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'''New Zealand Paintball Nationals''', commonly called the '''Nationals''', is a name associated with New Zealand's Labour Weekend paintball tournaments. Documented examples include the competitions hosted by [[Actions Paintball]] from 1997 to 2001 and the final round of the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] in 2013.[1][2][3][4][5][7][8] | '''New Zealand Paintball Nationals''', commonly called the '''Nationals''', is a name associated with New Zealand's Labour Weekend paintball tournaments. Documented examples include the 1995 tournament at Tactics, competitions hosted by [[Actions Paintball]] from 1997 to 2001 and the final round of the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]] in 2013.[1][2][3][4][5][7][8][10] | ||
== Name and tradition == | == Name and tradition == | ||
The Nationals has traditionally been associated with Labour Weekend and the conclusion of the tournament season. The name spans different league structures and tournament formats rather than identifying a single continuously administered competition. Its historical use should be distinguished from formal designation or sanction as a national championship.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][10] | |||
The Nationals has traditionally been associated with Labour Weekend and the conclusion of the tournament season. The name spans different league structures and tournament formats rather than identifying a single continuously administered competition. Its historical use should be distinguished from formal designation or sanction as a national championship.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] | |||
The relationship between the tournament and the season championship also varied. In 2013, the NZPPL promoted its final Super 5 Man round as the Nationals, but the tournament winner and overall series champion were different teams.[7][8] | The relationship between the tournament and the season championship also varied. In 2013, the NZPPL promoted its final Super 5 Man round as the Nationals, but the tournament winner and overall series champion were different teams.[7][8] | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
=== 1995 === | |||
''Main article: [[1995 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | |||
The tournament took place on 21–22 October at Tactics, Bethells Beach, Auckland. Six seven-player teams competed in a double round robin, playing each opponent once from each end of the field.[10] | |||
[[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] won with 910 points, followed by X-Men on 683 and Katipo, recorded as Katapo in the contemporary report, on 628. Whangarei Paint Contractors, Hell Patrol and Sentinels completed the field. The latter two were separate Dragons Claw entries.[10] | |||
Cameron McLeay's contemporary report was headed “The New Zealand Nationals — Labour Weekend 1995”.[10] | |||
=== League context === | === League context === | ||
According to the historical account published by [[Mercenaries Star]], the Nationals was already established when the original [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]] began in 1997. The league incorporated the Nationals, Queen's Birthday tournament and [[Northland Open]] into its First Division calendar. That league structure operated until 1999, while its constituent tournaments continued.[6] | According to the historical account published by [[Mercenaries Star]], the Nationals was already established when the original [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)|National Paintball League]] began in 1997. The league incorporated the Nationals, Queen's Birthday tournament and [[Northland Open]] into its First Division calendar. That league structure operated until 1999, while its constituent tournaments continued.[6] | ||
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=== 1997 === | === 1997 === | ||
''Main article: [[1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ''Main article: [[1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ||
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=== 1998 === | === 1998 === | ||
''Main article: [[1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ''Main article: [[1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ||
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=== 1999 === | === 1999 === | ||
''Main article: [[1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ''Main article: [[1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ||
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=== 2000 === | === 2000 === | ||
''Main article: [[2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ''Main article: [[2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ||
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=== 2001 === | === 2001 === | ||
''Main article: [[2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ''Main article: [[2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals]]'' | ||
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=== 2013 === | === 2013 === | ||
''Main article: [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3]]'' | ''Main article: [[2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3]]'' | ||
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== Selected results == | == Selected results == | ||
These are individual tournament placings, not season standings. Overall and divisional classifications are shown separately. | These are individual tournament placings, not season standings. Overall and divisional classifications are shown separately. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Year | ! Year !! Classification !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth | ||
! Classification | |- | ||
! First | | 1995 | ||
! Second | | Overall | ||
! Third | | [[Saints (New Zealand paintball team)|Saints]] | ||
! Fourth | | X-Men | ||
| [[Katipo Paintball Team|Katipo]] | |||
| Whangarei Paint Contractors | |||
|- | |- | ||
| 1997 | | 1997 | ||
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|} | |} | ||
Sources: contemporary tournament reports and the 2013 event report.[1][2][3][4][5][8] | Sources: contemporary tournament reports and the 2013 event report.[1][2][3][4][5][8][10] | ||
Black Dragon's 1998 Division Two victory is documented, but the report does not provide a complete separate divisional table.[2] | Black Dragon's 1998 Division Two victory is documented, but the report does not provide a complete separate divisional table.[2] | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]] | * [[Paintball in New Zealand]] | ||
* [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)]] | * [[National Paintball League (New Zealand)]] | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20010114121800/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats97.htm The 1997 Two Day NZ National “SplatMan” Tournament]. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 14 January 2001. | |||
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20010114121800/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats97.htm | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20010114123900/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats98.htm The 1998 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament]. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 14 January 2001. | ||
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20010114123900/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats98.htm | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20041204181559/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/1999/nats99.htm The 1999 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament]. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 4 December 2004. | ||
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20041204181559/http://www.paintball.co.nz/articles/1999/nats99.htm | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613133336/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats00.htm The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament]. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002. | ||
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020613133336/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats00.htm | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192513/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats01.htm The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament]. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002. | ||
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020806192513/http://www.paintball.co.nz/nats01.htm | # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Rules/Leagues/NPLIntro.htm The Rise and Fall of the New Zealand National Paintball League]. Mercenaries Star. Preserved by OoCities. | ||
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Rules/Leagues/NPLIntro.htm The Rise and Fall of the New Zealand National Paintball League | # [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028130016/http://nzppl.com/2013-event3.html Super 5 Man — Event 3]. NZPPL, official Nationals announcement and programme. Archived 28 October 2013. | ||
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20131028130016/http://nzppl.com/2013-event3.html | # [https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1403/S00280/blacksheep-media-release-2013-nzppl-video.htm Blacksheep Media Release 2013 NZPPL Video]. Blacksheep Communications, Scoop, 16 March 2014. | ||
# [https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU1403/S00280/blacksheep-media-release-2013-nzppl-video.htm | # [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Links/TagNRelease.htm Tag n' Release team profile]. Mercenaries Star, contributed by Russell Clement, April 2001. Preserved by OoCities. | ||
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Links/TagNRelease.htm Tag n' Release team profile | # Cameron McLeay, “The New Zealand Nationals — Labour Weekend 1995”, ''[[Australian Paintballer]]'', December 1995–February 1996, p. 63. | ||
[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]] | [[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]] | ||
Latest revision as of 04:44, 27 October 2026
New Zealand Paintball Nationals, commonly called the Nationals, is a name associated with New Zealand's Labour Weekend paintball tournaments. Documented examples include the 1995 tournament at Tactics, competitions hosted by Actions Paintball from 1997 to 2001 and the final round of the New Zealand Paintball Players League in 2013.[1][2][3][4][5][7][8][10]
Name and tradition
[edit]The Nationals has traditionally been associated with Labour Weekend and the conclusion of the tournament season. The name spans different league structures and tournament formats rather than identifying a single continuously administered competition. Its historical use should be distinguished from formal designation or sanction as a national championship.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][10]
The relationship between the tournament and the season championship also varied. In 2013, the NZPPL promoted its final Super 5 Man round as the Nationals, but the tournament winner and overall series champion were different teams.[7][8]
Labour Weekend finales have also appeared under other names. In March 2014, the NZPPL's forthcoming International Pacific Championship on 25–26 October was advertised as the final event of that season.[8]
History
[edit]1995
[edit]Main article: 1995 New Zealand Paintball Nationals
The tournament took place on 21–22 October at Tactics, Bethells Beach, Auckland. Six seven-player teams competed in a double round robin, playing each opponent once from each end of the field.[10]
Saints won with 910 points, followed by X-Men on 683 and Katipo, recorded as Katapo in the contemporary report, on 628. Whangarei Paint Contractors, Hell Patrol and Sentinels completed the field. The latter two were separate Dragons Claw entries.[10]
Cameron McLeay's contemporary report was headed “The New Zealand Nationals — Labour Weekend 1995”.[10]
League context
[edit]According to the historical account published by Mercenaries Star, the Nationals was already established when the original National Paintball League began in 1997. The league incorporated the Nationals, Queen's Birthday tournament and Northland Open into its First Division calendar. That league structure operated until 1999, while its constituent tournaments continued.[6]
The 1997 and 1998 Nationals took place at Actions Paintball in Te Atatū. The 1998 competition was the final event before that field closed for relocation. The 1999 and 2000 reports place those editions in Helensville and Swanson respectively.[1][2][3][4]
1997
[edit]Main article: 1997 New Zealand Paintball Nationals
The tournament took place on 25–26 October at Actions Paintball Sports Arena in Te Atatū, following a change from a planned Māngere venue. Dave Pellet organised the event. Eleven teams competed in five-player centre-flag games lasting ten minutes, using a bush field and a constructed barricade field.[1]
Katipo One won with 1,008 points. Kamo Karzi finished third overall and won Division Two. Its divisional tournament victory was separate from its season-long NPL Division Two title. Published scores included 100-point byes following Gothique's withdrawal from the draw.[1]
1998
[edit]Main article: 1998 New Zealand Paintball Nationals
Fourteen teams competed on 24–25 October at Actions Paintball in Te Atatū. Kyn Jackson organised the tournament.[2]
Saints Gold won with 1,290 points from a possible 1,300, followed by Paint Contractors and Saints Grey. Black Dragon finished fifth overall and won Division Two.[2]
1999
[edit]Main article: 1999 New Zealand Paintball Nationals
The tournament took place on 23–24 October at Actions Paintball Sports Arena in Helensville. Thirteen teams played five-player centre-flag games with an eight-minute time limit on the Bunker and Speedball fields.[3]
Paint Contractors won with 1,045 points, ahead of Saints Gold on 1,025 and Phantom 5 Purple on 820. Kamo Karzi supplied most of the referees rather than entering the playing competition.[3]
2000
[edit]Main article: 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals
The 21–22 October tournament at Actions Paintball in Swanson attracted sixteen teams. Games used seven players per side and two flags. Preliminary competition on two fields determined four finalists in each division.[4]
Saints won Division One, while Tag n' Release won Division Two. Tag n' Release's contemporary team profile records 655 preliminary points and 235 points in the divisional final round.[4][9]
2001
[edit]Main article: 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals
Eighteen teams competed at Actions Paintball over the Saturday and Sunday of Labour Weekend. Seven-player, two-flag games were played across three fields, with the top four teams in each division advancing to finals on the Sup'Air field.[5]
Saints won Division One with 225 final-round points. Katipo finished second on 165, ahead of the Australian Jetts on 160. Jetts initially received the second-place trophy, but a countback established Katipo's five-point advantage and the trophies were exchanged.[5]
Tag and Training won Division Two with 180 points. The report described it as Tag n' Release's amateur team; the two competed as separate entries.[5]
2013
[edit]Main article: 2013 NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3
The NZPPL promoted its third Super 5 Man event as the New Zealand Nationals. It took place on 26–27 October at Asylum Paintball in Kingseat, Auckland, concluding the series.[7][8]
KC Damage won the tournament, followed by Wellington Vendetta and X-Fighter$ Fracture. X-Fighter$ Fracture won the season championship after winning the opening two rounds and finishing third at the Nationals.[8]
Selected results
[edit]These are individual tournament placings, not season standings. Overall and divisional classifications are shown separately.
| Year | Classification | First | Second | Third | Fourth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Overall | Saints | X-Men | Katipo | Whangarei Paint Contractors |
| 1997 | Overall | Katipo One | Saints Black | Kamo Karzi | Paint Contractors |
| 1997 | Division Two | Kamo Karzi | Team Raven | Katipo Two | Flashpoint |
| 1998 | Overall | Saints Gold | Paint Contractors | Saints Grey | House Steiner |
| 1999 | Overall | Paint Contractors | Saints Gold | Phantom 5 Purple | Katipo One |
| 2000 | Division One | Saints | Grey | Katipo | Crisis |
| 2000 | Division Two | Tag n' Release | Phoenix | Solidaire | Fusion |
| 2001 | Division One | Saints | Katipo | Jetts | Flashpoint |
| 2001 | Division Two | Tag and Training | Damn Natives | Fusion | Damage |
| 2013 | NZPPL Super 5 Man Event 3 | KC Damage | Wellington Vendetta | X-Fighter$ Fracture | — |
Sources: contemporary tournament reports and the 2013 event report.[1][2][3][4][5][8][10]
Black Dragon's 1998 Division Two victory is documented, but the report does not provide a complete separate divisional table.[2]
See also
[edit]- Paintball in New Zealand
- National Paintball League (New Zealand)
- New Zealand Paintball Players League
- 2014 NZPPL International Pacific Championship
- Valhalla National Rankings
References
[edit]- The 1997 Two Day NZ National “SplatMan” Tournament. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 14 January 2001.
- The 1998 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 14 January 2001.
- The 1999 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 4 December 2004.
- The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 13 June 2002.
- The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament. Rob Maddox, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 August 2002.
- The Rise and Fall of the New Zealand National Paintball League. Mercenaries Star. Preserved by OoCities.
- Super 5 Man — Event 3. NZPPL, official Nationals announcement and programme. Archived 28 October 2013.
- Blacksheep Media Release 2013 NZPPL Video. Blacksheep Communications, Scoop, 16 March 2014.
- Tag n' Release team profile. Mercenaries Star, contributed by Russell Clement, April 2001. Preserved by OoCities.
- Cameron McLeay, “The New Zealand Nationals — Labour Weekend 1995”, Australian Paintballer, December 1995–February 1996, p. 63.