Editing 2005 International Amateur Open

The '''2005 International Amateur Open''' was a [[paintball]] tournament and festival in Pennsylvania, United States. Promoted as the '''DraXxus/Empire International Amateur Open and Paintball Festival''', it was scheduled for 27–31 July 2005 near Pittsburgh and marked the fifteenth anniversary of the [[International Amateur Open]].[1][2]

The event combined tournament competition with a scenario game, trade show, industry conference, player clinics and an Owners' Group Division.[1]

== Organisation ==

Team Effort Events promoted the tournament, with DraXxus and Empire as title sponsors.[1]

The event formed part of the International Amateur Open's period at the Big Butler Fairgrounds. For 2006, the organisers announced a return to [[Three Rivers Paintball]] under the name Three Rivers Paintball Festival.[3]

== NPPL sanctioning ==

The [[National Professional Paintball League]] sanctioned the 2005 International Amateur Open. Division II and Division III competitors could earn points towards the NPPL Super 7 season standings.[2]

In contemporary reporting, NPPL president Chuck Hendsch described the arrangement as part of plans to develop sanctioned feeder competitions, providing additional opportunities for divisional teams.[2]

== Festival programme ==

The advertised programme included an industry conference, equipment trade show, player clinics and an Owners' Group Division.[1]

BlackCat Productions organised a scenario game inspired by ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. A June 2006 retrospective reported that more than 400 players had attended the previous year's scenario game.[1][3]

== See also ==

* [[International Amateur Open]]
* [[National Professional Paintball League]]
* [[2006 Three Rivers Paintball Festival]]

== References ==

# [https://tippmannsports.com/wwf77a/topic127886.html “Draxxus and Empire to title Sponsor the 2005 International Amateur Open & Paintball Festival”, event announcement reproduced in ''2005 IAO Pittsburgh PA'', Tippmann Forum, 3 March 2005.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/nppl/2005/tampa/ WARPIG, ''NPPL Tampa 2005'', May 2005. Includes contemporary reporting on International Amateur Open sanctioning.]
# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/threeriverspaintballfestival/index.shtml Dawn Mills, ''IAO Goes Retro'', WARPIG, June 2006.]

== External links ==

* [https://tippmannsports.com/wwf77a/topic127886.html Contemporary event announcement on the Tippmann Forum]

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