Very small fields - About 50 yards Flagstation to flag station!!

Darin - from VooDoo Green Living Behind his gun.

The field surface was great for sliding. Ed from VooDoo Black

shows how you can slide right past your bunker.

Luke taking the flag in for VooDoo Black

Ed from VooDoo Black looking for a shot on the hyperball field

VooDoo Black just before the breakout on the hyperball field

Matt hugging a bunker to avoid a pinch

Final results

Am Finals
Nonstop 294
Union 204
Nemesis 93
Tremor 30

Novice Finals
Voodoo Black 396
Chaos 2 334
Doc's Raiders 253
Team Who 245

Rookie Finals
Doc's Black 291
Fatal 197
Aggressors 101
Who Too 32

Full Throttle Paintball, Lake Helen - The second tournament of the PMI/Pure Energy Series got off to a blistering pace Sunday, as top teams from all over Florida showed up to compete for $10,000 in prizes.

The five-man games ran smoothly and fast on three fields at Full Throttle Paintball in Volusia County. Most of the games finished well before the five-minute limit, which meant the tournament stayed ahead of schedule throughout the day and was finished by 2:30 p.m.

"It makes it so that we can go home by dark," said Joey Blute, tournament coordinator for PMI.

Two of the fields at Full Throttle were small airball fields, which meant the games were furious as players had to live behind their guns. The third field was a bigger hyperball field that made it easier for players to make bigger runs off the break. That field also featured a small alligator sunning itself in an adjacent pond.

Because this is the first year of the PMI-backed tournament, officials say they are still learning as they go along. They studied the PMI series in Texas to get some tips on how to run the tournament, said Bob Byer, tournament promoter in Florida.

PMI also has been very supportive, he said.

"Any questions, they have really helped out,'' Byer said.

Several teams that had a good showing at the first tournament at West Palm Beach also did well at the tournament Sunday.
Both Voodoo squads once again made it to the finals round. This time, Voodoo Black took first place in the Novice division after a dominating performance in the prelims. (VooDoo Black will be moved up to theAmateur division after beating 3 Am teams in prelim play) Chaos 2 took second in this division. Voodoo Green took fifth at the tournament.

At the tournament in West Palm Beach, Voodoo Black won second place with first going to Nemesis Jr.

The tournament on Sunday also featured a new division: Rookie.

Doc's Black took first in the Rookie division, edging out Fatal and Aggressors. Doc's Raiders also placed in the tournament, earning the third-place spot in Novice.

Team Who and Who Too also placed in the Novice and Rookie divisions.

In the Amateur division, Union and Nemesis made it to the finals after scorching through the prelims. But the surprise at the end of the tournament was that Nonstop won the finals round for the Amateur division. Second place went to Union and Nemesis took third.

Both of those teams also had top finishes at the previous tournament in West Palm Beach, with Nemesis winning first and Union getting second.

Nonstop did not play at the first tournament earlier this year. On Sunday, the team showed up late, arriving after the captain's meeting. After a hurried start, Nonstop started out slow during the prelims. But once the team got to the finals, they were a tough team to beat.

Even though this is the first year of the series, it has been able to attract a solid number of teams and has done a good job of spreading the tournaments throughout the state. The list of teams competing in the series is expected to continue growing.

"Things are going good," Byer said.

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