Northern Virginia Paintball

We’ve had to cancel our May game since, to date, there were only a total of 6 people confirmed to come, which was not enough for me to want to shell out a deposit for a private game only to potentially cancel it late next week.

Hopefully we’ll be able to get our game on late-June and have a few night games this summer.  If you’re itching to play check out Hogback’s website for their Big Game Announcements.

Final Update: Paintball for this weekend has been canceled!  The threat of rain scared off enough people to not allow us to have the adequate amount of folks to play. 

We’ll see you all mid-May, stay tuned for an updated date and evite for next month.

-Jen

Currently we have NINE folks signed up for tomorrow’s game.  Hogback requires a minimum of 8 players for a private game, so I am trying to confirm with everyone that they WILL be there tomorrow.  If not, we may end up calling the game.  Please check back later today to see if the game is still on!

If you don’t hear otherwise, we’ll plan on meeting you at Hogback at 12:30pm tomorrow.  We’re expected to get some rain tomorrow, but the plan is to play rain or shine, I think 80% of the time when we play it’s supposed to rain and not once in the past 2+ years we’ve been playing have we ever been rained on.

Hopefully we’ll see you tomorrow!

Cheers,

-Jen

We had the largest group to date come out yesterday with over 30 people! Thank you to everyone who came out and played with us!

Pics are up! Just scroll down and click the link under “Photos” (to the right).  And make sure to check out the “Honorable Mentions” to the right as well.

We’ll be announcing our April game in the next week, so stay tuned!

We have a HUGE crowd coming out this time! It’s actually the biggest group we’ve had in the past 2-3 years, so this should be exciting.

Quick note about the weather:  According to Weather.com there is a slight chance of rain - we will play, rain or shine.  :) 

Please be on time, we want to be playing by 1:30pm - so make sure to show up early so you can get signed in, get your paintball gun checked, rent any gear, etc. Hogback requires a waiver to be signed; you can fill it out at the field, or you can print it off online and fill it out at home so you save a few minutes when you get there.

Please remember this is a beginner to intermediate game.  If you have your own gun with a double trigger or any other high-tech additions that allow you to play much more advanced than our new folks with their rental equipment,  we ask that you please tone it down. We like our new folks to keep coming back because they enjoyed themselves and had fun; getting sprayed with 60 balls a second isn’t all that fun to most of us.

If anyone has any questions, feel free to email me, or leave a comment here on the site!  We’re looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!

Details below on Hogback’s April Big Game….

Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt - April 6th

Check In: 9am

Safety Brief: 10am

Lunch Break: 1pm

Game Ends: 5pm

Every other game will be with the Crazy Easter Bunny - He’s equipped with a paintball gun and he’s ready to protect his eggs. For each egg stolen from the Easter Bunny, a prize will be awarded.

There will be multiple groups based on skill level.

Prices for the tickets are as follows:

Now through March 28th: $10.00

March 29th - April 5th: $15.00

April 6th (day of event): $20.00

This event is field-paint only.

For additional information or to purchase your tickets:

Visit www.hogback.net or call 703-777-0057

or visit any Check-It Paintball Store.

In keeping up with the times, we’ve finally joined Facebook! Come check us out by clicking on this link.

Hogback is having a big game next weekend, March 9th, details below:

La Drang Valley

Gates Open at 8:30am

Brief at 10:00am

Play until 5:00pm

“The Battle of La Drang Valley sees the Americans surrounded by numerically superior Vietcong forces. It is the first significant engagement between the two forces… come make History with us!”

To buy tickets call Hogback at 703-777-0057 or purchase online at www.hogback.net.

Tickets are $10 until March 3rd

After March 3rd tickets are $15

$20 at the Gate

Happy 2008!

We took a break from the blogosphere over the holidays and for most of the month of January.  For those of you that commented on the site and didn’t get a response from me yet, my apologies!  I will be returning responses from email shortly. 

There have been a few inquiries regarding a February game like we had last year (which was one of the most fun events we had in ‘07).  Brad and I are discussing a game and will post something on the site, and send out an evite - within the next week or so if we decide to have a game next month.

For those of you who regularly play with us, we’ve been invited by Joe to play with a group of his friends the morning of the 16th at Pev’s field in Leesburg from 8:30am - 12pm.  If you’re interested send me an email and let me know - I want to give Joe a headcount sometime this weekend.

Can’t play on the 16th and don’t want to wait for us to decide on a game date?  Check out Skyline and Hogback’s websites for their upcoming events:

Skyline Paintball

Hogback Mountain Paintball

And just a reminder…Valentine’s Day is coming up!  For you ladies out there, paintball gear (or heck, maybe just coming out and playing with your guy!) is typically preferred over the Hallmark recommended flowers/plants and chocolate.  ;)  And for you guys, if your lady comes out and plays regularly, maybe a trip to the spa after a weekend game would be a nice surprise. 

Stay tuned for more updates and news!

Cheers!

-Jen

Since Decembers game was the last game of the year, I thought it’d be nice to do a little “year in review” of this years past games/honorable mentions. Unfortunately we didn’t record anything (because I hadn’t started this site yet!) for our games from Feb. - Apr., so I apologize about that.

Check out this past years Hard Core, Best Run and New Folks honorable mentions! Thank you to all who came out, became regulars, invited new folks again and again, and for making our games so much fun every month. We look forward to 2008 and all the paintball we’ll play then!

Happy New Year!

-Jen & Brad

Honorable Mentions

May:

Hard Core:
Jawahar - for only playing in a t-shirt and shorts (and still coming after being out until 4am!)

Best Kamikaze Run:
Ankur!

New Folks:
Matt, Shawn, Rim, Biola and Alex!

June:

Hard Core:
Tom - for rockin’ the t-shirt and shorts.

Best Run:
Rim for the Red team on the tower when he cleared the entire left side and took the tower!

New Folks:
Ami, Yvonne and Andrew

July:

Hard Core:
John-Luis

Best Run:
Brad can’t decide, and since I wasn’t there, let’s just say that everyone had a great game.

New Folks:
John-Luis, Kathy, Biola’s Brother (sorry - I don’t know your name!)

August:

Hard Core:
Everyone - for withstanding 100+ degree heat for 4 hours!

Best Run:
Falak in the Castle course.

New Folks:
Adam, Steve, Joe, Andy, Ryan, Erica, Falak & Vaibhav!

September:

Hard Core:
The Yellow Team for pulling a crazy suicide run on the Fort.

Best Run:
Steve on the Hill when he was the last one left in the game and sprinted all the way to the other side and got the flag and almost made it all the way back.

New Folks:
Phil, Mike and Jackson

October: Not Available

November: Not Available/Game Canceled

December:

Hard Core:
Everyone for braving the snow/potential rain and cold weather to come out and play our last game of the year!

Best Run:
Brad, during the very last game on the fort when he managed to make a run to the flag before anyone shot him.

New Folks:
Robert, Bill and his son, Larry, Heidi, Andrew, Jason, Tim, Ishar, Ishita