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Singapore Paintball Novice Series (SPNS) 2008
Welcome to the SPNS!
Organized by the Paintball Association (Singapore) PBAS, SPNS is the first official paintball tournament held in the
Singapore. First introduced to Singapore 10 years ago, paintball has
developed from a recreational paintball activity to a competitive
scene where teams pit their skills amongst one another. Started by
farmers during the 1970's, paintball is a territorial sports that
emphasize on teamwork, strategies and communication.
The SPNS will be a 3-on-3 paintball tournament which is open for
registration to all people residing in Singapore. The aim of the
SPNS is to create paintball awareness in Singapore and to allow more
people to take up this activity as a lifestyle sport. The
integration of plans and vision from the PBAS
will path the future for paintball in Singapore. With the sport
gaining in popularity in region, the SPNS is a good platform for
paintball enthusiasts to take the sport to another level. Jane Koh,
who is the President of the Paintball Association (Singapore) and
the Singapore representative in the Paintball Asia League Series
(PALS) which organized the World Cup Asia 2007, points out that
paintball is not only an exhilarating sport to play; it is also one
which is exciting to watch.
This tournament will create an opportunity for like-minded people to
come together and pit their paintball skills against each other,
thus increasing the community of paintball players in Singapore. The
tournament has an expected turn out of twenty teams. This
tournament will allow Singaporeans to experience playing paintball
in a competition format which will help people to understand more
about the sport. It will also allow the paintball standards in
Singapore to improve and nurture.
The SPNS will be a three leg series which will be organized in the
months of March, June and September (dates to be confirmed) in 2008.
Teams can either choose to play in any leg or commit themselves to
the entire series in which they will accumulate championship points
for the Grand Champion award. Each team will comprise of five
players roster with three first team players and two reserve
players.
Being a novice tournament, this event will be evenly contested and
provide a good platform for participants to understand and
appreciate the sport better.
A
new beginning indeed...
SPNS Leg 1 (A NEW BEGINNING...) - 30 March 08
Champion: Redlords
SPNS Leg 2 (PERSEVERE & PREVAIL) - 22 June 08
Champion: PSG Warfreakz
SPNS Leg 3 (THE FINAL SHOWDOWN) - 12 October 08
Champion: TBA
SPNS Leg 3 Participating Teams:
PSG Warfreakz
PSG Bravo
Red Fraction
Hot Fuzz
20th Legion
Team ExsequorX
To be updated soon...
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