2022 Arena 5 Man Race Series

The 2022 Arena 5 Man Race Series was a three-round five-player paintball tournament programme organised by Arena Paintball in Feilding, New Zealand. Its published calendar scheduled events in April, June and October 2022.[1]

The series used a five-player race format with a four-point mercy rule. Surviving records include the original tournament calendar, registration announcements and photographs from the October event.[1][3][4]

Calendar

Round	Tournament	Advertised dates
1	Round 1	16–17 April 2022
2	Round 2	4–5 June 2022
3	Round 3	22–23 October 2022

The dates were listed in Arena Paintball's event calendar, preserved by the Wayback Machine in January 2022.[1]

Format

Each tournament was advertised as a two-day competition with a maximum of ten teams.

The organiser specified a five-player race format with a four-point mercy rule, requiring participants to use paint supplied by the venue.[1]

A promotional calendar published in May 2022 also specified a firing-rate limit of 10.5 balls per second and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit.[2]

Entry cost NZ$500 per team for an individual round. Teams booking all three rounds together were offered a discounted combined fee of NZ$1,200.[1]

These were the published competition arrangements and do not independently establish the actual attendance of each event.

Season

Round 1

The opening tournament was scheduled for Easter weekend, 16–17 April 2022.

Crisis Paintball Northland confirmed its registration and published a seven-player roster that included Shannon Anderson, Joseph Toloa, Russell Ryder, Brendan Spain, Kieran Cant, Drew Kinney and Stacey Halls.[3]

Round 2

The second round was scheduled for 4–5 June 2022.

The surviving organiser calendar establishes the advertised dates and format, but a complete entry list and final results have not been recovered.[1]

Round 3

The final scheduled round took place over Labour Weekend, 22–23 October 2022.

Phoenix Tahiti published tournament photographs documenting the event, including preliminary matches and Sunday play.[4][5]

Comments accompanying the photographs identify Brendon Spain and other players associated with Crisis Paintball Northland as participating with Expendables alongside Ralph Tsing.[4][5]

Results

Complete round-by-round tournament standings and final series championship results have not been established from the available records.

The participating teams and surviving event-specific evidence are documented in the individual round articles.

References