Music City Open
The Music City Open was a recurring paintball tournament held in the Nashville, Tennessee, area and produced by Jim Lively and Sam Caldwell through Lively Productions. Documented editions included separate pump and open equipment classes in 1994 and a seven-player competition in 1998.[1][2]
History
[edit]Contemporary coverage identified the 1994 tournament as the tenth annual Music City Open. Lively Productions organised it as a Nashville-based event alongside its larger International Masters tournament.[1]
In April 1998, Jim Lively returned to tournament production with another Music City Open at Nashville Paintball Sports.[2]
1994 tournament
[edit]The tenth annual Music City Open took place on 14–15 May 1994. Twenty-one teams representing nine states entered. Competition was divided by equipment rather than professional or amateur status: thirteen teams entered the Open class and eight entered the Pump class.[1]
Open-class teams could use constant-air semi-automatic markers, while the Pump class was restricted to pump-action markers.[1]
Pump class
[edit]The Pump class used a round-robin format, with aggregate points determining the winner. A thunderstorm interrupted play before the remaining games were completed.[1]
| Place | Team | State |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phantom Regiment | Alabama |
| 2 | Crow Warriors I | Ohio |
| 3 | Guns of Paradise | Michigan |
| 4 | Rad Busters | Tennessee |
Source: Action Pursuit Games.[1]
Open class
[edit]The Open-class preliminary games had ten-minute time limits. Four teams advanced to a round-robin final, won by the Ridge Runners.[1]
| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ridge Runners |
| 2 | Team Farside |
| 3 | Sasquatch |
| 4 | C.I.A. Widowmakers |
| 5 | Ruby Shooters |
| 6 | Phantom Regiment |
| 7 | Timber Wolves Gray |
| 8 | Deadly Assault Force |
| 9 | Timber Wolves Black |
| 10 | Bush Pilots |
| 11 | Tasmanian Devils |
| 12 | Wacky Warriors |
| 13 | Slam |
Source: Action Pursuit Games.[1]
1998 tournament
[edit]The 1998 Music City Open took place at Nashville Paintball Sports from 17 to 19 April. Twenty-nine teams entered the seven-player centre-flag competition. The programme also included Top Gun, quick-draw and target-shooting competitions.[2]
Heavy rain affected the event, while staging tents sheltered players and equipment between games.[2]
| Place | Team | Final-round points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Squad | 176 |
| 2 | Benchmark Warriors | 150 |
| 3 | Nemesis | 128 |
| 4 | TAGG Team | 21 |
Source: WARPIG, using scores supplied by Lively Productions.[2]
Team Speed received the sportsmanship award. Duncan LeFebre won the Top Gun competition, while George Matthews and Jonathan Morrell shared first place in target shooting.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Andy Lahner, “The 10th Annual Music City Open”, Action Pursuit Games, November 1994, pp. 37–40.
- “1998 Music City Open”, WARPIG, April 1998. Scores and photographs supplied by Lively Productions.