UEA Mauritian Society Go Paintballing!

Created in 2011-2012 academic year, the UEA Mauritian Society has been involved in some major events at UEA. Last year we showed to our fellow UEA students the cultures and traditions of our paradise island during the Go Global week.

The Mauritian girl army ready for paintball

This semester, a trip to have some fun with paintball was organised last week by the UEA Mauritian Society. That event created a lot of excitement among a lot of Mauritian Students present for the event because it was their first attempt in paintball.

With everything booked in advance, we arrived at Thetford Forest Paintball and then immediately got in the action by dressing up like real army people. My friends were all excited and some became a little fearful at the sound of hearing gunshots while our Mauritian group was getting ready to get into action. That was a thrilling experience!

The red army getting ready!

On the field, all sorts of emotions were present. And they could be read easily on each others face or by their course of actions. Some people enjoy being at the front tp show their bravery while some prefer to stay cool and engage in a "sniper-role" type soldier. Several types of games setup and play were available; some were hard while others were easy to understand and follow the rules. However all of them provided us all with a high dose of excitement and fun.

A view of the combat field!

Spying the Blue "enemy" team!

 We finally ended our one day event in the afternoon with some mauritian style refreshments. Most of us were tired but most importantly, everyone enjoyed to the maximum and all agreed such events made their stay more exciting at UEA!

Hussein Wahedally

UEA Mauritian Ambassador