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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 ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Tournament
! Advertised dates
|-
| 1
| [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Round 1|Round 1]]
| 16–17 April 2022
|-
| 2
| [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Round 2|Round 2]]
| 4–5 June 2022
|-
| 3
| [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Round 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.

== See also ==

* [[Arena Paintball]]
* [[2023 Arena 5 Man Race Series]]
* [[History of paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20220119221029/https://www.arenapaintball.co.nz/events Arena Paintball – 2022 tournament calendar, archived 19 January 2022].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=371185408367753&type=3 Arena Paintball – 2022 tournament promotional calendar, Facebook, 12 May 2022].
# [https://www.facebook.com/CrisisPaintballNorthland/posts/421495506442397/ Crisis Paintball Northland – 2022 Easter tournament entry and roster, Facebook, 2022].
# [https://www.facebook.com/phoenixauthority/posts/964381077829623/ Phoenix Tahiti Paintball – 2022 Round 3 preliminary-game photographs and participant comments, Facebook, October 2022].
# [https://www.facebook.com/phoenixauthority/posts/968919574042440/ Phoenix Tahiti Paintball – 2022 Round 3 Labour Day photographs, Facebook, 30 October 2022].

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