2026 Arena Paintball Easter Race
The 2026 Arena Paintball Easter Race was a paintball event at Arena Paintball in Feilding, New Zealand, scheduled for 4–5 April 2026 as the first round of the venue’s five-player race series.[1] The organiser published a fourteen-team draw, preliminary score photographs and subsequent Arena Cup series points after Event 1.[2][3][4][5]
Teams and pools
[edit]The published draw divided fourteen entries into two pools:[2]
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
| Ballistics Unit 2 | Ballistics Unit 1 |
| Expendables | BOP Blast |
| Lycans | Chaos |
| Misfits | Cult |
| Reavers | Immortal Knights |
| Surge | Lumberjacks |
| SWAT | Manawatu Titans |
Preliminary play
[edit]On 4 April, the organiser published photographs of the score sheets for both pools. These recorded incomplete preliminary play, with games remaining, and did not establish final tournament placings.[3][4]
Series points after Event 1
[edit]On 23 June 2026, Arena Paintball published the following Arena Cup series points after Event 1. Positions and team names below follow that post; the figures are series points rather than match scores.[5]
| Published position | Team | Series points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Titans | 200 |
| 2 | Sydney S.W.A.T. | 186 |
| 3 | Expendables Paintball | 173 |
| 4 | Lumberjacks Paintball | 161 |
| 5 | CULT Paintball Team | 150 |
| 6 | Reavers | 140 |
| 7 | SUЯGE Paintball Team – Hawkes Bay | 130 |
| 8 | Ballistics Unit 1 | 121 |
| 9 equal | Ballistics Unit 2 | 112 |
| 9 equal | Blast | 112 |
| 10 equal | Misfits | 104 |
| 10 equal | Immortal Knights | 104 |
| 11 equal | Team Lycan Paintball South Waikato | 96 |
| 11 equal | Chaos | 96 |
References
[edit]- Arena Paintball — Events, 2026 tournament calendar.
- Arena Paintball — Easter pools and draw, Facebook, 23 March 2026.
- Arena Paintball — Round 1 Pool A interim scores, Facebook, 4 April 2026.
- Arena Paintball — Round 1 Pool B interim scores, Facebook, 4 April 2026.
- Arena Paintball — Arena Cup series points after Event 1, Facebook, 23 June 2026.