THE WARREN WOOD RANGERS

 A brief summary of achievements of the Warren Wood Rangers.

History.

Established originally as the Redbourn Rangers in 2006 they were a pub based team and used to play normal walk-ons. In 2007 they visited Warren Wood for the first time and a rapport between the players and the site owner soon grew. So much so that the team started to assist the site by helping development of it and soon received support from Warren Wood Paintball. In December of 2007 following a team meeting WWP was approached to see if the Rangers could be the sites “home” team. This was agreed and then in January of 2008 the Redbourn Rangers were renamed as the Warren Wood Rangers. The team enjoy the scenario circuit and make many games into a “weekend party” and do have a reputation for enjoying the odd pint of beer or two and being very sociable at the events.

At the Staargate game in September 2008 the Team Captain, was selected as a faction leader. When players were buying their tickets for this game there was an overwhelming demand to join the “faction” lead by the WWR Captain, so much so that many players ended up in factions that they did not want.

Warren Wood Paintball has unfortunately in recent months been subjected to a vicious and organised campaign of vandalism and arsons attacks. Following these attacks the team have always turned in numbers to help restore the site to enable it to carry on trading, on some occasions camping out hoping to catch the perpetrators regrettably to no avail.

Awards + Nominations

UK Scenario Awards 2009 –

Won Best UK Scenario Team

2 Players nominated UK Scenario Player of the Year, Duncan Martin (captain) Alex Carney (vice captain)

The Scenario game we organised and ran nominated for Game of the Year

Duncan Martin nominated “Best General”

From the 2009 UK Scenario calendar the WWR attended the games highlighted below:

February 8th: Against all Odds @ Bawtry
February 22nd: Takur Gahr @ Camouflage, Bournemouth
February 22nd Arrows in the wind 2 at paintball extreme
March 22nd: Wild Geese Presents @ Bullswood, Sussex
March 29th: Red Dawn @ JCS Elsham - TBC
April 5th: The Deadly Hallows @ Wildwoodz Nr Inverness
April 11th & 12th: Bunker 2 @ UCZ Exeter
April 18th & 19th: Bunker 2 @ UCZ Exeter
April 19th England V Scotland @ Pro-Zone, Near Dumfries
May 3rd North vs. South
May 24th: Blackhawk Down @ Scottish Paintball Centre (East) @ Shotts
June 8th-14th: Oklahoma D-day 2009.  3 Players went over to Oklahoma USA as part of the UK Scenario Team, 2 players came back with service medals.
June 14th: One shot one kill @ Axis paintball
July 12 Team SF Scenario Game @ Paintball Park, Kidderminster
July 18/19th Bridge too far 2 @ Tazball, Inverness
July 19th: Armageddon 4 "The begining" @ YPC - Yorkshire Paintball Centre
July 26th Diamonds R Forever Big Game at NPF Bassetts Pole
August 8/9th: Children of the Corn 2 "Resurrection" @ Nemesis, Somerset
August 16th: Return to the Thunderdome @ Mayhem Paintball nr Romford, Essex
August 23rd England V Scotland @ Pro-zone, near Dumfries
August 30th: Terminator Wars @ Warren Wood Paintball, Hertfordshire (marshalled by WWR)
September 6th: The Highlanderz Pt2 @ Tazball, Inverness
September 12/13: Sword and the Rings @ Wakefield, Yorkshire
October 4th BOTB 2 @ Surrey Paintball Centre
October 18th Timewars 3 @ Campaign Paintball Surrey
October 31st & 1st November: Pups Halloween night game @ Launceston
November 1st Red Dawn 2 @ JCS Elsham
November 8th SRP IV @ Battlezone
November 15th Ultimate Scenario Tournament @ Wakefield, Yorkshire
November 22nd Stalingrad, The Russian Front @ Bullswood Skirmish, Sussex
November 28th 2009 UK Scenario Awards - Brighton
December 6th Winter Assault @ UCZ Exeter

Players played Generals/Lead a Faction at 6 games in the year.

UK Scenario Awards 2008:

Won Best Breakthrough Team

Nominated Best UK Scenario Team

2 Players won “Bravest move of the year” (Alex Carney + Lee Terry) at the Children of the Corn game held in Somerset.

North vs South Big Game WWR were awarded “Most valuable Team” within the Southern group.

From the 2008 UK Scenario calendar the WWR attended the games highlighted below:

February 10th UK Scenario team vs. World @ Bawtry Paintball, Doncaster
March 16th Islas Malvinas @ Bullswood, East Sussex
April 13th: P&P Game @ UCZ 'Bunker' Indoor Site near Poltimore nr Exeter
May 4th Warped Big Game "NvS" @ Heart of England nr Coventry
May 25th Armogeddon 3
June 14: Oklahoma D-Day [USA]
June 29th: Diamond Wars 1 @NPF, Birmingham
July 13:: Kelly's Heroes @ Paintball Park, Kidderminster
July 19/20: Bridge too Farr @ Tazball, Inverness
July 27th: Arrows In The Wind @ Paintball Extreme, Colchester,
July 27th: Diamond Wars 2 @ NPF, Birmingham
August 9th: Children of the Corn @ Pylle Somerset
August 24th : Resistance 1940 @ NRG Paintball, Westerham, Kent
August 31st: Operation Market Garden @ Paintball Challenge,
August 31st: Diamond Wars 3 @NPF, Birmingham
September 21st: Staargate 2008 @ Wakefield, Yorkshire
September 28th Diamond Wars 4 @NPF, Birmingham
October 12th: Scotland v England II - ProZone Paintball, Annan, D&G
October 19th: Timewars 2 @ Campaign Paintball, Surrey
October 26th: Diamond Wars 5 @NPF, Birmingham
November 2nd: 360 Fireteam game @ SCPV
November 2nd: Battle of the Bulge @ Surrey Paintball Centre
November 30th War in the Woods 2 @ Warren Wood Paintball, Hertfordshire (Marshalled Game)
November 30th: Diamond Wars 6 @NPF, Birmingham

Players played Generals/Lead a Faction at 3 games in the Year.

Plans for the Future

The WWR are planning to again attend as many games as humanly possible in the coming year. This will include trips all over the UK, including one in Scotland and our first venture into Europe.

There are 3 games that ALL team players must attend. These are the North v South Big Game, Time Wars in Surrey and the game to be run by the Wild Geese details are which to yet to be confirmed.

WWR have also confirmed their attendance to all 4 WW2 campaign games which locations range from Exeter to Scotland.

We will also be sending a large squad to Mahlwinkle in Germany in the later part of the year. In 2011 we are hoping to bring at least a squad of 10 to Oklahoma D-Day in the USA and already have in action a “Player Saving Plan” as the trip to the States is quite expensive.

We have always played hard aggressive paintball and intend to keep to this style of play and our intention and main aim for 2010 is to be the first team in UKscenario history to retain the UKscenario Team of the Year.

In 2010 we already have confirmed support from a selection of different companies. These include Warren Wood Paintball, Shoreline Paintball, Fat-Bobs Paintball, Yorkshire Paintball Centre, and Talk-Paintball.

In 2008 we all ran Etek 1’s which have proved to be a great and most reliable workhorse. Some new team members now have Etek 2’s along with a selection of Ego’s. We have been offered other markers at very very low cost but to be openly honest they have not been anywhere near as reliable as the Planet gats already on the team.

We would dearly love to be able to have Ego 10’s for 2010 and would ask that you give the WWR some serious consideration for a gun deal for 2010 and look forward to promoting Planet Eclipse during our 2010 campaign.