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Created article documenting the 2001 International Amateur Open at Three Rivers Paintball, including verified champions and finalists across seven divisions, the 2001 industry conference, Bob Gurnsey's lifetime achievement award, equipment announcements and contemporary WARPIG results.
 
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The '''2001 International Amateur Open''', also known as the '''2001 International Zap Amateur Open''', was a [[paintball]] tournament held in August 2001 at [[Three Rivers Paintball]] in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the eleventh consecutive edition of the [[International Amateur Open]]. Promoted by Debra Krischke, the event's principal sponsors were ZAP and [[32 Degrees Paintball]].[1]


{{Short description|2001 paintball tournament held in Pennsylvania, United States}}
The programme included three-player, five-player, ten-player and Young Guns competitions, together with an equipment exhibition and the annual Paintball Industry Conference.[1]
 
The '''2001 International Amateur Open''', also known as the '''2001 International Zap Amateur Open''', was the eleventh edition of the [[International Amateur Open]], an American tournament [[paintball]] competition held in early August 2001 at Three Rivers Paintball in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh.[1]
 
Organised by Debra Dion Krischke and Team Effort Events, the tournament featured three-player, five-player, ten-player and Young Guns competitions. Its principal sponsors were [[Zap Paintball]] and [[32 Degrees Paintball]].[1]
 
The 2001 event also incorporated the annual Paintball Industry Conference and a major equipment trade show. The conference marked the twentieth anniversary of organised paintball and included a lifetime achievement award presented to [[Bob Gurnsey]], founder of the National Survival Game.[2][3]


== Tournament ==
== Tournament ==


=== Venue and playing formats ===
Competition used woodland and speedball fields, including [[Ultimate Airball]] inflatable-bunker layouts. Grandstands overlooked one of the inflatable fields.[1]
 
The tournament was held at Three Rivers Paintball, a woodland paintball facility in Cranberry Township.
 
The 2001 competition combined traditional woodland fields with constructed speedball fields, including [[Ultimate Airball]] inflatable-bunker layouts.[1]
 
The ten-player competition was played entirely on woodland fields, while the smaller formats also used constructed playing areas.
 
The event offered:


* Three-player competition.
Five-player competition had separate rookie, novice and amateur divisions. Ten-player competition included novice and amateur divisions, while the Young Guns competition provided a separate youth event.[2][3][5]
* Five-player rookie, novice and amateur divisions.
* Ten-player novice and amateur divisions.
* Young Guns competition for younger players.


Preliminary games were followed by semi-finals and finals, with results determined by the tournament's points-based scoring system.[4][5][6][7]
== Results ==


=== Three-player competition ===
=== Five-player ===


The three-player tournament included preliminary rounds held across several days.
WARPIG recorded the following final placements and points totals.[2]
 
Four teams advanced to the championship final.
 
'''Total Anarchy''' won the competition with 414 final-round points, ahead of [[Brimstone Smoke]] on 255.
 
The final standings were:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Position
! Position
! Team
! Team
! Final-round points
! Final-round points
|-
|-
| 1st
| rowspan="4" | Rookie
| Total Anarchy
| 1
| 414
| Quiet Storm
| 222
|-
| 2
| Shadow 5
| 200
|-
| 3
| Slick
| 124
|-
| 4
| SG's
| 84
|-
| rowspan="4" | Novice
| 1
| Robinhood-Black
| 200
|-
| 2
| Trinity
| 186
|-
| 3
| Rush
| 174
|-
| 4
| Farside Kids
| 68
|-
| rowspan="4" | Amateur
| 1
| Brass Eagle All Stars II
| 246
|-
|-
| 2nd
| 2
| [[Brimstone Smoke]]
| Team Rogue
| 255
| 234
|-
|-
| 3rd
| 3
| Minute Men
| Mercenarios-Black
| 221
| 108
|-
|-
| 4th
| 4
| Mass Confusion
| Retarded Monkeys
| 215
| 32
|}
|}


The results are preserved in WARPIG's contemporary three-player scoreboard.[4]
=== Ten-player ===
 
=== Five-player competition ===
 
The five-player competition featured separate rookie, novice and amateur divisions.
 
'''Quiet Storm''' won the rookie division, finishing ahead of Shadow 5.
 
'''Robinhood-Black''' won the novice division, defeating Trinity and the other finalists.


'''Brass Eagle All Stars II''' won the amateur division, finishing ahead of Team Rogue, Mercenarios-Black and Retarded Monkeys.[5]
WARPIG recorded the following final standings.[3]
 
The amateur final was closely contested, with Brass Eagle All Stars II scoring 246 points and Team Rogue finishing second with 234.
 
The first-place prize for Brass Eagle All Stars II included entry to the Aruba Open later in 2001.[1]
 
=== Ten-player competition ===
 
The ten-player competition was held on woodland fields and included novice and amateur divisions.
 
'''Team Wrecks''' won the novice championship with 198 points in the final round.
 
Great Balls O'Fire finished second, followed by Team Pinnacle Woods and Sonic Rage II.[6]
 
'''Team Nasty''' won the amateur championship, recording 211 points in the final round.
 
Brass Eagle All Stars finished second with 130 points, followed by Team WORR! and Brimstone Smoke.
 
The amateur final standings were:


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Position
! Position
! Team
! Team
! Final-round points
! Final-round points
|-
|-
| 1st
| rowspan="4" | Amateur
| 1
| [[Team Nasty]]
| [[Team Nasty]]
| 211
| 211
|-
|-
| 2nd
| 2
| Brass Eagle All Stars
| Brass Eagle All Stars
| 130
| 130
|-
|-
| 3rd
| 3
| Team WORR!
| Team WORR!
| 119
| 119
|-
|-
| 4th
| 4
| [[Brimstone Smoke]]
| [[Brimstone Smoke]]
| 26
| 26
|-
| rowspan="4" | Novice
| 1
| Team Wrecks
| 198
|-
| 2
| Great Balls O'Fire
| 128
|-
| 3
| Team Pinnacle Woods
| 40
|-
| 4
| Sonic Rage II
| 35
|}
|}


Brimstone Smoke's ten-player squad included additional woodland players from New York, according to WARPIG's contemporary tournament report.[1]
=== Three-player ===


=== Young Guns ===
Four teams contested the three-player final.[4]


The Young Guns competition was won by '''Little Scooters''', which scored 405 points in the championship final.
{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Final-round points
|-
| 1
| Total Anarchy
| 414
|-
| 2
| [[Brimstone Smoke]]
| 255
|-
| 3
| Minute Men
| 221
|-
| 4
| Mass Confusion
| 215
|}


Erie Extreme finished second with 387 points, followed by Misguided and Erie Rage.[7]
=== Young Guns ===


The original preliminary scoreboard contained a discrepancy concerning Team Fear's recorded points, which WARPIG noted at the time.
The published Young Guns final standings were as follows.[5]
 
The published final-round standings nevertheless identify Little Scooters as the championship winner.[7]
 
== Tournament results ==
 
=== Division champions ===


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Format
! Position
! Division
! Team
! Champion
! Final-round points
! Runner-up
|-
|-
| 10-man
| 1
| Amateur
| Little Scooters
| [[Team Nasty]]
| 405
| Brass Eagle All Stars
|-
|-
| 10-man
| 2
| Novice
| Erie Extreme
| Team Wrecks
| 387
| Great Balls O'Fire
|-
| 5-man
| Amateur
| Brass Eagle All Stars II
| Team Rogue
|-
| 5-man
| Novice
| Robinhood-Black
| Trinity
|-
| 5-man
| Rookie
| Quiet Storm
| Shadow 5
|-
|-
| 3-man
| 3
| Open
| Misguided
| Total Anarchy
| 156
| [[Brimstone Smoke]]
|-
|-
| Young Guns
| 4
| Youth competition
| Erie Rage
| Little Scooters
| 116
| Erie Extreme
|}
|}


Source: WARPIG's contemporary tournament coverage and final scoreboards.[1][4][5][6][7]
=== Sportsmanship ===
 
=== Sportsmanship award ===


The tournament's overall sportsmanship award was presented to '''I Have No Idea'''.
I Have No Idea received the tournament's sportsmanship award.[1]
 
WARPIG preserved a separate listing of teams nominated for sportsmanship recognition during the event.[1][8]


== Paintball Industry Conference ==
== Paintball Industry Conference ==


The 2001 International Amateur Open incorporated the eleventh annual Paintball Industry Conference, held at the Sheraton Hotel in Cranberry Township.
The associated eleventh annual Paintball Industry Conference took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Cranberry Township. Its programme included equipment announcements and workshops for manufacturers, field operators and retailers.[1]
 
The conference took place on 1 August 2001 and included presentations, equipment announcements and workshops for paintball manufacturers, field operators and retailers.[2][3]
 
Its programme commemorated the twentieth anniversary of the first organised paintball game in 1981.
 
=== Bob Gurnsey recognition ===
 
[[Bob Gurnsey]], an early participant in organised paintball and founder of the National Survival Game, received a lifetime achievement award.
 
Gurnsey discussed the establishment of the National Survival Game, the early development of commercial paintball and the challenges faced by the industry during its formative years.
 
He also displayed a plywood target bearing paint marks from the original 1981 game.[2][3]
 
The presentation was organised by Debra Dion Krischke and formed part of the conference's historical programme.
 
=== Industry presentations ===
 
The 2001 conference featured new-product announcements and business presentations from paintball equipment manufacturers.
 
WARPIG reported that 26 companies introduced products or announced business developments during the conference.[2]
 
Among the products discussed were:
 
* '''Zap Mach 404''' – An electronically assisted paintball loader using a vibrating agitation mechanism.
* '''Zap ZXS-600E''' – A proposed lower-cost electropneumatic paintball marker.
* '''Crossfire 4500 psi air systems''' – Compressed-air systems offered with different preset regulator output pressures.
* '''WGP Black Magic Autococker''' – A tournament marker produced by [[Worr Game Products]].
 
The conference also included discussions of proposed ASTM equipment standards, safe compressed-air filling procedures and paintball retail operations.[2]
 
== Trade show ==
 
The 2001 International Amateur Open included a substantial equipment exhibition at Three Rivers Paintball.
 
The principal exhibition area was supplemented by an additional tent used by manufacturers and distributors.
 
Companies represented at the event included [[Warped Sportz]], [[KAPP]], [[WDP]], [[Bad Boyz Toyz]], [[Planet Eclipse]], [[DYE Precision]], [[Kingman International]] and [[National Paintball Supply]].[1]


The trade show provided opportunities for players to inspect equipment and for retailers to meet manufacturers.
[[Bob Gurnsey]] received a lifetime achievement award and discussed the early history of the National Survival Game. He displayed a target board used during the first organised paintball game.[6]


The 2001 tournament was one of the final editions of the International Amateur Open to be held at Three Rivers Paintball.
== Equipment exhibition ==


For 2002, the event relocated to the Big Butler Fairgrounds, where additional space was available for playing fields, exhibitors and spectators.[9]
The trade show occupied several exhibition areas at Three Rivers Paintball. Exhibitors included Warped Sportz, KAPP, WDP, Planet Eclipse, DYE and National Paintball Supply. Equipment coverage included ZAP's Mach 404 loader and proposed ZXS-600E electronic marker.[1][6]


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[International Amateur Open]]
* [[International Amateur Open]]
* [[2002 International Amateur Open]]
* [[1998 ZAP International Amateur Open]]
* [[Brimstone Smoke]]
* [[Three Rivers Paintball]]
* [[Bob Gurnsey]]
* [[Bob Gurnsey]]
* [[Zap Paintball]]
* [[32 Degrees Paintball]]
* [[History of tournament paintball]]


== References ==
== References ==


# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/index.shtml WARPIG – International Zap Amateur Open 2001]. Bill Mills, August 2001. Contemporary tournament coverage, principal results, sponsorships, playing fields and trade show.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/index.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open 2001'', August 2001.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/technical/IAO_new_01/index.shtml WARPIG – International Amateur Open: New Product Introductions]. Bill Mills, photographs by Dawn Mills, August 2001. Contemporary industry conference and equipment announcements.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/5pre.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open: Five-player Scoreboard'', August 2001.]
# [https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2001/07/24/281942/638/en/team-effort-events-paintball-founder-to-receive-lifetime-achievement-award.html Team Effort Events – Paintball Founder to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award]. GlobeNewswire, 24 July 2001. Original announcement of Bob Gurnsey's 1 August conference presentation.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/10pre.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open: Ten-player Scoreboard'', August 2001.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/3man.shtml WARPIG – 2001 International Zap Amateur Open: Three-Man Scoreboard]. Preliminary, semi-final and final tournament results.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/3man.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open: Three-player Scoreboard'', August 2001.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/5pre.shtml WARPIG – 2001 International Zap Amateur Open: Five-Man Scoreboard]. Rookie, novice and amateur division results.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/young.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open: Young Guns Scoreboard'', August 2001.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/10pre.shtml WARPIG – 2001 International Zap Amateur Open: Ten-Man Scoreboard]. Novice and amateur competition results.
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/technical/IAO_new_01/index.shtml Bill Mills, photographs by Dawn Mills, ''International Amateur Open: New Product Introductions'', WARPIG, August 2001.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/young.shtml WARPIG – 2001 International Zap Amateur Open: Young Guns Scoreboard]. Preliminary and final results.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/sports.shtml WARPIG – 2001 International Zap Amateur Open: Sportsmanship Awards]. Contemporary sportsmanship nominations.
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/iao/2002/index.shtml WARPIG – Diablo International Amateur Open 2002]. Bill Mills, August 2002. Retrospective information confirming the relocation from Three Rivers Paintball to the Big Butler Fairgrounds.


== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/index.shtml WARPIG – Complete 2001 International Amateur Open coverage]
* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary tournament coverage]
* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/5pre.shtml Official five-player results]
* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/10pre.shtml Official ten-player results]
* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/3man.shtml Official three-player results]
* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/young.shtml Young Guns results]


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Latest revision as of 06:45, 31 October 2026

The 2001 International Amateur Open, also known as the 2001 International Zap Amateur Open, was a paintball tournament held in August 2001 at Three Rivers Paintball in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the eleventh consecutive edition of the International Amateur Open. Promoted by Debra Krischke, the event's principal sponsors were ZAP and 32 Degrees Paintball.[1]

The programme included three-player, five-player, ten-player and Young Guns competitions, together with an equipment exhibition and the annual Paintball Industry Conference.[1]

Tournament

[edit]

Competition used woodland and speedball fields, including Ultimate Airball inflatable-bunker layouts. Grandstands overlooked one of the inflatable fields.[1]

Five-player competition had separate rookie, novice and amateur divisions. Ten-player competition included novice and amateur divisions, while the Young Guns competition provided a separate youth event.[2][3][5]

Results

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Five-player

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WARPIG recorded the following final placements and points totals.[2]

Division Position Team Final-round points
Rookie 1 Quiet Storm 222
2 Shadow 5 200
3 Slick 124
4 SG's 84
Novice 1 Robinhood-Black 200
2 Trinity 186
3 Rush 174
4 Farside Kids 68
Amateur 1 Brass Eagle All Stars II 246
2 Team Rogue 234
3 Mercenarios-Black 108
4 Retarded Monkeys 32

Ten-player

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WARPIG recorded the following final standings.[3]

Division Position Team Final-round points
Amateur 1 Team Nasty 211
2 Brass Eagle All Stars 130
3 Team WORR! 119
4 Brimstone Smoke 26
Novice 1 Team Wrecks 198
2 Great Balls O'Fire 128
3 Team Pinnacle Woods 40
4 Sonic Rage II 35

Three-player

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Four teams contested the three-player final.[4]

Position Team Final-round points
1 Total Anarchy 414
2 Brimstone Smoke 255
3 Minute Men 221
4 Mass Confusion 215

Young Guns

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The published Young Guns final standings were as follows.[5]

Position Team Final-round points
1 Little Scooters 405
2 Erie Extreme 387
3 Misguided 156
4 Erie Rage 116

Sportsmanship

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I Have No Idea received the tournament's sportsmanship award.[1]

Paintball Industry Conference

[edit]

The associated eleventh annual Paintball Industry Conference took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Cranberry Township. Its programme included equipment announcements and workshops for manufacturers, field operators and retailers.[1]

Bob Gurnsey received a lifetime achievement award and discussed the early history of the National Survival Game. He displayed a target board used during the first organised paintball game.[6]

Equipment exhibition

[edit]

The trade show occupied several exhibition areas at Three Rivers Paintball. Exhibitors included Warped Sportz, KAPP, WDP, Planet Eclipse, DYE and National Paintball Supply. Equipment coverage included ZAP's Mach 404 loader and proposed ZXS-600E electronic marker.[1][6]

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. WARPIG, International Zap Amateur Open 2001, August 2001.
  2. WARPIG, International Zap Amateur Open: Five-player Scoreboard, August 2001.
  3. WARPIG, International Zap Amateur Open: Ten-player Scoreboard, August 2001.
  4. WARPIG, International Zap Amateur Open: Three-player Scoreboard, August 2001.
  5. WARPIG, International Zap Amateur Open: Young Guns Scoreboard, August 2001.
  6. Bill Mills, photographs by Dawn Mills, International Amateur Open: New Product Introductions, WARPIG, August 2001.
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