Paintball Media Magazine June 2021 | Page 19

Photo by John Amodea
It ’ s been a dozen years or so since promoter Kevin Donaldson had the idea to hold an event on the same fields that the original World Cup was held 21 years ago , even before the ‘ Cup became a yearly event on the NPPL calendar . This isn ’ t the first Woodsball World Cup held at Paintball Sports , formerly known as Survival New York . Long before there was a “ woodsball resurgence ” Donaldson and partner Jerry Braun ran similar events sporadically over the last dozen years .
In that first World Cup held in 1990 though , it was the PMI Piranhas , the Lords of Discipline and the Master Blasters finishing first through third respectively . Twenty-one years later Master Blasters ’ Captain Kevin Donaldson again hosted the event and more than a dozen original ‘ Blasters players reffed and worked the event .
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