New paintball site in Basildon, Essex with millenium field

[defied]

So this place is being held at off - road action park. The owner of that RC track told me the Irish guy was shutting them down to build a new quad bike track. I'll pop by tonight to be nosey.

 

[Combat UK]

I have altered your thread title as it was very misleading,it now reflects what you are offering.

Not a problem Gassy thanks.

 

[Combat UK]

So this place is being held at off - road action park. The owner of that RC track told me the Irish guy was shutting them down to build a new quad bike track. I'll pop by tonight to be nosey.

Yes that right at the off- road action park. That was the original idea of what the RC track was going to be transformed into as the RC track wasnt doing very well.

construction of the site will begin on the 9th of august. Once the site is built we willl put pictures up to show exactly what we have done.

If anyone wants confirmation of the building of the site you can ring the action park on 01268 725221 to find out more.

 

[Combat UK]

Combat UK, well, it all sounds fine and dandy i n terms of what you have writtenand I really do hope you live up to your claimed aspirations because at the very least, this sport needs new blood and I don't really care how we get it within reason, just as long as nobody gets fleeced or is deceived ..........

But please let me explain something Mr Combat UK, this site, is the hub of UK Paintball, this is not a boast, it is an observation and the reason I am even mentioning it is because if anybody starting up in paintball tries to fuhk over any ballers, then in a heartbeat, your company name and business will be plastered up in lights on this board and your chances of financial survival are basically zero.

Now, if you disbelieve this in any way, there was a guy on here who was running an outfit that was basically taking the pi$s out of my members at events .... he was supplying the air services; this guy was an idiot and was compromising player's safety because of a shoddily run service ... within a week, his appearances at events went to zero because he was named and shamed on these boards [and rightly so] and as a consequence, we hear of him no more.
If you are an honest man and not on some quest to dihk people over, then we need more of you and I wish you nothing but luck, especially if you are trying to create new players [albeit for your own business] ..... please be nice to your customers and these boards will be nice to you ....

Robbo,

we are not out to rob anyone. if anything we are out to help people. As having our own paintball site for the past 6 years we have had plenty of queries about a tournament site which is exactly why we have decided to do this.

Once the site is built we will post pictures up so you can see exactly what we have done.

We have posted this thread to get feedback of what people think of the idea and so that we can make it as best as it can be for you, the players.

If you have any more questions about it all ring us on 01268 725600 to find out more.

 

[Robbo]

Robbo,

we are not out to rob anyone. if anything we are out to help people. As having our own paintball site for the past 6 years we have had plenty of queries about a tournament site which is exactly why we have decided to do this.

Once the site is built we will post pictures up so you can see exactly what we have done.

We have posted this thread to get feedback of what people think of the idea and so that we can make it as best as it can be for you, the players.

If you have any more questions about it all ring us on 01268 725600 to find out more.

All sounds really good, please keep us informed as to how you guys get on and hopefully you'll be a big success and generate some much-needed new blood .... good luck!

 

[Impulse raider]

New Site

I don't know about what anyone else feels, but i certainly get the feeling that some people wish this to fail before its even started..

Yes the guy made a mistake with a misleading title, but from what i have read it seems near on everyone who has posted has been annoyed by a new site..

As most of us know value for money is a must and i for one with two teams look for a site that offers a safe enviroment and has the players best interest at heart..

As i see it at present we have two sites in the whole of the uk that offer this, and to me this is by far not enough...

I understand some of the concerns but hey, why not give these guys chance to prove what they are offering before anyone makes judgement..

As they say the proof is in the pudding, so lets watch this space and see what develops..

All i will add is that i hope that you make sure that you ensure all players that attend for event's are holding UKSPF Cards..

What you do for private functions is upto you, but as a tourney player i would want to see this enforced...

Anyway thats my 2cents worth...

 

[defied]

Now that i know the location of this "New" training site i can back up some of their promises.

http://www.offroadactionpark.co.uk/
Google map
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=off%20road%20action%20park&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

astro turf ground - still got life left in it, but moving it will be difficult due to it being laid many years ago. Does have a drainage problem though

overhead viewing box - two cargo containers on top of each other (surprisingly good) see pictures

hard standing car parking - Mixture of hard packed hardcore, gravel and small cemented areas

hard standing staging area - Mixture of hard packed hardcore, gravel and small cemented areas

free paintball gun hire - unsure if free but infernos are already at this site, used for kids on a target range.

toilet and wash facilities - already on site (not porta-loos) used by all customers.

flood lighting - low power flood lighting was used for rc track

on site cafe - good food but at a price

pictures of site when it was still a RC track

toilet and wash facilities

 

[Robbo]

I don't know about what anyone else feels, but i certainly get the feeling that some people wish this to fail before its even started..

Yes the guy made a mistake with a misleading title, but from what i have read it seems near on everyone who has posted has been annoyed by a new site..

As most of us know value for money is a must and i for one with two teams look for a site that offers a safe enviroment and has the players best interest at heart..

As i see it at present we have two sites in the whole of the uk that offer this, and to me this is by far not enough...

I understand some of the concerns but hey, why not give these guys chance to prove what they are offering before anyone makes judgement..

As they say the proof is in the pudding, so lets watch this space and see what develops..

All i will add is that i hope that you make sure that you ensure all players that attend for event's are holding UKSPF Cards..

What you do for private functions is upto you, but as a tourney player i would want to see this enforced...

Anyway thats my 2cents worth...

I think the reaction to them that you maybe sense as somewhat negative was mainly because first impressions always seem to make a big impression; with that in mind, they came in posting across multi-forums, which of course is against the rules and had all but one of their promotional posts deleted for breaking the rules .....

They also slightly indulged themselves in what could be viewed by many as ambiguous promo language in that there was more than a hint of association with the Millennium thereby giving them some sort of credibility ... there was no such link, and unintentional as it may be, I think for the benefit of our member base, we had to make sure of what was going on ...

All that aside, I am more than willing to maintain an open mind about them and see what pudding they come up with but I would ask you to forgive any negative reaction on our part mainly due to the way they came crashing into the place whilst breaking the rules and posting ambiguous, and slighty misleading information.

We just wanna make sure, that's all ... nothing more, nothing less, and if that comes across as somewhat heavy-handed, then I'm afraid that's the risk we take when trying to protect our member base.

 

[Madcowman]

Robbo, you've played at a site or two in your life - why not pop down and let the board know what its like ? It would be as honest as opinions get - dont tell them when you are going to go ( and turn up in disguise , like "The Stig" of paintball )

 

[dextrus]

Now that i know the location of this "New" training site i can back up some of their promises.

http://www.offroadactionpark.co.uk/
Google map
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&q=off%20road%20action%20park&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

astro turf ground - still got life left in it, but moving it will be difficult due to it being laid many years ago. Does have a drainage problem though

overhead viewing box - two cargo containers on top of each other (surprisingly good) see pictures

hard standing car parking - Mixture of hard packed hardcore, gravel and small cemented areas

hard standing staging area - Mixture of hard packed hardcore, gravel and small cemented areas

free paintball gun hire - unsure if free but infernos are already at this site, used for kids on a target range.

toilet and wash facilities - already on site (not porta-loos) used by all customers.

flood lighting - low power flood lighting was used for rc track

on site cafe - good food but at a price

pictures of site when it was still a RC track

toilet and wash facilities

Thanks guys you have cleared up alot of my in head questions

Dex

Will come down whenn it has fully started up