Section 8 Scotland

04/04/2026

GAMEDAY 7 (5th April) cancelled due to Storm Dave.
Making decisions on cancelling games is tuff but we have to make them. Player and staff safety should and never will be compromised.
Running any outdoor business you must make full risk assessments for safety. The forecast high winds means the risk is too great.

All prebooked players will get emails later on.

04/10/2025

Gameday is running tomorrow, with worst of the wind easing overnight.

07/04/2025

Just incase you don't know our very own Robbie has been voted in as Chair of UKAPU – the players union for airsoft across the UK. A great organisation that EVERYONE involved in airsoft should be a member of!

To help spread the word, he's jumping on a live stream with The Chairsofter Show. He’ll be talking about what UKAPU’s doing and where they're heading.

Robbie has always had great support from the player's at Section 8 and he'd love for you to tune in – not just for him, (although he wil like that a bit!) but to show everyone the strength and backing we’ve got as a group.

Link’s below – hope to see you there!

https://www.youtube.com/live/acq0-K6gmWw?si=b4rH05Q0AKz4p52d

UKAPU, the UK Airsoft Players Union, is an organisation that has existed to act in the interest of Airsofters within the UK for years, but is not given anywh...

22/02/2025

60-70 mph winds incoming. The forest is not a safe place to be, so I'm cancelling tomorrow's gameday (Feb 23rd)

Everyone that's prebooked will get an email later on.

15/12/2024

I'm going to say no gameday today. Wind on site is ok just now, but gusts are strong and getting worse. Forecast now says it's to be over 40 mph by lunchtime. Not safe.

19/10/2024

Storm Ashley. Storm force winds incoming. The forest is not a safe place to be, so I'm cancelling tomorrow's gameday (Oct 20th)

Everyone that's prebooked will get an email later on.

See you on the other side!

18/05/2024

Looking like an great day ahead for tomorrow on both the forecast and player numbers.

*Busy means we need you to help with neat/tight parking.

*Warm day means you're going to need to drink LOTS of fluids. One can of Red Bull will just not cut it! (Don't be that 'player' that we have to carry out of a game, only to find out they've drank little to nothing because they don't have much)

On a separate and unfortunate note,

** NO MORE BANK TRANSFERS ON SITE**

It's sad, but recently multiple transfers were 'clawed back'/cancelled/denied several days after a gameday, despite having shown as completed.

05/05/2024

Friendly reminder to show restraint in driving speeds on both arriving at and leaving the site. The site road from the gate is 10 mph. There's lots of signs so no excuses!

The speed limit in Alanton Village is (not surprisingly) 30 mph. It doesn't go unnoticed that cars driven by 'guys in camo' are speeding through and it's not a great leap to work out where they're going or coming from...

Please don't cause Section 8 any unnecessary problems with our local community - Airsoft get enough bad press already.

06/04/2024

Forecast for tomorrow is much the same as today's. Yellow weather warning ends today at 10pm, but all the Forecasts I've seen show gusting to 50mph odd throughout tomorrow.

Its just not safe playing in/under trees when it's like that. So, based on player/marshals safety, I'm calling it for tomorrow.

Anyone who's prebooked will get an email explaining rebooking etc.

We are going to run an extra gameday next Sunday (14th) which will be up on website later on/tomorrow.

24/10/2023

Charity Gameday - Sunday Nov 5th

Its just like a normal gameday, but there will be a good few folk running about in fancy dress and we will have a slightly extended lunch time to run the Auction.

Raffle Tickets: on the day £5/ Strip...or if you can't attend on the day, use PayPal [email protected] ** you MUST send 'friends and family' ** (otherwise PayPal take a chunk in fees!) Outright donations can be made in this way too, just state in the notes bit when paying.

Fancy Dress: £8 entry, and you must 'attempt' to play the first game in it! Several prizes for the best/funniest etc

Auction: Held at lunchtime with some awesome/exclusive gear up for grabs.

PM me if you have anything prize wise that you would like to donate.

07/08/2023

Website is back up and (for now) running.

29/07/2023

Website issues lots of folk unable to log on. Working on it and yes we are open and running tomorrow.