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Joshua Henderson an up and coming junior pinball wizard from Plainfield, Illinois finished third in this year PAPA tournament held during the week of August 14, 2008 near Pittsburg, PA. Joshua Henderson at age 10, beat Ethan Blonder in the semi-finals play only to lose to Ethan in the finals. Players in the Juniors Division must be no older than 16 years of age, as of the last day of the tournament. After three hours of competitive play, Joshua won a third place award, some cash and a place in the history books at age 10. Joshua has five more years to win this most highly sought after title "Junior World Pinball Champion".[1] During the week of August 15, 2009, Joshua Henderson won second place in the the Junior Pinball Division division at age 11.   Joshua is ranked as a top 100 pinball player in the world as of November 1, 2009, his ranking in the US is 26 and 72 in the world at age 12. Joshua as of May 2010 was ranked 51st in the world after placing 8th in his first IFPA tournament at age 12.

At PAPA 13, August 12-August 15, 2010, at age 12 years old, Joshua Henderson entered both the Junior Division and Class B. He qualified for both tournaments and in the class B division had enought points with one only two of the five machine score entries. Joshua competeted simutaneously between the two divisions running from one ball play to another. Joshua finished PAPA 13 with a second place in Juniors earning him $250 and $50 for being the top qualifier and First Place as a World Pinball Player Class B and earned a 68 pound trophy, and $3,500 first place, making Joshua the YOUNGEST class B world Pinball Champion in PAPA history.

As of November 1, 2010 Joshua Henderson has reached a pinball milestone being ranked as a top 50th ranked pinball player in the world and ranked top 25 in the United States of America at age 13 years old. I want to go to Sweden next year if I am IFPA eligible.


As of May 1, 2011 Joshua has reach another milestone at age 13 years old as being ranked 32th in the world and 14th in the united states. I didi not go to Sweden this year cause I had School, but I am concentrating on qualifying for PAPA Division A this year along with competing in the Juniors. See you at PAPA


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