2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals

The New Zealand Paintball Nationals 2000 was a national tournament paintball event held on 21–22 October 2000 at Actions Paintball in the Swanson district of Auckland, New Zealand. Sixteen teams competed in a seven-player, two-flag format across two speedball fields.[1]

Saints won First Division ahead of Grey, while the Rotorua-based Tag n' Release team won Second Division ahead of Phoenix.[1][2]

Organisation

The tournament was organised by Kyn Jackson of Actions Paintball and held during New Zealand's Labour Weekend.[1]

Competition took place across two speedball fields. One was described as a symmetrical field using semi-permanent barricades. The second, known as the Minefield, was constructed for the tournament and used matching arrangements of tall, narrow barricades at each end.[1]

The tournament used a seven-player, two-flag format. Each team played 11 preliminary games before the four highest-ranked teams in each division advanced to the finals.[1]

Although the preliminary stage was described as round-robin in style, the draw did not require every team to play every other entrant.

Teams

Sixteen teams entered the tournament.[1]

First Division	Second Division
Assault Korps	DOA
Crisis	Fusion
Flashpoint	Havoc
Grey	Phoenix
Kamo Karzi	Insane
Phantom 5	Solidaire
Saints	Tag n' Release
Warp Speed	—
Katipo	—

The original report listed nine First Division teams and seven Second Division teams.

Fusion and Insane were identified as comparatively new tournament teams. Insane's players had reportedly assembled shortly before the event from different parts of New Zealand.[1]

Preliminary round

The preliminary results were:[1]

Overall position	Team	Division	Points	Recorded maximums
1	Saints	First	1,000	10
2	Crisis	First	995	9
3	Katipo	First	780	7
4=	Grey	First	680	6
4=	Phoenix	Second	680	6
6	Phantom 5	First	659	5
7	Tag n' Release	Second	655	6
8	Assault Korps	First	585	5
9	Flashpoint	First	560	5
10	Fusion	Second	545	4
11	Kamo Karzi	First	515	3
12	Warp Speed	First	500	3
13	Solidaire	Second	497	3
14	Havoc	Second	420	3
15	DOA	Second	395	1
16	Insane	Second	80	0

The report labelled the final numerical column as “max”. It has been retained as recorded rather than reinterpreted as a different statistic.

The four highest-ranked First Division teams were Saints, Crisis, Katipo and Grey. The Second Division finalists were Phoenix, Tag n' Release, Fusion and Solidaire.[1]

Finals

The final divisional placings were:[1]

Position	First Division	Second Division
1	Saints	Tag n' Release
2	Grey	Phoenix
3	Katipo	Solidaire
4	Crisis	Fusion

Grey entered the second day in seventh overall position before reaching the First Division final and finishing second.[1]

Tag n' Release's contemporary team profile records that it scored 235 points from a possible 400 in the Second Division final. The same profile confirms its preliminary score of 655 points from a possible 1,000.[2]

Rules and officiating

The original report described concerns about differences in officiating between the two fields, while also characterising the refereeing on each individual field as fair and impartial.[1]

Jackson attributed some inconsistency to the lack of a referees' association and the use of experienced players with differing approaches to officiating. The report stated that consistency improved as the tournament progressed.

Turbo-trigger modifications were prohibited part-way through the first day. Affected players were given time to arrange replacement markers before competing.[1]

The report also recorded that medical staff and an equipped ambulance were present. A Phoenix player sustained a knee injury during the finals and was taken from the venue for treatment.[1]

Historical documentation

The tournament was documented in a contemporary report by Rob Maddox, originally published through Paintball.co.nz. The report preserves the event format, participating teams, preliminary scores, divisional finals and observations concerning the playing fields and officiating.[1]

Photographs accompanying the report were credited principally to Paul “Spider” McKay of Kamo Karzi.[1]

References

External links

Later archived copy of the tournament report