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Phantom, also recorded as Phantom 5 and Phantom Five, was a New Zealand tournament paintball team documented in competition from 1998 to 2006. The team placed second at the 2001 Northland Open and competed in national, regional and series events under several squad names.[1][6][13]

History

1998 league

Phantom Five competed in the 1998 National Paintball League Second Division programme. A contemporary information page listed Todd Martin as the team's manager. The published league results placed Phantom Five third with 18 points, although the surviving page does not establish that this was a final season classification.[1]

At the 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals, Phantom 5 finished ninth with 505 points.[2]

1999 season

Phantom 5 entered two squads at the 1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals. Phantom 5 Purple finished third overall with 820 points, behind Paint Contractors and Saints Gold. Phantom 5 Black finished twelfth with 390 points.[3]

The same report identifies Gary of Phantom Five and NeoTech in an event acknowledgement, but does not give his surname or establish a complete playing roster.[3]

2000–2001

Phantom 5 scored 659 points in the preliminary round of the 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals, where it was classified in Division One.[4]

The 2001 Valhalla National Rankings record Phantom 5 at the Northland Open, RotoVegas tournament and New Zealand Nationals. The team accumulated 207.8 seven-player ranking points across the season, including 83.9 from the Northland Open.[5]

At the 2001 Northland Open, Phantom finished second with 755 points, behind Saints and ahead of Phoenix.[6]

2002

On 27 January 2002, Phantom finished third at the Combat Zone 3-Man tournament at Ardmore, Papakura, with 510 points. Saints and GPS finished first and second.[7]

Phantom and Kamo Karzi provided referees at the 2002 Northland Open, organised by Wayne Rolleston of Paintball West. Phantom was not listed among the eight competing teams in the tournament report.[8]

A March 2002 report on the 2002 Paintball West 3-Man League identified Rolleston as a member of Team Phantom, the league organiser and the owner of its Sup'Air field.[14]

Rob Maddox's report on the Rotorua Volcanic tournament, held on 1–2 June 2002, also identified Rolleston as a Phantom member. He headed Extreme Events, which had purchased the inflatable field used at the previous year's Rotorua tournament and brought it back for the 2002 event. Phantom finished sixth in the Cup competition with 425 points.[15]

Phantom Menace and other entries

Phantom Menace won the 2003 Hawke’s Bay Triples at the Hawke's Bay A&P Showgrounds in Hastings. The published table gave the team 690 points, and the report recorded a 100–10 victory over Damage Red in the final.[9]

At the October 2003 Volcanic Rotorua tournament, the first-day pool tables listed three separate entries: Phantom Menace with 782 points, Phantom with 507 and Phantom Legion with 249. These were pool scores rather than final tournament placings.[10]

A 2003 discussion concerning a proposed ten-player tournament referred to Phantom 5 and Phantom Menace combining as a Phantoms entry. The discussion records a proposal rather than confirmed participation.[11]

Participant recollections describe Phantom Menace as an evolution of Phantom, but an exact changeover date or complete transfer of players has not been established. Contemporary records show both names entered separately at the same tournament.[10]

Phantom Red and Phantom Blue

Phantom Blue and Phantom Red competed at the 2004 Hawke’s Bay Triples. The preliminary table placed Phantom Blue first with 1,050 points and Phantom Red third with 760. Phantom Menace entered separately and scored 510.[12]

The published results identify Fusion as the tournament winner and Phantom Blue as runner-up. The accompanying narrative calls Fusion's final opponent Menace Blue, creating a naming discrepancy within the source.[12]

Contributor recollection identifies Phantom Blue and Phantom Red as associated Phantom squads. Their exact rosters and whether they were permanent squads or event-specific entries remain unverified.

2006 Super 5s

Phantom finished third in Division One of the 2006 Super 5s season with 3,823 points, behind Menace and XXX and ahead of Saints.[13]

Names and related teams

Phantom, Phantom 5 and Phantom Five were names used for the team. Phantom 5 Purple and Phantom 5 Black were separate squads at the 1999 Nationals.[3]

Phantom Menace was associated with Phantom in participant recollections and the proposed combined ten-player entry discussed in 2003. Nevertheless, Phantom and Phantom Menace competed separately at the October 2003 Rotorua tournament, alongside Phantom Legion.[10][11]

Phantom Fury also appeared in 1999 tournament records, but its relationship to the Phantom organisation has not been established.

Menace was a separate team, identified in contributor recollection as having formed from former Marksmen players. These recollections also associate Gavin Harrison and Matt Storey with Phantom Menace. They do not establish a complete dated roster or a direct organisational succession from Phantom to Menace.

Documented players and management

The following are individually documented associations, rather than complete team rosters.

Year	Name	Documented association
1998	Todd Martin	Listed manager of Phantom Five in the NPL Second Division information page.[1]
1999	Gary	Identified with Phantom Five and NeoTech in the Nationals report; surname and playing role not stated.[3]
2002	Wayne Rolleston	Identified as a Phantom member in the March Paintball West league report and the June Rotorua Volcanic report. Also organised the Paintball West league and headed Extreme Events.[14][15]

Gavin Harrison and Matt Storey's associations with Phantom Menace are recorded in participant recollection, but no dated roster confirming those associations has been established.

Selected results

Year	Event	Published team name	Result
1998	NPL Second Division	Phantom Five	Third in published league table; final season status unconfirmed.[1]
1998	1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals	Phantom 5	Ninth, 505 points.[2]
1999	1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals	Phantom 5 Purple	Third, 820 points.[3]
1999	1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals	Phantom 5 Black	Twelfth, 390 points.[3]
2001	2001 Northland Open	Phantom	Second, 755 points.[6]
2002	2002 Combat Zone 3-Man	Phantom	Third, 510 points.[7]
2002	Rotorua Volcanic	Phantom	Sixth in the Cup competition, 425 points.[15]
2003	2003 Hawke’s Bay Triples	Phantom Menace	First.[9]
2004	2004 Hawke’s Bay Triples	Phantom Blue	Second.[12]
2006	2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)	Phantom	Third in Division One, 3,823 points.[13]

References

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-'''Phantom''', also recorded as '''Phantom 5''' and '''Phantom Five''', was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team documented in competition from 1998 to 2006. The team placed second at the 2001 Northland Open and competed in national, regional and series events under several squad names.[1][5][7]
+'''Phantom''', also recorded as '''Phantom 5''' and '''Phantom Five''', was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team documented in competition from 1998 to 2006. The team placed second at the [[2001 Northland Open]] and competed in national, regional and series events under several squad names.[1][6][13]
-Contemporary records also contain the names Phantom 5 Black, Phantom 5 Purple, Phantom Menace, Phantom Red, Phantom Blue, Phantom Legion and Phantom Fury. Phantom 5 Black and Purple were documented squads of Phantom 5. The exact organisational relationships of the other named entries have not all been established.
 == History ==
 === 1998 league ===
+Phantom Five competed in the 1998 National Paintball League Second Division programme. A contemporary information page listed Todd Martin as the team's manager. The published league results placed Phantom Five third with 18 points, although the surviving page does not establish that this was a final season classification.[1]
-Phantom Five competed in the 1998 National Paintball League Second Division programme. A contemporary information page listed Todd Martin as the team's manager. The published league results placed Phantom Five third with 18 points, although the surviving page does not state when the table was last updated or establish that it was a final season classification.[1]
+At the [[1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]], Phantom 5 finished ninth with 505 points.[2]
-At the 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals, Phantom 5 finished ninth with 505 points.[2]
 === 1999 season ===
+Phantom 5 entered two squads at the [[1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]. Phantom 5 Purple finished third overall with 820 points, behind Paint Contractors and Saints Gold. Phantom 5 Black finished twelfth with 390 points.[3]
-Phantom 5 entered two squads at the 1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals. Phantom 5 Purple finished third overall with 820 points, behind Paint Contractors and Saints Gold. Phantom 5 Black finished twelfth with 390 points.[3]
+The same report identifies Gary of Phantom Five and NeoTech in an event acknowledgement, but does not give his surname or establish a complete playing roster.[3]
-The same report identifies Gary of Phantom Five and NeoTech in an event acknowledgement, but does not give his surname or establish a complete playing roster.[3]
+=== 2000–2001 ===
+Phantom 5 scored 659 points in the preliminary round of the [[2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]], where it was classified in Division One.[4]
-=== 2000–2002 ===
+The 2001 Valhalla National Rankings record Phantom 5 at the Northland Open, RotoVegas tournament and New Zealand Nationals. The team accumulated 207.8 seven-player ranking points across the season, including 83.9 from the Northland Open.[5]
-Phantom 5 scored 659 points in the preliminary round of the 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals, where it was classified in Division One.[4]
+At the [[2001 Northland Open]], Phantom finished second with 755 points, behind [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] and ahead of [[Wellington Phoenix|Phoenix]].[6]
-The surviving 2001 Valhalla National Rankings record Phantom 5 at the Northland Open, RotoVegas tournament and New Zealand Nationals. The team accumulated 207.8 seven-player ranking points across the season, including 83.9 from the Northland Open.[5]
+=== 2002 ===
+On 27 January 2002, Phantom finished third at the [[2002 Combat Zone 3-Man|Combat Zone 3-Man tournament]] at Ardmore, Papakura, with 510 points. Saints and GPS finished first and second.[7]
-A contemporary Northland Open report placed Phantom second in 2001 with 755 points, behind Saints and ahead of Phoenix.[6]
+Phantom and [[Kamo Karzi]] provided referees at the [[2002 Northland Open]], organised by Wayne Rolleston of [[Paintball West]]. Phantom was not listed among the eight competing teams in the tournament report.[8]
-On 27 January 2002, Phantom finished third at the Combat Zone 3-Man tournament at Ardmore, Papakura, with 510 points. Saints and GPS finished first and second.[7]
+A March 2002 report on the [[2002 Paintball West 3-Man League]] identified Rolleston as a member of Team Phantom, the league organiser and the owner of its Sup'Air field.[14]
-At the 2002 Northland Open, Phantom finished second in the First Division, behind Saints.[8]
+Rob Maddox's report on the Rotorua Volcanic tournament, held on 1–2 June 2002, also identified Rolleston as a Phantom member. He headed Extreme Events, which had purchased the inflatable field used at the previous year's Rotorua tournament and brought it back for the 2002 event. Phantom finished sixth in the Cup competition with 425 points.[15]
 === Phantom Menace and other entries ===
+Phantom Menace won the 2003 [[Hawke’s Bay Triples]] at the Hawke's Bay A&P Showgrounds in Hastings. The published table gave the team 690 points, and the report recorded a 100–10 victory over Damage Red in the final.[9]
-Phantom Menace won the 2003 Hawke's Bay Triples at the Hawke's Bay A&P Showgrounds in Hastings. The published table gave the team 690 points, and the report recorded a 100–10 victory over Damage Red in the final.[9]
+At the October 2003 Volcanic Rotorua tournament, the first-day pool tables listed three separate entries: Phantom Menace with 782 points, Phantom with 507 and Phantom Legion with 249. These were pool scores rather than final tournament placings.[10]
-At the October 2003 Volcanic Rotorua tournament, the first-day pool tables listed three separate Phantom-named entries: Phantom Menace with 782 points, Phantom with 507 and Phantom Legion with 249.[10] Their simultaneous appearance means those names should not be treated as interchangeable entries for that event.
+A 2003 discussion concerning a proposed ten-player tournament referred to Phantom 5 and Phantom Menace combining as a '''Phantoms''' entry. The discussion records a proposal rather than confirmed participation.[11]
-A separate 2003 discussion concerning a proposed ten-player tournament referred to Phantom 5 and Phantom Menace combining as a '''Phantoms''' entry. The surviving discussion records a proposal rather than confirmed participation, but it demonstrates a contemporary connection between the two groups.[11]
+Participant recollections describe Phantom Menace as an evolution of Phantom, but an exact changeover date or complete transfer of players has not been established. Contemporary records show both names entered separately at the same tournament.[10]
-Participant recollections describe Phantom Menace as an evolution of Phantom. Contemporary results support a relationship between those names, but do not establish an exact changeover date or a complete transfer of players.
-The later team [[Menace]] was a separate organisation formed by former Marksmen players, according to contributor clarification. Gavin Harrison and Matt Storey are also recalled as having been associated with Phantom Menace before Menace was established. No dated Phantom Menace roster confirming that association has yet been recovered. The similarity between the names Phantom Menace and Menace should not by itself be used to present Menace as a renaming or direct successor of Phantom.
 === Phantom Red and Phantom Blue ===
+Phantom Blue and Phantom Red competed at the 2004 [[Hawke’s Bay Triples]]. The preliminary table placed Phantom Blue first with 1,050 points and Phantom Red third with 760. Phantom Menace entered separately and scored 510.[12]
-Phantom Blue and Phantom Red are both documented at the 2004 Hawke's Bay Triples. The preliminary table placed Phantom Blue first with 1,050 points and Phantom Red third with 760. Phantom Menace was also entered separately and scored 510.[12]
+The published results identify Fusion as the tournament winner and Phantom Blue as runner-up. The accompanying narrative calls Fusion's final opponent '''Menace Blue''', creating a naming discrepancy within the source.[12]
-The published results identify Fusion as the tournament winner and Phantom Blue as runner-up. The accompanying narrative calls Fusion's final opponent '''Menace Blue''', creating a naming conflict within the same source. The explicit results table is followed here.[12]
+Contributor recollection identifies Phantom Blue and Phantom Red as associated Phantom squads. Their exact rosters and whether they were permanent squads or event-specific entries remain unverified.
-Project contributor clarification identifies Phantom Blue and Phantom Red as associated with Phantom. The inspected documentary sources do not yet establish their exact rosters or whether they were permanent squads or event-specific entries. Their documented activity is presently limited to the 2004 Hawke's Bay Triples.
+=== 2006 Super 5s ===
+Phantom finished third in Division One of the [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)|2006 Super 5s]] season with 3,823 points, behind [[Menace]] and XXX and ahead of Saints.[13]
-=== 2006 Super 5s ===
+== Names and related teams ==
+'''Phantom''', '''Phantom 5''' and '''Phantom Five''' were names used for the team. Phantom 5 Purple and Phantom 5 Black were separate squads at the 1999 Nationals.[3]
-Phantom finished third in Division One of the 2006 Super 5s season with 3,823 points, behind Menace and XXX and ahead of Saints.[13] This is the latest confirmed Phantom result currently identified in the inspected New Zealand tournament record.
+Phantom Menace was associated with Phantom in participant recollections and the proposed combined ten-player entry discussed in 2003. Nevertheless, Phantom and Phantom Menace competed separately at the October 2003 Rotorua tournament, alongside Phantom Legion.[10][11]
-== Names and related teams ==
+Phantom Fury also appeared in 1999 tournament records, but its relationship to the Phantom organisation has not been established.
-* '''Phantom''', '''Phantom 5''' and '''Phantom Five''' refer to the same team.
+[[Menace]] was a separate team, identified in contributor recollection as having formed from former Marksmen players. These recollections also associate Gavin Harrison and Matt Storey with Phantom Menace. They do not establish a complete dated roster or a direct organisational succession from Phantom to Menace.
-* '''Phantom 5 Purple''' and '''Phantom 5 Black''' were separate Phantom 5 squads at the 1999 Nationals.[3]
-* '''Phantom Menace''' was a related evolution of Phantom documented from at least February 2003. Contemporary records also show Phantom and Phantom Menace entering the same event.[9][10]
-* '''Phantom Legion''' appeared as a separate entry in the 2003 Rotorua pool table.[10]
-* '''Phantom Red''' and '''Phantom Blue''' were associated Phantom entries at the 2004 Hawke's Bay Triples. Their exact roster structure has not been verified.[12]
-* '''Phantom Fury''' appeared in 1999 tournament records, but no inspected source establishes that it belonged to the Phantom organisation.
-* [[Menace]] was a separate team formed by former Marksmen players, according to contributor clarification. The inspected tournament sources do not establish that it was a renamed Phantom squad.
 == Documented players and management ==
+The following are individually documented associations, rather than complete team rosters.
 {| class="wikitable"
+! Year
 ! Name
-! Documented role
+! Documented association
-! Evidence limit
 |-
+| 1998
 | Todd Martin
-| Listed manager of Phantom Five in the 1998 NPL Second Division information page
+| Listed manager of Phantom Five in the NPL Second Division information page.[1]
-| Does not establish management in other seasons [1]
 |-
+| 1999
+| Gary
+| Identified with Phantom Five and NeoTech in the Nationals report; surname and playing role not stated.[3]
+|-
+| 2002
 | Wayne Rolleston
-| Associated with Phantom in participant recollection
+| Identified as a Phantom member in the March Paintball West league report and the June Rotorua Volcanic report. Also organised the Paintball West league and headed Extreme Events.[14][15]
-| No dated Phantom roster confirming the association has yet been recovered
-|-
-| Gavin Harrison
-| Associated with Phantom Menace in participant recollection
-| No dated Phantom Menace roster confirming the association has yet been recovered
-|-
-| Matt Storey
-| Associated with Phantom Menace in participant recollection
-| No dated Phantom Menace roster confirming the association has yet been recovered
 |}
+Gavin Harrison and Matt Storey's associations with Phantom Menace are recorded in participant recollection, but no dated roster confirming those associations has been established.
 == Selected results ==
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Year
@@ Line 98: / Line 90: @@
 | NPL Second Division
 | Phantom Five
-| 3rd in published league table [1]
+| Third in published league table; final season status unconfirmed.[1]
 |-
 | 1998
 | [[1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
 | Phantom 5
-| 9th [2]
+| Ninth, 505 points.[2]
 |-
 | 1999
 | [[1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
 | Phantom 5 Purple
-| 3rd [3]
+| Third, 820 points.[3]
 |-
 | 1999
 | [[1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
 | Phantom 5 Black
-| 12th [3]
+| Twelfth, 390 points.[3]
 |-
 | 2001
 | [[2001 Northland Open]]
 | Phantom
-| 2nd [6]
+| Second, 755 points.[6]
 |-
 | 2002
 | [[2002 Combat Zone 3-Man]]
 | Phantom
-| 3rd [7]
+| Third, 510 points.[7]
 |-
 | 2002
-| [[2002 Northland Open]]
+| [[Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament|Rotorua Volcanic]]
 | Phantom
-| 2nd, Division One [8]
+| Sixth in the Cup competition, 425 points.[15]
 |-
 | 2003
-| [[2003 Hawke's Bay Triples]]
+| [[Hawke’s Bay Triples|2003 Hawke’s Bay Triples]]
 | Phantom Menace
-| 1st [9]
+| First.[9]
 |-
 | 2004
-| [[2004 Hawke's Bay Triples]]
+| [[Hawke’s Bay Triples|2004 Hawke’s Bay Triples]]
 | Phantom Blue
-| 2nd [12]
+| Second.[12]
 |-
 | 2006
 | [[2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)]]
 | Phantom
-| 3rd, Division One [13]
+| Third in Division One, 3,823 points.[13]
 |}
 == See also ==
+* [[Paintball West]]
 * [[Menace]]
 * [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
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 == References ==
 # [https://web.archive.org/web/20020606144228/http://www.paintball.co.nz/div298.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 1998 SplatMan Division 2 League'', Paintball.co.nz]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613121455/http://www.paintball.co.nz/npld298.htm ''The 1998 NPL Division 2 League Results'', Paintball.co.nz].
 # [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, October 1998.]
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 # [https://web.archive.org/web/20051018151826/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2003/hawkesbay.htm Rob Maddox, ''Hawkes Bay Triples'', Paintball.co.nz, February 2003.]
 # [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218184604/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2003/volcanic.htm Rob Maddox, ''Rotorua International Tournament – Oct 03'', Paintball.co.nz, October 2003.]
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041028072524/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=118.topic Wayne Rolleston, ''Super 10s'', NZ Paintball Message Forum, 14 April–24 June 2003. Archived 28 October 2004.] The proposed 2003 event was not confirmed as having taken place.
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041028072524/http://p069.ezboard.com/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=118.topic Wayne Rolleston, ''Super 10s'', NZ Paintball Message Forum, 14 April–24 June 2003. Archived 28 October 2004.]
 # [https://web.archive.org/web/20051218194442/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/2004/hb2004.htm Peter Mumby, ''The Hawkes Bay Triples 2004'', Paintball.co.nz, February 2004.]
 # [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011071333/http://p069.ezboard.com/December-super-5s-scores/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=360.topic ''December super 5's scores'', NZ Paintball Message Forum, 4 December 2006.]
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020802163847/http://www.paintball.co.nz/3man-march.htm Rob Maddox, ''Paintball West – 3-Man League'', NZ Paintball Online, March 2002. Archived 2 August 2002.]
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613131436/http://www.paintball.co.nz/volcanic2.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2002 Rotorua Volcanic Paintball Tournament'', NZ Paintball Online, 2002. Archived 13 June 2002.]
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