which goes directly to Project Pinball for the donated pinball machine (the other $8 covers tournament costs only)
First 50 attendees receive a T-shirt (banner photo for this event is the back T-shirt design).
Doors @4pm, Tournament @4:30pm sharp. If Public Hours 1:30-4pm are not at max capacity, early admittance will be allowed.
Format is MatchPlay Progressive 9-Strike Tournament: Assigned games are played with assigned groups of three or four players. Winner gets zero strikes, 2nd place gets one strike, 3rd place gets two strikes, and 4th place gets three strikes. 9 strikes and you're out.

No extra balls can be played, standard IPFA rules & procedures apply for any problems. All EM games are set to 5-ball and all SS games are set to 3-ball (except Joker Poker and Stars). On single player games, Tilt ends game.
???? Tournament 1st place winner receives $50 Cash Prize. 2nd place receives 2 Entries to Decades Arcade.
DECADES POLICIES & DETAILS:
???? Champion Beer sold whenever Decades is open $4/can. Entry into arcade not required. Drinks allowed inside - in cupholders or on floor, not on top of games!!
???? Masks optional as of 3/12/22
???? as of 2/8/22: 80 person maximum at any time
???? Click "find tickets" to register for the Tournament. If you would like to donate but not compete, please purchase as many entry fees as you would like to be donated, and email lindsey@decadesarcade.com to indicate your purchase is donation only.
for info on the extensive measures we have taken to ensure safety: https://www.decadesarcade.com/disinfection-measures/