The Knights Templar

May 192010

The Knights Templar started in late 2007 as a throw together team to play the Mercenary Smack Down tournament at H&H Paintball. From there, 3 of us decided to continue the team with a Scenario/Big Game focus and picked up a couple more members for the 2008 season.

We did have to curtail things a little bit through the end of 2008 and 2009 as 4 of our (then) 7 members of the team had children in 2009, which we jokingly refer to as our 10 year Young Gun Program. We’ve focused almost entirely on playing events in Ontario and made an effort each year to get to as many new fields as possible while attending some of the bigger events of the year and commit to at least 6 events per year (though it’s typically closer to 12). It makes for a challenging time trying to schedule things…

What would be some of the highlights for the team over the years of its existence?

I think every game we go to is a highlight for us. Our main purpose in playing is to go out, have a fun time with each other and try to progress our teamwork. In the last two and a half years and 60 some odd events we’ve had, I think there has only been one day that we weren’t laughing to death by the end of the day and thinking of the great day we had. Everyone tends to enjoy playing but I believe it’s a great sign that we can field a team that has so much fun together so consistently.

Our current team roster includes seemingly disparate group of 10 individuals. Professionally we range from I.T. Consultants to Teachers, Vice Presidents to Sales people and everything in between. This variety is part of our strength both on and off the field.

Thomas ‘Vengeance’ Walker

Ryan ‘Sin’ Hing

Justin ‘Oedipus’ Ing

Shakir ‘Jenna’ Tayabali

Ulrik ‘Keller’ Bedos

John ‘Whisperer’ Beckberger

Robert ‘Waylay’ Stairs

Chris ‘Slinky’ Reeves

Brendon ‘Lucky’ Dunne

Chris ‘C-Vag’ Savaglio

For the 2010 season, we are planning on attending the following…

April 17th —Wasaga-Charity for Haiti
June 5th —Operation Milsim Grand Opening
June 27th —Adrenaline -Global Warfare
July 31st —Barrie Paintball-War of the Worlds
August 21st —Wasaga Beach Paintball-Archangel
August 28 —Tactik Paintball-Operation Red Storm
September 12th —Adrenaline -Global Warfare
October 3rd — Flagswipe Paintball-Day of the Dead

October 25th —Wasaga Beach Paintball

November 14^th —Adrenaline –Global Warfare

Past events include…

2009

May 9th—Flagswipe Paintball – All Saints Day

June 6th—FLASC Paintball New Player Day

June 20th—Team – Family BBQ

July 18th—DMZ – Wizard of Oz

August 8th—Camp X Paintball – Firestorm 4

August 22nd—Tactik – Urban Warfare Scenario

August 31st—Defcon Paintball – Charity Event Dev 31

September 27th—Flag Raiders Paintball – Pheonix Project

October 4th—Flagswipe – Day of the Dead

November 1st— Adrenaline Paintball Big Game

2008

May 3rd— Adrenaline Paintball Redneck Rampage

May 11th—Flagswipe Paintball Pirhanastan

May 24th—Bad Samaritans Paintball New Player Day

June 8th—Flag Raiders Paintball Phoenix Project

July 5th—Bad Samaritans Paintball New Player Day

August 9th—Camp X Paintball Firestorm 3

August 23rd—Adrenaline Paintball Badlands Scenario

October 5th—Flagswipe Paintball Day of the Dead

2007

October 20th—H&H Paintball -Mercenary Smack Town Tournament (3rd Place)

Our Sponsors are…

Angel Paintball Sports www.angelpaintballsports.com

A great company with excellent products. We look forward to shooting the new AR:K tactical markers this year.

EZ Creation www.ezcreation.ca

Makers of various paintball items, but I can’t say enough good things about their Fanz system. A generic, effective and quiet fan that let’s us play through the most humid and hot days in the bush.

Defcon Paintball www.defconpaintball.ca

A great field (s) that are doing many innovative things for Paintball in the Toronto area and host an indoor field as well as outdoor scenario and airball fields.