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Merged the existing Tempest article into BOP Blast following contributor confirmation that TPC Blast, Tempest, Tempest Blast and BOP Blast form the same team history. Added all four verified 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball results and the PBLeagues evidence linking Tempest with Tempest Blast and Tauranga. Retained BOP Blast as the current canonical name. The unrelated or unresolved 2008 Wellington Easter entry named Blast remains excluded.
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.
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'''BOP Blast''' is a New Zealand tournament [[paintball]] team from the Bay of Plenty. The team previously competed using the names '''TPC Blast''', '''Tempest''' and '''Tempest Blast'''. BOP refers to '''Bay of Plenty''', while TPC referred to '''Tauranga Paintball Club'''.


The team is documented in national competition from 2010 to 2026. It competed as TPC Blast from 2010 to 2012, as Tempest and Tempest Blast during the 2014 [[South Auckland Paintball Club]] Race Series, and subsequently as BOP Blast.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
'''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 recorded simply as '''Blast''' at the 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament has not been merged because the surviving sources contain no player names or regional information connecting it with the Bay of Plenty team.
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]


== Tournament history ==
== History ==


=== TPC Blast ===
=== TPC Blast (2010–2012) ===
TPC Blast competed at the Christchurch Easter five-player tournament on 3–4 April 2010. The results placed the team fifth among seven entries.[1] A later unofficial ranking calculation assigned TPC Blast 40 points, but those points were not an official tournament score or confirmed national-series standing.


At the 2011 NZPPL Rotorua tournament, TPC Blast finished seventh in the first-day standings with 397 points. It advanced to the Plate competition and was reported as the Plate runner-up behind Phoenix.[2]
TPC Blast competed at the Christchurch Easter five-player tournament on 3–4 April 2010, finishing fifth among seven entries.[1]


Contemporary forum signatures connected TPC Blast with Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty Paintball Club. A member posting as ''Armagedonmad'' signed as Steve, described himself as a Bay of Plenty Paintball Club member and listed his team as TPC Blast.[3]
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]


TPC Blast was included in a nineteen-team pre-event list for the 2011 NZPPL Nationals.[4] The list records intended attendance rather than a confirmed tournament result.
Contemporary New Zealand paintball forum discussions associated TPC Blast with Tauranga and the Bay of Plenty Paintball Club.[3]


At the first 2012 NZPPL Super 5-Man event, held at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland on 7–8 April, a participant-reported classification placed TPC Blast eighth.[5] The author expressly qualified the classification from memory, and no official final result sheet has been recovered.
The team was also listed among prospective competitors for the 2011 NZPPL Nationals, although the surviving list does not establish its final participation.[4]


=== Tempest and Tempest Blast ===
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]
The team competed at all four documented events in the 2014 SAPC Open X-Ball Race Series. PBLeagues records the names Tempest and Tempest Blast under the same team identity.[6]


Competing as Tempest, the team finished third at the opening event on 8–9 February.[7] It used the name Tempest Blast at the next two events, finishing third on 3–4 May and fifth on 12–13 July.[8][9] The team returned to the Tempest name for the final event on 27–28 September and finished third.[10]
=== Tempest and Tempest Blast (2014) ===


The PBLeagues profile identifies Tempest as a Tauranga team.[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]


=== BOP Blast ===
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]
BOP Blast competed in Open X-Ball at the first two 2015 SAPC Race Series events. It finished seventh at the opening event on 31 January–1 February and fifth at the second event on 11–12 April.[11][12]


BOP Blast was registered for the 2017 New Zealand Local Series Event 1 at Aces High Paintball in Palmerston North. The entry was in Division 4 five-player competition, but the registration record does not establish attendance or a final placing.[13][14]
PBLeagues identifies Tempest as a Tauranga team and maintains the Tempest and Tempest Blast results under the same team identity.[6]


The team returned to documented Arena Paintball competition in 2025. It was listed in Pool B of the March event and appeared in the draw for the 31 May–1 June round.[15][16] These draws establish scheduled participation but do not provide final placings.
=== BOP Blast (2015 onwards) ===


BOP Blast appeared in the pool draws for the 2026 Arena Paintball Easter and Matariki events.[17][18] An Arena Paintball standings update dated 12 July 2026 placed BOP Blast seventh after two rounds with 262 series points.[19]
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]


== Team identity ==
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 following names belong to the same team history:


* '''TPC Blast''' — Tauranga Paintball Club Blast
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]
* '''TCP Blast''' — a transposed spelling of TPC Blast printed in the 2010 Easter event announcement
* '''Tempest''' — the name used at the first and fourth 2014 SAPC events
* '''Tempest Blast''' — the name used at the second and third 2014 SAPC events
* '''BOP Blast''' — Bay of Plenty Blast and the current team name


PBLeagues records Tempest and Tempest Blast under a single team identity.[6] The continuity of those names with TPC Blast and BOP Blast is contributor-confirmed. The surviving records do not establish exact dates for each name change.
An Arena Paintball standings update published on 12 July 2026 placed BOP Blast seventh in the series after two rounds, with 262 points.[19]


The following entry remains unresolved:
== Tournament results ==


* '''Blast''' — a team that placed thirteenth at the 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament. No player or regional evidence connecting that entry with the Bay of Plenty team has been recovered.[20]
The following results are supported by published competition records or contemporary tournament reporting.


== Recorded results ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Date
! Date
! Published entry
! Team name
! Event
! Tournament
! Division or stage
! Division or stage
! Result
! Result
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| Christchurch Easter five-player tournament
| Christchurch Easter five-player tournament
| Open
| Open
| Fifth.[1]
| 5th of 7 [1]
|-
|-
| June 2011
| June 2011
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| NZPPL Rotorua tournament
| NZPPL Rotorua tournament
| Plate
| Plate
| Second in the reported Plate classification.[2]
| 2nd, participant-reported [2]
|-
|-
| 7–8 April 2012
| 7–8 April 2012
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| NZPPL Super 5-Man Auckland Event 1
| NZPPL Super 5-Man Auckland Event 1
| Overall
| Overall
| Eighth, participant-reported.[5]
| 8th, participant-reported [5]
|-
|-
| 8–9 February 2014
| 8–9 February 2014
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| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 1]]
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 1]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| Third.[7]
| 3rd of 6 [7]
|-
|-
| 3–4 May 2014
| 3–4 May 2014
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| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 2]]
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 2]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| Third; 70 series points.[8]
| 3rd of 8 [8]
|-
|-
| 12–13 July 2014
| 12–13 July 2014
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| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 3]]
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 3]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| Fifth; 40 series points.[9]
| 5th of 7 [9]
|-
|-
| 27–28 September 2014
| 27–28 September 2014
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| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 4]]
| [[2014 SAPC Race Series Event 4]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| Third.[10]
| 3rd of 5 [10]
|-
|-
| 31 January–1 February 2015
| 31 January–1 February 2015
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| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1]]
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| Seventh.[11]
| 7th of 8 [11]
|-
|-
| 11–12 April 2015
| 11–12 April 2015
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| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2]]
| [[2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2]]
| Open X-Ball
| Open X-Ball
| Fifth.[12]
| 5th of 7 [12]
|-
|-
| 12 July 2026 standings update
| 12 July 2026
| BOP Blast
| BOP Blast
| Arena Paintball series
| Arena Paintball 2026 series standings
| Not specified
| After two rounds
| Seventh after two rounds; 262 points.[19]
| 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
| 3rd
| Medal identifying the Whanganui Cup.
|-
| 2016
| NZLS Round 1
| 1st
| Rotorua Ballbusters.
|-
| 2017
| NZLS Event 1
| 2nd
| Event medal.
|-
| 2017
| NZLS Event 2
| 3rd
| Event medal.
|-
| 2017
| NZLS Event 3
| 1st
| Aces High Paintball.
|-
| 2017
| NZLS season
| Season winner
| Medal inscribed "NZLS Season Winner 2017".
|-
| 2017
| NZLS Hawera
| 1st, Division II
| Trophy identifying Paintball Direct NZ as host and Planet Eclipse as sponsor.
|-
| 2018
| NZLS Event 2
| 3rd
| Asylum.
|-
| 2018
| NZLS Event 4
| 2nd
| Asylum.
|-
| 2019
| Paintball Direct NZ 5 Man Challenge
| 1st, Division I
| Hawera.
|-
| 2019
| NZLS Event 3
| 2nd
| TECT Park.
|-
| 2019
| NZLS season
| 2nd
| Season placing engraved on medal.
|-
| 2021
| [[2021 Corkill Cup]]
| 2nd
| Trophy inscribed "Corkill Cup 2021". The competition was held at Arena Paintball on 23–24 October 2021.[23]
|-
| 2022
| Arena Cup
| 1st
| Trophy inscribed "Arena Cup June 2022, 1st Place".
|-
| 2024
| Arena Labour Day
| 2nd, Plate
| Trophy inscribed "Labour Day 2024, 2nd Place Plate".
|-
| 2026
| Arena Matariki
| 1st, Plate
| Trophy inscribed "Arena Plate Matariki 2026, 1st Place".
|}
|}
All entries in this table are drawn from Knipmeijer's photographic collection unless an additional source is specified.[21]
The photographed 2026 Matariki Plate trophy represents the Plate competition rather than the main Matariki Cup championship.
=== Additional photographed awards ===
Other identifiable material in the collection includes:
* NZLS Event 4 at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland, third place, year not established.
* NZLS Event 6 at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland, third place, year not established.
* A New Zealand Race Series medal dated 2020, without a clearly established placing.
* East Coast Paintball League (ECPL) medals and trophies.
* A BOP Paintball Triples trophy without a visible date or placing.
* A Paintball Direct NZ Five Man Competition Challenge Cup without a visible date or placing.
* An Arena Cup third-place trophy without a visible year.
Several additional medals are visible but cannot be reliably attributed to a specific event from their inscriptions.[21]
== Team identity ==
The documented names associated with this team history are:
* '''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 maintains Tempest and Tempest Blast under the same historical team record.[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.
A separate team recorded as Blast at the 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament has not been included because its identity has not been verified.[20]


== Documented people ==
== Documented people ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Published name
! Name
! Documented involvement
! Documented involvement
! Evidence limit
|-
|-
| Steve
| Steve (surname unconfirmed)
| Used the forum account ''Armagedonmad'', identified himself as a Bay of Plenty Paintball Club member and listed TPC Blast as his team.[3]
| 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]
| No surname or complete playing history has been verified from the inspected source.
|-
| 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]
|}
|}


== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[History of paintball in New Zealand]]
* [[South Auckland Paintball Club]]
* [[South Auckland Paintball Club]]
* [[New Zealand Local Series]]
* [[Arena Paintball]]
* [[Arena Paintball]]
* [[Paintball in the Bay of Plenty]]


== References ==
== References ==
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218034735/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2590&view=print 2010 Season Points and Event Results — NZ Paintball forum]
 
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207161019/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3517 Scores from Rotorua — NZ Paintball forum]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130218034735/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=2590&view=print 2010 Season Points and Event Results – NZ Paintball forum, archived].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3997 SAPC 2011–2012 discussion — NZ Paintball forum]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207161019/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3517 Scores from Rotorua – NZ Paintball forum, archived].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207150546/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4021 2011 NZPPL Nationals teams-attending list — NZ Paintball forum]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=3997 SAPC 2011–2012 discussion – NZ Paintball forum, archived].
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206050213/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4203&start=10 NZPPL Super 5-Man Auckland Event 1 discussion and participant-reported results]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207150546/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4021 2011 NZPPL Nationals teams-attending list – NZ Paintball forum, archived].
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/Fy9P3Fu0a0KzE4TP PBLeagues — Tempest team profile and tournament history]
# [https://web.archive.org/web/20130206050213/http://paintball.net.nz/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=4203&start=10 NZPPL Super 5-Man Auckland Event 1 discussion – NZ Paintball forum, archived].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3153/rankings PBLeagues — SAPC February 2014 Race placings]
# [https://pbleagues.com/team/Fy9P3Fu0a0KzE4TP Tempest historical team profile – PBLeagues].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3267/rankings PBLeagues — SAPC May 2014 Race placings]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3153/rankings 2014 SAPC February Race rankings – PBLeagues].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3574/rankings PBLeagues — SAPC July 2014 Race placings]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3267/rankings 2014 SAPC May Race rankings – PBLeagues].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3575/rankings PBLeagues — SAPC September 2014 Race placings]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3574/rankings 2014 SAPC July Race rankings – PBLeagues].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3851/rankings PBLeagues — SAPC Race Series Event 1, 2015 placings]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3575/rankings 2014 SAPC September Race rankings – PBLeagues].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3852/rankings PBLeagues — SAPC Race Series Event 2, 2015 placings]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3851/rankings 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1 rankings – PBLeagues].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4893/teams PBLeagues — 2017 NZLS Event 1 registered teams]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/3852/rankings 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2 rankings – PBLeagues].
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4893/info PBLeagues — 2017 NZLS Event 1 information]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4893/teams 2017 NZLS Event 1 registered teams – PBLeagues].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1031241422362145&type=3 Arena Paintball — March 2025 pools, 20 March 2025]
# [https://pbleagues.com/event/4893/info 2017 NZLS Event 1 tournament information – PBLeagues].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1075266014626352&type=3 Arena Paintball — Round 2 draw, 17 May 2025]
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1031241422362145&type=3 Arena Paintball – March 2025 pools, 20 March 2025].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1322097636609854&type=3 Arena Paintball — Easter pools and draw, 23 March 2026]
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1075266014626352&type=3 Arena Paintball – Round 2 draw, 17 May 2025].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1399469198872697&type=3 Arena Paintball — Matariki pools and draw, 23 June 2026]
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1322097636609854&type=3 Arena Paintball – Easter pools and draw, 23 March 2026].
# [https://www.findglocal.com/NZ/Feilding/102027051785091/Arena-Paintball Arena Paintball — series points after Round 2, 12 July 2026]
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1399469198872697&type=3 Arena Paintball – Matariki pools and draw, 23 June 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]
# [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://www.facebook.com/share/1FXQVMms57/ Vince Knipmeijer – Facebook post and photographs of BOP Blast and TPC Blast tournament medals and trophies, 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 ==
* [https://pbleagues.com/team/F6Y0LM3CEOJMDgCI BOP Blast — PBLeagues profile]
 
* [https://pbleagues.com/team/Fy9P3Fu0a0KzE4TP Tempest — historical PBLeagues profile]
* [https://pbleagues.com/team/F6Y0LM3CEOJMDgCI BOP Blast – 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]]
[[Category:Paintball in the Bay of Plenty]]
[[Category:2010s in New Zealand paintball]]
[[Category:2020s in New Zealand paintball]]

Revision as of 02:23, 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, the South Auckland Paintball Club Race Series, the New Zealand Local Series (NZLS) and competitions at Arena Paintball.[1][2][6][13][19]

History

TPC Blast (2010–2012)

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]

Contemporary New Zealand paintball forum discussions associated 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]

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]

Tempest and Tempest Blast (2014)

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]

PBLeagues identifies Tempest as a Tauranga team and maintains the Tempest and Tempest Blast results under the same team identity.[6]

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]

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]

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]

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

The following results are supported by published competition records or contemporary tournament reporting.

Date Team name Tournament Division or stage Result
3–4 April 2010 TPC Blast Christchurch Easter five-player tournament Open 5th of 7 [1]
June 2011 TPC Blast NZPPL Rotorua tournament Plate 2nd, participant-reported [2]
7–8 April 2012 TPC Blast NZPPL Super 5-Man Auckland Event 1 Overall 8th, participant-reported [5]
8–9 February 2014 Tempest 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 1 Open X-Ball 3rd of 6 [7]
3–4 May 2014 Tempest Blast 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 2 Open X-Ball 3rd of 8 [8]
12–13 July 2014 Tempest Blast 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 3 Open X-Ball 5th of 7 [9]
27–28 September 2014 Tempest 2014 SAPC Race Series Event 4 Open X-Ball 3rd of 5 [10]
31 January–1 February 2015 BOP Blast 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 1 Open X-Ball 7th of 8 [11]
11–12 April 2015 BOP Blast 2015 SAPC Race Series Event 2 Open X-Ball 5th of 7 [12]
12 July 2026 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

Year Competition Award or placing Details
2014 SAPC Open 3rd Trophy inscribed "SAPC Open 3rd Place 2014".
2015 NZLS Whanganui Cup 3rd Medal identifying the Whanganui Cup.
2016 NZLS Round 1 1st Rotorua Ballbusters.
2017 NZLS Event 1 2nd Event medal.
2017 NZLS Event 2 3rd Event medal.
2017 NZLS Event 3 1st Aces High Paintball.
2017 NZLS season Season winner Medal inscribed "NZLS Season Winner 2017".
2017 NZLS Hawera 1st, Division II Trophy identifying Paintball Direct NZ as host and Planet Eclipse as sponsor.
2018 NZLS Event 2 3rd Asylum.
2018 NZLS Event 4 2nd Asylum.
2019 Paintball Direct NZ 5 Man Challenge 1st, Division I Hawera.
2019 NZLS Event 3 2nd TECT Park.
2019 NZLS season 2nd Season placing engraved on medal.
2021 2021 Corkill Cup 2nd Trophy inscribed "Corkill Cup 2021". The competition was held at Arena Paintball on 23–24 October 2021.[23]
2022 Arena Cup 1st Trophy inscribed "Arena Cup June 2022, 1st Place".
2024 Arena Labour Day 2nd, Plate Trophy inscribed "Labour Day 2024, 2nd Place Plate".
2026 Arena Matariki 1st, Plate Trophy inscribed "Arena Plate Matariki 2026, 1st Place".

All entries in this table are drawn from Knipmeijer's photographic collection unless an additional source is specified.[21]

The photographed 2026 Matariki Plate trophy represents the Plate competition rather than the main Matariki Cup championship.

Additional photographed awards

Other identifiable material in the collection includes:

  • NZLS Event 4 at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland, third place, year not established.
  • NZLS Event 6 at Lock N Load Paintball in Auckland, third place, year not established.
  • A New Zealand Race Series medal dated 2020, without a clearly established placing.
  • East Coast Paintball League (ECPL) medals and trophies.
  • A BOP Paintball Triples trophy without a visible date or placing.
  • A Paintball Direct NZ Five Man Competition Challenge Cup without a visible date or placing.
  • An Arena Cup third-place trophy without a visible year.

Several additional medals are visible but cannot be reliably attributed to a specific event from their inscriptions.[21]

Team identity

The documented names associated with this team history are:

  • 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 maintains Tempest and Tempest Blast under the same historical team record.[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.

A separate team recorded as Blast at the 2008 Wellington Easter Tournament has not been included because its identity has not been verified.[20]

Documented people

Name Documented involvement
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]
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]

See also

References

  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 – Facebook post and photographs of BOP Blast and TPC Blast tournament medals and trophies, 2026.
  22. Bay of Plenty Paintball Club – official website.
  23. 2021 Corkill Cup – PBLeagues event record, 23–24 October 2021.
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