Team S.W.A.T.

HISTORY -
TEAM S.W.A.T. WAS FORMED IN 1984 BY PAUL KNAGGS

CLASSED AS A NOVICE/YOUNG GUN TEAM, THE TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE DAY WERE PUMP ACTION RIFLES & PISTOLS FITTED WITH 12 GRAM GAS BULBS AS THE FORM TO PROPELL THE PAINTBALL FROM THE MARKER (GUN).
TEAMS OF THE ERA WERE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN AND THE MARKER (GUN) SPEC WAS BASIC AND EXPENSIVE WITH MARKERS SUCH AS THE FOREVER POPULAR SPLATMASTER….

IN THE EARLY 90s TECHNOLOGY CAUGHT UP WITH THE PAINTBALL INDUSTRY WITH MANY NEW LEAPS IN TECHNO SUCH AS REFILLABLE GAS BOTTLES WITH GAS CAPACITIES BEING INCREASED FROM 12 GRAM TO 7oz THUS MAKING THE MARKER MORE COST EFFECTIVE.
MARKER TECHNO ALSO LEAPED WITH SUCH GUNS AS THE BUD-ORR SNIPER BEING ONE OF THE MOST ACCURATE PUMP GUNS ON THE MARKET AS WELL AS A CURRENT MARKER THE PMI – TRACER WHICH INCLUDED SLAM FIRE WHICH IS A PUMP RAPID FIRE MODE.

SEMI-AUTO MARKERS STARTED TO APPEAR IN THE INDUSTRY THE FIRST ONE’S BEING THE PMI-3 OR VM68 WHICH WAS A GAS BLOW BACK SEMI-AUTO, EARLY SEMI-AUTO’S VERY HEAVY AND GAS HUNGRY.

THE SNIPER MARKER LATER EVOLVED INTO THE AUTO-COCKER WHICH TODAY IS A FAVOURITE MARKER FOR PRO TEAMS ACROSS THE WORLD WITH ENHANCEMENTS TO THE MARKER MADE FAMOUS BY PAINTBALL PLANET IN MANCHESTER WITH IT’S RANGE OF ENHANCEMENTS IN THE FORM OF THE ECLIPSE MARKERS.

IN 1993 THE TEAM WITH IT’S REGULAR PLAYER BASE AND HIT THE TOURNAMENT SCENE ACROSS THE U.K. ACHIEVING 1st 2ND & 3RD PLACES IN SOME PRESTIGE TOURNAMENTS.
AS S.W.A.T. PAINTBALL ACTIVITIES GREW INTO A VERY POPULAR PAINTBALL VENUE
PAUL KNAGGS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECUITE MORE PLAYERS FROM THE INCREASE IN PROSPECTIVE PLAYERS.

THE TEAM PLAYED WOODLAND PAINTBALL AND SOME EARLY BIG GAMES TO KEEP THE TEAM ACTIVE AND HONED AND IN DEC 1999 2 NEW 5 MAN TEAMS WERE FORMED, WHICH INCLUDED HEAVY FINACIAL BACKING FROM S.W.A.T. PAINTBALL ACTIVITIES IN THE FORM OF SPOSORSHIP.
THE NEW TEAMS HAVE TRAINED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS WITH SOME OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY AT THE UKPSF (UNITED KINGDOM PAINTBALL SPORTS FEDERATION) VENUE IN HULL U.K., ELSHAM , DURHAM ,WREXHAM TO NAME A FEW.
2 STYLES OF THE PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS CHOICE OF PAINTBALL HAVE BEEN UNDERTAKEN BY THE TEAM S.W.A.T. TEAMS WITH TWO SEPARATE TEAMS CONCENTRATING ON WOODLAND AND SUPER-AIR TOURNAMENTS WHICH THE LATTER BEING THE LATEST STYLE OF GAME PLAY, WHICH ENVOLVES A DESIGNATED FLAT ARENA WITH EQUAL END OBSTICALS , NO TEAM HAS A TACTICAL ADVANTAGE OTHER THAN EXPERIENCE AND GAME STRATIGY.

CURRENTLY 2008 S.W.A.T. HAS UNDERTAKEN A NEW YOUNGER TEAM, WHICH BOASTS A TIGHT KNIT TEAM, PAUL KNAGGS HAS TOOK A BACK SEAT AND THE CAPTANCY IS CURRENTLY STILL IN HOUSE WITH OUR SENIOR MARSHAL CRAIG MILLER, WHO IS KNOW AS "TITCH" PAUL KNAGGS AND ROB GILLAM ARE STILL ON TEAM BUT AS ADVISORY BECAUSE THE S.W.A.T. ETHOS IS KNOWLEDGE IS POWER:

2009 IS 100% SPONSORSHIP FOR THE NEW SQUAD, PLAYING MOST WEEKENDS:

CRAIG MILLER  HEADS UP THE CAPTAINCY FOR THE SUPER AIR TEAM 5 AND 7 MAN

TEAM S.W.A.T. ARE ACTIVE INVOLVED IN RUNNING THEIR HOME SITE AT PARKGATE , WIRRAL, CHESHIRE..

PROSPECTIVE PLAYERS ARE INVITED EITHER TO TRAIN OR JOIN TEAM S.W.A.T. ALL PROSPECTIVE PLAYERS ACHIEVING ACCEPTANCE WILL BE GRANTED SPONSORSHIP.

PHONE PAUL DIRECT ON
0151-644 1611  OR EMAIL ME ON paul@swatuk.com