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Moved KC Damage to the standard title KC Damage (New Zealand Paintball Team). Added the team’s previously omitted 2001 RotoVegas, Hawke’s Bay Triples and Wellington Cup records and its seven-, five- and three-player Valhalla rankings. Retained the documented continuity between Team Damage and KC Damage, the Kāpiti Coast location, Jason Newport’s involvement, the 2001 Nationals result and the 2013 NZPPL results. Clarified that Valhalla figures are normalised ranking values and maintained the dist
 
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'''KC Damage''' was a New Zealand competitive [[paintball]] team associated with the '''Kāpiti Coast'''. Earlier records document the team as '''Team Damage'''. A contributor clarification identifies these as the same team in different decades and confirms that '''KC''' means '''Kāpiti Coast'''.[1]
'''KC Damage''' was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team associated with the Kāpiti Coast. Earlier records identify the team as '''Damage''' and '''Team Damage'''. The later names '''K.C. Damage''' and '''KCDamage''' are spelling variants of KC Damage.


Team Damage finished fourth in the Second Division at the '''2001 [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'''. Competing as KC Damage, the team won the '''2013 NZPPL Nationals''' at [[Asylum Paintball]] in Auckland.[3][5]
Team Damage finished fourth in the Second Division at the 2001 [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]. Competing as KC Damage, the team won the 2013 NZPPL Nationals at [[Asylum Paintball]] in Auckland.[3][7]


The team was separate from Christchurch's [[Damage Inc]].
The team was separate from the Christchurch-based [[Damage Inc (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Damage Inc]].


== History ==
== History ==
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=== Team name and continuity ===
=== Team name and continuity ===


A contributor clarification supplied to WikiPaintball identifies '''Team Damage (Kāpiti Coast)''' and '''KC Damage''' as successive names used by the same team in different decades. It also identifies '''Jason Newport''' as a player associated with both periods.[1]
Contributor information supplied to WikiPaintball identifies Damage, Team Damage and KC Damage as names used by the same Kāpiti Coast team in different periods. It also identifies KC as referring to Kāpiti Coast and connects Jason Newport with both periods of the team.[1]


The precise date when the KC Damage name was adopted has not been established. The continuity does not imply an unchanged playing roster.
The date when the KC Damage name was adopted has not been established. The documented continuity does not imply that the playing roster remained unchanged.


=== Team Damage, 2001 ===
=== 2001 season ===


Team Damage competed at the '''2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals''' at Actions Paintball in Auckland. Eighteen teams attended the seven-player, two-flag tournament.[3]
Team Damage competed in seven-, five- and three-player events during 2001.


Damage qualified for the Second Division finals and finished '''fourth with 117 final-round points''', behind Tag and Training on 180, Damn Natives on 130 and Fusion on 120.[3]
The [[Valhalla National Rankings]] record Damage at RotoVegas, where it received a first-round contribution of 63.9 and a Second Division contribution of 73.3. These are normalised ranking figures rather than raw tournament scores.[4]


A contemporary newspaper report reproduced on the NZ Paintball forum described the team as Kāpiti paintballers and identified '''Jason Newport''' as captain. According to that account, Damage won eleven games, played three to time and lost three across its seventeen tournament games.[2]
Damage also competed at the Hawke’s Bay Triples. It received 62.9 ranking points and placed tenth in the published national three-player standings.[4]


The newspaper text was posted on '''8 November 2001''' and attributed by its poster to the '''1 November 2001''' edition of the ''Horwhenua Mail''. The surviving source is the forum reproduction.[2]
At the Wellington Cup, the contemporary tournament report placed Team Damage seventh with 328 tournament points.[5] The Valhalla five-player standings assigned the result a normalised contribution of 46.9, placing Damage ninth in the published standings.[4]
 
Team Damage competed at the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals at Actions Paintball in Auckland. Eighteen teams attended the seven-player, two-flag tournament.[3] Damage advanced to the Second Division final and finished fourth with 117 final-round points, behind Tag and Training on 180, Damn Natives on 130 and Fusion on 120.[3]
 
Across the recorded seven-player events, Damage placed fourth in the October 2001 Valhalla standings with 236.5 ranking points.[4]
 
A contemporary newspaper report reproduced on the NZ Paintball forum described the team as Kāpiti paintballers and identified Jason Newport as its captain. The report stated that Damage won eleven games, played three games to time and lost three across its seventeen games at the Nationals.[2]
 
The newspaper text was posted on 8 November 2001 and attributed by its poster to the 1 November 2001 edition of the ''Horowhenua Mail''. The surviving source is the archived forum reproduction.[2]


=== Junior development and location ===
=== Junior development and location ===


In a reply dated '''13 November 2001''', Newport signed on behalf of Team Damage and discussed publicity supporting a newly formed junior club.[2]
In a forum reply dated 13 November 2001, Newport signed on behalf of Team Damage and discussed publicity supporting a newly formed junior club.[2]


The reproduced newspaper report stated that the club hoped to enter three teams, including a junior entry, at the following Hawke's Bay Triples. This was a stated intention rather than confirmation of subsequent participation.[2]
The reproduced newspaper report stated that the club hoped to enter three teams, including a junior entry, at a future Hawke’s Bay Triples tournament. This was a stated intention and does not confirm that the proposed entries subsequently competed.[2]


On '''2 December 2001''', the same forum account corrected a team listing, explicitly stating that Damage was based on the '''Kāpiti Coast, not Gisborne'''.[2]
On 2 December 2001, the same forum account corrected a published team listing and stated that Damage was based on the Kāpiti Coast rather than Gisborne.[2] A separate November 2001 team-contact discussion also associates Newport with the North Island Damage team.[10]


=== 2013 Super 5 Man Series ===
=== 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series ===


KC Damage competed in the three-event '''2013 [[New Zealand Paintball Players League|NZPPL]] Super 5 Man Series'''.[4]
KC Damage competed in the three-event 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series.[6]


At '''[[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1|Event 1]]''', held on '''9–10 March''' at El Rancho Holiday Park in Waikanae, the team finished '''fifth in the Plate classification''', corresponding to '''eleventh overall'''.[4][6]
At Event 1, held at El Rancho Holiday Park in Waikanae on 9–10 March, KC Damage finished fifth in the Plate classification, corresponding to eleventh overall.[6][8]


At '''[[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2|Event 2]]''', held on '''1–2 June''' at Adrenalin Paintball Sports in Paraparaumu, KC Damage finished '''second in the Cup''', behind [[X-Fighter$ Fracture]] and ahead of Arachnidz.[4][7]
At Event 2, held at Adrenalin Paintball Sports in Paraparaumu on 1–2 June, the team finished second in the Cup, behind X-Fighter$ Fracture and ahead of Arachnidz.[6][9]


Following those two events, KC Damage was '''sixth in the published intermediate series standings'''. The archived table contains results for the opening two rounds but leaves the third event blank; it is not a completed season table.[4]
After the opening two events, KC Damage was sixth in the published intermediate series standings. The archived standings leave the third event blank and should not be treated as a completed season table.[6]


=== 2013 Nationals ===
=== 2013 NZPPL Nationals ===


KC Damage won the '''[[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3|2013 NZPPL Nationals]]''', held on '''26–27 October''' at Asylum Paintball in Auckland.[5][8]
KC Damage won the 2013 NZPPL Nationals, held at Asylum Paintball in Auckland on 26–27 October.[7][11]


A Blacksheep Communications press release published on '''16 March 2014''' records the leading tournament results:[5]
The recorded leading placings were:[7]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|-
|-
| 2
| 2
| [[Wellington Vendetta]]
| Wellington Vendetta
|-
|-
| 3
| 3
| [[X-Fighter$ Fracture]]
| X-Fighter$ Fracture
|}
|}


KC Damage's Nationals victory was separate from the overall series championship. The release identifies '''X-Fighter$''' as the season winner after two event victories and third place at the final tournament.[5]
KC Damage’s Nationals victory was separate from the overall series championship. A contemporary media release identifies X-Fighter$ as the series winner following two event victories and third place at the final tournament.[7]


== Documented personnel ==
== Documented personnel ==
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! Person
! Person
! Documented involvement
! Documented involvement
! Source
|-
|-
| November 2001
| 2001
| Team Damage
| Team Damage
| [[Jason Newport]]
| Jason Newport
| Captain; personally signed a forum reply on behalf of the team
| Captain; signed a contemporary forum reply on behalf of the team.[2]
| [2]
|-
|-
| Later KC Damage period; exact playing seasons not specified
| Later KC Damage period
| KC Damage
| KC Damage
| Jason Newport
| Jason Newport
| Player, according to contributor clarification
| Identified as a player through contributor information.[1]
| [1]
|}
|}


A contemporary November 2001 team-contact discussion also associates Newport with the North Island Damage team.[9]
The available sources do not provide complete rosters for both periods.
 
The sources do not provide complete named rosters for both periods. Newport's participation in both does not establish that the entire earlier squad remained together.


== Tournament results ==
== Tournament results ==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Date
! Date or season
! Published team name
! Published team name
! Competition
! Competition
! Recorded result
! Recorded result
! Source
|-
| 2001
| Damage
| RotoVegas
| Participation in the preliminary round and Second Division recorded; exact placing not established.[4]
|-
| 2001
| Damage
| Hawke’s Bay Triples
| 10th in the published national three-player standings; 62.9 ranking points.[4]
|-
| 2001
| Team Damage
| Wellington Cup
| 7th; 328 tournament points.[5]
|-
|-
| 2001
| 2001
| Damage / Team Damage
| Damage / Team Damage
| [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| [[2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
| 4th in the Second Division; 117 final-round points
| 4th in the Second Division; 117 final-round points.[2][3]
| [2][3]
|-
|-
| 9–10 March 2013
| 9–10 March 2013
| KC Damage
| KC Damage
| [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1]]
| [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1]]
| 5th in Plate; 11th overall
| 5th in the Plate classification; 11th overall.[6][8]
| [4][6]
|-
|-
| 1–2 June 2013
| 1–2 June 2013
| KC Damage
| KC Damage
| [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2]]
| [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2]]
| 2nd in Cup
| 2nd in the Cup.[6][9]
| [4][7]
|-
|-
| 26–27 October 2013
| 26–27 October 2013
| KC Damage
| KC Damage
| [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3|2013 NZPPL Nationals]]
| [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3|2013 NZPPL Nationals]]
| 1st
| 1st.[7][11]
| [5][8]
|}
|}


The 2001 score is a final-round total. The 2013 intermediate series standing is separate from individual event placings.
== National rankings ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Format
! Published entry
! Position
! Ranking total
|-
| 2001
| Seven-player
| Damage
| 4th
| 236.5
|-
| 2001
| Five-player
| Damage
| 9th
| 46.9
|-
| 2001
| Three-player
| Damage
| 10th
| 62.9
|}
 
The Valhalla figures are normalised ranking contributions and should not be treated as raw tournament scores.[4]


== Distinction from Damage Inc ==
== Distinction from Damage Inc ==


The contemporary team-contact discussion separately identifies '''Damage in the North Island''' and '''Damage Inc in the South Island'''. A contributor representing the southern team explicitly corrected its name to Damage Inc.[9]
Contemporary records distinguish the North Island Damage team from the South Island team Damage Inc. The Christchurch-based Damage Inc was a separate organisation, and its players and results are not included in this article.[10]
 
The Christchurch-based [[Damage Inc]] was a separate team. Its players, sponsorship and tournament results are not combined with the Kāpiti team's history.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2]]
* [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2]]
* [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3]]
* [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3]]
* [[Damage Inc]]
* [[Damage Inc (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]


== References ==
== References ==


# Contributor clarification supplied to WikiPaintball, 25 October 2026. Identifies KC as Kāpiti Coast, confirms continuity between Team Damage (Kāpiti Coast) and KC Damage across different decades, and identifies Jason Newport as a player associated with both. Distinguishes the team from Christchurch Damage Inc.
# Contributor information supplied to WikiPaintball, 25 October 2026. Identifies KC as Kāpiti Coast, confirms continuity between Team Damage and KC Damage, identifies Jason Newport with both periods and distinguishes the team from Christchurch Damage Inc.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020115062252/http://pub73.ezboard.com:80/fnzpaintballfrm5.showMessage?topicID=35.topic 'Hitman' fails to save Team Damage paintballers, NZ Paintball forum.] Newspaper report reproduced on 8 November 2001 and attributed to the ''Horwhenua Mail'', 1 November 2001; includes Jason Newport's reply of 13 November and the Kāpiti location correction of 2 December. Archived 15 January 2002.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020115062252/http://pub73.ezboard.com:80/fnzpaintballfrm5.showMessage?topicID=35.topic ''‘Hitman’ fails to save Team Damage paintballers'', newspaper report reproduced on the NZ Paintball forum, 8 November 2001 and attributed to the ''Horowhenua Mail'', 1 November 2001; includes later replies from Jason Newport.]
# [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/20020806192513/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats01.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament'', Paintball.co.nz.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028111900/http://nzppl.com/ranks-2013.html NZPPL — 2013 Series Rankings. Official results for Events 1 and 2 and intermediate series standings. Archived 28 October 2013.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2001Hall.htm ''2001 Valhalla National Rankings'', Mercenaries Star.]
# [https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1403/S00280/blacksheep-media-release-2013-nzppl-video.htm Blacksheep Communications, Blacksheep Media Release 2013 NZPPL Video, Scoop Independent News, 16 March 2014.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020817070604/http://www.paintball.co.nz/wgtn2001.htm Martin Dannefaerd, ''The 2001 Wellington Cup'', Paintball.co.nz.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028113418/http://nzppl.com/2013-event1.html NZPPL — Super 5 Man Event 1, 9–10 March 2013. Official event information; archived 28 October 2013.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028111900/http://nzppl.com/ranks-2013.html NZPPL, ''2013 Series Rankings''.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028134842/http://nzppl.com/2013-event2.html NZPPL — Super 5 Man Event 2, 1–2 June 2013. Official event information; archived 28 October 2013.]
# [https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1403/S00280/blacksheep-media-release-2013-nzppl-video.htm Blacksheep Communications, ''Blacksheep Media Release – 2013 NZPPL Video'', Scoop Independent News, 16 March 2014.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028130016/http://nzppl.com/2013-event3.html NZPPL — Super 5 Man NZ Nationals, Auckland Event 3, 26–27 October 2013. Official event information; archived 28 October 2013.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028113418/http://nzppl.com/2013-event1.html NZPPL, ''2013 Super 5 Man Event 1'', 9–10 March 2013.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020102013147/http://pub73.ezboard.com:80/fnzpaintballfrm2.showMessage?topicID=101.topic Team Captain Contact Details, NZ Paintball forum, November 2001. Archived 2 January 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028134842/http://nzppl.com/2013-event2.html NZPPL, ''2013 Super 5 Man Event 2'', 1–2 June 2013.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020102013147/http://pub73.ezboard.com:80/fnzpaintballfrm2.showMessage?topicID=101.topic ''Team Captain Contact Details'', NZ Paintball forum, November 2001.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028130016/http://nzppl.com/2013-event3.html NZPPL, ''Super 5 Man NZ Nationals – Auckland Event 3'', 26–27 October 2013.]


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


* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028111900/http://nzppl.com/ranks-2013.html Official archived 2013 NZPPL rankings]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykou3SjP0vQ 2013 NZPPL season video]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykou3SjP0vQ 2013 NZPPL Nationals — Blacksheep Media tournament video]


[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]
[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]

Latest revision as of 09:07, 27 October 2026

KC Damage was a New Zealand tournament paintball team associated with the Kāpiti Coast. Earlier records identify the team as Damage and Team Damage. The later names K.C. Damage and KCDamage are spelling variants of KC Damage.

Team Damage finished fourth in the Second Division at the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals. Competing as KC Damage, the team won the 2013 NZPPL Nationals at Asylum Paintball in Auckland.[3][7]

The team was separate from the Christchurch-based Damage Inc.

History

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Team name and continuity

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Contributor information supplied to WikiPaintball identifies Damage, Team Damage and KC Damage as names used by the same Kāpiti Coast team in different periods. It also identifies KC as referring to Kāpiti Coast and connects Jason Newport with both periods of the team.[1]

The date when the KC Damage name was adopted has not been established. The documented continuity does not imply that the playing roster remained unchanged.

2001 season

[edit]

Team Damage competed in seven-, five- and three-player events during 2001.

The Valhalla National Rankings record Damage at RotoVegas, where it received a first-round contribution of 63.9 and a Second Division contribution of 73.3. These are normalised ranking figures rather than raw tournament scores.[4]

Damage also competed at the Hawke’s Bay Triples. It received 62.9 ranking points and placed tenth in the published national three-player standings.[4]

At the Wellington Cup, the contemporary tournament report placed Team Damage seventh with 328 tournament points.[5] The Valhalla five-player standings assigned the result a normalised contribution of 46.9, placing Damage ninth in the published standings.[4]

Team Damage competed at the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals at Actions Paintball in Auckland. Eighteen teams attended the seven-player, two-flag tournament.[3] Damage advanced to the Second Division final and finished fourth with 117 final-round points, behind Tag and Training on 180, Damn Natives on 130 and Fusion on 120.[3]

Across the recorded seven-player events, Damage placed fourth in the October 2001 Valhalla standings with 236.5 ranking points.[4]

A contemporary newspaper report reproduced on the NZ Paintball forum described the team as Kāpiti paintballers and identified Jason Newport as its captain. The report stated that Damage won eleven games, played three games to time and lost three across its seventeen games at the Nationals.[2]

The newspaper text was posted on 8 November 2001 and attributed by its poster to the 1 November 2001 edition of the Horowhenua Mail. The surviving source is the archived forum reproduction.[2]

Junior development and location

[edit]

In a forum reply dated 13 November 2001, Newport signed on behalf of Team Damage and discussed publicity supporting a newly formed junior club.[2]

The reproduced newspaper report stated that the club hoped to enter three teams, including a junior entry, at a future Hawke’s Bay Triples tournament. This was a stated intention and does not confirm that the proposed entries subsequently competed.[2]

On 2 December 2001, the same forum account corrected a published team listing and stated that Damage was based on the Kāpiti Coast rather than Gisborne.[2] A separate November 2001 team-contact discussion also associates Newport with the North Island Damage team.[10]

2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series

[edit]

KC Damage competed in the three-event 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Series.[6]

At Event 1, held at El Rancho Holiday Park in Waikanae on 9–10 March, KC Damage finished fifth in the Plate classification, corresponding to eleventh overall.[6][8]

At Event 2, held at Adrenalin Paintball Sports in Paraparaumu on 1–2 June, the team finished second in the Cup, behind X-Fighter$ Fracture and ahead of Arachnidz.[6][9]

After the opening two events, KC Damage was sixth in the published intermediate series standings. The archived standings leave the third event blank and should not be treated as a completed season table.[6]

2013 NZPPL Nationals

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KC Damage won the 2013 NZPPL Nationals, held at Asylum Paintball in Auckland on 26–27 October.[7][11]

The recorded leading placings were:[7]

Position Team
1 KC Damage
2 Wellington Vendetta
3 X-Fighter$ Fracture

KC Damage’s Nationals victory was separate from the overall series championship. A contemporary media release identifies X-Fighter$ as the series winner following two event victories and third place at the final tournament.[7]

Documented personnel

[edit]
Period Published team name Person Documented involvement
2001 Team Damage Jason Newport Captain; signed a contemporary forum reply on behalf of the team.[2]
Later KC Damage period KC Damage Jason Newport Identified as a player through contributor information.[1]

The available sources do not provide complete rosters for both periods.

Tournament results

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Date or season Published team name Competition Recorded result
2001 Damage RotoVegas Participation in the preliminary round and Second Division recorded; exact placing not established.[4]
2001 Damage Hawke’s Bay Triples 10th in the published national three-player standings; 62.9 ranking points.[4]
2001 Team Damage Wellington Cup 7th; 328 tournament points.[5]
2001 Damage / Team Damage 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals 4th in the Second Division; 117 final-round points.[2][3]
9–10 March 2013 KC Damage 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1 5th in the Plate classification; 11th overall.[6][8]
1–2 June 2013 KC Damage 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 2 2nd in the Cup.[6][9]
26–27 October 2013 KC Damage 2013 NZPPL Nationals 1st.[7][11]

National rankings

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Season Format Published entry Position Ranking total
2001 Seven-player Damage 4th 236.5
2001 Five-player Damage 9th 46.9
2001 Three-player Damage 10th 62.9

The Valhalla figures are normalised ranking contributions and should not be treated as raw tournament scores.[4]

Distinction from Damage Inc

[edit]

Contemporary records distinguish the North Island Damage team from the South Island team Damage Inc. The Christchurch-based Damage Inc was a separate organisation, and its players and results are not included in this article.[10]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. Contributor information supplied to WikiPaintball, 25 October 2026. Identifies KC as Kāpiti Coast, confirms continuity between Team Damage and KC Damage, identifies Jason Newport with both periods and distinguishes the team from Christchurch Damage Inc.
  2. ‘Hitman’ fails to save Team Damage paintballers, newspaper report reproduced on the NZ Paintball forum, 8 November 2001 and attributed to the Horowhenua Mail, 1 November 2001; includes later replies from Jason Newport.
  3. Rob Maddox, The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament, Paintball.co.nz.
  4. 2001 Valhalla National Rankings, Mercenaries Star.
  5. Martin Dannefaerd, The 2001 Wellington Cup, Paintball.co.nz.
  6. NZPPL, 2013 Series Rankings.
  7. Blacksheep Communications, Blacksheep Media Release – 2013 NZPPL Video, Scoop Independent News, 16 March 2014.
  8. NZPPL, 2013 Super 5 Man Event 1, 9–10 March 2013.
  9. NZPPL, 2013 Super 5 Man Event 2, 1–2 June 2013.
  10. Team Captain Contact Details, NZ Paintball forum, November 2001.
  11. NZPPL, Super 5 Man NZ Nationals – Auckland Event 3, 26–27 October 2013.
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