Kate Oliver

I was frozen with fear, I couldn't move a muscle, as he lifted the gun up to point at my face, and he said, Now, I'd never been paintballing before. I'd never wanted to go paintballing. I'd never expected to go paintballing. The only reason I was there was it was my friend's 30th birthday and he'd got the tickets as a present.

I was frozen with fear, I couldn't move a muscle, as he lifted the gun up to point at my face, and he said, Now, I'd never been paintballing before. I'd never wanted to go paintballing. I'd never expected to go paintballing. The only reason I was there was it was my friend's 30th birthday and he'd got the tickets as a present.

I was frozen with fear, I couldn't move a muscle, as he lifted the gun up to point at my face, and he said, Now, I'd never been paintballing before. I'd never wanted to go paintballing. I'd never expected to go paintballing. The only reason I was there was it was my friend's 30th birthday and he'd got the tickets as a present.

And this in itself was surprising because neither he nor I nor the two people we'd gone with were the type. We are friends from being in the same gay show choir together. So... Our only previous engagement in sport together was choreography to Tina Turner songs. And I feel it really summed up our expectations of the event that he ended the invitation with, I hope they have pink paint.

And this in itself was surprising because neither he nor I nor the two people we'd gone with were the type. We are friends from being in the same gay show choir together. So... Our only previous engagement in sport together was choreography to Tina Turner songs. And I feel it really summed up our expectations of the event that he ended the invitation with, I hope they have pink paint.

And this in itself was surprising because neither he nor I nor the two people we'd gone with were the type. We are friends from being in the same gay show choir together. So... Our only previous engagement in sport together was choreography to Tina Turner songs. And I feel it really summed up our expectations of the event that he ended the invitation with, I hope they have pink paint.

When we arrived, it was not as we'd expected. We got dressed up in these kind of camouflage onesies, like the big jumpsuits, and we walked down into this basement arena for round one. Now, round one is where you're just with your friends, so it's just the four of us, and you're kind of trying to work out how it all works and what to do. And we're in this huge arena.

When we arrived, it was not as we'd expected. We got dressed up in these kind of camouflage onesies, like the big jumpsuits, and we walked down into this basement arena for round one. Now, round one is where you're just with your friends, so it's just the four of us, and you're kind of trying to work out how it all works and what to do. And we're in this huge arena.

When we arrived, it was not as we'd expected. We got dressed up in these kind of camouflage onesies, like the big jumpsuits, and we walked down into this basement arena for round one. Now, round one is where you're just with your friends, so it's just the four of us, and you're kind of trying to work out how it all works and what to do. And we're in this huge arena.

It's about the size of a football pitch. It's all underground. It's totally dark in there. There's these big black and neon shapes, these abstract shapes that you're meant to kind of dive behind to hide and shoot. And it's totally black and there's techno music playing. So it's silly. It's silly there. And we treat it like it's silly. We start shooting each other or trying to.

It's about the size of a football pitch. It's all underground. It's totally dark in there. There's these big black and neon shapes, these abstract shapes that you're meant to kind of dive behind to hide and shoot. And it's totally black and there's techno music playing. So it's silly. It's silly there. And we treat it like it's silly. We start shooting each other or trying to.

It's about the size of a football pitch. It's all underground. It's totally dark in there. There's these big black and neon shapes, these abstract shapes that you're meant to kind of dive behind to hide and shoot. And it's totally black and there's techno music playing. So it's silly. It's silly there. And we treat it like it's silly. We start shooting each other or trying to.

We're rolling around on the floor. We're doing movie scenes with each other. And all this lasts right up until the point that one of us actually hits someone else. Because paintballs hurt. LAUGHTER Paintballs bruise, paintballs can break the skin if you're getting too close.

We're rolling around on the floor. We're doing movie scenes with each other. And all this lasts right up until the point that one of us actually hits someone else. Because paintballs hurt. LAUGHTER Paintballs bruise, paintballs can break the skin if you're getting too close.

We're rolling around on the floor. We're doing movie scenes with each other. And all this lasts right up until the point that one of us actually hits someone else. Because paintballs hurt. LAUGHTER Paintballs bruise, paintballs can break the skin if you're getting too close.

And this is when our silliness started to turn to fear, because we knew that after this, we were going into round two, and in round two, you're not with your friends anymore, you're with groups of strangers. And as we walked up the stairs back to the waiting room, we saw all these groups of strangers, all taking it much more seriously than we were, including this group of eight teenage boys.

And this is when our silliness started to turn to fear, because we knew that after this, we were going into round two, and in round two, you're not with your friends anymore, you're with groups of strangers. And as we walked up the stairs back to the waiting room, we saw all these groups of strangers, all taking it much more seriously than we were, including this group of eight teenage boys.

And this is when our silliness started to turn to fear, because we knew that after this, we were going into round two, and in round two, you're not with your friends anymore, you're with groups of strangers. And as we walked up the stairs back to the waiting room, we saw all these groups of strangers, all taking it much more seriously than we were, including this group of eight teenage boys.

about 15 or 16 years old, one of whom raised his gun up to point at me. Now, if you haven't been to Paintball before, there are two groups of people there. One is this group of teenage boys. They go every weekend. The staff know their names. They've brought their own guns. You can bring your own guns to Paintball. And they are there to pray on the week.

about 15 or 16 years old, one of whom raised his gun up to point at me. Now, if you haven't been to Paintball before, there are two groups of people there. One is this group of teenage boys. They go every weekend. The staff know their names. They've brought their own guns. You can bring your own guns to Paintball. And they are there to pray on the week.