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Updated the existing Kamo Karzi article and consolidated the New Zealand variants Kamo Karzi, Kamo Kazi, Kamo Karzis, Kamokarzi, Kamo and KK under the same team identity. Removed the unsupported description of the team as Auckland-based. Retained the official formation history, 1997 league championship, Nationals results, Valhalla rankings and documented personnel. Added the team’s missing 2003 Queen’s Birthday appearance, the contemporary report of its disbandment after that event and the repor
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'''Kamo Karzi''', also written '''Kamokarzi''', was an Auckland-based New Zealand [[paintball]] team formed around 1994. The team participated in social and tournament paintball, won Division Two of the 1997 [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]], and finished third overall at the 1997 Auckland Nationals, according to its contemporary website.[1]
'''Kamo Karzi''', also recorded as '''Kamo Kazi''', '''Kamo Karzis''', '''Kamokarzi''', '''Kamo''' and '''KK''', was a New Zealand [[paintball]] team formed around 1994. The team combined social and tournament paintball, won the 1997 [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]] Second Division and finished third overall and first in Division Two at the 1997 [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]].[1][2]


Kamo Karzi appeared in the [[Valhalla National Rankings]] for five consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2001.[2][3][4][5][6]
Kamo Karzi competed in national events through 2003 and appeared in the [[Valhalla National Rankings]] for five consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2001.[3][4][5][6][7]


== History ==
== History ==


=== Formation and early tournaments ===
=== Formation and early competition ===


The team's website, preserved in a snapshot dated 4 February 1998, states that Kamo Karzi formed around 1994 after users of two bulletin board systems organised a social paintball game. Regular social games subsequently provided a route for new members to join.[1]
Kamo Karzi's official website states that the team formed around 1994 after users of two bulletin-board systems organised a social paintball game. The team continued organising social games, through which several later members joined.[1]


Kamo Karzi's first tournament was the 1994 Winter League run by Tactics Paintball. The team received the Most Improved trophy but did not achieve a placing.[1]
Its first recorded tournament was the 1994 Winter League organised by Tactics Paintball. Kamo Karzi received the Most Improved trophy but did not record a placing.[1]


In 1995, Kamo Karzi competed at the Taupo Nationals with sponsorship from RP Scherer and finished fourth.[1]
In 1995, the team competed at the Taupō Nationals with support from RP Scherer and finished fourth. Its contemporary history states that five regular players, including the captain, subsequently left for another team. The remaining group spent approximately a year rebuilding. An original member known as Wolf became captain in 1995.[1]


The team subsequently lost five regular players, including its captain, to another team. Its website described a rebuilding period of approximately a year. Wolf, an original member from 1994, became captain in 1995.[1]
=== 1997 season ===
 
Kamo Karzi entered and won the Second Division of the National Paintball League in 1997 with support from Combat Vision.[1]
 
At the New Zealand Nationals on 25–26 October 1997 at Actions Paintball in Te Atatū, Kamo Karzi scored 818 points. It finished third overall and first in Division Two. Allan Gatland was identified as captain when he accepted the divisional trophy.[2]
 
The league championship and Nationals result were separate achievements. Kamo Karzi also finished third in the retrospectively compiled 1997 Valhalla rankings, with a ranking score of 74.[3]
 
=== 1998–2001 ===
 
The 1998 National Paintball League Division Two team list named Allan Gatland as manager of ''Kamo Karzi 2''. Separate results recorded 16 league points for ''Kamo Karzi #2'', without giving a final placing.[8][9]


=== 1997 season ===
At the 1998 New Zealand Nationals, Kamo Karzi finished eleventh with 435 points. The tournament report identifies the captain as ''Alan Gatland'', preserving that source's spelling.[10]


With sponsorship from Combat Vision, Kamo Karzi entered and won Division Two of the National Paintball League in 1997.[1]
Kamo Karzi supplied most of the referees for the 1999 Nationals instead of entering as a playing team. Marty Kinny was the head marshal.[11]


The team then finished third overall and first in Division Two at the two-day Auckland Nationals.[1]
At the 2000 Nationals, Kamo Karzi competed in the First Division, scoring 515 preliminary points and not advancing to the divisional finals.[12]


Kamo Karzi also placed third in the retrospectively compiled 1997 Valhalla rankings, with a score of 74. This ranking was separate from its Nationals result.[2]
At the 2001 Nationals, the team recorded 665 preliminary points and did not reach the finals. A player identified only as Dazz, described as formerly of Saints, received the second day's player award.[13]


=== 1998–2000 ===
=== 2002–2003 ===


Kamo Karzi ranked ninth in the 1998 Valhalla standings with 43 points, ninth in 1999 with 63 points and eighteenth in 2000 with 59 points.[3][4][5]
Kamo Karzi and Phantom provided referees for the 2002 Northland Open. The team was not listed among the eight playing entries.[14]


=== 2001 season ===
Kamo Karzi returned as a playing team at the 2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball. It scored 341 points in the preliminary round and did not reach the four-team finals.[15]


In the seven-player Valhalla standings dated October 2001, Kamo Karzi ranked tenth with 111.4 cumulative points. Its recorded contributions were 63.9 points from the opening round of RotoVegas and 47.5 points from the opening round of the [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]].[6]
The contemporary report described Kamo Karzi's final preliminary game, against Katipo, as its last tournament game as a cohesive team. It reported that the team was disbanding after approximately ten years because of player shortages and other commitments. Rob Maddox and Kerry Munro were identified as the remaining players seeking places with other teams.[15]


These figures were calculated for Valhalla ranking purposes rather than being the tournaments' raw game scores.[6][7]
The same report described the newly formed Raiderz, printed there as ''Raiders'', as being composed primarily of former Kamo Karzi players. This establishes a player connection but does not make Raiderz an alias or direct continuation of Kamo Karzi.[15]


== Members ==
== Members and team roles ==


=== Contemporary team profiles ===
=== Official 1998 team list ===


The archived team website identifies the following members. It explicitly describes its membership list as incomplete.[1]
The team's archived website identified the following members. It explicitly described the list as incomplete, and it should not be treated as the roster for every event.[1]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|-
|-
| Wolf
| Wolf
| Original member from 1994; captain from 1995.
| Original member from 1994; captain from 1995
|-
|-
| Psyg’ — [[Rob Maddox]]
| Psyg' / Rob Maddox
| Joined in 1994 after his previous team, The Goodies, broke up. Maintained the New Zealand Paintball website and PaintNet BBS message network.
| Joined in 1994 after his previous team, The Goodies, broke up; team media contact
|-
|-
| Quad
| Quad
| Joined in 1995.
| Joined in 1995
|-
|-
| Spider
| Spider
| Joined in early 1997 after attending team social games. Worked on members' paintball equipment and maintained a personal website.
| Team website records an early-1997 joining date; a separate profile identifies him as Paul “Spider” McKay and gives 1996
|-
|-
| BJ
| BJ
| Joined in early 1997 after attending a social game with Spider.
| Joined in early 1997 after attending a social game
|-
|-
| Daemon
| Daemon
| Joined in late 1996.
| Joined in late 1996
|-
|-
| Hobbit
| Hobbit
| Member from the team's formation; participated in social games and provided tournament pit support.
| Member from the team's formation; social player and tournament pit support
|-
|-
| Frigg
| Frigg
| Team manager; joined in late 1995.
| Team manager; joined in late 1995
|-
|-
| Balder
| Balder
| Joined in late 1995 and played tournaments with the team.
| Joined in late 1995 and played tournament paintball
|}
|}


=== Photographic identifications ===
=== Other documented personnel ===


A historical team photograph published by the [[House Steiner]] Facebook profile contains tags identifying '''James Keogan''' and '''Wayne Carkeek'''. In a comment, Carkeek recalled retaining his Kamo Karzi team badges and a speedball shirt numbered 3.[8]
{| class="wikitable"
! Name
! Documented association
|-
| Allan Gatland
| Captain at the 1997 Nationals; manager of Kamo Karzi 2 in 1998[2][8]
|-
| Paul “Spider” McKay
| Member who recalled joining in 1996 and playing in the 1997 league-winning campaign[16]
|-
| Jo Pitts
| Former Kamo Karzi member who subsequently played for Saints; previously associated with NSS[17]
|-
| Dazz
| Player at the 2001 Nationals; formerly of Saints[13]
|-
| Kerry Munro
| Identified with Rob Maddox as a remaining player when the team disbanded in 2003[15]
|}


A separate team photograph published by Chris Hale contains tags identifying '''Simon Galt''' and '''Jason Cleeton'''. Comments associate the photograph with Kamo Karzi and retrospectively identify the occasion as Rotorua.[9]
Rob Maddox's identification as the team's contact in a 2002 capture does not establish that he was captain at that time.[18]


In comments on another playing photograph published by Hale, [[Kyn Jackson]] identifies '''Kerri''' as '''“Quad”''', '''Paul''' as '''“Spider”''', and '''Rob Maddox'''. These are retrospective identifications; the supplied material does not establish Kerri's or Paul's surname.[10]
The sources disagree about Paul McKay's joining date: the official team page gives early 1997, while McKay's individual profile gives 1996. Both sources connect him with the 1997 campaign, but the exact joining date remains unresolved.[1][16]


The Facebook dates are upload dates rather than established dates when the photographs were taken.[8][9][10]
== Team names and squads ==


== Sponsorship ==
New Zealand sources use several renderings of the team's name, including ''Kamo Karzi'', ''Kamo Kazi'', ''Kamo Karzis'', ''Kamokarzi'', ''Kamo'' and ''KK''. These are treated as spelling or shorthand variants of the same team when the New Zealand context is clear.


The team's contemporary website records sponsorship from '''RP Scherer''' for the 1995 Taupo Nationals and '''Combat Vision''' for its 1997 National Paintball League campaign.[1]
The entries ''Kamo Karzi 2'', ''Kamo Karzi #2'', ''Kamo Karzi Team One'' and ''Kamo Karzi Team Two'' identify event or league squads associated with Kamo Karzi rather than separate permanent team histories.[8][9]


== Recorded tournament results ==
== Tournament results ==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Year
! Competition
! Tournament or series
! Result
! Recorded result
|-
|-
| 1994
| 1994
| Tactics Winter League
| Tactics Winter League
| Most Improved trophy; no placing
| Most Improved trophy; no placing[1]
|-
|-
| 1995
| 1995
| Taupo Nationals
| Taupō Nationals
| 4th
| 4th[1]
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
| National Paintball League
| National Paintball League, Division Two
| 1st, Division Two
| 1st[1]
|-
|-
| 1997
| 1997
| Auckland Nationals
| [[1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| 3rd overall; 1st in Division Two
| 3rd overall; 1st in Division Two; 818 points[2]
|-
| 1998
| NPL Division Two league
| Kamo Karzi #2 recorded 16 points; placing not supplied[9]
|-
| 1998
| [[1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| 11th; 435 points[10]
|-
| 2000
| [[2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| 515 preliminary points; did not reach the First Division finals[12]
|-
| 2001
| [[2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| 665 preliminary points; did not reach finals[13]
|-
| 2003
| [[2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball]]
| 341 preliminary points; did not reach finals[15]
|}
|}
Source: Kamo Karzi's contemporary team website.[1]


== National rankings ==
== National rankings ==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Season
! Season
! Ranking category
! Ranking category
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! Ranking score
! Ranking score
|-
|-
| 1997 || Combined || 3rd || 74
| 1997
| Combined
| 3rd
| 74[3]
|-
|-
| 1998 || Combined || 9th || 43
| 1998
| Combined
| 9th
| 43[4]
|-
|-
| 1999 || Combined || 9th || 63
| 1999
| Combined
| 9th
| 63[5]
|-
|-
| 2000 || Combined || 18th || 59
| 2000
| Combined
| 18th
| 59[6]
|-
|-
| 2001* || Seven-player || 10th || 111.4
| 2001
| Seven-player
| 10th
| 111.4[7]
|}
|}


Sources: Mercenaries Star's Valhalla standings.[2][3][4][5][6]
Valhalla ranking scores were calculated ranking values rather than raw tournament points. The calculation method and categories changed during the period, so the seasonal figures are not directly comparable.[7][19]
 
* The 2001 table is dated October 2001. Its cumulative scores are not directly comparable with the averaged scores used in earlier seasons. Valhalla rankings were separate from placings at individual tournaments.[6][7]


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[Raiderz (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]
* [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)]]
* [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
* [[Valhalla National Rankings]]
* [[Valhalla National Rankings]]
* [[Rob Maddox]]
* [[The Goodies]]


== References ==
== References ==


# [https://web.archive.org/web/19980204174450/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/mainmenu.htm Team Kamo Karzi — Team History and Team Members]. Official team website, archived by the Internet Archive on 4 February 1998.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/19980204174450/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/mainmenu.htm Team Kamo Karzi, official team history and member list. Archived 4 February 1998.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1997Hall.htm Mercenaries Star — Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1997]. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613133123/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats97.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 1997 Two Day NZ National “SplatMan” Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1998Hall.htm Mercenaries Star — Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1998]. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1997Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1997''.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm Mercenaries Star — Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1999]. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1998Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1998''.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2000Hall.htm Mercenaries Star — Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2000]. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1999''.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2001Hall.htm Mercenaries Star — Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2001]. Standings dated October 2001. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2000Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2000''.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/RankIndex.htm Mercenaries Star — Valhalla National Team Rankings: methodology]. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2001Hall.htm Mercenaries Star, ''Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2001'', standings dated October 2001.]
# [https://www.facebook.com/house.steiner.3 House Steiner — Kamo Karzi team photograph]. Facebook, uploaded 23 August 2011; original photograph date unconfirmed. Tags identify James Keogan and Wayne Carkeek. Caption, tags and comments preserved in the supplied screenshot.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020606144228/http://www.paintball.co.nz/div298.htm ''The 1998 “SplatMan” Division 2 League'', compiled by Rob Maddox; information dated 8 March 1998.]
# Chris Hale, Kamo Karzi team photograph, Facebook, uploaded 8 April 2008; original photograph date unconfirmed. Tags identify Simon Galt and Jason Cleeton. Comments by Simon Galt and Dazz Marshall identify Rotorua and Kamo Karzi respectively. Photograph, tags and comments preserved in the supplied screenshot.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613121455/http://www.paintball.co.nz/npld298.htm ''The 1998 NPL Division 2 League Results'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.]
# Chris Hale, playing photograph, Facebook, uploaded 25 March 2008; original photograph date unconfirmed. A comment by Kyn Jackson identifies Kerri (“Quad”), Paul (“Spider”) and Rob Maddox. Photograph and comments preserved in the supplied screenshot.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020817071008/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats98.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 1998 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 17 August 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020817070413/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats99/ Rob Maddox, ''The 1999 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 17 August 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613133336/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats00.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192513/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats01.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192035/http://www.paintball.co.nz/north2002.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2002 Northland Paintball Open'', Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041011120622/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2003/qbw.htm Rob Maddox, ''Superball 2003 “Queens Birthday” Tournament'', New Zealand Paintball, June 2003.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020425061937/http://www.webel.co.nz/whspider.htm Paul “Spider” McKay, ''Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball'', undated profile. Archived 25 April 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613232202/http://www.paintball.co.nz/whjo.htm Jo Pitts, ''Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball'', undated profile. Archived 13 June 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020222212416/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/mainmenu.htm Team Kamo Karzi, history and contact page. Archived 22 February 2002.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/RankIndex.htm Mercenaries Star, Valhalla National Team Rankings methodology.]


== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://web.archive.org/web/19980204165358/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/ Official Kamo Karzi website — archived 4 February 1998]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19980204165358/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/ Official Kamo Karzi website, archived 4 February 1998]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20020213213112/http://www.webel.co.nz/kk/ Official Kamo Karzi website, archived 13 February 2002]


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Revision as of 05:12, 26 October 2026

Kamo Karzi, also recorded as Kamo Kazi, Kamo Karzis, Kamokarzi, Kamo and KK, was a New Zealand paintball team formed around 1994. The team combined social and tournament paintball, won the 1997 National Paintball League Second Division and finished third overall and first in Division Two at the 1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals.[1][2]

Kamo Karzi competed in national events through 2003 and appeared in the Valhalla National Rankings for five consecutive seasons from 1997 to 2001.[3][4][5][6][7]

History

Formation and early competition

Kamo Karzi's official website states that the team formed around 1994 after users of two bulletin-board systems organised a social paintball game. The team continued organising social games, through which several later members joined.[1]

Its first recorded tournament was the 1994 Winter League organised by Tactics Paintball. Kamo Karzi received the Most Improved trophy but did not record a placing.[1]

In 1995, the team competed at the Taupō Nationals with support from RP Scherer and finished fourth. Its contemporary history states that five regular players, including the captain, subsequently left for another team. The remaining group spent approximately a year rebuilding. An original member known as Wolf became captain in 1995.[1]

1997 season

Kamo Karzi entered and won the Second Division of the National Paintball League in 1997 with support from Combat Vision.[1]

At the New Zealand Nationals on 25–26 October 1997 at Actions Paintball in Te Atatū, Kamo Karzi scored 818 points. It finished third overall and first in Division Two. Allan Gatland was identified as captain when he accepted the divisional trophy.[2]

The league championship and Nationals result were separate achievements. Kamo Karzi also finished third in the retrospectively compiled 1997 Valhalla rankings, with a ranking score of 74.[3]

1998–2001

The 1998 National Paintball League Division Two team list named Allan Gatland as manager of Kamo Karzi 2. Separate results recorded 16 league points for Kamo Karzi #2, without giving a final placing.[8][9]

At the 1998 New Zealand Nationals, Kamo Karzi finished eleventh with 435 points. The tournament report identifies the captain as Alan Gatland, preserving that source's spelling.[10]

Kamo Karzi supplied most of the referees for the 1999 Nationals instead of entering as a playing team. Marty Kinny was the head marshal.[11]

At the 2000 Nationals, Kamo Karzi competed in the First Division, scoring 515 preliminary points and not advancing to the divisional finals.[12]

At the 2001 Nationals, the team recorded 665 preliminary points and did not reach the finals. A player identified only as Dazz, described as formerly of Saints, received the second day's player award.[13]

2002–2003

Kamo Karzi and Phantom provided referees for the 2002 Northland Open. The team was not listed among the eight playing entries.[14]

Kamo Karzi returned as a playing team at the 2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball. It scored 341 points in the preliminary round and did not reach the four-team finals.[15]

The contemporary report described Kamo Karzi's final preliminary game, against Katipo, as its last tournament game as a cohesive team. It reported that the team was disbanding after approximately ten years because of player shortages and other commitments. Rob Maddox and Kerry Munro were identified as the remaining players seeking places with other teams.[15]

The same report described the newly formed Raiderz, printed there as Raiders, as being composed primarily of former Kamo Karzi players. This establishes a player connection but does not make Raiderz an alias or direct continuation of Kamo Karzi.[15]

Members and team roles

Official 1998 team list

The team's archived website identified the following members. It explicitly described the list as incomplete, and it should not be treated as the roster for every event.[1]

Published name Documented involvement
Wolf Original member from 1994; captain from 1995
Psyg' / Rob Maddox Joined in 1994 after his previous team, The Goodies, broke up; team media contact
Quad Joined in 1995
Spider Team website records an early-1997 joining date; a separate profile identifies him as Paul “Spider” McKay and gives 1996
BJ Joined in early 1997 after attending a social game
Daemon Joined in late 1996
Hobbit Member from the team's formation; social player and tournament pit support
Frigg Team manager; joined in late 1995
Balder Joined in late 1995 and played tournament paintball

Other documented personnel

Name Documented association
Allan Gatland Captain at the 1997 Nationals; manager of Kamo Karzi 2 in 1998[2][8]
Paul “Spider” McKay Member who recalled joining in 1996 and playing in the 1997 league-winning campaign[16]
Jo Pitts Former Kamo Karzi member who subsequently played for Saints; previously associated with NSS[17]
Dazz Player at the 2001 Nationals; formerly of Saints[13]
Kerry Munro Identified with Rob Maddox as a remaining player when the team disbanded in 2003[15]

Rob Maddox's identification as the team's contact in a 2002 capture does not establish that he was captain at that time.[18]

The sources disagree about Paul McKay's joining date: the official team page gives early 1997, while McKay's individual profile gives 1996. Both sources connect him with the 1997 campaign, but the exact joining date remains unresolved.[1][16]

Team names and squads

New Zealand sources use several renderings of the team's name, including Kamo Karzi, Kamo Kazi, Kamo Karzis, Kamokarzi, Kamo and KK. These are treated as spelling or shorthand variants of the same team when the New Zealand context is clear.

The entries Kamo Karzi 2, Kamo Karzi #2, Kamo Karzi Team One and Kamo Karzi Team Two identify event or league squads associated with Kamo Karzi rather than separate permanent team histories.[8][9]

Tournament results

Year Tournament or series Recorded result
1994 Tactics Winter League Most Improved trophy; no placing[1]
1995 Taupō Nationals 4th[1]
1997 National Paintball League, Division Two 1st[1]
1997 1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals 3rd overall; 1st in Division Two; 818 points[2]
1998 NPL Division Two league Kamo Karzi #2 recorded 16 points; placing not supplied[9]
1998 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals 11th; 435 points[10]
2000 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals 515 preliminary points; did not reach the First Division finals[12]
2001 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals 665 preliminary points; did not reach finals[13]
2003 2003 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball 341 preliminary points; did not reach finals[15]

National rankings

Season Ranking category Position Ranking score
1997 Combined 3rd 74[3]
1998 Combined 9th 43[4]
1999 Combined 9th 63[5]
2000 Combined 18th 59[6]
2001 Seven-player 10th 111.4[7]

Valhalla ranking scores were calculated ranking values rather than raw tournament points. The calculation method and categories changed during the period, so the seasonal figures are not directly comparable.[7][19]

See also

References

  1. Team Kamo Karzi, official team history and member list. Archived 4 February 1998.
  2. Rob Maddox, The 1997 Two Day NZ National “SplatMan” Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.
  3. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1997.
  4. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1998.
  5. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1999.
  6. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2000.
  7. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2001, standings dated October 2001.
  8. The 1998 “SplatMan” Division 2 League, compiled by Rob Maddox; information dated 8 March 1998.
  9. The 1998 NPL Division 2 League Results, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.
  10. Rob Maddox, The 1998 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 17 August 2002.
  11. Rob Maddox, The 1999 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 17 August 2002.
  12. Rob Maddox, The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.
  13. Rob Maddox, The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.
  14. Rob Maddox, The 2002 Northland Paintball Open, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.
  15. Rob Maddox, Superball 2003 “Queens Birthday” Tournament, New Zealand Paintball, June 2003.
  16. Paul “Spider” McKay, Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball, undated profile. Archived 25 April 2002.
  17. Jo Pitts, Who's Who of New Zealand Paintball, undated profile. Archived 13 June 2002.
  18. Team Kamo Karzi, history and contact page. Archived 22 February 2002.
  19. Mercenaries Star, Valhalla National Team Rankings methodology.
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