Editing 1998 Auckland Easter Tournament

The '''1998 Auckland Easter Tournament''' was a five-player paintball tournament held on 12 April 1998 at [[Actions Paintball Sports Arena]] in Auckland, New Zealand. Seven teams competed, with [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints Gold]] winning ahead of [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]].[1]

== Organisation and format ==
The tournament was arranged with less than two weeks' notice after a planned Wellington competition failed to materialise. All seven teams that entered attended.[1]

Games used a centre flag on the venue's Bunker field and lasted ten minutes. The competition followed the 1996 APPL rules with a one-for-one rule added and modified scoring awarding 20 points for the first flag pull.[1]

Each team played six preliminary matches. The leading four advanced to a finals round, with scores reset to zero and each finalist playing three further matches. The event comprised 27 games.[1]

== Results ==
=== Preliminary round ===
The maximum available preliminary score was 600 points.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position !! Team !! Points
|-
| 1 || [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints Gold]] || 580
|-
| 2 || [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]] || 400
|-
| 3 || Paint Contractors || 316
|-
| 4 || [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints Black]] || 294
|-
| 5 || [[House Steiner]] || 260
|-
| 6 || Icemen || 160
|-
| 7 || Ravens || 68
|}

=== Finals ===
Finals scores were separate from the preliminary totals, with a maximum of 300 points available.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Place !! Team !! Final points
|-
| 1 || [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints Gold]] || 244
|-
| 2 || [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]] || 132
|-
| 3 || [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints Black]] || 42
|-
| 4 || Paint Contractors || Not recorded
|}

The report confirms Paint Contractors' fourth place but does not supply its final-round score.[1]

== Easter Challenge Cup ==
Kyn awarded the Easter Challenge Cup to [[House Steiner]] in recognition of the team's effort in travelling to the tournament.[1]

== See also ==
* [[1999 Auckland Easter Tournament]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020813010256/http://www.paintball.co.nz/estr98.htm Ian McDonald, ''The 1998 Auckland Easter Tournament'', NZ Paintball Online, archived 13 August 2002.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]