2019 New Zealand Local Series
2019 New Zealand Local Series was the 2019 season of the New Zealand Local Series (NZLS), a regional tournament paintball competition held across New Zealand's North Island.
Ballistics Unit won the season championship for the second consecutive year, following its 2018 title.[1]
Documented tournaments included events at Asylum Paintball in Auckland, TECT Park in the Bay of Plenty and Hāwera in Taranaki.[2][3][4][5]
Season
Round 1
The opening round was held at Asylum Paintball in Auckland during March 2019.
Kaos Theory won the tournament, with Ballistics Unit entering two squads that finished second and third.[2][6]
Contemporary reports by Ballistics Unit and Phoenix Tahiti Paintball establish the following podium:[2][6]
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1st | Kaos Theory |
| 2nd | Ballistics Unit 1 |
| 3rd | Ballistics Unit 2 |
Ballistics Unit also reported hosting a guest player associated with Phoenix Tahiti.
Round 2
The second round was held in May 2019.
Ballistics Unit reported that its first squad won the tournament while its second squad finished third.[3]
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1st | Ballistics Unit 1 |
| 3rd | Ballistics Unit 2 |
The team's report, published on 11 May, credited Expendables with supplying inflatable bunkers and preparing the field.
The remaining results and precise venue have not been established from the available report.
Round 3
The third round was held at TECT Park in the Bay of Plenty.
A surviving medal from the collection of Vince Knipmeijer is inscribed NZLS #3 2nd TECT Park 2019.[4]
The medal establishes a second-place award associated with the tournament. A WikiPaintball contributor has attributed the medal to BOP Blast, although the medal itself does not independently establish the team's name.
The exact tournament date, division and complete standings have not been recovered.
Hāwera event
A further NZLS tournament was held in Hāwera in October 2019.
In a report published on 27 October, Ballistics Unit stated that it had won the event's preliminary round robin and secured the 2019 series championship with one round remaining.[5]
The same report identified Ballistics Unit player Chris Waters as the winner of the accompanying one-on-one competition for a second consecutive year.
The surviving report does not establish the final tournament placings or identify the Hāwera event's official round number.
Documented events
| Event | Date | Location | Documented result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 NZLS Round 1 | March 2019 | Asylum Paintball, Auckland | Kaos Theory, 1st.[2][6] |
| 2019 NZLS Round 2 | May 2019 | Not established | Ballistics Unit 1, 1st.[3] |
| 2019 NZLS Round 3 | 2019 | TECT Park, Bay of Plenty | Second-place medal attributed to BOP Blast.[4] |
| 2019 NZLS Hāwera Event | October 2019 | Hāwera | Ballistics Unit won the round robin.[5] |
The table documents known events rather than the complete season calendar.
Ballistics Unit's October report referred to one round remaining. The identity, date and results of that remaining round have not been independently established.
Championship
Ballistics Unit won the overall 2019 NZLS championship.[1][5]
The team reported securing the title during the October Hāwera event, before the scheduled conclusion of the season.
Its season retrospective, published on 1 December 2019, confirmed that the team had won consecutive NZLS titles in 2018 and 2019.[1]
Documented championship standings
| Position | Team | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Ballistics Unit | Contemporary team championship announcements.[1][5] |
| Reported 3rd | Crisis Paintball Northland | Team-authored retrospective.[7] |
Crisis Paintball Northland reported finishing third overall in its historical team account. That placing has not been independently verified against an official complete championship table.
The championship runner-up and remaining positions have not been established.
Competition records
The surviving 2019 NZLS records consist principally of contemporary team reports, tournament photographs and historical medals.
These establish several tournament results, but do not provide a complete competition calendar, championship points system or final season standings.
Individual event results are therefore distinguished from overall championship placings.
See also
- New Zealand Local Series
- 2019 NZLS Round 1
- 2019 NZLS Round 2
- 2019 NZLS Round 3
- 2019 NZLS Hāwera Event
- 2018 NZLS Final Round
- Ballistics Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)
- Kaos Theory (New Zealand Paintball Team)
- History of paintball in New Zealand
References
- Ballistics Unit – 2019 season retrospective and consecutive NZLS championships, Instagram, 1 December 2019.
- Ballistics Unit – 2019 NZLS Round 1 report, Instagram, 9 March 2019.
- Ballistics Unit – 2019 NZLS Round 2 results, Instagram, 11 May 2019.
- Vince Knipmeijer – Photographs of historical paintball medals and trophies, including the 2019 NZLS Round 3 second-place medal from TECT Park, Facebook, 2026.
- Ballistics Unit – Hāwera NZLS tournament and 2019 championship report, Instagram, 27 October 2019.
- Phoenix Tahiti Paintball – 2019 NZLS Round 1 podium identifying Kaos Theory, Ballistics Unit 1 and Ballistics Unit 2, Facebook, March 2019.
- Crisis Paintball Northland – Historical team account reporting third place in the 2019 NZLS season.