North Lakes to Welcome a Queensland First: Archery Skirmish

After incredible success in other states of Australia and overseas, the phenomenon that is Archery Skirmish will arrive in North Lakes this April as a local business becomes the first in Queensland to launch the sport.

XFire Games will bring the sport played with bows and soft-tipped arrows to North Lakes, as part of their mobile games offering and as part of a brand new Archery Skirmish Members’ League.

XFire Games Owner-Operator, Brendan Ellwood, said the sport could best be described as a mix of dodgeball and paintball – with the obvious addition of bows and soft-tip arrows – and was sure to be as much of a hit here as it has already proven worldwide.

“An Archery Skirmish game is played dodgeball style, with a team at either end of the field, and a pile of arrows in the middle waiting to be collected and fired,” said Mr Ellwood.

“We will be the very first anywhere in Queensland to offer Archery Skirmish League – it’s been incredibly successful in other states of Australia as well as internationally, so it’s about time that North Lakes got to experience what all the fuss is about.

“Archery has really been on trend for the last decade or so with the popularity of movies like Lord of the Rings and the Hunger Games; and unlike traditional archery that focuses on hitting a stationary target, Archery Skirmish allows people to safely fire at opposing players, so they can really channel their inner Katniss,” Mr Ellwood said.

In addition to the planned Members League, XFire Games will have a mobile Archery Skirmish field available for private functions, events and parties.

“XFire Games Archery Skirmish, Laser Skirmish and Hoverball is suitable for everything from kids’ parties and bucks’ parties to corporate functions. We can create activities that integrate our Games with team building and employee profiling, to help businesses identify ways they can maximise productivity,” said Mr Ellwood.

XFire Games’ Archery Skirmish is now taking registrations for individuals or teams of up to eight. From beginners to amateurs if you want in on this one of a kind heart pumping, exhilarating new sport register here (places are subject to availablity).