Editing KMA (Australian Paintball Team)

'''KMA''' was an Australian tournament [[paintball]] team documented in Victorian competition during the 1990s. The team won the amateur division of the [[1998 Victorian Five-Man Masters]].[1]

== History ==

=== 1996 Victorian Three-Man Series ===

KMA competed in the [[1996 Victorian Three-Man Series]], organised by the [[Victorian Paintball Players Association]]. The team finished thirteenth in the published overall standings with 236 points.[2]

=== 1998 Victorian Five-Man Masters ===

KMA won the amateur division of the 1998 Victorian Five-Man Masters at Paintball Action Games near Ballan, Victoria. The contemporary report identified KMA as a local team.[1]

Twelve teams contested professional and amateur divisions, with four teams from each division advancing to the finals. KMA secured the amateur championship after defeating [[X Rated (Australian Paintball Team)|X Rated Green]]. The deciding game ended with one surviving KMA player returning the flag.[1]

KMA finished ahead of X Rated Green, X Rated Blue and [[The Creed (Australian Paintball Team)|The Creed]] in the final amateur standings.[1]

=== 1998 Victorian Three-Man Tournament ===

KMA also competed at the [[1998 Victorian Three-Man Tournament]], organised by the Victorian Paintball Players Association at the [[Peninsula Paintball Club]]'s Frankston site.[3]

The contemporary report describes a preliminary game in which KMA lost to Xtreme. KMA was among six entrants but did not qualify for the three-team finals. Its final placing was not reported.[3]

== Recorded tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Competition
! Result
! Source
|-
| 1996
| [[1996 Victorian Three-Man Series]]
| 13th; 236 series points
| [2]
|-
| 1998
| [[1998 Victorian Five-Man Masters]]
| 1st, amateur division
| [1]
|-
| 1998
| [[1998 Victorian Three-Man Tournament]]
| Did not reach the finals
| [3]
|}

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/19981205142254/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint8/vic_masters.html 5 Man Victorian Masters]. Mike Wallis, ''Paint'', issue 8, May 1998.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/19990220102941/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint5/vic.html Three’s a Crowd]. Mic Bradshaw, ''Paint'', issue 5, March 1997.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/19981206011609/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint9/vic_3man.html 1998 Victorian 3 Man]. Mike Wallis, ''Paint'', issue 9, September 1998.

[[Category:Australian paintball teams]]
[[Category:Paintball teams]]
[[Category:Paintball in Victoria]]
[[Category:1990s in Australian paintball]]
[[Category:1990s in paintball]]