Three teams made up mostly of former world championship players are taking shape to compete in the first Woodsball World Cup.

Frank Connell, Chuck Hendsch and Darryl Trent, members of World Cup Champion All American teams and dominant in the SPPL, form its nucleus.

Robert “Rosie” Rose, Dennis “Mooner” Mood, Master Blasters and world champion Ground Zero players, join with Bart Blonski and Alex Lundqvist, players from New York Xtreme and world champion Russian Legion teams, and Renick Miller, Captain of Aftershock, winners of five World Cups, the most by any team in paintball history, to form the core of GZ.

Tommy Cole is bringing a nearly intact squad of the champions Bad Company to the Woodsball World Cup.

So far, nearly a dozen teams are accepting the challenge and preparing themselves to meet the legends head on.

And, the teams will meet on the playing fields used in the original World Cup 20 years ago, including Ponderosa and Top of the Ridge, considered by many to be the best woodsball tournament fields in the world.

They will be judged by many of the original judges, the Master Blasters, considered by many to be the best at their craft.

On September 10, 11 and 12, we will see just who among us is the best Woodsball team in the World.

If you think that you have what it takes to compete, enter this bring your own paint “Old School Hard Core Tournament”.

Go to woodsballworldcup.com for further details on this remarkable event, and become a part of paintball history

NPPL All Star Voting ends tonight!

Get your vote in now for the game of the year!

The 2010 NPPL All Star vote ends tonight at 11:59 (Pacific Standard Time).

Come join the best in the sport, as we celebrate the new “Paintball Hall of Fame”, giant PRO player’s BBQ, and the 2010 All Star Game!

Don’t miss your chance to play!

Western Division Voting

Eastern Division Voting

Team registration is still open HERE Time is running out!

The National Professional Paintball League is committed to hosting the highest quality paintball tournaments at the most affordable price. Our vision is to provide you, the player and team, a professional stage to compete on while giving you the best possible experience. We will focus on quality referees and organization while giving you an incredible vibe to have the time of your paintball life.

Come join the Pros and experience the Greatest Paintball Show on Earth.

National Professional Paintball League

The Texas Roughnecks, who bill themselves as the largest scenario paintball team in Texas (the state where they like things BIG) has recently announced that they are participating in the Wounded Warrior Project charity.

The charity supports returning wounded veterans and can be reached right from the Roughneck’s home page – HERE

The team was founded in 2004 by assembling several smaller scenario teams; they’ve been attending approximately ten games per year ever since, recently being seen at Oklahoma D-Day.

This is the kind of thing that earns a team a membership in the Paintball Family - giving back for a worthy cause.

By all initial impressions the Roughnecks will leave their mark; they’ve got a huge crew of dedicated players and seem to be making all the right moves – coverage in the mags, a Youtube channel featuring their on-field exploits and a pretty darned cool logo.

68Caliber applauds their efforts, wishes them the best of luck and encourages everyone to get behind them!

NPPL is looking for quality local NPPL referees to ref the upcoming NPPL DC Challenge August 6-8, 2010.

The NPPL will host a Pro referee tryout and practice session July 17th and 18th at Pev’s Tournament Complex 9am-4pm.

The Referee tryout and certification course will consist of a vigorous program where rules, positioning and communication will be taught, demonstrated and reviewed. Referees need to be prepared to take a test on the rules so make sure to read the rule book and bring it to the course it’s our bible.

Please Call or email Valerie for ref application by Friday July 16th, 2010.

NPPL Head office 714-758-5575

Email: valerie@nppl.com

Full certification is $80.00. To tryout is no charge.

2010 NPPL All Star Game .”‘Western Division” voting is now live!

The NPPL DC Challenge tournament at Pev’s Paintball Park is approaching quickly, and the league is proud to announce the details on the premiere event for the weekend, the annual NPPL East vs. West All-Star Game!

The All-Star Game will take place on Saturday, August 7th, and will feature a modified Super 7
format. Dynasty superstar Alex Fraige has been selected by his peers to lead as the captain of the Western division, where he’ll go up against Edmonton Impact player and captain of the Eastern division, Josh Davey. Both teams will compete wearing custom jerseys made especially for the All-Star game, which will be auctioned off after the event.

The rosters for both teams will be partially picked by the NPPL fans and supporters, ensuring that everyone gets a chance to cast their vote to get their favorite pro paintball player on the team! The All-Star game will be covered by all major NPPL media partners, including PaintballPhotography.com and Paintball.com.

Polls for your favourite Western team players are now open! Voting ends July 22nd!

Go Here to Vote for the Western roster NOW!

The National Professional Paintball League is committed to hosting the highest quality paintball tournaments at the most affordable price. Our vision is to provide you, the player and team, a professional stage to compete on while giving you the best possible experience. We will focus on quality referees and organization while giving you an incredible vibe to have the time of your paintball life.

Come join the Pros and experience the Greatest Paintball Show on Earth.

National Professional Paintball League
www.nppl.com

The 2010 NPPL East vs. West All-Star Game

The NPPL DC Challenge tournament at Pev’s Paintball Park is less than one month away and the league is proud to announce the details on the premiere event for the weekend, the annual NPPL East vs. West All-Star Game!

The All-Star Game will take place on Saturday, August 7th and feature a modified Super7 format . Dynasty superstar Alex Fraige has been selected by his peers to lead as the captain of the Western division, where he’ll go up against Edmonton Impact player and captain of the Eastern division, Josh Davey. Both teams will compete wearing custom jerseys made especially for the All-Star game, which will be auctioned off after the event.

The rosters for both teams will be picked by the NPPL fans and supporters, ensuring that everyone gets a chance to cast their vote to get their favorite pro paintball player on the team! The All-Star game will be covered by all major NPPL media partners, including PaintballPhotography.com and Paintball.com.

Polls for your favourite Eastern team players are now open!

Go Here to Vote NOW!

22 ^nd Annual Legendary

MONSTER GAME™
Paintball Scenario Experience
July 24 & 25, 2010

EXTENDED PRE-REGISTRATION SPECIAL when you register by this Tuesday Night!* Never-before-Offered Special (Details Below!)

22^nd Annual MONSTER GAME, July 24, 25…

TWO GIANT TEAMS
battle all weekend to determine who arise, glorious & victorious...
Join huge swarms of players from all over North America in a massive two-day Monster Game®.
Play side-by-side with legendary Paintball celebrities, and hang out in their hospitality areas!
Capture enemy bunkers, purchase assault missions, launch tactics, wreak havoc & mayhem!
Become an Officer and execute planned strategies & tactical missions – IF you’ve got the stuff…
Experience the most fun you may ever have playing Paintball in this LEGENDARY Epic Event!
Win EXPENSIVE PRIZES in our famous Mega-Prize Give Away, if you’re the lucky ones!
See the latest in Paintball guns and accessories at the vendor trade show
FREE AIR FILLS all weekend long! (Field Paint Only: FireBall®)

FREE CO₂ & AIR FILLS: NO WAITING!

FREE X-Ball Tournament w/Prizes @ lunchtime
FREE MAJOR PRIZE GIVEAWAYS Daily

FREE On-Site Taxi Service to & from Parking/Camping
FREE T-Shirt and Hats via CANNON!
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FOOD Onsite: Marco’s Pizza, Niel’s Dog Haus, Smoke-N-Pit Barbeque. Near: Pinckney Pub & MORE
ON SITE REGISTRATION: Early registration Friday July 23rd 3:00 to 5:00 pm.

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HERE TO REGISTER

Summer Slam BIG GAME
Date: July 18th

$35.00 Entrance Fee
BYOP (bring your own paintballs) or buy ours starting at just $35 per case! No Monster ball Allowed!
FREE All Day Compressed Air and CO2
Free Rental Gear
No Reservations Needed!
Free Pizza Lunch
Thousands in Prizes
Hundreds of players!
Registration starts at 7:30am and the first game goes out at 9:30 so get there early for the best parking and to beat the lines!
We will be capping this event at 400 people so Pre-Register Now!
visit www.agpaintball.com to pre-register and for more information!

Vendetta Paintball of West Nyack, NY, was praised in a local paper’s coverage today for opening up their facility to charitable organizations.

The owners decided to make their indoor paintball facility available to fund raisers AT NO CHARGE!

This looks like a win-win to us: you expose a heck of a lot of people to the game, and give them a taste while supporting good causes.

The Vendetta owners were motivated by their community which has embraced the field and given them a lot of business during troubling economic times.

What intrigues us here at 68Caliber is this example of a new economic model which has been playing out in other entertainment fields – music, literature, movies – being applied to paintball; seems that when folks get a chance to taste for free, they WILL come back and spend money in the future.

You can read more HERE

The Nagaland Post’s online edition reports that Spectrum Entertainment Kohima and XSV Adventures Shillong will be hosting the state’s first paintball tournament July 20 – 24.

Nagaland is a state/province of India, located in the northeast of that country.

Interestingly enough, the organizer’s are making gear available for those who don’t have any but want to compete.

Read the whole story here.

Here’s something you really don’t see every day: the New Era news website from Namibia (you’ll need a map of Africa to find it) reports on their first home team playing in the South African GPPL league (you can read all about that here.

If you follow New Era’s lead over to the GPPL Youtube Channel (here), you’ll get to watch a television news reporter saying this:

“Paintball in South Africa has now been recognized as an official sport.”

The sports commentator then goes on to explain that this means that teams can now “play for provincial colors”, which I guess is kind of like playing for a city or a state.

Several other countries have previously made similar announcements over the past two decades. Nevertheless, it’s nice to see such progress continuing to be made.

Check out the video for yourself:

Event: 2010 MPS
Event #3
Start Time: Saturday, July 31 at 8:00am
End Time: Sunday, August 1 at 5:00pm
Where: DropZone Paintball in Lawrence, KS

The Fresh Air Fund, which annually helps inner city kids get out into the woods, the fields and the other great outdoors open spaces are looking for host families for this summer.

68Caliber evidently hit their radar screen as a place that might help them find some folks who’ve got the wherewithal to help a child experience the great outdoors.

Of course that might also involve helping them step out onto a paintball field or two during the course of the summer.

If you think you might be interested – check them out here

Sewell, NJ, June 9th, 2010 KEE Action Sports LLC. – BT Paintball is pleased to announce the BT Big Game-The Global Paintball Battle. The first truly worldwide scenario paintball event takes place on 8/21/10 with the battle beginning in Australia at 9:00AM AWST.  Some of the countries participating this year include: USA, Canada, South Africa, Mexico, Aruba, Bulgaria, Malaysia, and Portugal.

During the inaugural BT Big Game in 2009, over 10,000 participants played at 80 fields in 15+ countries around the globe making it the single largest multi-national event ever in the sport. This year’s game will again take place in different countries around the world and will unite players that are separated into the Red and Blue teams. Players in France will be rooting for their teammates in Aruba as the game progresses across the globe. At BTpaintball.com, players will be able to watch live scoring, track missions, blog, and view uploaded images and videos from battlefields all over the world.

“The BT Big Game continues to reflect the strength of the scenario paintball market around the world. We were pleased with the overall success of the inaugural 2009 event and we will continue to put our efforts towards growing the sport and supporting our fields as well as our customers across the globe. New for 2010, we introduced online registration, live video uploads and blogging. This year’s game promises to overflow with action and adrenaline,” says KEE’s VP of Marketing, Jason A. Taitano.

Go to btpaintball.com for more details – participating fields, blogs, online registration, and much more.

KEE Action Sports LLC is the worldwide leader in the manufacturing and distribution of paintball sporting goods and the exclusive source for RPS®, Empire®, Invert™, Invert™  MINI™, BT Paintball™, HALO®, EVIL®, Pure Energy®, ViewLoader®, Brass Eagle®, and JT Sports® brand products.

Check out the all new Sacremento XSV website at www.xsvpaintball.com

The National Professional Paintball League is committed to hosting the highest quality paintball tournaments at the most affordable price. Our vision is to provide you, the player and team, a professional stage to compete on while giving you the best possible experience. We will focus on quality referees and organization while giving you an incredible vibe to have the time of your paintball life.

Well it’s almost that time again, time for The Annual Oklahoma D-Day Event to kick off.

This year marks the 13th year the event will have been held just outside of Wyandotte, OK. DDay Adventure Park . The event, which begins on Monday, June 7th runs
this year through June 12th.

The turnout is expected to match last year when there were close to 3,000 participants, along with several thousand more spectators, family members and vendors on the site – 66800 E. 175th Rd Wyandotte, OK 74370 – 918.666.3411.

Highlights of this year’s event will include a special birthday party for 101st Airborne Veteran Jake McNiece.

Jake is one of only a small number of WW II veterans who made four combat jumps, including two while serving as a Pathfinder, into Normandy, Holland, Bastogne and Southern Germany and came back home to talk about it. Jake will be speak each day about his experiences during WW II and he’ll also be signing copies of his book, “The Filthy Thirteen,” each of the three days (June 9th-11th) he’ll be there. On Wednesday evening, starting about 7 PM everyone is invited to drop by the D-Day Cafe, to wish Jake a happy 91st birthday as well as to help celebrate the events’s first USO SHOW. Plans call for surprising Jake with a cake as well as a sketch which has been donated by Mr. Mort Walker, the cartoonist who draws the popular Beetle Bailey cartoon.

In addition to Mr. McNeice everyone present will also have an opportunity to meet and listen to Mr. Leland Burns, the co-author with his father Dewayne of a book about his father’s WW II exploits, entitled “Jump Into the Valley Of The Shadow.” Leland assisted his father, who served during WW II as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division.

Other highlights this year include the unveiling of a number of newly constructed buildings, which have been built to look similar to what soldiers encountered as they fought their way
across Europe.

Fore more details about the many daily events which will occur each day, as well as a list of times when the press is invited to observe some of the behind the scenes pre-event planning sessions, please refer to the attached schedule. Anyone wanting to visit one of these is asked to contact me for further details.

Finally, as part of the event again this year, we’re offering everyone who attends a free copy of a newspaper entitled “The 2010 Stars and Stripes Oklahoma D-Day Special Edition.” Here is a link which allows you to preview this year’s edition online -