Flag Football- lets just say, its a miniature version of American Football, in Malaysia, we play with 7 people each sides, and we dont tackle, tackling the players is substituted with pulling the flags which every players must wear. want more details? come see us practice every tuesday,wednesday and thursday, 5.30pm at the Male Sport Complex, IIUM, backfield....the one near to the tennis and futsal courts. Not satisfied? go ask abang Google.
So then, flag football in Malaysia, I'm not so good with details, but it started in 2004 if I'm not mistaken, a few friends, just finished their studies in the US and come back and started playing. Then with more more people coming in, establishing newer teams and all, with the first committee of Malaysian Flag Football Assoc. (MAFFA), they decided to play seriously, with teams competing in the season and all. This year would be the 3rd official season.
The team I'm playing with is called "Emperors", based in IIUM, Gombak, a bit of publicity shy, a bit not known, and not really recognize by IIUM. Our captain Azwar Zaim, established the team, recruiting local and foreign players, then with some internal conflict, the team was divided into two team, the Emperors, and the Rebels. Basically, my team is just your typical underdog team, with only 2 veteran players, few lasted for 2 years, and many many rookies. But we trained, and lately being helped from Malaysia's top team, TheyHateUs, we learned a lot, and seeking experience for the tournament.
So, im not going to much into flag football, but about the last tournament.....
There was 4 teams played in this tournament, at Sunway University field, Sunway Storms, Emperors, TheyHateUs and Subang Tridents, and our team was helped by a old team Setiawangsa Stingers, who is re-branding themselves as Pythons and entered this tournament under our team and some played for TheyHateUs.
Our First Game, Sunway Storms vs Emperors
Started off wildly, for a no-tackle game, tackles are flying everywhere. Our main RB got injured, with inexperience players, we could not secure a good game, a flowing game. Offense was being run down, Defense was showing gaps, but we survived and proudly scored a Touchdown, so they game ended with us losing 18-6.
Our Second Game, TheyHateUs vs Emperors
Since TheyHateUs are the team who helped us train and all, the game went smoothly. And of course, losing too. But we scored a nice TD after intercepting a pass, a perfect long throw by our QB to the WR who is from Pythons. Nice TD, nice game, we lost 24-6
Our Third and last Game, Tridents vs Emperors
Tridents is also a secure and stable team as TheyHateUs, a lot of players, got coach and all, and very experienced. A nice game, since our game was the last game of the tournament, simple and easy. In this game, we managed to bring a player from PJ Dawgs team and help us. We lost 20-6 in this game.
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| Against TheyHateUs |
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| Got pass two Offensive Linemen |
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| Group Photo with the Tridents and current MAFFA President, Cuz(black jersey no 75) |
Overall, for a team full of rookies scoring a TD in every game is huge, we have a lot of room to improve, to learn and to gain more experience. Hopefully we all can play in the Season as a team, since the Season starts when we are having our finals here in IIU.....best wishes, and good luck to all of us
