Roughnecks have been known throughout their history as being dependable, hard workers who work hard and play even harder. This same thing can be said of the paintball team that has adopted this name and formed Team Roughnecks.
It was in December of 2008 when some talented players from the city of Johor Bahru got together to have a talk about forming a new team that would be a force to reckon with on the field. Teams Apprentice Assassins, Shogunz, Shoot To Kill and Vendetta decided to combine their skill and knowledge of the game to form one of the strongest division 3 speedball teams in the country of Malaysia.
From this day the Roughnecks were born.
Recently the Roughnecks were crowned the overall champions of division 3 in the Malaysian national Paintball League for 2009.
MY-NPL ’09 (Event 1 – MAAPAC, PJ) : Secured 3rd Placing
MY-NPL ’09 (Event 2 – UTM, Skudai) : Secured 3rd Placing
MY-NPL ’09 (Event 3 – Padang Gelora, Kuantan) : Secured 2nd Placing
MY-NPL ’09 (Event 4 – Padang Pahlawan, Melaka) : Secured 4th Placing
MY-NPL ’09 (Event 5 – MAAPAC, PJ) : Secured 3rd Placing
MY-NPL 2009 OVERALL DIVISION 3 CHAMPION
A quote about the teams performance in the finals of the Malaysian Paintball League:
“In the Division 3, the fourth round champion RAPTOR continued their winning streak, topping the preliminary round table. Their nearest rival to the race to the Division 3 Overall Champion, Team ROUGHNECKS from Johor, however, still able to march to the quarterfinal round in a less-fashionable mean, in the twelfth position, so as to ensure the race heats up.”
Nevertheless, fate has met up this two nemesis in the semifinal round whilst the other semifinal was between CMX BUCCANEERS with another team from Johor, OSB PIRATES. RAPTOR defeated ROUGHNECKS in a pulsating duel that lasts until the third deciding game whilst OSB PIRATES defeated CMX BUCCANERRS with ease. With this victory, RAPTOR needs to win their final match let alone hoping for CMX BUCCANEERS to do them favour by beating ROUGHNECKS in the third and fourth placing match.
Nevertheless, luck run out for RAPTOR, losing the final match in the hand of OSB PIRATES and at the same time ROUGHNECKS beat CMX BUCCANEERS in the third and fourth placing match. OSB PIRATES won prizes worth RM4,000.00 as the round champion whilst ROUGHNECKS was pronounced as The 2009 Division 3 champion, pocketing prizes worth RM9.000.00. ROUGHNECKS never won any of the five (5) rounds of MY-NPL 2009 but their consistent performance to be among the podium finisher throughout the year has yielded the success.
The team lives by a simple but effective motto. Own or be owned, This was brought to the team by Rozahi El Tigre who believes in owning your opponents weaknesses and use that flaw against them to win in the most effect manner.
With the vision to become one of the top paintball teams in Malaysia and to represent their country on the international level, they are well on their way towards making that vision a reality. They strive to gain the respect from their fellow players and industry leaders and have since gained this from the teams they have played on the field. The team logo represents the sky is the limit for these guys and they use every game to improve. They will settle for nothing short of victory and feel second place is never good enough.
Mohd Safian Bin Mohd Daud”
As part of the teams practice schedule they play every Sunday morning at Armour Paintball field in Octville Golf resort, in order to maintain the performance level they want to be at.
Our weekly training schedule consists of below sets;
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- Warm ups
- Run 2 to 4 laps of the speedball field
- Break Starting
- Sliding and Diving
- Loading
- Snap Shooting
- Skirmishes
- Field Reviews
- Etc, if needed.
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By Paul Forcier
