‘Balls An’ All
```mediawiki Balls An’ All was the newsletter of the Victorian Paintball Players Association (VPPA), an Australian paintball players’ organisation based in Melbourne during the 1990s.[1] Published during a period of growth in Victorian paintball, it reported on tournaments, club days, fields, equipment and other activities involving the state’s paintball community.
Publication history
[edit]Surviving issues show that Balls An’ All was published between at least 1994 and 1996. The earliest issue presently available through the Australian Paint archive is number 5 from 1994, while the latest is number 11 from 1996.[1]
The publication described itself as “Victoria’s Paintball Players Newsletter”.[2] Its numbering indicates that earlier issues existed, although their dates and present archival status have not been established. The available material also does not confirm when the newsletter began or whether issue 11 was its final edition.
Content
[edit]Balls An’ All recorded activities organised by or involving the VPPA and the wider Victorian paintball community. Its subject matter included tournament reports, club and social events, field information, equipment coverage, photographs and notices for players.
Newsletter number 9, dated June 1995, included coverage of a three-player event at Reefton, photographs from Frankston, a feature on Perentie Paintball, a player article titled “Steffi’s Story” and a look at the Fieldmaster marker.[2] The surviving issue also included directions to the VPPA’s Reefton playing field.[2]
The newsletter provides a contemporary record of Victorian paintball during the mid-1990s, including the association’s tournaments, road trips, club days and social activities.[2]
Surviving issues
[edit]The Australian Paint archive contains scans of the following editions:[1]
| Issue | Year or date | Archival status |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 1994 | Digitised |
| 6 | 1994 | Digitised |
| 7 | 1995 | Digitised |
| 8 | 1995 | Digitised |
| 9 | June 1995 | Digitised |
| 11 | 1996 | Digitised |
Issue 10 and issues preceding number 5 are not included in the presently available online archive. Their absence from that collection does not establish that they are no longer extant.
See also
[edit]- Victorian Paintball Players Association
- Paintball in Australia
- Perentie Paintball
- Australian Paintballer
References
[edit]- “Paintball Archive”, Paint.
- “1995 ‘Balls An’ All (June)”, Paint.
- “1996 ‘Balls an’ All (No. 11)”, Paint.
External links
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