Australian Super 7s

Australian Super 7s, also known as the Super 7s Paintball Series, is an Australian tournament paintball championship held in New South Wales. The multi-round series is organised in association with Action Paintball Games and has hosted professional, semi-professional and amateur teams from Australia and overseas.[1][2]

The competition has operated since at least 2007, with historical results documenting earlier championships at Rouse Hill, Sydney. It is currently held at Action Paintball Games in Yarramundi, New South Wales.[2][3]

History

Early competition

The precise founding date of the Australian Super 7s has not been independently established. The earliest season preserved in the series' official online results is 2007.[2]

The 2007 championship included professional, semi-professional and amateur divisions, with four rounds contributing to the season rankings.

Menace finished first in the professional standings with 184 points, narrowly ahead of Sydney SWAT on 182 points. Platinum led the semi-professional standings, while The Business finished first in the amateur rankings.[2]

The championship continued through the late 2000s, with participating teams including Sydney SWAT, Menace, Hostile Intentions, East Coast Raiderz and Sydney X-Fighters.[2]

Development during the 2010s

By 2012, the Australian Super 7s was operating a four-round championship at Action Paintball Games in Rouse Hill, New South Wales.

The PBLeagues tournament records document events held on 11–12 February, 19–20 May, 11–12 August and 23–25 November 2012.

The competition used X-Ball formats across multiple divisions, including three-player competition in the lower divisions.[3][4]

The final round was marketed as the Australian Masters.

In 2014, the championship continued with four events, culminating in the Masters tournament on 21–23 November.

Contemporary records from Sydney SWAT identify the four rounds as taking place in February, May, August and November.[5]

International participation

The Australian Super 7s has attracted players and teams from outside Australia.

A 2015 tournament report by Sydney Explicit player Aaron McAulay documented the participation of New Zealand player Josh Bailey and American professional Marcello Margott.

The report also identified Justin Cornell of Edmonton Impact as a guest player with Sydney SWAT.[6]

Historical tournament results also record the participation of New Zealand teams including Menace and the Manawatu Titans, alongside competitors from Singapore and other countries.[2]

Yarramundi venue

The series subsequently moved to the Yarramundi venue operated by Action Paintball Games at 770 Springwood Road, New South Wales.

The competition uses purpose-built speedball fields with inflatable bunkers, spectator facilities, covered team pits and compressed-air filling systems.

The tournament is associated with Australian equipment retailer Paintballshop.com, founded as part of the Action Paintball Games business established by Michael Whybrew and John Caruana.[1][7]

Competition format

The Australian Super 7s has used several tournament formats over its history, including X-Ball and three-player competition.[3]

The modern series comprises three divisions:

Professional
Semi-professional
Amateur

Under the series' published S7 format, each team has seven players available, with five participating on the field during each point and two reserves.

Matches use timed, multi-point competition. Teams score by eliminating opponents and activating a buzzer at the opposing starting gate.

The series uses electronic paintball markers operating under a 10.5 balls-per-second firing limit.[1]

The championship normally consists of four rounds, with teams accumulating ranking points towards the season standings.

Tournament rounds

The series has used various sponsored event names.

The 2024 championship comprised the following four rounds:[8]

Round	Event
1	HK Army Classic
2	DLX Cup
3	Planet Eclipse Open
4	Paintballshop.com Masters

The Masters serves as the final round of the championship, with annual rankings determining the series standings.

Selected historical results

The official Super 7s results archive preserves professional championship standings across multiple seasons.[2]

Season	Professional series leader or champion	Ranking points
2007	Menace	184
2010	Hostile Intentions	116
2019	East Side Raw	110
2023	Eskimo Brothers	88
2024	Sydney SWAT	120
2025	NVS	116

The table represents selected seasons with documented final standings rather than a complete history of champions.

In 2025, NVS and Sydney SWAT finished level on 116 championship points. NVS was awarded the professional series championship under the competition's tie-breaking rules.[2][9]

2026 season

The 2026 Australian Super 7s championship consists of four scheduled rounds, with separate competition weekends for the professional, semi-professional and amateur divisions.[10]

Following Round 3, Sydney SWAT led the professional standings with 90 points, having won all three completed rounds.

Try It & See led the semi-professional standings, while Wait & See led the amateur division, both also recording 90 points.[2]

The fourth round, the Paintballshop.com Masters, was scheduled for November 2026.[10]

Media coverage

The Australian Super 7s has been documented through tournament videos, promotional films and live broadcasts.

Historical footage includes productions by DerDer Productions, which filmed Super 7s events during the early 2010s.

The series' official multimedia archive contains footage from the 2010 Australian Masters, 2011 professional matches, the 2013 season and subsequent tournaments.[11]

More recent events have been broadcast through YouTube and Facebook Live. The organisers reported more than two million views of Super 7s webcasts during 2022.[1]

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