Division 1
1st – PbRack Team USA
2nd – STK Australia
3rd – Datis Iran
4th – Xtioneers Malaysia

Division 2
1st – Xtioneers 2 Malaysia
2nd – Global Pinoy Philippines
3rd – Splat Masters Gold Philippines
4th – Sarawak Waxers Malaysia

Division 3
1st – Splatmasters Philippines
2nd – Global Pinoy 2 Philippines
3rd – BMT Philippines
4th – Splatmasters Platinum Philippines

We are very proud to announce to all the official formation of PALS China which consists of Mr. Michael Tan and Mr. Michael Whybrew, and the establishment of the China Cup as the 1st leg of PALS 2011 in Hainan, China.

As of now (Aug 2010), the China Cup is set for the 24th – 27th March 2011.

We would like to commend PALS China for their achievement in getting the go-ahead from the strict authorities of China to carry out this historic event for the most populated country in the world.

China, with its population of 1.3 billion, is the largest untapped market in Asia, making up a good one-third of the Asian population. PALS China will be bringing paintball to a mind-boggling number of people, in a country famous for executing events on a grand and massive scale.

We sincerely do believe that this entry into China will bring about significant opportunities for both the global paintball industry and have significant impact for the recognition of paintball as a mainstream sport.

PALS, together with all her partners within the Asia Pacific region, and from Europe and US, will be doing their utmost to ensure the success of the event.

We would like to call upon all players and teams in and outside the region to do their part to support this momentous occasion.

Pending the release of official information, those who would like to obtain more info about the event can get in touch with us, and we will keep them updated with information as it is obtained.

Congratulations to the two Mikes of China, and major kudos from the rest of us.

—

PAUL WY LAM

FOUNDER, PALS

1) 2 world standard artificial grass courts with the dimensions of 49X51 square meters. The main field (center court) has an amazing 807 square feet VIP with full serving accommodation, seats, sofas, overhead monitors, telecoms, and AC.

2) 1 artificial grass court, slightly smaller than the other two courts, it will be used as a “paintball Academy” for training young players with the proper basics.

3) A scenario field with an area of 75,345 square feet designed in to a war scene with all real equipment donated by the military. It will have tanks (still usable) Anti Aircraft Artillery and other features to add some spice for those guys who love this kind of scene.

A huge 400 BAR compressor which has been piped to all the fields and it is quite an impressive machine.
2 coffee shops, outdoor (permanent) structures for commercial sales a technical both. Both artificial fields have permanent chrono booths and each has a reff tent with cooling facilities.

A warehouse designed for the storage of 25 pallets of paint, changing rooms, offices and a larger rental facility.

The other interesting point about the facilities is that it can be controlled and monitored from anywhere in the world. On the artificial courts and academy all games are automatically recorded and players can immediately or at a later date ask for a DVD of their played game.

The Finals was a close game, with Each team winning alternative points, When the game was 8-6 to Datis, a Controversial call was made in favor of Datis, After extensive Arguing by the Persian Legend Team, with only 1:24 left on the clock, Persian Legend took the field with only one player in protest against the Controversial Call, this led to Datis taking the final point and winning the Match.

Apart from the Controversial calls in the Finals, The Event ran extremely smoothly thanks to the Organization of the INPL.
Division 2 finals will be held at the next leg of INPL which will show Zhoobin and Persian Legend 2 playing for First Place and Proshut and Titian for 3rd.

Click here to view pictures from the event

From what we know Semi finals for pro division were consisting of the following matches
Datis vs. Ariana
Persian Legend vs. Daataam

with Persian Tigers and SWAT Playing for 5th and 6th place and Persian Stars and Statira Battling it out for 7th and 8th position.

Stay tuned for the Final results!

Pictures by Pooya Miri

Professional

1st LA Infamous
2nd Tampa Bay Damage
3rd Edmonton Impact
4th Russian Legion

Division 1

1st New Jersey Jesters
2nd L.I.F.T
3rd HuSTLe
4th Total Karnage Orlando

Division 2

1st upTon 187 cRew
2nd Grad
3rd G.S.E.
4th Boom

Division 3

1st ASSAULT
2nd Boom II
3rd Total Karnage Kidz
4th D.C. Monstars

Division 4

1st Tampa Bay Vengeance
2nd Cinicinnati Paintball
3rd Team Betrayal
4th AAF

Division 3 5man

1st Golden State Pirates
2nd Worthless
3rd 495 kids
4th Detroit Action

Division 4 5man

1st SAVAGE RED
2nd Atlanta Breakout
3rd Malicious Intent
4th Joyride

Name: Parham Nazari

Age: 18

Hometown: Tehran

Any hobbies other than paintball: Football

Previous teams: Datis

Position you play: I play in all positions.

Favorite Pro team: Russian Legion, SK Moscow

Favorite Pro player: Konstantin Fedorov

Favorite tournament accomplishment:

5th place of Intercontinental Cup 2008 at World Cup in Toulouse, France

2nd place in PALM Kish Island Tournament, March 2009

Why do you play Paintball?

This is the only sport that satisfying me.

Who supports you?

My Father and Reza Adjami (Owner of team Persian Legend)

Who helped you become the player you are?

Due to lack of proper support and coaching, I mostly learn paintball through watching paintball videos taken from professional teams. Above that, Mr.Reza Badrian (Datis) and my colleagues in Persian Legend Team were a great help to me.

Why did you leave Datis for Persian Legend?

I had feeling that there was not much to learn in Datis team any more. Beside that, the atmosphere inside the team was in such a condition that the team members were hardly communicating. Above all, decisions were taken during the games by team leader was improper decisions.

Persian Legend team is a talented, motivated and energetic team and in compare to Datis, they are physically more fitted. The team members have excellent communication and they have very much respect to each other and acting like a family.
How many days do you practice in a week?

At the moment I practice 3 days a week because I’m student and I have to study too, but my insistence is to practicing every day since it is very enjoyable to me.

Advice to any new players?

My advice always is to practice more and more.

Mentors?

Not in a proper way, but on a best effort, I try to teach my colleagues whatever I know.

How is the level of Paintball in Iran comparing to Europe?

To my knowledge the Iranian teams are in a very good level of playing compare to European teams and if to be supported, for sure they will be a big competitor to the European and American Paintball Teams.

Further I have to mention that due to limitations and lack of supports and sponsors, paintball became a very expensive sport in Iran and most of the expenses are provided by the players themselves. Only a few clubs are available that their players could afford the expenses for normal practicing and participating in some of the tournaments.

Do you have any plan to play for any European team in future?

Not for the moment, but I think Persian Legend team has a big potential and capacity to be a good and hard competitor to European teams.

Goal for this season?

My goal is to practicing as much as possible in this season and looking towards finding sponsors for participating in European tournaments.

This interview was made possible by ProPaintball.com’s very own Nima Razavi out of Mashhad, Iran.

http://www.propaintball.com/2010/06/pro-paintball-player-of-the-week-parham-nazari/

God needed another angel and we will miss you Juan Carlos.