PaintballX3 Magazine January 2014 | Page 81

81 P Argentine Paintball Tournament) regulations both gaming and security, and is important source of technical and legal advice. Tell us about your events - are they growing, what type of numbers are you getting? The Argentinian tournament scene is awesome. We are working hard and year after year we are growing up and breaking records on number of teams. How many events have you run to date? This year is the tenth edition of the tournament and there have been 22 events throughout the ten years. Personally i have What is your schedule for 2014? participated in the organization of nine We are hosting four events across the events. country. The season opener will be in Mendoza (near Chile) on March 2, a locaWhat is your personal history paintball tion chosen for the first time in history. story? My beginnings in paintball date back to Then on June 20 the event #2 is in Buenos 2008 playing in the field “Urban Extremo Aires. On October 12 we will be in Rio Buenos Aires.” Then I was invited to join Cuarto, Córdoba. The big closure will be “Extermination team.” With them I parin Rosario, province of Santa Fe on Noticipated in several big games such as vember 23rd with the coronation ceremoWarfest, BAS and Operation The 6 towers. ny of champions and a party. In 2010 I joined the Association to participate as a member, and thanks to my proximity to the local governments as my former job position, I started the procedures to regulate and able the sport in Argentina. This was a joint work with former President Javier Ulrich. What can you tell us that no one knows about your league/events? We have the most stable tournaments in Latin America. We are in our 10th year We are very careful with our procurement management (particularly expenses). We ask three budgets for each purchase we make. WWW.PAINTBALLX3.COM