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2005 International Amateur Open

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The 2005 International Amateur Open was a paintball tournament and festival in Pennsylvania, United States. Promoted as the DraXxus/Empire International Amateur Open and Paintball Festival, it was scheduled for 27–31 July 2005 near Pittsburgh and marked the fifteenth anniversary of the International Amateur Open.[1][2]

The event combined tournament competition with a scenario game, trade show, industry conference, player clinics and an Owners' Group Division.[1]

Organisation

Team Effort Events promoted the tournament, with DraXxus and Empire as title sponsors.[1]

The event formed part of the International Amateur Open's period at the Big Butler Fairgrounds. For 2006, the organisers announced a return to Three Rivers Paintball under the name Three Rivers Paintball Festival.[3]

NPPL sanctioning

The National Professional Paintball League sanctioned the 2005 International Amateur Open. Division II and Division III competitors could earn points towards the NPPL Super 7 season standings.[2]

In contemporary reporting, NPPL president Chuck Hendsch described the arrangement as part of plans to develop sanctioned feeder competitions, providing additional opportunities for divisional teams.[2]

Festival programme

The advertised programme included an industry conference, equipment trade show, player clinics and an Owners' Group Division.[1]

BlackCat Productions organised a scenario game inspired by The Dukes of Hazzard. A June 2006 retrospective reported that more than 400 players had attended the previous year's scenario game.[1][3]

See also

References

  1. “Draxxus and Empire to title Sponsor the 2005 International Amateur Open & Paintball Festival”, event announcement reproduced in 2005 IAO Pittsburgh PA, Tippmann Forum, 3 March 2005.
  2. WARPIG, NPPL Tampa 2005, May 2005. Includes contemporary reporting on International Amateur Open sanctioning.
  3. Dawn Mills, IAO Goes Retro, WARPIG, June 2006.
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