http://www.ambushairsoft.com/chobham_site
Hi, welcome to my first day airsofting and first review of an airsoft site, obviously the first one I have ever been to. As such I can not bring much in the way of comparisons, but as an x paintball player I can bring some insight I hope.
Ambush Airsoft is behind land owned by a Horse / Stables area and the signage is a little faded, still I found it fairly easily. The white 3 bar gate noted on their site also has uprights all along it which confused me, but its still fairly obvious.
The website talks about driving down to the end of the road, but a recent change of policy by the stables means you now park in the main car park and walk down. So load your gear well for carrying, and drive slow and careful in the car park as horses and children are around. A 5mph limit is in place and you do need to observe it as a stone flicked at a horse would not be a good idea in terms of peoples view of airsofters...
The walk down is 200 yards or so, nothing really on the way in, but you do notice it walking home again after a long days play
Initial impressions of the safe zone are of standard paintball fair, plastic porta loos and basic wooden structures for the office, shop (sadly closed when I was there as at a show), and food counter. Plenty of table space to set your gear up, with some sun/rain cover over the main area. It can apparently get busy, so getting in at the start and nabbing a reasonable spot is worthwhile, but on my visit things were not too packed out. Players were all friendly, and staff were wearing ‘Site owner’ and ‘Marshal’ tops so even though this was my first visit, and first airsoft I could find them and get advice on the process to book in, etc.
By magicaldr at 2011-07-24
Around 09:30 they opened up for booking in, there were no hire guns as you have to pre-book and everyone had their own AEG, bear this in mind if you plan to hire, call first. There were also no charge facilities when I was there, so make sure you have more than one decent batt with you or you will end up not playing. My own AEG made it to the last game then gave up the ghost.
If you are looking for a UKARA, then ask at the counter as they need to give you a form that they will sign on each of your 3 qualifying games and finally send off. Its quick and painless, as long as you know to ask
After booking in, along with buying 3000 BB's it was on to the ‘colourful’ safety briefing, which everyone does listen to. You wont get let off be this your 10th or 100th time, you listen. Then with a quick briefing and a 2 minute warning to pull your gear together it was off into the first game. A two game back to back basic eliminate the whole opposition as a warm up. This was followed by a series of interesting scenario games that lasted until someone finished their objective, which proved challenging yet fun. You can see the petrol the red team needed in the land rover, and the 2 man underwater pumping parts the blue team had to load below:
The terrain is mostly wood, with occasional open clearings and a decent amount of mud / small streams. You are only allowed to cross streams at bridges, which makes some interesting pinch points. In the game zones which are small you have a land rover, ‘tank’, various huts and a fort. Also littered around are wooden, natural, and tyre walls for fire and manoeuvre, with plenty of encouragement shouted at you from the marshals. Objectives made good use of the land rover and other landmarks, and the size of the site works in your favour as you soon learn your way around.
By magicaldr at 2011-07-24
Pic from same scenario game, Blue have got the pumping gear into the landy, now 4 people inside have to stay alive for 10 minutes while their team mates hold the ground around them. Photo of us working hard (me on left) in the land rover, well we did shout out fire positions to our team mates...
Cheating was minimal, play often at longish range but progressed at a reasonable pace. Some instances of camping on respawn points, but the marshals were around when needed. Players were all decent, friendly and offered help and advice liberally.
Lunch consisted of a burger and hotdog, with box of salad and cheese slices to spice them up. This was included in the day price of £20 and seconds were available, although I suspect that depends on how many turn up. Drinks were £1, chocolate 50p, ammo £10 for 3000 blaster BB’s.
Safety wise I strongly suggest listening, they have a simple way to ensure you don’t take risks in the safe zone. If you are seen with a magazine in an AEG or even holstered sidearm you are looking at 10 press ups in front of everyone, or miss the next game. We had one instance of this today, they chose press ups. I don’t think they will do it again and everyone was very careful not to have loaded weapons in the safe zone…
Overall a fun day, actual play ran from 10:00 – 15:30 area as we all voted for a shorter lunch and earlier finish. I would recommend this site, the language was a little ‘adult’, but there was genuine friendliness and the martial's cared that we had a good bash.
Hi, welcome to my first day airsofting and first review of an airsoft site, obviously the first one I have ever been to. As such I can not bring much in the way of comparisons, but as an x paintball player I can bring some insight I hope.
Ambush Airsoft is behind land owned by a Horse / Stables area and the signage is a little faded, still I found it fairly easily. The white 3 bar gate noted on their site also has uprights all along it which confused me, but its still fairly obvious.
The website talks about driving down to the end of the road, but a recent change of policy by the stables means you now park in the main car park and walk down. So load your gear well for carrying, and drive slow and careful in the car park as horses and children are around. A 5mph limit is in place and you do need to observe it as a stone flicked at a horse would not be a good idea in terms of peoples view of airsofters...
The walk down is 200 yards or so, nothing really on the way in, but you do notice it walking home again after a long days play
Initial impressions of the safe zone are of standard paintball fair, plastic porta loos and basic wooden structures for the office, shop (sadly closed when I was there as at a show), and food counter. Plenty of table space to set your gear up, with some sun/rain cover over the main area. It can apparently get busy, so getting in at the start and nabbing a reasonable spot is worthwhile, but on my visit things were not too packed out. Players were all friendly, and staff were wearing ‘Site owner’ and ‘Marshal’ tops so even though this was my first visit, and first airsoft I could find them and get advice on the process to book in, etc.
By magicaldr at 2011-07-24
Around 09:30 they opened up for booking in, there were no hire guns as you have to pre-book and everyone had their own AEG, bear this in mind if you plan to hire, call first. There were also no charge facilities when I was there, so make sure you have more than one decent batt with you or you will end up not playing. My own AEG made it to the last game then gave up the ghost.
If you are looking for a UKARA, then ask at the counter as they need to give you a form that they will sign on each of your 3 qualifying games and finally send off. Its quick and painless, as long as you know to ask
After booking in, along with buying 3000 BB's it was on to the ‘colourful’ safety briefing, which everyone does listen to. You wont get let off be this your 10th or 100th time, you listen. Then with a quick briefing and a 2 minute warning to pull your gear together it was off into the first game. A two game back to back basic eliminate the whole opposition as a warm up. This was followed by a series of interesting scenario games that lasted until someone finished their objective, which proved challenging yet fun. You can see the petrol the red team needed in the land rover, and the 2 man underwater pumping parts the blue team had to load below:
The terrain is mostly wood, with occasional open clearings and a decent amount of mud / small streams. You are only allowed to cross streams at bridges, which makes some interesting pinch points. In the game zones which are small you have a land rover, ‘tank’, various huts and a fort. Also littered around are wooden, natural, and tyre walls for fire and manoeuvre, with plenty of encouragement shouted at you from the marshals. Objectives made good use of the land rover and other landmarks, and the size of the site works in your favour as you soon learn your way around.
By magicaldr at 2011-07-24
Pic from same scenario game, Blue have got the pumping gear into the landy, now 4 people inside have to stay alive for 10 minutes while their team mates hold the ground around them. Photo of us working hard (me on left) in the land rover, well we did shout out fire positions to our team mates...
Cheating was minimal, play often at longish range but progressed at a reasonable pace. Some instances of camping on respawn points, but the marshals were around when needed. Players were all decent, friendly and offered help and advice liberally.
Lunch consisted of a burger and hotdog, with box of salad and cheese slices to spice them up. This was included in the day price of £20 and seconds were available, although I suspect that depends on how many turn up. Drinks were £1, chocolate 50p, ammo £10 for 3000 blaster BB’s.
Safety wise I strongly suggest listening, they have a simple way to ensure you don’t take risks in the safe zone. If you are seen with a magazine in an AEG or even holstered sidearm you are looking at 10 press ups in front of everyone, or miss the next game. We had one instance of this today, they chose press ups. I don’t think they will do it again and everyone was very careful not to have loaded weapons in the safe zone…
Overall a fun day, actual play ran from 10:00 – 15:30 area as we all voted for a shorter lunch and earlier finish. I would recommend this site, the language was a little ‘adult’, but there was genuine friendliness and the martial's cared that we had a good bash.
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