rec tornaments

[reaver]

does anyone know of any actuall recball tornaments in australia or are there none? not that i dont like speed ball or anything but a bit of variety is nice.

[Deadeye]

never heard of any on here sorry

[captinsane]

lets start our own!!!

[reaver]

seriously? because that would be awesome. we could talk to some of the local ( or close ) places that have enough decent land to do it... possibly von splatt when he gets his legal issues sorted out or something.

[RODDERZ]

How would you coordinate it all???

You will need people to be able to back up week after week. It is hard enough getting a Sunday League gonig for already existing teams, so attempting a rec tourney would be hard.

[reaver]

yeah. thats true. but if we talked to the right people and organised for the property we could get a few teams to support it than might have a chance??? if annyone else would be interested post here so we know if this is an actuall worth looking into.

[RODDERZ]

By all means try.. have a look at the posts for the sunday league and look who tried to start that and get in contact with them. They may be able to help.

[MG1100]

Don't know what state your in Reaver. WE run three fields in S.A. our main field is situated on 114 acres within an hours drive of the CBD and would be happy to talk to you if your'e a South Ozzie.

[reaver]

me and captainsane are in queensland sorry. just north of brisbane.

[The Don]

Do you mean tournaments in the bush?
Imagine the cheating! :evil

[ogt004]

me and captainsane are in queensland sorry. just north of brisbane.


how far north if brisbane?

[reaver]

like... caboolture/pine rivers area(s) about 45mins drive north from brisbane i guess.

[reaver]

Do you mean tournaments in the bush?
Imagine the cheating! :evil
yeah like in the bush.... ( if you dont know what rec is then its like really long games in bush/forest/rough terrain areas with lots of land, games usually go for ages and not as much paint is used [in comparison with speedball], you would usually wear camoflage gear or something and there would be snipers and so on) well thats my idea of rec games anyway

[Bazza]

Hahahahahaha Snipers :rofl:

[reaver]

dont laugh the world is full of lazy people willing to sit down in a nice spot all day with nothing more than beef sandwitch and a 24" barrel. >_> well....

[dazmac]

Don't know what state your in Reaver. WE run three fields in S.A. our main field is situated on 114 acres within an hours drive of the CBD and would be happy to talk to you if your'e a South Ozzie.

How much of that land do you actually use?

[MG1100]

If you include the 200 metre clearance zones as required by state firearms, probably about 60%.

[ogt004]

like... caboolture/pine rivers area(s) about 45mins drive north from brisbane i guess.


i am from the morayfield/caboolture area as well.

[Aden_1]

Sounds pretty awsome. Would love to have "organised" Rec Ball competitions in Sydney. But not sure how many people would be interested!

But id play for sure. I love a bit of hide and shoot!!

[captinsane]

I think Shaggar is from Morayfield as well. And there's that wolfy bloke from Narangba. WhyTF not... But just not during uni exams....exams suck

No use rushing it though. Take our time... connect... and make friends... stuff like this...espescially in a small community, probably wont happen just by going on a rec tournament crusade. If we want it too, then it can happen...eventually.

Perhaps organise something akin to Shattnerball in the US. That would be OK. :) gets everyone involved

[RODDERZ]

Sounds pretty awsome. Would love to have "organised" Rec Ball competitions in Sydney. But not sure how many people would be interested!

But id play for sure. I love a bit of hide and shoot!!


Hey im in 2 :lol:

[reaver]

yeah... i mean even if we tried i dont think its the kind of thing you can rush into. but yeah sound slike theres a few people arounf here... i suppose if it were a fairly well put together torney we would get a fair few people from other places too.

[vonsplatt]

I would be very interested. My terrain is most suited to this style of play. I have a feeling I would not be reffing either.
I used to think the mark of a good paintball player was that he shot his unsuspecting opponents in the back. Any mug can blunder into a head to head fire fight.

[reaver]

haha... sounds great.... we might actually be able to pull something off here.

[captinsane]

too right... Dennis ...if your not reffing ...does that mean that i am
:cry: :cry: :cry:

[reaver]

no chris you would be too hardcore in a rec game to have to ref! haha your display pic sais a lot too. cant believe your on the flyers for mango hill skirmish its awesome.

[moad]

i would definately be up for this along with scenario type games. Ive read stuff about the US having 50 player a side games over 24 hours. That would be intense. I would be willing to travel for something like this as well.

[luxury]

Sounds great but alot of hard work getting it going. Some bush ball would be great get back to the old skool days. lol. Don the camo overalls. lol. it would be a laugh. im in.

[Logan]

How many WA bush bashers are there around?

-couldnt be too hard to set up a rec tourney.

can even keep it down to 5 man teams... just make the feilds bigger, and full of scrub... organising teams of 10 players or more is a big task, its hard to get guarantees for everyone... 5-7 is still a good number...
tis less about massive manouvers and sweeping areas... more about a bit of hide and seek...

beware the ghillie suited daemons!

[kempe]

im in if someone organises a W.A bush tourney

[vonsplatt]

Was laying out boundary tapes today. Got out an enormous Stihl brushcutter to get through some of it.

[kingkong]

I am in the process of starting a field in WA ( YES ANOTHER ONE ) and I have a fair few people who want to play this style of tournament. Probably one day a month, round robin style.

[heavyduty1340]

We have 'Closed Gate' days about every 6 weeks
This is where we let people with their own markers/paint etc come along for a cheap days play
We run comps in the bush and on a speedball field down at Busselton
They are usually a really intense full on days play but all fun without the seriousness of full-on comps

cheers

Faedy

[kingkong]

We will probably follow the same sort of format. Be good to have our teams have some kind of interfield tournament.

[Logan]

Well, if this sort of thing really takes off, i've got myself a little team all ready... all A5 weilding rambo wannabes... should be fun. -how big a team are we talking? -cause i still think 5 man teams are enough in on a bush feild... 7 at most... 10 is too much to organise.

[heavyduty1340]

Logan
Contact me if you like and we can put something together for you
or let you know when there is a closed gate day here and you are
all welcome to join in

Faedy

[kingkong]

Looks like I am going to have to organize a weekend mission down to see you. Travel,Beer and paintball the gods are good !!!!!

[Logan]

Whats the chances of a full blown Woodsball Tourney like?
I've already got enough mates into teh sport to take part in a 7man tourney
and there are a few more newbies in WA just got into it as well - all a5 toting rambo's too - so theres a few teams - how many others are running around playing tourney only because there isnt a bush competition scene?
how much organising would it take to set a date 6 months down the track to have a big event? -if someone had a registered feild - and part of it was as of yet cleared on a large block that would be great....

any thoughts?

[kingkong]

If all goes well I will be set up to host a bushball tournament.
I too know a lot of people who would like to try their bush balling skills in a competion scenario. Like I said fingers crossed I will be able to host something like this in 6 months.

[Rambo@war]

i'll be in the w.a rec tourney if its gonna happen

[Bazza]

Looks like W.A. has had an explosion of A-5's :rofl:

[bunkerboy]

Someone must have had them on special or they fell off the back of a truck.

[Logan]

Bazza - you arent far from the truth.

as funny as it may sound -even the guys with their DM5's have put down their markers and asked to have a hold.... and usually had big grins on their faces while they practice shouldering probably the most realistic marker without going milsim... They are cheap, tough as nuts, look nice enough in their own way (as i said -even the tourney guys have been grinning like little kids) and arent a bad starting point for new players.

teh A5 Army has begun! :D

[eukanuba]

You know what would be a hoot..

Have a stock class match, team's battle it out using A-5's.. but make it a finals round.. then no one can say " they were ramping/cheating/bouncing[insert excuse here]"

:lol:

[TIMMAH]

it still would not stop you from being bonus balled though.

[Blueglue]

I am in the process of starting a field in WA ( YES ANOTHER ONE ) and I have a fair few people who want to play this style of tournament. Probably one day a month, round robin style.

Where abouts are you going to be ?

[Dman]

Hey Logan,

If I get the CAMO A-5 and the stock and that good extra stuff can I join your bush ball team? :armed:

[eukanuba]

Hey Logan,

If I get the CAMO A-5 and the stock and that good extra stuff can I join your bush ball team? :armed:

I'd pay to see this one happen ! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Anyone got any camo face paint ? :D

[kempe]

im going to be starting a team in a few weeks when i get my gear, only got one other guy in at the moment though.

[kingkong]

In the northern suburbs.

[Bazza]

Hey Logan,

If I get the CAMO A-5 and the stock and that good extra stuff can I join your bush ball team? :armed:

Hahaha thats gold :lol:

[lordy]

Bazza - you arent far from the truth.

as funny as it may sound -even the guys with their DM5's have put down their markers and asked to have a hold.... and usually had big grins on their faces while they practice shouldering probably the most realistic marker without going milsim... They are cheap, tough as nuts, look nice enough in their own way (as i said -even the tourney guys have been grinning like little kids) and arent a bad starting point for new players.

teh A5 Army has begun! :D
Personally the I think the A5 is ugly. I have never held one but i find the 98's(almost identical in shape) uncomfortable to play with.

[reaver]

hopefully vonsplatt will host some sort of rec tornament once he has everything set up. his property would be fantastic to play on. plus it will be a lot closer for people just north of brisbane.

[captinsane]

You know what would be a hoot..

Have a stock class match, team's battle it out using A-5's.. but make it a finals round.. then no one can say " they were ramping/cheating/bouncing[insert excuse here]"


I will be able to get my mech mag to bounce if i sweet spot it :lol:

[vonsplatt]

Its getting closer

[The Camo Kid]

hey ive just joined this forum, and came across this thread, are you guys looking for a woodsball/ scenario type games? cos i know theres a 12 hrs midday to midnight game coming up at npf on the 12th of november

[captinsane]

yeah should be awesome...wish i was going but gotto save up for a good air system on a uni budget...lol