Editing 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 ==
The published draw divided fourteen entries into two pools:[2]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ==
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 ==
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]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ==
# [https://www.arenapaintball.co.nz/events Arena Paintball — Events, 2026 tournament calendar].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1322097636609854&type=3 Arena Paintball — Easter pools and draw, Facebook, 23 March 2026].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1332030092283275&type=3 Arena Paintball — Round 1 Pool A interim scores, Facebook, 4 April 2026].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1332030105616607&type=3 Arena Paintball — Round 1 Pool B interim scores, Facebook, 4 April 2026].
# [https://www.facebook.com/ArenaPaintballNZ/posts/pfbid0mr3TdB9r29MWkJwN6timxSQy4KdcVMevRxdwpTDsRdmYo2V4cdnkTbfbKPT84w45l Arena Paintball — Arena Cup series points after Event 1, Facebook, 23 June 2026].

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