NAC at Nationals 2015
With an uneventful flight we arrived in Auckland, a little time waiting for our ride and we were on our way to pick up our gear from TNL, who were kind enough to have transported it up earlier for the team. With a couple of stops for food and liquid refreshments we arrived at our…
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NAC 2014 inter club, day 2, Armageddon
Finally Sunday the 14th dawned. With great excitement I loaded the truck with all my gear and headed off to Armageddon paintball field. With the clubs NAC, MAC, TAG and CSG all in attendance it was sure to be a good day. When briefing finished it was finally time to head out onto the wasteland…
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Battle tactics tested in hills
An Upper Moutere farm became a battlefield, complete with military gear, tactics and camouflage. The Nelson Airsoft Corps put its brand of realistic game-play into action during “Operation Viper†on Saturday. Airsoft is a sport similar to paintball but with more of an emphasis on realistic gear and weapons, and tactical game-play. Players fire spherical…
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NAC at Nationals 2014
After the nice early bird wake up call of 5:30am, we were ready and on our way at 6.00am for what would turn out to be a 13 hour drive with only the ferry and some pit stops to mix things up. Reaching the turn off at Waipawa, we were then stymied briefly by the…
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Airsoft Nationals 2014
NAC sent a squad to this years Airsoft Nationals in Hastings, an annual competition held every year in February. Teams from all over New Zealand entered and NAC placed first! NAC member Jamie was interviewed by the local newspaper for the front page sports article and this is the article here…
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Operation Overnight 2013
Airsoft is a multifaceted sport and it covers many styles of play. That’s what makes the sport so great. The environment you are playing in often determines the style of Airsoft you will be playing. Fast paced close quarters battle Airsoft takes place in urban and indoor environments, whereas Green Ops style of Airsoft is…
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Christchurch CQB weekend August 2013
Day 1 A typical day in Christchurch starts with overcast skies and a chilly breeze straight off the snowy mountains. However on this morning 50 men and women gear up in the car-park of an abandoned meat-works factory scheduled for demolition following past earthquakes. Waivers are signed and everyone is made aware of present dangers.…
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Chudleys Farm
Feeling a bit peckish I scramble into my dump pouch and pull out some food. So far so good as I come back with a nut bar and ham ‘n’ cheese bun. Now the tricky part . . . . eat it without getting it wet. I cant stand soggy bread! With delicate care and…
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