Editing 2006 Three Rivers Paintball Festival

The '''2006 Three Rivers Paintball Festival''' was a [[paintball]] tournament and recreational festival at [[Three Rivers Paintball]] in Pennsylvania, United States. Its advertised dates were 27–30 July 2006. Produced by Team Effort Events, it was the renamed 2006 edition of the [[International Amateur Open]] and returned the event to Three Rivers after its period at the Big Butler Fairgrounds.[1][2]

== Background ==

The organisers adopted the festival name while shifting their emphasis towards novice, rookie and Young Guns players. The return to Three Rivers also provided woodland playing areas for scenario games and tournament competition.[1]

Three grass airball fields were prepared for the festival. Unlike previous editions, the 2006 programme did not include the International Amateur Open's industry conference.[1]

== Programme ==

The advertised competitions included five-player, three-player open, Young Guns and retro woodsball divisions. The wider programme included professional-player clinics, a trade show and a players' party.[1]

Blackcat Productions and Team Effort Events announced a scenario game with a ''Team America'' storyline.[1]

== Subsequent history ==

In a 2011 interview, organiser Debra Krischke confirmed that 2006 was the final year of the International Amateur Open. She attributed its conclusion to organisational demands, changes in the paintball industry and the difficulty of sustaining the expanded event.[2]

The Paintball Festival and Business Conference announced for Three Rivers in August 2011 was presented as a new, smaller event.[2]

== See also ==

* [[International Amateur Open]]
* [[2005 International Amateur Open]]
* [[Three Rivers Paintball]]
* [[Scenario paintball]]

== References ==

# [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/threeriverspaintballfestival/index.shtml Dawn Mills, ''IAO Goes Retro'', WARPIG, June 2006.]
# [https://warpig.com/paintball/articles/hotseat/debrak_2011/index2.shtml Bill Mills, ''Debra Krischke — In the Hot Seat'', WARPIG, July 2011, page 2.]

== External links ==

* [https://www.warpig.com/paintball/tournament/threeriverspaintballfestival/index.shtml WARPIG contemporary festival preview]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in the United States]]
[[Category:Paintball in Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:2000s in American paintball]]
[[Category:International Amateur Open]]
[[Category:2006 in paintball]]