Admin: Created the 2006 Northland Open article from the surviving contemporary post-event report. Documented the eight-team, five-player indoor Auckland tournament, joint winners Kaos and Snipers, third-placed Legion, fourth-placed XXX, the reported Legion event squad and the limits of the surviving roster evidence.

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Created the 2006 Northland Open article from the surviving contemporary post-event report. Documented the eight-team, five-player indoor Auckland tournament, joint winners Kaos and Snipers, third-placed Legion, fourth-placed XXX, the reported Legion event squad and the limits of the surviving roster evidence.

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The '''2006 Northland Open''' was a five-player [[paintball]] tournament held at an indoor venue in Auckland, New Zealand. Eight teams competed. Kaos and Snipers were reported as joint winners, followed by Legion and XXX.[1]

The surviving post-event report was published on 6 February 2006 but does not state the tournament's exact date or identify the Auckland venue by name.[1]

== Organisation and format ==

The tournament used a five-player format. Two permanent referees officiated, with teams also supplying referees during their scheduled bye rounds.[1]

The report described the venue only as an indoor Auckland paintball facility.[1]

== Results ==

The contemporary report supplied the following leading order. It did not publish scores or placings below fourth.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Notes
|-
| =1
| Kaos
| Reported as joint winner
|-
| =1
| Snipers
| Reported as joint winner; event squad comprised players from Saints and Menace
|-
| 3
| Legion
| Event squad reported as Kenny, Ollie, Matty, Rob and an unnamed Raiderz player
|-
| 4
| XXX
| No score or roster supplied
|}

The other four participating teams were not named in the surviving report.[1]

== Documented players ==

The report described Snipers as a combined event squad formed from Saints and Menace players, but did not name the individual players.[1]

Legion's reported event line-up was Kenny, Ollie, Matty, Rob and an unnamed Raiderz player. A later reply by RePete states that he played at the tournament with Sy, Gazza, Rob and a player named Todd. The reply does not name that line-up's team, so the two lists cannot be combined into a single Legion roster.[1]

The discussion subsequently identifies the Todd who played with RePete as a different person from Antony Martinez, who was known as “THE Todd”.[1]

== See also ==

* [[Northland Open]]
* [[Legion (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]
* [[Saints (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]
* [[Menace (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218112314/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=113 NZ P8NT, “Northland open”, page 1], post-event report by Big SY, published 6 February 2006; [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218112318/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=113&start=10 page 2], subsequent player discussion.

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]
[[Category:Paintball in Auckland]]
[[Category:2000s in New Zealand paintball]]

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