All Ireland Event Part 2

Fallschirmjager

Okay, since the summer is here(ish) maybe its time for the next event. How about the weekend of the 28th of June. That would still give us time for another large event in august.

of course the big question is where?

fellow airsofters what say ye!!!

Gatling

fall kudos for wanting more , one problem gtac is the only site big enought outside hrta ,

il say hrta if nonex is intrested il even give a hand organiseing,

AirsoftEire.com

Not true at all, Drogheda has buckets of space, it could easily take the same amount as G-Tac did.
HRTA would be interesting though with a similar crowd.

Again, it's up to the players to decide.
Steve

FingalAirsoft

Would 2/3 acres be enough to host this event?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055293821

kdouglas

FingalAirsoft wrote: »

Would 2/3 acres be enough to host this event?
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055293821

nope, it wouldn't. I also have to ask you not to pimp your site outside of your own thread.

I'd love to go to GTAC again for this.

Falls: Ill add a poll if you don't mind?

ED E

AirsoftEire.com wrote: »

Not true at all, Drogheda has buckets of space, it could easily take the same amount as G-Tac did.
HRTA would be interesting though with a similar crowd.

Again, it's up to the players to decide.
Steve

Agreed. Drogheda would be very suitable for this kinda thing. Since we've played Gtac, and most people know HRTA off by heart, and Cork is still under developement afaik, I think Drogheda is the prime choice here. It gets my vote.

Can anyone post some updated pics of Drogheda?

penguin-o7

June to soon
why not some time in July like the 5th:D

Mrs MaxForce

hi guys falls are you at it again if we are picked we would love to hold it again , we were in the process of organising a similar event ourselves in the summer anyway but falls beat us to it as usual but best of luck to all the sites its about bringing of our community together regards evelyn

Tigger

i voted gtac but i'm wondering why sac is not on the list is it too small?

FingalAirsoft

kdouglas wrote: »

nope, it wouldn't. I also have to ask you not to pimp your site outside of your own thread.

I'd love to go to GTAC again for this.

Falls: Ill add a poll if you don't mind?

Sorry for this, just asking a question but you are right, it was late and I had a few beers and I was to lazy to type so I just linked my thread:o

Having said that I do think that Drogheda would be a great venue for this event.

Puding

i was unable to make the last event do if another one is in the works count me in, knowing as far in a advance is this is a go will help, i would remove cork from the list i a lovely site but not the room to conduct anything of this size in the current form, know if future plans go thought then it could be different but thats for another thread

Fallschirmjager

i suppose its time for the sites to pitch their case for this. I think with any event this size it needs to have the facilities (water toilets, food etc) , the size, the camping space, the accessibility, the parking, the etc.

I think as we mature as an airsort sport we can begin to move to more complex or more integrated games. By this i mean rather then a series of seperate games, we can move to objective based weekend...this would mean we can have a series of games people can join in as they seem fit but also as part of a team and that build on each other each depending on how you did in the previous campaign. by way of example, if you loose in the first round then, you go on the defensive in the second. This would mean that the existing teams we have in airsoft can play as units with a defensive or offensive objective.

despite what you might think this would be easier to do then you might think but it does require a game plan for the 2 days.

thats just my opinion however...

MAD Ozzie

Yea Cork is to small for this Kind of event, Thanks for adding us to the list anyway
Ill be at this event for sure where ever it is.
Will also hassel the club members to come along.

The Master

Theres also Red Hammer in Predator Combat Games at the start of August.
Could be an idea to organise a big group to go up there.

Stercus Accidit

Drogheda, If its big enough we may aswell try it out.

ED E

Robster The Lobster wrote: »

Theres also Red Hammer in Predator Combat Games at the start of August.
Could be an idea to organise a big group to go up there.

We're very interested in that one. A big group yes. A super sized group like last time, no. There were too many last time IMO. Also, we need to get booking conformations for every player for heading accross the border with guns so it would probably be easier if we organised it as a group.

Moto: Its big enough alright.

Fallschirmjager

Mrs MaxForce wrote: »

hi guys falls are you at it again if we are picked we would love to hold it again , we were in the process of organising a similar event ourselves in the summer anyway but falls beat us to it as usual but best of luck to all the sites its about bringing of our community together regards evelyn

i think the more if these events the better....i guess just as long as we all dont compete..:D

NMC

I dont care where it is! BRING IT ON!:D:D:cool:

Gatling

well then if not HRTA then G-TAC martin and evelyn put on an excellent event ,its got the facilitys camping ,food,space,

i dont think any other site comes close

Tommyboy71

Fallschirmjager wrote: »

How about the weekend of the 28th of June. That would still give us time for another large event in august.

of course the big question is where?

fellow airsofters what say ye!!!

If there is an evening part to this or if it is an evening game then count me in for the weekend. Definitely be able for the Sunday.

ASI Casper

I don't want to seem like a moaner, especially as I don't post on these forums as often as I'd like and therefore am not known to many here, but, if this is supposed to be an 'All Ireland' event, then why are only sites in ROI listed in the poll?

FRV & Predator would easily be capable of hosting something like this.

That said though, I've yet to play at a site in ROI, so would be interested in it whereever it's held. Unfortunately, I don't drive, so my attendance will depend on dragging someone else with me or else using public transport. Hopefully the date and location will suit me though.

Whereever it ends up being held, can I ask the site running it to please post details over on ASI?

Fallschirmjager

well thats my fault for the typo.

ASI Casper

Then it's not an All Ireland event then?

Gatling

see the problem as said is you dont drive ,some of us dont drive either more than one person sharing that boat , from your post i didnt realise the first event wasnt posted on asi ,

the northern sites havent been ruled out for an event as far as im aware but with the VCR and logistics just make's it harder for us with out transport,

but the all ireland events are going to be regularly held ,so if the northern sites are available to host the events they should let it be known

kdouglas

ASI Casper wrote: »

Then it's not an All Ireland event then?

This occured to me earlier. The "All Ireland" title wasn't meant to offend anyone, the original all Ireland idea was mainly a get together of everyone on this forum from all over Ireland and as far as I know it was only advertised via this forum, so it was more of a "everyone that posts on boards in Ireland" event.

I added the poll to the thread and to be honest there's more sites than that in ROI that I didn't add either, HRTA/Drogheda and GTAC are the only ones possibly big enough for this at the moment and I wasn't sure about Cork so I just threw it in.

There is also the added complication of the VCRA, as of yet, it still remains unclear as to the legalities of us going across the border with airsoft equipment. I know everyone can say "ah sure you wont have a problem" but saying it doesn't make it legal and until that problem is absolutely and definitely cleared up, it cannot be discussed here.

Masada

ASI Casper wrote: »

Then it's not an All Ireland event then?

I can see where your comming from but would we all have to have silly coloured AEGs if we went to play up there? we wouldnt be registered skirmishers in the UK or am i missing something?.,

ED E

vtec wrote: »

I can see where your comming from but would we all have to have silly coloured AEGs if we went to play up there? we wouldnt be registered skirmishers in the UK or am i missing something?.,

I thought it was discovered that if we had a confirmed booking on paper and a letter from the site involved that that would qualify as a "specific defense"...is this not so?

Masada

well, ya know how grey areas are in this sport, id be a bit wary of getting pulled over north of the border and loosing all my kit without having it writen in stone or so to speak, before hand.,

Oglon93

This should be held in july like 10th or some time like that. After the junior cert at least

Evolute

Oglon93 wrote: »

This should be held in july like 10th or some time like that. After the junior cert at least

Can I just point out that the junior cert and leaving cert are over before the 28th.

Gatling

just hope all those who plan on actuly attending the next event pays upfront in full ,to save all the messing over bookings and failing to turn up

Fallschirmjager

Gatling wrote: »

just hope all those who plan on actuly attending the next event pays upfront in full ,to save all the messing over bookings and failing to turn up

most excellent point. which ever site wins needs to consider this.


We probably should consider an end date for voting? I propose 31 May as the close date to see which site people prefer.

what say ye?

NMC

Seems good falls.

Dr_Pepper

Return of The Gathering at GTAC sounds like a good plan.
Since they were planning another event it would make sense to go with theirs.

That and the place is Epic, truly Epic

ED E

By the looks of it we may have a problem, the results are continually tied! It was 8-8 last time I looked and now its 26-26...we may need to flip a coin.

sci-ops

I voted for G-tac as I love the site, but just curious, was there a reason why the site in Longford was excluded?

kdouglas

30-26 now...

I say we close the poll on the 31st

Dont forget that while GTAC hosted the gathering last time, it's not known yet if Drogheda could host this event and nobody has actually spoken to john about it yet that I'm aware of.

kdouglas

sci-ops wrote: »

I voted for G-tac as I love the site, but just curious, was there a reason why the site in Longford was excluded?

Too small and no space for camping as far as I'm aware.

A.T.F

kdouglas wrote: »

30-26 now...

I say we close the poll on the 31st

Dont forget that while GTAC hosted the gathering last time, it's not known yet if Drogheda could host this event and nobody has actually spoken to john about it yet that I'm aware of.

we spoke to him yesterday about he seems game on:D

Dr_Pepper

Looks like someone from Drogheda should have been on campaigning.
GTAC is is the lead

Masada

Id love to go to Gtac again but havent been to drogheda yet,., hows the situation up there as regards camping, facilities etc?.,

gandalf

Hmmm I thought the idea of this was to tour the event around the sites. If thats the case I think Drogheda should be given the opportunity.

Casper I agree it is misleading to call it All Ireland if we are not including up North as well. I will beat Falls severely next time I see him

kdouglas

vtec wrote: »

Id love to go to Gtac again but havent been to drogheda yet,., hows the situation up there as regards camping, facilities etc?.,

Ive been to both, personally I think drogheda is a great site, and I really must get up there more often, but I think Gtac would be more suited to the whole weekend/camping thing and is a bigger site too.

Fallschirmjager

gandalf wrote: »

Hmmm I thought the idea of this was to tour the event around the sites. If thats the case I think Drogheda should be given the opportunity.

Casper I agree it is misleading to call it All Ireland if we are not including up North as well. I will beat Falls severely next time I see him

just so long as it doesnt involve your usual roll of duct tape...

ED E

kdouglas wrote: »

Ive been to both, personally I think drogheda is a great site, and I really must get up there more often, but I think Gtac would be more suited to the whole weekend/camping thing and is a bigger site too.

Retrospectively I'd have to agree. I dont think that Drogheda has the facilities for large numbers. With a bit of work it would be great, but as is dont think its suitable.

AirsoftEire.com

gandalf wrote: »

Hmmm I thought the idea of this was to tour the event around the sites. If thats the case I think Drogheda should be given the opportunity.

I couldn't agree more.
Not because i'm 30 minutes away, i don't really mind where the event is held. And G-Tac is a fantastic site, but to have it in the same place twice in a row makes no sense to me.
If we're looking to further the sport of airsoft, there should be a fair rotation of the sites. HRTA got the first birthday event, G-Tac got the first All Ireland, Drogheda should be next on the list, it would give John a fantastic financial boost and he could really do a lot with his site, which I believe has the best natural site in the country.

By rotating these events, all the different sites get a great bit of advertising, a chance to prove how good their site is and more importantly that financial bump that lets them develop their site on a par with the UK and the rest of Europe.

I think it would be incredibly unfair to have such a large event like this hosted in the same place twice in a row. Please think of the sport as a whole aswell folks, not just a fun weekend.

Steve

hairball

AirsoftEire.com wrote: »

I couldn't agree more.
Not because i'm 30 minutes away, i don't really mind where the event is held. And G-Tac is a fantastic site, but to have it in the same place twice in a row makes no sense to me.
If we're looking to further the sport of airsoft, there should be a fair rotation of the sites. HRTA got the first birthday event, G-Tac got the first All Ireland, Drogheda should be next on the list, it would give John a fantastic financial boost and he could really do a lot with his site, which I believe has the best natural site in the country.

By rotating these events, all the different sites get a great bit of advertising, a chance to prove how good their site is and more importantly that financial bump that lets them develop their site on a par with the UK and the rest of Europe.

I think it would be incredibly unfair to have such a large event like this hosted in the same place twice in a row. Please think of the sport as a whole aswell folks, not just a fun weekend.

Steve

100% agree with this

FingalAirsoft

I have to say that seems to be fair and better for the sport overall.

CrazyRabbit

AirsoftEire.com wrote: »

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By rotating these events, all the different sites get a great bit of advertising, a chance to prove how good their site is and more importantly that financial bump that lets them develop their site on a par with the UK and the rest of Europe.

Steve

Just to note that HRTA didn't get any financial boost from the Birthday bash....all money was donated to charity.

AirsoftEire.com

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Just to note that HRTA didn't get any financial boost from the Birthday bash....all money was donated to charity.

Sorry if I inferred as much, wasn't intentional.

Steve

Gatling

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Just to note that HRTA didn't get any financial boost from the Birthday bash....all money was donated to charity.

just also happened to be HRTA's birthday ,hopefuly G-Tac and drogheda will also host there bithdays,

before any site holds the event shouldnt there be a list of facilities required,
1-safety and marshals
2-camping
3-full chrono facilites
4-food+water facilitys
5-space and different game types