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Hundreds of paintballers will be gathered at Padang Merbok all this weekend to continue their fight to emerge as the champions of the Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit (MPOC) 2010 season, held annually by the Paintball Asia League Series (PALS).

With a total of four divisions, there’s a spot for everyone, from the pros in Division 1 to the beginners and rookies in Division 4.

Over 40 teams will be competing this weekend, including local favourites such as team Xfox, Xtioneers, Demonz Red, Dark Angels, and Kejahatan, media teams from Malay Mail and 8TV Quickies, and regional teams such as Australians Perth City Trauma, and Singaporean Red Sevens.

Fans of celebrity host Henry Golding will be delighted to know that he will be playing in the 8TV Quickies team.

This weekend’s tournament is the fourth instalment in the local paintball league, which has a total of five legs held throughout the year. Usually held in Xtion Paintball Park, Bukit Jalil, this will be the first time in two years that the league has been taken elsewhere.

“We’ve received a lot of feedback from players about wanting to try out new fields,” says Allan Phang, Assistant Tournament Director of PALS, “and since Xtion Paintball Park is now under renovation and DBKL has been kind enough to help us with Padang Merbok, we thought this was a perfect opportunity, especially with our new Sup’Air arenas.”

Sup’Air, based in Europe, is known to make the best speedball fields in the world, and Sup’Air arenas are completely inflatable, self-supporting structures, negating the need for the usual metal poles.

The MPOC will be the first ever tournament in Asia to use these arenas, which will also be used for the paintball World Cup Asia in November.

Simon Fournier, of the R&D team for Sup’Air (Europe).

“Our Sup’Air arenas are very structurally safe, and have been used for years for the Millennium Series in Europe,” says Simon Fournier of Sup’Air. “We’re very happy to have tied up exclusively with PALS to bring the best in paintball arenas to Asia.”

Fournier, as part of the research and development team for Sup’Air, is here in Kuala Lumpur to assist PALS in setting up the arenas for this weekend. Paintball field operators who are eager to learn more about Sup’Air fields will be delighted to know that Fournier will be holding an open tech session at the MPOC on Sunday at 1pm.

This leg will also feature the introduction of sports radars for the marshals to use in-field to ensure that all markers are shooting within the regulated speeds of 300 feet per second for all games.

The tournament village is open to public, and visitors can purchase tags which allow them into the player’s areas to mingle with their favourite paintballers. Visitor tags are priced at RM20 and valid for both days.

For more information or to register your team, visit the MPOC website at http://www.paintball-malaysia.com or contact Allan Phang at +6012 306 2568 or allan@palseries.org.

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PRESS CONTACT:
To attend the MPOC 2010 (4th Leg), please RSVP to Amber Wong at +6012 3345630 or via email at amber@palseries.org.

*Hi-res photos are available upon request.
**Please credit photos to Desmond Foo (www.residentevilchef.com)
*** A photographer and videography team will be available during the event, should your photographer not be able to attend.

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UPDATED FIELD LAYOUT! We’ve got an absolutely wicked field layout for this leg, designed exclusively for PALS by Sup’Airball. It’s a huge change from the usual, but everyone’s loving it so far! Teams, please note that there are a few changes to the layout, so be sure to check it out. This field layout will be played on our exclusive fully-inflatable Sup’Air arenas, like those used at the Millennium series in Europe! With our exclusive sponsorship, PALS will be the only series in Asia using these awesome arenas! Brought to you exclusively by: To register your team for this leg, please register online at www.paintball-malaysia.com, or contact Miss Maz at +6016 9824367 or via email at maz@palseries.org.

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GET SPONSORED TO PLAY IN MANILA! PALS HQ will be sponsoring a select number of Malaysian teams for the upcoming UPPIC in Manila, Philippines, which is also the second leg of the regional PAL Series. Teams can choose either one of the following: FREE Five (5) boxes of paintballs OR FREE accommodation at official hotel To find out if your team qualifies for sponsorship, contact us now! EVENT DATE: 19 – 22 AUGUST2010 UPPIC : PALS Philippines For more information about the UPPIC, please visit the official website. To register your team for PALS Philippines, please contact Allan Phang at +6012 3062568 or via email at allan@palseries.org.

PLEDGE YOUR TEAM FOR THE WORLD CUP ASIA! The largest international paintball event in Asia,  the WCA 2010 will be the climax to our fantastic season, and one event no one should miss. With an expected 140 teams from 16 nations, the largest international paintball expo in Asia, and the annual search for Miss WCA 2010, it’s going to be a blast. If you haven’t already pledged your team, be sure to do so soon to secure your spot! EVENT DATE: 25 – 28 NOVEMBER 2010 World Cup Asia 2010 For more information about the WCA 2010, please visit the our website. To register your team for World Cup Asia 2010, please contact Allan Phang at +6012 3062568 or via email at allan@palseries.org.

Headquarters
Pals Event Sdn Bhd
52A-1, Jalan PJU 8/5B,
Bandar Damansara Perdana,
47820, Petaling Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
MALAYSIA.
Tel: +60377103960
Fax:+60377103961

Website: http://www.palsevent.com
Forum:   http://www.xtionpaintball.com/forum

PALS:  http://www.facebook.com/paintballasia
MPOC: http://www.facebook.com/malaysiapaintball
WCA:  http://www.facebook.com/paintballworldcupasia

We would like to introduce you our special sponsors for Vienna event:

Dear teams, players, sponsors, guests, friends!

The Intager Lasertag together with the Grand Tour event organizer in Vienna offer you a possibility to try the laser-games during the event!

The special tactical field will be available for laser-games.

Intager Lasertag has been a very profitable new feature on Paintball fields all over Holland, France, Portugal, Spain and many more countries!

Come and try out why more and more Paintball field owners choose to invest in it!

For more information sales@intager.com

Millennium Series London: The Millennium Vision for Asia

The Millennium Series is dedicated to the growth and promotion of the sport of paintball since 1999. Since that time the Millennium Series (www.millennium-series.com) runs the biggest tournaments in Europe and offers a platform for competition to the best teams of the world.

Apart from running our own series, we support other tournaments, series and leagues, in Europe and worldwide on a global scale by various means. This includes, but is not limited to providing knowledge, equipment and various other assets.

In the Far East, the Millennium Series has been endorsing the PALS tournaments, which use our rules. The PALS (www.palseries.org) has grown over the years amazingly fast, featuring their flagship event, the World Cup Asia in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and having successfully hosted events in other countries, like Thailand, Taiwan and Philippines.

In the last months the Millennium Series has been approached by a consortium of individuals and companies, who want to develop paintball in Asia as well. During our recent London event the Board of the Millennium Series invited all parties involved to several rounds of meetings to learn more about their exact intentions and to explain our own vision for the development of the sport in Asia. What was clear was there was a lot common themes and aspirations by all and we sincerely hope that all concerned will see the benefits of collaboration rather than competition which will only help to slow down the growth of the sport in the region

Basically the Millennium Series is asking all parties involved to find a way together towards our common goals. In a time, where support from within the paintball industry is getting less and less, it does not make sense to build parallel structures and organisations, which would lead to divide and fighting each other. Instead, existing structures should be used to accommodate the ambitions and totally justified strategic interests of other individuals, which have already shown commitment and constructive passion for the game, both in Malaysia and in other Asian countries.

If these parties manage to focus on common goals and strategies in a constructive manner, exciting times lay ahead for Asia, which is already the fastest growing region in paintball!

Barry Fuggle
Board of the Millennium Series

Millennium Series Ltd
Adrenalin House, Brooklands Park, Farningham Road,
Crowborough, East Sussex, TN6 2JD, United Kingdom
TEL: 44-(0)845-2720860   FAX: 44-(0)845-6062657

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The Grand Tour event organizer in Vienna offers you a possibility to practice on the field before the event!

The field will be available for practicing on Thursday and Friday until 4PM.

It costs only 250 EUR per field for 2 hours!

… and you can bring your own paints for this…

To book the field for practice contact office@paintballpark.at

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THE PALS FAMILY IS GROWING! We’re happy to announce that PALS has added one more member to its family! A certified ref who’s been in the industry for years, Yus is a familiar face at tournaments, and is now the Head of Logistics for PALS.He’ll be in charge of keeping things running smoothly during PALS events, so everyone can have a good time. “It’s going to get interesting, with all the new changes,” says Yus. “PALS has done a lot for the paintball community and I’m excited to be a part of it now.” Yusri Aziz | Head of Logistics Mr. Yus can be contacted at +6014 2225244 or via email at use@palseries.org.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! We’re halfway through the 2010 season, and we’ve still got a lot in store. Don’t forget to register your team for the rest of the PALS events this season! 24 & 25 JULY 2010 MPOC 4TH LEG Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Registration: Open _____________________________________________________ 19 – 22 AUGUST 2010 UPPIC : PALS Philippines Manila, Philippines Registration: Open _____________________________________________________ 02 – 03 OCTOBER 2010 MPOC 5TH LEG Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Registration: Open _____________________________________________________ 25 – 28 NOVEMBER 2010 WCA 2010 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Registration: Open _____________________________________________________ To register your team for any of the events, please go to the online registration pages, or contact Miss Maz at +6016 9824367 or via email at maz@palseries.org.

Headquarters
Pals Event Sdn Bhd
52A-1, Jalan PJU 8/5B,
Bandar Damansara Perdana,
47820, Petaling Jaya,
Selangor Darul Ehsan,
MALAYSIA.
Tel: +60377103960
Fax:+60377103961

Website: http://www.palsevent.com
Forum:   http://www.xtionpaintball.com/forum

PALS:  http://www.facebook.com/paintballasia
MPOC: http://www.facebook.com/malaysiapaintball
WCA:  http://www.facebook.com/paintballworldcupasia

Dear teams, players, sponsors, friends and guests!

The Grand Tour welcomes you to Vienna on 24-25th of July to take a part in the paintball tournament!

You can register your team online on the Grand Tour web-site…

Event location

The Paintball Action Park (Speedworld /Paintball, Freizeitzentrum 1, 2471 Pachfurt),
together with the incredible ancient City of music and art will provide the hospitality to you!

You`ll find the map in the Austrian Department (in the “Location/Maps” part).

PRO School

And be prepared for the PROschool on Thursday (22th of July)!
You`ll have a chance to catch the classes from the best of the best:
Oliver Lang & Pete Utschig!

For more info about the school ask Phill Fischer: fischer.vienna@gmail.com

Recommended Hotels

You`ll find the recommended hotels list in the Austrian Department (in the “Accommodation” part).

Back to the past…..

Pictures from Graz in 2009

If you forgot how it was in Graz last year, please take a look at these pictures made by Roman Schlosser from Austria…

It was a fun! And if you did not attend the event in Austria last year, you should do this now, or you will miss a lot!