Editing Shadow Hawks (New Zealand Paintball Team)

{{Short description|New Zealand tournament paintball team}}

'''Shadow Hawks''' was a New Zealand competitive [[paintball]] team documented in national league records during 1998 and 1999. The team was recorded as '''Shadow Hawkes''' in the 1999 [[Valhalla National Rankings]].[1][2][3]

== History ==

=== 1998 NPL Division Two ===

Shadow Hawks was listed among the 12 teams in the 1998 SplatMan/NPL Division Two league. Information dated 8 March 1998 identified '''Craig Cubitt''' as the team's manager. The source does not establish that he was captain.[1]

The league used centre-flag matches played over two ten-minute ends. Its published points system awarded three league points for a win, two for a draw, one for a loss, none for a no-show and three for a bye.[1]

A separately preserved results page recorded Shadow Hawks with 10 league points. The page did not provide a final position for the team or state whether the table represented a completed season, so the result should not be converted into an inferred final placing.[2]

=== 1999 Valhalla ranking ===

The retrospective 1999 Valhalla National Rankings listed the team as '''Shadow Hawkes'''. It was tied for twenty-first with Lycka, with both teams receiving a calculated ranking score of 2. The Valhalla figure was a ranking value rather than a tournament score or national championship placing.[3]

The 1998 Shadow Hawks and 1999 Shadow Hawkes records are treated as referring to the same team based on contributor identification. No shared roster has been recovered to establish the relationship independently.

== Documented personnel ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Person
! Documented association
|-
| Craig Cubitt
| Listed as Shadow Hawks team manager in March 1998; the source does not identify him as captain.[1]
|}

== Competition record ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Competition
! Recorded result
|-
| 1998
| SplatMan/NPL Division Two league
| 10 published league points; no final position stated.[2]
|-
| 1999
| [[Valhalla National Rankings]]
| Equal 21st under the spelling Shadow Hawkes; ranking score 2.[3]
|}

== See also ==

* [[Valhalla National Rankings]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020606144228/http://www.paintball.co.nz/div298.htm The 1998 “SplatMan” Division 2 League]. Information from Dave Pellet dated 8 March 1998, compiled by Rob Maddox, ''paintball.co.nz''. Team list, league format and managers.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613121455/http://www.paintball.co.nz/npld298.htm The 1998 NPL Division 2 League Results]. ''paintball.co.nz''. Published league-points table.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm Valhalla 1999 Hall of Heroes]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Retrospective 1999 New Zealand team rankings.

[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]
[[Category:1990s in New Zealand paintball]]