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The '''Frankston Five-Man Tournament''' was a limited-paint pump paintball competition held at Splatball Village in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. A report published in January 1996 records 12 participating teams and a victory by the Blackwood Hunters.[1]

== Format ==

Competitors used rental SL-II pump markers with an 80-paintball limit. Games followed a centre-flag format on three bush fields.[1]

Teams were divided into three preliminary groups. Four teams advanced to a round-robin final, followed by a championship game between the two leading teams.[1]

Teams that did not qualify for the main finals contested a separate knockout competition on the venue’s speedball field.[1]

== Results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Place
! Team
|-
| 1
| Blackwood Hunters
|-
| 2
| Challenge Raiders
|-
| 3
| Red Lizards
|-
| 4
| Looney Tunes
|}

The Blackwood Hunters remained undefeated through the finals round before defeating Challenge Raiders in the championship game. The Red Lizards finished third, ahead of Looney Tunes.[1]

R.A.C. (Rent A Crowd) won the separate speedball knockout competition.[1]

== Organisation ==

The contemporary report credited Leigh Dixon and Peter Winter with running the tournament. The [[Victorian Paintball Players Association]] attended with a display of paintball equipment and video.[1]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/19990209054848/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint1/frank.htm Back to Basics]. Mic Bradshaw, ''War Paint'', issue 1, January 1996.

[[Category:Australian paintball]]
[[Category:Paintball tournaments]]

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