Editing 2026 Arena Paintball Labour Day Cup

'''2026 Arena Paintball Labour Day Cup''' was a five-player paintball tournament held on 24–25 October 2026 at [[Arena Paintball]] in Feilding, New Zealand. It was the third event in the venue's 2026 race-format tournament series.[1]

== Venue and format ==
The tournament took place at Arena Paintball, 558 Kimbolton Road, Feilding. The advertised format used ten-minute matches with a four-point mercy rule. Players were limited to a hopper and four pods per game, and teams could register up to eight players. The programme provided for round-robin play followed by semi-finals and finals, with Cup and Plate competitions.[1]

The published draw contained 11 entries representing ten teams, with Ballistics Unit entering two squads. It listed 44 fixtures arranged in 22 sets.[2]

== Day-one standings ==
The organiser published the following standings after play on 24 October. These are interim scores, not final tournament placings.[3] A subsequent clarification instructed readers to disregard the spreadsheet's “Games To Be Played” column, which is omitted here.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Team
! Recorded score
! Games played
|-
| Cult
| 5.5
| 6
|-
| [[Manawatu Titans|Titans]]
| 4
| 5
|-
| Ballistics Unit 2
| 4
| 5
|-
| [[Expendables Feilding|Expendables]]
| 3.5
| 5
|-
| [[Reavers (New Zealand paintball team)|Reavers]]
| 3.5
| 5
|-
| Ballistics Unit 1
| 2.5
| 5
|-
| Blast
| 2
| 4
|-
| Surge
| 2
| 6
|-
| Sharks
| 1
| 5
|-
| Chaos
| 0
| 6
|-
| Misfits
| 0
| 4
|}

== References ==
# [https://www.paintballdirectnz.co.nz/2026-race-events/ Paintball Direct NZ — 2026 Race Events].
# ''Labour Day Draw 2026''. Event fixture sheet supplied by a contributor.
# Arena Paintball. “Scores end of day 1”. Facebook, 24 October 2026. Photograph of the standings spreadsheet; screenshot supplied by a contributor.
# Arena Paintball. “Please ignore games to be played column on previous post”. Facebook, 24 October 2026. Organiser's clarification; screenshot supplied by a contributor.

== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn-RHKJl1cc Arena Paintball — Labour Day Cup day-one coverage]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTvq6Q8McP0 Arena Paintball — Labour Day Cup day-two coverage]

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]