2007 Super 5s (New Zealand)

The 2007 Super 5s was the 2007 season of the Super 5s five-player paintball series. The early rounds were held at A Paintball Adventure in Papakura, Auckland. In September, the organisers announced that the remaining rounds would move to Actions Paintball in Swanson. The series maintained separate championship standings for two divisions.[1][9][10][11]

Legion led Division 1 and Sinista led Division 2 after the sixth round on 26 August. These were interim standings, not the final championship results.[6]

Season

The series opened on 25 February, with Legion winning Division 1 and Punx winning Division 2. Menace won the March and April rounds, followed by Legion winning the June, July and August rounds.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The round provisionally scheduled for 13 May was postponed because it coincided with Mother's Day. A separate Queen's Birthday tournament was distinguished from the regular Super 5s competition, which resumed on 24 June.[3][4][8]

A seventh round was announced for 23 September at A Paintball Adventure.[7]

Move to Swanson

On 27 September, an announcement stated that the remaining three rounds would be held at Actions Paintball in Swanson. Entry remained $36 per player.[11]

The revised schedule was:[11]

Round	Announced date	Venue	Schedule change
8	28 October 2007	Actions Paintball, Swanson	Unchanged
9	11 November 2007	Actions Paintball, Swanson	Moved from 25 November
10	2 December 2007	Actions Paintball, Swanson	Revised date; the announcement did not specify the previous date

These dates record the announced schedule rather than confirmed results.

Format

The competition used a five-player, hopper-ball format, limiting players to the paint carried in their loaders. An additional pod was discussed before the March round, but the discussion did not confirm adoption of the proposed change.[9]

The opening round's results were published by division. The subsequent round reports presented combined classifications, while retaining separate divisional championship standings.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Round results

Round 1: 25 February

Eleven teams competed in the opening round.[1]

Division	Position	Team	Points
Division 1	1	Legion	913
	2	XXX	816
	3	Menace	726
	4	Solid	672
Division 2	1	Punx	558
	2	Sinista	524
	3	7 D.S	433
	4	Breakaballs	410
	5	Nemisis	273
	6	Pirates	197
	7	Doomed	85

Round 2: 25 March

Menace won the second round. Nemisis finished fourth overall and was the highest-placed Division 2 team.[2]

Position	Team	Points
1	Menace	886
2	Legion	805
3	XXX	622
4	Nemisis	499
5	Solid	435
6	7 D.S	277
7	Sinista	271
8	Punx	262
9	Breakaballs	213
10	Pirates	171

Round 3: 22 April

Menace won its second consecutive round. Legion retained the Division 1 championship lead by 22 points, with 2,522 points against Menace's 2,500.[3][10]

Position	Team	Points
1	Menace	888
2	Legion	804
3	Sinista	541
4	Solid	528
5	Centurions	452
6	Nemisis	439
7	Breakaballs	420
8	7 D.S	359
9	Pirates	175

Round 4: 24 June

Legion won the June round ahead of Team AJ and Sinista. The report welcomed a new Insane squad that included returning members, and Nexa, an entry associated with Nexa Paintball Supplies. Nexa recorded its only win of the day against Sinista.[4]

Position	Team	Points
1	Legion	923
2	Team AJ	814
3	Sinista	689
4	Solid	654
5	Menace	649
6	Centurions	610
7	Pirates	469
8	Breakaballs	382
9	7 D.S	365
10	Nemisis	338
11	Insane	265
12	Nexa	160

Round 5: 22 July

Legion won the July round ahead of Sinista and A.J.[5]

Position	Team	Points
1	Legion	753
2	Sinista	684
3	A.J	652
4	Menace	648
5	Solid	492
6	Punx	419
7	Nemisis	406
8	Pirates	251
9	7 D.S	159
10	Insane	60

Round 6: 26 August

Legion won the August round, followed by Nemisis and Sinista.[6]

Position	Team	Points
1	Legion	697
2	Nemisis	532
3	Sinista	459
4	Menace	449
5	Team James	439
6	Solid	416
7	7 D.S	284
8	Pirates	234
9	F.B.I	90

Championship standings after Round 6

The following interim standings were published on 27 August 2007.[6]

Division 1

Position	Team	Championship points
1	Legion	4,895
2	Menace	4,246
3	Solid	3,197
4	A.J	1,466
5	XXX	1,438
6	Centurions	1,062
7	Team James	439

Division 2

Position	Team	Championship points
1	Sinista	3,168
2	Nemisis	2,149
3	7 D.S	1,877
4	Pirates	1,497
5	Breakaballs	1,425
6	Punx	558
7	Insane	325
8	Nexa	160
9	F.B.I	90
10	Doomed	85

The championship figures are reproduced as published. Nemisis's cumulative total did not increase after its 338-point June result, while Punx remained on 558 points after scoring 419 in July. The March report had listed Punx's total as 820 points pending a decision. The reports do not explain the subsequent discrepancies.[2][3][4][5][6]

See also

• Super 5s (New Zealand)
• 2006 Super 5s (New Zealand)
• Paintball in New Zealand

References

1. “Super 5's round 1 scores”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, 26 February 2007.
2. “Round 2 Super 5's scores”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, 27 March 2007.
3. “Round 3 super 5's scores”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, 25 April 2007.
4. “June super fives”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, including the results posted on 25 June 2007.
5. “Round 5 super 5's scores (July)”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, 26 July 2007.
6. “Round 6 August super 5 scores”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, 27 August 2007.
7. “Round 7 September super 5's”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, 12 September 2007.
8. “May super 5s (Postponed)”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, 5 May 2007.
9. “March super 5s”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, March 2007.
10. “April Super 5s”. NZ Paintball Message Forum, 31 March 2007.
11. “Auckland Super 5's Series Thread”. NZ P8NT, topic 703, including the venue-change announcement dated 27 September 2007. Archived 18 October 2008.