2024 Arena Paintball Labour Day Tournament
The 2024 Arena Paintball Labour Day Tournament was a paintball tournament held on 26 and 27 October 2024 at Arena Paintball in Feilding, New Zealand. It was the third round of the 2024 Arena Paintball Race Series.[1]
Phoenix Tahiti won the Cup competition, finishing ahead of Ballistics Unit and Manawatu Titans. Expendables Paintball won the Plate competition, with East Coast Defiance second and Sharks third.[2][3]
Tournament
[edit]The tournament took place at Arena Paintball, 558 Kimbolton Road, Feilding.
The series was advertised with ten-minute games, a three-point mercy rule and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit. Cup and Plate finals were planned.[1]
The event was originally capped at ten teams. On 3 June 2024, Arena Paintball announced that the October tournament's capacity had been increased to fourteen teams.[4]
Teams and pools
[edit]Arena Paintball published the following pools on 22 October 2024.[5]
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
| Expendables | Ballistics Unit |
| Manawatu Titans | East Coast Defiance |
| Kaos Theory | PBHQ |
| Sharks | Crisis |
| CZ Factory | Chaos |
| Deadbox Allstars | Scratch team |
| Phoenix Tahiti | Absolute Kaos |
The organiser stated that Black Flag had withdrawn and was being replaced by a scratch team assembled from players from other teams.
The replacement team was permitted to score points during preliminary play but was not eligible for the finals. Black Flag nevertheless remained named on the final fixture list issued on 23 October.[5][6]
The published format provided for the top two teams in each pool to contest the Cup finals, while the third- and fourth-placed teams would contest the Plate finals.[5]
Results
[edit]Arena Paintball published the final Cup and Plate podium results on 27 October 2024.[2]
Cup
[edit]| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1st | Phoenix Tahiti |
| 2nd | Ballistics Unit |
| 3rd | Manawatu Titans |
Phoenix Tahiti's victory was also confirmed in a contemporary account published by player Ralph Tsing on 29 October 2024.[7]
Plate
[edit]| Position | Team |
|---|---|
| 1st | Expendables Paintball |
| 2nd | East Coast Defiance |
| 3rd | Sharks |
The Cup and Plate podium results were also reported by Bay of Plenty Paintball Club following the tournament.[3]
Trophy
[edit]A first-place trophy engraved Arena Paintball Labour Day 2024 was photographed by Ralph Tsing and supplied to WikiPaintball on 30 October 2026.[8]
The photograph documents the first-place award, while the organiser's results and Tsing's contemporary report identify Phoenix Tahiti as the Cup winners.[2][7]
See also
[edit]- 2024 Arena Paintball Race Events
- 2024 Arena Paintball Easter Race
- 2024 Arena Paintball King's Birthday Race
- Arena Paintball
- Phoenix Tahiti
References
[edit]- Paintball Direct - 2024 Race Events, archived 14 August 2024.
- Arena Paintball - Labour Day Cup and Plate final results, Facebook, 27 October 2024.
- Bay of Plenty Paintball Club - Labour Day tournament results and East Coast Defiance podium finish, Facebook, October 2024.
- Arena Paintball - October tournament expanded to fourteen teams, Facebook, 3 June 2024.
- Arena Paintball - Labour Day tournament pools and withdrawal notice, Facebook, 22 October 2024.
- Arena Paintball - Final Labour Day draw, Facebook, 23 October 2024.
- Ralph Tsing - Arena Paintball Labour Day 2024 victory report, Facebook, 29 October 2024.
- Ralph Tsing. Photograph of the Arena Paintball Labour Day 2024 first-place trophy, supplied to WikiPaintball, 30 October 2026.