Editing 2001 International Amateur Open

The '''2001 International Amateur Open''', also known as the '''2001 International Zap Amateur Open''', was a [[paintball]] tournament held in August 2001 at [[Three Rivers Paintball]] in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It was the eleventh consecutive edition of the [[International Amateur Open]]. Promoted by Debra Krischke, the event's principal sponsors were ZAP and [[32 Degrees Paintball]].[1]

The programme included three-player, five-player, ten-player and Young Guns competitions, together with an equipment exhibition and the annual Paintball Industry Conference.[1]

== Tournament ==

Competition used woodland and speedball fields, including [[Ultimate Airball]] inflatable-bunker layouts. Grandstands overlooked one of the inflatable fields.[1]

Five-player competition had separate rookie, novice and amateur divisions. Ten-player competition included novice and amateur divisions, while the Young Guns competition provided a separate youth event.[2][3][5]

== Results ==

=== Five-player ===

WARPIG recorded the following final placements and points totals.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Position
! Team
! Final-round points
|-
| rowspan="4" | Rookie
| 1
| Quiet Storm
| 222
|-
| 2
| Shadow 5
| 200
|-
| 3
| Slick
| 124
|-
| 4
| SG's
| 84
|-
| rowspan="4" | Novice
| 1
| Robinhood-Black
| 200
|-
| 2
| Trinity
| 186
|-
| 3
| Rush
| 174
|-
| 4
| Farside Kids
| 68
|-
| rowspan="4" | Amateur
| 1
| Brass Eagle All Stars II
| 246
|-
| 2
| Team Rogue
| 234
|-
| 3
| Mercenarios-Black
| 108
|-
| 4
| Retarded Monkeys
| 32
|}

=== Ten-player ===

WARPIG recorded the following final standings.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division
! Position
! Team
! Final-round points
|-
| rowspan="4" | Amateur
| 1
| [[Team Nasty]]
| 211
|-
| 2
| Brass Eagle All Stars
| 130
|-
| 3
| Team WORR!
| 119
|-
| 4
| [[Brimstone Smoke]]
| 26
|-
| rowspan="4" | Novice
| 1
| Team Wrecks
| 198
|-
| 2
| Great Balls O'Fire
| 128
|-
| 3
| Team Pinnacle Woods
| 40
|-
| 4
| Sonic Rage II
| 35
|}

=== Three-player ===

Four teams contested the three-player final.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Final-round points
|-
| 1
| Total Anarchy
| 414
|-
| 2
| [[Brimstone Smoke]]
| 255
|-
| 3
| Minute Men
| 221
|-
| 4
| Mass Confusion
| 215
|}

=== Young Guns ===

The published Young Guns final standings were as follows.[5]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Final-round points
|-
| 1
| Little Scooters
| 405
|-
| 2
| Erie Extreme
| 387
|-
| 3
| Misguided
| 156
|-
| 4
| Erie Rage
| 116
|}

=== Sportsmanship ===

I Have No Idea received the tournament's sportsmanship award.[1]

== Paintball Industry Conference ==

The associated eleventh annual Paintball Industry Conference took place at the Sheraton Hotel in Cranberry Township. Its programme included equipment announcements and workshops for manufacturers, field operators and retailers.[1]

[[Bob Gurnsey]] received a lifetime achievement award and discussed the early history of the National Survival Game. He displayed a target board used during the first organised paintball game.[6]

== Equipment exhibition ==

The trade show occupied several exhibition areas at Three Rivers Paintball. Exhibitors included Warped Sportz, KAPP, WDP, Planet Eclipse, DYE and National Paintball Supply. Equipment coverage included ZAP's Mach 404 loader and proposed ZXS-600E electronic marker.[1][6]

== See also ==

* [[International Amateur Open]]
* [[1998 ZAP International Amateur Open]]
* [[Three Rivers Paintball]]
* [[Bob Gurnsey]]

== References ==

# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/index.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open 2001'', August 2001.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/5pre.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open: Five-player Scoreboard'', August 2001.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/10pre.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open: Ten-player Scoreboard'', August 2001.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/3man.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open: Three-player Scoreboard'', August 2001.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/young.shtml WARPIG, ''International Zap Amateur Open: Young Guns Scoreboard'', August 2001.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/technical/IAO_new_01/index.shtml Bill Mills, photographs by Dawn Mills, ''International Amateur Open: New Product Introductions'', WARPIG, August 2001.]

== External links ==

* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/zapam/2001/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary tournament coverage]

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