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    Looks Like the Start Back Has Crashed and Burned

    in Latest News

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    The government advice is quite clear:

    "Until your proposal for grassroots sport provision has been approved [by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport], your sport is not considered to be organised, so activity that goes beyond legal gathering limits should not take place. "

     - https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-grassroots-sports-guidance-for-safe-provision-including-team-sport-contact-combat-sport-and-organised-sport-events#team-sport-framework

     

    Airsoft Governing Bodies

    in General Discussion

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    This is really interesting and I've been thinking about this a lot in the past few days and I've come to my own conclusion that a NGB is not necessary for airsoft.

     

    It absolutely could be done, it's not rocket science. Parkour and Frisbee are established and recognised but then they've worked hard for that and really want to be seen as proper sports. Airsoft... doesn't really.

     

    Firstly, and most importantly, is it an organised sport. Technically, yes, but it is, very much, a hobby first and a sport second.

     

    Then there's necessity: we haven't had one and it's been fine. Why would one want a governing body and/or recognition by Sport England (or other national agency)? It seems this is mainly to 1) achieve consistency in national and international competition; 2) gain legitimacy for working with children and 3) secure lottery funding for "development". Competitive airsoft seems like a very small part of the hobby in the UK and I don't see any real international competitions and it's never going to be Olympic. Nobody seems that fussed about "bringing airsoft to the kids" (I know some people do try) and I don't think schools are very keen on guns 'n violence. Then, I don't see what funding would be used for if not for 1 or 2.

     

    If the idea is to "lobby" government against new laws, then anybody can do that and organisations have previously been set up for that purpose. Plus, just because there is a governing body doesn't mean that the government would listen to them anyway.

     

    Paintball is used to show what "could be" but ukpsf don't really seem up to the task either, no offence intended. I'd say they have more reason to be recognised but they're not quite there.

     

    This seems like a bit of a storm in a teacup and has only come up because the temporary rules mean that we can't play with our toys just yet.

    Looks Like the Start Back Has Crashed and Burned

    in Latest News

    Posted · Edited by Iisjreg
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    The problem is that PB shouldn't either. According to https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-grassroots-sports-guidance-for-safe-provision-including-team-sport-contact-combat-sport-and-organised-sport-events#team-sport-framework, paintball is not an approved team sport.

     

    So maybe UKPSF think they can go ahead but nobody submitted their paperwork (their website does not state if their application is pending but my guess is it's not).

     

    And this isn't new. The reason there are so many sports listed is that they knew about this ages ago - the information about team sports was there before the "roadmap" was published: https://web.archive.org/web/20210123014914/https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-grassroots-sports-guidance-for-safe-provision-including-team-sport-contact-combat-sport-and-organised-sport-events#team-sport-framework

     

    Either airsoft is a sport and should have the appropriate covid assessment and approval... Or it's not.

     

    The 'What have you just bought' Thread

    in Guns, Gear & Loadouts

    Posted

    On 11/04/2018 at 9:39 PM, Druid799 said:

    I love Taiwan gun ! Even with the 12 quid postage it’s still well worth ordering from them when ever you’ve got a big enough order together (never a problem for me !) matter of fact just put one in today for lots and lots of bits’n’bobs! :D

     

    Me too! The other day I worked out that I've spent over £500 at Tg! Soooo many toys!

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