ADHD (paintball team)

New Zealand tournament paintball team

ADHD is a New Zealand competitive paintball team based in Auckland, with documented tournament activity from at least 2011 to 2016. The team competed in the Northland Open, New Zealand Paintball Players League (NZPPL), South Auckland Paintball Club (SAPC) competitions and Paintball World Cup Asia.[1][2][3][4]

Its recorded achievements include winning the 2011 Northland Open, a reported NZPPL tournament victory in 2012, the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball championship and the August 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball event.[1][2][3][5]

ADHD was associated with Asylum Paintball in Kingseat, south of Auckland.[2][4]

History

Early competition (2011–2013)

The team's precise founding date has not been established. However, contemporary newspaper reporting confirms that ADHD was competing by March 2011, preceding its registration in the PBLeagues database on 15 January 2014.[1][4]

2011 Northland Open

ADHD won the 2011 Northland Open, defeating fellow Auckland team Disposal Unit in the final at Strategy Tag Paintball in Mangapai, Northland.

The eight-team tournament was reported by the Northern Advocate in March 2011.

TPC Blast of Tauranga and Auckland's Gary Locks finished equal third after electing not to contest a third-place playoff.[1]

The report also established that ADHD and Disposal Unit had recently competed in the finals of an Auckland Super Air competition, although the results of that earlier event were not provided.

2012 NZPPL competition

ADHD competed in the New Zealand Paintball Players League during 2012.

A retrospective report published by Asylum Paintball in 2014 credited the team with winning the opening NZPPL round of 2012.[2]

The same report listed victories at the first two SAPC events of 2012.

The original results sheets for these competitions have not been recovered, so these achievements remain attributed to the later report.

2013 season

ADHD finished third at the 2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament, held at Blockhouse Bay Reserve, Auckland, on 31 August–1 September 2013.

The NZPPL's official results recorded the following podium:[3]

Position	Team
1	X-Fighter$ Fracture
2	Sydney SWAT
3	ADHD

An Asylum Paintball report subsequently credited ADHD with winning the 2013 SAPC Race Series championship. It also reported third place at the opening Bay of Plenty three-player tournament and second place at the third SAPC event.[2]

2014 season

ADHD competed in both SAPC and NZPPL tournaments during 2014.

Its PBLeagues profile identified Auckland as the team's hometown and Asylum Paintball as its home field.[4]

SAPC Open X-Ball championship

ADHD won all four events in the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series.[5]

ADHD – 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball results
Tournament	Dates	Position	Ranking points
February Race #1	8–9 February	1st of 6	100
May Race #2	3–4 May	1st of 8	100
July Race #3	12–13 July	1st of 7	100
September Race #4	27–28 September	1st of 5	100
Season total			400

The four victories secured the season championship.

Disposal Unit finished second in the overall standings with 314.5 ranking points, followed by Tempest with 229.[5]

NZPPL Pro X-Ball

At the NZPPL Race 2-4 Event 2 tournament in Auckland on 30–31 August 2014, ADHD won the Pro X-Ball division.

The team finished first among six entrants, ahead of Trauma and The Wild Bunch.[6]

PBLeagues recorded ADHD as the leading team in the published 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball standings.

Paintball World Cup Asia

ADHD entered Division 2 at the 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia, held in Malaysia on 7–9 November.

The team finished 12th among 22 Division 2 competitors, earning 50.5 ranking points.[4]

This is the team's documented international tournament appearance in the recovered PBLeagues records.

2015 season

ADHD continued competing in SAPC Open X-Ball during 2015.

The team won the opening event before recording third-, fourth- and third-place finishes in the remaining rounds.[4]

ADHD – 2015 SAPC Open X-Ball results
Tournament	Dates	Position
Event 1	31 January – 1 February	1st of 8
Event 2	11–12 April	3rd of 7
Event 3	13–14 June	4th of 5
Event 4	1–2 August	3rd of 4

ADHD finished third in the 2015 SAPC Open X-Ball season standings with 242.5 points, behind Auckland Faction and Addicted.[7]

The team also competed at the Auckland Paintball Cup on 7–8 March 2015, finishing sixth among seven Open X-Ball teams.[4]

A report published by DYE documented the Australian team Hard2Overcome defeating ADHD 4–0 during that tournament. The report stated that Australian players were guesting for ADHD.[8]

ADHD was also listed at the Asylum Paintball Cup in September 2015, although PBLeagues did not publish a final placing for that entry.[4]

2016 Auckland Paintball Cup

ADHD competed at the Auckland Paintball Cup on 16–17 April 2016.

The team finished third among eight Division 2 X-Ball entries, earning approximately 74.29 ranking points.[4]

This is the latest tournament appearance presently listed on the team's recovered PBLeagues profile. The absence of later records does not establish that the team disbanded.

Team organisation

During 2014, ADHD was associated with Asylum Paintball in Kingseat, Karaka.

A team report published by the field identified the following members of its 2014 organisation:[2]

Vitaly Miheev – Team manager
Chris Watt – Coach
Alex Diveg – Captain
Sam Houla
Paul Adams
Luke Longstaff
Kane Anderson
Terry Lee
Oleg Tolmachev
Josh Bailey
Cristian Albornoz

This was described as the team's 2014 core roster. It should not be interpreted as a confirmed playing roster for every tournament.

Other team members, imports and crew include:

Tony Dickson (Photographer, Blacksheep Media)

Jason Newport
Taylor Hopkins
Garth Lawson
Michael Nguyen
Michael Earley
Dimitri Zimin
Mark Chee

Additional squads

ADHD entered several additional squads in SAPC competitions during 2014.

ADHD BLACK

ADHD BLACK competed in Open X-Ball at the May 2014 SAPC event, finishing sixth among eight teams.[5]

ADHD RED

ADHD RED competed in the SAPC Mechanical Pump Division 4 series.

The team won the May and July 2014 events and finished second in September.

ADHD RED won the 2014 Mechanical Pump Division 4 season championship with 270 ranking points, ahead of OFF and One Shot Bro.[5]

ADHD White

ADHD White competed in the May 2014 SAPC Mechanical Pump Division 4 event, finishing third.[5]

The complete player rosters and organisational relationships between the additional squads have not been independently established.

Selected tournament results

Year	Tournament	Result
2011	Northland Open	1st
2012	NZPPL Round 1	1st (retrospectively reported)
2013	2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament	3rd of 7
2014	SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series	Season champions
2014	NZPPL Race 2-4 Event 2, Pro X-Ball	1st of 6
2014	Paintball World Cup Asia, Division 2	12th of 22
2015	SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series	3rd overall
2015	SAPC Open X-Ball Event 1	1st of 8
2016	Auckland Paintball Cup, Division 2 X-Ball	3rd of 8

Sources: Northern Advocate, Asylum Paintball, NZPPL and PBLeagues.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

References

Paintball teams splattered in Northland Open. Northern Advocate, March 2011. Contemporary report identifying ADHD as the Northland Open winner.
Sponsored Team ADHD Wins NZPPL Event 1. Asylum Paintball, 2014. Team organisation, 2014 results and retrospective 2012–2013 tournament record.
NZPPL – 2013 Series Rankings. Official NZPPL results identifying ADHD's third-place finish at the 2013 Race 2 Open Tournament. Archived 28 October 2013.
ADHD – Team Profile and Event History. PBLeagues. Team registration, home field and results from 2014–2016.
South Auckland Paintball Club – 2014 Season Rankings. PBLeagues. Open X-Ball and Mechanical Pump championship standings.
New Zealand Paintball Players League – 2014 Season Rankings. PBLeagues. NZPPL Pro X-Ball tournament results.
South Auckland Paintball Club – 2015 Season Rankings. PBLeagues.
Asylum Cup – Auckland Trip 2015. DYE Paintball, 2015. Contemporary account of the Auckland tournament and Hard2Overcome's match against ADHD.

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