College Paintball Club

I will be attending the University of Missouri - Rolla in August. I just got off the phone with the president of the paintball club. Apparently he has worked his tail off to make this club operational, but lacks support from fellow students. Hopefully I can turn this around.

I have been brainstorming ideas to make money and get equipment. Right now we have 25 m98s, chrono, ref gear, and a broken fill station. I know we need more equipment, but I don't know where to start. My main concern is cost. I can get funding from the school, but not enough for some of the big stuff (bulk HPA tank, compressor, co2 stuff...)

Sponsorships are also another concern. The team has had sponsors before but I'm not sure how to go about getting them to responsor or to get new sponors.

I don't know where I am really going with this thread. Just kind of looking for input and ideas. Does anyone go to a college with an NCPA team? Does anyone play on a team?

don't bother buying your own compressor, it will be more hassle than its worth lugging it to and from the fields. Also to be university sanctioned it will have to be done on zoned land, which means you can't take the club out back of Walmart to try it out.

If you go to an actual field, you will have to use their fill-station facilities.

for sponsors, basicly just send them a cover letter,tell them you will advertise for them for a little bit of support finacely

and ADVERTISE (for the club), Theres an amazing field by my college, but its sad i have yet to see a single poster or add for it.

also keep it clean, and proffesional.

thats my advice

congrats, you're now living close-ish to me.  how far away is rolla to columbia?  you chould give me a ring next time you go paintballing.

Yea. Guy to girl ratio is killer. I was enrolled in UMC but switched to UMR because it is more oriented towards engineering and they gave me more money. The nearest "good" airball fields are Springfield, Columbia, and STL all of which are an hour+ away. Where are you in school right now Monk?

Styro Folme wrote: congrats, you're now living close-ish to me.  how far away is rolla to columbia?  you chould give me a ring next time you go paintballing.

You live in Columbia? I'm around KC which is about 2 hours away. Rolla is about 1 and a half from Columbia. I play on coming up there on the weekends while at college to play. I will definitely be in touch.

I can only hope we get enough people to play. I was told we need at least 5 people to make a team and get sponsored. I know we have four right now counting me. PRAY for one more person to express enough interest to play tournament level ball.

Flyers are in order. I just hope we get some dedicated players. Managing the upkeep on a field/club and taking 15 credit hours looks slightly daunting.

Do you think an airball field would be a good investment. We have a field that we can play on, but it is in the woods and made of plywood and the like. I found out we had 3 airball fields back in the day. However, they belonged to students and said students ended up selling them for beer money or god knows what.

karll wrote: Styro Folme wrote: congrats, you're now living close-ish to me.  how far away is rolla to columbia?  you chould give me a ring next time you go paintballing. You live in Columbia? I'm around KC which is about 2 hours away. Rolla is about 1 and a half from Columbia. I play on coming up there on the weekends while at college to play. I will definitely be in touch. I can only hope we get enough people to play. I was told we need at least 5 people to make a team and get sponsored. I know we have four right now counting me. PRAY for one more person to express enough interest to play tournament level ball.

the paintball scene in central mo is a little slow...  i hope you have good luck though.

Play with what you've got. I the nearest field to me is about 25 - 30 away. The nearest "good" field is about 45 min away. If it's really that big of a problem, play renegade games. That's what I did before I could drive. Luckily, I have a proshop about 10 minutes away.