Southernlegion Race Series (SLRS)
Southernlegion Race Series (SLRS), also styled Southern Legion Race Series, is a Malaysian tournament paintball league associated with Southern Legion Paintball and Cyberjaya Paintball Park in Selangor, Malaysia.
The series organises race-format competitive paintball events, including Open and Division 3 competitions. Documented tournament records date from at least 2024, with a four-leg championship calendar published for 2025.[1][2]
The competition has been associated with Kelab Southernlegion, a Malaysian paintball organisation whose activities can be traced to at least 2011.[3]
The series was historically hosted at Cyberjaya Paintball Park, which announced the closure of its long-running Cyberjaya location in May 2026.[4]
| Name | Southernlegion Race Series |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | SLRS |
| Country | Malaysia |
| State | Selangor |
| Sport | Tournament paintball |
| Competition format | Race-format paintball |
| Divisions | Open; Division 3 |
| Documented seasons | 2024–2026 |
| Historical venue | Cyberjaya Paintball Park, Cyberjaya |
| Associated organisation | Kelab Southernlegion |
| Associated introductory competition | Southernlegion Rookie Cup |
| Founding year | Not independently established |
History
[edit]Background
[edit]Southern Legion is a longstanding name in Malaysian paintball.
A tournament rulebook prepared for Universiti Putra Malaysia in 2011 identified Kelab Southern Legion Paintball Park as responsible for refereeing, tournament arrangements and competition administration.[3]
The university competition was associated with Kolej Sebelas and held at Universiti Putra Malaysia.
The document demonstrates that Southern Legion was involved in organised paintball more than a decade before the earliest currently documented Southernlegion Race Series events.
However, the available evidence does not establish that the Race Series itself began in 2011.
Southernlegion Race Series 2024
[edit]A Southernlegion Race Series Championship was listed for 2–3 November 2024 at Cyberjaya Paintball Park in Selangor.[1]
The event listing identified Farah as the registration contact.
The published directory entry did not provide complete divisional regulations, tournament results or final standings.
The championship establishes documented use of the Southernlegion Race Series name by 2024.
Southernlegion Race Series 2025
[edit]The 2025 season was organised as a multi-leg championship.
The Malaysia Paintball tournament directory documented events throughout the year, including the following rounds:
| Leg | Published dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Leg 2 | 26–27 July 2025 | Cyberjaya Paintball Park |
| Leg 3 | 4–5 October 2025 | Cyberjaya Paintball Park |
| Leg 4 | 6–7 December 2025 | Cyberjaya Paintball Park |
The published records confirm the existence of a four-leg season, although the date of Leg 1 has not been independently established from the sources used here.[2][5][6]
The 2025 season included Open and Division 3 competitions.
Both divisions used race-format tournament rules, with different game durations and scoring targets.
Activity in 2026
[edit]The Southernlegion Race Series continued to be associated with Cyberjaya Paintball Park during 2026.
On 22 May 2026, the park announced that May would be its final month of operation at Kelab Komuniti Taman Tasik Cyberjaya.
The announcement advertised a Southern Legion Race tournament for 23–24 May 2026.
The park stated that the Southern Legion Race Series had been held at Cyberjaya Paintball Park since the series began.[4]
The announcement also thanked Kelab Southernlegion, tournament teams and other organisations that had supported the venue.
The closure of the Cyberjaya location did not establish that the Southernlegion Race Series had ceased operating.
Subsequent venue arrangements and the complete 2026 championship calendar require further verification.
Competition format
[edit]Open Division
[edit]The 2025 Southernlegion Race Series included an Open Division.
The published Leg 2 and Leg 3 regulations specified:
- Race-to-4 competition
- Ten-minute game time
- Registration fee of RM750 per team
- Maximum advertised entry of ten teams
The published prize schedule was:
| Position | Advertised prize |
|---|---|
| First | RM4,500 |
| Second | RM3,000 |
| Third | RM2,000 |
| Fourth | RM1,000 |
These figures describe advertised prizes rather than verified payments or tournament results.[2][5]
Division 3
[edit]Division 3 provided a separate competition category.
The 2025 event listings specified:
- Race-to-3 competition
- Eight-minute game time
- Registration fee of RM650 per team
The advertised maximum entry varied between rounds, with thirteen teams listed for Leg 2 and fourteen for Leg 3.
The published prize schedules also differed slightly between the rounds.
| Position | Leg 2 advertised prize | Leg 3 advertised prize |
|---|---|---|
| First | RM3,500 | RM3,500 |
| Second | RM2,000 | RM2,000 |
| Third | RM1,500 | RM1,000 |
| Fourth | RM800 | RM800 |
The variation demonstrates that published prizes and entry limits were not necessarily identical at every leg.[2][5]
Paintballs and equipment
[edit]The Leg 2 listing advertised paintballs at RM195 per box.
The available event listings do not provide a complete technical rulebook covering marker firing modes, rate-of-fire limits, velocity limits or player classification procedures.
Rules used by other Malaysian leagues should not automatically be attributed to SLRS.
Tournament venues
[edit]Cyberjaya Paintball Park
[edit]Cyberjaya Paintball Park was the principal documented venue for the Southernlegion Race Series.
The park operated at Kelab Komuniti Taman Tasik Cyberjaya, Jalan Kelab, off Persiaran Semarak Api, Cyberjaya, Selangor.[7]
Its website described five playing fields:
- Two tournament-sized speedball fields
- Three recreational paintball fields
The speedball facilities included inflatable bunkers and other tournament obstacles.
The venue also provided access to changing rooms, a surau, food and beverage facilities and other club amenities.[8]
Cyberjaya Paintball Park hosted the documented SLRS championship in November 2024 and multiple rounds during 2025.
Closure of the Cyberjaya location
[edit]On 22 May 2026, Cyberjaya Paintball Park announced that its final month of operation at Kelab Komuniti Taman Tasik Cyberjaya would be May 2026.
The operators stated that the business had been active since 2010, representing approximately sixteen years of operation.[4]
The announcement thanked Kelab Southernlegion, competitive teams, commercial partners and the wider Malaysian paintball community.
It identified a Southern Legion Race tournament scheduled for 23–24 May 2026 as the final tournament at the location.
The closure represented a significant change to the infrastructure supporting SLRS.
It should not be interpreted as confirmation that Southern Legion itself closed or that the Race Series was discontinued.
Southernlegion Paintball at Gamuda Cove
[edit]A separate Southernlegion Paintball location is listed at Gamuda Cove, Selangor.
The public listing identifies a Southernlegion contact number and links to the organisation's Facebook presence.[9]
The relationship between the Gamuda Cove location and the historical Cyberjaya Paintball Park requires further documentation.
In particular, the available evidence does not conclusively establish whether Gamuda Cove became the permanent successor venue for all Southernlegion Race Series events.
Grassroots development
[edit]Southernlegion Rookie Cup
[edit]Southernlegion also organised an introductory tournament called the Southernlegion Rookie Cup.
The 2025 event was advertised for 6 September at Cyberjaya Paintball Park.[10]
The published competition format was M5, with five-minute games.
The tournament used a Rookie category and specified:
- Seven-player team rosters
- House markers only
- One hundred paintballs per game
- Paintballs included in registration
- Maximum advertised entry of eighteen teams
- Registration fee of RM700 per team
The published prizes were:
| Position | Advertised prize |
|---|---|
| First | RM599 |
| Second | RM499 |
| Third | RM399 |
| Fourth | RM299 |
The event offered a competition format with controlled equipment and paintball allocations.
These arrangements distinguished it from the Open and Division 3 categories of the Southernlegion Race Series.
The Rookie Cup should be documented as a related competition rather than automatically treated as an official championship leg.
Women's paintball
[edit]Southern Legion has also been associated with women's tournament paintball.
The April 2026 issue of Paintball Media Magazine listed a Southern Legion 3v3 Girls competition, Leg 2, scheduled for 5 September 2026 in Cyberjaya.[11]
The listing provides evidence of a women's competition associated with Southern Legion.
However, it does not establish that the women's event formed part of the main Southernlegion Race Series championship.
The final venue and results of the advertised September event require verification, particularly in light of the announced closure of Cyberjaya Paintball Park's original location.
Organisation
[edit]Kelab Southernlegion
[edit]Kelab Southernlegion is a Malaysian paintball organisation associated with tournament administration, officiating and competitive paintball.
A 2011 Universiti Putra Malaysia tournament rulebook identified the club as responsible for refereeing and competition arrangements.
The document specified that Southern Legion personnel would organise match schedules, provide referees and administer competition procedures.[3]
The club was subsequently associated with the Southernlegion Race Series.
Cyberjaya Paintball Park publicly thanked Kelab Southernlegion in its May 2026 closure announcement.
The club's legal registration details and the precise administrative structure of SLRS have not been independently established.
Tournament administration
[edit]The 2024 and 2025 SLRS event listings identified Farah as a registration contact.
The Malaysia Paintball tournament directory published information about registration deadlines, competition divisions, entry fees, team limits and prizes.
The available records do not establish the names of all tournament directors or the complete refereeing arrangements for the 2025 championship.
Relationship to other Malaysian leagues
[edit]The Southernlegion Race Series operated alongside several other Malaysian tournament paintball competitions.
These included:
- Malaysia Paintball League
- Malaysian X-Ball League
- Malaysia Paintball Super League
- Malaysian Super Seven Championship
SLRS used Open and Division 3 categories during the documented 2025 season.
The Malaysia Paintball League used Open and Amateur categories, while the Malaysian X-Ball League advertised Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3 X-Ball competition.
These leagues formed part of the wider Malaysian tournament environment but should not be treated as a single organisation.
No verified evidence establishes that Southernlegion Race Series was a direct successor to the earlier Malaysian National Paintball League or Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit.
Historical significance
[edit]The Southernlegion Race Series represents a documented multi-round Malaysian paintball championship operating during the 2020s.
Its Open and Division 3 competitions provided regular opportunities for competitive teams in Selangor.
The associated Southernlegion Rookie Cup also offered an introductory competition using restricted equipment and paintball allocations.
The Southern Legion organisation has a longer documented history, with evidence of tournament administration and refereeing activities dating to 2011.
The series' association with Cyberjaya Paintball Park is historically significant.
The park operated for approximately sixteen years before announcing the closure of its Cyberjaya location in May 2026.
The loss of this long-running venue marked an important transition for Southern Legion and the wider Selangor paintball community.
Further research is required to establish the Race Series' founding year, complete championship results, past winners and subsequent venues.
Timeline
[edit]| Year | Development |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Kelab Southern Legion documented as providing referees and tournament administration for a Universiti Putra Malaysia competition |
| 2024 | Southernlegion Race Series Championship listed for 2–3 November at Cyberjaya Paintball Park |
| 2025 | Four-leg Southernlegion Race Series season documented |
| July 2025 | SLRS Leg 2 advertised at Cyberjaya Paintball Park |
| September 2025 | Southernlegion Rookie Cup advertised |
| October 2025 | SLRS Leg 3 advertised at Cyberjaya Paintball Park |
| December 2025 | SLRS Leg 4 advertised at Cyberjaya Paintball Park |
| May 2026 | Cyberjaya Paintball Park announces closure of its original location and a final Southern Legion Race tournament |
| September 2026 | Southern Legion 3v3 Girls Leg 2 appears in a published tournament calendar |
See also
[edit]- Paintball in Malaysia
- Cyberjaya Paintball Park
- Southern Legion Paintball
- Southernlegion Rookie Cup
- Malaysia Paintball League
- Malaysian X-Ball League
- Malaysia Paintball Super League
- Malaysian National Paintball League
- Malaysian Paintball Official Circuit
References
[edit]- "SLRS: Southernlegion Race Series Championship", Malaysia Paintball tournament directory. Event listing for 2–3 November 2024.
- "SLRS: Southernlegion Race Series 2025 Leg 2", Malaysia Paintball tournament directory. Divisions, fees, formats and advertised prizes.
- "Peraturan Kejohanan Paintball UPM 2011", Universiti Putra Malaysia tournament regulations, 2011. Historical reference to Kelab Southern Legion's officiating and tournament administration.
- "Cyberjaya Paintball Park", public announcements, 22 May 2026. Closure announcement and Southern Legion Race Series history.
- "SLRS: Southernlegion Race Series 2025 Leg 3", Malaysia Paintball tournament directory.
- "Malaysia Paintball", tournament directory listing Southernlegion Race Series 2025 Leg 4.
- "Contact Us", Cyberjaya Paintball Park. Historical venue address.
- "About Us", Cyberjaya Paintball Park. Description of speedball and recreational facilities.
- "Southernlegion Paintball, Gamuda Cove", Waze business listing.
- "Southernlegion Rookie Cup 2025", Malaysia Paintball tournament directory. Event rules and registration details.
- "Paintball Media Magazine, April 2026, page 51", women's tournament calendar including Southern Legion 3v3 Girls.