Editing Blackwood Hunters (Australian Paintball Team) (section)

== History ==

=== 1991 Southern Cross Masters ===

A retrospective photographic account published by ''Paint'' identifies Blackwood Hunters as the winner of the Southern Cross Masters Invitational, held in Newcastle in 1991.[3]

The account describes a ten-player tournament and records the visiting American team Green Machine as runner-up.[3]

=== Frankston Five-Man Tournament ===

Blackwood Hunters competed at the Frankston Five-Man Tournament at Splatball Village in Frankston, Victoria. Twelve teams entered the competition, which used rental SL-II pump markers, an 80-paintball limit and centre-flag games.[1]

The Hunters qualified for the four-team finals and won all three of their finals-round games. They then defeated [[Challenge Raiders (Australian Paintball Team)|Challenge Raiders]] in the championship game to win the tournament.[1]

The contemporary report was published in January 1996 but does not establish the tournament's date.[1]

=== Former members in Apparition ===

A report on the [[1998 Victorian Five-Man Masters]] identified former Blackwood Hunters members within [[Apparition (Australian Paintball Team)|Apparition]], the home team at Paintball Action Games near Ballan.[2]

Apparition supplied the core refereeing staff for that tournament. The report stated that some of its players had more than ten years of paintball experience, but did not identify the individual former Hunters members.[2]