2026 Arena Paintball Labour Day Cup
2026 Arena Paintball Labour Day Cup is the third event of the 2026 Arena Paintball five-player race series, scheduled for 24 and 25 October 2026 at Arena Paintball, 558 Kimbolton Road, Feilding, New Zealand.[1] The event draw lists ten teams and 44 fixtures arranged into 22 sets.[2]
Format
The published series information specifies ten-minute games, a four-point mercy rule and a paint allowance of one hopper plus four pods per player. Team rosters are limited to eight players.[1]
The advertised tournament structure consists of round-robin matches followed by semi-finals and finals, with separate Cup and Plate competitions.[1]
Teams
The supplied event draw lists the following entries:[2]
- Ballistics Unit 1
- Ballistics Unit 2
- Blast
- Chaos
- Cult
- Expendables
- Misfits
- Reavers
- Sharks
- Titans
- Surge
Match draw
The following fixtures reproduce the order and team names in the document titled Labour Day Draw 2026. Sets are scheduling groups and do not indicate results.[2]
| Set | First fixture | Second fixture |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Expendables vs Surge | Ballistics Unit 1 vs Sharks |
| 2 | Chaos vs Ballistics Unit 2 | Cult vs Reavers |
| 3 | Titans vs Misfits | Surge vs Sharks |
| 4 | Reavers vs Chaos | Blast vs Ballistics Unit 2 |
| 5 | Ballistics Unit 1 vs Expendables | Cult vs Surge |
| 6 | Titans vs Reavers | Misfits vs Blast |
| 7 | Chaos vs Sharks | Expendables vs Cult |
| 8 | Surge vs Ballistics Unit 2 | Reavers vs Blast |
| 9 | Sharks vs Titans | Cult vs Ballistics Unit 1 |
| 10 | Ballistics Unit 2 vs Misfits | Chaos vs Expendables |
| 11 | Blast vs Cult | Titans vs Surge |
| 12 | Ballistics Unit 1 vs Chaos | Expendables vs Reavers |
| 13 | Cult vs Misfits | Ballistics Unit 2 vs Sharks |
| 14 | Titans vs Ballistics Unit 1 | Surge vs Chaos |
| 15 | Blast vs Expendables | Reavers vs Ballistics Unit 2 |
| 16 | Cult vs Titans | Misfits vs Surge |
| 17 | Blast vs Sharks | Ballistics Unit 2 vs Expendables |
| 18 | Misfits vs Ballistics Unit 1 | Reavers vs Surge |
| 19 | Chaos vs Blast | Sharks vs Misfits |
| 20 | Ballistics Unit 1 vs Ballistics Unit 2 | Expendables vs Titans |
| 21 | Sharks vs Cult | Misfits vs Chaos |
| 22 | Blast vs Titans | Reavers vs Ballistics Unit 1 |
Results
Final scores and Cup and Plate placings have not yet been added to this article.
Coverage
A YouTube livestream link was supplied for coverage of the event.[3]
See also
References
- 2026 Race Events. Paintball Direct NZ. Event registration listing and published series format.
- Labour Day Draw 2026. Event fixture sheet supplied by a contributor.
- Event livestream. YouTube.