Admin: Created 2017 NZLS Event 3 article documenting the Aces High Paintball tournament and BOP Blast's first-place award, supported by Vince Knipmeijer's historical medal photographs. Exact date, division and remaining standings unverified.

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Created 2017 NZLS Event 3 article documenting the Aces High Paintball tournament and BOP Blast's first-place award, supported by Vince Knipmeijer's historical medal photographs. Exact date, division and remaining standings unverified.

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'''2017 NZLS Event 3''' was a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] event held at [[Aces High Paintball]] in Palmerston North during the 2017 [[New Zealand Local Series]] (NZLS).

A surviving tournament medal records a first-place finish attributed to [[BOP Blast (New Zealand Paintball Team)|BOP Blast]].[1]

== Competition ==

The tournament was identified as Event 3 of the 2017 NZLS season.

Aces High Paintball also hosted the opening event of the 2017 series on 12 February, according to PBLeagues registration records.[2]

The third event is separately documented by a medal from Vince Knipmeijer's historical tournament collection, photographed and shared in 2026. The medal identifies the venue as Aces High Paintball and records a first-place award.[1]

The exact tournament date, participating teams and competition divisions have not been established.

== Results ==

The following placing is documented by the surviving medal, with the team attribution confirmed by a WikiPaintball contributor.[1]

{| class="wikitable"
! Position
! Team
! Evidence
|-
| 1st
| [[BOP Blast (New Zealand Paintball Team)|BOP Blast]]
| NZLS 2017 Event 3 first-place medal
|}

The division associated with the award and the remaining tournament standings have not been verified.

== See also ==

* [[New Zealand Local Series]]
* [[2017 NZLS Event 1 Aces High Paintball]]
* [[2017 NZLS Hāwera Event]]
* [[2017 NZLS Final Round]]
* [[History of paintball in New Zealand]]

== References ==

# [https://www.facebook.com/share/1FXQVMms57/ Vince Knipmeijer – Historical BOP Blast and TPC Blast tournament medal and trophy photographs, Facebook, 2026].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4893/info PBLeagues – NZLS Event 1 Aces High Paintball, 12 February 2017].

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]

2017 NZLS Event 3 - Revision history

Admin: Created 2017 NZLS Event 3 article documenting the Aces High Paintball tournament and BOP Blast's first-place award, supported by Vince Knipmeijer's historical medal photographs. Exact date, division and remaining standings unverified.