The Tippinators stepped up the team's level of competition
on November 5th, 2005 by entering an Open Class 3-Man
tournament at Mersey Road Paintball for the fourth tournament in the
team's history. Some great teams showed up for the tournament
including; Overkill Hate Crew (tournament winners), Team
Overkill, Primal (mens and ladies), Spikes 5150 to name a few.
Even though the Tippinators are still a rookie team they felt
the experience of playing against better teams would help
with their long range development.
The
skill level of the competitors in the tournament was head and
shoulders above the level of play the Tippinators experienced
in the previous rookie level events. Tippinators Captain
Bruce (Charon) Johnston said, "I admit that in I few games I
was caught flat footed. I was so amazed at some of the moves I saw out
there that I became a spectator rather than a participant.
There was some really incredible paintball being played on the
field today."
The team finished seventh for the
day and came away feeling very positive in knowledge that even
with their limited experience they can hold their own, and even win a
few games, against some of the best teams in the region. Scott
(Hired Gun) Knowles commented, "Wow there is a lot of talent
out on that field. I learned a lot."
The Tippinators
will enter Open Class tournaments as well as continuing to
play in Rookie events as long as their eligibility permits.
Austin (Juno) Flaherty summed it up best "We were outclassed and out
skilled in this tournament but it was a great confidence
builder for us especially as a new team. We now know what it
takes to play paintball at the next level and more importantly
we proved that at our current level of play we still fit in
with these great players and the Tippinators are here to stay."
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