We’re almost there … only 6 weeks left of this year

First off we have been participating in the RaceTo2 Division of the Bricketwood Winter Series (Round 2), which was a huge experience and learning curve for the team looking at 2012. We arrived as usual at 7:30/8:00 a.m. to walk the fields and have a look at the lay out. After the team captain meeting we received our schedule and realized that we actually would be playing teams that normally play 2-3 Divisions over us, so we thought to ourselves let’s see how this goes.

It will not come as a surprise that we didn’t place high in this tournament (7^th of 8 teams), but we gave them a run for their money and pinched one point off of 2 teams we played in the preliminary rounds (which play Division 1 and Semi Professional) and lost the last of the 3 matches 2:0. The last game of the day, after the group stage, was against our sister team Samurai Rage, which we decided for us in a 2:0 win. So maybe not great on paper – but the team now has a lot better picture of what a “RaceTo2”tournament will look like next year and not to forget, this was against veteran teams that have been playing this format for ages.

The next highlight for us was that we found a new “coach”who will help out training “Samurai MV” in the off season and support us throughout the 2012 season. He has been in domestic and international tournaments for quite a while and is an absolute asset to have around for knowledge and training schedules and support – we might even get him on the field next year … but time will tell. I’ll go into this more in early December once we had our first training with him (27^thNovember 2011). Darren, the “Samurai Paintball” coach, I think is a bit relieved that we have someone now, since he has been a busy man over the last months trying to support almost 40 people split in 4-5 teams … it’s just not possible and I think this will be a huge support for him. Again here –thanks Darren for all you have done for us up to here – every trophy we bring home is for you. =)

Last but not least – we have finally finished our sponsorship proposal and got it signed off by our current supporters/sponsors. We have sent this out toa dozen of companies yesterday and now are

keeping our fingers crossed to hear back from them soon. The final deadline for them is the 15^th January 2012, since we need to then start ordering our gear and jerseys.

So it is all taking shape now – our new logo is almost final, new coach and support is found, new players have been drafted in the team over the last weeks and we have sent out our sponsorship proposal – all this and more will be revealed to you here in the next few weeks in every dirty little detail … so stay posted and tuned … 2012 is only 6 weeks away!!!