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Ion man today :)
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Glad to hear it was such a successful event in all respects
Its good to see the woodland tournament scene in revival
Its good to see the woodland tournament scene in revival
An excellent Day, site was great, marshalling was spot on and the atmosphere was as a woodland tournament should be.
Hopefully get a few more teams in for the next one and make Ionman even better.
Certainly wouldnt have put us in the top 2 at the begining of the day, especially since we had a few newish players but we played well and picked up the points. Well done to Manc Lions who won and fat bobs who came a very close 3rd.
Hopefully get a few more teams in for the next one and make Ionman even better.
Certainly wouldnt have put us in the top 2 at the begining of the day, especially since we had a few newish players but we played well and picked up the points. Well done to Manc Lions who won and fat bobs who came a very close 3rd.
I enjoyed it tremendously three of the four fields played great and the other (Field 1)I just couldn't work out how to do it in the alloted time but all in all a good days paintballing.
But with regards to the prize money, not sure if it is the right thing to do but I am at a loss to recommend anything else that will get the teams in, I like the idea of the winning team to be rewarded somewhat entry fee and a couple of hundred quid to cover other expense's is all that should be paid out. I don't want to get teams in for a quick cash grab never to support the site or indeed the format again.
The organiser was as good as his word with the prizes something I never doubted but I am told others did so two fingers to them from him I think.
The marshaling was good enough for the players there (honesty helps you see) but if a influx of teams come in to try and take the cash they may need a little help.
Because the schedule was resorted on the day the organisational side was a little bit lacking but lets be honest Universal Paintball is on a learning curve and I doubt that will happen again.
Lessons have been learnt and anything that did not come up to scratch will be addressed and rectified before the next event.
Because of the lack of complete novice teams in the event they played with everyone else and that caused some problems especially as they used their rules in our games in that they could not be eliminated with head or gun shots! we could they couldn't
I know what you are thinking but nobody ended up with ten shots to the head or anything and that will be changed for next time.
As for the site itself well it's as good as any other and has passed UKPSF inspection and if you played there as a customer you would get to use a Ion with powered hopper (must cost them a fortune in batteries) and if you are novice you could rent the set-up for a fiver for the event and the team that won the novice division collected five brand new ions - how cools that.
This is an event that people should try and support, this along with Bully's genesis series (and others) is trying to restart paintball from the grass roots level and if we want paintball to grow believe me all the sup-air events in the world will not bring as many paintballers into the sports side than this type of event will.
Russ
But with regards to the prize money, not sure if it is the right thing to do but I am at a loss to recommend anything else that will get the teams in, I like the idea of the winning team to be rewarded somewhat entry fee and a couple of hundred quid to cover other expense's is all that should be paid out. I don't want to get teams in for a quick cash grab never to support the site or indeed the format again.
The organiser was as good as his word with the prizes something I never doubted but I am told others did so two fingers to them from him I think.
The marshaling was good enough for the players there (honesty helps you see) but if a influx of teams come in to try and take the cash they may need a little help.
Because the schedule was resorted on the day the organisational side was a little bit lacking but lets be honest Universal Paintball is on a learning curve and I doubt that will happen again.
Lessons have been learnt and anything that did not come up to scratch will be addressed and rectified before the next event.
Because of the lack of complete novice teams in the event they played with everyone else and that caused some problems especially as they used their rules in our games in that they could not be eliminated with head or gun shots! we could they couldn't
I know what you are thinking but nobody ended up with ten shots to the head or anything and that will be changed for next time.
As for the site itself well it's as good as any other and has passed UKPSF inspection and if you played there as a customer you would get to use a Ion with powered hopper (must cost them a fortune in batteries) and if you are novice you could rent the set-up for a fiver for the event and the team that won the novice division collected five brand new ions - how cools that.
This is an event that people should try and support, this along with Bully's genesis series (and others) is trying to restart paintball from the grass roots level and if we want paintball to grow believe me all the sup-air events in the world will not bring as many paintballers into the sports side than this type of event will.
Russ
Damn right.
We'll have at least two squads at the next one.
Regardless of anything else.... I played nine games of paintball and the day cost me £65 including paint. With quality marshalling and a good site layout.
We loved field one, get some carpet down in that hut and we are sorted
Anyone from up north interested in joining us? We'll enter as many squads as we get the bodies for. Get in touch and we'll have some practice.
We'll have at least two squads at the next one.
Regardless of anything else.... I played nine games of paintball and the day cost me £65 including paint. With quality marshalling and a good site layout.
We loved field one, get some carpet down in that hut and we are sorted
Anyone from up north interested in joining us? We'll enter as many squads as we get the bodies for. Get in touch and we'll have some practice.
I had a brilliant day, (helped that our team came in second like hehe)
And a big thankyou simply isnt enough for the guys who put all the effort in to make the day so good.
From what i heard at, and after the event, the only gripes seem to be that the novice teams were in with us, and the amount of marshalls present.
But What else could have been done really? it was the sites first major event and most people were a bit dubeous that it was for real, and therefore didnt book/turn up, so chris had to guess how many marshalls he would need, its not like hes had past events there of that scale to use as a guage is it?
with only 2 novice teams, them playing a tournement between themselves would have proved for quite a boring day for them aswell....
But putting them in with a bunch of experienced players without any kind of help would be just plain unfair, not to mention unsportsmanly.
Overall though, most of the comments have been positive, which is the main thing, and hopefully there will be many more people there next time as it will be a brilliant day, just like this one was.
Again, thank you to the people who organised it/backed it/worked it.
And to the people who played it aswell.
See you all at the next one
hehe) And a big thankyou simply isnt enough for the guys who put all the effort in to make the day so good.
From what i heard at, and after the event, the only gripes seem to be that the novice teams were in with us, and the amount of marshalls present.
But What else could have been done really? it was the sites first major event and most people were a bit dubeous that it was for real, and therefore didnt book/turn up, so chris had to guess how many marshalls he would need, its not like hes had past events there of that scale to use as a guage is it?
with only 2 novice teams, them playing a tournement between themselves would have proved for quite a boring day for them aswell....
But putting them in with a bunch of experienced players without any kind of help would be just plain unfair, not to mention unsportsmanly.
Overall though, most of the comments have been positive, which is the main thing, and hopefully there will be many more people there next time as it will be a brilliant day, just like this one was.
Again, thank you to the people who organised it/backed it/worked it.
And to the people who played it aswell.
See you all at the next one