The Creed (Australian Paintball Team)

The Creed was an Australian tournament paintball team documented in Victorian and national competition during the late 1990s. It won the amateur division of 1999 APPL Round One at Heartbreak Ridge Paintball in New South Wales.[5]

Earlier results included fourth place in the amateur division of the 1998 Victorian Five-Man Masters and second place for The Creed Black at the 1998 Victorian Three-Man Tournament.[1][2]

History

1996 Victorian series records

The published standings for the 1996 Victorian Three-Man Series included entries named Cockatoo Creed – Itchy and Cockatoo Creed – Scratchy, which recorded 345 and 219 points respectively.[3]

The reports do not explicitly establish the relationship between these entries and the team subsequently identified as The Creed.

1998 Victorian Five-Man Masters

The Creed competed in the amateur division of the 1998 Victorian Five-Man Masters at Paintball Action Games near Ballan, Victoria.[1]

The team qualified for the four-team amateur finals and finished fourth.[1]

1998 Australian Seven-Player Championships

The Creed competed in the amateur division of the 1998 Australian Seven-Player Paintball Championships at Yarramundi, New South Wales. Simon Morrison wrote the contemporary tournament report on behalf of the team and identified Barry Davies as its captain.[4]

The Creed defeated Acme and Onslaught during the preliminary round. It finished sixth in the amateur standings with 270 points and did not qualify for the finals.[4]

1998 Victorian Three-Man Tournament

Entries named The Creed Black and The Creed Blue competed at the 1998 Victorian Three-Man Tournament at the Peninsula Paintball Club's Frankston site.[2]

The Creed Black qualified for the three-team finals. It lost to Rat Pack but defeated Xtreme, finishing second overall.[2]

1999 APPL Round One

The Creed won the amateur division of the opening round of the Australasian Paintball Players League's 1999 seven-player competition at Heartbreak Ridge Paintball in Blacktown, New South Wales.[5]

The tournament attracted seven professional and three amateur teams. The Creed led the amateur preliminary standings with 615 points, ahead of SWAT A on 440 and Acme on 120.[5]

In the amateur finals, The Creed defeated both opponents and finished with 200 points. SWAT A placed second with 125 points and Acme third with 40.[5]

Simon Morrison documented the tournament in a first-person report for Paint.[5]

Recorded results

Year	Competition	Entry	Result	Source
1996	Victorian Three-Man Series	Cockatoo Creed – Itchy	345 series points	[3]
1996	Victorian Three-Man Series	Cockatoo Creed – Scratchy	219 series points	[3]
1998	Victorian Five-Man Masters	The Creed	4th, amateur division	[1]
1998	Australian Seven-Player Paintball Championships	The Creed	6th in amateur preliminaries; 270 points	[4]
1998	Victorian Three-Man Tournament	The Creed Black	2nd	[2]
1999	APPL Round One	The Creed	1st, amateur division; 200 finals points	[5]

The relationship of the 1996 Cockatoo Creed entries to the later team remains unconfirmed.

References

1. 5 Man Victorian Masters. Mike Wallis, Paint, issue 8, May 1998.
2. 1998 Victorian 3 Man. Mike Wallis, Paint, issue 9, September 1998.
3. Three's a Crowd. Mic Bradshaw, Paint, issue 5, March 1997.
4. 1998 Australian 7 Man. Simon Morrison, Paint, issue 9, September 1998.
5. APPL Round One. Simon Morrison, Paint, issue 11, archived 17 May 2000.