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Virgina Big 1

Paintball Virginia announces a pre-registration prize for the Virginia Big 1! Bart from Paintball Virginia, during the players’ meeting of The Phoenix Project, proclaims, “I will give away a new Tippmann TPX to one lucky player who pre-registers for the Virginia Big 1.”

The Virginia Big 1 will be held at Paintball Virginia in Danville on June 27th & 28th. The price to play for the weekend is only $35. This includes both HPA & CO2! The best thing about the Virginia Big 1 – it’s BYOP, no Monster Ball is allowed. The field, however, will have fresh paint available for a pre-registration price of $45 per case.

Pre-registration closes at 11:59 pm on Friday, June 19th. At which time, every player who has paid for their pre-registration will be entered into the drawing for the TPX. The drawing will take place at the players’ meeting on Saturday morning of the Virginia Big 1. Players need not be present to win. 100 players must be pre-registered for the TPX to be given away. If 100 players are not pre-registered, Paintball Virginia reserves the right to substitute another pre-registration prize.

For more information, visit http://www.paintballvirginia.com , email [email protected], or call 434-713-8170. Paintball Virginia is a field in the process of building an empire. They are constantly adding bunkers and acreage to their field to make it a must-play field for all woodsball players.

USPL West Coast Open

The US Paintball League’s next stop will be at the world famous SC Village in Corona, California for the West Coast Open July 24 – 26, 2009.

This Southern California event is the result of merging two originally scheduled events; the June Bay City Open event with the August West Coast Open. The July 24 – 26 date is late enough to avoid scheduling conflicts such as Father’s Day, Graduations and the 4th of July; yet early enough to allow kids to compete before having to return to school. This will also allow teams ample time to save up money and get some great practices in at their local fields prior to the event.

To ensure the level of professionalism and competition that comes along with a US Paintball League event is maintained, the league will be bringing in their very own NPPL turf to lay down as the playing surface for each field. NPPL PRO Refs and Rules will be in full effect and the Tradeshow will without a doubt satisfy all your mid-season paintball shopping needs. Paint will be available for purchase from the paint manufacturers on-site.

The West Coast Open will offer 7 man and 5 man play across the following divisions:
Professional 7 man
Division 1 7man
Division 2 7man
Division 3 7man
Division 3 5man

Summer Savings!
Pay for your team entry during the month of May and you can save $350! The US Paintball League will be rewarding early birds with a discount of up to $350 off full entry for teams who pay in May or up to $175 off for teams who pay in June. Registration is now open at www.uspaintballleague.com – with entry fees as low as $950, you can’t afford to miss this National event, so register your team today and save!

MAO Scores

Pro RaceTo – 7
1st – Los Angeles Ironmen
2nd – Philadelphia Americans
3rd – Tampa Bay Damage
4th – Dynasty

Semi-Pro RaceTo – 7
1st – Aftermath II
2nd – RNT Allstarz
3rd – Sacramento XSV
4th – Vicious

DI RaceTo – 5
1st – Seattle CDR
2nd – TBD Fierce
3rd – Cross Eyed Paintball
4th – Palm Beach Venom

DII RaceTo – 5
1st – Team Unlimited
2nd – Cross Eyed Paintball Grey
3rd – Total Karnage
4th – Palm Beach Vipers Black

DIII RaceTo – 4
1st – Boom
2nd – No Limit
3rd – Wired
4th – Nor*Car Hype

DIII RaceTo – 2
1st – Inertia
2nd – WiseGuys
3rd – Tyranny
4th – CV aka East Coast Bullfighters

DIV RaceTo – 2
1st – Coalition
2nd- Amped
3rd – Team Unlimited
4th – Cincinnati Devastation Black

Last Minute Details for HB

Parking
There will be a special player drop-off area off of 1st Street and Pacific Coast Highway. Each team pack will receive parking vouchers for the Main Street Promenade Parking Structure with a map of how to access the player drop off as well as the parking structure.

Paddocks
Teams will be staging at their field with no assigned paddocks area. While Staff and security will be in the area at all times, it is still important to have a friend or family member watch your belongings when you are not able to. The US Paintball League is not responsible for any lost or stolen items.

Additional Pro Autograph Sessions scheduled for this Saturday

San Francisco Explicit poster signing at the Planet Eclipse booth
Saturday from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Oakland Blast signing at the Bob Long Trailer
Saturday at Noon

Save Time at check-in with an APPA Express Pass!
Players who have paid their 2009 USPL Player Registration Fee online and uploaded a suitable photo to their APPA player profile will be able to skip the ID pick-up line at check-in at Huntington Beach with the APPA Express Pass. Print you express pass.

Remember that all players must bring suitable photo identification with them to pick up their USPL ID Card.

Players 17 years of age and older MUST have one of the following:
* State-issued Driver’s License or ID Card
* US or Foreign Passport
* Photo US Military ID with Birth Date No other forms of identification are acceptable. Players under 17 may also use one of the following:
* Photo School ID Card with Birth Date
* Photo School ID Card with Birth Certificate or Driving Permit
* Photo in Player’s Most Recent School Yearbook with Birth Certificate or Driving Permit
No other identification will be accepted under any circumstances. If a person can not present acceptable identification, they will not beable to pick up their ID card, and will not be able to participate inthe event.

What’s going on at Surf City Open

Pro Signings
Sacramento XSV Signing at Ninja Booth
Saturday 10:00 – 11:00 am
Saturday 2:20 – 3:30 pm
(Giving an Air system away each day!)

San Diego Dynasty Signing at Pev’s San Diego/Dynasty Booth
Free Posters
Time to be announced at the event

Phoenix United T-Shirt Signing at Custom Products’ Truck
Saturday at 2:00 PM
Phoenix United T-Shirts can be purchased at the Phoenix United Booth, or the Pros will sign any article of your own that you would like autographed.

Indianapolis Mutiny Signing at the Sly Booth
Saturday at 11:00 AM

Nicky Cuba Hosting Live Webcast
Don’t miss a minute of the action from this weekend’s US Paintball League Surf City Open. Every game on Center Court Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be brought to you live hosted by Professional Paintball’s very own Nicky Cuba. For only $3.00 per day (or $7.00 for all three days) you can watch the Center Court action live from the beach and enjoy Nicky’s commentary and interviews with your favorite pro players.

Rusty Glaze MCs the Center Court Live Show
One of Southern California’s favorite pro players, Rusty Glaze of Los Angeles Infamous, will be switching things up in Huntington Beach. Instead of playing in front of thousands of fans on Center Court, he will be MCing every game in front of thousands of fans on Center Court. Those who purchase VIP passes will have a chance to sit with Rusty and add some commentary of their own.

Welcome to the VIP
For $45 per day, you can enjoy covered seating atop the Center Court grandstands, overlooking all the weekend’s hottest games with the ocean in the background as you enjoy an adult beverage with your favorite pro players. Hosted by the Pro Players, the VIP Deck will include the commentary booth for the webcast and live Center Court show – so don’t be surprised if you get asked to sit in and say a few words to your friends at home through the webcast. Tickets may be purchased at the Registration tent on-site. Grandstand passes are available also at the Registration tent for $10 per day or $15 for the weekend.

Player Party with Pros Guest Bartending
The first player party of the weekend will be Friday night at Beachfront bar and grill with drink specials from 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm. Beachfront is located at Main and Olive just across the street from Starbucks. Every half-hour from 8:00 – 11:00, a new set of 2 professional players will take over as bartenders. Having played all their prelim games during the day, they will be ready to unwind and have a good time. If you’re over 21, join us at Beachfront Friday night for drink specials and much more!

Reffing brought to you by the Pros
Could care less about the VIP and Player Parties because you plan on making it to Sunday? Then let’s talk reffing. After hand picking some of the most qualified professional referees out there to ref Center Court, many pro players will also be serving the cause by reffing every game on the Spyder and Eclipse field all weekend long.

Pro/Am Update
With only one day left to pick their pro, Division 7man teams have been sending in many requests for their favorite pro player to walk fields with them for an hour on Thursday and help support them during their second set of prelim games on Saturday. So far the following Pros have been spoken for:

Edmonton Impact
Josh Davey (Part-time Ninjas, D2)
Justin Cornell (The Fallen, D2)
Coach Bart Yachimec (Tombstonerecball Center, D3)

Los Angeles Infamous
Travis Lemanski (Internal Fury, D3)
Glenn Takemoto (Saiyan, D3)
Arnold Francisco (LA Collision, D2)

Sacramento XSV
Rich Telford – (Lancaster AGGRSSN, D3)
Thomas Taylor – (Breakout SLC, D2)
Junior Brown – (Davis XSV, D2)
Conrad Rangler – (Farside Kids, D2)

San Diego Dynasty
Alex Fraige – (Surge, D2)
Ryan Greenspan – (Fuzion, D2)
Yosh Rau – (EFFECTS, D3)
Davey Williamson – (Thug Life, D2)
Todd Martinez – (Vicious, D1)
Angel Fragoza – (Thug Life, D3)
Johnny Perchak – (Bad Intentionz, D3)
Justin Schwarz – (SC Karnage, D1)

DC Arsenal
JC Whittington (Team Revolution, D2)
Coach Tom Fore (Team Factory Black)

Oakland Blast
Kenny Tsuda (SCP Edge, D3)
Dave Baines (Black Cell, D2)
Bob Long – Coach (Team Retribution, D3)

Game Schedules Released
We would like to thank Chris Raehl of the APPA for handling all aspects of team registration and the schedule for this week’s event. Download the schedule for this weekend’s games. If your team is competing in this event, be sure to make any roster changes by end of day today or there will be a $20 fee to make changes at the event (Check-in begins onsite at 1:00 pm Thursday). Get those insurance waivers signed by parents, order your ID Cards on-line, pack your flip flops and grab some sunblock. The HB event is only hours away!