Ukpsf membership
As a new player one of the first things that you should look at getting is UKPSF MEMBERSHIP.
who are the UKPSF you ask,here`s abit of back ground
Background
In 1990 a group of players and members of the trade formed the European Paintball Sports Federation to protect the sport. The game of paintball was going through a rough time with attacks from the media and more important a possible ban by the Home Office as a result of the wording of the Firearms Act at the time.
Over the years the EPSF and more recently the UKPSF have had discussions with various members of the Government, officials at the various Government bodies, local authorities, Police and Firearms experts. As a result of these discussions the wording in the Firearms act (Air being the only approved propellant) which could have resulted in a ban on paintball has been changed. (CO2 was added as an approved propellant) The sport and the equipment has developed over the past ten years and the need for CO2 as a propellant has reduced.
The EPSF also produced tournament rule books which formed the foundation for all of the current tournament rules in the UK and probably most of the European tournaments. The "Code of Practice" is recognised by the Health and Safety and a lot of Councils as the guidelines for operating a paintball site.
In the late 1990's it was decided to change the name from the EPSF to the UKPSF because whilst most of the European countries had used the EPSF as the model to set up their own Federations the organisation in the UK only looked after the United Kingdom. There were no representatives from other countries on the committee therefore it did not truly represent Europe. The name was therefore changed to the United Kingdom Paintball Sports Federation.
There are steps being taken at present to form a new European body with representatives from all over Europe on the committee.
The UKPSF is a voluntary body and exists to promote the sport of paintball, liaise with government bodies, local authorities and try to make the game of paintball safe and fun to play.
Membership
New Individual Membership Scheme
The UKPSF are proud to bring you even more benefits from becoming a full individual member.
£5 million Civil Liability cover
Personal Accident; Death and Capital Benefits £50,000
Temporary Total Disablement £100.00 per week (14 days deferment period)
Cover is for players playing at a UKPSF sanctioned event*.
Policy documentation can be downloaded
http://www.ukpsf.com/documents/policydocs.zip
all this for £15
*Sanctioned or Affiliated
There is some confusion at present due to the UKPSF using the word sanctioned to indicate that an event or organiser meets certain criteria. Therefore the UKPSF players membership is valid at the event and the tournament committee (still to have an official name) using the same word to indicate which tournaments are sanctioned by that committee.
It has been suggested that players insurance can currently only be used at two tournaments as these are the only sanctioned events and that the UKPSF is effectively reducing players choice by only allowing the insurance cover to be used at these two events. This is not true, as the cover applies to several events, including walk ons, scenario events and other tournaments.
In an attempt to clarify the situation the UKPSF will stop using the term sanctioned event and use the term Affiliated Event. The organisers of affiliated events have supplied the UKPSF with information regarding insurance cover, first aid cover and use the UKPSF air policy. The UKPSF players insurance covers all affiliated events. The events deemed as sanctioned by the tournament committee will also be affiliated events as part of the criteria to become a sanctioned event will be UKPSF affiliated status.
Current UKPSF affiliated events are:
Walk On events and Tournaments at Yorkshire Paintball
Walk On events and Tournaments at Campaign Paintball (incl Time wars)
Walk On events at Skirmish Norfolk
Walk On events at Skirmish High Wycombe
Walk on events and Tournaments at Combat Paintball (Norfolk and Snetterton) Walk On events and Tournaments at Powerplay Paintball (Wakefield)
Walk on and Tournaments at Sabotage Paintball
Walk On events at Dragons Lair
Shoreline Paintball Events
Walk On events at Warped Sports (inc The Big Games)
Unreal Paintball Events
Walk on and Tournaments at JCS Sports
NatWest Southern Paintball League (NSPL)
BZ Paintball scenario events
On the Edge Walk on events
Ambush Paintball Games Walk on events
Mayhem Events Walk and Scenario events
UK Paintball Events Ltd – Balls out Promotions
Your UKPSF insurance covers these event ONLY
If you play at a walk on site or a tournament and they are not on this list ASK the event organiser WHY THEY ARE NOT ON THE LIST
