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'''United Newcastle''' was an Australian tournament [[paintball]] team from New South Wales. Contemporary reports record its participation in the 1995 Sydney Skirmish Sevens and South Pacific Paintball Championships. The team placed eighth in ''Australian Paintballer'''s national amateur rankings for that season.[1][2][3]

== Tournament history ==

=== 1995 Sydney Skirmish Sevens ===

United Newcastle competed at the Sydney Skirmish Sevens at Ultimate Skirmish Game in Yarramundi in April 1995.[1]

The team did not qualify for the elimination stage. The contemporary report states that United Newcastle, Tomcats and Vixens were eliminated after the preliminary games.[1]

=== 1995 South Pacific Championships ===

United Newcastle competed at the 1995 South Pacific Paintball Championships at Adventure Quest Games in Windsor, New South Wales.[2]

Seven ten-player teams entered the event, which was won by [[Top Hat Jokers]]. The report acknowledged United Newcastle's participation but did not establish its final placing.[2]

=== National ranking ===

United Newcastle placed eighth in ''Australian Paintballer'''s national amateur rankings for the 1995 season, receiving 28.75 ranking points. The rankings identified the team as being from New South Wales.[3]

== Recorded results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Competition
! Recorded outcome
! Source
|-
| 1995
| Sydney Skirmish Sevens
| Did not advance beyond the preliminaries
| [1]
|-
| 1995
| South Pacific Paintball Championships, Australia
| Participation recorded; final placing not established
| [2]
|-
| 1995
| Australian Paintballer national amateur rankings
| 8th; 28.75 ranking points
| [3]
|}

== References ==

# 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/19990422184406/http://www.xsystems.com.au/wpaint/wpaint1/south.htm South Pacific’s]. Gavin Costello, ''War Paint'', issue 1, January 1996.
# “1995 Australian Team Rankings”, ''Australian Paintballer'', April–June 1996, p. 29.

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[[Category:Paintball in New South Wales]]
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