Red Lizards (Australian Paintball Team)
Red Lizards was an Australian tournament paintball team associated with the Victorian Paintball Players Association. The team finished second in the 1995 Southern Three-Man Open and the 1996 Victorian Three-Man Series.[1][3]
History
[edit]Frankston Five-Man Tournament
[edit]Red Lizards competed at the Frankston Five-Man Tournament at Splatball Village in Frankston, Victoria. The competition required players to use rental SL-II pump markers with an 80-paintball limit.[2]
The team qualified for the four-team finals, advancing ahead of Terminal Velocity by 25 points. It won one of its three finals-round games and finished third, behind Blackwood Hunters and Challenge Raiders.[2]
The report was published in January 1996 but does not establish the tournament's date.[2]
1995 Southern Three-Man Open
[edit]Red Lizards competed in the Southern Three-Man Open at Challenge Paintball's Narbethong field in 1995. The published final standings identified the team with the Victorian Paintball Players Association.[3]
Five teams entered, each playing eight preliminary games. Red Lizards led the preliminary standings with 415 points, ahead of Combat Wombats on 365. The two teams advanced to a best-of-three final, which Combat Wombats won.[3]
1996 Victorian Three-Man Series
[edit]Red Lizards finished second in the 1996 Victorian Three-Man Series with 960 points, behind Apparition.[1]
At the third round, held at Paintball Action Games in Ballan, the team reached the final and finished runner-up to Rat Pak Bad. The series concluded after three completed rounds when the planned fourth tournament was cancelled.[1]
Documented personnel
[edit]Mic Bradshaw identified himself as a Red Lizards player in his contemporary tournament reports. He received the best and fairest award at the second round of the 1996 Victorian Three-Man Series and was among the leading players in the overall series award.[1][2]
Recorded results
[edit]| Year | Competition | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not established | Frankston Five-Man Tournament | 3rd | [2] |
| 1995 | Southern Three-Man Open | 2nd; 415 preliminary points | [3] |
| 1996 | Victorian Three-Man Series, round three | 2nd | [1] |
| 1996 | Victorian Three-Man Series overall | 2nd; 960 points | [1] |
References
[edit]- Three’s a Crowd. Mic Bradshaw, Paint, issue 5, March 1997.
- Back to Basics. Mic Bradshaw, War Paint, issue 1, January 1996.
- Mic Bradshaw, “Southern 3-man Open”, Australian Paintballer, December 1995–February 1996, p. 30.