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'''Assault Korps''' was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team documented in national competition during 1999 and 2000. It won the Second Division at the 2000 Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament and placed seventh in the 2000 [[Valhalla National Rankings]].[3][5]

The spelling '''Assault Corps''' is treated as a spelling variant rather than a separate New Zealand team. No source inspected for this article establishes that Assault Korps was a second squad of [[Paint Contractors (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Paint Contractors]] or that the two teams shared an organisation.

== History ==

=== 1999 ===

On 6 June 1999, Assault Korps competed in a twelve-team, five-player tournament at Actions Paintball. It progressed into the six-team Secondary competition and finished third in that classification, behind Vipers and Ravens.[1]

At the [[1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]], held at Actions Paintball in Helensville on 23–24 October, Assault Korps finished eleventh of thirteen teams with 465 points. Chris O'Donnell was identified as an Assault Korps player and received the tournament's Kenny Award from the marshals.[2]

The 1999 [[Valhalla National Rankings]] placed Assault Korps sixteenth with a ranking score of 42.[5]

=== 2000 ===

Assault Korps won the Second Division at the Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament at Actions Paintball Sports Arena in Swanson on 4 June 2000. The contemporary report states that the team improved during the divisional final but does not provide its final-round score.[3]

At the [[2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]], held at Actions Paintball in Swanson on 21–22 October, Assault Korps competed in Division One. It scored 585 preliminary points, including five maximum-score games, but did not advance to the four-team divisional final.[4]

The 2000 Valhalla National Rankings placed Assault Korps seventh with a score of 74.5.[5] This is the latest confirmed result for a full Assault Korps entry identified in the inspected sources.

== Steve Nugent and the 2001 New Zealand scratch team ==

In September 2001, Steve Nugent represented a New Zealand scratch team at an APEC tournament round at Moama, Australia. A contemporary participant account called the entry '''Kiwis''' and placed it second behind Kaozs.[6]

Nugent replied from the forum account '''AssaultKorps''', signing his post as Steve, and wrote that “1st equal sounds better”. The reply did not provide a score or an official result sheet, so the participant account's stated second place is retained with the disagreement noted.[6] This appearance documents Nugent's connection with Assault Korps and the New Zealand scratch team; it was not an Assault Korps team entry.

== Recorded tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! Tournament
! Published entry
! Recorded result
|-
| 6 June 1999
| Actions Paintball five-player tournament
| Assault Korps
| 3rd in the Secondary competition
|-
| 23–24 October 1999
| [[1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| Assault Korps
| 11th; 465 points
|-
| 4 June 2000
| Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament
| Assault Korps
| 1st, Second Division
|-
| 21–22 October 2000
| [[2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| Assault Korps
| 585 preliminary points; did not advance to the Division One final
|}

== Documented players ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Evidence
|-
| Chris O'Donnell
| Identified as an Assault Korps player at the 1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals.[2]
|-
| Steve Nugent
| Posted from the AssaultKorps forum account in connection with the 2001 New Zealand scratch-team trip to Moama.[6]
|}

The available sources do not establish a complete standing roster or identify which tournaments Nugent played for Assault Korps.

== See also ==

* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
* [[Valhalla National Rankings]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20030407202809/http://www.paintball.co.nz/t060699.htm ''Five-player tournament at Actions Paintball, 6 June 1999'', Paintball.co.nz.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041204181559/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/1999/nats99.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 1999 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20021019221500/http://www.paintball.co.nz/queen2000.htm Rob Maddox, ''The Mayhem 2000 Queens Birthday Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613133336/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats00.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''1999 Valhalla National Rankings'']; [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2000Hall.htm ''2000 Valhalla National Rankings''.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020105181117/http://pub73.ezboard.com:80/fnzpaintballfrm2.showMessage?topicID=82.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum, contemporary accounts of the September 2001 APEC round at Moama, posted 25–27 September 2001.]

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