News 2000

Last Updated Feb. 16, 2008

News 2000 (Please note that some links may not work anymore.)

Dec. 28, 2000

Open Day Sunday Dec. 31 @ 1 p.m. Looks like a good turnout, for the last game of 2000. I have some 47 ci HPA tanks for sale, or rent. If you need to rent please let me know!

Dec. 25, 2000

Merry Christmas to everyone!! Best wishes for an enjoyable holiday to all!
We are still hoping to play between Christmas & New Years. If the temperature hits warmer than -15oC, we'll be playing for sure. Maybe Saturday Dec. 30 or Sunday Dec. 31.

Dec. 20, 2000

It's too cold outside to play -30oC, but maybe it will warm up in a week. I sure have lots of deer roaming on the playing fields.
Just reduced: Only 4 left: 47 ci AL 3,000 psi Crossfire tanks For Sale $140, taxes included.
Paintball Magazine - Feb. 2001 -This is a beginner to novice player mag., but does some interesting stuff.

Become a Hard Target
Slice it! Dice it! Should you customize your gun?
Winterize it - [editor: but will that work in this cold?]
All about o-rings
and more

Dec. 15, 2000

Action Pursuit Games - Jan. 2001

Road to Aruba
The Blade semi auto
Fix it before it breaks
Hand signals
Indoors vs Outdoors
Autococker tips
Paintball's Good safety record
and more

Dec. 10, 2000

What a fun Christmas party! If anyone has a suggestion for more entertaining games for next please let me know. Moving paintballs was the theme this year. Between the knees, in a spoon in ones' mouth, passing to teammates in a spoon, etc.

The Paintball eating race to 100 paintballs, had 5 contestants. Thanks to: Burton, Jeff, Blaine, Trevor & Matt. Matt has now won 3 years in a row. Matt just cracked the competition away. Once you have heard the sound of a paintball being broken in some ones mouth, you will never forget that sound.
Everybody had a story to tell. It's a paintball party. The videos were quite entertaining. If you want a copy of the video tape of the nights festivities, contact me & I'll see what can be arranged. No promises, as Bob is a busy guy.
I don't think anybody will ever forget the gift exchange: especially the yellow hat, sheep & bottle, that traveled around to a few different exchangers.

Dec. 6, 2000

In the US, the Paintball News Network is currently running a POWERaDE / Paintball promotion on US Campuses. Sorry, only registered US College or University students can win: Micro-mags, Automags, Autocockers, passes to playing fields, Fuji cameras & film, Pro-team player packs, Diablo Skull masks, subscriptions to Paintball News, MCI Long distance Cards, T-shirts & POWERaDE. The prizes all come from major sponsors of the Paintball News Network. POWERaDE is manufactured by Coca-Cola. This is a national campaign which could be quite interesting to the results.
The Canadian National Speedball Championships are Jan. 27 & 28, in Calgary. They are sponsored by Paintball Paradise Regina & MR Paintball Calgary. The MR site has no information on this 5-man event. There are 3 divisions: Novice (no electronic markers, CO2 only & 400 paintballs per player per game), Amateur & Masters.

Dec. 5, 2000

The Generals Quarters December Christmas Package Special Only $175.00. Save $44.85 on a package of a Semi Automatic Model 83 - ($119.95), 9 oz CO2 tank ($49.95) and a PMI or Vents Mask ($49.95).

Dec. 2, 2000

Open Day is Sunday Dec. 3, 2000 @ 1 p.m. We had fun last time, and looks like a better turn-out this time.
Don't forget the Christmas Party on Dec. 9, 2000 Saturday.

Nov. 27, 2000

March 9-10, 2001, Skyball is back in the Skydome, Toronto. ZAP has hired the World Paintball Federation to run this years event, to correct some problems from last year. Early Registration is between $500-600 US per team, cases of 2,000 ZAP Performance plus are $90 US. There is a deal for Canadian teams of $650-$780 registration and a case of paint for $120 (in Canadian dollars).

All Indoor Sup-Air Fields (identical fields)
Onsite Hotel & Hard Rock Cafe
Minimum 8 games
6 refs per field
Indoor Tradeshow & more

Nov. 26, 2000

Yesterday was a wonderful day for paintball. We played an old field for the first time in years, and it was fun. Everybody had to learn new angles. There were some close encounters with Magboy & Berone.
Dec. 9 will be the Christmas Party @ the Optimist Centre under the Grand Stand on the Exhibition Grounds. All members are invited out for a free Chicken Supper. Anybody else that is interested in attending can come, the supper will be $6 each. Please RSVP to George.

6 p.m. Supper
7 p.m. Games & videos (Paintball Eating Contest: Matt & Jeff for sure, anybody else?)
8 p.m. Gift Exchange (~$10-15 value)

Nov. 25, 2000

Burton has a couple of markers For Sale. His old Tippmann, which he doesn't use now he has his Automag, and an old timer.

Nov. 24, 2000

CORRECTION: Open Day Saturday Nov. 25 @ 1 p.m.
Christmas Party looks like Dec. 9, 2000 Saturday Night. All members are invited for a free supper, anybody else wanting to attend will cost $7 each. We'll have a Gift exchange again (~$10-15 item), and for sure a paintball eating contest. Hopefully, we'll have the video from the 1999 Christmas Party running. Most likely it will be at the Optimist Centre under the Grand Stand. I'll confirm everything in a few days.
The Hell Hounds web page is up and running. So is the Saskatchewan Message Board.
Hell Pups a young guns team of the Hell Hounds, Captained by Nick Hipperson. They have another site, called HellPups2.

Nov. 23, 2000

Looks like the Christmas party will not be until Dec. 9, 2000. But hopefully, we can play this weekend.
Paintball Sports International - Jan. 2001 - On sale Now!!

Aruba!
Practice can help make perfect
Alternative Protection: Beyond Goggles & Barrel Plugs
and more

Nov. 19, 2000

How about this, lets play on Sat. Nov. 25 @ 1p.m. and then have the Christmas Party afterwards? This makes it easier on the out of town players. Lets me know what you think. George
The Warpigs from North Battleford, have just created a tournament team called BAD-ASS. Bryce Volk started this up, and I wish you well. They plan on attending tournaments next year.

Nov. 18, 2000

Come out and see our Float in the Santa Clause Day Parade. It's today at 11 a.m. starting at 15th St and Central Ave., proceeding down Central Ave. until River ST. If you are going to be on the Float, please be at the Bus Depot @ 10 a.m.
Looks like the Next open Day will be Sunday Nov. 26, 2000 @ 1 p.m. I'm going to try to book the Optimist Centre for our annual Christmas Party on Nov. 25 (Saturday), but this is tentative.
The Float went well, and the weather was okay. Thanks to: Pat, Jim H., Jeff, Burton, Martin, Kyle, Kathie & George for being in the parade.

Nov. 17, 2000

It looks like Worr Games products has bought out Nu-line Industries Bruizer line. This gives Worr Games an excellent beginner/intermediate paintgun.
Well, Paintball Jerseys are the rage all over paintball. Nobody is playing in camouflage. There must be more than a dozen places making Jerseys now. Here are a few.

Nov. 13, 2000

Chevy has a November Special of Remanufactured VL 2000 18 Volt Revolution Loaders.... $69.95

Nov. 10, 2000

Lots of comments on Jeff, so his page has been updated. Check out Matt's extra information on his page.
I have now posted a Predators / Prince Albert Message Board. Please feel free to post to it. It's found on the Predators page as a link.
Just received a new copy of Crossfire Paintball Digest Sept. 2000 inside has:

Take It Inside
World Paintball Federation
Cardiovascular Exercise Safety Precautions
Playing Tournaments to Win
On Field Safety
Amy Low
etc.

It looks pretty good for their 6th edition

Nov. 9, 2000

Jeff Bergen has been added to the P.A. Predators roster page. If I missed anything please email me, and I'll add it. (Like nick names, etc.)

Nov. 7, 2000

Have you ever heard of the Perfect Circle Paintball? It's a plastic coated paintball, manufactured by a sister company of Airgun Designs. It is used in Law enforcement applications, because it doesn't age (more durable) and more accurate. It's fill can contain: pepper spray, CS gas, UV dye, movie spark balls, water for easy clean up (police training has been used for 5 years), plus a few more. You can buy halves and create your own fill. Sounds like they were used at the Seattle Riots, quite effectively. Here's a little news article.
Airgun Designs has purchased www.automags.org, which is an online Automag source.

Nov. 1, 2000

The original Saskatchewan Forum has been shutdown. I not exactly sure why, but I has been a few weeks. James Jackson has started a new message board, called the Saskatchewan Paintball Forum. Some of the posting to the old board were inappropriate for visitors to the Paintball Paradise Web Site (especially parents of Birthday Groups), so I'm moving the link to my Links page from the Index page. It's a little harder to follow, but it is moderated. It could turn out better, as posters are not anonymous. Let me know what you think. The message board was good for Saskatchewan Paintball, hopefully it will continue.

Oct. 29, 2000

Action Pursuit Games - Dec. 2000 - On sale now!! @ Paintball Paradise.

It's 256 pages long (like a book)
ZAP IAO 2000 coverage
Inside the 2000 Autococker
15 ways to have fun
High Tech Report
and lots more

Paintball Sports International - Dec. 2000 - On sale Now!!

Zap 2000 IAO
Player Profile: Kevin Arcilla aka Catfish
Nashville 2000
Tools of the Trade
and more

Oct. 26, 2000

Looks like a good turn-out for the Open Day on Sunday. If you need a lot of paint, please let me know.
2001 memberships are For Sale $70. If you buy one now, it will be good for the rest of this year as well. Membership benefits include:

reduced paintball prices (~$0.06 per ball)
no field fee
free hot-dogs
free CO2
reduced HPA fills
reduced rates on special games (no fee Night Games)
reduced paintball magazine prices (Action Pursuit Games, Paintball Sports International & Paintball 2-Xtremes)
Free use of the For Sale wall and For Sale Web Page
Email, phone or fax contact for Open Days & Special Games

Check out Redz Comfort Gears updated web page. They run a contest to win their products: like a barrel bag, gun bag (neoprene), elbow pads, etc. I saw their products in Pittsbourgh in 1998, and it was top quality products.

Oct. 21, 2000

The next OPEN Day is Oct. 29 @ 1 p.m. It's a Halloween costume day. Anybody in a costume (other that normal paintball attire) will get 50 paintballs. Who can guess what player will be Friar Tuck? Someone should be a ghost?

Oct. 16, 2000

Magboy's Web page of the week is the new EM1 from Kingman USA. It's the new electronic Spyder. Check it out!
Rumor: It sounds like there will be a manufactures agreement to set the maximum fire rate at 13 balls per second and only one ball fire per trigger pull. So Turbo cards would not be made any more, and most likely be banned from all insured playing fields.

Oct. 15, 2000

Paintball 2-Xtremes - Oct., 2000 On sale now!!

New Product Spotlight
Market Trends
Inside the PT Enforcer
WDP Angel Basics
One on one with Chris Havlock (Crossfire Inc.)
and more

Oct. 13, 2000

Open Day is Sunday Oct. 15 @ 1 p.m. Hope to see everyone out.
I've just purchases a Kodak PalmPix. It's a digital camera which plugs into my Palm IIIxe. It's very small (3"x1"x0.5") but does take low resolutions pictures. 640 x 480 (~90K) and 320 x 240 (~30K), which work quite well for web pics. So maybe we'll get some new pics for the page this weekend.

Oct. 12, 2000

The Epic from Insight Component Engineering operates very differently from most semiautomatics. It has no bolt. Only a trap door which opens to let the next paintball in, and then a burst of air fires the ball. It should eliminate ball breakage in the marker.

Oct. 8, 2000

Warrior Sports Gear has a new product, called the Barrel Condom. It's a heavy, webbing bag that replaces a barrel plug, over the barrel (so it works well on ported barrels), and is attached to the marker with an elastic. They also sell T-shirts, packs, gear bags, netting, etc.

Oct. 4, 2000

Check out the Generals Quarter's October Special. Tippmann Model 98 and new Scott Goggles.

Oct. 3, 2000

Kingman International Corp. has announced that they have bought the majority shares in Raven USA.
Check out the great deals on Autocockers, on the For Sale page!

Sept. 30, 2000

Action Pursuit Games - Nov.. 2000 - On sale now!! @ Paintball Paradise.

Inside the Impulse
Speedball: The movie
How to start a tourney team
How to become an airsmith (by PTI)
6 Pro Tips
Sport Sensors Radarchron!
and more

Paintball Sports International - Nov. 2000 - On sale Now!!

Wasaga Beach Blitz 2000 (Ontario)
Straight Shots
The Girls of the Family (Interview)
and more

Sept. 28, 2000

Limited time offer. Call 1-888-764-9444 or 764-9444

3 New Crossfire 47 c.i. Al 3,000 p.s.i. tanks For Sale. $145 each
2 New Crossfire 68 c.i. Steel Stubbies 3,000 p.s.i. tanks For Sale. $230 each.
Atomic Elbows 7/8" (A.P.P.) $4 each.

Sept. 26, 2000

Paintball 2-Xtremes - Sept., 2000 On sale now!!

You can tell that National Paintball supply own this magazine now, with lots of their ads, for products they sell.
Articles include:

New product spotlight
Market trends
Let's talk Autocockers
Barrels of Fun
Lots of tournament news
Inside the RT Automag
Ronn Stern's Paintball Art
etc.

Tippmann has new Paintball Jerseys out.

Sept. 20, 2000

Don't forget the Open Day Sept. 24 @ 1 p.m. It's sounding like there will be around 30 players out. Introducing the SUPER Pass: it includes all the normal rental equipment plus 500 paintballs for $54.
I think some of you might like this company, TM Ordnance. They make paintball Mortars, bouncing & impact shells (like paint grenades), land mines & grenades. The Mortars can fire up to 500' on CO2. This might be interesting for the Big Game.
Also of note: POWERaDE (from Coca-Cola) will be producing some commercials featuring paintball as the extreme sport of choice. This is all from the Paintball News Network sponsorships.
You might want to check out the latest Viewloader, called the eVLution. It's rounded and features a new sliding type lid. They also have a VLocity, which is a on gun Chronograph (fits over the barrel).

Sept. 16, 2000

42 players came out for the Night Game. I believe that was the largest Night Game that I have hosted. The Moon was full & bright. In the end, it was a tie. Blue 50: Red 50. The fog machine broke, so no fog; but Burton & Mike kept it interesting with noise & lights. I don't think I will extend the field into the granaries again. The last set ended at 2:22 a.m. (Sept. 16), and after Hot Dogs most had left by 3:30 a.m. Thanks to everyone for coming out, and having a blast.

Sept. 14, 2000

Don't forget about the NIGHT GAME Sept. 15. If you are renting equipment, be at the field by 7 p.m.for orientation. The game starts at 8 p.m. Bring a flashlight!! The cost is an extra $5, above normal prices.
Just reduced on the For Sale page. '98 autococker. $450. Check it out!

Sept. 14, 2000

A new product just arrived. A Paintball Radarchron, which is a portable radar chronograph that fits in your hand. Sport Sensors makes this product based on their popular Baseball Gloveradar (which measures the speed of pitches). Warpig has an excellent article. We'll give them a try at the Night Game. Along with myself, Jean-Marc and Doug have bought one each. They sell for ~$180 each.

Sept. 11, 2000

I had a fun time at the Border War. There were 140 players out. My team (Green) won. Doug had done some serious work to improve the field. Great job Doug! I think the game went very well. The tank & APC balanced very well. The helicopter drops (simulated) helped to make the entire field playable. After seeing Skippy (Green General) shot up, I don't think there will be many volunteers for that job. Skippy really worked hard, and winning was a bonus. It was fun. Thanks Skippy.

Sept. 9, 2000

The Night Game on Friday Sept. 15 @ 7 p.m. looks like a huge event. The cost is an extra $5 per player which includes each players Glow Stick. We could hit 40+ players. The Fog machine is booked. I'm going to expand the Beta side of the field into the granaries. The North side will enter behind the outhouse, between Bin #4 & #5. This should place the Swamp and Big Barn in the middle.
Thursday Night Sept. 14 @ 7 p.m. I will need a few extra bodies to set-up netting, and rope the expanded field. Plus a set of lights in the Swamp needs repairs/replacement because of an incident with the lawn mower, but we'll check all the lights. The Swamp is drying up finally. I think I will use the same theme as the last Night Game (sort of Sci-Fi).
Don't forget to bring a flashlight! If you need rental equipment, get me your deposit fast, as the gear is going out quickly.
Big Game in Asquith. Reminder: We are meeting at Tim Hortons on the Hill and leaving @ 7:45 a.m.

Sept. 7, 2000

JT USA has a new JT Gearsack. It looks like a backpack but opens up to store: goggles, marker, barrels, HPA tank, and lots of pockets. This looks really great. MSRP $190 US dollars.
The World Paintball Federation has been contracted by Zap Paintball to produce Skyball 2001 on March 9 & 10.

Sept. 6, 2000

Check out The Generals Quarters Sept. Special of 12 volt reconditioned VL 2000 for $69.95, plus JT Airsteak masks for $34.95.
Sounds like there are upwards of 20 Prince Albert players going to the Border War Big Game. If anyone needs a map call me 764-9444 or email me. If you want to travel down a group, most players are meeting at the Tim Hortons across from McDonalds @ 7:45 a.m. Sounds like I might be able to play this year, Thanks to Kathie, Bob & Jason running the lumber guys on the 10th. Thanks.

Sept. 2, 2000

The Border War Big Game at Paintball Action Games Asquith on Sunday Sept. 10, sounds like there will be over 200 players there. Doug has been working hard at getting refs (2 teams of refs, with one reffing the first part and one reffing the second part, allowing them to play 1/2 of the game). Grant Robison will be one General (played on Point Blank at SHARE) and the other General is John "Skippy" Gibson of the Wolf Pack. Doug is enlarging the playing area from 29 acres to 50 acres. Registration is at 9 a.m. The game starts at 11 a.m. sharp. There are 2 x 2.5 hour games. Registration is $10 per player. You can Bring Your Own Paint or purchase (book ahead of time) Doug's paint @ 5 cents per ball (case lots). Don't forget the Tank & APC driving around.

Aug. 29, 2000

I'm thinking of expanding the Big field for the Night Game. I might move the Beta boundary into the Granaries part way. The North team would enter by the outhouse. This would make the Big Barn more in the center of the field. Or is that too big? What do you think? Email George.
This might be interesting to all my Night Game players. Essential Gear's web site has a few lights and things that might get you interested.
This is a Magboy site pick: Paintball Anime Desktops (Cartoons). They are from www.sportsalternative.com

Aug. 28, 2000

I'm a Uncle again. My brother Will and his wife Tanis just had their first child. It's a boy! William Edward Lewko was born in Kentucky today. Is he Canadian or American or both?

Aug. 27, 2000

Great Open Day with over 30 players. The new Zap Performance Plus paint shot well. Blutonium paint was blue with orange fill. Everybody seemed to like it.
Don't forget the Night Game on Sept. 15 Friday @ 7 p.m.
Action Pursuit Games - Oct.. 2000 - On sale now!! @ Paintball Paradise.

High Pressure Air
Inside Brass Eagles Rainmaker
The Castle at Skirmish USA
How to escape a bunker trap & more
What is a Pro?
How to Work your Bunker
and more

Aug. 22, 2000

2000 Saskatchewan Championship Circuit Results - Congratulations to all the teams which participated in the events. 2000 had more teams competing at more events than ever before.

50 - P.A. Predators (Prince Albert)
49 - Wolf Pack (Saskatoon)
47 - The Generals (Prince Albert)
46 - 4 Pack Attack (Saskatoon)
41 - High Voltage (Saskatoon)
39 - 4 Neat Guys (Saskatoon)
34 - Wicked (Saskatoon)
31 - Hell Hounds Blue (Regina)
24.6 - Regulators (Saskatoon)
20 - Point Blank (Saskatoon)
18 - Hell Hounds Red (Regina)
15 - Black Crows (Prince Albert)
15 - Hellfire (Saskatoon)
10 - Sniper Elite (Saskatoon)
8 - Hell Hound Pups (Regina)
6 - Balls of Steel (Prince Albert)
5 - Kindersley Paintball Cup (Kindersley)
4 - Hitmen (Prince Albert)
4 - JR Predators (Prince Albert)
4 - Perfect Dark (Prince Albert)
4 - Saskatoon Voodoo Death Posse (Saskatoon)
4 - Suicide Squad (St. Louis)
4 - The Bruisers (Birch Hills)
4 - The Reapers (Big River)
4 - Walking Wounded (Saskatoon)

Aug. 20, 2000

SHARE RESULTS

Top Fundraisers - Thank you very much to everybody. All registrations went to SHARE.

1 - P.A. Predators
2 - JR. Predators
3 - Hitmen
4 - Suicide Squad
Grant from Point Blank, thank you for your donation as well.

Novice

1 - Black Crows (P.A.) 5
2 - Hell Pups (Regina) 4
3 - JR Predators (P.A.) 4
4 - The Reapers (Big River) 4
5 - Hitmen (P.A.) 4
6 - Suicide Squad (St. Louis) 4

Amateur

1 - P.A. Predators (P.A.) 14
2 - Point Blank (Saskatoon) 13
3 - Wolf Pack (Saskatoon) 12
4 - The Generals (P.A.) 11
5 - Wicked (Saskatoon) 10
6 - Hell Hounds Blue (Regina) 9
7 - High Voltage (Saskatoon) 8
8 - 4 Neat Guys (Saskatoon) 7
9 - Hell Hounds Red (Regina) 6
Refs - 4 Pack Attack 14 Thanks for a long days work.

The numbers after the Team name are Saskatchewan Championship Circuit Points.

Thanks again, to everybody who helped. The Predators for setting up and taking down everything. Also the JR Predators, for take down. Kathie for sitting in the building all day. Martin & Pat working the Chrono station. Wayne for being the Head ref and having to make those tough calls. Thanks to everyone for making this another successful event. Thanks again to our sponsors:

Aug. 19, 2000

Add another great sponsor to SHARE: The Northern Lights Casino. Thanks.

Aug. 17, 2000

SHARE Update

We might have 2 more Novice teams. One from Big River and one from P.A.
New Sponsors: Paintball News, Crossfire Inc. & Travelodge Prince Albert.

New Paintball Sports International - Oct. 2000 - On sale Now!!

NPPL Chicago
Aurora Borealis
Spyder Cup 2000
etc.

Aug. 16, 2000

Team at the SHARE Aug. 19, 2000 Saturday

Novice (4) - starts 9 a.m.

Hitmen - P.A.
Hell Pups - Regina
Suicide Squad - St. Louis
Black Crows - P.A.

Amateur (10) starts noon or 1 p.m.

Predators - P.A.
The Generals - P.A.
4 Neat Guys - Saskatoon
Hell Hounds Blue - Regina
Wolf Pack - Saskatoon
High Voltage - Saskatoon
Wicked - Saskatoon
Hell Hounds Red - Regina
Hell Hounds Plaid - Regina
Point Blank - Saskatoon

Looks like it will be an Open Day Aug. 27, 2000 Sunday @ 1p.m. There will be a paint sale that day. Non-members $75 per 1,000 paintballs. Members $55 per 1,000 paintballs. Field paint only.
I will have a Night Game maybe 2-3 weeks after the Open Day. Please vote for Sept. 8 or Sept. 15 (which are Friday nights). George.

Aug. 14, 2000

Just got back from the W2K Aftermath at Regina's Paintball Paradise. There were 140 players. It was fun, and shooting a case of paint in a day, just felt good.
The Hell Hounds had a good game planned out. Until the last hour, either team could have won, but the Blue team seemed to be a bit more co-ordinated. There were a couple of players on the Blue Team that would just grab a bunch of players and say "Come on, let do _____!", and everybody would normally say, OK. I think the firepower advantage went to Blue.
There was a Rebel Red Team, that would shoot at anybody, but them seemed to get shot a lot. Teams seemed to show up in waves. If you got caught in front of one, you were eliminated. The best you could do, is take as many of the other team with you, and hope the guys behind could stop it. The field was big enough so that you could wander around and complete tasks, and maybe create some havoc.
It was a fun day, I'd play in it again.

Aug. 10, 2000

Five more Amateur teams are in for the SHARE:

4 Neat Guys
Hell Hounds Blue
Wolf Pack
High Voltage
Wicked

Looks like the Novice teams will play at 9 am [sorry guys], and the Amateur teams will start at either noon or 1 pm.
4 Pack Attack will be the refs. Wayne Gouldhawke will be the Ultimate Judge.
I'm hoping to have a Target Shoot Contest.
Top Prize for Fundraising are: 3 x 300 psi Crossfire Stubbie 68 HPA steel tanks. They are great.
I have 2 Autococker Ramrods 11" barrels to give away as well, plus a bunch of ZAP Paintballs.

Ramrod Barrels:

Jim H. and myself tested up these unique barrels. So long as you don't chop a ball (right Jim), they will self clean in 2-3 shots. They seem quite accurate. The most impressive thing was the use of crap paint. I had some paintballs from last fall, which would break in my Automag, usually every 5th ball. Through the Ramrod, in 100 shots we only broke 3 balls, and shot it clear in 2-3 shots. The crap paint as so seemed to fly straighter. The Ramrods come with a special barrel plug, as regular ones would not work. We shot a paintball that was left in the barrel, and the resulting splat disintegrated both balls into a fine paint mist, which sprayed 10' in all directions. If you get the solid part of the barrel gooped, you need to squeegee like any other barrel. I think they will make excellent winter barrels. The barrels will retail for around $110 each, but they are limited to certain markers only.
They are coming out with a cover for the barrel to silence it, and improve accuracy. Should be neat.

Aug. 9, 2000

Teams for the SHARE (Aug. 19, 2000 Sat.) are:

Novice

Hitmen - Prince Albert (Entered in Early bird)
Hell Pups - Regina
Suicide Squad - St. Louis

Amateur

P.A. Predators (Entered in Early Bird)
The Generals

How do you enter in the Early Bird? Entery fee received by Aug. 11, 2000

Aug. 8, 2000

Current 2000 Saskatchewan Championship Circuit Standings (which includes the results of SK Speedball, Santa Anonymous & Lo-Tech)

37 - Wolf Pack (Saskatoon)
36 - P.A. Predators (Prince Albert)
36 - The Generals (Prince Albert)
33 - High Voltage (Sasaktoon)
32 - 4 Neat Guys (Saskatoon)
32 - 4 Pack Attack (Saskatoon)
24.6 - Regulators (Saskatoon)
24 - Wicked (Saskatoon)
22 - Hell Hounds Blue (Regina)
15 - Hellfire (Saskatoon)
12 - Hell Hounds Red (Regina)
10 - Black Crows (Prince Albert)
10 - Sniper Elite (Saskatoon)
7 - Point Blank (Saskatoon)
6 - Balls of Steel (Prince Albert)
5 - Kindersley Paintball Cup (Kindersley)
4 - Hell Hound Pups (Regina)
4 - Perfect Dark (Prince Albert)
4 - Saskatoon Voodoo Death Posse (Saskatoon)
4 - The Bruisers (Birch Hills)
4 - Walking Wounded (Saskatoon)

There is one event left, The SHARE Charity on Aug. 19. Looks like a close finish this year again.

Aug. 7, 2000

The results of the Lo-Tech on July 31 are in.

1 - 4 Neat Guys 14
2 - 4 Pack Attack 13
3 - Wolf Pack 12
4 - Wicked 11
5 - (5th Tied) The Generals 10
5 - (5th Tied) Sniper Elite 10
7 - P.A. Predators 8
8 - Point Blank 7
9 - Hell Hounds Blue 6
10 - Regulators 5
11- HellFire 4
12 - Saskatoon Voodoo Death Posse 4
13 - Walking Wounded 4

High Voltage reffed scoring 14 Circuit Points. The Numbers following each team are their Circuit points for this event.

Aug. 7, 2000

Kingman will be introducing an Electronic Spyder this Fall, plus their new version the "Spyder Stutter" is available now.
Check out this web site www.paintballcity.com It is self proclaimed "Yahoo of Paintball".

Aug. 6, 2000

P.A. Exhibition went well with 100+ shooters a day. Tri-Color Glow ropes sold well. Mouth Lights sold out!!
Looks like Aug. 25 or 26 will be a Night Game. Which Night do you prefer? I would cancel the Open Day on Aug. 27, if we have a Night Game.

Please vote: Night Game Aug. Friday 25 or Saturday 26, or Open Day Sunday Aug. 27. Email me George.

I'm still waiting on the results of the Lo-Tech. Results that I know:

1 - 4 Neat Guys
3 - Wolf Pack
5 - The Generals
7 - P.A. Predators

Paintball 2-Xtremes - July, 2000 On sale now!!

New format with new owners!! Looks like more tournament coverage, and they intend to remove all non-paintball related articles & columns. Back to the same old stuff.
NPPL Pittsburgh
Interview with Naughty Dogs' Rocky Knuth
They're Old & Slow and still in the game
96 pages...

July 25, 2000

Looks like at least 10 teams going the the Low Tech in Asquith. The Predators will be attending. Hurry up and register with Doug 306-329-4290.

July 23, 2000

Action Pursuit Games - Sept. 2000 - On sale now!! @ Paintball Paradise.

208 pages, it's like a book.
Inside the silver Eagle Raptor
Getting Paid to play [not regular players but a Coast Guard Train Exercise]
Strangest Field in the World
How To Do Big Games
How To Do a Road Trip
Coop - cartoons
Guilt Free Paintball
and more

July 19, 2000

The Open Day on July 23 @ 1 p.m., we will be playing a bunch of Hunter Rabbit games. Practice your best Elmer Fudd.

July 18, 2000

Aug. 2, 2000 at the Zap Amateur Open in Pittsburgh. Tom Kaye, of AirGun Designs, will unveil the new E-mag. Should be great. If you can't figure out how long that will be they have a countdown timer on their website. The E-mag can be retro fitted into existing mags, but the kits will not be available right away.

July 14, 2000

New Paintball Sports International - Sept.. 2000 - On sale Now!!

Big Game Coram NY
Mayhem 2000
J.J. Pommier column called "Straight Shots"
RecBall
etc.

You can check out Eclipse Paintball Products.
Here's how to see the PJ Girl at Paintball Junkies. Her name is Lisa Harvey, check out the Flash site near the bottom. The have an interesting ad in Paintball Sports #4.

July 13, 2000

Jim R. has an excellent '98 Autococker for sale. It quite worth reading the description, he should have been a poet.

July 11, 2000

The Generals Quarters July Special: "For the first 100 orders receive free....a cool Danna camouflage head or neck tie." These are neat, you put them in the freezer or fridge, and it keep you cool for a while.

July 10, 2000

The results of the Top Gun at the Santa Anonymous are:

Team Top Guns: P.A. Predators
Individual Top Guns:

1 - Jim Hrynuik
2 - Pat Boland
3 - Jean-Marc Chevrette

THANK YOU to everyone for making this another successful event.

July 9, 2000

Results of the Santa Anonymous 2000

1 - Regulators 14
2 - The Generals 13
3 - 4 Neat Guys 12
4 - Wolf Pack 11
5 - Black Crows 10
6 - 4 Pack Attack 9
7 - Hell Hounds - Blue 8
8 - High Voltage 7
9 - Balls of Steel 6
10 - Hell Hounds - Red 5
11 - Perfect Dark 4
12 - The Bruisers 4
13 - Hell Pups 4
14 - Wicked 4
Refs - P.A. Predators 14

The numbers following the team are their SK Circuit Score.

July 8, 2000

NOTICE OF STOLEN EQUIPMENT: Matt Nelson just had his custom Blue (Smartparts Barrel) Automag (rare) and Acid Blue Phantom (only one in the world) stolen, from his house in Prince Albert. If you have any information, please contact Matt or myself.
REMOVED FOR SPACE
Matt's Phantom pictured above.
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REMOVED FOR SPACE
Matt's Automag would look very similar to the Red Mag above, except it has Blue instead of the red. More like the other picture, for parts.

July 7, 2000

My MistyMates have finally arrived. Just in time for the Santa Anonymous tournament. Hopefully it will be sunny and they will help cool everybody down. I saw them at the Zap Open in 1998, and thought they would make an excellent addition to the field. They just called them Misters, and once I found out what they were really called I ordered them up.

July 6, 2000

Santa Anonymous Team Name Update

The team from Birch Hills, Captained by Lee Evans, is called the Bruisers.
Balls of Steel is another local team from P.A., Captained by Quinton Swaby.
The Team Formerly Known as No Respect, Captained by Grant Morgan, are now called Perfect Dark.

July 5, 2000

14 teams with the addition of a local team from Birch Hills. No name yet, but it will be here shortly. This will be the largest Santa Anonymous yet. Nice for it's 10th Anniversary.
It's near the end to add teams to the schedule. You must contact me ASAP, if you want your team entered. George 1-888-764-9444 or 764-9444

July 2, 2000

The Hell Pups will make 13 teams confirmed for the Santa Anonymous on July 9th.

July 1, 2000

Happy Canada Day!! 133
2 more local teams are now in for the Santa Anonymous. Team names are to be confirmed yet. That brings us up to 12 teams, and there could be more!

June 29, 2000

There is a paintball radio station on the internet. They have quite a few interviews, but there are quite large to download. Check it out. 68 Caliber Radio.

June 28, 2000

Santa Anonymous Event on July 9th, 2000

Add 4 more teams, all from Saskatoon. They are: 4 Neat Guys, Wolf Pack, 4 Pack Attack & the Regulators.
10 teams right now!!

I just talked with Lee Gauthier from Crossfire Paintball in Winnipeg MB. He was just broken into and had some equipment STOLEN! These thieves knew paintball, as they left the broken guns and CO2 tanks with missing burst disks. Please be on the lookout for these stolen items: 30 Tippmann Carbines, 9 & 12 oz. CO2 tanks to match, and 5 high end Leader Goggles (which include 2 tinted lens [ref goggles], and all with visors). These thieves knew what was valuable, so they know paintball. Lee has serial numbers for all the guns. Please contact him, if you have any information.

June 26, 2000

Santa Anonymous Event on July 9th, 2000

The dead line for Early team entries to the Santa Anonymous is June 30.
I have 6 teams confirmed. They are: Hell Hounds Red (Regina), Hell Hounds Blue (Regina), The Generals (P.A.), Wicked (Saskatoon), High Voltage (Saskatoon) & the Black Crows (P.A.). Get your team in quickly, by email George.
The P.A. Predators will be reffing.
The multi team (4 on the field at once) format is quite unique for a paintball tournament.
Thanks to our sponsors, the prize packages now exceeds $2,000. Thanks again to Steve Moore from Zap Paintballs, as our largest sponsor.

June 24, 2000

Action Pursuit Games - August 2000 - On sale now!! @ Paintball Paradise.

Inside the Bob Long Defiant.
Drop Forward Roundup
Sheridan 2000
How to coach Young guns
33 Quick Lessons
Win a WDP Angel LCD!
and more in 192 pages!!

Check out a new marker called the Epic, from Insight Component Engineering. It has no bolt, it's more like a blowgun.

June 21, 2000

If you are looking for a deal on 12 oz. CO2 tanks, check out The General's Quarters June Special quickly.

June 20, 2000

I've just confirmed a major sponsor for the Santa Anonymous Tournament. Rene Boucher from Paintball News has just donated 10 subscriptions for this 10th Annual Event. This will be the 10th time that they have helped us. Thanks.

June 18, 2000

We introduced a few hundred kids to paintball today on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River.

It was the Annual Founders Day, hosted by the High Noon Optimist Club. The weathers was great, I'll see how badly we're sunburned tomorrow.
We sold a few Tri-color glow ropes while the fireworks exploded near by. They are quite neat: green, blue and purple. They look great being tossed around, and they are hard to lose in the dark.
My new Ez-up Canadian Flag & 21' pole worked terrific next to the Ez-up Tent. The flag has a unique quill design, that doesn't fold down. It is always visible.
A big Thank-you to Jim, Jeff & Kathie for helping out today.

June 16, 2000

Paintball Sports International Magazine is now a sponsor of the Santa Anonymous. This makes 10 years that they have sponsored the tournament. Thank-you Jerry Braun.

June 14, 2000

I've just updated the July 9, 2000 Santa Anonymous Information Page. I hope this helps to answer some of your questions.
Crossfire Inc. with some RamRod barrels have just become a sponsor of the Santa Anonymous Event.

June 13, 2000

I'm thinking of selling Redzcomfort Gear. I met them in Pittsburgh. They seem to have outstanding quality. Let me know what you think. George
Crossfire Inc. manufacture the Ram Rod (Rail) Barrels, and Carbon Fibre wrap & Steel HPA Tanks. These look very interesting on their new web site. The Ram rods only are made for the Autococker, Spyder & Angel. You can buy an adapter to allow your Automag to use a Autococker Barrel, at Paintballgear.com but I haven't found it yet! If you find it, please let me know.

June 9, 2000

These new Phantom pumpgun are fantastic. I can use mine without modification. Can't wait to try it out in a game. Tilt feeds' can shoot 300 f.p.s., and the rest are limited to 270 f.p.s. Matt's Phantom is on the bottom of the Custom Configuration page on CCI's site. That Acid Blue looks great. Jeff's Urban is quite nice, and of course I love my Woodland.

June 6, 2000

Happy Birthday Jim!
The field has just acquired 20 new Mirage-Titan hybrids, and they work great (the rate of fire is better than a Titan, and no powerfeed). We can now equip 50+ players quite easily, with great equipment. We should have some great Open Days now. The next Open Day is June 25 @ 1 p.m.
Just a reminder to CO2 Fill station operators, to check the valves on tanks for missing loctite. During the last month, I've had 2x 24 oz. New Brass Eagle tanks come in with no loctite on one and on the other it was no longer holding on to the valve. The valve could have separated from the tank, under pressure. This is extremely dangerous. Please be careful.

June 5, 2000

Paintball 2-Xtremes - May/June, 2000

PMI's Piranha G2 STS
Crossfire Air Tank
New Raven goggles
Defender Tactics
Cobra Gear's Viper Vest
Playing with Less Paint

Scott USA has a new goggle called: Strike.

May 31, 2000

Check out the new items on the For Sale page. A '98 autococker very reasonably priced. And a set of JT goggles that won't last long.
The Open Day was great (May 28). 40+ players showed up in the rain and cold, and had a blast. The next one is June 25 @ 1 p.m. Hopefully, the weather will be better.

May 28, 2000

Action Pursuit Games - July 2000 - On sale now!! @ Paintball Paradise.

Inside the Tippmann Pro/Carbine
Winchester Licensed by Accucaps (makers of Zap Paintballs).
Meet ACI's Griffin
Tribal Electro-Paintball gun
The Iron Maiden - Tracy "Ice" Roberts
and more

If you would like a RT Automag poster, just fill out Airgun Designs survey.

May 24, 2000

I had a conversation with Ryan Kozar, from Paintball Paradise Regina. Team Aggression will be reffing a 5-man Center Flag tournament on June 11, 2000 (Sunday). It's been a while since I played a tournament in Regina, so hopefully the Predators can make it. Hopefully, there will be an Amateur & Novice categories, with the Entry Fees around $200-250 per team. Prizes for the Amateur would be a % of the Entry Fees (cash), the novice prizes are not known at this time.
If you are looking for a great deal on goggles, check out The Generals Quarters. $34.95 for a JT Softstream Goggles, which are the same as my rentals (minus the Combat Vision Insert, which I sell for most paintball goggles, including the JT Spectras. They come in clear ($14), and these 4 tints($15): amber, rose, smoke & blue).
The camouflage gloves for $4 are a hot seller.

May 22, 2000

If you are interested in playing pump gun only, please let me know. I'm going to try to set-up a Pump League, maybe on the weekends.

May 20, 2000

Paintball Paradise is now selling camouflage cloth gloves for $4 a pair. They are green and black and work great.
The new Bushmaster 2000 has been released. It is an electronic gun. Looks interesting. The original Bushmaster was the best pump gun on the market at the time (around 1988-90).
Looks like the schedule for the World Paintball Federation is ready. A 1st place finish in any of the 6 events wins you a trip to the Masters in New Orleans Oct. 6-8, 2000. ZAP looks like a major sponsor.
Sounds like Bud Orr is on the attack. From talking to Worr games, Worr Games is suing at least 3 companies for "design infringement" or copyrights, on the Autococker. Later this year, an electronic version of the Autococker is due for unveiling.

May 19, 2000

Some new targets have arrived. The should work well during the "Shooting Booth". We'll see how good they work on the weekend.
I've also ordered some spinning targets up from the U.S.A. I hope they work well.

May 14, 2000

It's looking like a great turn-out for the OPEN Day on May 28 @ 1 p.m. Hopefully we'll hit 50+ players like last year. If you need rental equipment, the first players to pay their deposit get equipment. Phoning and reserving will not guarantee you a marker, without a deposit of $10 per marker. 10 players = $100 deposit, which is refundable when you show up.

May 13, 2000

Sunday May 14 @ 10 am is now an Open Day. I have two small groups coming out, and if you would like to join in, come on out. Most hope to finish up before Mother's Day supper.
The Predators are looking at new jerseys, after seeing the Hell hounds new jerseys at Speedball. They looked sharp.
Paintball Paradise Prince Albert is now selling Phantom pumpguns from Component Concepts Inc. (CCI). These are beautiful pumpguns designed for Stock or Low Tech play. The following are the patterns picked out already for order. We'll be ready for the Low Tech.

George - Woodland Camouflage
Jim H. - Acid Green
Matt - Acid Blue
Jeff - Urban Camouflage

May 7, 2000

32 players for the Night Game. Fog machine worked quite well (had to move it with the wind). James U. won the door prize for a movie (of our theme). The Red team won in the end. It was a fun night, thanks to everyone for coming out.

May 4, 2000

Looks like 20-30 players for the Night Game May 5th. Fog machine is rented.

May 3, 2000

The following are the results of the Saskatchewan Speedball Championship held at Asquith's Paintball Action Games on April 30. It is now the First tournament on the Saskatchewan Championship Circuit. The numbers following the teams are their point totals.

P.A. Predators 14
The Generals 13
High Voltage 12
Hellfire 11
4 Pack Attack 10
Wicked 9
Hell Hounds Blue 8
Hell Hounds Red 7
4 Neat Guys 6
Kindersley Paintball Club 5

The Wolfpack receives 14 points for reffing the event (1st place points). Congratulations Wolfpack, for a job well done.
The next event is on July 9 Santa Anonymous 4-man at Paintball Paradise Prince Albert Inc.
It was a terrific event. The teams were fun to be around. Great camaraderie! It was great to see so many new teams. Keep up the good work Doug, we had a blast!

April 30, 2000

Great turnout at the Saskatchewan Speedball Championships in Asquith, 10 teams. Two Hell Hound Teams came up from Regina. Kindersley Paintball Club really improved all day. Hellfire was a team from Saskatoon, that made the finals at their first tournament. Plus a few new teams, and some Saskatoon regulars (High Voltage, 4 Neat guys, Huns). There were some good teams, along with a few surprises.
First place was $1,000. The Final was all Prince Albert. P.A. Predators vs. the Generals. With some great timing, we (the Predators) won. "They" were calling it the "Thousand Dollar Run": with less than 10 seconds left, I told Wayne to "Put them down!!" (while he was reloading), charged across the field, rang the bell, crashed into the dirt & we won by the one bell ring to none. The Predators played great all day. Way to go: George, Mike, Wayne, Matt & Jeff. Repeat Champions. The lessons from Las Vegas helped, and so did practicing the "bunker drills".
The Generals played well, and I would like to congratulate them on a job well done. They came back from some gun problems, and made the finals. Good work.
More results to come.

April 29, 2000

Looks like the Maidstone Tournament (June 11) is CANCELED. Kevin Garret has sold his equipment and shut down his field.
The Speedball Tournament in Asquith (April 30) will now become the first tournament on the Saskatchewan Championship Circuit. The second event will still be the Santa Anonymous on July 9 at Paintball Paradise Prince Albert Inc. The rest of the Circuit is unaffected.
The Santa Anonymous (July 9) & the S.H.A.R.E. benefit have just confirmed the continuing sponsorship of ZAP Paintballs. Thanks to Steve Moore, from Accucaps, the manufactures of ZAP Paintballs.

April 24, 2000

I want to thank: Kathie, Matt & Jeff for helping out on Friday. We painted, cleaned & also refit the target range. The Bale field now has a Safe Area were you can remove your goggles (west side of Bin #7), which is protected by walls. And Matt remember that Duct Tape in your hair hurts.
The second part to the Vegas trip is now up. It's about the arriving at the field. Also we lost Jeff, which is hard to believe!

April 22, 2000

I have separated Open Prince Albert Dates & Saskatchewan Events from my events page. So, if you want to play Open or tournaments you can go to separate pages. Or have everything on one page.

April 19, 2000

National Paintball Supply, New Jersey bought Paintball 2-Xtremes magazine and it's related activities.

April 16, 2000

The first of a few pages and pictures from Las Vegas trip. Arriving in Las Vegas. I hope you enjoy these.

April 12, 2000

I have some Las Vegas pics being scanned now. I should have a new web page within the week. It will tell all about Las Vegas & Paintball Panam Style.

April 11, 2000

Paintball 2-Xtremes announced that effective April 5, 2000, they have sold Paintball 2-Xtremes Magazine, Paintball Business Magazine, the Paintball Business Buzz, The Buzz, Alexander’s Conspiracy Scenario Game Series, and all of their paintball related activities. The buyer is Xtreme Sports Publishing of Pennsauken, New Jersey. They have entered into a five-year, non-compete agreement for all things paintball related.

April 9, 2000

It was a fantastic Open Day, even though it was a little cold. 26 players and with Chief Les being there; it was a fun time. Thanks Les.
Don't forget the next Open Day is Sunday May 28 at 1 p.m. Hopefully we'll hit 50+ players, like last year.

April 7, 2000

The first booking of the year went fine. It was a little cold, but things ran well. Hopefully this weekend will go quite well, as a little snow keeps falling every night.
Come out and shoot Chief Les on Sunday (April 9) , it's a Open Day 1 p.m.
The fresh paint seems to be quite good.

April 3, 2000

Events Page has been updated, with current bookings. I still need a few refs, please let me know if you are available.
Looks like Chief Les might be coming on Apr. 9, so get ready to play some bounce ball.
My brother will will be in town today for a few days, until he heads out to his new job in Kentucky.

April 2, 2000

Looks like Brass Eagle is buying out JT USA. Hopefully this will boost their share prices, as they have fallen from $25 last year in May, to about $5 and closed Friday at $5.375 a share, down $0.62.5. The share price did hit $6 with the announcement to acquire JT.

Mar. 30, 2000

Date change on Doug's Saskatchewan Speedball Championship. New date April 30, 2000.
OPEN Day has been moved back to April 23.
Updates on Las Vegas, when I get some sleep.

Mar. 21-29, 2000

The Predators are gone to Las Vegas. Including myself. It will be hard to get a hold of me for a while. Viva Las Vegas!! Vegas1 & Vegas2.

Mar. 20, 2000

The Hell Hounds has started planning for the WHY2KAftermath game on Aug. 13, 2000 at Paintball Paradise Regina. Looks quite interesting.

Mar. 19, 2000

What a great day for paintball!! +7oC and sunny. We played quite a few games on the Bale Field. It sure was fun.
Only 2 more sleeps until we leave for Las Vegas. Magboy can hardly contain himself. Plus he now has a High Speed Sympatico connection.

Mar. 18, 2000

Open Day on Mar. 19 Sunday at 1 p.m., it's +5oC today.
New rental package prices are now in effect for 2000. The Expert & Pro Pass have reduced in price. The Expert has 200 paintballs & the Pro has has 300. The Pro pass is a super deal at $40.
Don't forget that members get paint at $0.06 per ball. Paintball Paradise2K memberships are on sale now for $70.

Mar. 17, 2000

Happy St. Patrick's Day.

Mar. 15, 2000

The Spyder Cup is gearing up in Pittsburgh, PA USA. The dates are May 27th - 28th, 2000. First Place is 5 Ford Mustangs (just fantastic), and you must use Spyder guns. Kingman is also hosting a Celebrity paintball game with some Steelers coming out to play. Arthur Chang (CEO and founder of Kingman) from this game will donate $10,000 to the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
Las Vegas Weather can be checked here. The field owner said it has been hitting 90oF, that's just a little change from here at -20oC. We leave in less than a week. The countdown starts.

Mar. 11, 2000

No paintball this weekend.
Next Open Day is March 19. This is a change from the 26 (which is canceled), because the Predators are going to Las Vegas to play in the Panam Circuit at that time.
BioProgress Technology International, Inc. announced the execution of an exclusive agreement with JT USA, LP, and Dye Precision, Inc. BioProgress has developed the XGelÔ Film System. It is the world's first animal-free soft capsule process. The patented process eliminates the use of Gelatin, which is a protein derived from animal renderings. Gelatin is the shell of a paintball. This all started with the Mad Cow disease in the UK. The new product looks like it could be an improvement over Gelatin. Maybe better paintballs will come out in late 2000. They would appear to work better under various temperatures (hot or cold) than Gelatin. This could be great for winter play.

Mar. 5, 2000

Fun, warm (+7oC) day of paintball. Had 9 players out including 4 new renters. It's nice to play with only a hopper full, you can give somebody 20 quick shots and not use 300-400 paintballs per game.
The Bale Field just keeps on impressing me with how little paint is shot on a "Speedball-type" field. Plus there is so much movement. And it is just entertaining to watch & fast turnaround time between games.

Mar. 3, 2000

We'll be playing Mar. 5 at 1 p.m. (Sunday). I've got more paint for the day.
I need the Predators going to Vegas to come and get more ID pics taken on Sunday.

Feb. 28, 2000

Had a great day of playing on Sunday. 12 players played hard on the Bale Field & the Big Field. It was quite nice having High Pressure Air. CO2 is always a problem in the winter. Thanks for coming out guys.
The Last Sunday of every month will be an Open day. If you need to reserve equipment, a $10 deposit will do so. I think this will be a popular addition.
Some great ideas came out of the meeting on Santa Anonymous & SHARE. I'll post these in a bit.

Feb. 25, 2000

Playing on Feb. 27 at 1 p.m. Looks like great weather.
I'll host a meeting Feb. 27, at 6-7 p.m.(at the farm). It's for SHARE & Santa Anonymous. Plus Las Vegas. Anyone interested in helping with these events, please come on out. The video of 1999 Skyball might get viewed too.

Feb. 21, 2000

As part of a upgrading process, my redirect service of www.paintballpa.com, may not work Feb. 23-25, from 9 p.m. until midnight EST. You will need to contact the site by this URL: http://www3.sk.sympatico.ca/paintpa
Hopefully this is not a major problem, as they cannot give a specific time. It might happen on one or two, or all three nights. Hopefully, you will not see any problems.

Feb. 19, 2000

No Paintball tomorrow as I have a very bad cold. Plus my boots are in the shop (along with my truck).
Maybe we can have another meeting Sunday Feb. 27 in the evening. Plans for the SHARE & Santa Anonymous Tourneys are going well. Las Vegas Panam here we come.

Feb. 16, 2000

National Paintball Supply/South Carolina/Texas/Los Angeles have a new brand called VORTEX. VORTEX will be a complete line including 4 Brands of Paintballs. Procaps will manufacture VORTEX (Procaps makes Diablo). The VORTEX line will be available ONLY to paintball fields and stores. No mass merchant store or mail order places will have access. National Paintball Supply now carries 3 paintball manufactures: Accucaps, Nelson and Procaps.
At the Atlanta Super Show, a new Store & Field Owner Association will try to be organized. Many owners were quite upset that some dealers were selling products below their wholesale cost, for retail prices. They were mad about the unpublished price list to some companies in a category. This out come could be quite interesting.
Winchester Paintball was the hit of the Super Show. It's a new venture by ZAP Paintballs, licensing the Winchester name to promote a new complete line of paintball gear aimed at the mass merchant. The ZAP and Point Zero will remain for the traditional paintball market. Gord Moore (President of ZAP) said, “The 134-year-old Winchester name gives us instant credibility with retail buyers and consumers alike because it is a proven brand and industry leader.” The initial Winchester Paintball line includes three markers, hoppers, tubes, barrel plugs, squeegees, goggles, and more. The principles include: Gordon Moore, Jim Wahl and Aldo Perronne, based at the Accucaps facility in Strathroy, Ontario. Aldo created Brass Eagle and sold it off years ago.

Feb. 10, 2000

No games on the weekend. Feb. 12-13.
Happy Valentines Day to everybody, may cupid be shooting straight for you.
Just got my video of Skyball 1999. It is a has action, great shots, bunkering, lots of paint, all in the Skydome. If you have never played at this level of speedball, you will learn what it is all about. They have some great game footage. This video would apply to the Canadian Speedball Championships in Calgary. Lots of paint, and action.

Feb. 9, 2000

Paintball 2-Xtremes - Feb. 2000

Well I just got my copy of the "Amy Miller" Issue. She is a well built blond (and is a model), wearing a very small thong bikini (not camouflage). The picture layout is 4 pages out of 140, and actually the photo quality is not great (but I think they were trying to do that). I don't think anyone should get too excited about the pics, I've seen worse in more popular non adult mags. Most players will want to see what the fuss is about. I think it's good. Maybe I can sell out of magazines for once in the summer, and might have to order more.
The new format looks great. Glossy paper, regular size magazine. Lots of articles; including some not on paintball but might be interesting to some players. Movie reviews, Skateboarding, plus the paintball articles:

Spyder Cup!
Griffin - new from ACI
New Scenario Games - Alexander's Conspiracy
Bunker building
Road Trippin'
Playin' the role
Plus an assortment of other stories

Feb. 6, 2000

The temperature was -11oC, with a bit of wind, but after the first game on the Bale Field, nobody was cold. It was a lot of fun, and very intense. We played maybe 12 games. What a adrenaline rush! It was slightly slower going than in the summer, but there were a few circle plays. It's weird with the trails being up to 3 feet high walls, but nobody used the blower path for cover, only the bales. I think being upright on the fast Bale field is more important.
It's interesting to see how well markers perform in cold weather. It almost seems that less oil is better, as the oil freezes up components (like my slide check). High rates of high seem to break more paint. Next time I'm going to put a "Hotshot" under my loader cover, I think this will help the paintballs, like in the past. After -8oc that extra heat for the paint, I believe becomes important. Frozen paint is extremely hard to clean in a barrel below -5oC. I'm still having problems with my Parker Coil Hose Remote in cold weather (-5oC), cracking off.

Feb. 3, 2000

Feb. 6 (Sunday) noon looks like a good day to be playing paintball. Saturday I'll snowblow the course. I think that we should give the Bale Field a try.
The meeting is still on Feb. 5 @ 9 p.m.
Paintball Magazine April 2000 is selling now. Articles include:

Sniper Tactics
Z-Body for the Automag (Backspin)
Defeating Superguns
Tippmann Flatline
and more.

Paintball Sports International - Mar. 2000

Pushing the Extreme
RecBall
Murray's Moves
and lots more

Jan. 30, 2000

Action Pursuit Games - Mar. 2000

Inside the Sheridan XTS
the Venom.99TS - low cost semi
The Ramrod - new barrel
Lone wolf
20 Steps to a better game
Low Pressure Chambers
the time & place for Defense
etc.

New magazine - Paintball Consumer Guide Magazine (P.C.G.M.)- Mar. 2000

Glossy 96 page magazine (regular size). Features include: product reviews, tech tips, maintenance, and upgrades. Paintball Magazine seems to be converted into this new magazine.
Editor: John Amodea (former Editor P.C.R.I.)
Product Consultant: Mike Peverill (former Publisher P.C.R.I.)
Publisher: CFW Enterprises (current Publisher of A.P.G.)

In their first issue, they have 20+ articles, on various equipment (Piranha, Diamond GT), Troubleshooting the Model 98, Traveling with your paintball gear, etc.

Jan. 29, 2000

Sorry guys, I'm not feeling good this weekend. Even though the weather is great, maybe next weekend we'll play.
I'm looking at having a Predator meeting on Feb. 5. We'll discuss Panam Circuit in Las Vegas, Santa Anonymous and S.H.A.R.E. We can take the Player ID Card pictures then.
Paintball 2-Xtremes magazine has changed. New glossy format, regular size, and they have been watching Maximum change magazine formats. 142 pages with new sections, most of which are geared towards males 10-20 years old. Haven't seen it yet, but it should be a good seller.

Jan. 23, 2000

Worr games lawsuit against AKA & Splat Attack, will have a reprieve for a bit. The Judge has dismissed the case because of Splat Attack being out of his juradication. But it sounds like the suit will continue through the courts.
ACI has moved, their new address is: 701 South Auto Center Drive, Ontario, California 91761. The new phone number for ACI is 909-390-2323. Their fax number is 909-390-6844. Sounds like a big place with 6 truck bays to move their product out. They also have some new prices on some equipment:

The Griffin: a rear-cocking Venturi bolt semiautomatic entry level marker for their hot new low-priced marker, MSRP is $139.99 U.S.D. (United States Dollars = exchange to 150% or $60 Canadian).
They have also produced a high volume cell, or as some people may incorrectly call it - a low pressure chamber - and the MSRP on that is $24.99 U.S.D.
Finally, they have an 8-ounce bottle of airlube with a MSRP price of $19.95.

Jan. 22, 2000

The Great Western circuit has now become the Panam Circuit, which will host tournaments across North America. It's Las Vegas tournament will be March 26-28, 2000. The P.A. Predators are considering playing in the 5-man amateur division. It's a limited paint game (200 paintballs per player per game). Looks like it could be fun.

Jan. 14, 2000

Revamped the Predator Page. It should be faster, and easier to navigate. I divided the page into 4 sections: About, Roster, Sponsors & Pictures. Now I will try expand the pictures.

Jan. 9, 2000

The First paintball games of 2000 were great. It started at -18oC with the wind chill. The wind died as the day went on, so the temp of -6oC was were we finished. Pat, Matt, Jeff, Magboy & myself really enjoyed ourselves. We ran 3 on 2 drills, and later 2 on 2 drills. It was a fun day, everybody got shot. It's fun when the opposition players have a hard time spotting you. I really like my Snow Camo, but Pat & Matts' East German patterns work well too. Matt & Jeff have recovered completely from eating those 100 paintballs at the Christmas Party, but they like shooting them best.

Jan. 8, 2000

We will be playing on Jan. 9, 2000 @ 1 p.m., if the temp. is above -15oC. This could be the first game of the century. I'm snowblowing the course today.
I've updated the Events page with all Saskatchewan Events that I know of.
I've as placed two new links on the bottom of the main or index page. Tom Lewis, who helps the Hell Hounds on their page, has created two Saskatchewan Pages. The first on is a Message Board & the second one is an On-Line Auction. The On-Line Auction is like E-bay. If you have anything you want to post, please feel free to do so.

Jan. 7, 2000

If you have a good stomach, you can check out Matt Nelsons Page. It has a pic of his Championship Paintball Eating Event on Dec. 19, 1999. you can see Jeff in the background. Jeff did well, but not good enough. Matt is one tough player.

Jan. 4, 2000

Happy New Year!!
If the weather warms up a little like -15oC or better, we will be playing. Hopefully next weekend on sunday. I still need to snow blow the course. If you need paint let me know because it's getting a little short. There still is lots of the stuff Matt & Jeff ate. I have a good pic for the event, hopefully I can get it scanned for your viewing pleasure. Matt & myself have video tapes of the contest. Hopefully it warms up soon.

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