Lohman446
02-03-2006, 03:22 PM
The International Amateur Open Goes Retro!
The International Amateur Open has had an unparalleled 15 year run in the paintball world. It has morphed and evolved over the years to respond to an ever-changing market and industry. By popular demand – The IAO will "Go Retro" in 2006 and brought back to its roots at Three Rivers Paintball in Cranberry, PA. This is where the very first amateur event was held back in 1991 and was the home for eleven years to a national gathering unlike any other. The newly designed and re-named “Three Rivers Paintball Festival” will be a combination of a 5-man rookie/novice event and Scenario game with our partners, BlackCat Productions.
It will be:
- 5 minutes from the support community of Cranberry
- Produced by Three Rivers Paintball at the playing site
- A fun- festival of paintball , food , and shopping
- A tent trade show with a select number of trucks
- July 27-30 - 5-man rookie/novice and scenario
- AirBall Fields for tournament play – Woods fields for Scenario Play
- The attention to detail that our events have become known for
This event will be fun-filled, relaxed version for all paintball aficionados that will be easy and affordable to attend for both teams, scenario players and vendors. Stay tuned to our website at www.TRPaintball.com for details.
Now, I have not been around IAO long enough to know the greatness it once was, and I have to take at the word of people that were there that IAO was at one point one of the greatest things in paintball. I will take those same peoples word for it that IAO had many many positive contributions. Unfortunately all I have seen of IAO is last years event, which was not the most impressive ever. Of course I got to hear the story of the regression of IAO over the past couple years from various people.
Still, its a great marketing attempt, to make this shrinking and movement of IAO into a positive.
The International Amateur Open has had an unparalleled 15 year run in the paintball world. It has morphed and evolved over the years to respond to an ever-changing market and industry. By popular demand – The IAO will "Go Retro" in 2006 and brought back to its roots at Three Rivers Paintball in Cranberry, PA. This is where the very first amateur event was held back in 1991 and was the home for eleven years to a national gathering unlike any other. The newly designed and re-named “Three Rivers Paintball Festival” will be a combination of a 5-man rookie/novice event and Scenario game with our partners, BlackCat Productions.
It will be:
- 5 minutes from the support community of Cranberry
- Produced by Three Rivers Paintball at the playing site
- A fun- festival of paintball , food , and shopping
- A tent trade show with a select number of trucks
- July 27-30 - 5-man rookie/novice and scenario
- AirBall Fields for tournament play – Woods fields for Scenario Play
- The attention to detail that our events have become known for
This event will be fun-filled, relaxed version for all paintball aficionados that will be easy and affordable to attend for both teams, scenario players and vendors. Stay tuned to our website at www.TRPaintball.com for details.
Now, I have not been around IAO long enough to know the greatness it once was, and I have to take at the word of people that were there that IAO was at one point one of the greatest things in paintball. I will take those same peoples word for it that IAO had many many positive contributions. Unfortunately all I have seen of IAO is last years event, which was not the most impressive ever. Of course I got to hear the story of the regression of IAO over the past couple years from various people.
Still, its a great marketing attempt, to make this shrinking and movement of IAO into a positive.