Admin: Created article on the 2012 NZPPL Event 2 in Hāwera, using a contemporary newspaper advertisement, original tournament scoreboard and historical photographs. Documented Tahitian Legion's participation, preliminary placing and Cup/Plate structure while leaving unverified final results unresolved.

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Created article on the 2012 NZPPL Event 2 in Hāwera, using a contemporary newspaper advertisement, original tournament scoreboard and historical photographs. Documented Tahitian Legion's participation, preliminary placing and Cup/Plate structure while leaving unverified final results unresolved.

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'''2012 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2''' was a [[paintball]] tournament organised as part of the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] (NZPPL) 2012 competition programme in Hāwera, Taranaki, New Zealand.

A contemporary newspaper advertisement scheduled a paintball tournament at the Egmont A&P Showgrounds Indoor Arena for 2–3 June 2012.[1] Surviving photographs and a handwritten tournament scoreboard document the NZPPL competition in Hāwera, including participation by the Tahitian team Tahitian Legion.[2][3]

== Tournament ==

The event formed the second round of the [[2012 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series]].

An advertisement published in the ''Opunake & Coastal News'' on 31 May 2012 identified the Egmont A&P Showgrounds Indoor Arena, at the end of Burnside Avenue in Hāwera, as the venue for a paintball tournament on 2–3 June.[1]

The newspaper advertisement did not identify NZPPL by name.

The event's surviving scoreboard documents separate Cup and Plate classifications.[2]

== Participating teams ==

=== Cup ===

The original handwritten tournament scoreboard identifies eight entries in the Cup classification.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team
|-
| ADHD
|-
| Arachnids
|-
| D4
|-
| Hybrid
|-
| Tahiti
|-
| Tempest
|-
| Those Guys
|-
| Tiger Blood
|}

The entry listed as ''Tahiti'' represented Tahitian Legion, a squad from French Polynesia.[2][3]

=== Plate ===

The tournament also included a Plate classification.

The Wellington-based team [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)|Phoenix]] was among the Plate entries.[2]

Phoenix maintained a photograph album titled ''2012 NZPPL Event 2'', containing 84 photographs credited to Kelsey.[4]

The complete Plate standings have not been recovered.

== Tahitian Legion ==

Tahitian Legion participated in the Cup competition.

Contemporary photographs identify six players wearing matching team jerseys.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Player
! Jersey number
|-
| Shane Gallagher
| 25
|-
| Mani Voirin
| 16
|-
| Christian Veroux
| 88
|-
| Ralph Tsing
| 27
|-
| Keke Brodien
| 14
|-
| Manaurii Bousquet
| 01
|}

Gallagher was a New Zealand player guesting for the Tahitian squad.

Ralph Tsing subsequently published photographs recalling the team's participation at the 2012 Hāwera tournament, including an image with members of Disposal Unit.[5][6]

Tahitian Legion included players associated with [[Phoenix Tahiti (French Polynesia Paintball Team)|Phoenix Tahiti]], although the surviving evidence does not establish that the two names represented an identical registered team organisation.

== Results ==

The surviving handwritten scoreboard records Tahiti in fourth place after seven scoring rounds, with 329 points.[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team
! Preliminary position
! Points
|-
| Tahiti (Tahitian Legion)
| 4th
| 329
|}

The scoreboard also identifies a third-place playoff between Tahiti and Tiger Blood.

The result of that playoff has not been established from the available evidence. The Cup champion, Plate champion and complete final standings remain unverified.

== Historical records ==

Evidence for the tournament survives in several forms:

* A contemporary newspaper advertisement identifying the Hāwera tournament's scheduled dates and venue.[1]
* An original handwritten tournament scoreboard recording Cup and Plate entries and preliminary results.[2]
* Contemporary team photographs identifying Tahitian Legion players.[3]
* A Wellington Phoenix photograph album documenting NZPPL Event 2.[4]
* Retrospective photographs published by Ralph Tsing in 2019 and 2022.[5][6]

The original NZPPL results sheet and full match scores have not been recovered.

== See also ==

* [[2012 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series]]
* [[2012 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]]
* [[Wellington Phoenix (paintball team)]]
* [[Phoenix Tahiti (French Polynesia Paintball Team)|Phoenix Tahiti]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://www.opunakecoastalnews.co.nz/pdfarchives/May%2031%202012.pdf Paintball Tournament 2012, 2–3 June]. ''Opunake & Coastal News'', 31 May 2012, p. 21. Contemporary advertisement identifying Egmont A&P Showgrounds Indoor Arena, Hāwera.
# Original handwritten NZPPL Event 2 tournament scoreboard, Hāwera, 2012. Photograph supplied to WikiPaintball. Records Cup and Plate classifications, Tahiti's preliminary placing and a third-place playoff listing.
# Contemporary Tahitian Legion team photograph, NZPPL Event 2, Hāwera, 2012. Supplied to WikiPaintball. Identifies participating players and jersey numbers.
# [https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.466101656738181&type=3 2012 NZPPL Event 2]. Wellington Phoenix, Facebook photograph album. 84 photographs credited to Kelsey.
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/BxeX4t5AYhq/ Throwback to NZPPL Hawera 2012]. Ralph Tsing, Instagram, 15 May 2019.
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/CZC6tcfv_9K/ Throwback 2012 Tahitian Legion NZPPL Hawera New Zealand]. Ralph Tsing, Instagram, 22 January 2022.

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