eastie said:
Lol, this was from about a year ago, and Im all sorted with a team!
Cheers for the comments though robbo (whenever you posted them!), dead chuffed i got a big up from the big man!
Eastie
Full on
I went up to Ledz yesterday for a few days to have a meeting and during my visit we talked over everything from Nexus to UK Paintball and back again..and then some.
He told me of a young kid, I think he plays for Phoenix, (I ain't sure on this point) but this kid wanted to go to Paris...and I mean really wanted to.
Nothing too surprising there I suppose but this kid sold virtually everything he had to get enough money together to pay for his ticket, hotel room etc.
I mean this kid sold some of his paintball kit, personal objects, every frikkin thing he could do just get his ass over to Paris to play for his team.
Remarkable????
I think it is yes, especially when contrasted against what I have been accustomed to in pro players expecting everything on a plate and then this kid shames us all of us.
He shows us all what playing this sport of ours is really about; it's about commitment and sacrifice for the love of the game.
UK Paintball is littered with people who
say they are committed, who
say they sacrifice a lot but in reality, they don't and will get nowhere.
After speaking to Ledz about our UK scene and the state it is in, and I'm not using that term loosely, the level of Paintball being played across our domestic leagues is dire.
This has all been well documented time and again in other threads by not just myself but others and I see no light at the end of the tunnel but this Eastie kid and this other kid from Phoenix at least give me hope......it may be a misplaced hope but it's little gems like this that reinforce my much weakened faith in UK Ball.
