PaintballX3 Magazine Euro Edition, May 2014 | Page 82

82 Day two I awoke to the sound of my alarm again and this time it was more of a reasonable hour - 0630. I made my way to the site with great anticipation of what I would see, with all 4 divisions running (Elite to D Four). a podium finish. Needless to say there was a lot of interest with this team from a small place in the heart of Scotland after they made a 10 hour round trip to show what they can do taking 76 points out of 100. The elite filed, comprised of 22 of the best teams in the UK were going though their final filed walks and their team talks. This year there was a twist in that these Elite and D2 divisions will become more of a Champions/Challengers group, with the bottom team in Elite getting demoted each event, and the top team in Division 1 being promoted. This will keep things exciting at the top and at the bottom, as well as ensuring that Elite is truly “Elite” in 2014. A team to watch out for... Jason wheeler of Tampa Bay Damage was back playing for his old team London Nexus spurring them onto a first place finish as the team played well all day taking point after point Clint Moor, once a member of London Nexus and now a firm member of Art Chaos took time out of his busy schedule and guested for one of his stable of teams, Durham DV8 helping they gain a top 10 finish. Not bad for their first time in the elite division. 1 2 3 London Nexus Manchester Firm Birmingham Disruption I came across a team from Falkirk in Scotland going under the name of Mad Sqad Rebels. They decided to try their hand at tournament paintball as they are a team of woodsballers. They were looking for a chance to see what they can do on the tournament stage for a team that never played or trained in tournament and they just missed out on May 2014 X3Euro I also came across Ultraviolet all female team formally known as the Banshees. These young ladies play in D3 as well as the Millennium Series and a few of the team head over to the ECW East Coast Woman’s league. Final CPL Ranking 1 London Nexus 2 Manchester Firm 3 Birmingham Disruption 4 London Tigers 5 Sandbaggers Black 6 London Tigers 2 7 Lucky 15s Staffordshire 8 Manchester Firm EDS 9 Durham DV8 10 London Fearless 11 London Samurai MV 12 Entity UK 13 Lucky 15s Mustangs 14 Volatile 15 Reloaded Naughty Bullets 16 Taunton Snatch 17 London Fearless 2 18 Stoke Quest AD 19 NPF Raiders 20 Impulse 21 Lethal Bizzle 22 Chimera