Tourny ball
La La La same old story year in year out !
The top players in this country have always moaned that tha only way to play for a Better team and therefore gain experience at a very high level was to travel and play in the states (Big Robbo and hammy went and played for The AAs and M.davies used to guest for the ironmen I Think) and Big Robbo was moaning about our lack of growth as a sport back in 94..(the benfit of nearly 150 pgis in a cupboard means you get a great sense of DEJA VU)
After 14 years playing as a sport we
1) Still dont have a single govening body
.....This is essential in talking to goverment ..police...and other official bodys.....ARE we still lumped together with clay pigeon shooters by the Sports council of great britain
2) No standerdised rules or procedures
.........Ramping ,No ramping,,,Velocity,,,caped limits..Penalty point or 1 4 1,,,Banable offences(Big Robbo and Simon cole Both Took VOLUNTARY bans at some time because total bans were unworkable)
3) No working together as an industry
......Both bully series and the masters used to play at a different site each month players got VARIETY now were lucky if we get to 4 or 5 a year...How can the smaller site owner who wants to get involved in tournements manage to get a foot in the door......Distributors need to work together (even in a limited respect) where medium and large competitions are concerned
4) Sponsorship and Costs
..............the cost of playing has come down in real terms(politician speak) the cost of all your starters playing kit £450 (less than a weeks AVERAGE PAY ((goverment figure)) A Lapco grey ghost (The must have marker for 91) was £400 a squegge £15 a 50 shot pot was £5 (ok now laugh)
paint 25--35 a bx less than half we used to pay (60 -100 a box)
Entry fees now 35 back in 91 it was 30 - 50 dependent if it was a bring your own...
.......sponsor ship (here we Go) teams used to be around a lot longer because it took a long time to get noticed and recieve anything and you wouldnt swop names because YOU needed to appear consistant year in year out...but then 80% of sponsor ship went to 20% of teams and this effect made teams HUNGRY for SUCCESS...not like today(where picking a name from a hat and winning a low division make players think they deserve sponsorship)
5) Public attitude
.........same old same old "paintball did that once for a stag doo good laugh not been back since......so do you snipe at people from Trees........Why dont you just join the T.A and shoot a real gun" and guess what? its still the same today as it was always...
Thats it im donr for Today
Robbo
Film quote Monty python and the holy grail
Dennis: Help! Help! I'm being repressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system! Violence inherent in the system!
La La La same old story year in year out !
The top players in this country have always moaned that tha only way to play for a Better team and therefore gain experience at a very high level was to travel and play in the states (Big Robbo and hammy went and played for The AAs and M.davies used to guest for the ironmen I Think) and Big Robbo was moaning about our lack of growth as a sport back in 94..(the benfit of nearly 150 pgis in a cupboard means you get a great sense of DEJA VU)
After 14 years playing as a sport we
1) Still dont have a single govening body
.....This is essential in talking to goverment ..police...and other official bodys.....ARE we still lumped together with clay pigeon shooters by the Sports council of great britain
2) No standerdised rules or procedures
.........Ramping ,No ramping,,,Velocity,,,caped limits..Penalty point or 1 4 1,,,Banable offences(Big Robbo and Simon cole Both Took VOLUNTARY bans at some time because total bans were unworkable)
3) No working together as an industry
......Both bully series and the masters used to play at a different site each month players got VARIETY now were lucky if we get to 4 or 5 a year...How can the smaller site owner who wants to get involved in tournements manage to get a foot in the door......Distributors need to work together (even in a limited respect) where medium and large competitions are concerned
4) Sponsorship and Costs
..............the cost of playing has come down in real terms(politician speak) the cost of all your starters playing kit £450 (less than a weeks AVERAGE PAY ((goverment figure)) A Lapco grey ghost (The must have marker for 91) was £400 a squegge £15 a 50 shot pot was £5 (ok now laugh)
paint 25--35 a bx less than half we used to pay (60 -100 a box)
Entry fees now 35 back in 91 it was 30 - 50 dependent if it was a bring your own...
.......sponsor ship (here we Go) teams used to be around a lot longer because it took a long time to get noticed and recieve anything and you wouldnt swop names because YOU needed to appear consistant year in year out...but then 80% of sponsor ship went to 20% of teams and this effect made teams HUNGRY for SUCCESS...not like today(where picking a name from a hat and winning a low division make players think they deserve sponsorship)
5) Public attitude
.........same old same old "paintball did that once for a stag doo good laugh not been back since......so do you snipe at people from Trees........Why dont you just join the T.A and shoot a real gun" and guess what? its still the same today as it was always...
Thats it im donr for Today
Robbo
Film quote Monty python and the holy grail
Dennis: Help! Help! I'm being repressed! Come see the violence inherent in the system! Violence inherent in the system!
