Disposal Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)
Disposal Unit was a New Zealand competitive paintball team based in Auckland and documented from 2011 to 2016. Its results included victory at a Rotorua tournament in 2011, second place in the 2014 South Auckland Paintball Club Open X-Ball season and the Division Two title at the 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup.[1][2][3]
Disposal Unit was a predecessor of Ballistics Unit, according to a contributor familiar with the teams. The surviving tournament databases establish the chronology of the two teams but do not independently state the organisational relationship.
Tournament history
[edit]2011 Rotorua tournament
[edit]Disposal Unit competed at a Rotorua tournament reported during Queen’s Birthday weekend in June 2011. The first-day table placed the team third with 672 points.[1]
The Cup results subsequently listed Disposal Unit first, ahead of Hybrid, Arachnids and The Expendables. A participant separately reproduced the same Cup order from memory. The recovered discussion does not provide the event’s formal title, so none is assigned here.[1]
An October entry list for the 2011 NZPPL Nationals named both Disposal Unit and Disposal Unit #2. The list establishes two intended entries but is not a result sheet and does not by itself confirm that both squads started the tournament.[7]
2012 NZPPL Auckland event
[edit]Disposal Unit fielded two entries at the NZPPL Super 5 Man Auckland Event 1, held at Lock N Load Paintball on 7–8 April 2012.[4]
A participant’s post-event order abbreviated the entries to DU and DU 2, placing DU second and DU 2 fifteenth among sixteen teams.[4]
The author qualified the order with “If I am not mistaken”, and no official final table has been recovered. The placings are therefore presented as a participant-reported result rather than an official classification.[4]
2014 SAPC season
[edit]PBLeagues records Disposal Unit competing in all four rounds of the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball series.[2][5]
| Tournament | Dates | Position | Ranking points |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAPC February Race #1 | 8–9 February 2014 | 2nd of 6 | 82 |
| SAPC May Race #2 | 3–4 May 2014 | 2nd of 8 | 85 |
| SAPC July Race #3 | 12–13 July 2014 | 3rd of 7 | 70 |
| SAPC September Race #4 | 27–28 September 2014 | 2nd of 5 | 77.5 |
| Season total | 314.5 | ||
The combined standings placed Disposal Unit second for the season with 314.5 ranking points.[5]
2016 Auckland Paintball Cup
[edit]Disposal Unit won Division Two X-Ball at the 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup, held on 16–17 April. PBLeagues placed the team first among eight competitors with 100 ranking points.[3]
This is the latest competition recorded on the team’s recovered PBLeagues profile. The absence of later entries does not establish an exact dissolution or transition date.
Identity and succession
[edit]In this New Zealand tournament context, DU is the accepted abbreviation for Disposal Unit. Contributor clarification identifies DU 2 and Disposal Unit #2 as the team’s second squad.
The full second-squad form appears in a 2011 Nationals entry list, while the abbreviated form appears in the participant-reported 2012 result.[4][7] Results for the two entries are retained separately wherever the source records them as distinct tournament entries.
Contributor clarification identifies Disposal Unit as a predecessor of Ballistics Unit. PBLeagues records Disposal Unit as an Auckland team and documents competition through April 2016, while Ballistics Unit’s separate Auckland profile has a database registration date of 2 July 2017.[2][6]
These dates support the documented sequence but do not independently establish the precise date or nature of the transition.
Documented players
[edit]PBLeagues lists the following players as members of Disposal Unit:[2]
| Player | PBLeagues profile |
|---|---|
| Chris Jones | Profile |
| Cuan Lategan | Profile |
| Daniel Renner | Profile |
| Ethan Bailey | Profile |
| Joshua Bailey | Profile |
| Kane Anderson | Profile |
| Mike Taylor | Profile |
| Tom Van Lierop | Profile |
The PBLeagues membership list documents association with Disposal Unit but does not establish that every listed player appeared at every tournament recorded in the team’s history.
Selected tournament results
[edit]| Date | Competition | Published entry | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Rotorua tournament | Disposal Unit | Cup winner.[1] |
| October 2011 | NZPPL Nationals | Disposal Unit | Listed before the event; participation and result not established.[7] |
| October 2011 | NZPPL Nationals | Disposal Unit #2 | Listed before the event; participation and result not established.[7] |
| 7–8 April 2012 | NZPPL Super 5 Man Auckland Event 1 | DU | Participant-reported 2nd of 16.[4] |
| 7–8 April 2012 | NZPPL Super 5 Man Auckland Event 1 | DU 2 | Participant-reported 15th of 16.[4] |
| 2014 season | SAPC Open X-Ball series | Disposal Unit | 2nd; 314.5 ranking points.[5] |
| 16–17 April 2016 | 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup | Disposal Unit | 1st of 8 in Division Two.[3] |
The 2011 Nationals entries are included as registration evidence and are not treated as confirmed participation.
See also
[edit]- Ballistics Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)
- South Auckland Paintball Club
- Lock N Load Paintball
- 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup
- Paintball in New Zealand
References
[edit]- Scores from Rotorua, NZ P8NT, June 2011. First-day scores and Cup and Plate results.
- Disposal Unit – team profile and tournament history, PBLeagues.
- Auckland Paintball Cup 2016 – final rankings, PBLeagues.
- NZPPL Event (1) 2012 Auckland “Lock n Load”, NZ P8NT, April 2012. Participant-reported final order.
- South Auckland Paintball Club – 2014 season rankings, PBLeagues.
- Ballistics Unit – team profile and tournament history, PBLeagues.
- 2011 NZPPL Nationals – teams attending, NZ P8NT, 15 October 2011. Final pre-event count naming Disposal Unit and Disposal Unit #2; not a result sheet.