House Steiner (New Zealand Paintball Team)

House Steiner was a New Zealand tournament paintball team documented in competition records from at least 1998 to 2001. The team appeared in the Valhalla National Rankings, including separate Red and Black squads in 2000, and competed in five-player and three-player events in 2001.[1][2][3][4]

History

Late 1990s

House Steiner appears in the surviving Valhalla standings for the 1998 season, listed sixth with a ranking score of 51. In the 1999 standings, the team was listed eleventh with a score of 57.[1][2]

2000 season

The 2000 Valhalla table recorded two House Steiner squads. House Steiner Red was listed sixth with 80.5 ranking points, while House Steiner Black was listed fifteenth with 65.[3]

Valhalla treated separately named squads as individual entries rather than combining their results into a single team score.[5]

2001 season

House Steiner appeared in both the five-player and three-player Valhalla tables dated October 2001.[4]

In the five-player standings, the team was ranked third with 93.4 points. Its recorded contribution came from the opening round of the Wellington Cup, where it had the highest ranking score among the teams listed for that event.[4]

In the three-player standings, House Steiner was ranked sixth with 84.3 points, drawn from the opening round of the Hawkes Bay Triples.[4]

Players

An undated team photograph uploaded to the House Steiner Facebook profile on 18 August 2011 contains tags identifying the following people:[6]

• Chris McDonald
• Damon Goldsworthy
• David Aull
• Duncan McCloud
• Gareth Morgan
• James Keenan
• Mark Anderson
• Matt Wong
• Rob Taylor
• William Aull

These identifications relate to the photograph and do not establish a complete playing roster for a particular season. Rob Taylor is also identified in a separate photograph uploaded on 9 August 2011.[7]

Sponsorship

The team photograph uploaded on 18 August 2011 shows a House Steiner banner bearing the wording Sponsored by Bullseye Paintballs. Most of the group pictured also wear matching Bullseye Paintballs shirts. The photograph does not establish the dates or duration of the sponsorship.[6]

Recorded rankings

Season	Entry	Ranking category	Position	Ranking score
1998	House Steiner	Combined	6th	51
1999	House Steiner	Combined	11th	57
2000	House Steiner Red	Combined	6th	80.5
2000	House Steiner Black	Combined	15th	65
2001*	House Steiner	Five-player	3rd	93.4
2001*	House Steiner	Three-player	6th	84.3

Sources: Mercenaries Star's Valhalla standings.[1][2][3][4]

• The 2001 tables are dated October 2001. These positions are rankings across the recorded events, rather than placings at individual tournaments. The 2001 tables present accumulated round scores, whereas the earlier ranking methodology averaged calculated round scores.[4][5]

See also

• Valhalla National Rankings
• Mercenaries Star

References

1. Mercenaries Star — Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1998. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
2. Mercenaries Star — Valhalla Hall of Heros: 1999. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
3. Mercenaries Star — Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2000. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
4. Mercenaries Star — Valhalla Hall of Heros: 2001. Five-player and three-player standings dated October 2001. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
5. Mercenaries Star — Valhalla National Team Rankings: methodology. Archived GeoCities page preserved by OoCities.
6. House Steiner — team photograph and identification tags. Facebook, uploaded 18 August 2011; original photograph undated. Shows the Bullseye Paintballs sponsorship banner and matching shirts.
7. House Steiner — photograph identifying Rob Taylor. Facebook, uploaded 9 August 2011; original photograph undated.

External links

• House Steiner on Facebook — historical photographs and recollections.