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paint has gone the way of the dodo bird.
I had all the ingredients at my field above
Newburgh. 130 prime wooded acres, land
bought for playing paintball. Rolling, not
cliffed, not swampy or rocky, big trees and
well placed bushes and undergrowth. It
contains what some have described and I
believe are among the best woodsball fields
in the world. I talked about the Master
Blaster as a premier paintball team who
played successfully at the highest levels, but
they were also considered the best judges in
the game. It was the Blasters under RT that
developed “Radio Zone Judging”. And I remember our employing that judging method in Sweden. By the third game on our
field, we were no longer active. Everybody
was calling themselves out when hit.
The time was ripe. I had the fields, the judges, and the feeling that players were ready
for this game.
I have a new grand daughter who I just dote So, I organized three independent bring
your own paint events under the Woodsball
over. Life is good.
World Cup tournament structure.
Tell us about the Woodsball World Cup?
A Novice contest, 5 man center flag with a
Twice before, I have organized and develteam buy-in of $500 and a guaranty of 12
oped nationally based tournaments, and
preliminary games, playing 6 teams twice,
with respect to the World Cup, one that
grew into a major paintball series, first un- once from each flag station to give each
team a chance to face its opponent from
der the auspices of the NPPL, and now
PSP. The World Cup started as a woodsball the other end of the field. The prize package is $2,500 in gift certificates from major
tournament, and remained so until 1998
companies.
where Hyperball was introduced, followed
by airball the next year. I have always
An Amateur tournament, 7 man center flag
thought that woodsball was and is a much
with a team buy-in of $1,000 and a guarandeeper game strategically, and it should be
ty of 12 preliminary games, playing teams
noted that some of the best players in the
twice, once from each flag station. The prize
game today, began as woodsball tournament players, more than a few on my teams. package is $7,500 in gift certificates from
major companies.
I also miss the fact that bring your own
january 2014