2011–2012 SAPC Five-Man Series

The 2011–2012 SAPC Five-Man Series was a five-player paintball competition organised by South Auckland Paintball Club at Lock N Load Paintball on Nixon Road near Auckland Airport, New Zealand. Announced in October 2011, it was intended as a monthly social speedball competition for established teams and players entering tournament paintball. Contemporary reports document two events in 2011, while venue photographs confirm events in January, November and December 2012.[1][2][3][5][6][7]

Organisation and format

The series was announced on 9 October 2011 with a provisional calendar extending from November 2011 to December 2012. Events were generally scheduled for the second Sunday of each month, with breaks to avoid major NZPPL tournament weekends. Players without teams were invited to form scratch teams.[1]

The original format was five-player hopperball, limiting each player's paint supply to their loader. Entry was advertised at NZ$20 per player, with field paint supplied by Killa Paint New Zealand and compressed-air fills included. The announcement specified NZPPL rules and rotating refereeing duties among participating teams.[1]

Following the December 2011 event, the organiser proposed retaining five-player teams while changing the paint allowance to hopper plus one pod. A further announcement on 9 January 2012 specified that allowance for the forthcoming weekend.[3]

Documented 2011 events

November

The opening event took place on 13 November. An organiser's report published that evening linked photographs and thanked visiting players, referees and the 300FPS shop crew.[2]

The scoreboard photographed at the following December event preserves November series points for BOP Rage, ADHD, Wipeout, Camo Guys and Academy.[4]

December

Eight teams attended the 11 December event. Wipeout topped the recorded December standings with 592 game points and received 100 series points.[3][4]

The organiser's report congratulated BOP and Wipeout on joint first place. The photographed scoreboard distinguishes December's event standings from the cumulative series totals: BOP Rage and Wipeout were level on 170 series points after the two events.[3][4]

George Hewlitt was named player of the day.[3]

Recorded 2011 series points

The December scoreboard records the following November and December points and cumulative totals.[4]

Team	November	December	Total
BOP Rage	100	70	170
Wipeout	70	100	170
ADHD	90	10	100
BOP Vegas	—	90	90
Team Awesome	—	40	40
Camo Guys	40	—	40
Academy	10	10	20
BOP squad — full name unresolved	—	10	10
Fresh Meat	—	10	10

Dashes indicate blank entries on the scoreboard. An accompanying comment explains that Camo Guys did not attend December and that their row carried points from the previous event.[4]

Documented 2012 events

Series events

The following events are supported by the advertised calendar and subsequent venue photographic records.[1][5][6][7][8]

Date	Event	Documented details
15 January 2012	2012 SAPC January Tournament	Five-player event; hopper-plus-one allowance announced on 9 January. The venue published an album explicitly identifying the date and SAPC five-player tournament.[3][5]
11 November 2012	2012 SAPC November Tournament	The venue's dated album identifies a five-player tournament.[6]
9 December 2012	2012 SAPC December Finale	Album titled SAPC 2012 Finale. Photographs were added on the advertised event date and tagged at Lock N Load. The album caption names 14 teams.[1][7][8]

June Streetball

A separate five-player Streetball event took place at Lock N Load on 24 June 2012. The venue advertised Streetball for the following day on 23 June and published an album titled 24 June, 2012 - SAPC Streetball 5 Man.[9][10]

This event was not listed in the original series calendar. Its inclusion in the series points competition has not been established.[1][9][10]

Unconfirmed provisional dates

The original calendar also advertised the following 2012 dates. These remain provisional entries rather than confirmed completed events.[1]

Planned date
12 February 2012
11 March 2012
13 May 2012
8 July 2012
12 August 2012
9 September 2012

The original calendar omitted April, June and October to avoid NZPPL's Easter, Queen's Birthday and Labour Weekend tournaments.[1] The subsequently documented June Streetball event was additional to that calendar.[9][10]

See also

• South Auckland Paintball Club
• Lock N Load Paintball
• 2013 SAPC Race Series

References

1. SAPC 5 Man Speedball Series 2011/2012 — announcement, NZ P8NT forum, 9 October 2011. Archived 6 February 2013.
2. SAPC 5 Man Speedball Series 2011/2012 — November event report, NZ P8NT forum, 13 November 2011. Archived 6 February 2013.
3. SAPC 5 Man Speedball Series 2011/2012 — December results and January announcement, NZ P8NT forum, 11 December 2011 and 9 January 2012. Archived 6 February 2013.
4. December scoreboard photograph, Lock N Load Adventures, Facebook, 11 December 2011. Records December standings, November and December series points and cumulative totals. Team-name readings clarified by the scoreboard's author, Michael Earley, in research correspondence on 3 November 2026.
5. January 15, 2012 - SAPC 5 Man, Lock N Load Adventures, Facebook photo album.
6. November 11, 2012 Tournament, Lock N Load Adventures, Facebook photo album, captioned “SPAC 5 Man Tournament”.
7. SAPC 2012 Finale, Lock N Load Adventures, Facebook photo album and team-list caption.
8. SAPC 2012 Finale photograph, Lock N Load Adventures, Facebook, added 9 December 2012 and tagged at Lock N Load Adventures.
9. 24 June, 2012 - SAPC Streetball 5 Man, Lock N Load Adventures, Facebook photo album.
10. Streetball event announcement, Lock'n'Load Paintball (@LNLPaintballNZ), Twitter, 23 June 2012.