Bradley Chapman, Alex Pryde, Di Vonte Semple, Jacob Hartland, Damon Cross and Shane Johnson will take on some of the best at the Super 7s competition in Rouse Hill on November 13.

It is the top level of competition paintball in the country.

They will represent Rapidfire Paintball and hope to not only make their mark on this competition, but many more in 2017.

Chapman started playing paintball for recreational purposes with some friends. It has grown into something more serious.

“I was playing one weekend and was asked to join the B.A.D team and it’s grown from there,” he said.

“I’ve just bought all of my own gear and paintball gun so it’s starting to take on a more serious role.”

Paintball can “definitely take you places” according to Chapman. Especially overseas in countries such as America, where the sport is huge.

“You can even win some big money,” he said.

“Because we haven’t entered in any other major competitions we can’t progress very far this year, but this will be a great learning curve to take us further in the future.”

Fun and games for some, the serious competitors such as Chapman and his teammates put in a lot of man hours to perfect their skills.

“It takes a lot of stamina to continually compete in paintball,” he said.

“You also wear a lot of gear, a mask and a 20 kilogram gun. You have to learn to dash, run and slide with all of that on. It’s a harder sport than people might think.”

In 2017 they plan to compete in many more tournaments than they did this year, and potentially enter into more prestigious events.