The body
behind the
whistle.

Why we exist

Australian tournament paintball has a good problem and a hard problem. The good problem is that people love the game. The hard problem is that running a tournament is heavy lifting — brackets, officials, rulings, timekeeping, reporting, disputes — and most field operators would rather run the field than run the day.

Without someone to carry the tournament side, events don't happen. Without events, the scene contracts. That's the cycle we're here to break.

What we do

Two jobs, one crew:

• We ref tournaments end-to-end. Field operators pay us to bring the day: trained officials, every call made to one standard. The tournament runs on OSP's Verdict, the software we use and recommend. Operators keep the paint revenue. We take care of the officiating.
• We train and certify referees. New officials through a proper pathway. The crew that grows the scene grows with the scene.

Who we are

A group of referees, tournament organisers, and players who've worked Australian paintball events for more than five years. We're a not-for-profit, we pay our officials, and we're run by the people actually on the fields.

We're based in Brisbane. We travel — right now that includes officiating the Elite One Paintball-run Rush Tournament Series.

What we're aiming at

Two things. More tournaments happening around Australia. And one day a year, an Australian Championship worth the name. The first follows from making events easy for operators to host. The second follows from the first.

Legitimate stuff

Refs Inc is a not-for-profit organisation. Our surplus goes into the body: ref pay and training. No shareholders, no dividends.

We publish our governance in full. The constitution, the committee, our codes and policies, and the tournament rulebook all live in the open. See our governance and documents →