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UKAPU have announced details of their 10th AGM:

The committee members of the United Kingdom Airsoft Players Union are pleased to announce the exciting news that we will be holding our 10th Annual General Meeting at Grange Live Gaming (Bravo1) in Birmingham this year – on the 29th of February.

Doors will be open from about 9am, and the UKAPU members only game day will start at about 10am.

Attendance of the game day is £20, of which £5 is a deposit that can be paid via https://www.ukapu.org.uk/agm-2020

If you’re coming by car, you’ll need to pay separately for parking as it’s in the centre of Birmingham.

There’ll definitely be cake – and there’ll even be a special 10th birthday raffle, stay tuned for more information.

As is with every general meeting, every position is open for re-election – even that of the chairman – and if you’re interested in joining the committee, please send us a message.

Not already a member? Why not! You can join UKAPU today, for free, by going to https://www.ukapu.org.uk/join

We at UKAPU look forward to seeing you at our very special 10th Annual General Meeting (and birthday!) at the end of February.

(UKAPU)

Earlier this week Frank Bothamley from Firesupport told us about his charity cycling challenge, you can now follow his progress on Facebook:

I now have a facebook group set up so that people can follow my journey across the UK

https://www.facebook.com/groups/266809840618886/

I am raising money for a local Homeless charity called Hope into Action.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Frank-Bothamley

(Firesupport)

Frank Bothamley from Firesupport is taking part in a mega bike ride from Lands End to John O Groats in aid of charity, good luck Frank!:

In September I undertake a mammoth challenge of riding 980 miles over 9 days with 52000 feet of climbs for Charity.

I have been in training for 10 months and ridden 4000 plus miles as part of my training
Am hoping to raise money for a local Homeless charity called Hope into Action.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Frank-Bothamley

Regards
Frank Bothamley

(Firesupport)

UKAPU have teamed up with the Western Australia Airsoft Club:

WESTERN AUSTRALIA AIRSOFT CLUB & UK AIRSOFT PLAYERS UNION AFFILIATE

Australian and British players team up to fight for airsoft

UK Airsoft Players Union and Western Australia Airsoft Club officially ‘tied the knot’ this month! The two organisations elected to officially affiliate, in recognition of their shared aims and values and in a show of international solidarity amongst airsoft players. Australia operates under common law which comes from in the UK, yet, in stark contrast to the UK, Airsoft is banned. WAAC has it’s work cut out for it in trying to get the ban lifted in a single state of Australia, with the hope that the other states will follow. The UKAPU committee was very impressed by the competence and commitment of the WAAC team and have confidence in their ability to lead the fledgling Australian airsoft community toward accomplishing this mammoth task.

“I am happy to announce that UKAPU is affiliated with Western Australia Airsoft Club, Inc.

The organisation is run by a few passionate individuals who are committed to getting Airsoft legalised within the state of Western Australia – and eventually propagating it throughout the rest of the country.

We’ve been supporting them for some time now. Their campaign is picking up momentum and good progress has already been made in their endeavour.”
David Weston, UKAPU Chairman

WAAC have already made some significant headway.

• They met with the Shadow Minister for Police, who stated that he was “embarrassed with the legislative regime” regarding the provisions of the Firearms Act being applied to the sport of Airsoft.
• Successfully ran a ‘Nerf gun amnesty’ campaign which caused a stir in local media regarding nonsensical firearms legislation in WA.
• This week they will be meeting with the State Minister for Police, the first ever airsoft group to be granted an audience.

For more information on the WAAC campaign please visit http://airsoftwa.com.au and like their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/AirsoftWA/ and ask your Aussie mates to do so too, they really need the support of locals who may want to play airsoft in the future!

About UKAPU: UKAPU is an unincorporated non-profit association formed by a dedicated group of Airsoft skirmishers to help protect and strengthen our hobby. By providing a united and official organisation that represents players, we can far more effectively engage in discussion with the government, other organisations, and the press when skirmishing comes under threat.

(UKAPU)

UKAPU have announced their new chairman:

To follow on from the news of the resignation of our former chairman Matt Furey-King – it has been decided by the committee that the new chairman of UKAPU will be the previous vice-chairman, David Weston.

Additionally UKAPU can gladly announce that there has been a small reshuffle, with the South West representative (Tim Haines) simultaneously becoming vice-chairman – as well as an introduction of a new person into the fold, Robbie Hutchison acting as our new Scotland rep.

David has been with UKAPU since February 2016, and since that time has been heavily involved with the running of the union, as well as campaigning against attacks against the Airsoft amendment that eventually landed with the enactment of the Policing and Crime Act 2017.

We would like to thank all of our members for having in faith in us. As the new chairman, I hope to build on this and continue the good work that Matt and the rest of the committee have been doing tirelessly for Airsoft in the UK.

David Weston

Chairman of the United Kingdom Airsoft Players Union

(UKAPU)