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who’s making a big bang in combat sports... NEW AIRSOFT SITES Battlefield Sports, Dundonald, have just secured the use of an outdoor site near Shaws Bridge, Belfast. This site, to be called “Battlefield Bootcamp”, will give skirmishers in the Belfast area their first taste of outdoor laser and airsoft without the travel expense of using the big, outdoor sites. It is bookable seven days a week through Battlefield Sports, Dundonald. (Minimum two hour session). Battlefield Sports have also confirmed they are to open a new outdoor site in Coleraine which is expected to open late summer 2011. For more information call 028 9048 5462 or visit www.battlefieldsportsni.com
PAYDAY FRIDAY PAINTBALL AT TODDS LEAP Knock off work early on Friday 29th July, grab your mates and get yourself along for an exclusive session of Paintball. Even if you want to come on your own, you’ll soon be making new friends. There’s five gutsy games over seven different battle zones with unique offroad transfers around the site in authentic troop transporters!. After all the hard work, there’s Benjamin’s Licensed Bar and Restaurant on-site if you want to enjoy a bite to eat and a few cold drinks to kickstart the weekend. For more info: call: 028 8556 7170 or visit www.toddsleap.com
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100,000 AT 100th
RED BULL FLUGTAG AN AMAZING 100,000 spectators packed the pier in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, to see 34 teams from all over Ireland enjoy the sunshine and take to the skies in their homemade flying machines as they competed in the 100th Red Bull Flugtag,. For the teams it’s a labour of love and lunacy; most of the crafts take around 1,000 hours to produce made from all sorts of materials, objects and even an old toilet was used! It’s the fifth time the event has landed on Ireland’s shores, having arrived here for the first time in 1999, and this year’s antics certainly didn’t disappoint the lively crowd, who roared encouragement for their favourite teams - everything from Air Force One to ‘Cake for a Queen’ who danced to Freddie Mercury’s ‘I want to Break Free’. Since its debut in Austria in 1991, Red Bull Flugtag has travelled the globe, from Miami to Marseille and Sao Paolo to Sydney. The distance record, set last year in the US at a Red Bull Flugtag in St Paul, Minnesota, stands at an impressive 63m. However, victory also rests on the flight crew’s look and feel. In addi-
tion, teams have 30 seconds atop the 30 meter ramp to impress the judging panel with a ‘performance’, before launching off the ramp for flight and the inevitable six meter drop into the water. A host of celebrity judges from the world of sport, entertainment and local dignitaries like Bernard Brogan, Síle and Gráinne Seoige and the
Cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire, Lettie McCarthy watched the efforts of these fantastic “men/women” and their flying machines. Presenters for the day were Aidan Power and Daniella Moyles of RTE’s ‘Bulletin TV’ who were also joined by Claire Solan Aidan’s radio co-host. For more details go to www.redbull.ie
Overall winners ‘Cool Flyings’ from Cork
IRISH WATERSKI & WAKEBOARD FEDERATION IWWF Selectors have just announced the details of the team which will represent Ireland at the 2011 Wakeboard World Championships in Milan, Italy on July 13/17. On completion of the National Wakeboard Championships last weekend at Eskragh Lough in Dungannon, the Selectors were delighted to see the impact of Winter training in Florida, Spain and South Africa. With over 30 million active participants in the sport, winning medals at
the World Championships is an enormous task. The Irish Team has never been so well prepared and hopes are high for impressive placings this time around in Milan in three weeks time. Included in the line-up are the newly crowned 2011 Open National Champions, Dublin’s David O’Caoimh and Belfast’s TCD student Sian Hurst. Full details will be reported on the Federation Website at www.IrishWWF.ie
ORGANISERS GO FREE AT ESCARMOUCHE Want to be Mr or Mrs Organiser? Get just 19 players or more to come and play paintball at Escarmouche and you won’t spend a penny. But if that is not reason enough, look at what else we have to offer you. Superb location just 20 minutes from Belfast, dynamic game scenarios, cutting edge gear, free tea and coffee all day and free photos of you and your friends. For more information contact Escarmouche on telephone 028 9032 7500 or visit www.escarmouche.com www.uberdogmagazine.co.uk
Wakeboard Team Ireland (L-R) David O’Caoimh, Aisling Deegan, Paul Johnston, Sian Hurst, Brian Deegan and David Coates
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