BALANGA CITY – Bataan on Sunday held its 1st Invitational Air soft match with participants coming from Pampanga and Bataan who engaged in combat at the Bataan National High School here.
Jimmy Mangalindan, organizer of the event, said that more than 100 players from Pampanga and Bataan that included students from the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific in Mariveles, Bataan joined the game.
The Bataan group is a member of the Bataan Extreme Airsoft Special Troops while those from Lubao, Florida Blanca and Sasmuan in Pampanga belong to Balasik.
“Magandang libangan ito na nagtuturo ng disiplina at responsableng paghawak ng tunay na baril at naglalayo sa droga at iba pang bisyo,” Mangalindan said.
He said that only a handful started the hobby in Bataan some 10 years ago. “There are now more than 100 of us in the province,” he said.
“Kapag hindi nasaktan, hindi enjoy sa laro,” said Balasik president Lito Limpin as he showed the marks on his stomach hit by Airsoft pellets in close combat.
Other players showed marks of pellets on their hands. “Mahapdi ng kaunti,” they said.
Limpin said they have been playing the game in Pampanga for seven years. “Magastos,” he said in a jest.
Erza Tanciongco was the youngest player from Bataan at 13 years old. He has been playing Airsoft for six months. “I enjoy the game,” the boy said.
The rule of the game is honesty. One who got hit raises his hand with the rifle and leaves the combat area.
