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Replaced the Wellington Vendetta article using the team's contemporary Flickr profile, Big Boys Toys and training albums, plus the published 2013 NZPPL final result. Added the documented 2006 third-place finish, 2013 second-place finish, identified personnel and the team's historical website. Explained the strong overlap with Wellington Hybrid without claiming an unverified rename or formal succession.
 
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'''Wellington Vendetta''' was a competitive [[paintball]] team based in Wellington, New Zealand. The team is documented from 2006 and competed in New Zealand tournaments, including Big Boys Toys 2006 and the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] (NZPPL).[1][2]
'''Wellington Vendetta''' was a competitive [[paintball]] team from Wellington, New Zealand. It is documented competing from 2006 to 2013, including a third-place finish in the Professional division at the [[2006 Big Boys Toys Paintball Tournament]] and appearances in the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] (NZPPL).[1][2][3]
 
Vendetta shared players and uniforms with [[Wellington Hybrid]]. The surviving evidence does not establish whether it was a replacement for Hybrid, a related local squad or a separate team assembled from many of the same players.


== History ==
== History ==


=== Formation ===
Wellington Vendetta competed at the 2006 Big Boys Toys tournament at the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland. The published Professional division placings recorded Murder Inc first, Vagrant second, Wellington Vendetta third and Legion fourth.[1] Vendetta's squad included players associated with [[Wellington Hybrid]]; Wellington Hybrid did not compete as a separate team at the event.
 
Wellington Vendetta's precise founding date has not been established. Its official Flickr account was created in August 2006 and identified Vendetta as a Wellington-based paintball team. The account listed the team's website as `www.vendetta.net.nz`.[1]
 
The account contains photographs from two documented activities: Big Boys Toys 2006 and a later team training session.[2][3]
 
=== Relationship with Wellington Hybrid ===


Vendetta's early photographic record shows substantial overlap with [[Wellington Hybrid]]. [[Martin Dannefaerd]] and [[Matt Wong]], known as '''Stick''', appear in Vendetta's photographs after previously playing for Hybrid. Other participants appear in clothing associated with Hybrid.[2][3]
A Wellington Vendetta Flickr account was created in August 2006 and listed the team's website as `www.vendetta.net.nz`.[2] Its surviving album titled `Training 070324` documents a training session held in preparation for an Easter tournament. Photograph captions identify Martin Dannefaerd, Matt Wong ('''Stick'''), Darren, Chris ('''Rosey''') and Jim or Jimbo, although the sources do not establish that every person pictured formed part of a tournament roster.[2][4]


The Wellington Hybrid and Wellington Vendetta Flickr accounts both preserve photographs from Big Boys Toys 2006. The Vendetta album explicitly states that Vendetta took third place at the tournament, while the Hybrid archive also associates the event and placing with Hybrid.[2][4]
The available announcement and photographic record for the 2007 Wellington Easter tournament does not identify the winning team. The event is therefore not included as a confirmed Wellington Vendetta result.[5]


This overlap indicates a close relationship between the squads, but does not by itself establish that Hybrid formally changed its name to Vendetta. The teams should therefore be treated as distinct historical identities unless organisational records or participant accounts establish a formal succession.
In 2013, the team competed in the NZPPL Super 5 Man Series. The official Event 1 table recorded the abbreviated name '''Vendetta''' in third place in the Cup; the combined series standings identify that entry as Wellington Vendetta.[3] The team later finished second to [[KC Damage]] at the 2013 series final, with [[X-Fighter$ Fracture]] third.[6]


=== Big Boys Toys 2006 ===
== Tournament results ==
 
Wellington Vendetta competed at the Big Boys Toys paintball tournament hosted by Paintball Adventure in Auckland on 17 November 2006. The team's contemporary album states that Vendetta finished third.[2][5]
 
The seven-photograph collection includes a team photograph and images captioned with the names or nicknames Jim, Lachlan, Stick and Martin.[2]
 
=== Training and Easter preparation ===
 
Vendetta's album titled `Training 070324` documents a team skirmish training session described as preparation for an Easter tournament. The album was uploaded in April 2007 and directed viewers to the team's website.[3]
 
Photograph captions identify or name Martin, Stick, Darren, Rosie and Jim or Jimbo. They also show Stick acting as a referee during part of the session.[3][6] The captions do not provide surnames for Darren, Rosie or Jim, so their full identities have not been established.
 
=== New Zealand Paintball Players League ===
 
Wellington Vendetta later competed in the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]]. At the 2013 NZPPL series final at [[Asylum Paintball]] in Auckland, Vendetta finished second behind [[KC Damage]]. [[X-Fighter$ Fracture]] finished third.[7]
 
The result was reported in March 2014 with the release of video coverage from the event. X-Fighter$ won the overall 2013 season.[7] The available sources do not establish whether Vendetta operated continuously between its 2007 photographic record and the 2013 competition.


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Year
! Competition
! Tournament
! Location
! Division
! Result
! Result
|-
|-
| 2006
| 2006
| Big Boys Toys
| [[2006 Big Boys Toys Paintball Tournament]]
| Auckland
| Professional
| 3rd[2]
| 3rd[1]
|-
|-
| 2013
| 2013
| [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] series final
| [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1]]
| [[Asylum Paintball]], Auckland
| Cup
| 2nd[7]
| 3rd[3]
|-
| 2013
| NZPPL series final
| Not stated
| 2nd[6]
|}
|}


== Players and personnel ==
== Players and personnel ==


The following people are identified in the team's photographic archive:
The surviving team material identifies the following people in connection with Wellington Vendetta:


* [[Martin Dannefaerd]] – player; previously captain and manager of [[Wellington Hybrid]].
* [[Martin Dannefaerd]]
* [[Matt Wong]] ('''Stick''') – player.
* [[Matt Wong]] ('''Stick''')
* '''Jim''' or '''Jimbo''' – photographed at Big Boys Toys and training; full identity unconfirmed.
* Chris ('''Rosey''')
* '''Lachlan''' – photographed at Big Boys Toys; full identity unconfirmed.
* Darren — surname not established
* '''Darren''' – photographed at training; full identity unconfirmed.
* Jim or Jimbo — full identity not established
* '''Rosie''' – photographed at training; full identity unconfirmed.
 
The photographs establish participation in the documented activities, but do not provide a complete tournament roster. Similar uniforms and previous membership of Hybrid are not sufficient, without further evidence, to identify every photographed participant as a confirmed Vendetta player.
 
== Historical record ==


Vendetta's surviving Flickr account contains 31 photographs and identifies the account holder as a paintball team from Wellington.[1] Its two albums provide contemporary evidence of the team's 2006 tournament result, personnel and later training activity.[2][3]
This is not presented as a complete tournament roster.[2][4]
 
The official website listed by the account, `www.vendetta.net.nz`, is no longer available at its original address. No complete contemporary record of the team's formation, management, domestic results or eventual closure has been recovered.


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


* [[Wellington Hybrid]]
* [[Wellington Hybrid]]
* [[Martin Dannefaerd]]
* [[Matt Wong]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]]
* [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[Paintball teams in New Zealand]]
* [[Paintball teams in New Zealand]]


== References ==
== References ==


# [https://www.flickr.com/people/wellington_vendetta/ Wellington Vendetta profile, Flickr]. Team account created in August 2006; identifies its occupation as “Paintball Team”, hometown as Wellington and website as vendetta.net.nz.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011113620/http://p069.ezboard.com/BBT-Urgent/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=359.topic NZ Paintball Message Boards — “BBT Urgent”], 4–8 December 2006; Professional division placings.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellington_vendetta/albums/72157594379412348 BBT 2006, Wellington Vendetta Flickr archive]. Seven photographs; album description records Vendetta's third-place finish.
# [https://www.flickr.com/people/wellington_vendetta/ Wellington Vendetta profile, Flickr]; identifies the account as belonging to a Wellington paintball team and lists vendetta.net.nz.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellington_vendetta/albums/72157600042061722 Training 070324, Wellington Vendetta Flickr archive]. Team skirmish training photographs and Easter preparation description.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028111900/http://nzppl.com/ranks-2013.html NZPPL — “2013 Series Rankings”], official Event 1 results and combined series standings; archived 28 October 2013.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellingtonhybrid/albums/72157600353650110 Big Boys Toys 2006, Wellington Hybrid Flickr archive]. Parallel photographic record of the event.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellington_vendetta/albums/72157600042061722 Wellington Vendetta — “Training 070324”, Flickr], training photographs and captions.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellington_vendetta/299112282/ Team Shot, Wellington Vendetta, Flickr]. Team photograph taken and uploaded on 17 November 2006.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018145650/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-542.html NZ P8NT — 2007 Wellington Easter tournament thread]; contemporary announcement and discussion, without a verified winner.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellington_vendetta/443337198/ Stick and Martin, Wellington Vendetta, Flickr]. Training photograph identifying Matt Wong and Martin Dannefaerd.
# [https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1403/S00280/blacksheep-media-release-2013-nzppl-video.htm Blacksheep Media Release: 2013 NZPPL Video, Scoop Independent News], 16 March 2014; series-final placings.
# [https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1403/S00280/blacksheep-media-release-2013-nzppl-video.htm Blacksheep Media Release: 2013 NZPPL Video, Scoop Independent News], 16 March 2014. Records KC Damage first, Wellington Vendetta second and X-Fighter$ Fracture third at the 2013 series final.


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


* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellington_vendetta/albums/ Wellington Vendetta historical Flickr albums]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellington_vendetta/albums/ Wellington Vendetta historical Flickr albums]
* [https://www.flickr.com/people/wellington_vendetta/ Wellington Vendetta Flickr profile]


[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]
[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]
[[Category:Paintball in Wellington]]
[[Category:Paintball teams established in the 2000s]]
[[Category:Paintball teams established in the 2000s]]
[[Category:Paintball in Wellington]]
[[Category:Historical paintball teams]]

Latest revision as of 13:44, 26 October 2026

Wellington Vendetta was a competitive paintball team from Wellington, New Zealand. It is documented competing from 2006 to 2013, including a third-place finish in the Professional division at the 2006 Big Boys Toys Paintball Tournament and appearances in the New Zealand Paintball Players League (NZPPL).[1][2][3]

History

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Wellington Vendetta competed at the 2006 Big Boys Toys tournament at the ASB Showgrounds in Auckland. The published Professional division placings recorded Murder Inc first, Vagrant second, Wellington Vendetta third and Legion fourth.[1] Vendetta's squad included players associated with Wellington Hybrid; Wellington Hybrid did not compete as a separate team at the event.

A Wellington Vendetta Flickr account was created in August 2006 and listed the team's website as `www.vendetta.net.nz`.[2] Its surviving album titled `Training 070324` documents a training session held in preparation for an Easter tournament. Photograph captions identify Martin Dannefaerd, Matt Wong (Stick), Darren, Chris (Rosey) and Jim or Jimbo, although the sources do not establish that every person pictured formed part of a tournament roster.[2][4]

The available announcement and photographic record for the 2007 Wellington Easter tournament does not identify the winning team. The event is therefore not included as a confirmed Wellington Vendetta result.[5]

In 2013, the team competed in the NZPPL Super 5 Man Series. The official Event 1 table recorded the abbreviated name Vendetta in third place in the Cup; the combined series standings identify that entry as Wellington Vendetta.[3] The team later finished second to KC Damage at the 2013 series final, with X-Fighter$ Fracture third.[6]

Tournament results

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Year Tournament Division Result
2006 2006 Big Boys Toys Paintball Tournament Professional 3rd[1]
2013 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 1 Cup 3rd[3]
2013 NZPPL series final Not stated 2nd[6]

Players and personnel

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The surviving team material identifies the following people in connection with Wellington Vendetta:

  • Martin Dannefaerd
  • Matt Wong (Stick)
  • Chris (Rosey)
  • Darren — surname not established
  • Jim or Jimbo — full identity not established

This is not presented as a complete tournament roster.[2][4]

See also

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References

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  1. NZ Paintball Message Boards — “BBT Urgent”, 4–8 December 2006; Professional division placings.
  2. Wellington Vendetta profile, Flickr; identifies the account as belonging to a Wellington paintball team and lists vendetta.net.nz.
  3. NZPPL — “2013 Series Rankings”, official Event 1 results and combined series standings; archived 28 October 2013.
  4. Wellington Vendetta — “Training 070324”, Flickr, training photographs and captions.
  5. NZ P8NT — 2007 Wellington Easter tournament thread; contemporary announcement and discussion, without a verified winner.
  6. Blacksheep Media Release: 2013 NZPPL Video, Scoop Independent News, 16 March 2014; series-final placings.
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