ADHD (New Zealand Paintball Team)
ADHD is a New Zealand tournament paintball team based in Auckland, with documented competition appearances from at least 2011 to 2016. The team competed in the Northland Open, New Zealand Paintball Players League (NZPPL), South Auckland Paintball Club (SAPC) competitions and Paintball World Cup Asia.[1][2][3][4]
Its recorded achievements include winning the 2011 Northland Open, the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball championship and the August 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball event. ADHD finished twelfth in Division 2 at 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia.[1][4][5][6][11]
ADHD was associated with Asylum Paintball, which described the team and its feeder squad ADHD Red as unofficial house teams comprising staff and regular players.[2]
History
[edit]Early competition, 2011–2013
[edit]The team's founding date has not been established. Contemporary newspaper reporting confirms that ADHD was competing by March 2011, before its PBLeagues database registration on 15 January 2014.[1][4]
2011 Northland Open
[edit]ADHD won the 2011 Northland Open, defeating fellow Auckland team Disposal Unit in the final at Strategy Tag Paintball in Mangapai, Northland.[1]
The eight-team tournament was reported by the Northern Advocate in March 2011. TPC Blast of Tauranga and Auckland's Gary Locks finished equal third after electing not to contest a third-place play-off.[1]
The report also stated that ADHD and Disposal Unit had recently contested the final of an Auckland Super Air competition, without supplying that result.[1]
2012 competition
[edit]A retrospective report published by Asylum Paintball in March 2014 credited ADHD with winning the opening NZPPL round of 2012 and the first two SAPC events of that year.[2]
2013 season
[edit]ADHD finished third at the 2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament, held at Blockhouse Bay Reserve, Auckland, on 31 August – 1 September 2013. X-Fighter$ Fracture finished first and Sydney SWAT second.[3]
Asylum Paintball's subsequent team report credited ADHD with winning the 2013 SAPC Race Series championship. It also reported third place at the opening Bay of Plenty three-player tournament and second place at the third SAPC event.[2]
2014 season
[edit]ADHD competed in SAPC and NZPPL tournaments during 2014. Its PBLeagues profile identified Auckland as its hometown and Asylum Paintball as its home field.[4]
NZPPL Kapiti Coast victory
[edit]An Asylum Paintball report published on 11 March 2014 recorded ADHD winning the opening NZPPL Super Five-Man event on the Kapiti Coast.[2]
The report stated that ADHD recorded eleven wins from fourteen games on the first day and finished second in the round-robin standings. The team then defeated Expendables 2–1 in the semi-final and Tempest Blast 2–1 in the final.[2]
| Stage | Winning team | Score | Losing team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Semi-final | ADHD | 2–1 | Expendables |
| Final | ADHD | 2–1 | Tempest Blast |
The report identified Alex, Cristian, Sam, Stat and Kane as the players who brought home the trophy.[2]
SAPC Open X-Ball championship
[edit]ADHD won all four events in the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series.[5]
| Tournament | Dates | Position | Ranking points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 1 | 8–9 February | 1st | 100 |
| 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 2 | 3–4 May | 1st | 100 |
| 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 3 | 12–13 July | 1st | 100 |
| 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 4 | 27–28 September | 1st | 100 |
| Season total | 400 | ||
The four victories secured the championship. Disposal Unit finished second with 314.5 points, followed by Tempest with 229.[5]
NZPPL Pro X-Ball
[edit]At the NZPPL Race 2-4 Event 2 tournament in Auckland on 30–31 August 2014, ADHD won Pro X-Ball, finishing first among six entrants ahead of Trauma and The Wild Bunch.[6]
PBLeagues also recorded ADHD as the leading team in its published 2014 NZPPL Pro X-Ball standings.[6]
SAPC pathway to World Cup Asia
[edit]On 26 January 2014, Michael Earley, publishing as MikeE, announced that the SAPC Open Series winners would receive free Division 2 entry to World Cup Asia. The Paintball Asia League Series sponsored the entry fee, while Asylum Paintball sponsored accommodation in Langkawi.[9]
SAPC's end-of-season report reconfirmed the arrangement. The statement was signed by club president Vitaly V. Miheev on 27 September and published on 30 September 2014.[10]
ADHD won the SAPC Open Series and subsequently appears in the World Cup Asia results, finishing twelfth in Division 2 at the tournament held on 7–9 November 2014.[5][11]
2015 season
[edit]ADHD continued competing in SAPC Open X-Ball during 2015. The team won the opening event before finishing third, fourth and third in the remaining rounds.[4]
| Tournament | Dates | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1 | 31 January – 1 February | 1st of 8 |
| 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2 | 11–12 April | 3rd of 7 |
| 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 3 | 13–14 June | 4th of 5 |
| 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 4 | 1–2 August | 3rd of 4 |
ADHD finished third in the season standings with 242.5 points, behind Auckland Faction and Addicted.[7]
The team competed at the Auckland Paintball Cup on 7–8 March 2015, finishing sixth among seven Open X-Ball teams.[4]
A contemporary report published by DYE recorded Australian team Hard2Overcome defeating ADHD 4–0 during that tournament. It stated that Australian players were guesting for ADHD.[8]
ADHD was also listed at the 2015 Asylum Paintball Cup in September, although its PBLeagues entry does not record a final placing.[4]
2016 Auckland Paintball Cup
[edit]ADHD competed at the Auckland Paintball Cup on 16–17 April 2016, finishing third among eight Division 2 X-Ball entries.[4]
Team organisation
[edit]An Asylum Paintball report identified the following members of ADHD's 2014 organisation.[2]
| Name | Recorded role |
|---|---|
| Vitaly Miheev | Team manager |
| Chris Watt | Coach |
| Alex Diveg | Captain |
The report listed the following additional members of the 2014 core roster:[2]
- Sam Houla
- Paul Adams
- Luke Longstaff
- Kane Anderson
- Terry Lee
- Oleg Tolmachev
- Josh Bailey
- Cristian Albornoz
It separately identified other team members, imports and crew:[2]
- Tony Dickson — photographer, Blacksheep Media
- Jason Newport
- Taylor Hopkins
- Garth Lawson
- Michael Nguyen
- Michael Earley
- Dimitri Zimin
- Mark Chee
This was a published team organisation list rather than a confirmed playing roster for every tournament.[2]
Additional squads
[edit]ADHD Black
[edit]ADHD Black competed in Open X-Ball at the May 2014 SAPC event, finishing sixth among eight teams.[5]
ADHD Red
[edit]Asylum Paintball described ADHD Red as ADHD's feeder team.[2]
ADHD Red competed in SAPC Mechanical Pump Division 4, winning the May and July 2014 events and finishing second in September. It won the season championship with 270 points, ahead of OFF and One Shot Bro.[5]
ADHD White
[edit]ADHD White finished third in the May 2014 SAPC Mechanical Pump Division 4 event.[5]
Selected results
[edit]| Year | Tournament or series | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Northland Open | 1st |
| 2012 | NZPPL Round 1 | 1st, retrospectively reported |
| 2013 | 2013 NZPPL Race 2 Open Tournament | 3rd |
| 2013 | SAPC Race Series | Champions, retrospectively reported |
| 2014 | NZPPL Super Five-Man opening event, Kapiti Coast | 1st |
| 2014 | SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series | Champions |
| 2014 | NZPPL Race 2-4 Event 2, Pro X-Ball | 1st |
| 2014 | 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia, Division 2 | 12th |
| 2015 | SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series | 3rd overall |
| 2016 | Auckland Paintball Cup, Division 2 X-Ball | 3rd |
Results are recorded in contemporary reporting, the Asylum team history, NZPPL records and PBLeagues.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][11]
See also
[edit]- Northland Open
- New Zealand Paintball Players League
- South Auckland Paintball Club
- Asylum Paintball
- Paintball Asia League Series
- 2014 Paintball World Cup Asia
References
[edit]- Paintball teams splattered in Northland Open, Northern Advocate, March 2011.
- Asylum Sponsored Team ADHD Takes Gold at NZPPL Event 1, Asylum Paintball, 11 March 2014. Team organisation, Kapiti Coast match scores and retrospective tournament history.
- NZPPL: 2013 Series Rankings, official results, archived 28 October 2013.
- ADHD: Team Profile and Event History, PBLeagues, registration information, home field and results from 2014–2016.
- South Auckland Paintball Club: 2014 Season Rankings, PBLeagues.
- New Zealand Paintball Players League: 2014 Season Rankings, PBLeagues.
- South Auckland Paintball Club: 2015 Season Rankings, PBLeagues.
- Asylum Cup – Auckland Trip 2015, DYE Paintball, 2015. Hard2Overcome's account of the Auckland tournament.
- SAPC Inc – Sending Kiwis to Paintball World Cup Asia 2014, Michael Earley, published as MikeE, South Auckland Paintball Club Inc, 26 January 2014.
- 2014 End of Season Round Up, South Auckland Paintball Club Inc, published 30 September 2014. Statement signed Vitaly V. Miheev, SAPC President, 27 September 2014.
- Paintball World Cup Asia 2014: Places, PBLeagues, recording ADHD twelfth in Division 2.