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Expanded BOP Blast history using Vince Knipmeijer's photographic trophy and medal collection. Documented NZLS results and awards from 2014–2026, including individual event placings, season awards, venues, divisions and Arena Plate results. Preserved TPC Blast, Tempest and Tempest Blast within the existing team article, with unconfirmed team attributions clearly distinguished from published results.
Expanded BOP Blast's documented competition history using Vince Knipmeijer's medal and trophy photographs. Attributed awards from 2015 onwards to BOP Blast following contributor confirmation, including NZLS event and season results, Paintball Direct NZ competitions and Arena Paintball trophies. Preserved earlier TPC Blast and Tempest results and distinguished photographic evidence from published standings.
 
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'''BOP Blast''' is a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team from the Bay of Plenty. The team has previously competed under the names '''TPC Blast''', '''Tempest''' and '''Tempest Blast'''. TPC referred to Tauranga Paintball Club, while BOP refers to Bay of Plenty.
'''BOP Blast''' is a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team from the Bay of Plenty. The team has previously competed under the names '''TPC Blast''', '''Tempest''' and '''Tempest Blast'''. TPC referred to Tauranga Paintball Club, while BOP refers to Bay of Plenty.


The team's documented tournament history extends from 2010 to 2026, including appearances in the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]], the [[South Auckland Paintball Club]] Race Series, the [[New Zealand Local Series]] (NZLS) and competitions at [[Arena Paintball]].[1][2][6][13][19]
The team's documented tournament history extends from 2010 to 2026, including appearances in the [[New Zealand Paintball Players League]], [[South Auckland Paintball Club]] Race Series, [[New Zealand Local Series]] (NZLS), [[New Zealand Race Series]] and competitions at [[Arena Paintball]].[1][2][6][13][19][21]


== History ==
== History ==
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TPC Blast competed at the Christchurch Easter five-player tournament on 3–4 April 2010, finishing fifth among seven entries.[1]
TPC Blast competed at the Christchurch Easter five-player tournament on 3–4 April 2010, finishing fifth among seven entries.[1]


At the June 2011 NZPPL Rotorua tournament, the team finished seventh in the opening standings with 397 points and was subsequently reported as runner-up in the Plate competition behind Phoenix.[2]
At the June 2011 NZPPL Rotorua tournament, the team finished seventh in the opening standings with 397 points and subsequently finished second in the reported Plate competition behind Phoenix.[2]


Contemporary New Zealand paintball forum discussions associated TPC Blast with Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty Paintball Club.[3]
Contemporary forum discussions connected TPC Blast with Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty Paintball Club.[3]


The team was also listed among prospective competitors for the 2011 NZPPL Nationals, although the surviving list does not establish its final participation.[4]
The team was included in a pre-event list for the 2011 NZPPL Nationals, although its final attendance has not been confirmed.[4]


At the first NZPPL Super 5-Man tournament of 2012, held at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland on 7–8 April, TPC Blast was placed eighth in a participant-reported classification. This result remains provisional because an official final standings sheet has not been recovered.[5]
At the first NZPPL Super 5-Man event of 2012, held at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland on 7–8 April, TPC Blast was placed eighth in a participant-reported classification. An official final result sheet has not been recovered.[5]


=== Tempest and Tempest Blast (2014) ===
=== Tempest and Tempest Blast (2014) ===
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The team competed in all four documented events of the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series under the names Tempest and Tempest Blast.[6]
The team competed in all four documented events of the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series under the names Tempest and Tempest Blast.[6]


Competing as Tempest, the team finished third at the February opening event. As Tempest Blast, it finished third in May and fifth in July. It returned to the Tempest name for the September event, finishing third.[7][8][9][10]
As Tempest, the team finished third at the February opening event. Competing as Tempest Blast, it finished third in May and fifth in July. The team returned to the Tempest name for the September event, finishing third.[7][8][9][10]


PBLeagues identifies Tempest as a Tauranga team and maintains the Tempest and Tempest Blast results under the same team identity.[6]
PBLeagues identifies Tempest as a Tauranga team and records Tempest and Tempest Blast under the same historical team profile.[6]
 
A trophy inscribed "SAPC Open 3rd Place 2014" is also documented in the photographic collection shared by Vince Knipmeijer in 2026.[21]


=== BOP Blast (2015 onwards) ===
=== BOP Blast (2015 onwards) ===


BOP Blast competed at the opening two events of the 2015 SAPC Race Series, finishing seventh in January–February and fifth in April.[11][12]
BOP Blast competed at the first two events of the 2015 SAPC Race Series, finishing seventh in January–February and fifth in April.[11][12]
 
Subsequent competition records and historical awards document the team's involvement in the New Zealand Local Series, Paintball Direct NZ competitions and tournaments at Arena Paintball.
 
A photographic collection published by Vince Knipmeijer in 2026 documents medals and trophies associated with BOP Blast and its predecessor names. The collection includes awards for individual NZLS events, season championships, divisional competition and regional tournaments.[21]


The team was registered for Division 4 five-player competition at the 2017 NZLS Event 1 at Aces High Paintball in Palmerston North.[13][14]
The awards dated 2015 onwards have been attributed to BOP Blast through contributor confirmation. While their inscriptions establish the event and placing, the team name is not engraved on every award.


BOP Blast subsequently appeared in Arena Paintball competition records during 2025 and 2026. The team was included in the March 2025 pools and the May–June event draw, as well as the 2026 Easter and Matariki draws.[15][16][17][18]
The team's documented honours include a 2017 NZLS season championship medal, a 2019 NZLS season runner-up medal and several event victories.[21]
 
BOP Blast appeared in Arena Paintball competition draws during 2025 and 2026.[15][16][17][18]


An Arena Paintball standings update published on 12 July 2026 placed BOP Blast seventh in the series after two rounds, with 262 points.[19]
An Arena Paintball standings update published on 12 July 2026 placed BOP Blast seventh in the series after two rounds, with 262 points.[19]
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== Tournament results ==
== Tournament results ==


The following results are supported by published competition records or contemporary tournament reporting.
The following results combine published tournament records with awards photographed in the collection shared by Vince Knipmeijer. Results supported by the photographic collection are identified separately from published competition standings.


{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! Year
! Team name
! Team name
! Tournament
! Tournament
! Division or stage
! Division or stage
! Result
! Result
! Source
|-
|-
| 3–4 April 2010
| 2010
| TPC Blast
| TPC Blast
| Christchurch Easter five-player tournament
| Christchurch Easter tournament
| Open
| Open 5-man
| 5th of 7 [1]
| 5th of 7
| [1]
|-
|-
| June 2011
| 2011
| TPC Blast
| TPC Blast
| NZPPL Rotorua tournament
| NZPPL Rotorua tournament
| Plate
| Plate
| 2nd, participant-reported [2]
| 2nd, participant-reported
| [2]
|-
|-
| 7–8 April 2012
| 2012
| TPC Blast
| TPC Blast
| NZPPL Super 5-Man Auckland Event 1
| NZPPL Super 5-Man Auckland Event 1
| Overall
| Overall
| 8th, participant-reported [5]
| 8th, participant-reported
| [5]
|-
|-
| 8–9 February 2014
| 2014
| Tempest
| Tempest
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 1]]
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 1]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| 3rd of 6 [7]
| 3rd
| [7]
|-
|-
| 3–4 May 2014
| 2014
| Tempest Blast
| Tempest Blast
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 2]]
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 2]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| 3rd of 8 [8]
| 3rd
| [8]
|-
|-
| 12–13 July 2014
| 2014
| Tempest Blast
| Tempest Blast
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 3]]
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 3]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| 5th of 7 [9]
| 5th
| [9]
|-
|-
| 27–28 September 2014
| 2014
| Tempest
| Tempest
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 4]]
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 4]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| 3rd of 5 [10]
| 3rd
| [10]
|-
|-
| 31 January–1 February 2015
| 2015
| BOP Blast
| BOP Blast
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1]]
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| 7th of 8 [11]
| 7th
| [11]
|-
|-
| 11–12 April 2015
| 2015
| BOP Blast
| BOP Blast
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2]]
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| 5th of 7 [12]
| 5th
| [12]
|-
|-
| 12 July 2026
| 2015
| BOP Blast
| BOP Blast
| Arena Paintball 2026 series standings
| After two rounds
| 7th, 262 series points [19]
|}
== Historical medals and trophies ==
In 2026, Vince Knipmeijer shared photographs of a collection of tournament medals and trophies accumulated over several years of New Zealand paintball competition. He described the awards as mainly associated with BOP Blast and TPC Blast.[21]
The collection contains identifiable awards from NZLS, SAPC, Paintball Direct NZ, Arena Paintball and other regional competitions.
The inscriptions provide direct evidence of the awards themselves. However, as Knipmeijer did not identify the team associated with every individual medal, the following records should not automatically be treated as confirmed BOP Blast team placings.
=== Identifiable awards ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! Competition
! Award or placing
! Details
|-
| 2014
| SAPC Open
| 3rd
| Trophy inscribed "SAPC Open 3rd Place 2014".
|-
| 2015
| NZLS Whanganui Cup
| NZLS Whanganui Cup
| 3rd
| Not confirmed
| Medal identifying the Whanganui Cup.
| 3rd, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2016
| 2016
| NZLS Round 1
| BOP Blast
| 1st
| NZLS Race Round 1, Rotorua Ballbusters
| Rotorua Ballbusters.
| Not confirmed
| 1st, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| NZLS Event 1
| BOP Blast
| 2nd
| NZLS Event 1, Aces High Paintball
| Event medal.
| Not confirmed
| 2nd, photographic record
| [13][14][21]
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| BOP Blast
| NZLS Event 2
| NZLS Event 2
| 3rd
| Not confirmed
| Event medal.
| 3rd, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| NZLS Event 3
| BOP Blast
| 1st
| NZLS Event 3, Aces High Paintball
| Aces High Paintball.
| Not confirmed
| 1st, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| NZLS season
| BOP Blast
| Season winner
| NZLS Hawera, Paintball Direct NZ
| Medal inscribed "NZLS Season Winner 2017".
| Division II
| 1st, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2017
| 2017
| NZLS Hawera
| BOP Blast
| 1st, Division II
| NZLS season championship
| Trophy identifying Paintball Direct NZ as host and Planet Eclipse as sponsor.
| Season standings
| 1st, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2018
| 2018
| NZLS Event 2
| BOP Blast
| 3rd
| NZLS Event 2, Asylum
| Asylum.
| Not confirmed
| 3rd, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2018
| 2018
| NZLS Event 4
| BOP Blast
| 2nd
| NZLS Event 4, Asylum
| Asylum.
| Not confirmed
| 2nd, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2019
| 2019
| Paintball Direct NZ 5 Man Challenge
| BOP Blast
| 1st, Division I
| Paintball Direct NZ 5-Man Challenge, Hawera
| Hawera.
| Division I
| 1st, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2019
| 2019
| NZLS Event 3
| BOP Blast
| 2nd
| NZLS Event 3, TECT Park
| TECT Park.
| Not confirmed
| 2nd, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2019
| 2019
| NZLS season
| BOP Blast
| 2nd
| NZLS season championship
| Season placing engraved on medal.
| Season standings
| 2nd, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2021
| 2021
| BOP Blast
| [[2021 Corkill Cup]]
| [[2021 Corkill Cup]]
| 2nd
| Not confirmed
| Trophy inscribed "Corkill Cup 2021". The competition was held at Arena Paintball on 23–24 October 2021.[23]
| 2nd, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2022
| 2022
| Arena Cup
| BOP Blast
| 1st
| Arena Cup, June
| Trophy inscribed "Arena Cup June 2022, 1st Place".
| Not confirmed
| 1st, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2024
| 2024
| BOP Blast
| Arena Labour Day
| Arena Labour Day
| 2nd, Plate
| Plate
| Trophy inscribed "Labour Day 2024, 2nd Place Plate".
| 2nd, photographic record
| [21]
|-
|-
| 2026
| 2026
| BOP Blast
| Arena Matariki
| Arena Matariki
| 1st, Plate
| Plate
| Trophy inscribed "Arena Plate Matariki 2026, 1st Place".
| 1st, photographic record
| [21]
|-
| 2026
| BOP Blast
| Arena Paintball series, after Round 2
| Series standings
| 7th, 262 points
| [19]
|}
|}


All entries in this table are drawn from Knipmeijer's photographic collection unless an additional source is specified.[21]
== Additional historical awards ==
 
The photographed 2026 Matariki Plate trophy represents the Plate competition rather than the main Matariki Cup championship.


=== Additional photographed awards ===
The photographic collection also includes several awards with incomplete or obscured inscriptions.[21]


Other identifiable material in the collection includes:
These include:


* NZLS Event 4 at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland, third place, year not established.
* NZLS Event 4 at Lock N Load Paintball, Auckland, third place, year unconfirmed.
* NZLS Event 6 at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland, third place, year not established.
* NZLS Event 6 at Lock N Load Paintball, Auckland, third place, year unconfirmed.
* A New Zealand Race Series medal dated 2020, without a clearly established placing.
* An ECPL (East Coast Paintball League) championship trophy.
* East Coast Paintball League (ECPL) medals and trophies.
* Additional ECPL medals.
* A BOP Paintball Triples trophy without a visible date or placing.
* A BOP Paintball Triples trophy.
* A Paintball Direct NZ Five Man Competition Challenge Cup without a visible date or placing.
* A Paintball Direct NZ Five Man Competition Challenge Cup.
* An Arena Cup third-place trophy without a visible year.
* An Arena Cup third-place trophy with no visible year.
* A New Zealand Race Series medal dated 2020, without a confirmed placing.
* An additional Corkill Cup second-place medal with a year that cannot be reliably established from the photograph.


Several additional medals are visible but cannot be reliably attributed to a specific event from their inscriptions.[21]
These records require further identification before they can be entered as dated tournament results.


== Team identity ==
== Team identity ==


The documented names associated with this team history are:
The team has competed under several names:


* '''TPC Blast''' – Tauranga Paintball Club Blast.
* '''TPC Blast''' – Tauranga Paintball Club Blast.
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* '''BOP Blast''' – Bay of Plenty Blast.
* '''BOP Blast''' – Bay of Plenty Blast.


PBLeagues maintains Tempest and Tempest Blast under the same historical team record.[6]
PBLeagues records Tempest and Tempest Blast under the same historical team identity.[6]


The continuity between TPC Blast, Tempest, Tempest Blast and BOP Blast is contributor-confirmed. The exact dates of each name change have not been independently established.
The continuity between TPC Blast, Tempest, Tempest Blast and BOP Blast is contributor-confirmed. Exact dates for the name changes have not been independently established.


A separate team recorded as Blast at the 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament has not been included because its identity has not been verified.[20]
A separate team called Blast competed at the 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament, finishing thirteenth. Its connection to BOP Blast has not been established.[20]


== Documented people ==
== Documented people ==
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|-
|-
| Steve (surname unconfirmed)
| Steve (surname unconfirmed)
| A contributor using the forum name Armagedonmad identified himself as a Bay of Plenty Paintball Club member and listed TPC Blast as his team.[3]
| A contributor using the username Armagedonmad identified himself as a Bay of Plenty Paintball Club member and listed TPC Blast as his team.[3]
|-
|-
| Vince Knipmeijer
| Vince Knipmeijer
| Historical paintball participant who shared the collection of BOP Blast and TPC Blast trophies and medals in 2026.[21] Also identified as secretary of the Bay of Plenty Paintball Club.[22]
| Identified BOP Blast and TPC Blast as the principal teams associated with his historical collection of tournament medals and trophies, published in 2026.[21]
|}
|}


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# [https://www.findglocal.com/NZ/Feilding/102027051785091/Arena-Paintball Arena Paintball – 2026 series standings after Round 2, 12 July 2026].
# [https://www.findglocal.com/NZ/Feilding/102027051785091/Arena-Paintball Arena Paintball – 2026 series standings after Round 2, 12 July 2026].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018150035/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-1646.html 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament results – NZ Paintball forum, archived].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20081018150035/http://www.paintball.net.nz/archive/index.php/t-1646.html 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament results – NZ Paintball forum, archived].
# [https://www.facebook.com/share/1FXQVMms57/ Vince Knipmeijer – Facebook post and photographs of BOP Blast and TPC Blast tournament medals and trophies, 2026].
# [https://www.facebook.com/share/1FXQVMms57/ Vince Knipmeijer – Historical BOP Blast and TPC Blast tournament medals and trophies, Facebook, 2026].
# [https://www.bayofplentypaintball.co.nz/ Bay of Plenty Paintball Club – official website].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/7390 2021 Corkill Cup – PBLeagues event record, 23–24 October 2021].


== External links ==
== External links ==
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* [https://pbleagues.com/team/F6Y0LM3CEOJMDgCI BOP Blast – PBLeagues]
* [https://pbleagues.com/team/F6Y0LM3CEOJMDgCI BOP Blast – PBLeagues]
* [https://pbleagues.com/team/Fy9P3Fu0a0KzE4TP Tempest – PBLeagues]
* [https://pbleagues.com/team/Fy9P3Fu0a0KzE4TP Tempest – PBLeagues]
* [https://www.bayofplentypaintball.co.nz/ Bay of Plenty Paintball Club]


[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]
[[Category:New Zealand paintball teams]]

Latest revision as of 03:01, 1 November 2026

BOP Blast is a New Zealand tournament paintball team from the Bay of Plenty. The team has previously competed under the names TPC Blast, Tempest and Tempest Blast. TPC referred to Tauranga Paintball Club, while BOP refers to Bay of Plenty.

The team's documented tournament history extends from 2010 to 2026, including appearances in the New Zealand Paintball Players League, South Auckland Paintball Club Race Series, New Zealand Local Series (NZLS), New Zealand Race Series and competitions at Arena Paintball.[1][2][6][13][19][21]

History

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TPC Blast (2010–2012)

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TPC Blast competed at the Christchurch Easter five-player tournament on 3–4 April 2010, finishing fifth among seven entries.[1]

At the June 2011 NZPPL Rotorua tournament, the team finished seventh in the opening standings with 397 points and subsequently finished second in the reported Plate competition behind Phoenix.[2]

Contemporary forum discussions connected TPC Blast with Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty Paintball Club.[3]

The team was included in a pre-event list for the 2011 NZPPL Nationals, although its final attendance has not been confirmed.[4]

At the first NZPPL Super 5-Man event of 2012, held at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland on 7–8 April, TPC Blast was placed eighth in a participant-reported classification. An official final result sheet has not been recovered.[5]

Tempest and Tempest Blast (2014)

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The team competed in all four documented events of the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series under the names Tempest and Tempest Blast.[6]

As Tempest, the team finished third at the February opening event. Competing as Tempest Blast, it finished third in May and fifth in July. The team returned to the Tempest name for the September event, finishing third.[7][8][9][10]

PBLeagues identifies Tempest as a Tauranga team and records Tempest and Tempest Blast under the same historical team profile.[6]

A trophy inscribed "SAPC Open 3rd Place 2014" is also documented in the photographic collection shared by Vince Knipmeijer in 2026.[21]

BOP Blast (2015 onwards)

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BOP Blast competed at the first two events of the 2015 SAPC Race Series, finishing seventh in January–February and fifth in April.[11][12]

Subsequent competition records and historical awards document the team's involvement in the New Zealand Local Series, Paintball Direct NZ competitions and tournaments at Arena Paintball.

A photographic collection published by Vince Knipmeijer in 2026 documents medals and trophies associated with BOP Blast and its predecessor names. The collection includes awards for individual NZLS events, season championships, divisional competition and regional tournaments.[21]

The awards dated 2015 onwards have been attributed to BOP Blast through contributor confirmation. While their inscriptions establish the event and placing, the team name is not engraved on every award.

The team's documented honours include a 2017 NZLS season championship medal, a 2019 NZLS season runner-up medal and several event victories.[21]

BOP Blast appeared in Arena Paintball competition draws during 2025 and 2026.[15][16][17][18]

An Arena Paintball standings update published on 12 July 2026 placed BOP Blast seventh in the series after two rounds, with 262 points.[19]

Tournament results

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The following results combine published tournament records with awards photographed in the collection shared by Vince Knipmeijer. Results supported by the photographic collection are identified separately from published competition standings.

Year Team name Tournament Division or stage Result Source
2010 TPC Blast Christchurch Easter tournament Open 5-man 5th of 7 [1]
2011 TPC Blast NZPPL Rotorua tournament Plate 2nd, participant-reported [2]
2012 TPC Blast NZPPL Super 5-Man Auckland Event 1 Overall 8th, participant-reported [5]
2014 Tempest 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 1 Open X-Ball 3rd [7]
2014 Tempest Blast 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 2 Open X-Ball 3rd [8]
2014 Tempest Blast 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 3 Open X-Ball 5th [9]
2014 Tempest 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 4 Open X-Ball 3rd [10]
2015 BOP Blast 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1 Open X-Ball 7th [11]
2015 BOP Blast 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2 Open X-Ball 5th [12]
2015 BOP Blast NZLS Whanganui Cup Not confirmed 3rd, photographic record [21]
2016 BOP Blast NZLS Race Round 1, Rotorua Ballbusters Not confirmed 1st, photographic record [21]
2017 BOP Blast NZLS Event 1, Aces High Paintball Not confirmed 2nd, photographic record [13][14][21]
2017 BOP Blast NZLS Event 2 Not confirmed 3rd, photographic record [21]
2017 BOP Blast NZLS Event 3, Aces High Paintball Not confirmed 1st, photographic record [21]
2017 BOP Blast NZLS Hawera, Paintball Direct NZ Division II 1st, photographic record [21]
2017 BOP Blast NZLS season championship Season standings 1st, photographic record [21]
2018 BOP Blast NZLS Event 2, Asylum Not confirmed 3rd, photographic record [21]
2018 BOP Blast NZLS Event 4, Asylum Not confirmed 2nd, photographic record [21]
2019 BOP Blast Paintball Direct NZ 5-Man Challenge, Hawera Division I 1st, photographic record [21]
2019 BOP Blast NZLS Event 3, TECT Park Not confirmed 2nd, photographic record [21]
2019 BOP Blast NZLS season championship Season standings 2nd, photographic record [21]
2021 BOP Blast 2021 Corkill Cup Not confirmed 2nd, photographic record [21]
2022 BOP Blast Arena Cup, June Not confirmed 1st, photographic record [21]
2024 BOP Blast Arena Labour Day Plate 2nd, photographic record [21]
2026 BOP Blast Arena Matariki Plate 1st, photographic record [21]
2026 BOP Blast Arena Paintball series, after Round 2 Series standings 7th, 262 points [19]

Additional historical awards

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The photographic collection also includes several awards with incomplete or obscured inscriptions.[21]

These include:

  • NZLS Event 4 at Lock N Load Paintball, Auckland, third place, year unconfirmed.
  • NZLS Event 6 at Lock N Load Paintball, Auckland, third place, year unconfirmed.
  • An ECPL (East Coast Paintball League) championship trophy.
  • Additional ECPL medals.
  • A BOP Paintball Triples trophy.
  • A Paintball Direct NZ Five Man Competition Challenge Cup.
  • An Arena Cup third-place trophy with no visible year.
  • A New Zealand Race Series medal dated 2020, without a confirmed placing.
  • An additional Corkill Cup second-place medal with a year that cannot be reliably established from the photograph.

These records require further identification before they can be entered as dated tournament results.

Team identity

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The team has competed under several names:

  • TPC Blast – Tauranga Paintball Club Blast.
  • TCP Blast – a transposed spelling appearing in a 2010 tournament announcement.
  • Tempest – used during the 2014 SAPC Race Series.
  • Tempest Blast – used during the 2014 SAPC Race Series.
  • BOP Blast – Bay of Plenty Blast.

PBLeagues records Tempest and Tempest Blast under the same historical team identity.[6]

The continuity between TPC Blast, Tempest, Tempest Blast and BOP Blast is contributor-confirmed. Exact dates for the name changes have not been independently established.

A separate team called Blast competed at the 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament, finishing thirteenth. Its connection to BOP Blast has not been established.[20]

Documented people

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Name Documented involvement
Steve (surname unconfirmed) A contributor using the username Armagedonmad identified himself as a Bay of Plenty Paintball Club member and listed TPC Blast as his team.[3]
Vince Knipmeijer Identified BOP Blast and TPC Blast as the principal teams associated with his historical collection of tournament medals and trophies, published in 2026.[21]

See also

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References

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  1. 2010 Season Points and Event Results – NZ Paintball forum, archived.
  2. Scores from Rotorua – NZ Paintball forum, archived.
  3. SAPC 2011–2012 discussion – NZ Paintball forum, archived.
  4. 2011 NZPPL Nationals teams-attending list – NZ Paintball forum, archived.
  5. NZPPL Super 5-Man Auckland Event 1 discussion – NZ Paintball forum, archived.
  6. Tempest historical team profile – PBLeagues.
  7. 2014 SAPC February Race rankings – PBLeagues.
  8. 2014 SAPC May Race rankings – PBLeagues.
  9. 2014 SAPC July Race rankings – PBLeagues.
  10. 2014 SAPC September Race rankings – PBLeagues.
  11. 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1 rankings – PBLeagues.
  12. 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2 rankings – PBLeagues.
  13. 2017 NZLS Event 1 registered teams – PBLeagues.
  14. 2017 NZLS Event 1 tournament information – PBLeagues.
  15. Arena Paintball – March 2025 pools, 20 March 2025.
  16. Arena Paintball – Round 2 draw, 17 May 2025.
  17. Arena Paintball – Easter pools and draw, 23 March 2026.
  18. Arena Paintball – Matariki pools and draw, 23 June 2026.
  19. Arena Paintball – 2026 series standings after Round 2, 12 July 2026.
  20. 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament results – NZ Paintball forum, archived.
  21. Vince Knipmeijer – Historical BOP Blast and TPC Blast tournament medals and trophies, Facebook, 2026.
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