not over until the ammo box was carried inside
the fort. With the clock still ticking and some
expletives being shouted the Red Team had to
hunt around to find where they had left the box.
It was while laughing about this oversight with
one of the marshals that I got shot in the back
of the head! Buggers!
With everyone back in the Safe Zone I
noticed all the mince pies had gone and the
results were announced. Despite their lastminute mistake the Red Team still triumphed,
completing the mission in just over 27 minutes.
It was time for lunch and then, once everyone
was fed, time to do the raffle.
There were loads of prizes, from bottles of
BBs through vouchers and a couple of ASG
pump-action shotguns. There were some
very happy faces when certain numbers were
pulled out the box. It was then that the two
players who had brought hot weapons into
the Safe Zone at some point during
the morning were given their
‘punishment’. Head marshal
Dave stood over them and,
in his best drill instructor fashion, started them
off on their 10 push ups, military style! You
could tell it was Christmas though – Dave didn’t
make them do them in a muddy puddle!
And for the rest of day everyone took their
mags out and cleared their weapons long
before entering the Safe Zone! Afterwards it
was announced what the next game was going
to be…
A donations box was put on the counter
to raise money for Help for Heroes and,
depending on the pot of money raised, regular
player Terry Robinson would don his thong, and
along with his team of 19 bodyguards would be
the objective. A total of £115.30 was deposited,
so it was on with the thong for Terry! The sight
of our Terry in his thong with his wig, glasses
and gold chain was slightly disturbing, and I
couldn’t help wondering whether this was
perhaps his normal Sunday attire! Everyone
got into the spirit of it and game on
was called. What followed was
a complete hoot and there
wasn’t one person that didn’t
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have a massive smile on their face by the time
the whistle went. And although most of his
manliness was on view, Terry had been hit
surprising few times.
Time was getting on and with the
temperature staring to drop the last game of
the day was announced: Players v Staff!
Anyone who had worked for Ambush
Adventures throughout the last year was
immediately put on the Staff team. By now I
don’t think anyone really cared what the exact
rules of engagement were; just the chance
to shoot Charlie or any of the staff members
was too much to resist. Again, all the players
were still in high spirits and trotted out to their
start points. What ensued was 30 minutes
of mayhem – I think ‘Overkill’ may have been
shouted on more than one occasion!
As the sun set over Chobham, Charlie and
the team thanked the players. The first game
date of 2012 was bellowed and people packed
their gear and, still wearing their Santa hats,
headed off home.
All in all a great day, with a mixture of serious
skirmishing and some very light-hearted games
designed to make everyone laugh and have a
good time. Then again, isn’t that why we all play
airsoft skirmish in the