Although things were heating up towards round 1 of the domestic tournament called CPPS, the temperature has dropped and Bricketwood Paintball Center had to shut down for two weekends due to the pitches had frozen with so much ice we would have needed some skates to play … interesting idea for the future of the sport … however not a great idea in preparing for the CPPS or the Millenniums.
We had a Samurai MV training weekend over the 25th/26thFeb which was needed before the CPPS next week – where Saturday only 5 of us were on the field doing some drills, SUNDAY was crazy absolute fortunate and crazy. Sunday we unluckily didn’t have the chance to train at our home ground Bricketwood Paintball Center, since there was another tournament going on – but we found an alternative and although there was no new bunkers or 2012 layout – we had another group of guys there, small number of "old" Shock and SPL Tiger players which will be playing the SPL next year and they asked us for some games. This was a godsend – we lost every point, our best effort was a G3 … but boy was that a learning curve. A big shout out to the SPL Tigers (which are "rocking" Planet Eclipse in 2012!!!) for the games again and see you @ the Millenniums.
Sad news … NSPL taking a break in 2012
Although this thread is about our journey, I think a big part of our journey is the UK Paintball scene and the NSPL being a pillar of this scene deserves a moment of our attention.
The NSPL is sorely missed this year and I wish Syd and the NSPL Reffs & Supporters a good rest this year to have an even stronger re-launch in 2013 – maybe under a new national flag or UKPSF driven initiative supported and funded by the players that understand that quality events can not be financed by discount price models – the more you give into the bidding and pricing war of the organizers the more you will join in and destroy the tournament paintball scene … something too little of us understand or have been made aware of.
My motto for this coming year will be on the lines of …
“One Queen, One League –Demand a BPL! British Paintball League”
Demand it – then play it – and be loyal to it. We will be able to grow this sport larger than you can imagine. I hope people will find a way to put their differences aside and make this finally happen … the UK scene deserves ONE national league.
