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, taking place on 24 and 25 October 2026 at Arena Paintball, 558 Kimbolton Road, Feilding, New Zealand.[1] The event draw lists eleven entries representing ten teams, with two squads from Ballistics Unit, 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 event draw lists eleven 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]
Results
Day one
Arena Paintball published the following scores at the end of day one, 24 October 2026. Cult led with 5.5 points from six games, followed by Titans and Ballistics Unit 2, each with four points from five games. Teams had completed between four and six games.[4]
The organiser subsequently advised readers to disregard the spreadsheet's "Games To Be Played" column. That column is omitted below.[5]
| Team | Score | Games played |
|---|---|---|
| Cult | 5.5 | 6 |
| Titans | 4 | 5 |
| Ballistics Unit 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Expendables | 3.5 | 5 |
| Reavers | 3.5 | 5 |
| Ballistics Unit 1 | 2.5 | 5 |
| Blast | 2 | 4 |
| Surge | 2 | 6 |
| Sharks | 1 | 5 |
| Chaos | 0 | 6 |
| Misfits | 0 | 4 |
These figures are the published end-of-day-one scores, not final tournament placings.[4]
Final 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.
- Arena Paintball. "Scores end of day 1". Facebook, 24 October 2026. Photograph of the event's ScoreKeeper spreadsheet; screenshot supplied by a contributor.
- Arena Paintball. "Please ignore games to be played column on previous post". Facebook, 24 October 2026. Organiser's clarification; screenshot supplied by a contributor.