Know the
standard
before
you step on.

What to expect

When you roll up to an event we're running, here's what that means for you as a player:

• The ruleset is published. No surprises, no local tweaks we sprung on you at captains' meeting. You can download it below, read it before you get there, and know what the call's going to be.
• The refs are paid and trained. They're not volunteers doing a mate a favour. They know the book and they've reffed before.
• Scoring is live and public. You can see where your team sits in the bracket from your phone. So can everyone else.
• Replays and appeals are real. If a call needs to be reviewed, there's a process — not an argument on the bunker.
• The day runs on time. Not perfectly, not always — but as close as a tournament day ever gets. We care about this.

The rules

We publish one ruleset for Australian paintball tournaments. It's the book every Refs Inc event plays by. Download it, read the sections you care about, ask us anything you don't understand.

→ Download the latest ruleset

Registration

Registration for an event happens through the field operator running the day. They'll tell you how to register and how to pay them — that's their call, not ours. Once you're registered, your team shows up in our system and you're in the bracket.

What we expect from you

The same thing we expect from ourselves. Play the book. Respect the call. If you disagree, use the process — don't use the ref.

Paintball is a small scene in Australia. We all have to keep turning up to the next one.

The bigger picture

Every event we run is a step toward more tournaments happening in this country, and toward a proper Australian Championship that means something. If you're playing in our events, you're part of that. Thanks for showing up.