2026 Bay of Plenty Paintball Triples
2026 Bay of Plenty Paintball Triples was a three-player paintball tournament held on 7 June 2026 at TECT Park in Ngawaro, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. The competition was organised by Bay of Plenty Paintball Club and Hotshots Paintball.[1][2]
Geriatric Nurses won the tournament, followed by Ballistic Unit in second place and Hasbeens in third.[3]
Background
[edit]The tournament marked the return of Bay of Plenty Paintball Club's regional Triples competition after several years without an edition.[2]
A contemporary report published by SunLive on 6 June 2026 identified teams travelling from Auckland, Waikato, Hawke's Bay, Manawatū and the Bay of Plenty. Club president Phil Stokes also confirmed that an all-female team was expected to participate.[2]
Tournament format
[edit]The organisers advertised a three-player competition with a maximum of four registered players per team.
Matches used a best-of-three format, with round-robin competition followed by semi-finals and finals. Players were restricted to one hopper and two additional pods of paintballs per game.[1]
Referees were provided by the organisers. The advertised awards included a trophy for the winning team and medals for the first three finishers.[1]
Results
[edit]Bay of Plenty Paintball Club published the following final placings after the tournament.[3]
| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Geriatric Nurses |
| 2 | Ballistic Unit |
| 3 | Hasbeens |
The results were also shared by Asylum Paintball, which reported that teams associated with its facility had secured gold and bronze medals at the competition.[4]
The complete team entry list, individual game scores and player rosters have not been recovered.
Trophy
[edit]A trophy engraved Winter BOP Triples 2026 was photographed by Vitaly Miheev and supplied to WikiPaintball on 30 October 2026.[5]
The tournament organisers' published results independently confirm Geriatric Nurses as the winning team.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- BOP Triples – Paintball Tournament. Bay of Plenty Paintball Club and Hotshots Paintball, Facebook event announcement, June 2026.
- Rosalie Liddle Crawford, Paintball players set to battle at TECT Park. SunLive, 6 June 2026.
- Bay of Plenty Paintball Club – Bay of Plenty Triples 2026 results. Official Facebook announcement, June 2026.
- Asylum Paintball – Bay of Plenty Triples 2026. Facebook, June 2026.
- Vitaly Miheev. Photograph of the Winter BOP Triples 2026 trophy, supplied to WikiPaintball, 30 October 2026.