Beira Mar . . . Take the GOLD !!
Team Beira-Mar at the Third Event of the Portuguese National Championships 23rd of June 2013. Report By: Gil Belford. The third event of the federation sanctioned Portuguese National Championships took place, in Mafra, near the capital city of Lisbon. We knew that this was going to be a pivotal event for us, coming in with a 3rd place and a 2nd place in the previous two tournaments, this third event was going to decide if we could achieve our goal of winning the series and advancing to the premier division of Portuguese paintball next year. We had a very easy first prelims match against team Relâmpagos, which are newcomers in the division, which saw us quickly and convincingly take a 3–0 lead, consistently shooting 2–3 bodies off the break. On hindsight, the fact that we had such an easy first match may have been detrimental, as it didn’t give us a good chance to play the field and prepare us for our second match which included tougher opponents. ...