Editing 2003 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball

'''2003 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball''' was a seven-player paintball tournament held over Queen’s Birthday weekend at the Extreme Events venue in Auckland, New Zealand. Twelve teams competed in the event, which formed part of the New Zealand Paintball Players Association's “Big Three” series. [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]] won, followed by Raiders, [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] and Bad Karma.[1]

== Organisation and format ==

Wayne Rolleston was the principal organiser. Competition took place on two airball fields at the Extreme Events venue, which also hosted the monthly [[Super 5s (New Zealand)|Super 5s]] series. Team Phantom supplied most of the referees.[1]

Games used seven players per side, two flags and Millennium rules with local amendments. The format provided for each team to play the other eleven teams once, with the four highest-scoring teams advancing to a further round-robin final stage.[1]

== Results ==

=== Preliminary round ===

Saints led the preliminary competition with 1,076 points. Phoenix secured the fourth qualifying position with 701 points, three ahead of Katipo.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Preliminary points
|-
| 1
| [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]]
| 1,076
|-
| 2
| Bad Karma
| 884
|-
| 3
| Raiders
| 809
|-
| 4
| [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]]
| 701
|-
| 5
| [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]]
| 698
|-
| 6
| Spirit
| 646
|-
| 7
| [[Flashpoint (New Zealand)|Flashpoint]]
| 552
|-
| 8
| [[Damage Inc]]
| 460
|-
| 9
| Bad Karma #1
| 363
|-
| 10
| Phantom Legion
| 352
|-
| 11
| [[Kamo Karzi]]
| 341
|-
| 12
| The Fallen
| 63
|}

=== Finals ===

Phoenix won the final stage ahead of Raiders, Saints and Bad Karma. The contemporary report gives the finishing order without numerical final-round scores.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]]
|-
| 2
| Raiders
|-
| 3
| [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]]
|-
| 4
| Bad Karma
|}

=== Award ===

The Player of the Tournament award went to Jason of Raiders, whose surname was not supplied in the report.[1]

== See also ==

* [[2003 Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
* [[2004 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041011120622/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2003/qbw.htm Rob Maddox, Superball 2003 “Queens Birthday” Tournament, Paintball.co.nz, June 2003. Archived 11 October 2004.]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in Auckland]]
[[Category:2000s in New Zealand paintball]]