VA Field Under New Management

[DBPBalln8905]

Well if any of you have played or lived around central Virginia, near Lynchburg, you may have at least heard of a field called Splatter Mountain on Candlers Mountain. This field has been run by Thomas Road Babtist Church who has held a few tournaments in the past and the occassional open day. Now myself and two teammates found interest in this field and have requested management responsibilities of the field. We will be meeting with the current management to throw around ideas on how we might start up a weekly open day at the field. If the meeting goes well, we will begin our plans of strengthening the quality of the field and setting up how we will be going about running open day games that will not only please our patrons, but also provide everyone with an exciting and fun day at the field.

If you've ever been to the field, you'd have noticed the incredible paint prices, $35 a case!! You cant beat that price anywhere around central VA! This price is not likely to change. We do however expect to charge a small sum for all day air, not likely to be more than a couple bucks.

We are strongly considering offering consessions like food and drinks. We will be deciding whether or not to set up a speaker system for music during game play and to make announcements. If attendance is strong, we will also consider setting up promotional things such as raffles for gear, paint, etc. Also, we will be working to provide tournaments as often as possible.

The fields, if you've ever been there, are great. There are two 3-5 man hyperball fields that are on level ground, WITH GRASS and protective netting. We will be certain to keep these fields in perfect condition and if all goes well, we hope to eventually be able to fund an airball field. We also have one woodsball course that I have yet to play but I've heard that it is very excellent. We also plan on building 2 new fields on the property.

But all of our success rides on you, the players, so if you live in the central Virginia area, please, stay posted and if we are given the go ahead to start our project, we will be posting the date of the first open day. We hope to bring you all a great place to play, whether you're a first timer, or a seasoned tourney player. We believe in fairness on the field so don't freat about sandbaggers seeking to walk over the new players. We will try our hardest to provide a great time for all.

Also, we are seeking players who are interested in working at the field, whether it be reffing or consessions or air fills. Just PM me and I'll give you a contact number.

[Nematurkey13]

soudns like a great idea to me Dan

[GoGGeD3]

Well I appreciate Dan doing this for me and mike. Like he said, we have a meeting with the current owners and a few others such as there youth pastor and financial advisor. We have great things plan for the field, and I'm hoping to leave the field saturday with keys in hand. Me and Dan have left me in charge of this indevor but none the less, it's a group effort. Just something we felt a majority of the ballers in the area wanted and something we wanted to.

We are looking to open asap, there will be good "trained" refs, food, snacks, a little music, co2 and hpa, and of course rentals for anyone new coming out to try the sport.

We will focus a lot on fairness, and safety. These fields are quality and not just pieces of wood and crap we had laying around. The fields were good before we had the idea to do this, but now were hoping to go a long way.

As far as whats to come later this summer, that's really up to you guys, the players. I can't promise anything just yet, because we have a lot of talking to do to get this rolling. I can promise that we will have fun and you will be happy.

We are looking to do a lot of things, like get a nice stagging area, and a tent or shed for us and the other refs to run everything out of, might just be a big tent and 6ft tables to start out on, just depends on what all the church is willing to do to help us out on this. I will be asking for volunteers from LU and the church to help clean up, build and maybe even help out on the first few open days. As far as them reffing, I am looking down on that fact because I want guys who know what there doing and mike dan and myself can trust.

It will not be a pick and choose indevor like it is at PFAG, the ref's will not be like they are at PFAG, and it will be an overall better experience than PFAG.

I'm hoping everything goes good, and I'm hoping for the local players to leave some feedback on what they think, and what kind of ideas they might have.

As far as anyone interested in reffing at the field, please leave a post, or contact me or dan on the nation through pm, we can't just say yes you can ref, we have to approve everyone, and everyone will have a little thing to go through, just to make sure they know exacly what there doing, there will also be a ref roster, and if the refs can't work the days there schedualed... then they need to call me , mike, or dan 3 days in advance. We don't know if we will be able to pay at first, and we mearly going on the fact that it will all be volunteer, but you have to understand that we can't run the fields by ourselves, and we are counting you the players, and the people interested in reffing...

Hopefully this works !!!

Thanks again Dan

-Corey

[PBUNIT00]

i love this field no where around beats the price i personaly play there and plan to help work on it and ref my team also practices up there i love it

RoBeRt

[DBPBalln8905]

Well it looks like we have a lot of local support, just by talkin to guys around school and all. So hopefully we'll get a huge first turnout and be able to keep this thing up. So remember, if you're around the Lynchburg area and need a qualitly field to play at, slip by Splatter Mountain and help us get this thing off its feet.

Daniel

[Nematurkey13]

Dan asked ifi will ref. i will help out if yall want me to if we dont have practice on the open day days and i like this idea of geting refs. we know rather than just LU students because at the last splatter mountain tourney it was pretty bas with the calls b/c of them but i will give it to them they atleast tried hard... hope this works out great

Pat

[GoGGeD3]

Keep the posts coming guys we really need support

Thanks Robert and Patrick... Hopefully it will work out

[whackboom12]

hey guys sounds lyke a great idea. gotta get this thing to work out great. u can expect to see me there sumtime. good luck

[DBPBalln8905]

If you can make it we'll throw you on the roster. But we would still strongly appreciate any volunteers who would like to help out. As far as reffing goes, me Mike and Core are gonna have a training day just to see who can make the calls and who's willing to get dirty to pull a player.

Daniel

[PBUNIT00]

dan u kno ill jump in there to pull u anyday

[GoGGeD3]

Hell yea buddy... me and mike come from tourney scene and we know what cheating looks like, and you don't have the balls to rip someone off a field your not reffin

sandbaggers and cheaters will no be tollerated, it will be looked at like taking your mask off at pfag.... result in sitting out a few games

rules will be posted on the first open day and i expect everyone to follow them... safety is the key word guys

they won't be exessive but will be important.

thanks guys for posting keep it coming, if you have any ideas on things we can do or add to or things you like to see let us know

[Nematurkey13]

dude we should get a few people for like a private thing and get some people to play or get the church to get a private day so we can have training that would be kool i dont normally get to ref often accasionally in practice or at PFAG but i think this would be kool ...

Pat

[GoGGeD3]

it will be a senario thing... we will have people on the field playing and we will walk around with each ref and see whats going on, i want people wiping, and cheating on purpose, and you'll be shown what cheating looks like, hopefully it's a sunny day, and be prepared to get muddy and dirty :D

[Nematurkey13]

i understand the cheating but sandbaggin i dont understand if it is open day i dont htink yit mater but i dunno what you are talking bout but feel free to correct me

[GoGGeD3]

i have problem with sandbaggin... ie rappin the little kids... it's so wrong when you want the sport to expand... ie. teams will be seperated evenly and accordingly.

sorry to throw it in there but i feel pfag doesn't do a good job of it, and the vets just pick on the new kids to much

[DBPBalln8905]

We just wanna keep it fair at all times. When you see all of Retribution goin against a church group in Terrordrome, you know somethin's up....we just wanna keep that out...

Daniel

[GoGGeD3]

exacly dan... thanks for clearing that up

[Nematurkey13]

hey dan that was ratributionof like 6-8 people plus lik10 against 40, that was awesome they almost won, but yeah i understand now no they dont even out the teams we will know the people so we will know who is better and even it up better because speed ball at pfag is just brutal beatings most of the time

[GoGGeD3]

thanks for everyones feedback means a lot ..

[GoGGeD3]

OOOOOO....

Sorry to the tounrey sponcered team at pfag but it we get this rolling.... we will be offering hyperball (speedball)

on 2 fields, with nice bunkers, and grass and it's level

so i guess yall won't have to worry about us or our friends asking to play on "yalls" field anymore if it works

[Nematurkey13]

who is sponsored by pfag that palys there ? only dedlok i think but just write back

[GoGGeD3]

talking bout bj and them and the speedball field at pfag man it's cool calm down lol were all in this for one reason and thats to get this field open... were all on the same team and i was just jokin

[Nematurkey13]

oh i wasnt mad i was just trying to figure it out i was very confused but BJ is not sponsored but pfaglol
not tryingto say anythign i am just trying to figure this out sooo confusing
Pat

[GoGGeD3]

it's cool man looking forward to working with u and everyone else

[Nematurkey13]

yeah the speedball field sux but we dont have not had another place to practice bu we ight be playing somewhere else but i dont know lol

[Nematurkey13]

thanx i look forward to working with you to... dude did dan tell yo someone stole my white freeflow cocker at CFOA it sucked but it was found lol just something to post bout lol tryig to keep people posting

Pat

[GoGGeD3]

what ??

[Nematurkey13]

someone stole my cocker at CFOA but it was trace back tothis kid and it is gunna get shipped back to me... i was just posting something that other people could post on sry bout that

Pat

[PBUNIT00]

HEY MY BROTEHR USDED MY NAME AND POSTED THE
FIRST TIME I AM POSTING NOW
I THINK THIS IS THE MOST ASOMEEST IDEA TO DATE I HAVE ALWASY LOVED PLAYING AT THIS FEILD BUT IT ONLY OPENED LIEK 8 TIMES A YEAR SO I AM SO HAPPY THAT IT WILL BE OPENING MORE OFTEN AND THE GUYS THAT ARE DOING IT ARE AWSOME TOO THEY ARE NOT OUT JUST TO MAKE A QUICK BUCK LIKE PFAG THEY ARE OUT FOR THE RIGHT REASONS THE BETTERMENT OF THE SPORT AND TO HAVE FUN I LOOK FORWARD TO HELPING WITH WHAT EVER THEY NEED AND TO SOPPORT THEM 100% GOOD LUCK GUYS

[GoGGeD3]

whats your aim name ?

[Nematurkey13]

prl1332

[PBUNIT00]

ya pat and corey talk on aim im tired of readin threw here listenin to yalls conversation and on the subject of pat loosing his guns pat keep the trix at least till i can shoot it lol

[GoGGeD3]

hey boss we already are i had the same idea... didn't want to tie it up

[lookin for a gun 546]

I have been up to the field a many of time and its is a really nice field im looking forward to helping it get on its feet any help u guys need im there i will help reff or im a great cook if u need that
the guys doing this are in it for all the right reasons and they are good guys i know most of them and they are alway willing to help a friend in need so im sure it will show through to the fields and i personally hate it when people take advantage of anyone if its prices or on the field but its all good and good luck guys

zack

[GoGGeD3]

thanks zac i will hit you up and you will be my grillmeister

[impyrunner246]

Hey guys this is mike dropin a line , im all for this field but like corey said it depends on the players to show up and SHOW SUPPORT.Now our rules are going to be like pfags .. just not as "strongly used", and please dont do anything stupid!Ive played since i was 13 at pfag and I believe we can do this!

*crossed fingers*

[DBPBalln8905]

Well safety is always goin to be our number one priority, but as long as everyone can stay safe then we will do all it takes to get people coming back a second time. We hope to make it more enjoyable than other fields and since we plan on running multiple games at once, you will be sure to get more bang for your buck.

Daniel

[GoGGeD3]

Alrigh well everything is ready for presentation on saturday... 3 page letter with rules, and what we want, need, and whats going to happen and change down there, prices, and punishments for breaking rules, game break down, and head refs. Everything we need... including gun prices, paint, and rental fees, and what things the refs can do, and what were not putting up with hope this works guys, a lot is riding on this and I just hope i don't get my balls chopped off on saturday and they like what were giving them

wish us luck

[PBUNIT00]

HEY GUYS THIS IS LANCE AND JUST TO LET YALL KNOW THAT IM BEHIND YOU GUYS 100% AND WILL DO ANYTHING TO HELP LET ME KNOW WHEN REF TRYOUTS ARE DOWN WITH PFAG ALL THE WAY

[GoGGeD3]

well tomm is the big day i will post as soon as i get back if one of the guys haven't done it before me...

wish us luck

[GoGGeD3]

ok well heres the deal...

There doing it !!!!

1st open day is march 19th so this coming weekend we are going to try and have a ref training day, prolly saturday. get your guns, and your equipment cleaned up and if your coming i need to know...

email me at ggarciaparrass87@aol.com

or get in touch with mike and or daniel

we will probably meet at around 11 don't tell us your going to be there and not show...

they even said that this is a depending factor... on how many people come march 19th if they will start doing it everyweekend and let us head it up... so if your going to ref, you have to come to this training day and if you want a new field to play at you better come march 19th !!!!

leave us some feedback and let us know what your looking forward to seeing or want

[PBUNIT00]

ya dude we need flyers to pass out so we can get the word out

[DBPBalln8905]

Alright guys, first Open day is saturday March 19th, Ref training day is saturday March 12th. Any of you guys who want to a reffin job, you gotta be up at the field before 11am. Bring your gear ie: mask and playing clothes and marker.

Everyone try hard to make our first open day because the decision on whether we'll be running a regular open day every weekend will depend on how many people we get to the first one...

[lookin for a gun 546]

guys the first open day was so awsome so many people showed up and thanks for the support
from one awsome ref.
zack

[DBPBalln8905]

Thanks zack....next open day is April 30th....

[Nissan4x4]

thanks zac lol

anyways yes next open day is april 30th

show up we need support fields are awsome should have pics soon......

[impyrunner246]

OPEN DAY IS APRIL 30th .. COME SHOW SUPPORT

[USMC EMT/FF]

OPen Day is April 30th, Whistle blows for the first game at 9:15 !!!!!!

You need to be there signed in, get paint, and air, and your equipment ready by like 9, so give yourself time to spare.

The hotdog guy will be back out again, paint will be $35 a case, ZAP and Chronic, and Air is all day $5 N@ and CO2.

2 Fields will be played and there will be a break for lunch.

Last open day March 19th, we had around 40 people, so lets try to get the same if not more.

[impyrunner246]

You may have been mis informed , we cant get Chronic for 35 a case..

EDIT - I have no clue , but he promises me that we DO have CHRONIC and for 35 a CASE.Im not saying anything because i have no solid info.