Editing 2002 Northland Open

The '''2002 Northland Open''' was a seven-player paintball tournament held at Paintball West in Auckland, organised by Wayne Rolleston. Eight teams competed, with [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] winning Division One and [[Tag and Training]] winning Division Two.[1]

== Organisation and venue ==
Organisation of the [[Northland Open]] passed to Rolleston after Brent Matthews, who had organised previous editions in Whangārei with Paint Contractors, was unable to run the 2002 event.[1]

An announcement published on 30 December 2001 advertised the tournament for 16 March 2002 at Kumeu Showgrounds, with unlimited paint and an entry fee of NZ$100 per team. The subsequent tournament report confirms that the event took place at Paintball West's Auckland site, but does not specify the playing date or name the showgrounds.[1][2]

== Format ==
Teams played seven-a-side games with a flag at each end of an inflatable field, using New Zealand Paintball Players Association rules. Phantom and [[Kamo Karzi]] supplied the referees.[1]

== Results ==
Saints finished first in the combined standings with 666 points. Tag and Training finished second overall with 503 points and won Division Two.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Overall place !! Team !! Points !! Division
|-
| 1 || [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] || 666 || Division One winner
|-
| 2 || [[Tag and Training]] || 503 || Division Two winner
|-
| 3 || Havoc || 430 || Division Two
|-
| 4 || [[Tag n' Release|Tag and Release]] || 410 || Division One
|-
| 5 || Titans || 403 || Division One
|-
| 6 || Goblins || 235 || Division Two
|-
| 7 || [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]] || 118 || Division One
|-
| 8 || Marksmen || 57 || Division Two
|}

Havoc, whose squad included guest players from [[Team Insane]], defeated Tag and Release and Katipo. Goblins also defeated Katipo and overcame Havoc after falling behind during their game.[1]

== Award ==
Adam Pinfold of Goblins received the award described in the tournament report as '''Player of the Match'''.[1]

== See also ==
* [[Northland Open]]
* [[2001 Northland Open]]

== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192035/http://www.paintball.co.nz/north2002.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2002 Northland Paintball Open'', NZ Paintball Online, archived 6 August 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020115005115/http://pub73.ezboard.com:80/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=30.topic ''24 th Feb Rotorua and Northland open date'', NZ Paintball Message Forum, 30 December 2001–3 January 2002, archived 15 January 2002.]

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