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HERE IS MORE ABOUT US AND HOW WE HAVE BEEN DOING

WE ARE A FIVE MAN TEAM FROM SOUTHINGTON AND TRUMBLE CT. THREE OF US STARTED PLAYING IN OCT. OF 97 THE REST HAVE PLAYED FOR SOME YEARS. THE FIVE OF US STARTED PLAYING TOGETHER IN JANUARY OF 98 . SINCE OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT IN MARCH OF 98 WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY, TRYING TO PLAY AS MANY TOURNAMENTS AS WE CAN. EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WE TRY TO GET TOGETHER AND PRACTICE.

OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT WAS THE ICE MAN AT SURVIVAL NY. FOR SOME OF US THIS BEING OUR FIRST TOURNAMENT AND NOT KNOWING WHAT TO EXPECT WE WENT TO HAVE FUN AND TO LEARN . WE GOT TO SURVIVAL AND STARTED TO SET UP. WATCHING THE OTHER TEAMS GET READY WE STARTED TO GET NERVOUS. AS THE DAY BEGAN WE GOT OFF TO A GOOD START DEFEATING OUR FIRST 3 TEAMS LOOSING TO OUR FOURTH. AFTER A LONG LUNCH WE FELL APART BECAUSE WE SAT AROUND TO MUCH. WE GOT LAZY AND LOST OUR NEXT TWO GAMES BUT WE WOKE UP AND WON OUR LAST TWO. WE FINISHED SECOND IN OUR DIVISION AND SEVENTH OVERALL OUT OF 24 TEAMS, BETTER THEN WE THOUGHT. EMILY MOOD A WRITER FOR PAINTBALL SPORTS INTERNATIONAL WROTE "IF THEIR PERFORMANCE THIS WEEKEND WAS ANY INDICATION, BACKLASH SHOULD TURN OUT TO BE ONE OF THE UP AND COMING FIVE MAN TEAM ON THE EASTCOAST. "

OUR NEXT TOURNAMENT WAS THE MASTER OF THE EQUINOX AT ABC PAINTBALL IN HEWITT NJ. THIS TOURNAMENT WAS A FOUR PART TOURNAMENT AND SINCE WE MISSED THE FIRST ONE WE STARTED OUT BEHIND IN POINTS. WE GOT TO ABC AND STARTED TO SET UP. WE WERE NERVOUS BUT NOT AS NERVOUS AS IN NEW YORK. WE SAW SOME OF THE TEAMS THAT WERE AT THE ICE MAN. AGAIN WE STARTED OUT GOOD WINNING OUR FIRST TWO GAMES AND LOOSING OUR THIRD AND WINNING OUR FORTH AFTER LUNCH WE FELL APART AGAIN WINNING OUR 5TH GAME A LOOSING OUR 6TH AND 7TH GAME BUT WINNING OUR 8TH GAME WHICH PUT US I FIFTH PLACE BUT WITH IN A FEW POINTS OF FORTH AGAIN DOING BETTER THEN WE THOUGHT.

NOW IT IS BACK TO SURVIVAL FOR THE FIRE CRACKER. FOR THE PAST MONTH WE HAVE PRATICED EVERY WEEK, SOMETIMES TWICE A WEEK. NOW WE GET TO SURVIVAL AN SET NOW WE START TO TALK TO SOME OF THE OTHER TEAMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING AT THE OTHER TOURNAMENT. NOW PLAYING HARD, WE DO GOOD ALL DAY ONLY LOOSING THREE GAMES PLACING FIFTH.

NOW IT'S OFF TO THE COUSINS CUP AT PAINTBALL LONG ISLAND IN NY. LEAVING CT TO EARLY WE GET TO P.L.I AT 5:30am. HOWEVER, THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN A GOOD THING SINCE IT GAVE US TIME TO WAKE UP. WE GOT TO THE FIELD AROUND 6:45 AND STARTED TO SET UP. BEING THE ONLY ONES THERE.AROUND 7:30 WE WERE ABLE TO START WALKING THE FIELDS. THE FIELDS WERE TIGHT . OUR FIRST GAME WE WON THE COIN TOSS AND PICKED THE UNDER DOG SIDE AND WE WON ALL DAY. WE PICKED THE UNDER DOG ON THE OTHER FIELDS AND ALSO WON. WE BEAT EVERY TEAM IN OUR DIVISION AND THEN IT WAS OFF TO THE FINALS WHERE WE WON BOTH OF THE GAMES ,WHICH PUT US IN FIRST PLACE NOT LOOSING A GAME ALL DAY.

NOW WE TO A SMALL TOURNAMENT IN MADISON CT. THAT WAS RUN BY THE WILD CARDS. IT WAS A BUNCH OF LOCAL TEAM. THE DAY WENT WELL THERE WAS NOT MUCH COMPATION THERE BUT WE HAD FUN TALKING TO SOME OF THE LOCAL TEAMS WE MAXED THE AND PLACED FIRST THE RUFFNECKS FROM PAINTBALL PLAYGROUD WAS ONE OF THE ONLY TEAMS THE GAVE US A RUN FOR OUR MONEY THEY PLAYED GOOD FOR THERE FIRST TOURAMENT .

NOW IT WAS BACK TO ABC FOR THE THIRD PART WHICH WAS CALL SUMMER SIZZLER WE HAD A HARD DAY. WINNING OUR FIRST THREE GAMES AND LOOSING OUR FORTH THEN FOR SOME REASON WE HAD TO SIT AROUND FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF CAUSE THE TIMES GOT MESSED UP AFTER THAT WE WON OUR FIFTH GAME AND THEN LOST THE NEXT ONE AN THEN WINNING OUR LAST . THIS NOW PUT US IN THIRD PLACE FOR THE DAY.

NOW AFTER WE TOOK OFF THE NEXT TO MONTH FROM PLAYING TOURAMENTS A PRATICED AS MUCH AS WE COULD FOR OUR NEXT TOURAMENT WAS GOING TO BE OUR BIGGEST ONE SO FAR THE WORLD CUP AT PAINTBALL WORLD IN FL. SO WE LEFT SATURDAY EVEING AROUND 7:00PM AND DROVE DOWN( BIG MISTAKE .) SO WE GET DOWN AT 12:00PM ON SUNDAY AND HAD TO WALK THE FIELD. THE FIELDS WERE SMALL. SO AFTER WALKING ALL 8 FEILDS WE SAT AROUND AND TALKED FOR AWIHLE. OUR FIRST GAME WAS AT 8:00AM ON MONDAY. SO WE HAD FIVE GAME TO PLAY ON MONDAY AND THREE ON TUESDAY. SO WE STATED OFF GOOD WINNING OUR FIRST THREE GAMES AND LOOSING OUR LAST TWO THAT PUT US AVERAGE FOR THE DAY. ON THE NEXT DAY WE RAN OUT OF TIME GOING TO HANG THE FLAG ONLY FEET FROM THE FLAGE STATION BUT STILL WINNING THE GAME OUR NEXT GAME WAS A TIE AND THEN WE LOST OUR LAST GAME. THIS PUT US IN TWELFTH PLACE OUT OF 75 TEAMS AN ALSO PUTTING US INTO THE SEMI FINALES THE NEXT DAY.IN THE SEMI FINALES WE WON OUR FIRST GAME BUT LOST THE NEXT TWO WHICH PUT US IN TWELFTH PLACE FOR THE TOURAMENT IN AM A DIVISION.

NOW IT WAS BACK TO ABC FOR THE LAST PART OF THE EQUINOX TOURAMENT. COMING INTO THIS ONE WE R IN FOURTH PLACE FOR THE SEASON BUT ONLY 60 POINTS FROM THIRD. SO WITH ONLY PLAYING SIX GAME THIS DAY WE WON OUR FIRST THREE GAMES AND TYING OUR FOURTH ONE. AND THEN AFTER LUNCH WE WON OUR LAST TWO GAMES WHICH PUT US IN FIRST PLACE BY 150 POINTS. IT ALSO PUT US IN THIRD PLACE FOR THE YEAR.