Well it's been far too long since our last blog... incase you didn't all guess it's because we literally have been run off our feet although, fear not!, we have made some big steps on site over the last couple of weeks and it's finally starting to shape up!
So what the hell have we been up to I hear you ask?! Well the week of the 23rd saw Battle Grounds Paintball taken over with school groups for activities week with over 300 kids through our doors in a matter of days. Lots of great action on the field including some pretty intense battles between watch towers in the village made for a crazy few days - great to see so many teachers having a blast too! Oh and how could I forget the miles of ducktape!
This month also marked the start of our U-18's Paintball Club Sessions which run every second Wednesday night from 6-8.30pm. Using a combination of Tippmann 98's, A5's, Tippman X7's and BT Delta 4's the boys ripped it up proving that age and experience don't count for much when you've got a bit of enthusiasm and no fear! Next session should be a blast on Wednesday 8th June with new game fields to be unveiled!
Then of course there was the weekend of the 28th/29th.... possibly the wildest weekend BG has been witness to so far since moving to our site at Banchory. Six different stag groups, one hennie, two birthday groups.... 90 smoke grenades and 37 flash bangs..... and that was just the Saturday! The pics look great so take a minute to check them out here :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Battle-Grounds-Paintball-Aberdeen/139373982799023?sk=photos
So what about the site? Well Aberdeen Fusion have been out a couple of times lining drainage ditches across the brand new Tournament Paintball Field, Aberdeen University Paintball Society players have been out doing the same and are set to work three days straight over the coming week finishing this mammoth task off! On top of that we have had plenty of help from the regulars, Craig and Stu deserving a special mention, and now have a chinook helicopter which is very near to completion not to mention the fact that the safety zone now has a beautiful (big) new roof! Thanks are also due to Holls who has worked real hard shifting stones, mud and wood and got her green fingers out with the plants popping up all of the site - we even let her use a nail gun!!
Our marshalls are doing an excellent job and we finally have a fantastic team of guys working regularly for us - Martin, JC, Dean, Ian and Ross you do us proud!
Well folks with only one week to go until "The Crusade" I reckon we need to get back on site and crack-on! Will try and keep you all more updated now that the schools are out of the way .... holiday anyone?!
