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


'''ADHD''' was a New Zealand competitive [[paintball]] team based in [[Auckland]]. The team competed in X-Ball tournaments in New Zealand and internationally during the mid-2010s, representing the Auckland tournament paintball community at competitions including the [[South Auckland Paintball Club]] (SAPC) Race Series, the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] (NZPPL) and the 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia.
Its recorded achievements include winning the 2011 Northland Open, the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball championship and the August 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball event. ADHD finished twelfth in Division 2 at [[2014 Paintball World Cup Asia]].[1][4][5][6][11]


ADHD was associated with [[Asylum Paintball]] in Kingseat, south of Auckland. Its competitive record includes the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball season championship, victory at the August 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball tournament and a Division 2 appearance at World Cup Asia in Malaysia.[1][2][3]
ADHD was associated with [[Asylum Paintball]], which described the team and its feeder squad ADHD Red as unofficial house teams comprising staff and regular players.[2]


== History ==
== History ==


=== Formation and early competition ===
=== Early competition, 2011–2013 ===


ADHD emerged in Auckland's competitive paintball community during the early 2010s. Its precise founding date has not been established, although the team was registered on [[PBLeagues]] on '''15 January 2014'''.[1]
The team's founding date has not been established. Contemporary newspaper reporting confirms that ADHD was competing by March 2011, before its PBLeagues database registration on 15 January 2014.[1][4]


The team's PBLeagues profile lists Auckland as its hometown and Asylum Paintball as its home field.
==== 2011 Northland Open ====


Asylum operated at the former [[Kingseat Hospital]] complex in Kingseat, Karaka, and provided outdoor tournament facilities using inflatable bunkers. The venue hosted SAPC, NZPPL and independent competitive paintball events.
ADHD won the 2011 [[Northland Open]], defeating fellow Auckland team Disposal Unit in the final at Strategy Tag Paintball in Mangapai, Northland.[1]


ADHD competed in Open X-Ball and Pro X-Ball competitions during 2014, establishing itself as one of the leading teams in Auckland's local tournament series.
The eight-team tournament was reported by the ''Northern Advocate'' in March 2011. TPC Blast of Tauranga and Auckland's Gary Locks finished equal third after electing not to contest a third-place play-off.[1]


=== 2014 SAPC Race Series ===
The report also stated that ADHD and Disposal Unit had recently contested the final of an Auckland Super Air competition, without supplying that result.[1]


ADHD competed in the four-event 2014 South Auckland Paintball Club Race Series, held at Asylum Paintball.
==== 2012 competition ====


The team won every recorded Open X-Ball event during the season, finishing first at the February, May, July and September tournaments.[2]
A retrospective report published by Asylum Paintball in March 2014 credited ADHD with winning the opening NZPPL round of 2012 and the first two SAPC events of that year.[2]


{| class="wikitable"
==== 2013 season ====
|+ ADHD – 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball results
 
! Event
ADHD finished third at the [[2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament]], held at Blockhouse Bay Reserve, Auckland, on 31 August – 1 September 2013. X-Fighter$ Fracture finished first and Sydney SWAT second.[3]
! Dates
 
! Position
Asylum Paintball's subsequent team report credited ADHD with winning the 2013 SAPC Race Series championship. It also reported third place at the opening Bay of Plenty three-player tournament and second place at the third SAPC event.[2]
! Ranking points
 
|-
=== 2014 season ===
| SAPC February Race #1
| 8–9 February
| 1st of 6
| 100
|-
| SAPC May Race #2
| 3–4 May
| 1st of 8
| 100
|-
| SAPC July Race #3
| 12–13 July
| 1st of 7
| 100
|-
| SAPC September Race #4
| 27–28 September
| 1st of 5
| 100
|-
! colspan="3" | Season total
! 400
|}


The four victories gave ADHD the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball championship with 400 ranking points.
ADHD competed in SAPC and NZPPL tournaments during 2014. Its PBLeagues profile identified Auckland as its hometown and Asylum Paintball as its home field.[4]


'''Disposal Unit''' finished second in the season standings with 314.5 points, followed by '''Tempest''' with 229 points.
==== NZPPL Kapiti Coast victory ====


Other teams competing in the division included CamoMeat, Shattered, Mischief Militia and Low Gear.
An Asylum Paintball report published on 11 March 2014 recorded ADHD winning the opening NZPPL Super Five-Man event on the Kapiti Coast.[2]


The season standings were based on points awarded for tournament placings, rather than the number of individual points scored during matches.[2]
The report stated that ADHD recorded eleven wins from fourteen games on the first day and finished second in the round-robin standings. The team then defeated Expendables 2–1 in the semi-final and Tempest Blast 2–1 in the final.[2]


=== 2014 NZPPL competition ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Stage !! Winning team !! Score !! Losing team
|-
| Semi-final || ADHD || 2–1 || Expendables
|-
| Final || ADHD || 2–1 || Tempest Blast
|}


ADHD also competed in the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] during 2014.
The report identified Alex, Cristian, Sam, Stat and Kane as the players who brought home the trophy.[2]


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


The team finished first among six competitors, ahead of Trauma and The Wild Bunch.[3]
ADHD won all four events in the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series.[5]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ 2014 NZPPL Auckland event – Pro X-Ball
! Tournament !! Dates !! Position !! Ranking points
! Event position
! Team
|-
|-
| 1
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 1]] || 8–9 February || 1st || 100
| ADHD
|-
|-
| 2
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 2]] || 3–4 May || 1st || 100
| Trauma
|-
|-
| 3
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 3]] || 12–13 July || 1st || 100
| The Wild Bunch
|-
|-
| 4
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 4]] || 27–28 September || 1st || 100
| Kamikaze Knights
|-
|-
| 5
! colspan="3" | Season total
| Low Gear
! 400
|-
| 6
| Mischief Militia
|}
|}


PBLeagues records ADHD as the top-ranked team in the 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball standings, with 100 ranking points from the Auckland event.[3]
The four victories secured the championship. Disposal Unit finished second with 314.5 points, followed by Tempest with 229.[5]


The result added a national-level tournament victory to the team's four-event SAPC championship season.
==== NZPPL Pro X-Ball ====


=== 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia ===
At the NZPPL Race 2-4 Event 2 tournament in Auckland on 30–31 August 2014, ADHD won Pro X-Ball, finishing first among six entrants ahead of Trauma and The Wild Bunch.[6]


ADHD travelled to Malaysia to compete at the '''2014 Paintball World Cup Asia''', an international tournament held from '''7–9 November 2014'''.
PBLeagues also recorded ADHD as the leading team in its published 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball standings.[6]


The event formed part of the [[Paintball Asia League Series]] (PALS) and attracted teams from across Asia and the wider international paintball community.
==== SAPC pathway to World Cup Asia ====


ADHD entered '''Division 2''', competing against teams from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and other countries.
On 26 January 2014, [[Michael Earley]], publishing as MikeE, announced that the SAPC Open Series winners would receive free Division 2 entry to World Cup Asia. The [[Paintball Asia League Series]] sponsored the entry fee, while Asylum Paintball sponsored accommodation in Langkawi.[9]


The team's PBLeagues record lists a final placing of '''12th among 22 teams''', with 50.5 ranking points.[1]
SAPC's end-of-season report reconfirmed the arrangement. The statement was signed by club president [[Vitaly Miheev|Vitaly V. Miheev]] on 27 September and published on 30 September 2014.[10]


The event schedule also records ADHD competing in Division 2 matches, including a scheduled game against Waxers Legion on the opening day.[4]
ADHD won the SAPC Open Series and subsequently appears in the World Cup Asia results, finishing twelfth in Division 2 at the tournament held on 7–9 November 2014.[5][11]
 
The tournament represented a documented international appearance by an Auckland team that had competed predominantly in New Zealand during the preceding season.


=== 2015 season ===
=== 2015 season ===


ADHD returned to domestic tournament competition in 2015, participating in the SAPC Race Series and independent Auckland events.
ADHD continued competing in SAPC Open X-Ball during 2015. The team won the opening event before finishing third, fourth and third in the remaining rounds.[4]
 
The team won the first SAPC Open X-Ball event of the season, held on 31 January–1 February, finishing first among eight participating teams.
 
Subsequent events produced more varied results, with ADHD finishing third in April, fourth in June and third in August.[1]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+ ADHD – 2015 SAPC Open X-Ball results
! Tournament !! Dates !! Position
! Event
! Dates
! Position
! Ranking points
|-
|-
| SAPC D4 & Open Event #1
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1]] || 31 January – 1 February || 1st of 8
| 31 January – 1 February
| 1st of 8
| 100
|-
|-
| SAPC D4 & Open Event #2
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2]] || 11–12 April || 3rd of 7
| 11–12 April
| 3rd of 7
| 70
|-
|-
| SAPC D4 & Open Event #3
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 3]] || 13–14 June || 4th of 5
| 13–14 June
| 4th of 5
| 32.5
|-
|-
| SAPC D4 & Open Event #4
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 4]] || 1–2 August || 3rd of 4
| 1–2 August
| 3rd of 4
| 40
|}
|}


'''Auckland Faction''' won the 2015 SAPC Open X-Ball season standings, followed by Addicted and ADHD.[5]
ADHD finished third in the season standings with 242.5 points, behind Auckland Faction and Addicted.[7]
 
==== Auckland Paintball Cup ====
 
ADHD competed in the '''Auckland Paintball Cup''' on 7–8 March 2015.
 
The tournament was held at Asylum Paintball and featured an Open X-Ball division.
 
ADHD finished '''sixth among seven teams''', earning 25 ranking points.[1]
 
The event also attracted visiting Australian players and teams.
 
A report published by paintball equipment manufacturer DYE in April 2015 describes the Australian team Hard2Overcome's participation in the event. The report records Hard2Overcome defeating ADHD 4–0 during the tournament and notes that Australian players were guesting for ADHD.[6]
 
==== Asylum Paintball Cup ====


ADHD was registered in Open X-Ball at the Asylum Paintball Cup on '''26–27 September 2015'''.
The team competed at the Auckland Paintball Cup on 7–8 March 2015, finishing sixth among seven Open X-Ball teams.[4]


The team's PBLeagues event history records its participation without publishing a final placing.[1]
A contemporary report published by DYE recorded Australian team Hard2Overcome defeating ADHD 4–0 during that tournament. It stated that Australian players were guesting for ADHD.[8]


The tournament attracted both New Zealand and international competitors, including Australian teams.
ADHD was also listed at the [[2015 Asylum Paintball Cup]] in September, although its PBLeagues entry does not record a final placing.[4]


=== 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup ===
=== 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup ===


ADHD continued competing in 2016.
ADHD competed at the Auckland Paintball Cup on 16–17 April 2016, finishing third among eight Division 2 X-Ball entries.[4]


At the '''Auckland Paintball Cup''', held on '''16–17 April 2016''', the team finished '''third among eight teams''' in Division 2 X-Ball.[1]
== Team organisation ==


The recorded result awarded ADHD approximately 74.29 ranking points.
An Asylum Paintball report identified the following members of ADHD's 2014 organisation.[2]


Other teams competing at the event included CamoMeat and Phoenix Tahiti, reflecting the participation of local and overseas competitors in Auckland tournament paintball.
{| class="wikitable"
! Name !! Recorded role
|-
| [[Vitaly Miheev]] || Team manager
|-
| Chris Watt || Coach
|-
| Alex Diveg || Captain
|}


The April 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup is the latest event presently listed on ADHD's surviving PBLeagues team record. The absence of subsequent entries does not establish when the team ceased competing.
The report listed the following additional members of the 2014 core roster:[2]


== Secondary teams ==
* Sam Houla
* Paul Adams
* Luke Longstaff
* Kane Anderson
* Terry Lee
* Oleg Tolmachev
* Josh Bailey
* Cristian Albornoz


ADHD entered additional squads in South Auckland Paintball Club competitions.
It separately identified other team members, imports and crew:[2]


The 2014 SAPC standings include '''ADHD BLACK''', '''ADHD RED''' and '''ADHD White''' alongside the principal ADHD Open X-Ball entry.[2]
* Tony Dickson — photographer, Blacksheep Media
* [[Jason Newport]]
* Taylor Hopkins
* Garth Lawson
* Michael Nguyen
* [[Michael Earley]]
* Dimitri Zimin
* Mark Chee


=== ADHD BLACK ===
This was a published team organisation list rather than a confirmed playing roster for every tournament.[2]


ADHD BLACK competed in the Open X-Ball division at the May 2014 SAPC Race Series event.
== Additional squads ==


The team finished sixth among eight entries, earning 25 ranking points.[2]
=== ADHD Black ===


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


ADHD RED competed in the 2014 SAPC '''Mechanical Pump Division 4''' series.
=== ADHD Red ===


The squad won the May and July events before finishing second at the September event.
Asylum Paintball described ADHD Red as ADHD's feeder team.[2]


{| class="wikitable"
ADHD Red competed in SAPC Mechanical Pump Division 4, winning the May and July 2014 events and finishing second in September. It won the season championship with 270 points, ahead of OFF and One Shot Bro.[5]
|+ ADHD RED – 2014 Mechanical Pump Division 4
! Event
! Position
! Ranking points
|-
| May Race #2
| 1st
| 100
|-
| July Race #3
| 1st
| 100
|-
| September Race #4
| 2nd
| 70
|-
! colspan="2" | Season total
! 270
|}
 
ADHD RED won the 2014 Mechanical Pump Division 4 season championship with 270 ranking points, ahead of OFF and One Shot Bro.[2]


=== ADHD White ===
=== ADHD White ===


ADHD White appeared in the Mechanical Pump Division 4 competition at the May 2014 SAPC event.
ADHD White finished third in the May 2014 SAPC Mechanical Pump Division 4 event.[5]


The team finished third, recording 40 ranking points.[2]
== Selected results ==


The use of multiple entries allowed players associated with ADHD to participate in both electronic-marker X-Ball and mechanical pump divisions. The exact relationships between the squads and their individual rosters have not been established.
{| class="wikitable"
 
! Year !! Tournament or series !! Result
== Tournament record ==
 
ADHD's principal documented tournament results between 2014 and 2016 are summarised below.
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Tournament
! Division
! Result
|-
| 2014
| SAPC February Race #1
| Open X-Ball
| 1st of 6
|-
| 2014
| SAPC May Race #2
| Open X-Ball
| 1st of 8
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2011 || [[Northland Open]] || 1st
| SAPC July Race #3
| Open X-Ball
| 1st of 7
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2012 || NZPPL Round 1 || 1st, retrospectively reported
| NZPPL Race 2-4 Event 2
| Pro X-Ball
| 1st of 6
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2013 || [[2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament]] || 3rd
| SAPC September Race #4
| Open X-Ball
| 1st of 5
|-
|-
| 2014
| 2013 || SAPC Race Series || Champions, retrospectively reported
| Paintball World Cup Asia, Malaysia
| Division 2
| 12th of 22
|-
|-
| 2015
| 2014 || NZPPL Super Five-Man opening event, Kapiti Coast || 1st
| SAPC D4 & Open Event #1
| Open X-Ball
| 1st of 8
|-
|-
| 2015
| 2014 || SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series || Champions
| Auckland Paintball Cup
| Open X-Ball
| 6th of 7
|-
|-
| 2015
| 2014 || NZPPL Race 2-4 Event 2, Pro X-Ball || 1st
| SAPC D4 & Open Event #2
| Open X-Ball
| 3rd of 7
|-
|-
| 2015
| 2014 || [[2014 Paintball World Cup Asia]], Division 2 || 12th
| SAPC D4 & Open Event #3
| Open X-Ball
| 4th of 5
|-
|-
| 2015
| 2015 || SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series || 3rd overall
| SAPC D4 & Open Event #4
| Open X-Ball
| 3rd of 4
|-
|-
| 2015
| 2016 || Auckland Paintball Cup, Division 2 X-Ball || 3rd
| Asylum Paintball Cup
| Open X-Ball
| Not recorded
|-
| 2016
| Auckland Paintball Cup
| Division 2 X-Ball
| 3rd of 8
|}
|}


Source: PBLeagues team event history.[1]
Results are recorded in contemporary reporting, the Asylum team history, NZPPL records and PBLeagues.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][11]
 
== Home field ==
 
ADHD's registered home field was [[Asylum Paintball]], located at the former Kingseat Hospital complex in Kingseat, Karaka, south of Auckland.[1]
 
The facility provided outdoor Sup'Air tournament fields and served as a venue for SAPC Race Series events, NZPPL tournaments and independent competitions.
 
Asylum's tournament facilities were used by Auckland-based teams for regular training and organised competitions throughout the 2010s.
 
== Competition formats ==
 
ADHD competed in several forms of tournament paintball.
 
=== Open and Pro X-Ball ===
 
The principal ADHD team competed in Open X-Ball and Pro X-Ball divisions.
 
These formats used timed matches with multiple points, generally played on fields containing inflatable tournament bunkers.
 
ADHD's recorded tournament victories in 2014 were achieved in these formats.
 
=== Division 2 X-Ball ===
 
The team entered Division 2 at the 2014 World Cup Asia tournament in Malaysia and the 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup.
 
Division classifications were determined by the organisers of the respective competitions and should not be assumed to be directly equivalent between tournaments or countries.
 
=== Mechanical pump ===
 
The ADHD RED and ADHD White squads competed in mechanical pump competitions organised by South Auckland Paintball Club.
 
These events used pump-action paintball markers, creating a separate equipment category from the electronic-marker X-Ball competitions.
 
== International competition ==
 
ADHD's documented international appearance took place at the 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia in Malaysia.
 
The tournament provided an opportunity for the team to compete against opponents outside the New Zealand domestic circuit.
 
ADHD placed 12th of 22 in Division 2, according to PBLeagues.[1]
 
The team's participation forms part of New Zealand's involvement in international paintball events in the Asia-Pacific region during the 2010s.


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


* [[History of paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[Northland Open]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]]
* [[South Auckland Paintball Club]]
* [[Asylum Paintball]]
* [[Asylum Paintball]]
* [[South Auckland Paintball Club]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]]
* [[Paintball Asia League Series]]
* [[Paintball Asia League Series]]
* [[Paintball World Cup Asia]]
* [[2014 Paintball World Cup Asia]]
* [[Auckland Faction]]
* [[CamoMeat]]


== References ==
== References ==


# [https://pbleagues.com/team/OsP8T5RKxmUCKT9A ADHD – Team Profile and Event History]. ''PBLeagues''. Home field, registration date and tournament results, 2014–2016.
# [https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/paintball-teams-splattered-in-northland-open/KDEZTS2NANHGDVDEOTLZHF7TIY/ Paintball teams splattered in Northland Open], ''Northern Advocate'', March 2011.
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/262/seasonRankings/2014 South Auckland Paintball Club – 2014 Season Rankings]. ''PBLeagues''. Open X-Ball and mechanical pump championship results.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20150101000000/http://asylumpaintball.co.nz/asylum-sponsored-team-adhd-takes-gold-at-nzppl-event-1/ Asylum Sponsored Team ADHD Takes Gold at NZPPL Event 1], Asylum Paintball, 11 March 2014. Team organisation, Kapiti Coast match scores and retrospective tournament history.
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/267/seasonRankings/2014 New Zealand Paintball Players League – 2014 Season Rankings]. ''PBLeagues''. August Pro X-Ball results.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028111900/http://nzppl.com/ranks-2013.html NZPPL: 2013 Series Rankings], official results, archived 28 October 2013.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3642/schedule Paintball World Cup Asia 2014 – Match Schedule]. ''PBLeagues'', November 2014.
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/OsP8T5RKxmUCKT9A ADHD: Team Profile and Event History], PBLeagues, registration information, home field and results from 2014–2016.
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/262/seasonRankings/2015 South Auckland Paintball Club – 2015 Season Rankings]. ''PBLeagues''.
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/262/seasonRankings/2014 South Auckland Paintball Club: 2014 Season Rankings], PBLeagues.
# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/36938947-asylum-cup-auckland-trip-2015 Asylum Cup – Auckland Trip 2015]. ''DYE Paintball'', 13 April 2015.
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/267/seasonRankings/2014 New Zealand Paintball Players League: 2014 Season Rankings], PBLeagues.
# [https://pbleagues.com/league/262/seasonRankings/2015 South Auckland Paintball Club: 2015 Season Rankings], PBLeagues.
# [https://shop.dyepaintball.com/blogs/news/36938947-asylum-cup-auckland-trip-2015 Asylum Cup – Auckland Trip 2015], DYE Paintball, 2015. Hard2Overcome's account of the Auckland tournament.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20150301000000/http://southaucklandpaintballclub.com/2014/01/26/sapc-inc-sending-kiwis-to-paintball-world-cup-asia-2014/ SAPC Inc – Sending Kiwis to Paintball World Cup Asia 2014], Michael Earley, published as MikeE, South Auckland Paintball Club Inc, 26 January 2014.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20150301000000/http://southaucklandpaintballclub.com/2014/09/30/2014-end-of-season-round-up/ 2014 End of Season Round Up], South Auckland Paintball Club Inc, published 30 September 2014. Statement signed Vitaly V. Miheev, SAPC President, 27 September 2014.
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3642/rankings Paintball World Cup Asia 2014: Places], PBLeagues, recording ADHD twelfth in Division 2.


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


* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-ADHD/120218018147786 Team ADHD – Historical Facebook page]
* [https://pbleagues.com/team/OsP8T5RKxmUCKT9A ADHD: PBLeagues team profile]
* [https://pbleagues.com/team/OsP8T5RKxmUCKT9A ADHD – PBLeagues team profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028111900/http://nzppl.com/ranks-2013.html Archived 2013 NZPPL results]
* [https://pbleagues.com/league/262/seasonRankings/2014 2014 SAPC championship standings]
* [https://pbleagues.com/league/262/seasonRankings/2015 2015 SAPC championship standings]
* [https://pbleagues.com/league/267/seasonRankings/2014 2014 NZPPL standings]
* [https://pbleagues.com/event/3642/schedule 2014 World Cup Asia match schedule]


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Latest revision as of 16:40, 2 November 2026

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

Its recorded achievements include winning the 2011 Northland Open, the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball championship and the August 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball event. ADHD finished twelfth in Division 2 at 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia.[1][4][5][6][11]

ADHD was associated with Asylum Paintball, which described the team and its feeder squad ADHD Red as unofficial house teams comprising staff and regular players.[2]

History

[edit]

Early competition, 2011–2013

[edit]

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

2011 Northland Open

[edit]

ADHD won the 2011 Northland Open, defeating fellow Auckland team Disposal Unit in the final at Strategy Tag Paintball in Mangapai, Northland.[1]

The eight-team tournament was reported by the Northern Advocate in March 2011. TPC Blast of Tauranga and Auckland's Gary Locks finished equal third after electing not to contest a third-place play-off.[1]

The report also stated that ADHD and Disposal Unit had recently contested the final of an Auckland Super Air competition, without supplying that result.[1]

2012 competition

[edit]

A retrospective report published by Asylum Paintball in March 2014 credited ADHD with winning the opening NZPPL round of 2012 and the first two SAPC events of that year.[2]

2013 season

[edit]

ADHD finished third at the 2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament, held at Blockhouse Bay Reserve, Auckland, on 31 August – 1 September 2013. X-Fighter$ Fracture finished first and Sydney SWAT second.[3]

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

2014 season

[edit]

ADHD competed in SAPC and NZPPL tournaments during 2014. Its PBLeagues profile identified Auckland as its hometown and Asylum Paintball as its home field.[4]

NZPPL Kapiti Coast victory

[edit]

An Asylum Paintball report published on 11 March 2014 recorded ADHD winning the opening NZPPL Super Five-Man event on the Kapiti Coast.[2]

The report stated that ADHD recorded eleven wins from fourteen games on the first day and finished second in the round-robin standings. The team then defeated Expendables 2–1 in the semi-final and Tempest Blast 2–1 in the final.[2]

Stage Winning team Score Losing team
Semi-final ADHD 2–1 Expendables
Final ADHD 2–1 Tempest Blast

The report identified Alex, Cristian, Sam, Stat and Kane as the players who brought home the trophy.[2]

SAPC Open X-Ball championship

[edit]

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

Tournament Dates Position Ranking points
2014 SAPC Race Series Event 1 8–9 February 1st 100
2014 SAPC Race Series Event 2 3–4 May 1st 100
2014 SAPC Race Series Event 3 12–13 July 1st 100
2014 SAPC Race Series Event 4 27–28 September 1st 100
Season total 400

The four victories secured the championship. Disposal Unit finished second with 314.5 points, followed by Tempest with 229.[5]

NZPPL Pro X-Ball

[edit]

At the NZPPL Race 2-4 Event 2 tournament in Auckland on 30–31 August 2014, ADHD won Pro X-Ball, finishing first among six entrants ahead of Trauma and The Wild Bunch.[6]

PBLeagues also recorded ADHD as the leading team in its published 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball standings.[6]

SAPC pathway to World Cup Asia

[edit]

On 26 January 2014, Michael Earley, publishing as MikeE, announced that the SAPC Open Series winners would receive free Division 2 entry to World Cup Asia. The Paintball Asia League Series sponsored the entry fee, while Asylum Paintball sponsored accommodation in Langkawi.[9]

SAPC's end-of-season report reconfirmed the arrangement. The statement was signed by club president Vitaly V. Miheev on 27 September and published on 30 September 2014.[10]

ADHD won the SAPC Open Series and subsequently appears in the World Cup Asia results, finishing twelfth in Division 2 at the tournament held on 7–9 November 2014.[5][11]

2015 season

[edit]

ADHD continued competing in SAPC Open X-Ball during 2015. The team won the opening event before finishing third, fourth and third in the remaining rounds.[4]

Tournament Dates Position
2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1 31 January – 1 February 1st of 8
2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2 11–12 April 3rd of 7
2015 SAPC Race Series Event 3 13–14 June 4th of 5
2015 SAPC Race Series Event 4 1–2 August 3rd of 4

ADHD finished third in the season standings with 242.5 points, behind Auckland Faction and Addicted.[7]

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

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

ADHD was also listed at the 2015 Asylum Paintball Cup in September, although its PBLeagues entry does not record a final placing.[4]

2016 Auckland Paintball Cup

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ADHD competed at the Auckland Paintball Cup on 16–17 April 2016, finishing third among eight Division 2 X-Ball entries.[4]

Team organisation

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An Asylum Paintball report identified the following members of ADHD's 2014 organisation.[2]

Name Recorded role
Vitaly Miheev Team manager
Chris Watt Coach
Alex Diveg Captain

The report listed the following additional members of the 2014 core roster:[2]

  • Sam Houla
  • Paul Adams
  • Luke Longstaff
  • Kane Anderson
  • Terry Lee
  • Oleg Tolmachev
  • Josh Bailey
  • Cristian Albornoz

It separately identified other team members, imports and crew:[2]

  • Tony Dickson — photographer, Blacksheep Media
  • Jason Newport
  • Taylor Hopkins
  • Garth Lawson
  • Michael Nguyen
  • Michael Earley
  • Dimitri Zimin
  • Mark Chee

This was a published team organisation list rather than a confirmed playing roster for every tournament.[2]

Additional squads

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ADHD Black

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

ADHD Red

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Asylum Paintball described ADHD Red as ADHD's feeder team.[2]

ADHD Red competed in SAPC Mechanical Pump Division 4, winning the May and July 2014 events and finishing second in September. It won the season championship with 270 points, ahead of OFF and One Shot Bro.[5]

ADHD White

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

Selected results

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Year Tournament or series Result
2011 Northland Open 1st
2012 NZPPL Round 1 1st, retrospectively reported
2013 2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament 3rd
2013 SAPC Race Series Champions, retrospectively reported
2014 NZPPL Super Five-Man opening event, Kapiti Coast 1st
2014 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series Champions
2014 NZPPL Race 2-4 Event 2, Pro X-Ball 1st
2014 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia, Division 2 12th
2015 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series 3rd overall
2016 Auckland Paintball Cup, Division 2 X-Ball 3rd

Results are recorded in contemporary reporting, the Asylum team history, NZPPL records and PBLeagues.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][11]

See also

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References

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  1. Paintball teams splattered in Northland Open, Northern Advocate, March 2011.
  2. Asylum Sponsored Team ADHD Takes Gold at NZPPL Event 1, Asylum Paintball, 11 March 2014. Team organisation, Kapiti Coast match scores and retrospective tournament history.
  3. NZPPL: 2013 Series Rankings, official results, archived 28 October 2013.
  4. ADHD: Team Profile and Event History, PBLeagues, registration information, home field and results from 2014–2016.
  5. South Auckland Paintball Club: 2014 Season Rankings, PBLeagues.
  6. New Zealand Paintball Players League: 2014 Season Rankings, PBLeagues.
  7. South Auckland Paintball Club: 2015 Season Rankings, PBLeagues.
  8. Asylum Cup – Auckland Trip 2015, DYE Paintball, 2015. Hard2Overcome's account of the Auckland tournament.
  9. SAPC Inc – Sending Kiwis to Paintball World Cup Asia 2014, Michael Earley, published as MikeE, South Auckland Paintball Club Inc, 26 January 2014.
  10. 2014 End of Season Round Up, South Auckland Paintball Club Inc, published 30 September 2014. Statement signed Vitaly V. Miheev, SAPC President, 27 September 2014.
  11. Paintball World Cup Asia 2014: Places, PBLeagues, recording ADHD twelfth in Division 2.
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