Disposal Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)
Disposal Unit, also abbreviated DU, was a New Zealand competitive paintball team based in Auckland, with documented tournament activity between 2011 and 2016.
Its recorded achievements include winning a Rotorua tournament Cup competition in 2011, finishing second overall in the 2014 South Auckland Paintball Club (SAPC) Open X-Ball season and winning Division Two at the 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup.[1][2][3]
The team fielded multiple tournament entries, including squads identified as Disposal Unit and Disposal Unit #2.[4][7]
Contributor accounts identify Disposal Unit as a predecessor of Ballistics Unit, although the precise organisational transition has not been independently established.
Tournament history
[edit]2011 Rotorua tournament
[edit]Disposal Unit competed at a Rotorua tournament reported during Queen's Birthday weekend in June 2011.
The published first-day standings placed the team third with 672 points.[1]
The subsequent Cup results listed Disposal Unit first, ahead of Hybrid, Arachnids and The Expendables.
| Cup position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1st | Disposal Unit |
| 2nd | Hybrid |
| 3rd | Arachnids |
| 4th | The Expendables |
The recovered discussion does not establish the tournament's formal name, so no additional title is assigned.
2011 NZPPL Nationals
[edit]An October 2011 entry list for the NZPPL Nationals identified two intended Disposal Unit entries:[7]
- Disposal Unit
- Disposal Unit #2
The list establishes pre-event registration rather than confirming that both squads competed or recording their final results.
2012 NZPPL Auckland event
[edit]Disposal Unit entered two squads 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 account listed DU second and DU 2 fifteenth among sixteen entries.
The author qualified the ordering as a recollection rather than an official result. No complete independently verified results table has been recovered.[4]
2014 SAPC Race Series
[edit]Disposal Unit competed in all four rounds of the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series.[2][5]
| Event | Dates | Position | Ranking points |
|---|---|---|---|
| February Race #1 | 8–9 February | 2nd of 6 | 82 |
| May Race #2 | 3–4 May | 2nd of 8 | 85 |
| July Race #3 | 12–13 July | 3rd of 7 | 70 |
| September Race #4 | 27–28 September | 2nd of 5 | 77.5 |
The official season standings placed Disposal Unit second with 314.5 ranking points, behind ADHD and ahead of Tempest.[5]
2016 Auckland Paintball Cup
[edit]Disposal Unit won Division Two X-Ball at the 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup, held on 16–17 April 2016.
PBLeagues recorded the following final placings:[3]
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1st | Disposal Unit |
| 2nd | Expendables |
| 3rd | ADHD |
| 4th | BC Rift |
| 5th | CamoMeat |
| 6th | BOP Requiem |
| 7th | Phoenix Tahiti |
| 8th | Low Jinx |
Disposal Unit received 100 ranking points for its victory.[3]
This is the latest tournament appearance recorded in the team's recovered PBLeagues event history.
2017 NZLS photographic record
[edit]On 13 April 2017, the team's Facebook page shared photographs from 2017 NZLS Round 2 at Lock N Load Adventures.[8]
The original 50-photograph album was published by MilRad Media NZ and identified Christopher Waters in its tagging information.[9]
The post documents continued use of the Disposal Unit team identity in connection with New Zealand paintball during 2017.
It does not independently establish that Disposal Unit entered the tournament as a competing squad.
Players
[edit]PBLeagues member records
[edit]The historical PBLeagues team records identify thirteen players associated with Disposal Unit. The following ten names have been recovered from the previously recorded membership information:[2]
| Player |
|---|
| Anton Glassie |
| Ash Lewis |
| Chris Waters |
| Dave Phillips |
| Gareth Appleby |
| Jason Cleeton |
| Joel Thomas |
| Leighton Lipsham |
| Luke Williams |
| Martin Cheung |
The remaining three names have not been established from the available extracted membership information.
Membership records do not establish which players appeared at each individual tournament, and the list should not be treated as a complete roster for every season.
Multiple squads
[edit]Contemporary records establish the use of several forms of the team name:
- Disposal Unit
- Disposal Unit #2
- DU
- DU 2
The numbered and abbreviated forms identify separate squad entries where multiple Disposal Unit teams were registered for the same competition.
The 2011 Nationals entry list and 2012 Auckland event reports document this practice.[4][7]
Team identity
[edit]PBLeagues records Disposal Unit as an Auckland team, with its registration dated 1 February 2014.[2]
This is a database registration date rather than the team's founding date. Contemporary tournament records establish activity by 2011.
Contributor information describes Disposal Unit as a predecessor of Ballistics Unit. The two organisations have separate PBLeagues profiles, with Disposal Unit's latest recorded tournament appearance in April 2016 and Ballistics Unit's registration dated 2 July 2017.[2][6]
The available records do not establish the exact date or formal circumstances of any transition between the two team identities.
Selected tournament results
[edit]| Year | Competition | Entry | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Rotorua tournament | Disposal Unit | Cup winner.[1] |
| 2011 | NZPPL Nationals | Disposal Unit | Pre-event entry recorded; result unverified.[7] |
| 2011 | NZPPL Nationals | Disposal Unit #2 | Pre-event entry recorded; result unverified.[7] |
| 2012 | NZPPL Super 5 Man Auckland Event 1 | DU | Participant-reported 2nd of 16.[4] |
| 2012 | NZPPL Super 5 Man Auckland Event 1 | DU 2 | Participant-reported 15th of 16.[4] |
| 2014 | SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series | Disposal Unit | 2nd overall; 314.5 ranking points.[5] |
| 2016 | 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup | Disposal Unit | 1st of 8, Division Two.[3] |
The 2017 NZLS photographic record is not included as a tournament result because the source does not establish a Disposal Unit competition entry or placing.
See also
[edit]- Ballistics Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)
- South Auckland Paintball Club
- 2016 Auckland Paintball Cup
- 2017 NZLS Round 2
- Lock N Load Adventures
- History of paintball in New Zealand
References
[edit]- Scores from Rotorua, NZ P8NT, June 2011. First-day scores and reported Cup standings.
- Disposal Unit – Team profile and tournament history, PBLeagues. Auckland registration and recorded tournament appearances.
- Auckland Paintball Cup 2016 – Final rankings, PBLeagues. Division Two X-Ball standings, 16–17 April 2016.
- NZPPL Event (1) 2012 Auckland Lock N Load, NZ P8NT, April 2012. Participant-reported placings.
- South Auckland Paintball Club – 2014 season rankings, PBLeagues. Complete Open X-Ball season results.
- Ballistics Unit – Team profile and tournament history, PBLeagues.
- 2011 NZPPL Nationals – Teams attending, NZ P8NT, 15 October 2011. Pre-event entries.
- Disposal Unit – NZLS Round 2 photographs at Lock N Load Adventures, Facebook, 13 April 2017.
- MilRad Media NZ – NZLS 2017 Round 2, 50-photograph Facebook album, April 2017.