Editing Actions Paintball (section)

== History ==

=== Early years ===

Actions Paintball was established in Auckland during the early 1990s. In a company announcement published in June 2013, the business stated that it had been active in Auckland paintball for approximately 20 years.[2]

By the mid-1990s, Actions was operating as Actions Paintball Sports Arena and was involved in Auckland's recreational and competitive paintball communities.

The business was associated with [[Kyn Jackson]], a paintball field operator and tournament organiser who participated in the administration of competitive paintball in New Zealand.[1]

=== National Paintball League ===

Actions Paintball Sports Arena was one of the founding field operators involved in the original New Zealand National Paintball League, which began competition in 1997.

The NPL was developed by Ian Southern and Dave Pellet to provide a structured competition system for New Zealand paintball teams.

The original participating operators were:

* Splatman, operating four Auckland fields
* Strategy Tag, operating a field in Whangārei
* Actions Paintball Sports Arena, operating an Auckland field

Under the league's original structure, participating fields hosted competitions on a rotating basis to distribute the costs of supporting tournament paintball.[1]

The NPL operated with two divisions.

First Division incorporated major tournaments already established on the New Zealand competition calendar, including the New Zealand Nationals, Queen's Birthday tournament and Northland Open.

Second Division provided regular competitions for developing teams, with matches hosted at participating commercial paintball fields.

The original league arrangement continued until 1999, when it lost the support of participating field operators.

According to a historical account preserved by Mercenaries Star, Kyn Jackson subsequently inherited responsibility for the remaining NPL structure and discontinued Second Division. The remaining First Division became an association of existing tournaments under a common banner.[1]

This early NPL was a separate organisation from the New Zealand Paintball Players League (NZPPL) that operated during the 2010s.

=== Company history ===

New Zealand company records identify '''Actions Paintball Limited''' as a company incorporated on 2 April 2004, with Kyn Allan Jackson as a director.

The company changed its registered name to '''Ace Paintball Limited''' on 22 March 2006.[4]

The corporate registration dates should be distinguished from the earlier history of the Actions Paintball trading name and field operations, which were already established during the 1990s.

=== Swanson venue ===

Actions Paintball operated a large outdoor playing facility at '''19 O'Neills Road, Swanson''', in west Auckland, near the corner of O'Neills and Pooks roads.

The Swanson venue operated for approximately 14 years before its closure in June 2013, placing its establishment around 1999.[2]

The facility contained a collection of outdoor paintball fields incorporating bush, open ground, trenches, barricades and purpose-built obstacles.

By 2013, Actions advertised 15 individual playing fields at Swanson.[5]

The venue was used for recreational paintball, private games, corporate activities, scenario events and games for players using their own equipment.

Swanson also hosted regular walk-on games and organised events for the wider paintball community.

=== Beachlands venue ===

Actions Paintball also operated a venue at '''80 Karaka Road, Beachlands''', in east Auckland.

The Beachlands facility provided outdoor recreational paintball and included an area advertised as a speedball field.[6]

The venue hosted private bookings, recreational games and organised walk-on events.

Beachlands continued operating after the closure of the Swanson facility in June 2013.[2]

The two venues allowed Actions Paintball to serve players in both western and eastern Auckland.

=== Swanson closure and relocation in 2013 ===

On 27 June 2013, Actions Paintball announced that its Swanson venue would close because the land was being redeveloped.

The company stated that Swanson had been operating for 14 years and confirmed that its final scheduled game would take place on '''Sunday, 30 June 2013'''.[2]

The final event was a Scenario Sunday walk-on game.

Rather than cease operating, Actions transferred its west Auckland activities to the existing World Challenge Tag paintball facility in Riverhead Forest.

The company announced that, from '''1 July 2013''', customers could book games at:

* World Challenge Tag, Riverhead Forest
* Actions Paintball, Beachlands

The Riverhead operation was an established paintball venue rather than a new field created by Actions.

World Challenge Tag traced its history to 1985, making it one of the longest-established paintball operations in New Zealand.[2]

The 2013 arrangement represented the relocation of Actions' west Auckland operations and cooperation with World Challenge Tag, rather than the complete consolidation of both businesses.

=== Riverhead Forest ===

World Challenge Tag operated in [[Riverhead Forest]], north-west of Auckland, with access from Old North Road.

The venue provided extensive outdoor playing areas using natural forest terrain and constructed obstacles.

Following the relocation from Swanson, Actions continued its Scenario Sunday programme at Riverhead.

The first Riverhead Scenario Sunday under the new arrangement was held in July 2013.

In July 2014, Actions published an anniversary announcement marking one year since the relocation and the beginning of Scenario Sunday events at Riverhead.[7]

The anniversary game was scheduled for Sunday, 27 July 2014.

=== Consolidation with World Challenge Tag in 2018 ===

In June 2018, Actions Paintball and World Challenge Tag consolidated their venues and operations.

An announcement on the Actions website stated that the two operations had joined forces and would operate exclusively from the existing World Challenge Tag facility in Riverhead Forest.[3]

The consolidated venue was promoted as having more than 20 playing fields within the forest.

The consolidation ended the earlier arrangement under which customers could book separately at Riverhead and Beachlands.

Actions continued to be represented through its website and its association with the Riverhead paintball operation.