EPS Malaysia - New Beginning ???
The
Malaysian paintball industry is in turmoil and in sharp decline since the Royal
Malaysian Police deemed that all paintball markers are Firearms and thus
illegal to possess without a firearms License. The local paintball industry
leaders has been lobbying and in constant dialogue with the Home Ministry and
the Police to resolve this for nearly 2 years now as only a handful of
paintball centres are legally licensed. They rest are still waiting….
In
the meantime, an enterprising newly licensed paintball centre called Extreme
Power Sports - EPS based 200kms north of the capital city Kuala Lumpur, came up
with this brilliant idea to start the Extreme Paintball League - EPL. Consulted
by TC Gan of Skirmish Paintball Asia, EPS purchased a bunch of brand new and
licensed Planet Eclipse Etek 5 to use as a rental markers for their EPL
tournament league. And to kick start and to revive the declining paintball
industry, EPS sold paintballs at the first and subsequent EPL event from April
2015, at as low as US$35.00 for Ignite tournament grade.
This
was an instant hit with more than 40 teams participating in each of the last 3
EPL events - ALL teams using and shooting the brilliant Planet Eclipse Etek 5
markers. For once in a paintball tournament in Malaysia, all teams are equal
with their equipment. Brand new and out of the box, the Etek 5 performed
effortlessly and seamlessly from teams to teams and players to
players.There were howls of delight and amazement from teams and players alike
at how a mid range marker could perform so well and so efficiently with ease,
reliability and accuracy. Our technicians were the most happy lot because they
had nothing to do except clean and wipe the markers down for the next team.
EPL
# 3 Leg - AOV Cup was held in the South of Malaysia about 400kms from KL last
weekend. We had teams come in from Thailand, Singapore and Indonesia to
participate in our unique paintball tournament with markers provided and
cheaply priced Ignite tournament paintballs. Ignite paintballs is the best
selling tournament paintballs at World Cup Asia for the 4th year running
outselling all the world’s renown and leading brands of paintballs.
After
battling it out until dusk, Team Duckside and their Junior team Duckside 2
both sponsored by Planet Eclipse emerge victorious with a Champions and 2nd
podium placing for Duckside 2. Team Duckside is poised to lift the Overall
Champions title after already winning 2 legs and coming in 3rd in another with
the final leg to go on 5th - 6th Dec
EPS
and EPL would like to thank all its sponsors, Planet Eclipse for the brilliant
Etek 5 markers and for all the spares and support with the Planet Eclipse
Technicians present and Gelkaps Sports India for supplying and subsidising all
the paintballs used in this league. EPL would also like to thank all the teams
and players to participated and help to bring back the enthusiasm and buzz of
paintball tournaments and not forgetting the MPRO marshals for their
dedications and services.
EPL
had a team called Old Skool who’s qualifying criteria of doing this team is
that they must be over 42 years old and has had major surgery / ailments on
their bodies, led by Dean the Bear of Raskal fame. yea, we had the ambulances
on standby...
EPS
/ EPL paintball league is all about bring the fun back into competitive
paintball with value for money events.
March on the Emortal army !
Photos
courtesy of Zul Photography and Red Turtle Media.
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