Bullswood Novice Young Gun

[Dan Chase]

Hope you all enjoyed the tourney on Sunday.

Just a couple of comments:

Judges and goggles: My apologies for the apparent lack of safety here. It was pointed out to me early on during the day by Snatch that there were concerns, to which I checked with all the fields as to the situation. The rain and general damp conditions were the excuse but rest assured bollokings were issued. The situation did improve, but certainly needs more attention.

Chrono Procedure: A lot has been discussed over the lowering of limit etc. and we decided to strictly enforce the 300 limit and to chrono all players before going on the field and the use of on field chronying. With no one allowed on field with gun which put a single shot over 300 all the chrono judges reported players to be running their guns well within the limit, usually around the 270 - 280 mark. This was certainly the case with the on field chrony, with most players running their guns low. A nice situation to observe.

Gold Ring: A player lost a gold ring on the Hyperball field. It has been found so just give me your details and I can send it.

Dan Chase
Ultimate

 

[Mark Toye-Nexus]

Goggles

It is nice to see that Snatch were so concerned about refs safety.

I understand that the major issue was the chrono judges - accepted.

I would say that no player should have his barrel un-bunged until instructed to do so (as was the case on the Hyperball field) so Snatch and all the teams should be ensuring everyones safety and keeping the guns safe.

The judges on all fields reffed untold rounds and had goggles on for hours at a time. To lift goggles between rounds brings blessed relief.

Players should make that possible by being more aware and conscious of those around them.

Just my opinion as a lowly ref.

Mark

 

[dannyp16uk]

rushers?

hey mark that name rushers rings a bell,would you be from the team rushers?,and if so that team was on mission paintball werent they?

 

[-Pikachu-]

you hit the nail on the head there danny
Yep, Rushers that were on Mission Paintball

 

[Mark Toye-Nexus]

Yep

That was us Danny - we came second to the Babzai Bandits in Mission Paintball

It was great fun to do - hope you enjoyed watching it!!!

Mark

 

[dannyp16uk]

cool

hey mark thats wicked m8,i dont think i saw you on it wree you the one with long hair?,cos the only person i saw speaking was a bloke called pete from the rushers team,i cant remember which one you were.did you do the snapshooting?.anyway you played damn good there but towards the end you lost out,unlucky m8,you just lost a few on the break thats all.

 

[Mark Toye-Nexus]

Thanks

In the second game I was the one who broke to the JT in the middle - lots of close ups of me - liked that. I then took Ledz out from there - he tried to snap shoot me out - fool bwah hah hah

See y'all

Off to book my flight to Mardi Gras!!

Mark

 

[dannyp16uk]

yeah

cool i know which one you were now,you got really p*ssed when the big(dont like to say fat in case he is looking) guy got ya from the JT thing in the middle unlucky though

 

[james adkin]

Mark

Mark and the marshells,

Just writting to say you guys were great allthough i only played to games the marshelling was great and fair. I will have to turn the eye on, on Kenny's gun next time to enable me to play a part in the game. But otherwise i had a good time, sorry to Daz (i think thats) his name for lighting him up on the hyperfield.

Big congrats to Dan, Clair and the organisers from what i heard at the end it was a much enjoyed tourny.

And well done to the guys i played with Bad Karma i think ur name was, remember 1 win is better than none, only hope i could have helped u guys out in the game i played for u lot but a certain back player (ED) wasentv paying attention

Well big thumbs up

look forward to the next one.

Jamie

 

[twinkle toes]

Marshals with goggles off.

Having read some of the postings in this and other threads below , I thought I'd just add my 2 pence worth.

Firstly , I think most of you are talking about the guys on the Hyperball field ( Rushers ). These guys are very experienced players and marshals. I agree that it is dangerus to take your goggles off in an area where guns are allowed , ( you are taking risks you dont need to take ) , but give these guys a bit af credit. They aren't MORONS. They made sure guns were safe before they came on field ( after Chorno ) and they stayed behind the dividing netting to avoid shots from other fields , so even though they took risks , they made these risks minimal on the day.

Second , If any of you out there have marshalled a tourny like this one , you would realise how nasty it is wearing your goggles constantly for 8 hours. You do something like 30 games straight without a bye , its not nice. For those of you who have not marshalled , try going to work for a day , and wear your goggles the whole time. I bet they come off before an hour is up!!

The solution to the problem is very easy and simple. Just hang a legth of netting around half a dozen trees to form a small safe area next to the field were marshals and unarmed players can stand. However even this has a risk of a ball coming through it. Just like in any safe area around the country. Nowere is totally safe , especially when people dry fire thier guns in the ' safe ' area.

Just my feelings on the subject.

By the way , well done Dan and all the marshalls. But can you book some dry weather for next time , My 4x4 ditched after pulling so many people off the field. Oh well , it all washes off. Hope you enjoyed the ouzo we left. See You Soon.