Frankston Five-Man Tournament
The Frankston Five-Man Tournament was a limited-paint pump paintball competition held at Splatball Village in Frankston, Victoria, Australia. A report published in January 1996 records 12 participating teams and a victory by the Blackwood Hunters.[1]
Format
[edit]Competitors used rental SL-II pump markers with an 80-paintball limit. Games followed a centre-flag format on three bush fields.[1]
Teams were divided into three preliminary groups. Four teams advanced to a round-robin final, followed by a championship game between the two leading teams.[1]
Teams that did not qualify for the main finals contested a separate knockout competition on the venue’s speedball field.[1]
Results
[edit]| Place | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Blackwood Hunters |
| 2 | Challenge Raiders |
| 3 | Red Lizards |
| 4 | Looney Tunes |
The Blackwood Hunters remained undefeated through the finals round before defeating Challenge Raiders in the championship game. The Red Lizards finished third, ahead of Looney Tunes.[1]
R.A.C. (Rent A Crowd) won the separate speedball knockout competition.[1]
Organisation
[edit]The contemporary report credited Leigh Dixon and Peter Winter with running the tournament. The Victorian Paintball Players Association attended with a display of paintball equipment and video.[1]
References
[edit]- Back to Basics. Mic Bradshaw, War Paint, issue 1, January 1996.