Oct 16, 2011

Team Update: Post MPOC 2011 - Pre World Cup Asia 2011.



2011 has been a very kind year so far for TGC. The string of podiums and the MPOC 2011 D3 season championship in the bag means only 2 things that is left to chase for this year. First is the My-NPL 2011 D2 Overall title and second is the WCA 2011 D3 trophy. We took a long break from paintball right after MPOC final leg and came back to training right after the week of Aidilfitri celebrations. That is a good 6 weeks!

During that period the team has scouted and pretty much sealed 2 players  for next year. We can't disclose who as the Malaysian paintball 2011 season is not yet over. We shall make the official announcement in due time. So back to the training bits, the coach who fondly we refer to as CM has developed his amusing way to torture the players. Everything is structured and recorded. From how many laps to how fast, from crawling to suicide dives and slides. Obviously we curse a lot too but that makes the amusing part all the more fun at least to CM's benefit.

What happens is the team is now highly competitive internally. Not so much that we were not before but now there is an objective yardstick. So weekend in and weekend out training becomes more fun even if not a single shot fired. It is a brilliant feeling.

So we have set certain expectations for WCA 2011. It was extremely fun the previous year but the organizers has set the bar even higher this time and the response so far is insane! We are looking at over 40 teams in D3 alone. Perhaps the Midas touch is the fact this time it will be indoors with turf no less and of course the venue is on an island that is a duty free paradise.

We recently started training for My-NPL too. The layout is out and we got a feel of the field, although not exactly as per tournament but it is about 80% there. The finale will be in Malacca so again an out of town tournament right after WCA in Langkawi (tournament weekends are back to back).

On another note we have tried about a case or two of Dye's new CG paintballs. It is exactly as how Spicka intro it in the video. Shoots straight and it is nicely brittle with a fill that looks like alien's blood from sci-fi movies. We shall be looking forward to try it side by side with our current paint of choice.

So, we'll see you guys at WCA Langkawi. Drop by our paddock and say hello....

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