BallersCafe - West Coast Paintball Forum - The Regional Paintball League Event #1 Report

The Regional Paintball League opened the 2010 paintball season with a splash, literally. The event was held February 20 and 21 in Oceanside, California at The Tournament Park at Camp Pendleton in mud, mud and more mud. The playing fields were in great condition even if the surrounding areas were water logged and extremely muddy. The RPL staff did their best to spread hay around the worst high traffic areas, but mother nature was not cooperative.

Teams from all over the West Coast came to compete in the RPL season opener. One of the really fun parts of the tournament from the player’s perspective was the reffing. While not all the calls were agreed upon, as normal, the refs themselves proved to be a highlight for many. Rich Telford of XSV was the Ultimate Referee for the event and on the field, professional ballers from XSV includingThomas Taylor and Junior Brown ,as well as Ironmen’s Scott Kemp, provided the calls.

“It was really cool have XSV reffing us,” said Sawyer Smith. Smith’s team, Max’d Kidz, won the 5-man AAA Division. “I got to have Thomas and Junior ref a tournament I won. That rocks.”

It rained and rained and rained prior to the event, but on Saturday the skies were clear for the early morning captain’s meeting. However, the mud was everywhere and it was thick. The player’s area was covered and in pretty good condition. The turf and the bunkers were in excellent condition. So all in all a little mud wasn’t about to stop a successful tournament.

When the dust had settled, or rather when the mud had hardened, the awards ceremony kicked off. Some free swag was thrown out to the crowd throughout the ceremony including BallersCafe T’s, DVDs, jerseys and JT backpacks. The Division winners are listed below:

5-Player Open
1	GS Pirates
2	Poso Paintball

5-Player AA
1	CenCal Outlaws
2	GS Pirates II
3	CS Union
4	Poso Creek Prestige

5-Player AAA
1	Max'd Kidz
2	G-Squad
3	Marine Team Carnage
4	Marine Team 2

3-Player AA
1	Prestige WorldWide
2	Marine Team 7
3	Sinister Faction
4	Vegas Ace

3-Player AAA
1	3KD
2	Marine Team Carnage 2
3	Vishions
4	Marine Team 6

The RPL’s Event #2 will be held April 17 and 18 on the Las Vegas Strip. For more event information or to register go to www.therpl.com

For pictures of the event check them out @ FxF

2 Comments

DaleMooney - 03-13-2010

Thanks for including our picture (the old guys, AKA The Grumpy Old Boomers) on the report page! Hoping to have some competition in the Intermediate Division at Las Vegas in May.
Dale Mooney

DaleMooney - 03-13-2010

It would be really great if XSV hosted a clinic at Las Vegas for the second RPL event! I participated in two of the clinics in 2009 and they really helped me out, increased my confidence and helped me to have a better time and perform better in the tournament. Rich and his guys are great coaches.
Dale Mooney