Editing 2015 CPPS Round 3

The '''2015 CPPS Round 3''', billed as the '''Empire Shield''', was the third round of the 2015 [[Central Premier Paintball Series]] season. It took place on 6–7 June 2015. Birmingham Disruption won the Elite Division.[1][2][3][4]

== Dates ==

The official calendar records the round as taking place on 6–7 June 2015.[1] Contemporary reporting identifies Breakin, Breakout and Division 5 as the Saturday competitions.[5]

== Attendance and field layout ==

''Paintball Media'' reported that more than 130 teams from across the United Kingdom attended the event. The round used the field layout for the forthcoming [[Millennium Series]] [[Campaign Cup]], giving teams entered in both competitions an opportunity to play the layout before the European event.[5]

== Tournament report ==

Birmingham Disruption won Elite ahead of London Tigers, Sandbaggers Black and Lucky 15s Staffordshire. Despite finishing outside the podium places at this round, Lucky 15s remained second in the season standings, according to the contemporary magazine report.[5]

[[Clint Moore]] returned to [[London Nexus]] for the third round after missing rounds through a neck injury. Moore had rejoined Nexus following a season with [[Art Chaos]]. Durham DV8, competing with a full squad available, finished second in Division 1.[5]

== Results ==

The leading four teams in the divisions with available Round 3 standings were as follows.[2][3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Division !! First !! Second !! Third !! Fourth
|-
| Elite Division || Birmingham Disruption || London Tigers || Sandbaggers Black || [[Lucky 15s|Lucky 15s Staffordshire]]
|-
| Division 1 || Warped Gold || Durham DV8 || London Tigers 2 || London Samurai
|-
| Division 2 || Sandbaggers Blue || Cardinals Red || Spank || Team FE
|-
| Division 3 || Venom || Rangers || Mayhem Knights 1 || Celtic Druids
|-
| Division 5 || Madtoxic || Thunder Ducks || Nottingham Hotshots || Stafford Executives
|-
| Breakout Division || Titans || Team Squatch || Ark Angels || Outpost Green
|-
| Breakin Division || Ark Angels 2 || Warped Bravo || Sad Academy || Outpost Outlaws
|}

The season records assign the leading Division 1 entries Round 3 positions 13–16 and the leading Division 3 entries positions 19–22. The table presents their order within each division. The surviving Division 4 season table does not provide its leading placings, so a complete top-four ranking is not reproduced here.[3]

Warped Gold and Rangers are the names used in the event match records; their corresponding season entries are named Wolverhampton Warped and Shoreline Rangers.[2][3]

== Selected finals ==

Birmingham Disruption defeated London Tigers 3–1 in the Elite final. Sandbaggers Black beat Lucky 15s Staffordshire 4–2 in the third-place match.[2]

Warped Gold defeated Durham DV8 4–2 in the Division 1 final. London Tigers 2 beat London Samurai 4–3 for third place. Sandbaggers Blue won the Division 2 final 2–1 against Cardinals Red, while Spank defeated Team FE 2–1 for third.[2]

Venom defeated Rangers 2–0 in the Division 3 final. Mayhem Knights 1 beat Celtic Druids 2–1 in the third-place match.[2]

The Division 4 stage labelled “Finals” records Chameleonz defeating Marvel 2–0 and Team FE 2 defeating Bad Moji 2 2–0.[2]

== See also ==

* [[2015 CPPS]]
* [[2015 CPPS Round 2]]
* [[2015 CPPS Round 4]]

== References ==

# [https://www.okpb.co.uk/cpps/rest/events?leagueid=1 CPPS official calendar — 2015 Round 3, event 13]
# [https://www.okpb.co.uk/cpps/rest/events/13 CPPS official Round 3 match records, 2015]
# [https://www.okpb.co.uk/cpps/rest/results?leagueid=1&current=false CPPS historical season standings — 2015 Round 3 positions and points]
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkKmhsIw9Hw OKPBTV, “CPPS Round 3 2015 - The Empire Shield”, 28 July 2015] — official event coverage and event designation.
# [https://viewer.joomag.com/paintball-magazine-july-2015-issue/0548846001435490793/p118 Paintball Media, “CPPS”, July 2015, pp. 118–127; report text on pp. 121, 123–124 and 126.]

== External links ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkKmhsIw9Hw OKPBTV: CPPS Round 3 2015 – The Empire Shield].
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ubzg3Q7s0-M Graham Ball: SAD Too – CPPS Round 3 2015] — Division 4 footage, published 24 July 2015.
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfW0FzqrMuQ Tim M.L: CPPS Round 3 2015, clip 1] — Team Squatch Breakout footage, published 6 June 2015.

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