Editing 2024 Arena Paintball Race Events


The '''2024 Arena Paintball Race Events''' were a series of three [[paintball]] tournaments organised at [[Arena Paintball]], 558 Kimbolton Road, Feilding, New Zealand. The series comprised Easter, King's Birthday and Labour Day rounds in March, June and October 2024.[1]

== Calendar ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Round
! Tournament
! Dates
|-
| 1
| [[2024 Arena Paintball Easter Race|Easter Race]]
| 30 and 31 March 2024
|-
| 2
| [[2024 Arena Paintball King's Birthday Race|King's Birthday Race]]
| 1 and 2 June 2024
|-
| 3
| [[2024 Arena Paintball Labour Day Tournament|Labour Day Tournament]]
| 26 and 27 October 2024
|}

The dates were advertised through Paintball Direct's tournament registration programme.[1]

== Format ==

The advertised format comprised ten-minute games with a three-point mercy rule and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit.

Each tournament was scheduled over two days, using round-robin preliminary play followed by semi-finals and finals. Separate Cup and Plate competitions were advertised.[1]

The original entry limit was ten teams. On 3 June 2024, Arena Paintball announced that the October round would be expanded to accommodate fourteen teams.[2]

=== Awards ===

The original registration programme advertised the following Cup prize package, subject to a minimum of ten participating teams:[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Advertised cash prize (NZD)
|-
| 1st
| $750
|-
| 2nd
| $500
|-
| 3rd
| $250
|}

The Plate competition offered trophies and medals for the first three teams. Individual Most Valuable Player (MVP) and Most Improved Player (MIP) awards were also advertised.[1]

These figures represent the advertised prize package rather than independently verified payments.

== Season ==

The Easter opening round took place on 30 and 31 March. The revised draw named ten teams, and the organiser subsequently published a post-event report.[3][4]

The King's Birthday round was scheduled for 1 and 2 June. Its revised published draw identified nine teams and one bye.[5]

The Labour Day round took place on 26 and 27 October, with fourteen entries listed in the published pools. Teams from New Zealand and French Polynesia competed, with Phoenix Tahiti winning the Cup and Expendables Paintball winning the Plate.[6][7]

== Documented results ==

=== Labour Day Tournament ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Competition
! Position
! Team
|-
| Cup
| 1st
| Phoenix Tahiti
|-
| Cup
| 2nd
| Ballistics Unit
|-
| Cup
| 3rd
| Manawatu Titans
|-
| Plate
| 1st
| Expendables Paintball
|-
| Plate
| 2nd
| East Coast Defiance
|-
| Plate
| 3rd
| Sharks
|}

The organiser published these results on 27 October 2024.[7]

Results and team entries for individual rounds are documented in their respective tournament articles.

== See also ==

* [[Arena Paintball]]
* [[2025 Arena Paintball Race Events]]
* [[History of paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20240814075618/https://paintballdirectnz.co.nz/2024-race-events-sold-out/ Paintball Direct - 2024 Race Events, archived 14 August 2024].
# [https://www.facebook.com/ArenaPaintballNZ/posts/833567975462825/ Arena Paintball - October tournament capacity increased, Facebook, 3 June 2024].
# [https://www.facebook.com/ArenaPaintballNZ/posts/780010460818577/ Arena Paintball - Revised Easter tournament draw, Facebook, 5 March 2024].
# [https://www.facebook.com/ArenaPaintballNZ/posts/800640992088857/ Arena Paintball - Easter tournament follow-up, Facebook, April 2024].
# [https://www.facebook.com/ArenaPaintballNZ/posts/821079310045025/ Arena Paintball - Revised King's Birthday draw, Facebook, 13 May 2024].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=926091626210459&type=3 Arena Paintball - Labour Day tournament pools, Facebook, 22 October 2024].
# [https://www.facebook.com/ArenaPaintballNZ/posts/pfbid02WjR7JFkf81GewmCNzxnAV52W167tpvcdJ7d8UYggwvfS2uKLBXk9ioVG8FUB4miPl Arena Paintball - Labour Day Cup and Plate results, Facebook, 27 October 2024].

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