Spear Games Paintball

Spear Games Paintball was a commercial recreational paintball operator in Kalkara, Malta. The business used the names SP.E.A.R. Games and Paintball Malta, and operated a playing site on St Rocco Street near the Mediterranean Film Studios. Its website, PaintballMalta.com, is preserved in captures from 2007 onwards. [1][2][3]

The company record gives an incorporation date of 3 December 1998. The field's opening date remains unconfirmed. On 28 May 2015, the management announced a suspension of bookings until further notice. [4][5]

History

Company record

The historical Malta corporate-registry dataset published by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists records SP.E.A.R. Games Ltd as incorporated on 3 December 1998. The dataset identifies Vincent Muscat, Paul Muscat and John Muscat as directors and shareholders, with Paul Muscat also listed as company secretary. [4]

The registry information is stated to be current through 2016. It documents the company and its recorded officers, rather than establishing the field's opening date or identifying which individuals managed its daily operations. [4]

Archived website and location

An Internet Archive capture dated 11 March 2007 preserves the PaintballMalta.com website under the title S.P.E.A.R. Games Ltd. A further capture from 21 May 2007 describes the operator's recreational paintball packages and supplied equipment. [1][2]

The archived location page from 24 July 2009 identifies the playing site as SP.E.A.R. Games, St Rocco Street, Kalkara. Directions placed it beside the Mediterranean Film Studios entrance and directed visitors towards the MFS Water Tanks. [3]

The same page separately identifies a company office at 32 Marina Street, Pietà. This office address was distinct from the playing site. [3]

Recreational operations

The operator's May 2007 website advertised packages that could be tailored to customers' requirements, with an average game lasting approximately two and a half hours. Supplied equipment included a paintball marker, a CO2 cylinder and gas, face and ear protection, camouflage overalls and paintballs. Additional paintballs could be purchased during play. [2]

The business also promoted itself through a Facebook presence named Paintball Malta By Spear Games. Posts preserved by a promotional mirror identify the field as Rinella–Kalkara on 5 April 2013 and 12 March 2014, linking that location description with PaintballMalta.com. [5]

Suspension of bookings

On 28 May 2015, a notice signed by the management of Spear Games Ltd announced that the business was no longer accepting bookings until further notice. The notice survives in a mirror of the operator's promotional posts. [5]

The announcement documents a booking suspension. It does not establish a permanent closure date or identify the final game held at the site. [5]

Earlier planning records

Planning application PA/01439/99 proposed changing a film-production site at Triq ir-Rinella, Kalkara, into a paintball field. The Planning Authority's public database records receipt on 22 March 1999 and the granting of outline development permission on 12 April 2000. [6]

A separate Times of Malta report published on 6 May 2003 described planning approval for a paintball facility on a derelict field adjoining the Mediterranean Film Studios at Ricasoli. [7]

Neither source establishes that Spear Games implemented the development concerned. These records should therefore be distinguished from the operator's documented website, location and promotional material. [3][6][7]

See also

• Paintball in Malta
• Early history of paintball in Malta
• Regulation of paintball in Malta

References

1. S.P.E.A.R. Games Ltd website. Internet Archive capture, 11 March 2007.
2. S.P.E.A.R. Games: home page. Internet Archive capture, 21 May 2007. Describes packages and supplied equipment.
3. S.P.E.A.R. Games: Site Location. Internet Archive capture, 24 July 2009. Identifies the Kalkara playing site and separate Pietà office.
4. SP.E.A.R. Games Ltd. International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Paradise Papers Malta corporate-registry dataset; information stated current through 2016.
5. Paintball Malta By Spear Games: promotional archive. LocalGymsAndFitness, mirror preserving operator posts dated 5 April 2013, 12 March 2014 and 28 May 2015.
6. Planning application PA/01439/99. Planning Authority, public application database; received 22 March 1999, outline permission granted 12 April 2000. Inspected 27 October 2026.
7. Sliema hotel extension given the green light. Times of Malta, 6 May 2003. Includes reporting on the Ricasoli paintball proposal.