Editing 2026 Bay of Plenty Paintball Triples


'''2026 Bay of Plenty Paintball Triples''' was a three-player [[paintball]] tournament held on 7 June 2026 at TECT Park in Ngawaro, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. The competition was organised by [[Bay of Plenty Paintball Club]] and Hotshots Paintball.[1][2]

Geriatric Nurses won the tournament, followed by Ballistic Unit in second place and Hasbeens in third.[3]

== Background ==

The tournament marked the return of Bay of Plenty Paintball Club's regional Triples competition after several years without an edition.[2]

A contemporary report published by ''SunLive'' on 6 June 2026 identified teams travelling from Auckland, Waikato, Hawke's Bay, Manawatū and the Bay of Plenty. Club president Phil Stokes also confirmed that an all-female team was expected to participate.[2]

== Tournament format ==

The organisers advertised a three-player competition with a maximum of four registered players per team.

Matches used a best-of-three format, with round-robin competition followed by semi-finals and finals. Players were restricted to one hopper and two additional pods of paintballs per game.[1]

Referees were provided by the organisers. The advertised awards included a trophy for the winning team and medals for the first three finishers.[1]

== Results ==

Bay of Plenty Paintball Club published the following final placings after the tournament.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
|-
| 1
| Geriatric Nurses
|-
| 2
| Ballistic Unit
|-
| 3
| Hasbeens
|}

The results were also shared by [[Asylum Paintball]], which reported that teams associated with its facility had secured gold and bronze medals at the competition.[4]

The complete team entry list, individual game scores and player rosters have not been recovered.

== Trophy ==

A trophy engraved ''Winter BOP Triples 2026'' was photographed by Vitaly Miheev and supplied to WikiPaintball on 30 October 2026.[5]

The tournament organisers' published results independently confirm Geriatric Nurses as the winning team.[3]

== See also ==

* [[Bay of Plenty Paintball Club]]
* [[Paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://www.facebook.com/events/1279443347484172/ BOP Triples – Paintball Tournament]. Bay of Plenty Paintball Club and Hotshots Paintball, Facebook event announcement, June 2026.
# [https://www.sunlive.co.nz/news/381863-paintball-players-set-to-battle-at-tect-park.html Rosalie Liddle Crawford, Paintball players set to battle at TECT Park]. ''SunLive'', 6 June 2026.
# [https://www.facebook.com/boppaintball/posts/1526918425895000/ Bay of Plenty Paintball Club – Bay of Plenty Triples 2026 results]. Official Facebook announcement, June 2026.
# [https://www.facebook.com/AsylumPaintballPark/posts/1333284212353314/ Asylum Paintball – Bay of Plenty Triples 2026]. Facebook, June 2026.
# Vitaly Miheev. Photograph of the Winter BOP Triples 2026 trophy, supplied to WikiPaintball, 30 October 2026.

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