Editing 7DS (New Zealand Paintball Team)

'''7DS''', also written as '''7 D.S''' and expanded as '''Seven Deadly Sins''', was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team captained by Charles Champness. The team competed in Division 2 of the Auckland Super 5s series during 2006 and 2007.[1][2]

7DS finished seventh in the 2006 Division 2 championship. After the first six documented rounds of the 2007 season, it was third in the interim Division 2 standings.[1][2]

== History ==

=== 2006 season ===

7DS competed under the spelling ''7 D.S'' in Division 2 of the [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2006 Super 5s]]. The team finished seventh in the final championship standings with 3,221 points.[1]

In the final round on 3 December 2006, 7DS placed tenth in the combined classification and scored 224 points.[1]

=== 2007 season ===

7DS returned to Division 2 for the [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s]]. It competed in each of the six rounds for which results have been recovered between February and August.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

At the opening round on 25 February, 7DS finished third in Division 2 with 433 points. This was seventh place in the combined event classification.[2]

The team subsequently placed sixth overall in March, eighth in April, ninth in June and July, and seventh in August.[3][4][5][6][7]

After the August round, 7DS was third in the published interim Division 2 standings with 1,877 points, behind Sinista and Nemisis.[7] Later rounds were announced, but surviving results have not established the team's final 2007 championship position.

7DS also participated in the [[2007 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]] at Actions Paintball in Swanson. A contemporary attendance report described the entry as 7DS with additional players from Tauranga. The team did not appear among the four finalists; its final overall placing was not reported.[8]

== Players ==

A 2007 Super 5s team register listed the following 7DS personnel:[7]

{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Recorded role
|-
| Charles Champness
| Captain
|-
| Geoff Angrove
| Vice-captain
|-
| Derrick Moore
| Player
|-
| Chris Dawkins
| Player
|-
| Benjiman Hamilton
| Player
|-
| Matt Tapuru
| Player
|-
| Zac Young
| Player
|}

The register documents the team personnel recorded during the 2007 series; it does not establish that every listed player appeared in every round.

== Team identity ==

New Zealand records use the forms ''7 D.S'', ''7 d.s'' and ''7DS'' for the Charles Champness-led team.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The initials expanded to ''Seven Deadly Sins''.

The New Zealand team was unrelated to American teams recorded by PBLeagues under the names ''7 Deadly Sins'' and ''7 Deadly Sins – Wrath''. Results belonging to those American teams are not included here.

== Tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! Tournament
! Result
! Points
|-
| 3 December 2006
| [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2006 Super 5s final round]]
| 10th overall
| 224[1]
|-
| 2006 season
| [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2006 Super 5s Division 2 championship]]
| 7th
| 3,221[1]
|-
| 25 February 2007
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 1]]
| 3rd, Division 2; 7th overall
| 433[2]
|-
| 25 March 2007
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 2]]
| 6th overall
| 277[3]
|-
| 22 April 2007
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 3]]
| 8th overall
| 359[4]
|-
| 24 June 2007
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 4]]
| 9th overall
| 365[5]
|-
| 22 July 2007
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 5]]
| 9th overall
| 159[6]
|-
| 26 August 2007
| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 Super 5s Round 6]]
| 7th overall
| 284[7]
|-
| 20–21 October 2007
| [[2007 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| Participated; final placing not reported
| —[8]
|}

== See also ==

* [[Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071333/http://p069.ezboard.com/December-super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=360.topic “December super 5's scores”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 4 December 2006.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071558/http://p069.ezboard.com/Super-5s-round-1-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=366.topic “Super 5's round 1 scores”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 26 February 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071526/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-2-Super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=370.topic “Round 2 Super 5's scores”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 27 March 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071528/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-3-super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=374.topic “Round 3 super 5's scores”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 25 April 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011113805/http://p069.ezboard.com/June-super-fives/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=376.topic “June super fives”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, results posted 25 June 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011210009/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-5-super-5s-scores--july-/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=380.topic “Round 5 super 5's scores (July)”, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 26 July 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218070622/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=703 “Auckland Super 5's Series Thread”, NZ P8NT, including results, interim standings and team register, 2007.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018194641/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-574.html “National Champs”, NZ P8NT, October 2007.]

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