02/04/2023
Yesterday the team headed out to the first round of PYANO (our local tournament here in South Australia) for 2023.
The team line up was put together with the idea of helping some of our fresh players develop and gain some great experience befor we head back on over to NSW in afew weeks time.
Our newest player Michael stepped out onto the tournament field for the first time in his speedball debut, throughout the day we watched him get more confidence and open up his lungs with his comunication skills starting to roar.
Lachlan's second tournament with the team we decided to push him out of his comfort zone and put him into positions that we could test his confidence and ability. We watched on as he gained the necessary skills in providing cover and protection for other players on the field helping them to advance up the field.
Cooper our youngest player on the team was pumped and ready to go from the moment he rocked up to the field, we wanted to help him stretch his legs and grow his confidence in getting into aggressive key positions on the field. Up until a rough landing in a slide into snake (that sidelined him for the afternoon) we watched his confidence and lightning quick ability shine opening up our options and possibilities for plays in the future.
Sid one of our local players hit the field again with his let's have fun and go for it attitude, we let him do his thing letting him have a blast and helping to provide support and great communications to the team.
Ryan went out for another local tournament with the team and worked with filling into position on the team so we could get the more inexperience players into the positions we needed them to be in. With afew points seeing him on the field as the last man standing we watched him keep a cool calm head and focus on the fun of the sport.
Ricky one of our experienced players helped to mentor and provide feedback to the newer players on the team, with the idea of him stepping onto the field to work with the newer players and help them develop their skills when needed. It's always a blast watching him work his way into aggressive positions and using his quick feet to attempt some crazy moves.
Craig set out the day with the idea of taking a step back from the on field action to watch over the newer players and work out the areas the team needs to focus on in our next big training day coming up soon, while also rotating throughout the day to help when some of the players fatigued throughout the day.
The team played hard throughout the day with some rounds going down to game time running out showing us that the team can hold their ground against some of the experienced teams here in South Australia.
Entering into finals we battled it out against the Jokers for 4th and 3rd. The fight went down to wire with time running out and live players heading to the ref's for a field count of players, the suspense of the ref's huddled, discussing the results was intense. With the ref's discussions complete they called the team captains to the field and announced that both teams were in a stale mate draw, this resulted in a rare 1v1 winner takes all battle for 3rd. Craig (Captain of the Bounty Hunters) and Jim (Captain of the Jokers) were to chose their payer they wanted to front up for the 1v1. Craig turned to the team to discuss their options without even being able to say a word the team had already unanimously decided that they wanted Craig to head back out for the 1v1 against James from the Jokers.
Walking back on the field we had no idea what way things would go, but with the support from the team behind Craig within 30 seconds we would have an answer as he moved across the field and pushed up a row of bunkers he managed to hone in a shot that got the Bounty Hunters the win for 3rd place for the day.
The team had great help within the pits from our pit leader Michelle along with Britney, Bree and Carla helping to pod up and wipedown players while also makingsure we kept our fluids up and keping everyone on track for the next point.
We would like to thank our amazing sponsors for their contributions and support for the 2023 season.
Paintballshop.com
Olympic Batteries
Anthrax
Time to focus on the next big event coming up Round2 of thr AMS Super7S in early May.
Thanks once again to everyone for their support.