Paintball Magazine Paintball Media Magazine April 2019 | Page 101

TEAM ARMADA CLASSIC ROSTER Team Armada’s roster has not yet be finalized for the 2019 OCPL season. When it is we’ll bring it to you. Team Armada was created to be part of the ICPL and to bring more playing opportunities to paintball players from Mexico. The roster contains players from several of Mexico’s teams that compete in the UWL (Ultimate Woodsball League). From team captain Raul Ibarra, “We asked former UWL captains in the Open category to send their two or three best players to be part of the Armada Team and that’s how we got started.” The team is training hard to compete in this first season of the ICPL. Ibarra continued, “It has been a challenge to have our players practice all at the same time, since we have players from ten different states. curve and expect to have better results at every event.” Ibarra credits NXL President Tom Cole and teams like the Vigilantes and the Poynter Brothers, The Master Blasters, Black Sunday, the Annihilators, Bad Company and Desert Edge for the growth of classic paintball in Mexico, where there are now seven events in 2019, including the finale event in Cancun in November. The team Armada is highly motivated and has accepted the challenge to be part of such an important project. We know it is not going to be easy but we think it is a great opportunity to learn from the very best. We’re ready to deal with the learning www.paintball.media 0101