Here at Sudden Impact we take the issue of safety to be our utmost priority.

All games are controlled by experienced marshals who are there both to control the games and also to keep all players safe. We have, in the past, sin-binned and even kicked people off for being stupid such as continued dangerous play, after being warned, and taking their mask off during a game. We are very strict on safety and monitor the games very carefully - providing everyone obeys the safety guidelines we just watch, and get hit occasionally! Also, anyone caught deliberately aiming at the marshals is sent home, and that has happened once or twice as well!

ALL players must wear a special paintball mask when playing to protect their eyes - the eye is the weakest point on the body and a paintball, infact any projectile, hitting the eye at a reasonable velocity is liable to penetrate and possibly enter the brain. And that isn't good, in fact it could be fatal hence the protective mask.

Are players are given NBC camo suits to wear which offer great protection to the body, and eliminate much of the sting from getting hit. We do not use 'standard paintball site' camos as they are too thin and offer no protection what so ever.

You may also like to know that Sudden Impact has never had anyone needing to claim under our insurance for injury or any other reason for that

matter. We keep our eyes on the balls (excuse the pun) and keep you safe. We are in fact one of the few sites in the country that has never had an insurance claim - we also have a number of staff who are qualified in first aid.

The only incident that we have really had is when a guy slipped, after being told not to run as it was very muddy due to heavy rain, and fell onto his gun thus pulling his shoulder out of the socket. A quick visit to Blackpool Victoria Hospital and he was out joining his mates for his friends stag party that evening - the pain was soon nulled!

Paintball is the safest sport in the world according to insurance and medical statistics, in fact paintball is safer than ten-pin-bowling! It apparently has a 0.003% (national US statistics) of injuries to the number of players playing in any 12 month period. In other words 3 people in 1000 might injure themselves - this could be something as simple as spraining their ankle during a game.

Risk Assessment
A full risk assessment has been completed for base camp, safe area and the gaming areas. This is a continual operation to ensure that areas of risk are eliminated wherever possible.

Click on the lnks below to download the risk assessment documentation, they are in Microsoft Word format.

Paintball Risk Assessment

Lasertag Risk Assessment

Quad Biking Risk Assessment

Archery Risk Assessment

Air Rifles Risk Assessment

UKPSF
We are also a member of the UK Paintball Sports Federation (UKPSF) which is a voluntary regulatory body, of which we must follow and adhere to criteria set by them.