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Ballistics Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)

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Ballistics Unit is a New Zealand tournament paintball team whose PBLeagues profile identifies Auckland as its hometown and Asylum Paintball as its associated field. Its documented competition record includes New Zealand race events and NXL Australia, where it won Division 1 at the 2019 Finals.[1]

History

Facebook page names

The team’s official Facebook page was created on 5 June 2017 under the name New Zealand Paintball Team. Facebook’s page history records the following subsequent names:[10]

Date Page name
10 June 2017 New Zealand Paintball Team World Cup Asia/ Nations Cup 2017
20 July 2017 New Zealand Paintball Team 2017
16 September 2017 Ballistics Unit NZL
4 October 2017 Ballistics Unit Aisawan
21 October 2018 Ballistics Unit

These dates document the Facebook page’s naming history rather than the team’s founding date.[10]

Australian competition

PBLeagues records Ballistics Unit finishing second among five Division 1 teams at NXL Australia NSW Round 2 on 5 May 2019. It subsequently finished first among seven Division 1 teams at the NXL Australia Finals on 12–13 October 2019.[1]

New Zealand competition

In a report published on 28 March 2020, the team stated that it had finished second behind Expendables at the first New Zealand Race Series event, held the preceding weekend.[2]

A separate report dated 27 June 2020 described another runner-up finish against Expendables. Ballistics Unit reported winning the round robin and taking a 2–0 lead before Expendables scored three unanswered points.[3]

Ballistics Unit reached the final of the October round of the 2023 Arena 5 Man Race Series. A contemporary interview with Ralph Tsing reported a 3–0 final defeat to Expendables.[4]

The team appeared in the published draws for the Easter, King’s Birthday and Labour weekend events in the 2024 Arena programme.[5][6][7]

In 2026, separate Ballistics Unit 1 and Ballistics Unit 2 entries appeared in the pool draws for the Easter and Matariki events.[8][9]

Sponsors

In June 2020, the team identified Gladiatair Paintball Tanks, Paintball Factory and Asylum Paintball as sponsors.[3]

References

  1. PBLeagues — Ballistics Unit, team profile and tournament history.
  2. Ballistics Unit — First NZRS event report, Facebook, 28 March 2020.
  3. Ballistics Unit — Tournament report, Facebook, 27 June 2020.
  4. Air Tahiti Nui — Paintball : Ralph Tsing enchaine les bons résultats, 31 October 2023.
  5. Arena Paintball — Revised Easter draw, Facebook, 5 March 2024.
  6. Arena Paintball — Revised King’s Birthday draw, Facebook, 13 May 2024.
  7. Arena Paintball — Labour weekend final draw, Facebook, 23 October 2024.
  8. Arena Paintball — Easter pools and draw, Facebook, 23 March 2026.
  9. Arena Paintball — Matariki pools and draw, Facebook, 23 June 2026.
  10. Ballistics Unit — Facebook Page transparency, page-name history. Accessed 25 October 2026.
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