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Created page with " '''Bonkers Paintball''' was a recreational paintball business in Malta documented during the 2010s. A Maltese company named Bonkers Paintball Ltd was incorporated on 29 September 2011, while surviving online records document paintball activity under the Bonkers name and its use as a corporate team-building venue. [1][2][3] The precise location of its playing field, opening date and final operating date have not been established. == History == === Company formation ==..."
 
Update Bonkers Paintball with historical company-registry data, participant media and Servgroup's dated 2017 event report; distinguish the company address and legal status from the unconfirmed field location and operating dates.
 
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'''Bonkers Paintball''' was a recreational paintball venue in Malta, documented through participant media and a customer report of a corporate team-building event. A Maltese company named '''Bonkers Paintball Ltd''' was incorporated on 29 September 2011. [1][2][3]


'''Bonkers Paintball''' was a recreational paintball business in Malta documented during the 2010s. A Maltese company named Bonkers Paintball Ltd was incorporated on 29 September 2011, while surviving online records document paintball activity under the Bonkers name and its use as a corporate team-building venue. [1][2][3]
The available records do not establish the playing site's precise address, opening date or final operating date.


The precise location of its playing field, opening date and final operating date have not been established.
== Company record ==


== History ==
The historical Malta corporate-registry dataset published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists records Bonkers Paintball Ltd as incorporated on 29 September 2011. It identifies Thomas Robert West as a director, secretary and shareholder, and Christopher Ellerby-Hemmings as a shareholder. The dataset is stated to be current through 2016. [1]


=== Company formation ===
Commercial company directories identify the company by registration number C 53989 and give an address at Dallas Apartments, Triq il-Qawra, St Paul's Bay. This is a company address and has not been established as the paintball field's location. [4][5]


Bonkers Paintball Ltd was registered in Malta on 29 September 2011 under company registration number C 53989. [1]
These corporate records do not independently establish when the playing venue opened or who managed its daily activities. [1][4][5]


Historical company directories identify Thomas Robert West as a director and list Thomas Robert West and Christopher Ellerby-Hemmings as shareholders. [1]
== Documented paintball activity ==


The company's registered address was at Dallas Apartments, Triq il-Qawra, St Paul's Bay. [1][2]
A YouTube video titled ''Adrenaline Wibbly Wobbly Bonkers Paintball War.wmv'' identifies Bonkers Paintball in Malta in its description. It provides a participant-produced record of paintball activity under the Bonkers name. [2]


This was its registered business address and has not been independently confirmed as the location of the paintball playing field.
On 4 March 2017, Servgroup published photographs with a caption reporting a completed team-building event at the Bonkers paintball site. The post documents customer use of a venue under that name, but does not give its address or a separate playing date. [3]


=== Early documented activity ===
Neither source identifies the legal operator of the playing site. Its relationship with Bonkers Paintball Ltd should therefore be distinguished from the shared name. [1][2][3]


A YouTube video titled "Adrenaline Wibbly Wobbly Bonkers Paintball War.wmv", published on 18 October 2011, identifies Bonkers Paintball in Malta in its description. [3]
== Later company listing ==


The video provides an early surviving audiovisual reference to the business shortly after the registered company's incorporation.
The commercial directory 996co subsequently listed Bonkers Paintball Ltd as struck off as defunct. An original Malta Business Registry filing establishing the date and circumstances of that status has not been verified. The directory entry does not establish when the paintball venue stopped accepting customers. [4]
 
Its publication date establishes the availability of the recording by October 2011, but does not necessarily establish the date on which the game was played.
 
=== Recreational and corporate paintball ===
 
Bonkers Paintball offered recreational paintball activities and was used for corporate team-building events.
 
A surviving Facebook post by Servgroup describes a team-building event at the Bonkers paintball site. [4]
 
The post confirms a connection between the Bonkers name and an actual paintball playing venue, although its original event date has not been independently established.
 
A photograph circulated by the Maltese social media page Only in Malta also documents signage associated with Bonkers Paintball. The accompanying caption describes the business as being located beside a mental health service. [5]
 
The photograph is an additional historical reference to the business, but does not independently establish its precise street address or the boundaries of its playing area.
 
== Playing facilities ==
 
Bonkers Paintball operated a venue used for recreational paintball games and group activities.
 
The surviving video and corporate event references establish paintball activity associated with the business, but available records do not provide a reliable description of the playing field's dimensions, obstacle configuration or equipment inventory.
 
There is also no verified record of Bonkers hosting a recognised national or international paintball tournament.
 
== Later history ==
 
Commercial company-directory records subsequently listed Bonkers Paintball Ltd as struck off as defunct. [1]
 
The original company-register filing establishing the date and legal circumstances of this status has not been independently recovered.
 
The company's legal status should therefore be distinguished from the operational history of the playing field. The precise date when the venue stopped accepting customers has not been established.
 
== Historical significance ==
 
Bonkers Paintball forms part of the documented commercial paintball industry in Malta during the early 2010s.
 
Its incorporation and contemporary video evidence place it among the businesses associated with recreational paintball during a period when several operators, including [[Extreme Paintball (Ta' Qali)]], [[Spear Games Paintball]] and [[Paintball Mania]], were active or developing their facilities.
 
The surviving corporate event reference also illustrates the use of paintball for recreational group activities and team-building in Malta.
 
The exact relationship between Bonkers Paintball Ltd and the playing site, including its ownership, location and operating period, remains an area for further historical research.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Spear Games Paintball]]
* [[Spear Games Paintball]]
* [[Paintball Mania]]
* [[Paintball Mania]]
* [[Gozo Xtreme Paintball]]


== References ==
== References ==


# [https://www.996co.com/mlt/company/C%2053989 Bonkers Paintball Ltd]. Malta Companies Directory, company number C 53989.
# [https://offshoreleaks.icij.org/nodes/55048878 Bonkers Paintball Ltd]. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Paradise Papers Malta corporate-registry dataset; information stated current through 2016.
# [https://mlt.bizdirlib.com/node/14358 Bonkers Paintball Ltd]. Malta Business Database, historical registration details.
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWBbEghtGI Adrenaline Wibbly Wobbly Bonkers Paintball War.wmv]. YouTube. Video description identifies Bonkers Paintball in Malta.
# [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWBbEghtGI Adrenaline Wibbly Wobbly Bonkers Paintball War.wmv]. YouTube, published 18 October 2011.
# [https://www.facebook.com/Servgroup/posts/a-great-team-building-event-bonkers-paintball-site/1363050893754121/ A great team building event at Bonkers paintball site]. Servgroup, Facebook, 4 March 2017.
# [https://www.facebook.com/Servgroup/posts/a-great-team-building-event-bonkers-paintball-site/1363050893754121/ Servgroup, A great team building event at Bonkers paintball site]. Facebook.
# [https://www.996co.com/mlt/company/C%2053989 Bonkers Paintball Ltd, C 53989]. 996co commercial company directory. Records company details and a subsequent struck-off status.
# [https://www.facebook.com/onlyinmalta/photos/only-in-malta-would-you-open-a-business-called-bonkers-paintball-right-next-to-t/600250153481145/ Only in Malta, Bonkers Paintball photograph]. Facebook.
# [https://mlt.bizdirlib.com/node/14358 Bonkers Paintball Ltd]. Malta Business Database, commercial directory. Records company number, incorporation date and company address.


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Latest revision as of 08:51, 27 October 2026

Bonkers Paintball was a recreational paintball venue in Malta, documented through participant media and a customer report of a corporate team-building event. A Maltese company named Bonkers Paintball Ltd was incorporated on 29 September 2011. [1][2][3]

The available records do not establish the playing site's precise address, opening date or final operating date.

Company record

[edit]

The historical Malta corporate-registry dataset published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists records Bonkers Paintball Ltd as incorporated on 29 September 2011. It identifies Thomas Robert West as a director, secretary and shareholder, and Christopher Ellerby-Hemmings as a shareholder. The dataset is stated to be current through 2016. [1]

Commercial company directories identify the company by registration number C 53989 and give an address at Dallas Apartments, Triq il-Qawra, St Paul's Bay. This is a company address and has not been established as the paintball field's location. [4][5]

These corporate records do not independently establish when the playing venue opened or who managed its daily activities. [1][4][5]

Documented paintball activity

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A YouTube video titled Adrenaline Wibbly Wobbly Bonkers Paintball War.wmv identifies Bonkers Paintball in Malta in its description. It provides a participant-produced record of paintball activity under the Bonkers name. [2]

On 4 March 2017, Servgroup published photographs with a caption reporting a completed team-building event at the Bonkers paintball site. The post documents customer use of a venue under that name, but does not give its address or a separate playing date. [3]

Neither source identifies the legal operator of the playing site. Its relationship with Bonkers Paintball Ltd should therefore be distinguished from the shared name. [1][2][3]

Later company listing

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The commercial directory 996co subsequently listed Bonkers Paintball Ltd as struck off as defunct. An original Malta Business Registry filing establishing the date and circumstances of that status has not been verified. The directory entry does not establish when the paintball venue stopped accepting customers. [4]

See also

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References

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  1. Bonkers Paintball Ltd. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Paradise Papers Malta corporate-registry dataset; information stated current through 2016.
  2. Adrenaline Wibbly Wobbly Bonkers Paintball War.wmv. YouTube. Video description identifies Bonkers Paintball in Malta.
  3. A great team building event at Bonkers paintball site. Servgroup, Facebook, 4 March 2017.
  4. Bonkers Paintball Ltd, C 53989. 996co commercial company directory. Records company details and a subsequent struck-off status.
  5. Bonkers Paintball Ltd. Malta Business Database, commercial directory. Records company number, incorporation date and company address.
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