Auckland Havoc (New Zealand Paintball Team)
Auckland Havoc, generally recorded simply as Havoc, was an Auckland-based New Zealand tournament paintball team documented in competition from 2000 to 2004. The team competed at national and regional events in Auckland, Whangārei and Rotorua, including the New Zealand Paintball Nationals, Northland Open, Volcanic Rotorua tournament and Auckland Super 5s.[1][3][4][12]
Havoc finished second in Division Two at the 2000 Actions Mayhem tournament, fourth in Division Two at the 2001 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament, third overall at the 2002 Northland Open and third at the 2002 Auckland 5-Man Tournament.[1][4][7][8]
History
[edit]2000 season
[edit]Havoc finished second in Division Two at the 2000 Actions Mayhem tournament, behind Assault Korps.[1]
At the 2000 Northland Open in Whangārei, Havoc finished seventh with 190 points. The tournament report records that the Havoc–Katipo game was stopped and restarted after Havoc began playing before the official start.[2]
Havoc also competed at the 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals. It recorded 420 preliminary points and was classified in Division Two but did not advance to the divisional final.[3]
2001 season
[edit]At the 2001 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament, Havoc recorded 395 preliminary points and qualified for the Division Two final. It finished fourth in that division with 20 final-round points.[4]
Havoc finished eighth at the 2001 Northland Open with 250 points. During its game against Tag n' Release, a Havoc player identified only as Ange retrieved the opposing flag, eliminated the final opponent and completed the flag hang. Ange received the event's Player of the Match award for that game.[5]
Members of Havoc also assisted with refereeing at the 2001 New Zealand Paintball Nationals. Havoc was not listed as a playing entry at that tournament.[6]
2002 season
[edit]Havoc placed third overall at the 2002 Northland Open with 430 points. It was classified in Division Two and recorded victories over Tag n' Release and Katipo.[7]
The team used unnamed members of Team Insane to complete its event squad. This was an event-specific guest-player arrangement rather than evidence that Havoc and Insane merged.[7]
At the 2002 Auckland 5-Man Tournament at Actions Paintball in Swanson, Havoc finished third with 540 points, behind Katipo and Kaos.[8]
Havoc also appeared in smaller-format competitions during 2002. It finished sixth with 250 points at the Combat Zone three-player tournament in Ardmore. Dave of Havoc was credited with operating the chronograph at that event.[9]
The team recorded 12 points in the June round of the Paintball West three-player league.[10]
At the 2002 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament, Havoc finished seventh in the Plate competition with 323 points.[11]
2003 Auckland Super 5s
[edit]Havoc competed throughout the first half of the 2003 Auckland Super 5s season. It recorded points in each monthly round from February through June and finished fifth in the published mid-season standings with 1,754 championship points.[12]
The published mid-season table does not establish the team's final position for the complete 2003 season.
2004 Auckland Superball
[edit]At the 2004 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball tournament in Kumeu, Havoc qualified for the Plate competition and finished third, behind HSR and Final Impact.[13]
This is the latest confirmed appearance of Auckland Havoc identified in the inspected sources. It does not establish when the team ceased operating.
Team identity
[edit]The sources document this Havoc entry in North Island competition from 2000 through 2004. A former participant has identified the team as Auckland-based.
An unrelated Ashburton team also named Havoc won the 2011 Southern Series II round robin and Ashburton Cup.[14] The surviving report identifies that team by location but supplies no player names. Former-participant identification confirms that Ashburton Havoc and Auckland Havoc were separate teams.
A locationless Havoc entry at the 2011 National Championships has not been assigned to either team. The Havoc listed in pre-event registration for the 2012 NZPPL Kāpiti Coast event is also unresolved. The 2012 list establishes registration rather than confirmed participation.[15]
Documented people
[edit]| Published name | Documented association | Evidence limit |
|---|---|---|
| Ange | Havoc player and Player of the Match for the Havoc–Tag n' Release game at the 2001 Northland Open | Surname and wider team role not supplied.[5] |
| Dave | Identified as being from Havoc and credited with operating the chronograph at the January 2002 Combat Zone event | Surname and playing status at that event not supplied.[9] |
These references do not establish complete tournament or season rosters.
Recorded tournament results
[edit]| Year | Tournament | Recorded result |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2000 Actions Mayhem | Division Two runner-up |
| 2000 | 2000 Northland Open | 7th; 190 points |
| 2000 | 2000 New Zealand Paintball Nationals | 420 preliminary points; did not reach the Division Two final |
| 2001 | 2001 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament | 4th in Division Two; 395 preliminary points and 20 final-round points |
| 2001 | 2001 Northland Open | 8th; 250 points |
| 2002 | 2002 Northland Open | 3rd overall; 430 points |
| 2002 | 2002 Auckland 5-Man Tournament | 3rd; 540 points |
| 2002 | Combat Zone three-player tournament | 6th; 250 points |
| 2002 | Paintball West Three-Man Series, June round | 12 points |
| 2002 | 2002 Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament | 7th in the Plate; 323 points |
| 2003 | Auckland Super 5s | 5th in the published mid-season standings; 1,754 points |
| 2004 | 2004 Auckland Queen's Birthday Superball | 3rd in the Plate |
Preliminary points, final-round points, league totals and overall tournament scores are identified separately.
See also
[edit]- Ashburton Havoc (New Zealand Paintball Team)
- New Zealand Paintball Nationals
- Northland Open
- Volcanic Rotorua Paintball Tournament
- Super 5s (New Zealand)
- Paintball in New Zealand
References
[edit]- Rob Maddox, The Mayhem 2000 Queen's Birthday Tournament. NZ Paintball Online.
- Rob Maddox, The 2000 Northland Paintball Open. Paintball.co.nz.
- Rob Maddox, The 2000 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament. Paintball.co.nz.
- Rob Maddox, The 2001 Rotorua Volcanic Paintball Tournament. Paintball.co.nz.
- Rob Maddox, The 2001 Northland Paintball Open. Paintball.co.nz.
- Rob Maddox, The 2001 Two Day NZ Nationals Tournament. Paintball.co.nz.
- Rob Maddox, The 2002 Northland Paintball Open. NZ Paintball Online.
- Rob Maddox, Labour Weekend Auckland 5-Man 2002. Paintball.co.nz.
- Dazz Marshall, Combat Zone 3-Man. NZ Paintball Online, January 2002.
- Rob Maddox, Paintball West – Three-Man League. NZ Paintball Online, June 2002.
- Rob Maddox, The 2002 Rotorua Volcanic Paintball Tournament. Paintball.co.nz.
- Auckland Super5 Results – June 2003. Paintball.co.nz.
- Rob Maddox, The 2004 Queen's Birthday Event. Paintball.co.nz, June 2004.
- Southern Series II – Ashburton. NZ P8NT forum, 21 March–24 April 2011.
- NZPPL Event 3 registration list, Kāpiti Coast. Archived 31 August 2012.