Editing K.S.B. (New Zealand Paintball Team)

{{Short description|New Zealand tournament paintball team}}

'''K.S.B.''' was a New Zealand competitive [[paintball]] team based in Dunedin. The team finished third at the [[1998 National Three-Man Centre Flag Competition]] in Invercargill.[1]

== Tournament history ==

K.S.B. competed in the Invercargill tournament over Queen's Birthday weekend in 1998. Four teams played six matches each over one and a half days, using three-player centre-flag games on two fields.[1]

The contemporary report identified '''Kerry Brooks''' as K.S.B.'s captain, with '''Steve Sharpe''' and '''Brian “B2” Thornley''' completing the three-player entry. The source spells Thornley's forename “Bryan”; his individual profile and other contemporary reports use Brian.[1][2]

K.S.B. recorded 224 points in the published end-results table and finished third. The team did not advance to the final, which was contested by S.L.O.B.s and WarPigs.[1]

Thornley was also associated with the Dunedin team [[Flashpoint (New Zealand)|Flashpoint]]. His participation with K.S.B. documents a personnel connection, but the available evidence does not establish that K.S.B. was an alternative name for Flashpoint.[1][2]

No reliable source has been found explaining the initials K.S.B. A previously reconstructed 2007 appearance could not be verified and is not included.

== Documented personnel ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Person
! Documented role
|-
| Kerry Brooks
| Captain at the 1998 National Three-Man Centre Flag Competition.[1]
|-
| Steve Sharpe
| Player at the 1998 National Three-Man Centre Flag Competition.[1]
|-
| Brian “B2” Thornley
| Player at the 1998 National Three-Man Centre Flag Competition; printed as Bryan Thornley in the report.[1][2]
|}

== Tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Tournament
! Result
! Points
|-
| 1998
| [[1998 National Three-Man Centre Flag Competition]]
| 3rd of 4
| 224[1]
|}

== See also ==

* [[Flashpoint (New Zealand)]]
* [[1998 National Three-Man Centre Flag Competition]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020812223935/http://www.paintball.co.nz/3manovr.htm Invercargill 3-man Results — June 1998]. Ken Ryder, ''paintball.co.nz''. Contemporary tournament report, roster and results.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020421082601/http://www.paintball.co.nz/whb2.htm Brian “B2” Thornley — Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball]. ''paintball.co.nz''. Individual profile using Brian as Thornley's forename and documenting his Flashpoint association.

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