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[Shriven]

CAGE IS CHANGING.....

Guys we have some simply amazing news which will need us to restructure the way that CAGE works. All of you will know that over the last couple of years CAGE has grown massively bringing on numerous CAGE WOODLAND Sites through the Ministry of Defence.

CAGE at this time has 5 main woodland sites in Kent these are:

ACRISE WOODS

300 acres of Chestnut woodland situated within a shallow valley

PILLARS WOODS

420 Acres of mixed wood separated in two parts by a narrow crossing between two fields

MEREWORTH WOODS

A Massive 1000 acres site situated just outside Maidstone with superb facilities, a huge variation of woodland types, roads and even a working helicopter pad.

REINDEEN WOODS

A 500 acre Woodland site with numerous concrete bunkers, roads and tracks

PARSONAGE WOODS

Our smallest site at 200 Acres of woodland (formerly part of the artillery range) and as such extremely broken terrain.

This sites are now coming under the banner of ”CAGE WOODLAND” the day to day running of these sites are staying pretty much as normal. Game play will be a mix of standard, battlesim and themed days and weekends. For walk-ons these will stay with our normal turn up and play booking in system.

THIS IS WHERE THINGS GET REALLY EXCITING....

CAGE are launching our new division “CAGE FIBUA”. This is an amazing step forward for us and thanks to the hard work of both the Mark’s we are pleased to announce the launch of four new sites.

These sites are part of the Army’s current FIBUA’s training programs and as such have some extremely high security procedures that we have to keep to. Firstly I’m going to tell you about the sites but these sites.

SERIAL 20 (HYTHE MILITARY RANGES)

Built for Northern Ireland Training this is a complete village including streets with houses, shops and pubs. There is a network of roads with roundabouts. Here is a few pictures to wet your appetite. These events will need to booked via the CAGE FIBUA booking system and rules.


LYDDEN BUNKERS

This site has been used for the last couple of years by CAGE as a FIBUA site and consists of several roomed bunkers previously used as armoury and ammo storage. Although we all know and love this site the Army is extensively altering the site in 2009/2010 so as they can conduct Afgan training. As such they are turning the bunkers into FOB’s (Forward Operating Base). What there actually doing is putting in HESCO walls and trench systems plus fortifying the bunkers themselves putting in roof access and sandbag walling the roofs. The Booking system for this site will remain the same as previously.


SERIAL 40 (LYDD RANGES)

Although similar to SERIAL 20, SERIAL 40 is on a slightly larger scale and is modelled on a Northern Ireland Housing estate. These events will need to booked via the CAGE FIBUA booking system and rules.


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[Shriven]

THE REDOUBT

Orginally built as a napolonic fort it was extensively remodel by the War Ministry during the two world wars for anti aircraft batteries and costal defence. Later on this fort was again remodelled to provide the army’s FIBUA pistol training. We will be using this site for evening pistol and shotgun games. These events will need to booked via the CAGE FIBUA booking system and rules.

RIPE VILLAGE (LYDD TRAINING CAMP)

One of the UK’s Largest FIBUA training sites with over 300 buildings, This was built by the Army for Northen Ireland Training and was to simulate an entire town and suburbs. Based within the “town” is Richmond Fort a simulated army base within the town complete with walled compands and gaurd towers. These events will be limited on this site due to the frequency of military and counter terrorist training that is conducted on them, as such we will be holding two weekend events per year on this massive site. These events will need to booked via the CAGE FIBUA booking system and rules.

CAGE FIBUA BOOKING IN SYSTEM AND ACCESS RULES:

These additional rules have been set by the MOD, there are NO negotiations on them. If you don’t like them, then I am afraid you won’t be able to come to these events.

1. All Participants must be booked onto the event a minimum of 7 days in advance giving full name and address. This information will then be passed onto the MOD for security checks. If for any reason you do not pass the security check will not be allowed to enter the site/camp

2. The Gates to the FIBUA sites will be open to us between 8:15am to 9:15am All players will need to ensure that arrive on site during this time. Failure to do so will result in you being refused entry.

3. On arrival on site you will need to produce Photo ID either in the form of a Driving Liecence or passport. The Photo ID must be government issued.

4. NO CAMERA’s or MOBILE PHONES are allowed on site. This a security thing that they have insisted on. However I have agreed that you can hand in your mobile phones to CAGE on the gate where we will keep them locked up for the day.

5. All participants and vehicles will be searched on arrival to the site. This is to ensure you or your vehicle are not a security risk.



As I have said these security procedures have been put into place by the MOD as these are all active ARMY training sites. If you are not happy with them, then don’t come.

Our first game will be on the 31st October 2009 full details will be going up on to it’s own section of the forum.

CAGE as for a number of years provided quality woodland airsoft gaming, now we have some of the best CQB/FIBUA sites in the uk.

Cheers all


For more information on the booking system and dates, check THE CAGE FORUMS

[1st_shooter]

Wow Edd this looks amazing so this is what you have been hiding under your hat eh? So when are these sites gonna be available? Is that what I should keep the 31st of oct free for?

[Shriven]

31/10/09's game will be held at Serial 20, Grid refs, rules, how to book etc are all on www.cageairsoft.co.uk

Edited by Shriven, 15 September 2009 - 05:26 PM.

[-=OGGY=-]

Holy %$@$*&#$@*$%?#@$%^..... I want sites like that...

Redoubt like awesome! (well they all do)

[-Angel-]

Very interesting stuff. Serious shame about the media blackout, but i'm sure they'll be fun to play.

Unfortunately out of the country on the 31st, when are you planning on running Serial 40?

[Shriven]

Will bung dates up about the other sites as soon as we get them.
We're trying to wangle possible " Official Photographer" status for a chap, and they can vet the photos or the like, but we shall see!

[-Angel-]

Ah yeh, that would be good.

[teetee]

Excellent. Are all the FIBUA sites in Kent?

[Crimson]

wow *fruitcage* looks good

Do i need to join the forum to book the team in ?

[Shriven]

Teetee, aye, they're all in the Hythe/Lydd range complex, apart from the Lydden site, which is near, you guessed it, Lydden That one isn't much at the moment, but it sodding well will be once they build the FOB on it

No, you just need to email the CAGE hotmail address ( CAGEAirsoft@hotmail.com) with your name, and full address. Then you can pay the £10 deposit either by cheque made payable and addressed to CAGE Airsoft @ UNIT 8-9 SHORNCLIFFE IND EST. NORTH CLOSE. FOLKESTONE. CT20 3UH.
We DO have a paypal address, but it's not fully set up yet, so wait out, and check the thread for updates: As soon as it's ready to go, I'll give the word.

Do not forget that if you are booking several people at once, you need their name and full address to, and if you are paying their deposit, you need to make sure you tell us who you're paying for: If your name is not down, and your deposit is not paid, you're not coming in, and it's out of our control! The Army will have their set list, and will stick to it like glue.

[-Angel-]

What are you limiting numbers to, at each location/each game?

[Marcus Sparcus]

Hi guys to answear your question on numbers. The two serial sites are suitable for player numbers around 80 -100. Ripe villiage is suitable for players number around 300 - 800

[mrpugster]

HI guys I sent my paypal payment for two people yesterday to the hotmail address on the cage forums, Shriven said today that the paypal address isn't fully up and running yet, although it went through ok. Mark W was the recip name.

A good idea would be to generate a confirmation email to say that your now on the list etc once the paypal payment has gone through!

[WhiteHawksan]

wow.. jsut wow

[Missing Ethics]

31st october? Will be there, with friends. Remember seeing the 'serial 20' area on a police training film, always thought it would be decent for airsoft. And well done on getting the sites, know how many hoops they like to make you jump through!

Edited by Missing Ethics, 16 September 2009 - 08:36 PM.

[jingernut]

Serial 20 looks amazing! at least 3 hour drive from me though

[Operator12]

Wow, that looks amazing. Im jealous

Edit: what would a Non-UK citizen have to pull off to get to play here?

Edited by Operator12, 16 September 2009 - 10:22 PM.

[dynamic_e]

Holy

Moly

That is all.

[-Drake-]

I find it kinda ironic that the bases based on northern irish estates and such have a higher degree of security than actual bases here in norther ireland...

Still the redoubt looks pretty *fruitcage* epic but the pistol/shotgun only events dosnt really suit my taste =/