text: Our mission at Skirmish Paintball Ipswich in Suffolk, is to give you the most exciting, thrilling paintballing day out in the Ipswich Area. We Specialise in small paintball games, with 20 to 30 players per game, were tatics are the key to the game, not fire power.
  Our Paintball Ipswich site is set in 50 acres of woodland to the North of Ipswich, and has been split into six exciting paintball arenas, each themed to give an exciting differant twist to the game. Game zones such as "The Towers", "Fuel Dump" have been specialy designed to challenge your team work skills. We play a variety of paintball games, from the standard and always popular Capture The Flag, plus games such as Medic, Bomb, or the VIP
  Due to the small game size, this site tries to give a “personal” service, and relies heavily on repeat, and recommended business.
  The Site is idealy situated for players from all over Suffolk, being located next to the A12 near Woodbridge.
  Skirmish Paintball Games welcome kids from 12 years plus, and juniors love playing paintball. The are several ways that juniors can play paintball with Skirmish, mix in with the normal paintball groups, come on our special “Junior Days”, or come with their schools.
  There is variety of junior paintball packages to choose from, Morning sessions, Afternoon sessions, or full day sessions, most Mums worry if their kids can cope with a full day, but from experience we have found that most juniors can, which means it is often down to the expense. At Skirmish Paintball Colchester we offer you “all inclusive” packages so you can make a decision before organising an event, rather than offering you a cheap package, and then add on’s when you arrive.
  Paintball is a great activity for school days out, and at Skirmish Paintball games we can take school children from year 7 upwards.
  Children who might not be the most sportiest child at school will rise to the challenge of paintball, for one unathletic child in a good position can hold up the sportiest member of the school, raising his esteem greatly, and possible spurring him on to be more athletic.
  At Skirmish paintball games all the children will be involved at the start of every game, not standing watching while other members of the school are taking part, and we will keep the pace up to ensure they do not get bored.
  Are paintball marshals have been trained to deal with school parties, and with the support of the teachers, will ensure that they have a safe and enjoyable day. Teachers often comment on how well we have handled the groups.
  At Skirmish Paintball games we are happy to fit the activity around times that are suitable for the school, and often play games from 10.30 to 2, talk to the girls in the office to make the best arrangements for you.
  Paintball is often considered as a high risk sport, yes people will get injured, but to put it into context, sports such as football have a much higher risk of injury. At Skirmish Paintball games we have all the documentation you require for your risk assessment, please contact the office for a School Pack.
  On the second Sunday of the month we run Kids Paintball day at our North Ipswich paintball site. These games are exclusively for Juniors from 12 to 16 (sorry no Dads), were games are kept at a more friendly level, and the paintballs are rationed to them, to ensure that they have sufficient for the whole day.
  The juniors use the same paintball equipment as adults, and will play on the same paintball arenas, giving them the real Skirmish Paintball adventure, and as with the adults they will be supervised by our trained paintball marshals.
  At our Skirmish paintball centre, Ipswich, we have developed 8 core beliefs that we believe has made this centre a popular paintball venue.
  We play small paintball games, usually between 20 to 30 players per game, as we believe these provide the most fun, making the games tactical, allowing room for movement, which enables games to flow.
  At our Ipswich Paintballing venue we have seven paintball arenas, all with a different theme, ensuring that you get a variety of paintball games thru out the day.
  At Skirmish paintball games we will check you in, and have you playing within 45? minutes of opening, provided you are on time.
  Are game scenarios have been designed to encourage field craft and movement, rather than shooting hundreds of paintballs. We believe if we keep your consumption down you will keep coming back.
  We use top range equipment, from guns to goggles, which ensures down time to equipment failure is kept to a minimum, and we have a team of trained staff to maintain the equipment during the week.
  At Skirmish Paintball we do not deal with third parties, so if you book in with us we care about your experience from enquire to game day.
  A £10 per head non returnable deposit is required to confirm your places within 14 days of making your booking with the balance due on the day.
  In opposing corners of the paintball field stand two twenty feet tall, two storey towers, with sparse woodland between, your objective is to capture, and knock out the opposing teams tower.
  Three Bridges span a ditch which cuts the paintball field in half, the centre bridge is the largest, with two smaller bridges, one each side of the paintball field, with a guard tower attached. Standard capture the flag paintball game, with the teams starting from each end of the paintball field The first and second pictures show one of the guard tower bridges, each paintball team will have one Guard Tower bridge that favors their end of the paintball field. These bridges allow you to achieve many good angles of fire into the opposing teams territory, and onto the central main bridge. When arriving on the Bridge Paintball field take note of which side bridge has the guard tower on your side of the ditch, this needs to be an objective from the off. The third and fourth pictures show the central bridge from the front and the sides, this bridge is in range of the guard bridges on the side of the paintball field, but has many good points of cover. Once on the bridge its important to start to make your way over the bridge to the opposing teams side were many good angles of fire onto the opposing paintball team may be achieved. The down side of the central bridge is that it is the centre of attention for most of the paintball players on the field, and there for has a lot of fire focused at it, if you can keep in tight, and get across the bridge the rewards are great.
  Chemical Dump is the smallest paintball field at this paintball venue, and is set out symmetrically, so neither team has an advantage. The Chemical containers are angled to encourage aggressive paintball, a defensive team will be slaughtered. Capture the centre flag, and carry it into the opposing paintball teams base to win the game.
  A Long paintball field with a fuel dump at each end, with dozens of fuel drums scattered through the wood, your objective is to capture the opposing teams fuel dump while defending your own. The noise on this field is tremendous, you think no one can see you behind a stack of fuel drums, when some one starts shooting at you, you get the shock of your life.
  The Jungle is an old style paintball field in its purist form, no structures have been formed, it's a standard capture the flag game, but what makes this paintball field is the wood. It is a square paintball field, with the base camps in two opposing corners, in relatively open woodland, as you leave your base camp you move into dense, dark woodland, were it is hard to see the opposing paintball team. This field is an adrenalin rush.
  Speedball is a fast in your face game of paintball, five bridges cross the central ditch, with dozens of barricades to help you reach the centre bridges, once you have reached the bridges, cross the ditch attack the flanks of your opposition, and then cross fire them in a hale of paintballs.
  A ditch divides this paintball arena in half, and the opposing paintball team is on the other side, the only ways to cross this ditch is by one of three bridges. The centre bridge is over forty feet long, with defensive fire points each side of the ditch, from which you can achieve good angles on the opposing paintball team, each side of this main bridge are two smaller bridges, each with a raised guard tower attached.