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Team Kiwi is a name used by New Zealand tournament paintball teams assembled for international competition. Its history includes an earlier Kiwi squad competing in Australia in 2001, followed by delegations to Malaysia during the 2000s. [9][10]

The lineups included returning players but were assembled for different trips rather than constituting a documented continuously operating organisation. Recorded appearances include the 2001 APEC tournament in Moama, Malaysian competitions in 2004 and 2005, and a 2008 Malaysian tour organised by Kyn Jackson. A further planned Malaysian trip associated with jerseys seen in 2010 did not take place. [1][5][6][7][9][10]

History

APEC Moama, 2001

An earlier use of the Kiwi name is documented at the 2001 APEC Moama Tournament in Australia in September 2001. In a report published on 25 September, Peter Mumby described travelling with a New Zealand scratch team to compete in the final round of the APEC tournaments. His account referred to the squad as Kiwi or Kiwis. [9]

The report listed the players as Kyn J, Chris W, Steve N, Brendon C and Peter M. It also named Kyn Jackson and Peter Mumby in full. Historical clarification supplied to WikiPaintball identifies the complete squad as follows: [9][10]

Kyn Jackson
Chris Watt
Steve Nugent
Brendon Charles
Peter Mumby

Mumby reported the final order as Kaozs, Kiwis and Junk Yard Dogs, placing the New Zealand squad second. A subsequent reply signed Steve described the result as “1st equal”, without supplying scores or explaining the difference. The surviving discussion does not resolve these accounts. [9]

Jackson, Charles and Mumby subsequently appeared in the reported Team Kiwi lineup for Nation Cup 2004. The 2001 appearance therefore provides an earlier use of the name with personnel shared by the later Malaysian delegation. [1][9][10]

Nation Cup 2004

Team Kiwi competed at the Nation Cup 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tournament was organised by Xtion Paintball and brought together teams from New Zealand and other countries. [1][2]

The reported Team Kiwi playing roster included:

The delegation also included Michael Earley, who assisted with its organisation and served as a tournament referee and commentator rather than a competing player. According to a participant account published in January 2005, Team Kiwi finished fifth and was eliminated following a match against Mana Wave. [1]

Photographic documentation

Martin Dannefaerd maintained a photographic archive of the tournament. His Flickr album, Malaysia 2k4, contains 64 photographs documenting the Nation Cup in Kuala Lumpur during December 2004. [2]

The album identifies Xtion Paintball as the tournament host. Individual photographs were uploaded on 5 January 2005 and carry dates from December 2004. One photograph, titled DSC02369, shows an event banner at Kuala Lumpur airport and identifies Kyn Jackson and Michael Earley in its caption. [2][3]

Asia Pacific Paintball Championship 2005

A separate Team Kiwi lineup competed at the Asia Pacific Paintball Championship in Malaysia in 2005. The championship began on 30 September at Xtion Paintball Park in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.

The reported playing roster included:

Peter Mumby had also played in the 2001 and 2004 squads. [1][9]

The team's final tournament placing has not yet been established from official results.

2008 Malaysian tour

In 2008, another Team Kiwi group travelled to Malaysia for paintball activities. The tour was organised by Kyn Jackson, who had previously played with the 2001 squad and at Nation Cup 2004. [1][7][9]

The five identified members of the touring party were:

The players are named in the description of the YouTube video Paintball Team Kiwi in Malaysia, which identifies the group as being in Malaysia in 2008. [6]

Travis and Jason Cleeton were brothers associated with the New Zealand paintball team Raiderz. The touring group also included players connected with Actions Paintball and the Auckland paintball community.

Video documentation

Two YouTube videos document the visit. Paintball Team Kiwi in Malaysia identifies the five touring players, while Travis Cleeton Paintball Malaysia Mix specifically documents Travis Cleeton playing in Malaysia in 2008. [6][8]

The specific tournament results from the tour have not yet been established from official competition records.

Planned Malaysian trip and 2010 jerseys

Team Kiwi jerseys seen in 2010 were associated with a planned trip to Malaysia involving Peter Mumby, Jason Newport and other players. [5]

In a Facebook Messenger conversation with Michael Earley on 24 October 2026, Mumby clarified that the jerseys had been made for a Malaysian trip that never happened. Earley's account of the conversation records that ten jerseys were produced and that the intended team did not compete at the event. [5]

The jerseys document preparations for an unrealised trip rather than a further tournament appearance. The intended event and complete proposed roster have not been identified. [5]

Team identity

The different Team Kiwi lineups shared a national identity and returning personnel. Kyn Jackson, Brendon Charles and Peter Mumby were identified in both the 2001 and 2004 squads, while Mumby also appeared in the reported 2005 lineup. The available records do not establish continuous organisational activity between the trips. [1][9][10]

Period	Competition or planned activity	Identified personnel	Participation
2001	2001 APEC Moama Tournament, Australia	Kyn Jackson, Chris Watt, Steve Nugent, Brendon Charles, Peter Mumby	Competed as a scratch team; Mumby's account reports second place, with a later first-equal comment unresolved. [9][10]
2004	Nation Cup 2004, Malaysia	Kyn Jackson, Brendon Charles, Peter Mumby, Martin Dannefaerd, Brian Thornley	Competed; reported fifth-place finish. [1]
2005	Asia Pacific Paintball Championship, Malaysia	Michael Earley, Peter Mumby, Gavin Mumby, Jason Newport	Competed
2008	Malaysian tour organised by Kyn Jackson	Travis Cleeton, Jason Cleeton, Amon Johnson, Gareth Appleby, Rob Mei	Tour documented by two YouTube videos. [6][8]
Around 2010	Planned Malaysian trip associated with Team Kiwi jerseys	Peter Mumby, Jason Newport and other intended players	Trip did not take place; ten jerseys reportedly produced. [5]

The listed personnel should not be interpreted as complete event rosters in every case. The planned trip associated with the 2010 jerseys forms part of the team's history rather than its competition record.

Relationship to New Zealand national teams

Team Kiwi should be distinguished from officially selected national representative teams.

In 2015, a separate New Zealand squad competed at the Paintball World Cup Asia Nations Cup in Langkawi, Malaysia. It finished 14th among 20 national entries in the Open X-Ball division. [4]

The 2015 squad did not compete under the Team Kiwi name. Its history is covered separately under New Zealand national paintball team.

References

Michael Earley, "Team Kiwi Malaysia Tournament Report", January 2005. Historical participant account of Nation Cup 2004. Original publication URL requires recovery.
Malaysia 2k4. Martin Dannefaerd, Flickr. Collection of 64 photographs from Nation Cup 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, uploaded January 2005.
DSC02369. Martin Dannefaerd, Flickr. Photograph of the tournament banner at Kuala Lumpur airport, identifying Kyn Jackson and Michael Earley, uploaded 5 January 2005.
2015 Season Rankings: Paintball Asia League Series. PBLeagues. Rankings recording New Zealand's 14th-place finish in the Nations Cup Open X-Ball division.
Peter Mumby, private Facebook Messenger correspondence with Michael Earley, 24 October 2026. Screenshot supplied by Earley confirms that the jerseys were made for a Malaysian trip that did not happen. Earley's accompanying account identifies the jerseys as those seen in 2010, records ten being produced, and identifies Mumby and Jason Newport among the intended participants.
Paintball Team Kiwi in Malaysia. YouTube video. Description identifies Travis Cleeton, Jason Cleeton, Amon Johnson, Gareth Appleby and Rob Mei in Malaysia in 2008.
Historical information supplied to WikiPaintball, 25 October 2026, identifying Kyn Jackson as the organiser of the 2008 Malaysian tour.
Travis Cleeton Paintball Malaysia Mix. YouTube video. Description states "Travis Cleeton (Me) in Malaysia 08".
Kiwi team plays Apec. NZ Paintball message board. Participant report by Peter Mumby, 25 September 2001, and subsequent discussion. Archived on 5 January 2002.
Historical clarification supplied to WikiPaintball, 26 October 2026, identifying the 2001 squad's abbreviated names as Kyn Jackson, Chris Watt, Steve Nugent, Brendon Charles and Peter Mumby, and identifying the appearance as an earlier use of the Team Kiwi name.

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-'''Team Kiwi''' is a name used by several New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] teams assembled for international competition, particularly in Malaysia during the 2000s and early 2010s.
+'''Team Kiwi''' is a name used by New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] teams assembled for international competition. Its history includes an earlier Kiwi squad competing in Australia in 2001, followed by delegations to Malaysia during the 2000s. [9][10]
-The name was used by different groups of players rather than a single continuously operating organisation. Documented or historically reported iterations include teams competing in Malaysia in 2004 and 2005, a later group led by [[Kyn Jackson]], and another associated with [[Jason Newport]] and [[Peter Mumby]].
+The lineups included returning players but were assembled for different trips rather than constituting a documented continuously operating organisation. Recorded appearances include the 2001 APEC tournament in Moama, Malaysian competitions in 2004 and 2005, and a 2008 Malaysian tour organised by [[Kyn Jackson]]. A further planned Malaysian trip associated with jerseys seen in 2010 did not take place. [1][5][6][7][9][10]
 == History ==
-=== Nation Cup 2004 ===
+=== APEC Moama, 2001 ===
+An earlier use of the Kiwi name is documented at the [[2001 APEC Moama Tournament]] in Australia in September 2001. In a report published on 25 September, [[Peter Mumby]] described travelling with a New Zealand scratch team to compete in the final round of the APEC tournaments. His account referred to the squad as Kiwi or Kiwis. [9]
+The report listed the players as Kyn J, Chris W, Steve N, Brendon C and Peter M. It also named Kyn Jackson and Peter Mumby in full. Historical clarification supplied to WikiPaintball identifies the complete squad as follows: [9][10]
+* [[Kyn Jackson]]
+* Chris Watt
+* Steve Nugent
+* [[Brendon Charles]]
+* [[Peter Mumby]]
+Mumby reported the final order as Kaozs, Kiwis and Junk Yard Dogs, placing the New Zealand squad second. A subsequent reply signed Steve described the result as “1st equal”, without supplying scores or explaining the difference. The surviving discussion does not resolve these accounts. [9]
-The earliest identified Team Kiwi delegation competed at the [[Nation Cup 2004]] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
+Jackson, Charles and Mumby subsequently appeared in the reported Team Kiwi lineup for Nation Cup 2004. The 2001 appearance therefore provides an earlier use of the name with personnel shared by the later Malaysian delegation. [1][9][10]
-The tournament was organised by [[Xtion Paintball]] and brought together teams from New Zealand and other countries.
+=== Nation Cup 2004 ===
+Team Kiwi competed at the [[Nation Cup 2004]] in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The tournament was organised by [[Xtion Paintball Park|Xtion Paintball]] and brought together teams from New Zealand and other countries. [1][2]
 The reported Team Kiwi playing roster included:
@@ Line 19: / Line 31: @@
 * [[Brian Thornley]]
-The delegation also included [[Michael Earley]], who assisted with its organisation and served as a tournament referee and commentator rather than a competing player.
+The delegation also included [[Michael Earley]], who assisted with its organisation and served as a tournament referee and commentator rather than a competing player. According to a participant account published in January 2005, Team Kiwi finished fifth and was eliminated following a match against Mana Wave. [1]
-According to a participant account published in January 2005, Team Kiwi finished fifth and was eliminated following a match against Mana Wave.[1]
 ==== Photographic documentation ====
+Martin Dannefaerd maintained a photographic archive of the tournament. His Flickr album, ''Malaysia 2k4'', contains 64 photographs documenting the Nation Cup in Kuala Lumpur during December 2004. [2]
-[[Martin Dannefaerd]], a member of the 2004 team, maintained a photographic archive of the tournament.
+The album identifies Xtion Paintball as the tournament host. Individual photographs were uploaded on 5 January 2005 and carry dates from December 2004. One photograph, titled ''DSC02369'', shows an event banner at Kuala Lumpur airport and identifies Kyn Jackson and Michael Earley in its caption. [2][3]
-His Flickr album, titled ''Malaysia 2k4'', contains 64 photographs documenting the Nation Cup in Kuala Lumpur during December 2004.[2]
-The album identifies Xtion Paintball as the tournament host.
-Individual photographs were uploaded on 5 January 2005 and carry dates from December 2004.
-One photograph, titled ''DSC02369'', shows an event banner at Kuala Lumpur airport and identifies Kyn Jackson and Michael Earley in its caption.[3]
-The collection provides contemporary photographic evidence of the New Zealand delegation's presence at the tournament.
 === Asia Pacific Paintball Championship 2005 ===
+A separate Team Kiwi lineup competed at the [[Asia Pacific Paintball Championship]] in Malaysia in 2005. The championship began on 30 September at [[Xtion Paintball Park]] in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
-A separate Team Kiwi lineup competed at the [[Asia Pacific Paintball Championship]] in Malaysia in 2005.
-The championship began on 30 September 2005 at [[Xtion Paintball Park]] in Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur.
 The reported playing roster included:
@@ Line 50: / Line 48: @@
 * [[Jason Newport]]
-Peter Mumby had also played in the 2004 delegation.
+Peter Mumby had also played in the 2001 and 2004 squads. [1][9]
 The team's final tournament placing has not yet been established from official results.
-=== Team Kiwi under Kyn Jackson ===
+=== 2008 Malaysian tour ===
+In 2008, another Team Kiwi group travelled to Malaysia for paintball activities. The tour was organised by Kyn Jackson, who had previously played with the 2001 squad and at Nation Cup 2004. [1][7][9]
-Another Team Kiwi lineup competed in Malaysia from approximately 2008 under the leadership of [[Kyn Jackson]].
-Jackson had previously played for the 2004 Team Kiwi delegation.
+The five identified members of the touring party were:
-Historical participant accounts identify [[Travis Cleaton]] and [[Jason Cleaton]], brothers associated with the New Zealand team [[Raiders (New Zealand paintball team)|Raiders]], among the players involved in the later lineup.
+* [[Travis Cleeton]]
+* [[Jason Cleeton]]
+* [[Amon Johnson]]
+* [[Gareth Appleby]]
+* [[Rob Mei]]
-The team was also associated with players from [[Actions Paintball]] in Auckland.
+The players are named in the description of the YouTube video ''Paintball Team Kiwi in Malaysia'', which identifies the group as being in Malaysia in 2008. [6]
-This iteration reportedly competed at multiple Malaysian tournaments, although complete event-specific rosters and results have not yet been recovered.
+Travis and Jason Cleeton were brothers associated with the New Zealand paintball team [[Raiderz]]. The touring group also included players connected with [[Actions Paintball]] and the Auckland paintball community.
-=== Later Team Kiwi activity ===
+==== Video documentation ====
+Two YouTube videos document the visit. ''Paintball Team Kiwi in Malaysia'' identifies the five touring players, while ''Travis Cleeton Paintball Malaysia Mix'' specifically documents Travis Cleeton playing in Malaysia in 2008. [6][8]
-During the early 2010s, another group reportedly used the Team Kiwi name.
+The specific tournament results from the tour have not yet been established from official competition records.
-The lineup was associated with [[Jason Newport]] and [[Peter Mumby]], both members of the 2005 delegation.
+=== Planned Malaysian trip and 2010 jerseys ===
+Team Kiwi jerseys seen in 2010 were associated with a planned trip to Malaysia involving [[Peter Mumby]], [[Jason Newport]] and other players. [5]
-Historical recollections place this activity around the period when the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] operated tournaments at [[Lock N Load Paintball]] in Auckland.
+In a Facebook Messenger conversation with Michael Earley on 24 October 2026, Mumby clarified that the jerseys had been made for a Malaysian trip that never happened. Earley's account of the conversation records that ten jerseys were produced and that the intended team did not compete at the event. [5]
-Possible Australian tournament participation has also been reported, but the relevant event records have not yet been established.
+The jerseys document preparations for an unrealised trip rather than a further tournament appearance. The intended event and complete proposed roster have not been identified. [5]
 == Team identity ==
+The different Team Kiwi lineups shared a national identity and returning personnel. Kyn Jackson, Brendon Charles and Peter Mumby were identified in both the 2001 and 2004 squads, while Mumby also appeared in the reported 2005 lineup. The available records do not establish continuous organisational activity between the trips. [1][9][10]
-The different Team Kiwi lineups shared a national identity and some returning personnel.
-However, the available records do not establish that they operated as one continuous organisation.
 {| class="wikitable"
 ! Period
-! Competition
+! Competition or planned activity
 ! Identified personnel
+! Participation
+|-
+| 2001
+| [[2001 APEC Moama Tournament]], Australia
+| [[Kyn Jackson]], Chris Watt, Steve Nugent, [[Brendon Charles]], [[Peter Mumby]]
+| Competed as a scratch team; Mumby's account reports second place, with a later first-equal comment unresolved. [9][10]
 |-
 | 2004
 | [[Nation Cup 2004]], Malaysia
 | [[Kyn Jackson]], [[Brendon Charles]], [[Peter Mumby]], [[Martin Dannefaerd]], [[Brian Thornley]]
+| Competed; reported fifth-place finish. [1]
 |-
 | 2005
 | [[Asia Pacific Paintball Championship]], Malaysia
 | [[Michael Earley]], [[Peter Mumby]], [[Gavin Mumby]], [[Jason Newport]]
+| Competed
 |-
-| From approximately 2008
+| 2008
-| Malaysian tournaments
+| Malaysian tour organised by [[Kyn Jackson]]
-| [[Kyn Jackson]], [[Travis Cleaton]], [[Jason Cleaton]]
+| [[Travis Cleeton]], [[Jason Cleeton]], [[Amon Johnson]], [[Gareth Appleby]], [[Rob Mei]]
+| Tour documented by two YouTube videos. [6][8]
 |-
-| Early 2010s
+| Around 2010
-| Later reported Team Kiwi activity
+| Planned Malaysian trip associated with Team Kiwi jerseys
-| [[Peter Mumby]], [[Jason Newport]]
+| [[Peter Mumby]], [[Jason Newport]] and other intended players
+| Trip did not take place; ten jerseys reportedly produced. [5]
 |}
-The listed personnel should not be interpreted as complete event rosters.
+The listed personnel should not be interpreted as complete event rosters in every case. The planned trip associated with the 2010 jerseys forms part of the team's history rather than its competition record.
 == Relationship to New Zealand national teams ==
 Team Kiwi should be distinguished from officially selected national representative teams.
-In 2015, a separate New Zealand squad competed at the [[Paintball World Cup Asia]] Nations Cup in Langkawi, Malaysia.
+In 2015, a separate New Zealand squad competed at the [[Paintball World Cup Asia]] Nations Cup in Langkawi, Malaysia. It finished 14th among 20 national entries in the Open X-Ball division. [4]
-The team finished 14th among 20 national entries in the Open X-Ball division.[4]
+The 2015 squad did not compete under the Team Kiwi name. Its history is covered separately under [[New Zealand national paintball team]].
-Although the 2015 delegation continued New Zealand's participation in international paintball competition in Malaysia, it did not compete under the Team Kiwi name and was not an organisational continuation of the earlier teams.
-Its history is covered separately under [[New Zealand national paintball team]].
 == See also ==
+* [[2001 APEC Moama Tournament]]
 * [[Nation Cup 2004]]
 * [[Asia Pacific Paintball Championship]]
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 * [[Kyn Jackson]]
 * [[Peter Mumby]]
+* [[Brendon Charles]]
 * [[Martin Dannefaerd]]
 * [[Jason Newport]]
+* [[Travis Cleeton]]
+* [[Raiderz]]
 * [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
 * [[Paintball in Malaysia]]
 == References ==
 # Michael Earley, "Team Kiwi Malaysia Tournament Report", January 2005. Historical participant account of Nation Cup 2004. Original publication URL requires recovery.
-# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatever/albums/74979/ Martin Dannefaerd, "Malaysia 2k4", Flickr. Collection of 64 photographs from Nation Cup 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, uploaded January 2005.]
+# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatever/albums/74979/ Malaysia 2k4]. Martin Dannefaerd, Flickr. Collection of 64 photographs from Nation Cup 2004 in Kuala Lumpur, uploaded January 2005.
-# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatever/2996583/ Martin Dannefaerd, "DSC02369", Flickr. Photograph of the tournament banner at Kuala Lumpur airport, identifying Kyn Jackson and Michael Earley, uploaded 5 January 2005.]
+# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatever/2996583/ DSC02369]. Martin Dannefaerd, Flickr. Photograph of the tournament banner at Kuala Lumpur airport, identifying Kyn Jackson and Michael Earley, uploaded 5 January 2005.
-# [https://pbleagues.com/league/219/seasonRankings/2015 PBLeagues, "2015 Season Rankings: Paintball Asia League Series". Official rankings recording New Zealand's 14th-place finish in the Nations Cup Open X-Ball division.]
+# [https://pbleagues.com/league/219/seasonRankings/2015 2015 Season Rankings: Paintball Asia League Series]. PBLeagues. Rankings recording New Zealand's 14th-place finish in the Nations Cup Open X-Ball division.
+# Peter Mumby, private Facebook Messenger correspondence with Michael Earley, 24 October 2026. Screenshot supplied by Earley confirms that the jerseys were made for a Malaysian trip that did not happen. Earley's accompanying account identifies the jerseys as those seen in 2010, records ten being produced, and identifies Mumby and Jason Newport among the intended participants.
+# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uchvX2Ii2YI Paintball Team Kiwi in Malaysia]. YouTube video. Description identifies Travis Cleeton, Jason Cleeton, Amon Johnson, Gareth Appleby and Rob Mei in Malaysia in 2008.
+# Historical information supplied to WikiPaintball, 25 October 2026, identifying Kyn Jackson as the organiser of the 2008 Malaysian tour.
+# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wruLCByWCeA Travis Cleeton Paintball Malaysia Mix]. YouTube video. Description states "Travis Cleeton (Me) in Malaysia 08".
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020105181117/http://pub73.ezboard.com:80/fnzpaintballfrm2.showMessage?topicID=82.topic Kiwi team plays Apec]. NZ Paintball message board. Participant report by Peter Mumby, 25 September 2001, and subsequent discussion. Archived on 5 January 2002.
+# Historical clarification supplied to WikiPaintball, 26 October 2026, identifying the 2001 squad's abbreviated names as Kyn Jackson, Chris Watt, Steve Nugent, Brendon Charles and Peter Mumby, and identifying the appearance as an earlier use of the Team Kiwi name.
 == External links ==
 * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/whatever/albums/74979/ Martin Dannefaerd: Malaysia 2k4 photographic album]
-* [https://www.wikipaintball.com/index.php/Nation_Cup_2004 Nation Cup 2004]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uchvX2Ii2YI Paintball Team Kiwi in Malaysia (2008)]
+* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wruLCByWCeA Travis Cleeton Paintball Malaysia Mix (2008)]
 * [https://pbleagues.com/league/219/seasonRankings/2015 PALS 2015 official rankings]
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+[[Category:Paintball in Australia]]
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