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'''Monkeys''' was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team documented in three-player competition during 2005 and 2008. The team finished second in the opening round of the [[2005 Hamilton 3x Series]] and third in its second round.[1][2] It later placed second in the opening round of the [[2008 Hamilton 3s]].[3]

Monkeys is treated as distinct from [[Clown Monkeys (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Clown Monkeys]], a Christchurch-based team documented in competition from 2009. The available sources do not establish a shared roster or organisational relationship between the two teams.

== History ==

=== 2005 Hamilton 3x Series ===

Monkeys competed in the opening round of the 2005 Hamilton 3x Series on 10 July 2005. It finished second among twelve teams with 814 points, behind [[Running With Scissors (New Zealand paintball team)|Running with Scissors]] and ahead of Karnage. The result gave Monkeys four series points.[1]

At the second round on 11 September 2005, Monkeys scored 696 points and finished third behind Running With Scissors and [[Wellington Hybrid|Hybrid]]. The interim standings published after the round placed Monkeys second in the series with ten points.[2]

The organiser also recorded a Monkeys game against [[Blind V (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Blind V]] lasting 22.82 seconds, including the flag hang.[2] No completed third round or final championship table has been identified in the inspected records.

=== 2008 Hamilton 3s ===

Monkeys returned to documented competition in the opening round of the 2008 Hamilton 3s, held on 3 February at Horsham Downs. The team finished second behind Gypsys. The organiser published the players’ first names as Charles, Matt and Seth.[3] Charles has been identified as Charles Champness and Seth as Seth Brown. Matt's surname has not been established.

At the second round on 6 April, Monkeys and Team Samich were listed together as occupying third and fourth places. The contemporary result did not distinguish which team held each position, so an individual placing is not assigned.[4]

Monkeys was absent from the published results for the third round on 8 June.[5] The surviving records do not establish whether the 2005 and 2008 appearances represent continuous activity between those seasons.

== Recorded tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Tournament
! Published entry
! Result
|-
| 10 July 2005
| [[2005 Hamilton 3x Series|Hamilton 3x Series, Round 1]]
| Monkeys
| 2nd of 12; 814 points
|-
| 11 September 2005
| [[2005 Hamilton 3x Series|Hamilton 3x Series, Round 2]]
| Monkeys
| 3rd of 11; 696 points
|-
| 3 February 2008
| [[2008 Hamilton 3s|Hamilton 3s, Round 1]]
| Monkeys
| 2nd of 7
|-
| 6 April 2008
| [[2008 Hamilton 3s|Hamilton 3s, Round 2]]
| Monkeys
| Listed jointly across 3rd and 4th with Team Samich
|}

== Documented players ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Player
! Evidence
|-
| Charles Champness
| Published as Charles in the Monkeys line-up for the first round of the 2008 Hamilton 3s.[3]
|-
| Matt
| Listed by first name in the Monkeys line-up for the first round of the 2008 Hamilton 3s; surname not established.[3]
|-
| Seth Brown
| Published as Seth in the Monkeys line-up for the first round of the 2008 Hamilton 3s.[3]
|}

The available source documents one event line-up rather than a complete standing roster.

== See also ==

* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[Clown Monkeys (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]
* [[2005 Hamilton 3x Series]]
* [[2008 Hamilton 3s]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218111754/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=287.topic ''3x Results for Round 1''], NZ Paintball Message Forum, 10 July 2005.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207193604/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=15 ''Hamilton 3x Series Round 2''], Paintball.net.nz, September 2005.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018194749/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-1590.html ''Hamilton 3s Round 1 results''], Paintball.net.nz, February 2008.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018194928/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-1673.html ''Hamilton 3s Round 2 results''], Paintball.net.nz, April 2008.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018194625/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-1791.html ''Hamilton 3s Round 3 results''], Paintball.net.nz, June 2008.

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