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<p>Create Combat Wombats article covering its South Australian field association, 1995 Southern Three-Man Open victory, 1996 Victorian series placing and captain Pete Richards’ awards.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Combat Wombats&#039;&#039;&#039; was an Australian tournament [[paintball]] team associated with Skirmish Down Under in South Australia. The team won the 1995 Southern Three-Man Open in Victoria and finished third in the [[1996 Victorian Three-Man Series]].[1][2]<br /> <br /> == History ==<br /> <br /> === 1995 Southern Three-Man Open ===<br /> <br /> Combat Wombats competed in the Southern Three-Man Open at Challenge Paintball&#039;s Narbethong field in Victoria. Five teams entered, each playing eight preliminary games before the leading two advanced to a best-of-three final.[1]<br /> <br /> The Wombats finished second in the preliminary standings with 365 points, behind [[Red Lizards (Australian Paintball Team)|Red Lizards]] on 415. Combat Wombats defeated Red Lizards in the final to win the tournament.[1]<br /> <br /> The published final standings identified the team with Skirmish Down Under, South Australia.[1]<br /> <br /> === 1996 Victorian Three-Man Series ===<br /> <br /> Combat Wombats competed in the 1996 Victorian Three-Man Series, organised by the [[Victorian Paintball Players Association]]. The team finished third overall with 764 points, behind [[Apparition (Australian Paintball Team)|Apparition]] and Red Lizards.[2]<br /> <br /> At the opening round, Combat Wombats qualified for the six-team finals and scored 50 finals points. Captain Pete “Rowdy” Richards received the tournament&#039;s sportsmanship award.[3]<br /> <br /> == Documented personnel ==<br /> <br /> Pete “Rowdy” Richards was identified as the Combat Wombats&#039; captain in the contemporary report of the opening round of the 1996 Victorian Three-Man Series.[3]<br /> <br /> The series review named Peter Richards as the winner of the overall best and fairest award, the Glenn Palmer Medal, finishing one point ahead of John Lennard.[2]<br /> <br /> == Recorded tournament results ==<br /> <br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable&quot;<br /> ! Year<br /> ! Competition<br /> ! Result<br /> ! Source<br /> |-<br /> | 1995<br /> | Southern Three-Man Open<br /> | 1st; 365 preliminary points<br /> | [1]<br /> |-<br /> | 1996<br /> | [[1996 Victorian Three-Man Series|Victorian Three-Man Series overall]]<br /> | 3rd; 764 points<br /> | [2]<br /> |}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> # Mic Bradshaw, “Southern 3-man Open”, &#039;&#039;Australian Paintballer&#039;&#039;, December 1995–February 1996, p. 30.<br /> # [https://web.archive.org/web/19990220102941/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint5/vic.html Three’s a Crowd]. Mic Bradshaw, &#039;&#039;Paint&#039;&#039;, issue 5, March 1997.<br /> # Mic Bradshaw, “Challenge Raiders Clean Up at VPPA 3-Man”, &#039;&#039;Australian Paintballer&#039;&#039;, April–June 1996, p. 33.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Australian paintball teams]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball teams]]<br /> [[Category:Paintball in South Australia]]<br /> [[Category:1990s in Australian paintball]]<br /> [[Category:1990s in paintball]]</div>

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