Editing Arena Paintball

'''Arena Paintball''' is an outdoor [[paintball]] venue at 558 Kimbolton Road, [[Feilding]], New Zealand. It provides recreational paintball, club sessions and tournament facilities, and hosts a recurring five-player race programme.[1][2]

The venue is associated with [[Manawatu Titans]], [[Expendables Feilding]] and the equipment retailer [[Paintball Direct NZ]].[1][3][4]

== Facilities and activities ==
Arena’s website identifies two playing areas: an Airball field and a separate Speedball field, also described as the COD field. The venue offers private group bookings, rental equipment and equipment using smaller paintballs for children.[1]

Its published club programme provides sessions on the second and final Sundays of each month, using the Airball and COD fields respectively.[1]

The venue’s website identifies members of Manawatu Titans as involved in its operation.[1] Paintball Direct NZ advertises a showroom at the same Kimbolton Road address and handles tournament registrations and Arena annual passes.[4]

== Tournament history ==
=== 2021 events ===
Arena’s published calendar listed three two-day tournaments during 2021:[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! Event !! Advertised dates
|-
| [[2021 Paintball Factory Cup]] || 24–25 April 2021
|-
| [[2021 Arena Cup]] || 10–11 July 2021
|-
| [[2021 Corkill Cup]] || 23–24 October 2021
|}

The Corkill Cup announcement described the event as a tribute to [[Steve Corkill]] and his sons for their contributions to paintball.[2]

=== Recurring race programme ===
Arena advertised a three-round five-player race series in 2022, with events in April, June and October.[2]

A further three-round calendar was published for 2023. A contemporary interview with [[Ralph Tsing]] documented the October event at Arena, identifying [[David Hopkins]] as its organiser. Tsing reported that Expendables won the tournament and overall series, with [[Ballistics Unit]] second at the October event and [[Phoenix Tahiti]] third.[3][5]

Paintball Direct subsequently advertised three-event programmes at Arena for both 2024 and 2025.[6][7] Feilding’s local events directory independently listed the 31 May–1 June 2025 tournament.[8]

The 2026 calendar scheduled rounds for 4–5 April, 11–12 July and 24–25 October.[2]

== Related tournament articles ==
* [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Series]]
* [[2023 Arena 5 Man Race Series]]
* [[2024 Arena Paintball Race Events]]
* [[2025 Arena Paintball Race Events]]
* [[2026 Arena Paintball Easter Race]]
* [[2026 Arena Paintball Matariki Race]]
* [[2026 Arena Paintball Labour Day Cup]]

== References ==
# [https://www.arenapaintball.co.nz/about Arena Paintball — About Us].
# [https://www.arenapaintball.co.nz/events Arena Paintball — Events].
# [https://pf.airtahitinui.com/actualites/ambassador/paintball-ralph-tsing-enchaine-les-bons-resultats Air Tahiti Nui — Paintball : Ralph Tsing enchaine les bons résultats, 31 October 2023].
# [https://www.paintballdirectnz.co.nz/ Paintball Direct NZ — Official website, showroom information and Arena products].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=515284927291133&type=3 Arena Paintball — 2023 tournament calendar, Facebook, 6 December 2022].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20240814075618/https://paintballdirectnz.co.nz/2024-race-events-sold-out/ Paintball Direct — 2024 Race Events SOLD OUT, archived 14 August 2024].
# [https://www.paintballdirectnz.co.nz/2025-race-events/ Paintball Direct — 2025 Race Events].
# [https://feilding.co.nz/articles/whats-on/arena-paintball-race-tournament.html Feilding & District Promotion — Arena Paintball Race Tournament, 31 May–1 June 2025].

== External links ==
* [https://www.arenapaintball.co.nz/ Official website]
* [https://www.facebook.com/ArenaPaintballNZ/ Official Facebook page]
* [https://www.instagram.com/arenapaintballnz/ Official Instagram profile]

[[Category:Paintball fields in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Sports venues in New Zealand]]