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Super 5s was a five-player paintball tournament series in Auckland, New Zealand, documented in contemporary records from 2004 to 2007. Teams competed in individual rounds and accumulated points towards divisional season standings. Documented venues included Kumeu Showgrounds and A Paintball Adventure in Papakura.[1][2][3][4][5]

History

2004 season

Contemporary forum records document Super 5s activity during 2004. A season discussion titled “Super5 2004” was followed by a February results thread and discussions concerning the March, April, May and June rounds. A separate April thread announced a change of date.[1]

2005 season

The fourth round of the 2005 season took place on 22 May at Kumeu Showgrounds. Same-day participant reports described wet and muddy conditions and congratulated Saints on winning by two points. The surviving discussion does not identify the runner-up or provide a complete results table. The next round was announced for 26 June.[2]

The September announcement referred to games played during August. The September round took place on 18 September at A Paintball Adventure, 80B Hunua Road, Papakura, with post-event messages confirming that play had occurred.[3]

An organiser's reply stated that the October round had been booked for 9 October, allowing a two-week interval before the proposed Rotorua Labour Weekend event. The same reply noted uncertainty over the Labour Weekend arrangements.[3]

2006 season

Main article: 2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)

Menace won Division One with 8,688 points, ahead of XXX on 7,533. Legion won Division Two with 5,512 points, followed by Solid on 5,279 and Sinista on 5,077.[4]

XXX won the December round with 895 points. This individual round result was separate from the accumulated season standings.[4]

2007 season

Main article: 2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)

Legion competed in Division One after winning Division Two the previous year. Following the sixth round, standings published on 27 August placed Legion first in Division One with 4,895 points and Sinista first in Division Two with 3,168. These were interim standings, rather than final championship results.[4][5]

The April round announcement identified A Paintball Adventure in Papakura as the venue.[6]

Venues

The May 2005 round was held at Kumeu Showgrounds. By September that year, competition was taking place at A Paintball Adventure, the indoor field at 80B Hunua Road, Papakura. The available announcements establish the use of both venues during 2005 but do not identify the precise date of the change.[2][3]

A Paintball Adventure also hosted the series in 2007.[6]

Seasons

References

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+'''Super 5s''' was a five-player paintball tournament series in Auckland, New Zealand, documented in contemporary records from 2004 to 2007. Teams competed in individual rounds and accumulated points towards divisional season standings. Documented venues included Kumeu Showgrounds and [[A Paintball Adventure]] in Papakura.[1][2][3][4][5]
-'''Super 5s''' was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] series held during the 2000s. The competition featured regular five-player tournaments, with teams accumulating points towards divisional season championships. Surviving records document events between at least 2004 and 2007, principally in the Auckland region.[1][2][3]
-The series included established New Zealand teams such as [[Menace]], Legion, XXX, Solid and Sinista. The 2006 championship was won by Menace in Division 1 and Legion in Division 2.[3] The following season featured separate divisional standings, with Legion leading Division 1 and Sinista leading Division 2 after the sixth round.[4]
-The series' inaugural and final seasons have not been established.
 == History ==
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 === 2004 season ===
-The earliest currently identified Super 5s records date from 2004.
+Contemporary forum records document Super 5s activity during 2004. A season discussion titled “Super5 2004” was followed by a February results thread and discussions concerning the March, April, May and June rounds. A separate April thread announced a change of date.[1]
-Archived discussions from the [[NZ Paintball Message Boards]] identify events in February, March, April, May and June 2004, together with an announcement concerning a change to the April tournament date.[1]
-Additional discussions from later in 2004 refer to further Super 5s competitions, including July and August events.[5]
-These records establish that the competition operated as a recurring tournament series during 2004. Complete results and final championship standings have not yet been recovered.
 === 2005 season ===
-The Super 5s continued during 2005.
+The fourth round of the 2005 season took place on 22 May at Kumeu Showgrounds. Same-day participant reports described wet and muddy conditions and congratulated [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] on winning by two points. The surviving discussion does not identify the runner-up or provide a complete results table. The next round was announced for 26 June.[2]
-Archived tournament discussions document competitions in February, March, April, May, June, August and September, together with a November event and season prizegiving.[2][6]
+The September announcement referred to games played during August. The September round took place on 18 September at A Paintball Adventure, 80B Hunua Road, Papakura, with post-event messages confirming that play had occurred.[3]
-The surviving forum indexes establish the continued operation of the series, although complete event results and final championship standings have not yet been recovered.
+An organiser's reply stated that the October round had been booked for 9 October, allowing a two-week interval before the proposed Rotorua Labour Weekend event. The same reply noted uncertainty over the Labour Weekend arrangements.[3]
 === 2006 season ===
-The 2006 competition operated with two divisions and accumulated points across the season.
+''Main article: [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)]]''
-Individual tournament results discussions survive for multiple rounds, including events between March and October. The final round took place on 3 December 2006, following a scheduling change associated with the [[Big Boys Toys]] paintball tournament.[3][7]
-[[Menace]] won the Division 1 championship with 8,688 points, ahead of XXX on 7,533.
-Legion won Division 2 with 5,512 points, followed by Solid on 5,279 and Sinista on 5,077.[3]
-The December round itself was won by XXX, ahead of Menace and Legion.
+[[Menace]] won Division One with 8,688 points, ahead of XXX on 7,533. Legion won Division Two with 5,512 points, followed by Solid on 5,279 and Sinista on 5,077.[4]
-:''See [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)]] for the championship standings and recovered tournament results.''
+XXX won the December round with 895 points. This individual round result was separate from the accumulated season standings.[4]
 === 2007 season ===
-The 2007 season began on 25 February, when Legion won the opening round and Punx finished first in Division 2.[8]
+''Main article: [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)]]''
-Menace won the second and third rounds, held on 25 March and 22 April respectively. Both events took place at [[A Paintball Adventure]], an indoor paintball venue at 80B Hunua Road, Papakura, Auckland.[9][10][11]
-The May event was postponed because of Mother's Day. Competition resumed on 24 June, with Legion winning ahead of Team AJ and Sinista.[12][13]
-Legion also won the July and August rounds, extending its lead in the Division 1 standings.[4][14]
-After Round 6, Legion led Division 1 with 4,895 points, while Sinista led Division 2 with 3,168 points.[4]
-A seventh round was announced for 23 September 2007 at Paintball Adventure. The available announcement does not establish whether the event took place or its results.[15]
-Final championship standings for 2007 have not yet been recovered.
-:''See [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)]] for round-by-round results and published championship standings.''
+Legion competed in Division One after winning Division Two the previous year. Following the sixth round, standings published on 27 August placed Legion first in Division One with 4,895 points and Sinista first in Division Two with 3,168. These were interim standings, rather than final championship results.[4][5]
-== Competition format ==
+The April round announcement identified A Paintball Adventure in Papakura as the venue.[6]
-The Super 5s used a five-player tournament format, with teams separated into divisions and receiving points towards season standings.
-Contemporary discussions describe the competition as using a hopper-ball format, limiting players to the paintballs carried in their marker loaders. In March 2007, participants discussed allowing an additional pod of paintballs, but the available records do not establish that this change was adopted.[16]
-The competition was structured to accommodate teams of different competitive levels. Division 1 included established tournament teams, while Division 2 included developing and other participating squads.
-The divisional composition changed between seasons. Legion, for example, won Division 2 in 2006 and competed in Division 1 during 2007.[3][8]
 == Venues ==
-The series was associated with the Auckland tournament paintball community.
+The May 2005 round was held at Kumeu Showgrounds. By September that year, competition was taking place at A Paintball Adventure, the indoor field at 80B Hunua Road, Papakura. The available announcements establish the use of both venues during 2005 but do not identify the precise date of the change.[2][3]
-The March and April 2007 rounds are documented at [[A Paintball Adventure]], 80B Hunua Road, Papakura, Auckland.[9][11]
+A Paintball Adventure also hosted the series in 2007.[6]
-The same venue was referred to as Paintball Adventure in later tournament announcements.[15]
+== Seasons ==
-The locations of every historical Super 5s round have not been independently established.
+* [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
+* [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
-== Seasons and results ==
-{| class="wikitable"
-! Season
-! Documented championship information
-! Results
-|-
-| 2004
-| Multiple rounds documented; final standings unavailable
-| Results not yet recovered
-|-
-| 2005
-| Multiple rounds documented; final standings unavailable
-| Results not yet recovered
-|-
-| 2006
-| Division 1: [[Menace]]
-Division 2: Legion
-| [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2006 results]]
-|-
-| 2007
-| After Round 6:
-Division 1 leader: Legion
-Division 2 leader: Sinista
-| [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2007 results]]
-|}
-The 2007 leaders listed above are based on the latest recovered cumulative standings and should not be interpreted as confirmed final championship winners.
-== Historical records ==
-Most surviving documentation of the Super 5s is preserved through archived discussions from the [[NZ Paintball Message Boards]], associated with [[Paintball.co.nz]].
-These records include contemporary tournament announcements, individual round results and cumulative divisional standings.
-Some published standings contain inconsistencies between individual round scores and reported championship totals. The season articles preserve the figures as originally published and identify known discrepancies rather than reconstructing unsupported official standings.
-The currently recovered records do not establish the series' complete organisational history, full list of venues or final season of operation.
 == See also ==
-* [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
-* [[2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
-* [[A Paintball Adventure]]
-* [[Menace]]
-* [[Paintball.co.nz]]
 * [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
+* [[2005 Auckland Queen’s Birthday Superball]]
 == References ==
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20040612104738/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6 NZ Paintball Message Forum – Other Events, archived 12 June 2004].
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20040612104738/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6 NZ Paintball Message Forum — Other Events, forum index listing 2004 Super 5s discussions. Archived 12 June 2004.]
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20051017183318/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6 NZ Paintball Message Forum – Other Tourney Events, archived 17 October 2005].
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218111754/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=272.topic May Super 5's – round 4, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 3–22 May 2005. Announcement and post-event discussion; archived 18 December 2005.]
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071333/http://p069.ezboard.com/December-super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=360.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – December Super 5s scores, published 4 December 2006].
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218111754/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=293.topic September super 5s, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 9–20 September 2005. Announcement and post-event discussion; archived 18 December 2005.]
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011153059/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-6-August-super-5-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=381.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – Round 6 August Super 5 scores, published 27 August 2007].
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071333/http://p069.ezboard.com/December-super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=360.topic December Super 5s scores, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 4 December 2006. Archived 11 October 2007.]
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041028070335/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6?page=2 NZ Paintball Message Forum – Other Events, archived 28 October 2004].
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011153059/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-6-August-super-5-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=381.topic Round 6 August Super 5 scores, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 27 August 2007. Archived 11 October 2007.]
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218111754/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6 NZ Paintball Message Forum – Other Tourney Events, archived 18 December 2005].
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011180804/http://p069.ezboard.com/April-Super-5s/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=371.topic April Super 5s, NZ Paintball Message Forum, 31 March 2007. Archived 11 October 2007.]
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011130128/http://p069.ezboard.com/NovemberDecember-super-5s/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=356.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – November/December Super 5s announcement, published 2 November 2006].
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071558/http://p069.ezboard.com/Super-5s-round-1-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=366.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – Super 5s Round 1 scores, published 26 February 2007].
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011152944/http://p069.ezboard.com/March-super-5s/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=367.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – March Super 5s announcement, published 19 March 2007].
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071526/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-2-Super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=370.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – Round 2 Super 5s scores, published 27 March 2007].
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011180804/http://p069.ezboard.com/April-Super-5s/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=371.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – April Super 5s announcement, published 31 March 2007].
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011234511/http://p069.ezboard.com/May-super-5s-Postponed/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=375.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – May Super 5s postponed, published 5 May 2007].
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011113805/http://p069.ezboard.com/June-super-fives/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=376.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – June Super Fives results, published 25 June 2007].
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011210009/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-5-super-5s-scores--july-/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=380.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – Round 5 Super 5s scores, published 26 July 2007].
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011181304/http://p069.ezboard.com/Round-7-september-super-5s/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=382.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – Round 7 September Super 5s announcement, published 12 September 2007].
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011152944/http://p069.ezboard.com/March-super-5s/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=367.topic NZ Paintball Message Forum – March 2007 discussion of tournament format].
-[[Category:New Zealand paintball tournaments]]
+[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
-[[Category:Paintball tournament series]]
+[[Category:Paintball in Auckland]]
+[[Category:2000s in New Zealand paintball]]

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