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<p>Created 2022 Arena Round 3 article with verified Labour Weekend dates, archived tournament format, Phoenix Tahiti photographic records and contemporary evidence of guest players representing Expendables.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;2022 Arena 5 Man Race Round 3&#039;&#039;&#039; was a five-player [[paintball]] tournament held over Labour Weekend, 22–23 October 2022, at [[Arena Paintball]] in Feilding, New Zealand. It was the third scheduled round of the [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Series]].[1][2]<br /> <br /> == Format ==<br /> <br /> The tournament was advertised as a two-day event using a five-player race format with a four-point mercy rule.<br /> <br /> The organiser&#039;s published programme limited entries to ten teams and specified an entry fee of NZ$500 per team, with field paint required.[1]<br /> <br /> == Event ==<br /> <br /> [[Phoenix Tahiti (French Polynesia Paintball Team)|Phoenix Tahiti]] published photographs of the tournament in October 2022 under the album title &#039;&#039;2022 New Zealand Race Series – Round 3 Labour Day&#039;&#039;.[2][3]<br /> <br /> The photographs and accompanying comments document participation by players associated with New Zealand teams and visiting players from French Polynesia.<br /> <br /> === Expendables participation ===<br /> <br /> In comments on Phoenix Tahiti&#039;s tournament photographs, Brendon Spain confirmed playing alongside [[Ralph Tsing]] with [[Expendables (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Expendables]].[2]<br /> <br /> [[Crisis Paintball Northland]] separately stated that two of its players, identified as Russell and Brendon, had played with Tsing and Expendables during the tournament.[3]<br /> <br /> These accounts document guest-player participation but do not establish Expendables&#039; final tournament placing.<br /> <br /> == Results ==<br /> <br /> Complete final tournament placings have not been established from the available contemporary records.<br /> <br /> == See also ==<br /> <br /> * [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Series]]<br /> * [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Round 1]]<br /> * [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Round 2]]<br /> * [[Arena Paintball]]<br /> * [[Phoenix Tahiti (French Polynesia Paintball Team)|Phoenix Tahiti]]<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> <br /> # [https://web.archive.org/web/20220119221029/https://www.arenapaintball.co.nz/events Arena Paintball – 2022 event calendar and Round 3 registration details, archived 19 January 2022].<br /> # [https://www.facebook.com/phoenixauthority/posts/964381077829623/ Phoenix Tahiti Paintball – Arena Paintball 2022 Round 3 Saturday preliminary games, Facebook, 24 October 2022. Includes comments concerning Expendables participation].<br /> # [https://www.facebook.com/phoenixauthority/posts/968919574042440/ Phoenix Tahiti Paintball – 2022 New Zealand Race Series Round 3 Labour Day photographs and participant comments, Facebook, 30 October 2022].<br /> <br /> [[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]<br /> [[Category:2020s in New Zealand paintball]]</div>

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