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'''Phantom Squad''' was an Australian tournament [[paintball]] team from New South Wales. Contemporary records document its participation in the 1995 New South Wales State Championships and Australian Five-Man Open. The team placed fifth in ''Australian Paintballer'''s national amateur rankings for the 1995 season.[1][2][3]

== Tournament history ==

=== 1995 New South Wales State Championships ===

Phantom Squad competed at the New South Wales State Championships at Skirmish Adventures Gunning on 12 February 1995.[1]

The team finished fifth in the seven-team preliminary standings with 237 points. It did not advance to the four-team finals, which were won by SWAT.[1]

=== 1995 Australian Five-Man Open ===

Phantom Squad competed at the Australian Five-Man Open at Adventure Quest Games' Mount White fields on 25–26 February 1995.[2]

Eight teams entered, each playing fourteen preliminary games before the leading four advanced to the finals. Phantom Squad finished sixth with 441 points and did not qualify for the finals.[2]

The contemporary report noted equipment difficulties and chronograph penalties. It also described a game against Black Reign in which Phantom Squad advanced towards the flag but ran out of time before securing it.[2]

=== National ranking ===

Phantom Squad placed fifth in ''Australian Paintballer'''s national amateur rankings for the 1995 season, receiving 37.00 ranking points. The rankings identified the team as being from New South Wales.[3]

== Recorded results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Competition
! Result
! Source
|-
| 1995
| New South Wales State Championships
| 5th in preliminaries; 237 points; did not reach the finals
| [1]
|-
| 1995
| Australian Five-Man Open, Mount White
| 6th in preliminaries; 441 points; did not reach the finals
| [2]
|-
| 1995
| Australian Paintballer national amateur rankings
| 5th; 37.00 ranking points
| [3]
|}

== References ==

# “SWAT Take Out NSW State Championships”, ''Australian Paintballer'', June–July 1995, p. 10.
# Paul Jurdeczka, “Jokers Wild at Australian Open”, ''Australian Paintballer'', June–July 1995, pp. 60–61.
# “1995 Australian Team Rankings”, ''Australian Paintballer'', April–June 1996, p. 29.

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