Editing UK Paintball Sports Federation (section)

=== European Paintball Sports Federation ===

The federation's constitution traces the formation of the EPSF to concerns about the use of carbon dioxide as a propellant in paintball markers. An archived federation history dates its formation by players and members of the trade to 1990. The federation's later committee history gives 1991.[1][2][3]

Terry Martin, who founded the paintball fanzine ''Born To Dye'', recalled serving as EPSF chairman and discussing paintball markers with the Home Office's firearms division. He also recalled helping to draft guidance on setting up paintball sites with English Nature. The federation's archived website lists the resulting woodland paintball guide among its publications and records that the EPSF produced tournament rulebooks.[2][5]