2020 NXL Australia
2020 NXL Australia was the 2020 season of NXL Australia, an Australian tournament paintball league. The advertised programme comprised four rounds each in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, followed by national finals. Contemporary records confirm competition at all three opening rounds and subsequent Western Australian events, but do not establish completion of the full programme.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
The season was interrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. WASP Paintball described its June tournament as its first event following the shutdown. Several other advertised rounds and the national finals remain unconfirmed, rather than demonstrably completed or explicitly cancelled.[5][8]
Advertised programme
[edit]The league's calendar advertised five-man competition at Ultimate Paintball Camden in New South Wales, Paintball Games Coldstream in Victoria and WASP Paintball in Western Australia.[1]
Division 1 and Division 2 were advertised in each state, with Division 3 also offered in Victoria. PBLeagues instead listed the Western Australian events as a single Open division.[1][9]
The table distinguishes advertised arrangements from evidence that competition took place. Confirmation of an event does not necessarily establish that every advertised division played or that every advertised day was used.
| Event | Advertised date | Advertised venue | Verified status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSW Round 1 | 7–8 March 2020 | Ultimate Paintball Camden, Cawdor | Competition confirmed by contemporary photography. Complete divisional results unavailable.[3] |
| WA Round 1 | 8 March 2020 | WASP Paintball, Carabooda | Event confirmed by venue photographs published on 10 March. Exact playing date not independently established by the photographs.[4] |
| Victoria Round 1 | 14–15 March 2020 | Paintball Games Coldstream | Competition confirmed by contemporary photography and a Melbourne Mutiny result report. Division 3 completion unconfirmed.[6][10] |
| NSW Round 2 | 2–3 May 2020 | Ultimate Paintball Camden, Cawdor | Scheduled; completion, cancellation or rescheduling unconfirmed. |
| WA Round 2 | 3 May 2020 | WASP Paintball, Carabooda | Scheduled; completion, cancellation or rescheduling unconfirmed. |
| Victoria Round 2 | 9–10 May 2020 | Paintball Games Coldstream | Scheduled; completion, cancellation or rescheduling unconfirmed. |
| WA Round 3 | 21 June 2020 | WASP Paintball, Carabooda | Event confirmed by venue photographs published on 26 June. Exact playing date not independently established by the photographs.[5] |
| NSW Round 3 | 4–5 July 2020 | Ultimate Paintball Camden, Cawdor | Scheduled; completion, cancellation or rescheduling unconfirmed. |
| Victoria Round 3 | 11–12 July in PBLeagues; 12–13 July in the league calendar | Paintball Games Coldstream | Conflicting advertised dates; completion unconfirmed.[1][2] |
| WA Round 4 | 2 August in the league calendar; 3 August in PBLeagues; a separate Facebook listing advertised 23 August | WASP Paintball, Carabooda | Round 4 documented by venue photographs published on 26 August. Exact playing date unresolved.[1][2][7][11] |
| NSW Round 4 | 22–23 August 2020 | Ultimate Paintball Camden, Cawdor | Scheduled; completion, cancellation or rescheduling unconfirmed. |
| Victoria Round 4 | 12–13 September 2020 | Paintball Games Coldstream | Scheduled; completion, cancellation or rescheduling unconfirmed. |
| National finals | 10–11 October in PBLeagues; 10–12 October in the league calendar | Coldstream in PBLeagues; venue to be announced in the league calendar | Conflicting advertised arrangements; completion and cancellation unconfirmed.[1][8] |
Advertised dates and venues are drawn from the league's archived calendar and PBLeagues event directory unless otherwise indicated.[1][2]
Documented results
[edit]The surviving evidence supports only a partial account of results.
| Event | Division | Team | Documented result |
|---|---|---|---|
| NSW Round 1 | Division 1 entry | East Coast Hawks | The team reported winning the round and remaining undefeated in a post dated 8 March 2020. Complete standings and match scores have not been recovered.[12][13] |
| Victoria Round 1 | Division 1 entry | Melbourne Mutiny | Second place reported by Jackson Chandler. PBLeagues records the team in Division 1.[6][14] |
These results do not establish state series champions or national champions.
Unresolved Western Australian result report
[edit]A separate Plague Paintball report described second place against STK Australia in Open at Perth “Round 3”. Photographs accompanying the report are dated 4 August 2020, and the report described competition over the preceding weekend.[15][16]
WASP had already published an album identifying a Perth Round 3 event in June. The relationship between the June record and the August report has not been resolved. The reported placing therefore cannot securely be assigned to the June round or relabelled as Round 4.[5][15][16]
COVID-19 impact
[edit]Contemporary venue records document an interruption followed by a return to competition in Western Australia. WASP's “2020 NXL Perth Round 3” album described the tournament as its first event following the shutdown; photographs from that album were published on 26 June. The venue subsequently documented a Round 4 event in August.[5][7]
The original calendar remained online in an archive captured on 21 October 2020, including dates that had already passed. Its continued display does not establish that those events went ahead.[1]
The surviving evidence does not establish the individual administrative outcome of every affected round. In particular, no verified replacement dates or explicit cancellation notices have been established for the unconfirmed events listed above. They should not collectively be described as completed or cancelled solely because they remained on the calendar or lack recorded results.
Results records
[edit]PBLeagues retains event listings and registrations for the season, but its records are incomplete as evidence of actual play. For example, the NSW opening round and the finals both display “No Games Completed”, although contemporary photographs independently confirm that the NSW opening round took place.[3][17][18]
Registration lists are not final standings. No verified overall 2020 championship table or national finals winner has been established.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- NXL Australia — Events: advertised 2020 programme, venues and divisions. Archived 21 October 2020.
- PBLeagues — NXL Australia: league event directory, including the 2020 programme.
- Shoot — “NXL NSW Round 1, 2020”: photographs documenting competition at Ultimate Paintball.
- WASP Paintball Perth WA — Photograph announcement for “2020 NXL Perth - Round 1”, 10 March 2020.
- WASP Paintball Perth WA — “2020 NXL Perth Round 3”: photograph album describing the first event following the shutdown.
- Jackson Chandler — “NXL VIC R1”: report of Melbourne Mutiny's second-place finish, March 2020.
- WASP Paintball Perth WA — Photographs added to “NXL WA - Round 4 2020”, 26 August 2020.
- PBLeagues — NXL Australia Finals: advertised dates of 10–11 October 2020 and Coldstream venue.
- PBLeagues — NXL Australia WA Round 1: Open five-man X-ball event listing.
- Birch Photography — “Preview NXL Vic Australia Div 2”, 14 March 2020.
- Facebook — Event advertising 23 August 2020 at WASP Paintball; despite an NSW title, its description identifies the Western Australian fourth round.
- East Coast Hawks — NSW Round 1 report, 8 March 2020, reporting a win and an undefeated record.
- PBLeagues — NXL Australia NSW Round 1: surviving divisional entries.
- PBLeagues — NXL Australia Victoria Round 1: divisional entries.
- Plague Paintball — Report describing second place against STK Australia at Perth “Round 3” over the preceding weekend.
- Plague Paintball — Photograph accompanying the round report, dated 4 August 2020.
- PBLeagues — NXL Australia NSW Round 1: score page stating “No Games Completed”.
- PBLeagues — NXL Australia Finals: score page stating “No Games Completed”.