Admin: Created an evidence-based article for the New Zealand team Vanguard. Corrected its documented appearance from an unsupported 2008 date to the verified 2010 Christchurch Easter five-player tournament, recorded its sixth-place result, and clarified that the contemporary 25-point figure was an experimental ranking calculation rather than an official tournament score. Distinguished the team from the Vanguard Paintball equipment brand.

2026-10-28T15:46:35Z

Created an evidence-based article for the New Zealand team Vanguard. Corrected its documented appearance from an unsupported 2008 date to the verified 2010 Christchurch Easter five-player tournament, recorded its sixth-place result, and clarified that the contemporary 25-point figure was an experimental ranking calculation rather than an official tournament score. Distinguished the team from the Vanguard Paintball equipment brand.

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'''Vanguard''' was a New Zealand competitive [[paintball]] team documented at the 2010 Christchurch Easter five-player tournament. The team competed in Division One and finished sixth of seven teams.[1][2]

Vanguard is unrelated to [[Vanguard Paintball]], a paintball equipment brand.

== History ==

Vanguard was listed among the Division One teams for the Christchurch Easter tournament held at Urban Paintball, 451 Halswell Junction Road, Christchurch, on 3–4 April 2010. The five-player competition used New Zealand Paintball Players League rules, with Division One operating under an unlimited-paint format.[1]

Vanguard finished sixth of seven teams, behind SCK, Clown Monkeys, Flashpoint, Mugshot and TPC Blast, and ahead of Contraband.[2]

A contemporary forum post assigned Vanguard 25 points as part of an experimental ranking calculation devised by the post's author. This figure was not identified as Vanguard's raw tournament score or as an officially adopted series ranking.[2]

The inspected sources do not identify Vanguard's players, captain, home location or founding date.

== Tournament results ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Tournament
! Division
! Result
|-
| 3–4 April 2010
| [[2010 Easter 5s]]
| Division One
| 6th of 7 teams
|}

== See also ==

* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[2010 Easter 5s]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218034850/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2467&start=0 Christchurch Easter tournament announcement and team list], NZ Paintball forum, archived 18 February 2013.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218034735/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2590&view=print Christchurch Easter tournament results and experimental points calculation], NZ Paintball forum, archived 18 February 2013.

[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]
[[Category:2010s in New Zealand paintball]]

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