About Us
Who are we?
The Laser Sports Academy was founded by three individuals across Australia:
Ben ‘Bootza’ Baker from Brisbane, Queensland,
Ryan ‘Holmes’ Holmes from Adelaide, South Australia &
Lachlan ‘Spyder’ Whittington from Sydney, New South Wales.
These 3 individuals were united in their dream for laser sporting to become more than what it is today, looking to a future where people within the community can make a career out of what they love and a sport that may one day become internationally recognised by the mainstream. Like all big undertakings, it starts with those first few steps, or the initial stone laid for the foundation; and that’s where we are now.
Connecting communities
One of the main goals for us is to connect the global community and to help budding enthusiasts to find a community near them. We hope to achieve that through this website by providing an updated calendar of upcoming Laser Sports events, links to streams and socials for the groups and organisations as well as a page for finding which sites support Laser Sports.
Teaching the sport
Whilst there has been bits and pieces of content throughout the years covering our sport we have yet to have a platform that provides content consistently and frequently and that’s the gap that we are aiming to fill. The type of content we are looking to create is interviews with players, teams, tournament officials and site operators, coverage of tournaments across the globe, instructionals for players of varying experience levels and teams wanting to take things to the next level, as well as teaching people how to become tournament officials themselves, referees, running a league and more!
This is just the beginning of what the Laser Sports Academy wishes to accomplish, the first steps on what we hope to be a long, fruitful and exciting journey that we would love to share with you.
Our Team
Ben ‘Bootza’ Baker
Project Manager
It was Ben that initiated the project, bringing together the other two co-founders Ryan and Lachlan with a dream of advancing the sport and giving players a pathway to make a career out of their passion.
Ryan ‘Holmes’ Holmes
Media & Socials
One of the founding members, Ryan has primarily been involved in the instructionals, streams, social media and video editing.
Lachlan ‘Spyder’ Whittington
Graphic Designer
As one of the three co-founders of the project, Lachlan has been responsible for all of the graphic design and visuals bringing a sense of professionalism to the project.
Brendan ‘Runt’ Heatley-Hart
Tournament Rep.
Since the inception of the Oceanic Championships between Ryan and Brendan on a bus in Chicago, he has taken the lead in the organising of this tournament.
George ‘Twinkles’ Dellas
Tech
Bringing his talents and vast experience in the IT field, George will lead in the technical aspects of the project.