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| | | The '''Northland Open''' is a New Zealand [[paintball]] tournament name documented in the [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]] programme of 1997 and subsequent event reports. Editions have been held in Whangārei, Auckland and Mangapai, using five-player and seven-player formats.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] |
| '''Northland Open''' was a recurring New Zealand [[paintball]] tournament held in [[Whangārei]], Northland, during the late 1990s and early 2000s. It was one of the major early-season competitions on the New Zealand tournament calendar and was included in the original [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]] (NPL) First Division programme beginning in 1997. | |
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| The tournament brought together competitive paintball teams from Auckland, Northland and other parts of New Zealand. It was held at different venues during its early history, including a rugby ground converted into a temporary speedball arena for the 2000 and 2001 editions.[1]
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| The '''2001 Northland Open''' was scheduled for '''25 February 2001''' at '''Jubilee Park, Whangārei'''. The advertised competition used a seven-player, end-flag format, with rules based on the Australian Paintball Players League (APPL). The published team entry fee was NZ$70.[2]
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| Northland Open results were among those incorporated into the independent [[Valhalla National Rankings]]. The surviving 2001 standings preserve individual ranking contributions for teams including Saints Gold, Katipo, Phantom 5, Phoenix, Tag n' Release and Insane.[3]
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| == History == | | == History == |
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| === Origins ===
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| The Northland Open developed during the expansion of organised tournament paintball in New Zealand in the 1990s.
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| Before the establishment of a coordinated national league, competitive paintball largely consisted of independently organised tournaments hosted by commercial fields and regional clubs.
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| Teams travelled between competitions in Auckland, Northland, Wellington, Rotorua and other regions.
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| The Northland Open became one of the principal tournaments on this calendar.
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| A historical account of the original National Paintball League describes the Northland Open as a new tournament included alongside the New Zealand Nationals and Queen's Birthday competition when the league was established in 1997.[4]
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| This provides evidence that the Northland Open was part of the original NPL programme, although its exact inaugural date has not been independently established.
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| === Association with the National Paintball League ===
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| The original National Paintball League was developed during 1996 by [[Ian Southern]] and [[Dave Pellet]].
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| It began competition in 1997.
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| Three commercial paintball operators initially supported the league:
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| * Splatman, Auckland
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| * Strategy Tag, Whangārei
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| * Actions Paintball Sports Arena, Auckland
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| The NPL operated First and Second Divisions.
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| First Division incorporated established major tournaments, with competitions generally spaced several months apart.
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| These included:
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| * [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]
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| * Queen's Birthday tournament
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| * Northland Open
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| Second Division was intended for developing players and operated as a regular competition using participating commercial fields.
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| The Northland Open therefore formed part of the national competition structure during the NPL's inaugural period.[4]
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| The NPL account identifies Strategy Tag as the participating Whangārei commercial field operator.
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| However, the surviving documents do not establish that Strategy Tag owned or exclusively organised every Northland Open edition.
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| === Early-season tournament ===
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| The Northland Open became an established early-season event.
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| Mercenaries Star's historical tournament calendar described it as the regional competition that began the New Zealand playing season.[1]
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| The calendar placed the event in Whangārei.
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| Valhalla subsequently defined the New Zealand tournament season as running from February to November.
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| The Northland Open's early position in the calendar made it one of the first opportunities for established teams to compete each year.
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| It also provided developing teams with an opportunity to test themselves against opponents outside their immediate region.
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| === Changing venues ===
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| The tournament did not have a single permanent venue throughout its early history.
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| Mercenaries Star's contemporary calendar noted that the Northland Open had been held at different locations in successive years.[1]
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| The 2000 edition was played on a rugby field temporarily converted for speedball.
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| The organisers intended to use the same rugby field for the 2001 edition.
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| The surviving 2001 announcement identifies this venue as Jubilee Park in Whangārei.[2]
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| The use of temporary sporting grounds reflected the development of tournament paintball during the period, when organisers sometimes constructed playing fields specifically for individual events.
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| == Tournament format ==
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| === Early competition === | | === Early competition === |
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| The Northland Open operated during a period of change in New Zealand tournament paintball. | | The Northland Open formed part of the National Paintball League's First Division programme in 1997, alongside the [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]] and Queen's Birthday tournament.[1] |
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| Five-man centre-flag competition was common during the late 1990s.
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| By the early 2000s, seven-man competition was increasingly prominent.
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| The original NPL documentation identified the Northland Open as a major First Division tournament, but the surviving general history does not establish the exact playing format used in every edition.[4]
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| === Seven-man competition ===
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| The 2001 Northland Open was advertised as a '''seven-man''' event.
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| Each competing team was expected to field seven players under the announced format.[2]
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| Seven-man competition was prominent internationally during this period and was used at several major New Zealand tournaments.
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| The larger playing roster required teams to coordinate movement and field coverage across more positions than smaller three-man or five-man competitions.
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| === End-flag format ===
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| The published 2001 tournament announcement specified an '''end-flags''' format.[2]
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| Under conventional end-flag paintball rules, teams begin at opposite ends of the playing field and compete to complete flag-based objectives.
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| The original announcement confirms the format name but does not reproduce a complete game-specific scoring sheet.
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| The precise scoring values assigned to eliminations, flags and other objectives therefore should not be assumed without the original tournament rules.
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| === Australian Paintball Players League rules ===
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| The 2001 Northland Open advertised the use of '''Australian Paintball Players League''' (APPL) rules.
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| The APPL rules provided a tournament framework covering matters including player conduct, equipment, eliminations and refereeing.
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| New Zealand tournament organisers frequently adopted or adapted Australian competition rules during the 1990s and early 2000s.
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| Mercenaries Star preserved a historical copy of an APPL tournament rulebook.[5]
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| The rules provided a common reference point for travelling teams and event officials.
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| == Northland Open 2000 ==
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| === Venue ===
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| The 2000 Northland Open was held in Whangārei on a rugby field converted into a speedball playing area.
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| This is documented by the contemporary Mercenaries Star tournament calendar.[1]
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| The venue arrangement illustrates the use of temporary sporting facilities for competitive paintball.
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| Rather than relying entirely on a commercial woodland paintball field, the event used a conventional sports ground adapted for tournament play.
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| === Playing field ===
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| The surviving description establishes that the rugby ground was converted into a speedball field for the tournament.
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| It does not identify the individual bunker types, field dimensions or complete layout.
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| The source also does not establish whether the 2000 tournament used inflatable bunkers.
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| The temporary playing arrangement was nevertheless significant because it offered a more open tournament environment than conventional bush paintball.
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| === Tournament results ===
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| A complete verified results table for the 2000 Northland Open has not been recovered from the available contemporary sources.
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| Although the event is documented as having taken place, its final standings should not be reconstructed from annual national rankings alone.
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| The Valhalla rankings record season-level performance across multiple tournaments and are not equivalent to an individual event's finishing order.
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| == Northland Open 2001 ==
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| === Date and venue ===
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| The 2001 Northland Open was scheduled for:
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| '''Sunday, 25 February 2001'''
| | The [[1998 Northland Open]] took place in Whangārei on 22 February. Five teams played five-a-side centre-flag games, with [[Saints (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Saints]] winning overall. The event also served as the opening round of that year's Division One league.[2] |
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| The advertised venue was:
| | === 2000–2001 === |
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| '''Jubilee Park, Whangārei, New Zealand.'''
| | The [[2000 Northland Open|2000]] and [[2001 Northland Open|2001 tournaments]] were held at Jubilee Park in Whangārei, using temporary fields constructed on a rugby ground. Both used seven-player, two-flag games. Eight teams competed in 2000 and ten in 2001.[3][4] |
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| The original tournament information page was published through Mercenaries Star.[2]
| | Brent of Strategy Tag organised the events. Paint Contractors supplied referees in 2000, followed by Crisis in 2001. Saints won both tournaments.[3][4] |
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| The venue was a rugby ground converted for competitive paintball.
| | === 2002 === |
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| This continued the playing arrangement used for the previous year's event.
| | Organisation of the [[2002 Northland Open]] passed to Wayne Rolleston of Paintball West after Brent Matthews was unable to run that year's event. Eight teams competed at Paintball West's Auckland site in a seven-player, two-flag format. Saints won Division One and [[Tag and Training]] won Division Two.[5] |
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| === Entry information === | | === 2006 === |
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| The original tournament announcement preserved the following details: | | The [[2006 Northland Open]] was held at an unidentified indoor paintball venue in Auckland. Eight teams competed in a five-player format. Kaos and Snipers were reported as joint winners, followed by Legion and XXX.[6] |
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| | The surviving post-event report was published on 6 February 2006 but does not state the tournament's exact date. It described Snipers as an event squad composed of Saints and Menace players. Legion's reported line-up was Kenny, Ollie, Matty, Rob and an unnamed Raiderz player.[6] |
| |+ Northland Open 2001 – published tournament information
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| | Northland Open
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| | Scheduled date
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| | 25 February 2001
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| | Venue
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| | Jubilee Park, Whangārei
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| | Team format
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| | Seven-man
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| | Game format
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| | End flags
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| | Division
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| | Open
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| | Rules
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| | Australian Paintball Players League
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| | Team entry fee
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| | NZ$70
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| | Paintball policy
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| | Bring your own
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| | CO2 supply
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| | Bring your own
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| | Nitrogen/compressed-air supply
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| | Bring your own
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| Source: Original 2001 Northland Open tournament announcement.[2]
| | === 2007 === |
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| The published entry fee was comparatively straightforward, with players expected to provide their own consumables and gas. | | The [[2007 Northland Open]] was held on 4 February at [[A Paintball Adventure]], an indoor field in Papakura, Auckland. It used a five-player, unlimited-paint format with a round robin followed by finals. Menace won the Professional division and Sinista won the Amateur division.[7] |
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| This differed from some commercial-field tournaments where organisers required teams to purchase paintballs supplied by the venue.
| | === 2011 === |
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| === Event organisers ===
| | The [[2011 Northland Open]] took place on 6 March at Strategy Tag Paintball in Mangapai, near Whangārei. Eight teams competed. [[ADHD (New Zealand Paintball Team)|ADHD]] defeated Disposal Unit in the final, while TPC Blast and Gary Locks shared third place.[8] |
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| The 2001 tournament announcement listed '''Brent and Cindy Mathews''' as the event contacts.
| | == Editions == |
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| Their published telephone number used the Whangārei area code, and an email address associated with NZ 2x4 Homes Limited was supplied for enquiries.[2]
| | * [[1998 Northland Open]] |
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| The announcement stated that Brent was considering changes to certain event arrangements.
| | * [[2000 Northland Open]] |
| | | * [[2001 Northland Open]] |
| It also warned that the number of participating teams would be limited, with places allocated on a first-come basis.
| | * [[2002 Northland Open]] |
| | | * [[2006 Northland Open]] |
| The available announcement identifies the Mathewses as contacts but does not independently establish their formal titles or the complete organising committee.
| | * [[2007 Northland Open]] |
| | | * [[2011 Northland Open]] |
| === Paintball and gas policies ===
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| The 2001 event operated on a bring-your-own basis.
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| Participants were permitted to bring their own paintballs.
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| The original announcement also required teams to arrange their own CO2 or nitrogen/compressed-air supplies.[2]
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| This is a notable operational detail because reliable compressed-gas supply was an important practical concern for tournament players during the period.
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| Different markers could use CO2 or high-pressure air systems, and players attending events away from commercial fields could not always rely on on-site filling equipment.
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| The 2001 Northland Open's published arrangements placed responsibility for these supplies on participating teams.
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| === Seven-man results ===
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| The surviving 2001 [[Valhalla National Rankings]] include an individual Northland Open column in the seven-man competition table.[3]
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| The recorded values were ranking contributions calculated from tournament scores rather than the original raw event points.
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| They provide evidence of participation and relative opening-round performance.
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| {| class="wikitable"
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| |+ Northland Open 2001 – recorded Valhalla round contributions
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| ! Team
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| | Saints Gold
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| | 100
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| | Phantom 5
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| | 83.9
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| | Phoenix (WGN) Red
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| | 81.1
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| | Black Dragon
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| | 66.1
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| | Tag n' Release
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| | 65
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| | Katipo
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| | 62
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| | Warp Speed
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| | 32.8
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| | Havoc
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| | 27.8
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| | Solidaire
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| | Insane
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| | 6.7
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| Source: 2001 Valhalla seven-man rankings, Northland Open Round 1 Open.[3]
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| The table identifies ten named teams with recorded Northland Open round contributions.
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| It does not establish whether the tournament contained additional participating squads whose results were not incorporated into Valhalla.
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| The figures are not a verified final tournament classification.
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| === Saints Gold ===
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| Saints Gold achieved the highest recorded Valhalla contribution from the 2001 Northland Open, scoring 100.
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| The result represented the maximum normalised ranking value for the recorded round.
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| Saints Gold subsequently headed the published national seven-man rankings for 2001, which incorporated results from the Northland Open, RotoVegas and New Zealand Nationals.
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| Its high Northland Open score contributed to that season total.
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| However, a first-place ranking contribution for the opening round does not independently establish that Saints Gold won the tournament's final.
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| === Phantom 5 and Phoenix ===
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| Phantom 5 recorded 83.9, the second-highest contribution shown in the Valhalla table.
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| Phoenix (WGN) Red recorded 81.1.
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| These results placed both squads among the leading recorded opening-round performers.
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| Phoenix's presence also demonstrates participation by a Wellington-based team in the Northland competition.
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| The available table does not establish the original event's final standings for either team.
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| === Tag n' Release ===
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| Rotorua-based [[Tag n' Release]] participated in the 2001 Northland Open.
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| Its contemporary team profile, contributed by Russell Clement in April 2001, independently confirms the appearance.[6]
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| The profile records that Tag n' Release finished fifth in the opening round, scoring '''585 points out of a possible 900'''.
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| The Valhalla database converted this to a normalised ranking contribution of 65.
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| The team's source records are consistent:
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| | Original team profile placement
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| | 5th in Round 1 Open
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| | 65 ranking points
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| The difference between the two point values illustrates how Valhalla converted tournament scores into percentages.
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| The recorded fifth-place result refers to the opening round, not necessarily the team's final position after any subsequent stages.
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| === Katipo ===
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| [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]] also appeared at the 2001 Northland Open.
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| The team recorded a Valhalla contribution of 62 from the opening round.[3]
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| Katipo was one of New Zealand's established tournament teams, having won the 1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals.
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| It subsequently finished third in the published 2001 seven-man national rankings.
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| The Northland Open was one of several events contributing to that overall position.
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| === Team Insane ===
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| Auckland team [[Team Insane|Insane]] participated in the 2001 Northland Open.
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| The Valhalla table recorded a ranking contribution of 6.7 points.
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| The team also competed at RotoVegas and the New Zealand Nationals during the same season.
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| Insane finished twenty-first among 23 entries in the published seven-man rankings.
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| The Northland Open appearance formed part of the team's early tournament history.
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| == Notable participating teams ==
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| The surviving Northland Open records connect the event with several important New Zealand paintball teams.
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| | Highest recorded 2001 opening-round Valhalla contribution
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| | [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]]
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| | Established Auckland team and 1997 Nationals winner
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| | [[Tag n' Release]]
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| | Rotorua team; fifth in the documented 2001 opening round
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| | [[Team Insane|Insane]]
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| | Auckland team competing in its early tournament years
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| | Phantom 5
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| | Second-highest recorded 2001 opening-round ranking contribution
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| | Phoenix (WGN) Red
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| | Wellington team recorded in the 2001 results
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| | Black Dragon
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| | Established late-1990s New Zealand tournament team
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| | Warp Speed
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| | Regular tournament participant during the period
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| | Havoc
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| | Central North Island tournament participant
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| | Solidaire
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| | New Zealand tournament team recorded in Valhalla
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| The table is based primarily on the surviving 2001 results and should not be interpreted as a complete list of teams that ever entered the Northland Open.
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| == Relationship with other national tournaments ==
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| === New Zealand Paintball Nationals ===
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| The [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]] was one of the country's principal championship events.
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| During the original NPL period, it was grouped with the Northland Open and Queen's Birthday tournament as a major First Division competition.
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| Unlike the Northland Open, the Nationals was generally associated with the latter part of the tournament season.
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| Both events provided opportunities for teams to compete against opponents from different regions.
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| === Queen's Birthday tournament ===
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| Queen's Birthday competition formed another part of the early NPL First Division programme.
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| Together with the Northland Open and Nationals, it helped provide a calendar of major tournaments spread across the playing season.
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| The surviving league history confirms this relationship but does not establish identical organisers or playing formats for all three events.
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| === RotoVegas ===
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| By 2001, the Northland Open was one of the three tournaments appearing in Valhalla's seven-man results, alongside RotoVegas and the Nationals.
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| The separate events were held in different regions and contributed to the national seven-man competitive calendar.
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| The rankings document teams travelling between these events.
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| == Historical significance ==
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| The Northland Open was an important early-season tournament during the development of organised competitive paintball in New Zealand.
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| Its inclusion in the original National Paintball League programme connected Whangārei and Northland with the wider national competitive scene.
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| The event brought together teams from Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington and other regions, helping establish opportunities for interregional competition.
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| Its changing locations also illustrate how tournament paintball could be organised independently of permanent commercial playing fields.
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| The documented use of a rugby ground converted to a speedball arena in 2000 and 2001 provides an example of temporary sporting infrastructure being adapted for paintball competition.
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| The detailed 2001 announcement preserves information about entry costs, formats, rules and equipment policies during a period when tournament organisers often had limited online communication channels.
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| The surviving Valhalla records document ten named teams competing in the opening round of the 2001 event and provide a connection between their Northland performances and the wider national tournament season.
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| Although full event results for all editions have not yet been reconstructed, the Northland Open remains an important part of New Zealand's late-1990s and early-2000s tournament history.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)]]
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| * [[New Zealand Paintball Nationals]] | |
| * [[Valhalla National Rankings]] | |
| * [[Saints Paintball Team]] | |
| * [[Katipo Paintball Team]] | |
| * [[Tag n' Release]]
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| * [[Team Insane]]
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| * [[Mercenaries Star]]
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| * [[Actions Paintball]]
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Events/EventsIndex.htm Annual Tournament Events]. ''Mercenaries Star'', 2001. Describes the Northland Open as an early-season Whangārei tournament, records the rugby-field venue used in 2000 and the intention to return in 2001. | | # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Rules/Leagues/NPLIntro.htm Mercenaries Star, ''The Rise and Fall of the New Zealand National Paintball League'', preserved by OoCities.] |
| # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Events/NorthlandOpen.htm Northland Open 2001]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Original tournament announcement giving 25 February 2001, Jubilee Park, seven-man format, end flags, APPL rules, NZ$70 entry and Brent and Cindy Mathews as contacts. | | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20020817070759/http://www.paintball.co.nz/north98.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 1998 Northland Paintball Open'', NZ Paintball Online, archived 17 August 2002.] |
| # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2001Hall.htm Valhalla Hall of Heroes – 2001]. ''Mercenaries Star''. October 2001 seven-man rankings, including Northland Open opening-round contributions.
| | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20010114131600/http://www.paintball.co.nz/north2000.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2000 Northland Paintball Open'', NZ Paintball Online, archived 14 January 2001.] |
| # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Rules/Leagues/NPLIntro.htm The Rise and Fall of the New Zealand National Paintball League]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Historical account identifying the Northland Open as one of the original NPL First Division tournaments. | | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20010302154631/http://www.paintball.co.nz/north2001.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2001 Northland Paintball Open'', NZ Paintball Online, archived 2 March 2001.] |
| # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Rules/Tournament/APPL.htm Australian Paintball Players League Tournament Rules]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Historical copy of APPL regulations, the rule framework advertised for the 2001 Northland Open.
| | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192035/http://www.paintball.co.nz/north2002.htm Rob Maddox, ''The 2002 Northland Paintball Open'', NZ Paintball Online, archived 6 August 2002.] |
| # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Links/TagNRelease.htm Tag n' Release Team Profile]. Russell Clement, ''Mercenaries Star'', April 2001. Contemporary record of Tag n' Release scoring 585 of 900 points and finishing fifth in the Northland Open opening round. | | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218112314/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=113 NZ P8NT, “Northland open”, page 1], post-event report by Big SY, published 6 February 2006; [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218112318/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=113&start=10 page 2], subsequent player discussion. |
| # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Calendar/MS_Calendar.html Annual Tournament Calendar]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Historical calendar describing the Northland Open and its 2000 temporary rugby-field venue. | | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20080320053722/http://p069.ezboard.com/2007-Northland-Open/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=362.topic ''2007 Northland Open'', NZ Paintball Message Boards, January 2007, archived 20 March 2008.] |
| # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/RankIndex.htm Valhalla National Team Rankings – Methodology]. ''Mercenaries Star''. Explains the calculation of normalised tournament-round scores. | | # [https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/paintball-teams-splattered-in-northland-open/KDEZTS2NANHGDVDEOTLZHF7TIY/ ''Paintball teams splattered in Northland Open'', ''Northern Advocate'', 8 March 2011.] |
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| * [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Events/NorthlandOpen.htm Original 2001 Northland Open announcement]
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| * [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Events/EventsIndex.htm Historical tournament calendar]
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| * [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2001Hall.htm 2001 national rankings and Northland Open results]
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| * [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Links/TagNRelease.htm Tag n' Release's contemporary Northland Open result]
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| * [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Rules/Leagues/NPLIntro.htm Original National Paintball League history]
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| * [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Rules/Tournament/APPL.htm Historical APPL tournament rules]
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