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Crossfire (New Zealand Paintball Team)

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Revision as of 11:34, 26 October 2026 by Admin (talk | contribs) (Created a new article for the Palmerston North team Crossfire. Combined the documented Crossfire and Cross Fire spellings and the Blue, Grey, GBH and BG squads following participant confirmation, while retaining the original event spellings and leaving the GBH and BG initials unexplained. Covered the 2000 Hawke's Bay Triples, 2000 Valhalla ranking, 2001 Hawke's Bay squad rankings and 2001 Wellington Cup results. Explicitly distinguished the team from the unrelated Crossfire: Southland field or b)
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Crossfire was a New Zealand competitive paintball team associated with Palmerston North. Contemporary records also used the styling Cross Fire and documented the squads Cross Fire Blue, Cross Fire Grey, Crossfire GBH and Crossfire BG.[1][2][3]

A former participant has confirmed that these entries belonged to the same organisation. The meanings of the initials GBH and BG have not been established.

History

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2000 season

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Crossfire competed at the Hawke's Bay Triples in February 2000. The three-player tournament was held at the Pines field on State Highway 50 at Roy's Hill, Hawke's Bay.[1]

The published results identified Crossfire as a Palmerston North team and placed it tenth among eleven entries. The source does not provide a score.[1]

The 2000 Valhalla National Rankings placed Crossfire thirty-fourth among 37 published team and squad entries, with a ranking score of 21.[4]

2001 squads

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Crossfire fielded two three-player squads at the 2001 Hawke's Bay Triples. The October 2001 Valhalla table recorded them as Crossfire GBH and Crossfire BG.[3]

Crossfire GBH ranked fourteenth in the published three-player standings with 52.1 ranking points. Crossfire BG ranked seventeenth with 43 points. Both totals were attributed to the Hawke's Bay Triples.[3]

The organisation also entered two five-player squads at the Wellington Cup at Thunderball Adventure Games during August 2001.[2]

Cross Fire (Blue) finished eighth among ten entries with 320 tournament points. Cross Fire (Grey) finished tenth with 135 points.[2]

In the October 2001 Valhalla five-player standings, Crossfire Blue ranked tenth with 45.7 ranking points and Crossfire Grey ranked fifteenth with 19.3.[3]

Team identity

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The spacing and squad labels are retained as printed by the contemporary sources. Crossfire, Cross Fire Blue, Cross Fire Grey, Crossfire GBH and Crossfire BG have been identified by a former participant as entries from the same Palmerston North organisation.

The tournament team was unrelated to Crossfire: Southland, a historical field or business name associated with Southern Paintball Sports in Invercargill.[5]

Tournament results

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Year Tournament Published entry Result
2000 2000 Hawke's Bay Triples Crossfire 10th of 11.[1]
2001 Hawke's Bay Triples Crossfire GBH Valhalla three-player ranking contribution: 52.1.[3]
2001 Hawke's Bay Triples Crossfire BG Valhalla three-player ranking contribution: 43.[3]
2001 2001 Wellington Cup Cross Fire (Blue) 8th of 10; 320 points.[2]
2001 2001 Wellington Cup Cross Fire (Grey) 10th of 10; 135 points.[2]

The Valhalla values for the Hawke's Bay squads are calculated ranking contributions, not recovered raw tournament scores.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. Hawke's Bay Three-Man Tournament 2000 results. Mercenaries Star. Complete placings and regional labels.
  2. The 2001 Wellington Cup. Martin Dannefaerd, paintball.co.nz. Contemporary results.
  3. Valhalla National Rankings, October 2001. Mercenaries Star. Five- and three-player squad records.
  4. Valhalla National Rankings, 2000. Mercenaries Star.
  5. Ken Ryder player profile. paintball.co.nz. Historical account of Southern Paintball Sports and the unrelated Crossfire: Southland name.
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