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Created article on the 2006 Marquis Condoms International Paintball Tournament at Big Boys Toys in Auckland, documenting its 11–12 November dates, Paintball Adventure hosting, reported Professional and Semi-Professional results, conflicting third-place identification and contemporary press, forum and photographic sources. Added Auckland and 2000s historical categories.
 
Rewrite concisely with verified dates and reported results; identify Wellington Vendetta as the third-place team and A Paintball Adventure as host; remove misleading Hybrid attribution and retain the correct tournament category.
 
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'''2006 Big Boys Toys Paintball Tournament''', promoted as the '''Marquis Condoms International Paintball Tournament''', was held on 11–12 November 2006 at ASB Showgrounds in Auckland, New Zealand. It formed part of the Big Boys Toys exhibition and included New Zealand teams and Australia’s Vagrant. Murder Inc won the reported Professional Division standings.[1][2][3]
{{Short description|2006 international paintball tournament in Auckland, New Zealand}}
 
'''2006 Big Boys Toys Paintball Tournament''', officially promoted as the '''Marquis Condoms International Paintball Tournament''', was a competitive [[paintball]] event held on 11–12 November 2006 at the Auckland Showgrounds in Greenlane, [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand]]. The tournament formed part of the 2006 Big Boys Toys exhibition and featured New Zealand teams and an Australian entry.[1][2]
 
Contemporary tournament discussions identify '''Murder Inc''' as the reported Professional Division winner, ahead of '''Vagrant'''. The identity of the third-place team differs between surviving sources.[3][4][5]


== Organisation ==
== Organisation ==


The tournament was included in the official programme for the 2006 BP Ultimate Big Boys Toys exhibition.
The tournament was hosted by [[A Paintball Adventure]], the indoor paintball field in Papakura, and sponsored by Marquis Condoms.[4]


The exhibition organiser's October 2006 promotional material identified the event as the Marquis Condoms International Paintball Tournament and advertised the participation of Australia's '''Vagrants'''.[1]
The exhibition programme scheduled public paintball participation on 10 November, followed by tournament play from 9 am to 4.30 pm on 11 and 12 November.[1]


The published programme scheduled tournament activity as follows:
== Results ==


{| class="wikitable"
=== Professional Division ===
! Date
! Scheduled activity
|-
| 10 November 2006
| Public paintball participation
|-
| 11 November 2006
| Paintball tournament, 9:00 am–4:30 pm
|-
| 12 November 2006
| International paintball tournament, 9:00 am–4:30 pm
|}
 
The tournament was hosted by '''Paintball Adventure''', according to contemporary team photograph archives, and sponsored by Marquis Condoms.[4]
 
== Tournament results ==
 
A discussion preserved on the [[NZ Paintball Message Boards]] contains results supplied by participants in December 2006.


The following Professional Division placings were reported:[3]
The following placings were reported in a contemporary discussion on the [[NZ Paintball Message Boards]] on 4 December 2006.[3]


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Position !! Team
! Team
|-
|-
| 1
| 1 || Murder Inc
| Murder Inc
|-
|-
| 2
| 2 || Vagrant
| Vagrant
|-
|-
| 3
| 3 || [[Wellington Vendetta]]
| Vendetta (reported name)
|-
|-
| 4
| 4 || Legion
| Legion
|}
|}


The rankings were supplied by a forum contributor rather than recovered from an official tournament results sheet.
Wellington Vendetta’s event photograph album also records its third-place finish.[4]
 
A separate contributor identified '''Breakaballz''' as the Semi-Professional Division winner.[3]
 
=== Third-place identification ===
 
Surviving photographic records give conflicting identifications for the third-place team.
 
A historical album maintained by [[Wellington Hybrid]] describes the team as finishing third at the tournament.[4]
 
An album preserved by [[Wellington Vendetta]] also describes a third-place result, but identifies the team as Vendetta.[5]
 
The contemporary forum results likewise use the name Vendetta.[3]
 
The surviving material does not establish whether these references describe the same team under different names or otherwise explain the conflicting identification. The result should not be attributed definitively to either organisation without additional evidence.
 
== Media coverage ==
 
The earlier [[New Zealand Premier Paintball League]] (NZPPL) maintained an archive of photographs from the event.[6]
 
On 4 December 2006, a contributor using the name NZPPLcom requested tournament placings on the NZ Paintball Message Boards for an intended article in ''PB2X'' magazine.[3]
 
This documents NZPPL's involvement in historical media coverage but does not establish that the league organised the tournament.
 
Additional photographs survive in the archives maintained by Wellington Hybrid, Wellington Vendetta and New Zealand player [[Matt Wong]].[4][5][7]
 
== Historical significance ==
 
The tournament brought competitive paintball into the programme of a major Auckland public exhibition.


The original promotional materials document an international element, including the advertised participation of an Australian team, while contemporary photographs and forum discussions preserve information about the New Zealand tournament scene in 2006.[1][3][4]
=== Semi-Professional Division ===


Complete official standings, match results and player rosters have not been recovered.
A contributor to the same results discussion reported Breakaballz as the Semi-Professional Division winner on 7 December 2006.[3]


== See also ==
== See also ==


* [[New Zealand Premier Paintball League]]
* [[A Paintball Adventure]]
* [[Wellington Hybrid]]
* [[Wellington Vendetta]]
* [[Wellington Vendetta]]
* [[Matt Wong]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]


== References ==
== References ==


# [https://web.archive.org/web/20070120115656/http://www.bigboystoys.co.nz/press.htm BP Ultimate Big Boys Toys – Media Releases]. Original 2006 exhibition publicity, including the Marquis Condoms International Paintball Tournament and 10–12 November programme.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20070120115656/http://www.bigboystoys.co.nz/press.htm BP Ultimate Big Boys Toys — media releases], 13 and 16 October 2006; official tournament publicity and exhibition programme, archived 20 January 2007.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20061103144759/http://www.bigboystoys.co.nz/ BP Ultimate Big Boys Toys 2006]. Archived official exhibition website identifying the Marquis Paintball Tournament.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20061103144759/http://www.bigboystoys.co.nz/ BP Ultimate Big Boys Toys 2006 — official website], identifying ASB Showgrounds as the exhibition venue; archived 3 November 2006.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011113620/http://p069.ezboard.com/BBT-Urgent/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=359.topic BBT Urgent]. ''NZ Paintball Message Boards'', 4–8 December 2006. Contemporary discussion reporting Professional and Semi-Professional Division results.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071011113620/http://p069.ezboard.com/BBT-Urgent/fnzpaintballfrm6.showMessage?topicID=359.topic NZ Paintball Message Boards — “BBT Urgent”], 4–8 December 2006; reported tournament placings, archived 11 October 2007.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellingtonhybrid/albums/72157600353650110 Wellington Hybrid – Big Boys Toys 2006]. Historical team photograph album identifying Paintball Adventure as host and recording a third-place result.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellington_vendetta/albums/72157594379412348 Wellington Vendetta — “BBT 2006”], team photograph album identifying the tournament host, sponsor and third-place finish.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellington_vendetta/albums/72157594379412348 Wellington Vendetta – BBT 2006]. Historical photograph album recording a third-place result under the Vendetta name.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20071025145051/http://www.nzppl.com/bbt_event_06 NZPPL – BBT Event 06]. Archived photographic gallery maintained by the New Zealand Premier Paintball League.
# [https://www.flickr.com/photos/spinner/albums/72157594376970589 Matt Wong – Paintball: BBT, November 2006]. Contemporary photographic collection documenting the tournament.


== External links ==
== External links ==


* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070120115656/http://www.bigboystoys.co.nz/press.htm Original 2006 tournament publicity]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/spinner/albums/72157594376970589 Matt Wong — tournament photographs, November 2006]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071025145051/http://www.nzppl.com/bbt_event_06 NZPPL tournament photo gallery]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/wellingtonhybrid/albums/72157600353650110 Wellington Hybrid tournament photographs]
* [https://www.flickr.com/photos/spinner/albums/72157594376970589 Matt Wong tournament photographs]


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Latest revision as of 08:54, 25 October 2026

2006 Big Boys Toys Paintball Tournament, promoted as the Marquis Condoms International Paintball Tournament, was held on 11–12 November 2006 at ASB Showgrounds in Auckland, New Zealand. It formed part of the Big Boys Toys exhibition and included New Zealand teams and Australia’s Vagrant. Murder Inc won the reported Professional Division standings.[1][2][3]

Organisation

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The tournament was hosted by A Paintball Adventure, the indoor paintball field in Papakura, and sponsored by Marquis Condoms.[4]

The exhibition programme scheduled public paintball participation on 10 November, followed by tournament play from 9 am to 4.30 pm on 11 and 12 November.[1]

Results

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Professional Division

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The following placings were reported in a contemporary discussion on the NZ Paintball Message Boards on 4 December 2006.[3]

Position Team
1 Murder Inc
2 Vagrant
3 Wellington Vendetta
4 Legion

Wellington Vendetta’s event photograph album also records its third-place finish.[4]

Semi-Professional Division

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A contributor to the same results discussion reported Breakaballz as the Semi-Professional Division winner on 7 December 2006.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. BP Ultimate Big Boys Toys — media releases, 13 and 16 October 2006; official tournament publicity and exhibition programme, archived 20 January 2007.
  2. BP Ultimate Big Boys Toys 2006 — official website, identifying ASB Showgrounds as the exhibition venue; archived 3 November 2006.
  3. NZ Paintball Message Boards — “BBT Urgent”, 4–8 December 2006; reported tournament placings, archived 11 October 2007.
  4. Wellington Vendetta — “BBT 2006”, team photograph album identifying the tournament host, sponsor and third-place finish.
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