SARPL 3-Man Event 7
Playing in the rain is universally hated by almost every player and that is exactly what the forecast was promising for the weekend of the 7th event of the 2012 SARPL 3-man season.
Saturday morning saw seven Div-5 teams take to the field to compete against each other at Nova Paintball Field. The prelim games started and teams were looking motivated, despite the cold overcast weather that greeted the day.
At the end of the prelim games, Body Snatchers, Cheyne Angels, Shogunate and S.Y.D made it into the semi-finals.
First up in the semi-finals was Cheyne Angels against S.Y.D, Cheyne Angels lost the first point, but came back swinging as they took the next two points and a spot in the finals. Next up was Body Snatchers against Shogunate and after a tense 1 on 1 battle in the first point, Shogunate took the point, but they could not get that second point as Body Snatchers came back to take two points in a row which gave them a shot at that all important first place on the podium.
This meant that Body Snatchers would take on Cheyne Angels in the finals, leaving Shogunate and S.Y.D to battle it out for that last spot on the podium.
After some great games, the final standings for the SARPL 3-man Event 7 Div-5 are as follows:
1st Cheyne Angels
2nd Body Snatchers
3rd S.Y.D
4th Shogunate
A major storm rolled in on Saturday night and there were fears that it would cause havoc for game day on Sunday, but the weather turned out perfect for paintball.
16 teams in two divisions (Div-3 and Div-4) arrived at Nova on Sunday morning and had come to stake their claim and hopefully take those all important first places. The prelim games ran almost two hours faster than those of the last few months as the weather was finally playing along, which lead to less timeouts and delays.
After the prelim games Mayhem and M.E.S were the top seeding teams in Div-4 and moved straight into the semi-finals. While Battle Bros, Brutal Affliction, FreeRunners 1 and Mechanix had to battle it out in the quarter-finals for their chance in the semis.
Mean while in Div-3 prelim games, All Stars went straight into the finals, leaving FML and Reaper Kidz to fight for that all important spot against All Stars.
Back at Div-4, Brutal Affliction played their quarter-finals game against Mechanix and took the win and their spot in the semis, while Battle Bros took on FreeRunners 1, but lost out against them as FreeRunners 1 snatched up the last spot in the semi-finals.
In the Div-4 semi-finals, Brutal Affliction went head to head against Mayhem and after some intense games, it was Mayhem who came out victorious. FreeRunners 1 then took on M.E.S for that all important spot in the finals, but M.E.S couldn’t get their game together and FreeRunners 1 took the semi-finals game and that second spot in the finals.
Then came the Div-3 semi-final games, which saw FML take on Reaper Kidz for their place in the finals against All Stars. But experience once again triumphed over youthful speed, as FML secured their spot in the finals, thanks to some great moves by Andrew Li.
In Div-4, Brutal Afflication that took on M.E.S for 3rd and 4th place, but M.E.S proved they wanted that last podium spot more and took the game with some intense play.
Then it was time for the Div-4 finals, with FreeRunners 1 taking on Mayhem, but experience and a great game play paid off for the boys of FreeRunners 1 as they took another first place for 2012.
The day was finished off with the Div-3 finals, which saw All Stars take on FML and after the first two games they were tied with a point each, but the old guys on All Stars played a great game and took the last point and the gold for the 7th event of 2012.
Finals Standings:
D4
1st FreeRunners 1
2nd Mayhem
3rd M.E.S
4th Brutal Affliction
D3
1st All Stars
2nd FML
3rd Reaper Kidz
Congratulations to all the teams!
A quick 1 on 1 Dodge ball challenge was played straight after the event with Rob de Vries standing victorious, winning a box Gelkaps Ignite paint, which is available from the Paintballshop, Centurion.
During the prize giving the following players and teams were also recognised.
Player of the event: Jayson Botes, who guested for Brutal Affliction at the event. Jayson received a Planet Eclipse Shirt proudly sponsored by Planet Eclipse and available from the Paintballshop, Centurion
Fastest Game Time in Division 4 was won by FreeRunners 1 taking a 15 seconds point and winning HK Army T-shirts, sponsored by HK Army.
S.Y.D won fastest game for Division 5 in 19 seconds winning HK Army lanyards sponsored by HK Army.
Move of the day went to Hentie Pauley and Rob de Vries, who both played exceptionally well during the day with various great moves. Both players wins a HK Army barrelsock.
We would like to thank Nova Paintball Field for the great facilities and the friendliness of their staff.
Thank you to the marshalls that assisted on Saturday and Sunday to help with the games. It is also worth noting, how many honest players there were at this event.
We would also like to thank our sponsors for their continued contribution and prizes. Planet Eclipse, Paintballshop Centurion, HK Army, Valken and of course Paintball City.
We are looking forward to the next and final SARPL 3-man event for the 2012 season, which will take place on the 13th and 14th of October at Paintball City as well as the SARPL 5-man event finals taking place on 28 October 2012.
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SARPL EC 3-Man Event 2
After a long trip down to Port Elizabeth and having a rest at Gariep Dam at Shiloam Village most of the Saturday afternoon was used to setup the paintball field at Planet Paintball and sorting out player cards for players.
A total of 16 teams took part in the second SARPL in the Eastern Cape with 10 D4 teams and 6 D3 teams. Joining from Gauteng was Reaper Kidz and Jonty Rufus and Brian Baleta playing for Deviation with Andrew Edge from Port Elizabeth.
After sorting out the last few players with player cards, and doing the morning briefing, the day got underway with the first games starting just after 09:30am.
Some great prelim games in both Division 4 and Division 3 with Young Guns and Ground Zero playing very solid.
At the end of the prelim games the following teams moved through to the playoffs
In Division 4 it was Young Guns vs CS6 Alpha and CS6 Delta vs Deviation. In Division 3 it was Ground Zero going straight to the finals with Black 1 and Black 2 challenging each other in the semi-finals.
After the semi-finals it was Young Guns who won CS6 Alpha 2-0 and CS6 Delta that took the win against Deviation 2-0.
In the Finals it would be Young Guns taking on CS6 Delta for 1st and 2nd and CS6 Alpha who will challenge Deviation for 3rd and 4th.
In division 3 it was Black 1 who won Black 2 2-0 with Black 2 taking 3rd in D3 and Black 1 that will take on Ground Zero in the finals.
After an intense game between CS6 Alpha and Deviation with a 1minute penalty to CS6 Alpha in the second point and a no points for the third round it was CS6 Alpha that won the third spot on the podium with 1-0.
CS6 Delta took their two points with determination taking a 1st place podium position against Young Guns getting 2nd.
In division 3 Black 1 took the win with 2 points against Ground Zero in two intense games between these two experienced teams.
Final Standings
Division 4
1st CS6 Delta
2nd Young Guns
3rd CS6 Alpha
4th Deviation
Division 3
1st Black 1
2nd Ground Zero
3rd Black 2
4th Reaper Kidz
Congratulations to all these teams playing exceptionally well during the day.
Other prizes
CS6 Charlie won the Fastest Game Time of 25sec for the day. They won HK Army barrel socks sponsored by HK Army
Most Improved Team of the event was won by EC Infamous that was supposed to play in the Division 5, but joined in with Division 4 at the end of day and played exceptionally well for this young and upcoming team. Each player won a Sly Shirt sponsored by Sly and available from the Paintball Shop Port Elizabeth.
Move of the day was won by Jonty Rufus (GP) and Andrew Edge (EC) for some brilliant game play by both these young, up and coming players. Jonty won a Planet Eclipse beanie sponsored by Planet Eclipse and available from the Paintball Shop and Andrew Edge won a HK Army Beanie, sponsored by HK Army.
Player of the Event was won by Jordan Levinson that showed exceptional skill throughout the day. Jordon won a Planet Eclipse T-Shirt sponsored by Planet Eclipse and available from the Paintball Shop.
We would like to thank the marshalls for their hard work during the day and for Planet Paintball for the great venue to host the SARPL event in the Eastern Cape.
Thank you also to all our prize sponsors for this event specifically. The Paintball Shop with prizes from Planet Eclipse, Valken and Sly, as well as HK Army for the great prizes they sponsored.
We are looking forward to the next event in the Eastern Cape on 18 November 2012!
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SARPL WC 3-Man Event 1
The most extreme weather conditions we had to face to date was thrown at us this weekend at the SARPL WC 3-man Event 1, but this didn’t deter the SARPL staff or players from the Western Cape that was ready and eager for this event.
Leaving at 4:30am Friday morning from Sedgefield to Cape Town we arrived at Paintball Kings Joostenbergvlakte shortly after 09:30am in drizzling rain.
Between bursts of rain fall Richard and the rest of the SARPL staff tried their best to setup the field layout in less than ideal field conditions with the rains over the past few weeks in Cape Town making this field close to marshlands.
Saturday morning met us with some more drizzle as we headed off to the field at 06:30am. Surprisingly a lot of players was already at the field as we arrived and players pitched up quickly after 7am setting up gazebos to protect them from the rain.
As scorekeeper for the day, I was strategically placed above the rest on a big trailer with a gazebo over me. Player cards was handed out, teams signed in and the morning briefing was held before the first games started at 9am.
Games started slow as teams and players, for a lot their first speedball tournament ever, go used to the countdown, buzzers and fast games, but it wasn’t long before they were all hooked and playing their hearts out.
Prelim games went well and some excellent games was played by a lot of teams during the day, irrespective of the bad weather conditions and occasional rain coming down.
The atmosphere was great, players was around and buzzing around the field laughing, talking, and assisting where they could.
After 42 prelim games and catching up with time the semi-finals kicked off with
Division 4
Young Guns vs ScrubsRus with Young Guns winning 2-0
The Wicked Jesters 1 vs The Wicked Jesters 3 with The Wicked Jesters 3 winning 2-1
Division 3
Black 2 vs Flash Mob Army with Flash Mob Army winning 2-0
Reaper Kidz vs Cape Town Collision with Cape Town Collision winning 2-1
After this it were the finals with Division 4 teams starting. ScrubsRus playing The Wicked Jesters 1 with ScrubsRus and ended up taking 3rd and The Wicked Jesters 1 4th
After this Young Guns played The Wicked Jesters 3 and Young Guns won taking 1st with the Wicked Jesters 3 taking 2nd
The it was time for the Division 3 teams with Black 2 and Reaper Kidz taking each other on with Black 2 winning Reaper Kidz 2-1 taking 3rd and Reaper Kidz taking 4th. The it was time for the ultimate match between Cape Town Collision and Flash Mob Army with Cape Town Collision taking the win 2-1 at the end of the day.
Final Standings at the end of the day
Division 3
1st – Cape Town Collision
2nd – Flash Mob Army
3rd – Black 2
4th – Reaper Kidz
Division 4
1st – Young Guns (PE)
2nd – The Wicked Jesters 3
3rd – ScrubsRus
4th – The Wicked Jesters 1
Division 5
1st – Neo Naartjies
2nd – DeathWatch 4
3rd – PaintballKings
Congratulations to all these teams for some great games during the day and giving their best on and off the field!
Other Prizes that was handed out at the prize giving
Fastest Game Time – Neo Naartjies (D5) 16 seconds each player winning an Empire jersey.
Most Improved Team of the Day – Devastation ending 6th in their first tournament ever and players showing great skill during the day winning some great HK Army beanies.
Move of the Day – Craig Marley, Tristan Birch, Riaan Keyser – winning HK Army stickers
Team of the Event – The Wicked Jesters 3 with some excellent game play during the day! Winning Magnum HK Army barrel socks.
As special thank you to Black 1, Black 2 and Young Guns that came all the way from Port Elizabeth for this event as well Reaper Kidz that travelled with the SARPL on the national tour from Gauteng to the Eastern and Western Cape events.
A big thank you to the marshalls and assisting marshalls that helped during this extremely long day. Thank you to PaintballKings Joostenbergvlakte getting the field as ready as humanly possible. Even with some of the disasters you experienced, the event could still go ahead. A big thank you especially to Kobus, and his family, from PaintballKings Joostenbergvlakte assisting the SARPL staff getting to the airport and all the other travel challenges we had to deal with.
Thank you to our sponsors that helped us during this year to make each and every event memorable. Thank you to The Paintballshop, Planet Eclipse, Paintball City, DYE Paintball, HK Army, Valken and Adventure n Beyond.
We looking forward to the next event for Cape Town which we be held on 24 November 2012 at Paintball Kings Joostenbergvlakte.
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