1993 Pacific Stockgun Paintball Championships
The 1993 Pacific Stockgun Paintball Championships was a five-player stock-class paintball tournament held at Island Paintball Sports at Kualoa Ranch on Oahu, Hawaii, United States. Organised by field owner and operator Lindy “EL-T” Terao, it brought together Hawaiian teams, visiting California teams and a combined Hawaii–California squad.[1]
Combat Crew won the tournament, followed by C and H, Squids with Cannons and Team TASO.[1]
Venue
[edit]Island Paintball Sports was situated at Kualoa Ranch on the windward side of Oahu, near Kaneohe. Its playing field combined large trees and constructed bunkers with hills, smaller trees and low brush.[1]
Format and equipment
[edit]The competition used a five-player capture-the-flag format. The intended schedule required each team to play every other team once, with trophies for the first three finishers.[1]
Only stock-class markers were permitted. The event's rules required a single 12-gram carbon-dioxide cartridge and a parallel-feed system. Direct-feed systems and constant-air supplies were prohibited, while auto-triggers were allowed.[1]
Time restrictions led the team captains to end the tournament after six rounds rather than the planned eight. Not every team therefore completed the intended round-robin schedule.[1]
Members of Counterstrike and Tropical Lightning refereed the competition.[1]
Participating teams
[edit]The Hawaiian entrants were:[1]
- Banana Peels
- Combat Crew
- D and D
- Ronin Dat
- Ronin Dis
- Semis Only, associated with Tropical Lightning
Team TASO and Squids with Cannons represented California. C and H combined players from California's Good, Bad and Deadly and Hawaii's Tropical Lightning.[1]
Results
[edit]| Position | Team | Composition |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Combat Crew | Hawaii |
| 2 | C and H | Combined California–Hawaii team |
| 3 | Squids with Cannons | California |
| 4 | Team TASO | California |
Source: Rob Kerr's contemporary tournament report.[1]
Equipment and sponsorship
[edit]Prize and equipment contributors included Component Concepts, TASO, B and M Paintball, Sandana, JT USA, Unique Sporting, Carter Machine Products and Pursuit Marketing Inc.[1]
TASO representatives John Pope, Paul Price and Isaac Griego displayed a new stock-class marker at the event.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Rob Kerr, “The 1993 Pacific Stockgun Paintball Championships”, Action Pursuit Games, January 1994, pp. 48–49, 92 and 95.