FAQ's

Morning

A day at Skirmish normally begins at 09:30 (Please check with your chosen venue) where you will first meet our trained staff and begin the important registration and sign in process*, after which you will be kitted out with the majority of your kit to help you through the day, including a set of camouflage overalls, goggles, and battle pack. Body armour is also available on request. Don’t worry that you haven’t got the guns yet – they come later!

*If you want to save time at this point of the day, our disclaimers are normally available to download from your chosen venue, allowing you to fill out your details at your own leisure and just turn up on the day with no paperwork to fill out!!

After this you will be introduced to your marshals, and be told who you will be playing with, and given a comprehensive safety briefing by one of your marshals, detailing all the site rules and regulations, explaining how the guns work and also to answer any questions you may have about your day. 

Your marshals will then lead you out to your first set of games, and will stay with you throughout your day at Skirmish to ensure that not only are games played the way they are meant to be, but also to ensure that all players are as safe as possible at all times. Your safety is our highest priority at Skirmish and so if you have any doubts or feel unsafe in any way please don’t hesitate to speak to your marshals who will be happy to help in any way they can.

Lunch

After a morning of action packed games, we will break for lunch around 12:30 if you have pre ordered food it will be ready for you. This time is your own to relax and have a chat about the morning’s games and prepare for the rest of your day.

Afternoon

After you have had your lunch break your assigned marshals will take you back out onto the fields, where you will have the opportunity to play new games in different fields and continue battle with the other side! Once you have played your afternoon’s games you will return to the safe zone and de-kit, at which point you are free to leave – hopefully having had a fantastic day with your friends and having shot the other team more than they shot you!

The short answer is: Yes it can sting! depending on the distance from which you are shot. Fortunately, it isn't as bad as one thinks, and our Marshalls will do their best to make sure players arent in combat with each other at a range less than 10 feet. The easy answer is try not to get shot.

Players should wear comfortable clothing for the weather conditions, jogging bottoms, a long sleeved t-shirt/jumper and a pair of boots or old trainers. Gloves are available to buy or rent at the centre, or you can bring your own thin pair. You may also want to bring some money for purchasing additional paintballs drinks & snacks.

The paint inside our paintballs is biodegradable, and will wash out, but we recommend you use our camoflage overalls for extra protection for your clothes.

Just like you can’t take your own food to a restaurant, you cannot bring your own paintballs to the centre. You can only use paintballs issued by Skirmish on the day of your event. If any person is found using non Skirmish issued paintball they will be asked to leave.

Parents need to know about the nature of the activity and decide for themselves whether their particular child is hardy, and mature enough to participate in this type of activity. Paintball is not an overly strenuous activity but is played in a wooded environment using paintball guns that fire paintballs that can bruise or break the skin. All of our games are supervised and all safety equipment is provided free of charge.

Food and Drink will be available at all of our venues, but the extent of the variety available with differ depending on your chosen venue. Please contact your chosen venue directly to ask about food and drink options.

All players are required to complete a registration form before they begin play. Players under 16 years must have their form signed by an adult. Adult players can complete registration forms on arrival at the paintball centre, but we suggest you can complete them in advance to speed up your check in time. You can do this by downloading the forms from your chosen venues page, printing them and bringing them in on the day. 

At Skirmish Paintball we will always try to keep groups playing with a similiar age range, however this is not always possible on some game days where the number of adults greatly outweighs the number of juniors and vice versa, and there are not enough of the minority to have their own game.

To avoid getting lost we suggest you make sure all drivers in your group print the directions from the website and have them to hand. Directions are available by entering your postcode into the directions form on your chosen venues page. Directions are for guidance only, we recommend using a road map for more in depth directions. If you do have trouble finding the centre, call the venue directly using the details on the venues page.

All payments are non-refundable and non-transferable. 

You can bring your own equipment, but it is always at the discretion of the Site Manager whether you can use it. You can bring your own goggles, provided they are designed for paintball games and have not been modified in any way.