It is a new year, a new season and as we kick (or is it shoot) off the first SARPL event for the year, there was an excitement in the air for what is coming!

The first event was held at Paintball City in Germiston and on arrival players were getting ready for the day.  The new SARPL PSP bunkers was standing ready and looking smart on the tournament field at Paintball City.

After all the admin mumbo jumbo the first game started, a bit late, but we quickly caught up with the time because players worked together, bunkers stayed inflated and good marshalling helped move the games on swiftly.

At 12:40 the prelims for Div 4 and Div 3 ended and we took a well-deserved lunch break before we jumped into the quarters, semi’s and finals.

Congratulations to the following teams in their respective divisions:

Division 4:

1st  – FreeRunners 1

2nd – M.E.S

3rd – Team Ice Cream

Division 3:

1st – Gym Bunnies

2nd – PaintJob

3rd – Demon Crushers Iglesia

We would like to thank Paintball City for a great venue and facilities.  The grass was awesome, the air fills was great and the professionalism of the staff was outstanding.

Thank you also to Marco and his team of marshalls that did a superb job at marshalling the games during the day.  The games went smoothly and the overall feeling from players was that the calls was fair and consistent throughout the day.

Thank you also to our premier supporters The Paintball Shop Centurion and Planet Eclipse for your continued support throughout the year!

Thank you Rockstar Energy Drink for keeping the energy levels high during the day and giving players and marshalls that well deserved energy boost they needed to get through the day!

I’m super excited about the next SARPL event and we hope to see you all there!

SARPL
The Future of Paintball!

We are super excited about the new PSP bunkers that arrived in time for the start of the new 2012 SARPL Season.

Our first 3-man event will take place on Sunday 15 January 2012 at Paintball City in Germiston.

Register for the SARPL 3-man event 1 (Div 3 and 4 teams) – Teams can sign up for the SARPL 3-man 2012 season (6 events) and receive a discount or you can sign up per event.

E-mail your registration (Div 5 and 6 teams) – Team Name and players details including Name, Surname, Cellphone and e-mail address.

Cost: R400 (early bird special) per 3-man team (+2 reserves) before 1 Jan 2012 or R500 per 3-man team after 1 Jan until 11 Jan 2012.

Paint policy: Own paint event

The following paint is also available at Paintball City and can be bought on the day:

• Stinger – R280
• Premium – R350
• Marbalizer – R400
• Evil – R430

Remember the 2012 Membership fees allows all of us to enjoy the new bunkers at the various events during 2012.  Also read about the great benefits for members at SARPL supporting shops and venues.

During 2012 the SARPL events will happen at various venues around Gauteng to give it a true feeling of a regional league.  Come and experience the various venues with us as we travel around Gauteng and meet new teams and places as we go along.  Let’s make 2012 a fun year of paintball and let’s grow it together!

Join the SARPL.. join the future of paintball!

The end of the year is creeping closer, but that also means that the new year is just around the corner.

We are excited to announce that the 2012 season will start early with our first 3-man event on Sunday 15 January 2012 at Paintball City in Germiston.

Register for the SARPL 3-man event 1  (Div 3 and 4 teams) – Teams can sign up for the SARPL 3-man 2012 season (6 events) and receive a discount or you can sign up per event.

E-mail your registration (Div 5 and 6 teams) – Team Name and players details including Name, Surname, Cellphone and e-mail address.

Cost: R400 (early bird special) per 3-man team (+2 reserves) before 1 Jan 2012 or R500 per 3-man team after 1 Jan until 11 Jan 2012.

Paint policy: Own paint event

The following paint is also available at Paintball City and can be bought on the day:

• Stinger – R280
• Premium – R350
• Marbalizer – R400
• Evil – R430

The new PSP bunkers should arrive before the first event in January and we invite teams and players alike to come and join the opening event for the year with us.  Remember the 2012 Membership fees allows all of us to enjoy the new bunkers at the various events during 2012.  Also read about the great benefits for members at SARPL supporting shops and venues.

During 2012 the SARPL events will happen at various venues around Gauteng to give it a true feeling of a regional league.  Come and experience the various venues with us as we travel around Gauteng and meet new teams and people as we go along.  Let’s make 2012 a fun year of paintball and let’s grow it together!

Make sure you book early to get your team in for the new year.

It is early Saturday morning 26 Nov 2011 and everything was packed the previous evening to be ready for the SARPL 3-man Event 6 at Nova Paintball Field in Pretoria.  After arriving at the field just after 6:30am we start with the setting up of the organizing area, the spitbraai and the Rockstar gazebo.

Teams were already buzzing from early morning getting everything ready for the start of the event.  The bunkers went up and players walked the field working out final strategies for the day.

After getting everyone together discussing the day and handing out Rockstar Energy Drinks, sponsored by Rockstar, to each player to make sure the energy levels stay up the event started with the prelim rounds.  Teams played in 3 brackets with 5 teams per bracket.  Each team played against the 4 teams in their bracket which was seeded according to their current standings for the year.  Teams with the highest standings was seeded at the top with teams with the lowest standings or who haven’t competed at the event before seeded at the bottom.

After the prelim rounds which lasted until around 2pm we took a well deserved break, before going into the quarter finals.  8 of the 16 teams continued to the quarter finals.  The top 2 teams from each bracket as well as 2 wild card teams went through.  These included Paintjob, Corrosion, Kaotic, Demon Crushers Iglesia, Demon Crushers 2, Revolution, FreeRunners 1 and Fatal Axe.  They continued to compete in a head-to-head knock out round with each other depending on their seeding to see who would continue to the semi finals.

Next up was the semi-finals with Paintjob, Kaotic, Demon Crushers 2 and Revolution pushing on.  Kaotic beat Demon Crushers 2 and Paintjob beat Revolution.  So for the finals Demon Crushers 2 and Revolution had to play it out for 3rd and 4th and Kaotic and Paintjob competed for 1st and 2nd place.

At the end of the day the final standings for the SARPL 3-man Event 6 were:

1. Kaotic
2. Paintjob
3. Revolution
4. Demon Crushers 2

Kaotic

Paintjob

Revolution

Congratulations to these teams for playing their best during the day!

Mikyle Dinath received a prize for the game move of the day and received a wristband from Planet Eclipse

Kaotic also had the fastest game time of the day which was 27 sec.

After the event we had a quick SARPL Dodgeball event and De Wet Pretorius and Nathan Brown was the only to remain on the field after the 3-min event.  They went head-to-head and De Wet took Nathan out to be crowned the Dodgeball champion for the second time in a row!

As people started to unwind at the end of the day we got everyone together for the award ceremony for the day as well as for the season.

After all the awards, the players, family members and friends was treated to a spitbraai with beef, pork, chicken and a variety of salads and breadrolls.  The potato salad was amazing and people tried their utmost to get a little bit more in their plate.  Thank you to each and every person that assisted in helping to make this day, as well as the spitbraai possible.  A special thank you to Heidi and Daniel Human for assisting with the salads and cutting the meat, Mike and Natalie Dinath making the braaipap and Paul Grobler for organizing the spitbraai, meat and utensils.  Thank you also to Werner Wenhold looking after the spitbraai during the afternoon while the rest of us was still busy with the event.

Final Season Standings SARPL 3-man Open Division

1.  Kaotic (170 points)

Kaotic received the following from the season sponsors:

• $300 gift voucher from DYE Paintball
• R300 gift voucher from the Paintball Shop Centurion
• R300 gift voucher from the Xtreme Shop Muldersdrift
• A RCI holiday from Adventure n Beyond
• A box of Ignite paint from Strike Paint

2. (tied) Revolution / Demon Crushers Iglesia (90 points)

They received the following from our season sponsors:

• $200 gift voucher from DYE Paintball
• R225 gift voucher from the Paintball Shop Centurion
• R225 gift voucher from the Xtreme Shop Muldersdrift
• A RCI holiday from Adventure n Beyond
• A PADI Open Water Scuba diving course from Adventure n Beyond

3.  Paintjob (60 points)

They received the following from our season sponsors:

• $100 gift voucher from DYE Paintball
• R150 gift voucher from the Paintball Shop Centurion
• R150 gift voucher from the Xtreme Shop Muldersdrift

Final Season Standings SARPL 3-man Pro Division

1.  Killabeez (110 points)

They receive the following from our season sponsors:

• R300 gift voucher from the Paintball Shop Centurion
• R300 gift voucher from the Xtreme Shop Muldersdrift
• One box Ignite paint from Strike Paint

2.  Rampokkers (100 points)

The receive the following from our season sponsors:

• R225 gift voucher from the Paintball Shop Centurion
• R225 gift voucher from the Xtreme Shop Muldersdrift

Final Standings SARPL 5-man Open Division

1.  Valkyrie (110 points)

They received the following from our season sponsors:

• R300 gift vouchers from the Paintball Shop Centurion
• R300 gift vouchers from the Xtreme Shop Muldersdrift
• A RCI Holiday from Adventure n Beyond
• One box Ignite Paint from Strike Paint

2.  Kaotic (90 points)

• R200 gift voucher from the Paintball Shop Centurion
• R200 gift voucher from the Xtreme Shop Muldersdrift

3.  Demon Crushers Iglesia (40 points)

• R150 gift voucher from the Paintball Shop Centurion
• R150 gift voucher from the Xtreme Shop Muldersdrift

Category Season Awards

Most improved player of the year – Natasha Dinath

Natasha received a Eclipse Cap sponsored by Planet Eclipse which is also available from the Paintball Shop Centurion

Sportsmanship Award – Lloyd Burger

Lloyd received a Eclipse Backpack from Planet Eclipse which is also available from the Paintball Shop Centurion

Player of the year Award – Lloyd Burger

Lloyd received a Eclipse Jersey from Planet Eclipse which is also available from the Paintball Shop Centurion

Most dedicated player of the year Award – Jarrod Holley

Jarrod received a Eclipse Distortion Pack from Planet Eclipse which is also available from the Paintball Shop Centurion

Most improved team of the year – FreeRunners

FreeRunners received Eclipse Olive Longsleeves from Planet Eclipse which is also available from the Paintball Shop Centurion

Rookie team of the year – Battle Bro’s

Battle Bro’s received Eclipse Marker Bags from Planet Eclipse which is also available from the Paintball Shop Centurion

SARPL Energizer Award – Sean van der Merwe

Sean received a DYE i4 Lens from The Xtreme Shop Muldersdrift

SARPL Joker Award – Ruben Schoeman

Ruben received a joke book and a SARPL 2012 Membership

Thank you

We would like to thank our sponsors:  Planet Eclipse, DYE Paintball, Strike Paintball, the Paintball Shop Centurion, the Xtreme Shop and Adventure n Beyond for all the amazing prizes you provided for the players and teams of the league for the SARPL 2011 season.

We would like to thank Nova Paintball Field for allowing us to use your field and facilities for the SARPL events and for your friendly service at all times.

We would like to thank each and every player and team for your continuous commitment and support during the year supporting the SARPL and growing it to become one of the biggest leagues in South Africa.  We believe that with your continued support the SARPL will become the future of paintball.

Let us make the SARPL even bigger and better in 2012!  Show your commitment toward the league by becoming a member to play in the SARPL 2012 events as well as receive various discounts from affiliated SARPL shops and fields.  Let your voice be heard and tell us what you would like to see in the SARPL and let us grow the sport and the league together.

The day started extremely early for me, because over and above the SARPL 5-man finals happening today it was also the Momentum 94.7 Cycle Challenge and road closures was in affect from early morning which affected players and me coming from the Johannesburg area.

This time I definitely didn’t oversleep and was up just after 5am to see a beautiful sunrise.  We arrived early at Nova Paintball Field to finish setting up the sound and everything else needed for the event.

Players signed in and all players received a water bottle (sponsored by the SARPL, Paintball Shop Centurion and Nova Paintball Field) as well as a promotional SARPL bumper sticker and SARPL pen.  Now no one have to keep on asking me for my pen (what a relieve).

Six teams was ready for action and Valkyrie and Kaotic knew from the start that they had a tough day ahead as they were tied on season scores.

Games ran smoothly, but it was clear that no team was going to go out today with a fight and the paint was flowing while teams kept each other pinned down on a variety interesting and challenging field layout.  The growth in players across the board was noticeable today.

As per most paintball events, doesnt matter where, some good and bad calls was made during the day, but player kept their cool and the level of sportsmanship was evident in the attitude of the players.

At the end of the prelim rounds Demon Crushers Iglesia was in the lead winning 3 games and drawing 1.  On their heels was Valkyrie and Kaotic.  Kaotic and Valkyrie ended against each other in the prelims and ironically enough was the two teams that had to play each other in the semi finals to see who will take 3rd place for the day.

Valkyrie was determined to take go out with a fight and won the semi-finals against Kaotic with a score of 2-0. They then advanced to the finals against Demon Crushers Iglesia.

In the finals Demon Crushers Iglesia gave a good fight, but even though they won them earlier in the day, they could just not get past the determination of Valkyrie to take the 1st.  Valkyrie won the finals against Demon Crushers Iglesia 2-0.

Congratulations to Valkyrie taking 1st in the SARPL 5-man event and also taking 1st for the SARPL 5-man 2011 season.  Demon Crushers Iglesia took 2nd place for the SARPL 5-man event and took 3rd for the SARPL 5-man 2011 season.  Kaotic took 3rd for the SARPL 5-man event and took 2nd for the SARPL 5-man 2011 season.  These top 3 teams will receive their season prizes at the prize giving that will be held on Saturday 26 Nov, straight after the SARPL 3-man Finals.

Valkyrie SARPL 5-man Event 4 (1st) / SARPL 5-man 2011 Season (1st)

Demon Crushers Iglesia SARPL 5-man Event 4 (2nd) / SARPL 5-man 2011 Season (3rd)

 Kaotic SARPL 5-man Event 4 (3rd) / SARPL 5-man 2011 Season (2nd)

The nominations for this years awards have been received and I would like to thank each and every person that participated in the nominations for your time and effort.  I believe that the nominations reflects correctly over the past season!

Now it is up to the VOTES of the people!

Rules:

1. An individual are allowed to VOTE for only one person/team per category as per the nomination list
2. You are only allowed to send in your VOTES once
3. People that have already send in a nomination will have their nomination counted towards their vote and can’t vote again.
4. Votes are open to ALL SARPL players, family and friends of the SARPL and the nominees

Please click here to vote or e-mail your votes to gauteng@sarpl.co.za and make sure you clearly state the category and the person/team you are voting for in that category.  Invalid/incorrect votes or duplicate votes from the same individual/e-mail address will not be taken into consideration.

NOMINATIONS ARE:

Most Improved player of the year

1. Mikyle Dinath
2. Natasha Dinath
3. Michael Zheng
4. Arnold Jansen

Best Sportmanship

1. Lloyd Burger
2. Edwin Thijs
3. Natasha Dinath
4. Camm Dixon
5. Jonathan Armstrong

Player of the year

1. Lloyd Burger
2. Jonathan Armstrong
3. Nicholas Du Preez
4. Richard Mead
5. Gustaf de Beer

Most dedicated player

1. Jarrod Holley
2. Nicholas du Preez
3. Lloyd Burger
4. Combrink Nel
5. Richard Mead
6. Sean van der Merwe
7. Mike Dinath
8. Andries Herbst

Most improved team of the year

1. Fatal
2. FreeRunners
3. Kaotic
4. Revolution
5. Demon Crushers
6. Valkyrie
7. EspirE

Rookie team of the year

1. Battle Bro’s
2. Paintjob
3. Fatal
4. Valkyrie
5. FreeRunners

Let YOUR vote count! CLICK HERE

VOTES open until MIDNIGHT ON 18 Nov 2011

Nominations for this years player and team awards are now open.  We ask that you help us to choose who these awards must go to.  Anyone is welcome to nominate any player/team that has played in the SARPL during 2011 Season for the various categories.  Nominations must reach us no later than 10 November.

Player categories:

1. Most improved player of the year (player that improved the most during the year with their game play this season)
2. Best sportmanship (player that showed the best sportmanship both on and off the field during the season)
3. Player of the year (player that played the best throughout the year)
4. Most dedicated player (player that showed the most dedication during the year towards the SARPL with regards to event attendance, helping out before, during and after events, marshalling and more)

Team Categories:

1. Most improved team of the year (a team that has grown tremedously over the past season since they started to play in the SARPL).
2. Rookie team of the year (a new team that started playing during 2011 that impressed you the most during 2011.  This can be any team in the SARPL).

If you want us to consider other categories for players and teams, please feel free to send your suggestions through for the 2012 season.

Send your nominations to Paul – gauteng@sarpl.co.za before 10 Nov.

I can’t believe that it is almost the end of the SARPL 2011 season, but before we can say goodbye to 2011 there are still two events that remain.

The SARPL 5-man Event 4 (finals) on Sunday 20 Nov 2011 @ Nova Paintball Field and the SARPL 3-man Event 6 (finals) on Saturday 26 Nov 2011 @ Nova Paintball Field.  Both these events will be something to remember and definitely must attend events on your calendar.

We have quite a few teams signed up for both these events already, but you can still enter for both these events.

Register for the SARPL 5-man Event 4 (Finals) on Sun 20 Nov 2011 @ Nova Paintball Field – early-bird registration closes Sunday 6 Nov – final registration Wed 16 Nov.

Register for the SARPL 3-man Event 6 (Finals) on Sat 26 Nov 2011 @ Nova Paintball Field – early-bird registration closes Sunday 13 Nov – final registration Wed 23 Nov.

Spot prizes and the finals prize giving will also be held on the day of the event, so don’t miss out on this opportunity to spend some time with the SARPL family and congratulate the top teams of 2011.  Whether you have played none, one or all events this year, you don’t want to miss these last two events!

Come join the SARPL and help us grow paintball in South Africa!

SARPL
The future of paintball!

What an insane day!  The fact that I got woken up at 6:30am this morning because my alarm didn’t go off at 5:30am was the start to an absolutely hectic, but fun day!  After arriving at Nova Paintball Field at 07:25am (at least not the last person/team to pitch up), but we won’t mention names (cough… Revolution.. cough, cough).

The day started out with players signing indemnities and getting together for a briefing of the day.  The day kicked off slightly late with the first game starting at 08:30am (not 08:00am), but games ran like clock work and the teams played extremely well today, with many games going into a third round to decide on the winner. The new live scoring system worked well and player’s scores throughout the day were tracked perfectly.

Switching over to PSP Rules is a process, but with every event we hold, we are getting better and better at it. The atmosphere and honesty of players during the day was great, and noteworthy as well as calls that were made by marshals were fair.
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We are excited to announce the winner for the Name the shootout competition!

Congratulations to Chris Van Huyssteen for his winning name:  SARPL Dodge Ball!

Chris wins a Eclipse Emortal Ice Jersey.

Thank you to The Paintball Shop Centurion and Planet Eclipse for sponsoring the prize and their continued support towards the SARPL and paintball players!

Teams are all challenged to take part in this Sunday’s SARPL Dodge Ball straight after the SARPL 3-man Event 5!  It’s gonna be fun and there might just be a surprise or two waiting for you!