08.09.08
Posted in General Interest at 8:54 pm by Rush Paintball
For the second year in a row, Rush Paintball represented south Florida paintball at the 14th Annual Kids Fitness Festival sponsored by the Palm Beach Sports Commission.
“It’s great to see all these kids participating in all these sports,” said Rush Paintball owner Don Guest. A conservative estimate of 6,000 kids visited the festival this year, which was held at the South Florida Fairgrounds.
“We probably had most of those kids come through our booth,” said Guest, “Some visited us more than once.” Even Burnie, the Miami Heat mascot and Billy the Marlin got some paintball action.
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Rush Paintball's shooting booth at the Kids Fitness Festival
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Bernie, the Miami Heat Mascot
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Jupiter Parks and Recreation at Rush Paintball
Rush Paintball, which is located 15 minutes west of Jupiter in northern Palm Beach county is switching gears. “We want to support more of the groups that support our kids and community, so we are starting a sponsorship program. We will sponsor up to 8 non profit groups a month to play paintball for free,” explained Guest. “The only expense the groups will have to cover will be the paintballs, food and drinks. All equipment and entrance fees will be sponsored.”
The Kids Fitness Festival gave Rush Paintball the perfect venue to invite the new groups, with the great number of summer camps, schools and other non profit organizations that attend the Fitness Festival each year. “We have always supported our community. We have given over 40 gift certificates away to schools, PTO’s and churches that have used them in auctions to support the children in our community. Now we’re just taking it up a notch.”
Rush Paintball is willing to accommodate any non profit group. All they have to do is call.
Rush Paintball is in the process of changing to a non profit organization and will be moving to a new location by the end of the year. In their new location, included will be other activities–an obstacle course, a petting zoo, hiking trails, archery, RC racing. “We want to have children out that usually don’t get to see and do these kind of things,”said Guest, “I also want to get all these kids out from in front of the TV and the video games.”
For more information about Rush Paintball, including non-profit information see the website at http://www.rushpaintball.net or contact Don Guest at 561-596-8171.
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08.01.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 11:01 am by Rush Paintball
July practice was a little slack, with everyone being on vacation and just generally taking a break and hiding from the heat.
August Leathal Rush Team and League Practices have been set to the 10th and the 24th. Practice starts at 9 AM. Hopefully, we’ll see more out here. Pracitce is going to start early so we can get out early, befor the heat sets in too much and the afternoon storms start. See ya.
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07.24.08
Posted in General Interest, Uncategorized at 7:40 pm by Rush Paintball
For the second year in a row, Rush Paintball represented paintball for Broward, Palm Beach and Martin counties at the 14th Annual Kids Fitness Festival of the Palm Beaches. The huge sports exhibition held on July 17 and 18 is sponsored by the Palm Beach Sports Commission. Other sponsors include McDonald’s, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Promowearhouse, Moe’s Southwestern Grill, ESPN Radio, The Palm Beach Post, Blum Foundation, Cardinals - Marlins Fund of the Community Foundation, Continental Airlines and South Florida Parenting.
Over 6,000 youth attended the event at the South Florida Fairgrounds over the two day festival to receive hands on experience and develop skills in over 40 different sport clinics. The sport clinics included paintball hosted by Rush Paintball, cheer leading hosted by The Gymnastics Revolution and Gold Coast Gym, general fitness hosted by The Gymnastics Revolution, bowling hosted by Don Carter Lanes, golf hosted by John Prince Golf Learning Center, judo hosted by Tomodachi Judo Club, tumbling hosted by The Gymnastics Revolution, polo hosted by The International Polo Club, baton twirling hosted by Solid Gold Strutter and many more.
Rush Paintball allowed the kids to shoot 5 Velcro balls (instead of paintballs) at a small target. The kids were also able to play a paintball video game.
Rush Paintball in the process of changing from a profit to a 501(c)(3) non profit corporation. Paintball will be a small part of the new corporation. In the works is an obstacle course, RC track, archery, hiking trails, petting zoo and hopefully horseback riding.
They will be sponsoring up to 8 non profit groups a month to participate in the activities. They have started offering their paintball fields to non profit groups that provide for our children and our community. The sponsorships can be used for members, administrators or volunteers. In the past they have supported schools, PTA/PTO’s, park construction foundations, churches, youth groups, summer camps, foster homes, sport organizations, medical support and inner city youth organizations.
If your group is interested in receiving a sponsorship, email Don at don@rushpaintball.net or give him a call at 561-596-8171.
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07.23.08
Posted in Tournaments at 7:52 pm by Rush Paintball
Registration is now open for the 2008 Norhteast Open which will be held at the All American Paintball Park in Greensburg, PA on August 14-17.
Don’t forget to purchase your 2008 PSP ID card online prior to the event. Not only will it save you time from standing in line during the event, but it will also save you money.
Sponsors include Smart Parts, Dye, Proto, RPS, Empire, DXS, Sup’ Airball, Bawls, Nelson Paintballs, Severe, XO, PbNation, Custom Products, Eclipse and Virtue.
For more information about the Northeast Open visit www.pspevents.com.
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07.02.08
Posted in Tournaments at 10:49 pm by Rush Paintball
Congratulations to the finalist of the 2008 Chicago Open in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
NXL
- 1st–Tampa Bay Damage
- 2nd–San Diego Aftermath
- 3rd/4th–Los Angeles Ironmen/Dynasty
Division 1 XBall
- 1st–RNT Allstarz
- 2nd–Vicious
- 3rd–Damage
- 4th–TX Justice League
Division 2 XBall
- 1st–Cross-Eyed Paintball
- 2nd–Raiden
- 3rd–Fierce
- 4th–Warped Army
Division 3 XBall
- 1st–Velocity Wrecking Crew
- 2nd–Fierce Heat
- 3rd–DSSP8ntball.com
- 4th–Chicago WiseGuys
Division 2 5-Man XBall
- 1st–Team RNT
- 2nd–Dark Army
- 3rd–Rogue
- 4th–Pintura Fresca
Disision 3 5-Man XBall
- 1st–Boom
- 2nd–Wyldeside
- 3rd–PG Style
- 4th–STorm
Division 4 5-Man XBall
- 1st–Total Karnage Kids
- 2nd–Texas Select
- 3rd–100 Proof Paintball
- 4th–Vivid
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06.20.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 10:15 am by Rush Paintball
The NPPL will hold its next event at the Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orachard Park, NY on July 18th-20th. The field layouts were released on June 19.
Some of the sponsors include Spyder, JT USA, Rockstar, Angel, Kee, The US Mariines, Draxxus, Planet Eclipse, Archon, Zap, Custom Products, NXe, XO Industries and Bob Long Technologies. For a full list of sponsors, visit the NPPL Sponsor Website.
Registration is under way. To sign up for this tournament, click here.
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Posted in Tournaments at 9:49 am by Rush Paintball
Paintball Sports Promotion announced that the 2008 Chicago Open will return to the Bolingbrook Recreation and Aquatic Center June 25th - 29th. The BRAC is located just 10 minutes off of I-55.
Sponsors include Dye, Proto, Smart Parts, RPS, Empire, Draxxus, Bawls, Nelson Paintballs, Sup Airball, Severe, PbNation, XO, Eclipse, Custom Products and Virtue. The tradeshow will feature all of paintball’s favorite vendors.
For complete details visit the PSP website.
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06.19.08
Posted in General Interest, Tournaments, Uncategorized at 8:04 pm by Rush Paintball
The next Leathal Rush practice will be on Satruday, June 28. Redline and Elusive will be there. League practice will be on Sunday, June 29. The PSP 08 Chicago Open Field Layout will be set up.
Any questions, shoot me an email at sharon@rushpaintball.net
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06.02.08
Posted in Friends, Uncategorized at 8:37 pm by Rush Paintball
Rush Paintball is hosting Summer Series Days. One day during June, July, August and September field fees and rental fees will be reduced by 50% and each player will receive a FREE Player Pass for the next Summer Series Day. Also, on each Summer Series Day, drinks and hotdogs will only be $1 each, there will be give-a-ways and raffles. All players that attend all 4 Summer Series Days will be entered into a raffle for for a FREE PMR. To receive the Summer Series Discounts, players must use field paint.
SUMMER SERIES DAYS
- SATURDAY, JUNE 14
- SATURDAY, JULY12
- SATURDAY, AUGUST 9
- SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
Dates subject to change.
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05.19.08
Posted in Tournaments, Uncategorized at 6:56 pm by Rush Paintball
Congratulations to the teams that fought and won their deserved places in the NPPL Jacksonville Tournament, May 16 - 18.
Professional
- 1st–Escondido Aftermath
- 2nd–Golden State Ironmen
- 3rd–New England Hurricanes
- 4th–Oakland Blast
Semi-Professional
- 1st–Dynasty Entourage
- 2nd–Impact
- 3rd–Studio City Icemen
- 4th–TCP Machine
Division One
- 1st–Hollywood HK
- 2nd–Splat Kids
- 3rd–Aftermath II
- 4th–Synergy
Division Two
- 1st–Go For Broke
- 2nd–Miami Rage
- 3rd–Tombstone
- 4th–Brooklyn Ratpack
Division Three
- 1st–CS Union
- 2nd–Topgun Factory
- 3rd–Titus
- 4th–SD Tension
Pump Division
- 1st–LA Hitmen
- 2nd–Chiken Nuggetz
- 3rd–Pumpchallenge.net Allstars
- 4th–Olde Lions East
Again, congratulations to all the teams. The next NPPL event will be in Buffalo, NY, July 18-20, at the Ralph Wilson Stadium, Home of the Buffulo Bills. Watch for registration information.
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