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'''Tomcats''', also recorded as '''Tom Cats''', was an Australian tournament [[paintball]] team from New South Wales. The team reached the amateur finals at the 1996 [[Australian Masters]] and finished third in the amateur division of the [[1998 Australian Seven-Player Paintball Championships]].[1][2][3]

== History ==

=== 1995 competition ===

Tomcats competed at the Sydney Skirmish Sevens at Ultimate Skirmish Game in Yarramundi in April 1995 but did not advance beyond the preliminary stage.[4]

Entries named Tomcats Red and Tomcats Blue also competed in the amateur division of the [[1995 Australian Three-Man Speedball Championships]] at Heartbreak Ridge Paintball on 5 November 1995. The contemporary report does not establish their final placings.[5]

Tomcats placed third in ''Australian Paintballer'''s national amateur rankings for the 1995 season, receiving 62.00 ranking points.[3]

=== 1996 Australian Masters ===

Tomcats competed in the amateur division of the 1996 Australian Masters at Skirmish Adventures in Helensburgh, New South Wales.[1]

The team qualified for the four-team amateur finals alongside Vengeance, Black Widows and Acme. The contemporary report identifies Tomcats as a finalist but does not establish its final placing.[1]

=== 1998 Australian Seven-Player Championships ===

Tomcats competed among eight amateur teams at the 1998 Australian Seven-Player Paintball Championships at Yarramundi.[2]

The team finished fourth in the amateur preliminary standings with 335 points, qualifying for the finals. It defeated Wasp during the finals and finished third overall with 120 points.[2]

== Leadership and league representation ==

John Arronis identified himself as Tomcats' captain in correspondence published in June–July 1995.[6]

In 1996, Arronis was listed as vice-president of the [[Australasian Paintball Players League]], with Tomcats given as his team affiliation.[7]

== Recorded results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Competition
! Result
! Source
|-
| 1995
| Sydney Skirmish Sevens
| Did not advance beyond the preliminaries
| [4]
|-
| 1995
| Australian Paintballer national amateur rankings
| 3rd; 62.00 ranking points
| [3]
|-
| 1996
| Australian Masters
| Amateur finalist; final placing not established
| [1]
|-
| 1998
| [[1998 Australian Seven-Player Paintball Championships]]
| 3rd, amateur division; 120 finals points
| [2]
|}

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/19981206035630/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint4/masters.html Australian Masters]. Kez Svanberg, ''War Paint'', issue 4, November 1996.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/19981203101247/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint9/aus_7player.html 1998 Australian 7 Man]. Simon Morrison, ''Paint'', issue 9, September 1998.
# “1995 Australian Team Rankings”, ''Australian Paintballer'', April–June 1996, p. 29.
# Rod Lewis, “Black Reign Weathers the Storm at the Sydney Skirmish Sevens”, ''Australian Paintballer'', June–July 1995, pp. 50–52.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/19981205023709/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint1/3man.htm 3 Man Speedball Championships]. ''War Paint'', issue 1, January 1996.
# John Arronis, correspondence concerning tournament paintball, ''Australian Paintballer'', June–July 1995, p. 18.
# “APPL — Australasian Paintball Players League”, ''Australian Paintballer'', April–June 1996, p. 24.

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