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The 2022 Arena 5 Man Race Series was a three-round five-player paintball tournament programme organised by Arena Paintball in Feilding, New Zealand. Its published calendar scheduled events in April, June and October 2022.[1]

The series used a five-player race format with a four-point mercy rule. Surviving records include the original tournament calendar, registration announcements and photographs from the October event.[1][3][4]

Calendar

Round	Tournament	Advertised dates
1	Round 1	16–17 April 2022
2	Round 2	4–5 June 2022
3	Round 3	22–23 October 2022

The dates were listed in Arena Paintball's event calendar, preserved by the Wayback Machine in January 2022.[1]

Format

Each tournament was advertised as a two-day competition with a maximum of ten teams.

The organiser specified a five-player race format with a four-point mercy rule, requiring participants to use paint supplied by the venue.[1]

A promotional calendar published in May 2022 also specified a firing-rate limit of 10.5 balls per second and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit.[2]

Entry cost NZ$500 per team for an individual round. Teams booking all three rounds together were offered a discounted combined fee of NZ$1,200.[1]

These were the published competition arrangements and do not independently establish the actual attendance of each event.

Season

Round 1

The opening tournament was scheduled for Easter weekend, 16–17 April 2022.

Crisis Paintball Northland confirmed its registration and published a seven-player roster that included Shannon Anderson, Joseph Toloa, Russell Ryder, Brendan Spain, Kieran Cant, Drew Kinney and Stacey Halls.[3]

Round 2

The second round was scheduled for 4–5 June 2022.

The surviving organiser calendar establishes the advertised dates and format, but a complete entry list and final results have not been recovered.[1]

Round 3

The final scheduled round took place over Labour Weekend, 22–23 October 2022.

Phoenix Tahiti published tournament photographs documenting the event, including preliminary matches and Sunday play.[4][5]

Comments accompanying the photographs identify Brendon Spain and other players associated with Crisis Paintball Northland as participating with Expendables alongside Ralph Tsing.[4][5]

Results

Complete round-by-round tournament standings and final series championship results have not been established from the available records.

The participating teams and surviving event-specific evidence are documented in the individual round articles.

References

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-The '''2022 Arena 5 Man Race Series''' was a three-round paintball programme advertised by [[Arena Paintball]] in Feilding, New Zealand. Its published calendar scheduled two-day tournaments in April, June and October 2022.[1]
-== Scheduled rounds ==
+The '''2022 Arena 5 Man Race Series''' was a three-round five-player [[paintball]] tournament programme organised by [[Arena Paintball]] in Feilding, New Zealand. Its published calendar scheduled events in April, June and October 2022.[1]
+The series used a five-player race format with a four-point mercy rule. Surviving records include the original tournament calendar, registration announcements and photographs from the October event.[1][3][4]
+== Calendar ==
 {| class="wikitable"
-! Round !! Advertised dates
+! Round
+! Tournament
+! Advertised dates
 |-
-| 1 || 16–17 April 2022
+| 1
+| [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Round 1|Round 1]]
+| 16–17 April 2022
 |-
-| 2 || 4–5 June 2022
+| 2
+| [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Round 2|Round 2]]
+| 4–5 June 2022
 |-
-| 3 || 22–23 October 2022
+| 3
+| [[2022 Arena 5 Man Race Round 3|Round 3]]
+| 22–23 October 2022
 |}
-All three rounds appeared in Arena Paintball's published calendar.[1]
-== Advertised format ==
+The dates were listed in Arena Paintball's event calendar, preserved by the Wayback Machine in January 2022.[1]
-Each round was limited to ten teams and used a five-player race format with a four-point mercy rule. The announcements specified field paint only.[1]
+== Format ==
+Each tournament was advertised as a two-day competition with a maximum of ten teams.
+The organiser specified a five-player race format with a four-point mercy rule, requiring participants to use paint supplied by the venue.[1]
+A promotional calendar published in May 2022 also specified a firing-rate limit of 10.5 balls per second and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit.[2]
+Entry cost NZ$500 per team for an individual round. Teams booking all three rounds together were offered a discounted combined fee of NZ$1,200.[1]
+These were the published competition arrangements and do not independently establish the actual attendance of each event.
+== Season ==
+=== Round 1 ===
+The opening tournament was scheduled for Easter weekend, 16–17 April 2022.
+[[Crisis Paintball Northland]] confirmed its registration and published a seven-player roster that included Shannon Anderson, Joseph Toloa, Russell Ryder, Brendan Spain, Kieran Cant, Drew Kinney and Stacey Halls.[3]
+=== Round 2 ===
+The second round was scheduled for 4–5 June 2022.
+The surviving organiser calendar establishes the advertised dates and format, but a complete entry list and final results have not been recovered.[1]
+=== Round 3 ===
+The final scheduled round took place over Labour Weekend, 22–23 October 2022.
+Phoenix Tahiti published tournament photographs documenting the event, including preliminary matches and Sunday play.[4][5]
+Comments accompanying the photographs identify Brendon Spain and other players associated with Crisis Paintball Northland as participating with Expendables alongside Ralph Tsing.[4][5]
+== Results ==
+Complete round-by-round tournament standings and final series championship results have not been established from the available records.
-A promotional calendar published in May specified a firing rate of 10.5 balls per second and a hopper-and-four-pod limit.[2]
+The participating teams and surviving event-specific evidence are documented in the individual round articles.
-Entry was advertised at NZ$500 per team for one round or NZ$1,200 for all three rounds booked together.[1]
+== See also ==
+* [[Arena Paintball]]
+* [[2023 Arena 5 Man Race Series]]
+* [[History of paintball in New Zealand]]
 == References ==
-# [https://web.archive.org/web/20220119221029/https://www.arenapaintball.co.nz/events Arena Paintball — Events, archived 19 January 2022].
-# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=371185408367753&type=3 Arena Paintball — 2022 tournament calendar, Facebook, 12 May 2022].
+# [https://web.archive.org/web/20220119221029/https://www.arenapaintball.co.nz/events Arena Paintball – 2022 tournament calendar, archived 19 January 2022].
+# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=371185408367753&type=3 Arena Paintball – 2022 tournament promotional calendar, Facebook, 12 May 2022].
+# [https://www.facebook.com/CrisisPaintballNorthland/posts/421495506442397/ Crisis Paintball Northland – 2022 Easter tournament entry and roster, Facebook, 2022].
+# [https://www.facebook.com/phoenixauthority/posts/964381077829623/ Phoenix Tahiti Paintball – 2022 Round 3 preliminary-game photographs and participant comments, Facebook, October 2022].
+# [https://www.facebook.com/phoenixauthority/posts/968919574042440/ Phoenix Tahiti Paintball – 2022 Round 3 Labour Day photographs, Facebook, 30 October 2022].
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 [[Category:2020s in New Zealand paintball]]

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