Bully, is there anything..........

[Mario]

that we as a whole can do to help the efforts of getting paintball recognised as a sport?!?! i'm talking about things such as writing letters to MP's and the sports council and stuff like that?!?! i'd really like to see it classed as a sport but i've heard nothing about it for the past couple of months....how are you getting on with the bid?

 

[Bully]

Still working on it!!

Hotpoint (Jonathan Hayes) is still on the case. We are currently waiting for a reply from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport as we have gone above the Sports Councils head as they said NO again!!!! and again!!!!

Awaiting a letter from DCMS

Steve

 

[Mario]

why have they said no?!?!? does it no have time limits, judges, tactics, competitions etc which would class it as a sport?
what was the lame excuse the goverment gave you?!?!?

 

[Mak D - Nexus Eclipse]

Bully would it help if everyone all wrote letters to MP's etc??

Mak D

 

[Hotpoint]

Originally posted by Mario
why have they said no?!?!? does it no have time limits, judges, tactics, competitions etc which would class it as a sport?
what was the lame excuse the goverment gave you?!?!?

To quote UK Sport the reason is because:

"The recognition of Paintball would not be a priority in helping the Sports Councils achieve their strategic objectives"

I'm currently writing up the whole sorry saga of Hotpoint Vs The Sports Councils which makes for an amusing read. I gave a presentation on the subject at the UKPSF Conference earlier this month and was requested to put it into print

As Bully has said we are currently awaiting a reply from the DCMS or more specifically the Minister of Sport. We'll keep you posted

 

[Mario]

cheers for the update

 

[Recoil]

Any news on that sky TV thing I sent you?