Tippinators Named Official "RECON" Team

The Tippinators are pleased and very honoured to have been awarded to prestigious designation of "Official RECON Team" by Special Ops Paintball.

Special Ops Paintball based in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the paintball industry leader in the sport of forest paintball or Woodsballtm has recognized and share the Tippinators team values of honesty, integrity and fair play.

Tippinator's Story Covered in Local Newspaper

Halifax, Nova Scotia - February 1, 2006: A local paintball team is receiving international media attention and attracting the interest of several of the sport's most influential companies. Action Pursuit Games magazine is featuring the three-man team (known as the Tippinators), in the April 2006 issue, and the Canadian paintballers have already received mention in Paintball Sports and RECON magazines. Eastern Passage resident Bruce Johnston, the team captain and leader both on and off the field is a founding member of the team. The Tippinators' unusual story and rare style of play has placed the team among the "who's who" of paintball and introduced Nova Scotia to fans and players throughout the United States and around the world.

Tippinators Sponsored by Tippmann Sports

The Tippinators are pleased and excited to announce that on February 17, 2006 Tippmann Sports the world's leader in high-performance paintball products who pride themselves on producing high-quality, durable paintball markers and accessories at an affordable price has joined the Tippinators as a sponsor.

Team captain Bruce Johnston was overjoyed with the news, "I know I speak for the rest of the Tippinators when I say thank you very much Ron, Erich and the rest of the Tippmann team for allowing the Tippinators to join the Tippmann family. We are excited and very much look forward to a long relationship with Tippmann Sports. Rest assured the Tippinators will represent and actively promote the Tippmann name with honor, integrity and class."

Tippinators Win Most Sportsmanlike Team

The Tippinators took to the field for their first tournament of the 2006 season at Stormwarning Paintball Games in New Minas, Nova Scotia on January 14, 2006. The team was eager to play at a new field for the first time.

The team was warmly welcomed by Bruce Adams and all the teams at Storms Paintball with many teams expressing their eagerness to take to the field against the Tippinators. The tournament was a rookie and novice event with 16 teams and ten rounds of play. Unfortunately the Tippinators were not able to play every team in attendance. Throughout the day the team did have a chance to meet and talk with almost every other participant and made many new friends as a result.