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Ashford to
host the ‘European 5 Man’ Paintball Championships!
Following hot on the heals of the Tour de France,
Ashford can boast yet another European sporting event!
Pure Rush Paintball, in association with Extreme Mayhem
and One4one TV, is pleased to announce that the European
5 Man Paintball Championships will be held at the Julie
Rose Stadium in Ashford, Kent, on the 10th and 11th of
November 2007.
This is actually the fifth annual Euro’ 5 Man tournament
to be held in Ashford however this year the profile of
the event, timed to be the last European paintball
tournament of the season, is dramatically raised with
the active participation of two key media sponsors:
The Euro’ 5 Man Championships will be supported,
promoted and marketed by Extreme Mayhem (the paintball
arm of the Extreme Group that founded the Extreme Sports
Channel) working directly with Ashford Borough Council,
local media and the Extreme Group’s wider marketing
reach to ensure that the profile of Ashford is raised
and that the event is really well attended.
One4one TV from France, the world leader in broadcasting
paintball movies, is also filming the tournament for
production of a documentary for worldwide broadcast.
One4one TV uses its internet network to reach, in 2007,
110 countries and 1.7m viewers.
It gets even better - this year and for the first time,
the event organisers are gearing up to welcome
spectators of all ages, with plenty of family activities
and entertainment included.
The Julie Rose Stadium company chairman, Peter Davison,
said: “We are thrilled that the Paintball Championships
have returned to the JRS for the 5th year. This event
contributes to the broad range of activities and events
that the Trust wishes to offer to the people of
Ashford.”
The European 5 Man will also be strongly promoted by
One4one TV in France to ensure a strong participation of
French and other European teams. With its Eurostar link
and close proximity to European ferry services, Ashford
is ideally placed to host European sporting events.
For further press information about the ‘Euro 5 Man’,
Extreme Mayhem or to interview Warren Maxwell, please
contact:
Lis Hunt, Extreme Mayhem
T 0044 (0)1233 664432
M 0044 (0)7751 810202
E lis.hunt@extremeinternational.com
W www.extrememayhem.co.uk
Notes to editors:
Extreme Group & Extreme Mayhem
Extreme Group was started in 1995 by Al Gosling, founder
of the Extreme Sports Channel and is a collection of
businesses with a shared brand and shared values. Aged
24, passionate about extreme sports and unable to find a
job that interested him, Al set up Extreme. Today
Extreme delivers a range of branded lifestyle products
and services including, Extreme Entertainment (TV), Ex
Stores, Extremepie.com (online retailer), Extreme Mob
(an MVNO mobile phone network), Extreme Drinks, Extreme
Hotels, Ex Parks (sports based theme parks), Ex Freshies
(cafés), Extreme Cred, Ex Travel, Extreme Element
(sports courses and experience voucher service),
Viledge.com (first ‘real time live’ social network),
Extreme Mayhem (paintball), Extreme Medics, Ex Decko
(large pic and graphic service), Ex Raw State (apparel
and footwear range). Extreme employs 247 people and
operates in more than 70 countries around the world. The
Extreme Sports Channel gives the Extreme brand
continuous 24/7 exposure and reaches over 40 million
homes in 60 countries around the world.
Extreme Mayhem is a new business committed to growing
the paintball industry, with a community website that
provides a completely free paintball booking directory
to a nation-wide network of paintball sites, all of
which operate to ‘UKPSF’ quality standards.
For further press information about the Extreme Group
please contact:
Gemma Parkinson, Extreme International
T 0044 (0)207 244 1000
E gemma@extremeinternational.com
W www.extremeinternational.com
One4one TV
In two years, One4one.TV has become the world leader in
producing and broadcasting paintball movies, using its
internet network to reach 110 countries. One4one.TV is
also the first provider to secure video on demand
broadcasting deals with major US internet providers.
www.one4one.tv is the web cast portal where paintball
video fans can view the latest productions, with high
quality service and options. The site is visited every
day by thousands of paintball fans coming from all over
the world.
In 2006 One4one TV signed a major broadcasting deal with
Akimbo System, the USA’s largest Video-On-Demand
service. This is the first time in the history of
paintball that a production company has brought the
sport to the new exploding service of VoD. AKIMBO is
co-owned by CISCO SYSTEM and AT&T. AT&T Homezone has 8.2
million subscribers.
For further press information about one4one TV please
contact:
Mathieu Luquet
T 0033 (0)675 497036
E video@one4one.tv
W www.one4one.tv
Warren Maxwell and Pure Rush Paintball
The Euro 5 Man Championships is the brain-child of
Warren Maxwell, the owner of Pure Rush Paintball (based
here in Ashford).
Warren started playing paintball in 1992 and has
achieved a simply outstanding career history as a
world-class tournament paintballer, playing in teams
that have collectively won quite literally over 100 UK
competitions in the last 12 years.
His competitive career started with the Dark Angels in
’94, followed by a stint with Backlash UK (Pro Team). In
2002 he hit the big-time, joining The London Tigers –
the UK team to most successfully compete in the USA (in
the NPPL). In the States, paintball is the 3rd largest
action sport with over 10million players.
Key career highlights include:
2002 1st UK, 10th in Europe
2003 1st UK, 6th in Europe, 4th place NPPL (Pro
semi-finals), represented England in X-ball for full
season
2004 1st UK, 3rd in Europe, 8th in the world,
NPPL world championships - qualified for 3 out of 5 Pro
semi-finals (the most successful UK team to ever compete
in the USA)
2005 NPPL world championships – repeated their
2004 stellar performance
2006/7 Started a new team, the South Coast
Stealers – already ranked in the top 40 European teams,
and now playing at semi-pro level in Europe
Julie Rose Stadium
The stadium is named after local middle-distance runner
Julie Rose who was killed in an air crash in Nov 1985.
The foundation stone was laid by Julie's parents Don &
Joyce Rose on 10th May 1996 and the track was officially
opened on 18th May 1997 by Tanni Grey. This exceptional
athletics facility, which cost £3.4m to build, also has
an indoor straight track, gym and a licensed bar.
The grandstand is called the Cliff Temple Grandstand
after Julie Rose's coach and renowned athletics
journalist who died in tragic circumstances in the early
1990s. The tensile canopy which covers the grandstand is
made of spun glass coated with Teflon and at 86 x 18
metres is one of the largest structures of its kind ever
made.
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