University Tournament

[Stan]

How much damage can you do?

I'm sure that a University would not mind in the slightest if they were to benefit financially £$£$ I know that my old University would do just about anything to get it's hands on some readies...

If the tournament was run at the right time (summer holidays) when the majority of conferences are held there would be limited damage to the turf which could be repaired in time for the start of the next term.

Holding a Uni tournament at the start of the Summer holidays would also make sense as the majority of hard working students will have finished their exams and will want to let their long straggly hair down.

I also don't think that you can look too big for the first tournament. - If you are looking to get experienced tournament playing teams to this event i think that you will be disappointed. The only university teams that i have even heard of are the Leopards and the DUPS. I feel that you will get a better response by advertising it to all students who can "come and have a go with their mates" - ie you'll be running a glorified punter day. After sticking at this for a couple of years, you then might get a serious tournament but i think that you'll have to get more Universities to have teams first!

3750 students playing paintball - now there's a market to capture. But then, what do i know.

Stan

 

[Stan]

Alex

Having re-read my first post and your last one, i can see that you thought i was being negative - i could have phrased it better! I meant by 3750 players that this was a good thing and that organising a tournament for that number of people would do wonders for the sport.

Note to any large paintball orientated companies out there - if you could provide a paintball tournament for a large number of students (who in theory should then go out and get highly paid jobs (unlike me)) you could easily boost the number of rich English people playing paintball!!!

ps - i'm not saying you have to go to uni to get a highly paid job. I did and i'm skint.

 

[John C]

Just to see how much interest there is how many clubs are going to be there (containing people who post on this forum)

Salford will be putting a team in. Me and Dan from SAD will be playing, both of us played am level at campaign...
The rest of our team will be made up of salford students who havent played tourneys yet.......

PS What is everyones opinion on Universities merging if there isnt enough players???

 

[nipper]

hey flash (bugout)

i think ive played against your team on a few occassions over the years they were known as the leopards wernt they?

if they are the same team i doubt you will get much time to shoot scummers at all

if so i recone i could get a few players together to take you on give you a bit of a hammering, i hope

do you know of a site around us that would give us decent walk on rates so we could get the ball rolling

let me know here

 

[Damian]

G'day boys,

I hail from Bristol at the university of the west of england and i have been running a freindly day out once a month for about 30 people, i got an email last year from some bloke in team rocket talking about an inter uni tourney. Since its failed to come about does any one want to meet up for a friendly paintfest in the first week of December?

If so paste it here, we usually go round bristol or Exeter

 

[Acidd_UK]

Hi guys, I'm social secretary of the York Uni Paintball Soc. Our almighty club prsident has already spoken to Dan about us entering, so chalk up another one

Tom

 

[Tony - Stupid Troopers]

almighty club president!!?!?!? you mean Spud of Troopers fame!

i might be able to sort out an all girls team from Newcastle uni, there's plans afoot......

 

[Alex Hicks.]

Damian it's not failed to come about it's just things take time to organise and it will most likely be this summer after exams however friendlys are always a good idea. How about getting together some tourney size teams (format of inter uni will be 5 or 7 man and so are most others in the country) from Bristol, Bath, Exeter and UWE and have some form of practise to introduce players to tourney play. Bath are keen to get a team together and it would be great to have some other uni teams to practise against.

Alex

 

[Acidd_UK]

Tony - If you mean 'Shocker Mark' then no - hes on a gap year working somewhere, it's a guy called Sam Dudin now.

Tom

Cant wait till tomorrow when I can test my new marker! Sweet!

 

[Kieran - Thunder]

Alex... like your suggestion of getting some tourney size teams together to introduce people to tourney stlye play, im sure i could get enough people together from Exeter really easily

Kieran