2005 Australian X-Ball League Round 4

2005 Australian X-Ball League Round 4 was a paintball tournament held at Paintball Pete's field at Mount White, New South Wales, Australia, in October 2005. It was the final round of the year's Australian X-Ball League season. Sydney X-Fighters defeated Wellington Hybrid 11–7 in the franchise final and secured the season championship. Mount White Boys won the Open X division.[1][2][4]

Event

Wellington Hybrid announced its intention to attend on 5 September 2005. The team's website displayed a countdown to 8 October 2005 as the scheduled start.[1]

The venue was Sydney X-Fighters' home field. For the tournament, the playing area was extended to full size and a spectator area was cut into the hillside.[4]

An October photographic collection documents the event. It was shared on the NZ P8NT forum on 10 November 2005, where participants subsequently discussed photographs of their games.[2][3]

Franchise competition

Hybrid defeated Sydney X-Fighters 9–8, bringing the teams level in the championship contest and requiring a deciding play-off. X-Fighters subsequently beat CQ Carnivores 22–2, while Hybrid defeated Carnivores 8–3.[4]

X-Fighters and Hybrid met again in the final. The opening point lasted seven minutes, and X-Fighters eventually won the match 11–7 to secure the championship.[4]

Reported match scores

Stage	Winning team	Score	Losing team
Before the final	Wellington Hybrid	9–8	Sydney X-Fighters
Before the final	Sydney X-Fighters	22–2	CQ Carnivores
Before the final	Wellington Hybrid	8–3	CQ Carnivores
Final	Sydney X-Fighters	11–7	Wellington Hybrid

These are the match scores supplied by the contemporary report, rather than a complete fixture list.[4]

Open X results

Mount White Boys won the Open X division ahead of Tsunami, Blade and Syndicate.[4]

Position	Team
1	Mount White Boys
2	Tsunami
3	Blade
4	Syndicate

Final season standings

The following figures are the final franchise championship standings, separate from the fourth-round match results.[4]

Position	Team	Series points
1	Sydney X-Fighters	25
2	Wellington Hybrid	23
3	CQ Carnivores	13
4	Perth Assault	10

Tsunami won the Open X season championship despite finishing second at the final round.[4]

References

1. AXL Round 4, Wellington Hybrid official website, 5 September 2005; archived 13 September 2005. Includes the announcement and event countdown.
2. Paintball – AXL – Sydney – Mt White – October 2005, photographic collection published by “stick”, Flickr.
3. AXL Mt White Pics, NZ P8NT forum, 10–23 November 2005; archived 18 October 2008.
4. The Final Showdown, Facefull, pp. 176–177, scanned report uploaded by Martin Dannefaerd on 27 March 2006. Covers the 2005 AXL fourth round, match results and final championship standings.