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Revision as of 11:06, 28 October 2026 by Admin (talk | contribs) (Created an evidence-based article for the New Plymouth/North Island Vipers organisation. Combined the documented Vipers, Viper, Vipers 1 and Vipers 2 spellings and squads from 1999–2000, including appearances at the Hawke's Bay Triples, South Pacific Championships, Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament and Wellington Cup, together with the 1999 and 2000 Valhalla rankings. Kept the unrelated 2011 Ashburton Viper team separate and created appropriate disambiguation and redirects.)

```mediawiki Vipers was a New Zealand tournament paintball organisation associated with New Plymouth. Contemporary records variously rendered the name as Vipers and Viper. The organisation fielded two separately ranked squads, Vipers 1 and Vipers 2, during 2000.[1][2][3]

The North Island organisation is distinct from the later Ashburton team Viper documented in 2011.

History

1999

Vipers competed at the 1999 Hawke's Bay Triples as a New Plymouth team. The three-player competition used a round-robin preliminary stage followed by a semi-final and a two-game final. Vipers was among the eight reported entries, although the surviving report does not provide its exact placing.[1]

The 1999 Valhalla National Rankings placed Vipers twelfth with a calculated ranking score of 56.[2] This was a national ranking value rather than the team's score at a single tournament.

2000

A team recorded under the singular spelling Viper competed at the South Pacific Championships, held at Thunderball Adventure Games in Wellington on 22–23 April 2000. The tournament attracted ten teams. Viper did not advance to the four-team final stage.[3]

Vipers subsequently reached the Second Division final at the Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament, held at Actions Paintball Sports Arena in Swanson on 4 June. The surviving report lists Vipers among the six divisional finalists but does not provide the team's final placing or score.[4]

At the 2000 Wellington Cup, Vipers reached the five-player final alongside Phoenix, Tag n' Release and Full Boar. Phoenix won and Tag n' Release finished second, but the surviving accounts do not establish the finishing order of Vipers and Full Boar.[3][5]

The 2000 Valhalla National Rankings recorded two separate Vipers squads. Vipers 1 was tied for ninth with a ranking score of 69.5, while Vipers 2 was ranked twenty-sixth with a score of 45.[2] These entries document numbered squads within the organisation rather than separate team identities.

Tournament record

Year Tournament or ranking Published entry Recorded result
1999 Hawke's Bay Triples Vipers Participated; exact placing not reported
1999 Valhalla National Rankings Vipers 12th; ranking score 56
2000 2000 South Pacific Championships Viper Participated; did not reach the final stage
2000 Mayhem Queen's Birthday tournament Vipers Reached the Second Division final; exact placing not reported
2000 2000 Wellington Cup Vipers Reached the four-team final; exact placing not established
2000 Valhalla National Rankings Vipers 1 Tied 9th; ranking score 69.5
2000 Valhalla National Rankings Vipers 2 26th; ranking score 45

See also

References

  1. Rick Levick, 1999 Hawkes Bay Triples, Paintball.co.nz, archived 6 June 2002.
  2. 1999 Valhalla National Rankings; 2000 Valhalla National Rankings, Mercenaries Star.
  3. Wellington Phoenix news archive, entries covering the 2000 South Pacific Championships and Wellington Cup.
  4. Rob Maddox, The Mayhem 2000 Queens Birthday Tournament, Paintball.co.nz, archived 19 October 2002.
  5. Russell Clement, Tag n' Release Team Profile, Mercenaries Star, April 2001.

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