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Created page with "'''Vipers''' was a New Zealand tournament paintball team based in New Plymouth. Contemporary records used both '''Viper''' and '''Vipers''', and the organisation entered separately recorded '''Vipers 1''' and '''Vipers 2''' squads during the 2000 season.[1][2] The team competed at the 1999 Hawke's Bay Triples and several major North Island events in 2000. It reached the Second Division final at the Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament and the open final of the 2000 We..."
 
Created an evidence-based article for the New Plymouth/North Island Vipers organisation. Combined the documented Vipers, Viper, Vipers 1 and Vipers 2 spellings and squads from 1999–2000, including appearances at the Hawke's Bay Triples, South Pacific Championships, Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament and Wellington Cup, together with the 1999 and 2000 Valhalla rankings. Kept the unrelated 2011 Ashburton Viper team separate and created appropriate disambiguation and redirects.
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'''Vipers''' was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team based in New Plymouth. Contemporary records used both '''Viper''' and '''Vipers''', and the organisation entered separately recorded '''Vipers 1''' and '''Vipers 2''' squads during the 2000 season.[1][2]
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'''Vipers''' was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] organisation associated with New Plymouth. Contemporary records variously rendered the name as '''Vipers''' and '''Viper'''. The organisation fielded two separately ranked squads, '''Vipers 1''' and '''Vipers 2''', during 2000.[1][2][3]


The team competed at the 1999 Hawke's Bay Triples and several major North Island events in 2000. It reached the Second Division final at the Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament and the open final of the 2000 Wellington Cup.[1][3][4]
The North Island organisation is distinct from the later Ashburton team [[Viper (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Viper]] documented in 2011.


== History ==
== History ==


=== 1999 Hawke's Bay Triples ===
=== 1999 ===


Vipers' earliest currently documented appearance was at the 1999 Hawke's Bay Triples. The contemporary report identifies Vipers as a New Plymouth team.[1]
Vipers competed at the 1999 Hawke's Bay Triples as a New Plymouth team. The three-player competition used a round-robin preliminary stage followed by a semi-final and a two-game final. Vipers was among the eight reported entries, although the surviving report does not provide its exact placing.[1]


Eight teams entered the three-player competition. House Steiner Red won ahead of House Steiner Blue and The Boys From The Black Stuff. Vipers was among the five other participating teams, but the report does not provide its exact placing or score.[1]
The 1999 [[Valhalla National Rankings]] placed Vipers twelfth with a calculated ranking score of 56.[2] This was a national ranking value rather than the team's score at a single tournament.


The 1999 [[Valhalla National Rankings]] placed Vipers twelfth with a calculated ranking score of 56.[5]
=== 2000 ===


=== 2000 season ===
A team recorded under the singular spelling '''Viper''' competed at the South Pacific Championships, held at Thunderball Adventure Games in Wellington on 22–23 April 2000. The tournament attracted ten teams. Viper did not advance to the four-team final stage.[3]


An entry printed as '''Viper''' competed at the South Pacific Championships at Thunderball Adventure Games in Wellington on 22–23 April 2000. A contemporary Phoenix report confirms the team's participation but does not provide an overall placing.[4]
Vipers subsequently reached the Second Division final at the Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament, held at Actions Paintball Sports Arena in Swanson on 4 June. The surviving report lists Vipers among the six divisional finalists but does not provide the team's final placing or score.[4]


Vipers also competed at the Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament at Actions Paintball Sports Arena in Swanson, Auckland, on 4 June. It reached the Second Division final alongside Assault Korps, Havoc, DOA, Tag n' Release and Damn Natives. The report does not provide a complete divisional finishing order.[3]
At the 2000 Wellington Cup, Vipers reached the five-player final alongside Phoenix, Tag n' Release and Full Boar. Phoenix won and Tag n' Release finished second, but the surviving accounts do not establish the finishing order of Vipers and Full Boar.[3][5]


Later in 2000, Vipers reached the final of the five-player Wellington Cup. Phoenix won the event and Tag n' Release placed second. Vipers and Full Boar were the other finalists, but the surviving sources do not establish their order.[4][6]
The 2000 Valhalla National Rankings recorded two separate Vipers squads. Vipers 1 was tied for ninth with a ranking score of 69.5, while Vipers 2 was ranked twenty-sixth with a score of 45.[2] These entries document numbered squads within the organisation rather than separate team identities.


The 2000 Valhalla standings recorded two separate Vipers squads. Vipers 1 ranked equal ninth with 69.5, while Vipers 2 ranked twenty-sixth with 45.[2]
== Tournament record ==
 
== Squads and naming ==
 
Viper, Vipers, Vipers 1 and Vipers 2 are treated as records of the same New Plymouth organisation. Results remain assigned to the published squad where the source distinguishes numbered entries.
 
The singular Viper recorded at Ashburton in 2011 is not included. Available evidence does not establish whether that later team was connected to the New Plymouth organisation.
 
== Recorded tournament results ==


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Year
! Tournament or ranking
! Published entry
! Published entry
! Competition
! Classification
! Recorded result
! Recorded result
! Points
! Source
|-
|-
| 1999
| 1999
| [[Hawke's Bay Triples]]
| Vipers
| Vipers
| Hawke's Bay Triples
| Participated; exact placing not reported
| Open three-player
|-
| Participated; exact placing not stated
| 1999
| Not supplied
| [[Valhalla National Rankings]]
| [1]
| Vipers
| 12th; ranking score 56
|-
|-
| 2000
| 2000
| [[2000 South Pacific Championships]]
| Viper
| Viper
| [[South Pacific Championships]]
| Participated; did not reach the final stage
| Open five-player
| Participated; exact placing not established
| Not supplied
| [4]
|-
|-
| 2000
| 2000
| Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament
| Vipers
| Vipers
| Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament
| Reached the Second Division final; exact placing not reported
| Second Division final
| Finalist; exact placing not stated
| Not supplied
| [3]
|-
|-
| 2000
| 2000
| [[2000 Wellington Cup]]
| Vipers
| Vipers
| Wellington Cup
| Reached the four-team final; exact placing not established
| Open five-player final
| Finalist; exact placing not established
| Not supplied
| [4][6]
|}
 
No exact placing is assigned where the original report provides only participation or finalist status.
 
== National rankings ==
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Season
! Published entry
! Position
! Ranking score
|-
| 1999
| Vipers
| 12th
| 56
|-
|-
| 2000
| 2000
| [[Valhalla National Rankings]]
| Vipers 1
| Vipers 1
| Equal 9th
| Tied 9th; ranking score 69.5
| 69.5
|-
|-
| 2000
| 2000
| [[Valhalla National Rankings]]
| Vipers 2
| Vipers 2
| 26th
| 26th; ranking score 45
| 45
|}
|}
Valhalla rankings were calculated comparative values and are distinct from raw tournament scores or individual event placings.[2][5][7]


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


* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[Viper (New Zealand Paintball Team)]]
* [[Hawke's Bay Triples]]
* [[Hawke's Bay Triples]]
* [[South Pacific Championships]]
* [[Wellington Cup]]
* [[Wellington Cup]]
* [[Valhalla National Rankings]]
* [[Valhalla National Rankings]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]


== References ==
== References ==


# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020606140335/http://www.paintball.co.nz/hbtrip99.htm Rick Levick, 1999 Hawkes Bay Triples, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 6 June 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20020606140335/http://www.paintball.co.nz/hbtrip99.htm Rick Levick, ''1999 Hawkes Bay Triples''], Paintball.co.nz, archived 6 June 2002.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2000Hall.htm Mercenaries Star — Valhalla National Rankings, 2000.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm ''1999 Valhalla National Rankings'']; [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/2000Hall.htm ''2000 Valhalla National Rankings''], Mercenaries Star.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20021019221500/http://www.paintball.co.nz/queen2000.htm Rob Maddox, The Mayhem 2000 Queens Birthday Tournament, Paintball.co.nz. Archived 19 October 2002.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20011020080141fw_/http://www.blacksun.co.nz/phoenix/news.htm Wellington Phoenix news archive], entries covering the 2000 South Pacific Championships and Wellington Cup.
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20011020080141fw_/http://www.blacksun.co.nz/phoenix/news.htm Phoenix — contemporary team news, including the 2000 South Pacific Championships and Wellington Cup. Archived 20 October 2001.]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20021019221500/http://www.paintball.co.nz/queen2000.htm Rob Maddox, ''The Mayhem 2000 Queens Birthday Tournament''], Paintball.co.nz, archived 19 October 2002.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/1999Hall.htm Mercenaries Star — Valhalla National Rankings, 1999.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Links/TagNRelease.htm Russell Clement, ''Tag n' Release Team Profile''], Mercenaries Star, April 2001.
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/Links/TagNRelease.htm Mercenaries Star — Tag n' Release team profile, including the 2000 Wellington Cup result, April 2001.]
# [https://www.oocities.org/mercstar_nz/VALHALLA/RankIndex.htm Mercenaries Star — Valhalla National Team Rankings methodology.]


[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]
[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]
[[Category:New Zealand paintball history]]
[[Category:Paintball in Taranaki]]
[[Category:1990s in New Zealand paintball]]
[[Category:2000s in New Zealand paintball]]
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Revision as of 11:06, 28 October 2026

```mediawiki Vipers was a New Zealand tournament paintball organisation associated with New Plymouth. Contemporary records variously rendered the name as Vipers and Viper. The organisation fielded two separately ranked squads, Vipers 1 and Vipers 2, during 2000.[1][2][3]

The North Island organisation is distinct from the later Ashburton team Viper documented in 2011.

History

1999

Vipers competed at the 1999 Hawke's Bay Triples as a New Plymouth team. The three-player competition used a round-robin preliminary stage followed by a semi-final and a two-game final. Vipers was among the eight reported entries, although the surviving report does not provide its exact placing.[1]

The 1999 Valhalla National Rankings placed Vipers twelfth with a calculated ranking score of 56.[2] This was a national ranking value rather than the team's score at a single tournament.

2000

A team recorded under the singular spelling Viper competed at the South Pacific Championships, held at Thunderball Adventure Games in Wellington on 22–23 April 2000. The tournament attracted ten teams. Viper did not advance to the four-team final stage.[3]

Vipers subsequently reached the Second Division final at the Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament, held at Actions Paintball Sports Arena in Swanson on 4 June. The surviving report lists Vipers among the six divisional finalists but does not provide the team's final placing or score.[4]

At the 2000 Wellington Cup, Vipers reached the five-player final alongside Phoenix, Tag n' Release and Full Boar. Phoenix won and Tag n' Release finished second, but the surviving accounts do not establish the finishing order of Vipers and Full Boar.[3][5]

The 2000 Valhalla National Rankings recorded two separate Vipers squads. Vipers 1 was tied for ninth with a ranking score of 69.5, while Vipers 2 was ranked twenty-sixth with a score of 45.[2] These entries document numbered squads within the organisation rather than separate team identities.

Tournament record

Year Tournament or ranking Published entry Recorded result
1999 Hawke's Bay Triples Vipers Participated; exact placing not reported
1999 Valhalla National Rankings Vipers 12th; ranking score 56
2000 2000 South Pacific Championships Viper Participated; did not reach the final stage
2000 Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament Vipers Reached the Second Division final; exact placing not reported
2000 2000 Wellington Cup Vipers Reached the four-team final; exact placing not established
2000 Valhalla National Rankings Vipers 1 Tied 9th; ranking score 69.5
2000 Valhalla National Rankings Vipers 2 26th; ranking score 45

See also

References

  1. Rick Levick, 1999 Hawkes Bay Triples, Paintball.co.nz, archived 6 June 2002.
  2. 1999 Valhalla National Rankings; 2000 Valhalla National Rankings, Mercenaries Star.
  3. Wellington Phoenix news archive, entries covering the 2000 South Pacific Championships and Wellington Cup.
  4. Rob Maddox, The Mayhem 2000 Queens Birthday Tournament, Paintball.co.nz, archived 19 October 2002.
  5. Russell Clement, Tag n' Release Team Profile, Mercenaries Star, April 2001.

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