About Action Paintball Games

Action Paintball games began in 1999 with Mike Whybrew, John Caruana, and Bill Starke. After looking around and seeing paintball fields fighting for the bottom of the market, the three decided to form a paintball business that focused on giving the social player the best day of paintball, with the best facilities and best equipment available. After running a field at Helensburgh, Mike and co. chose a property at Rouse Hill, 20 minutes from Parramatta. This made Action Paintball the closest field to the central business district. Starting off using Badgers, Automags, SL68 pumps, and a handful of Tippmann Pro Carbines, the field now uses Tippmanns as a base rental gun, with JT Tac-5s, Smart Parts Ions/Shockers/Nerves and the unbelieveably fast Proto Matrixes as upgrades.

Action Paintball currently has 18 fields at the Rouse Hill compound, with a new site being developed 20 minutes away in Canoelands. This site will be purpose built, with ultra-modern facilities and a massive 48x15 metre shop. No more dirt driveways and dusty car parks either, with a bitumen driveway and car park that will hold 100+ cars.A cafe restaurant is on the cards too, with an eating/viewing decked area the same size as the shop overlooking the 3 tournament fields. Both sites will be running jointly, along with Action Paintball Games in Western Australia, run by Damien Enever.

The shop was opened in 2002 after seeing a demand for quality paintball products from people who wanted to see the products in real life before purchasing them, rather than order online from overseas. The sight of hundreds of guns in the display cabinets brings a lot of enquiries from social players, who had not realised the scope of paintball in Australia. An open invitation to Supair training on Sundays is extended to anyone expressing interest in playing paintball. The shop stocks a full range of Planet Eclipse, JT, Dye/Proto, Smart Parts, Tippmann, WDP, and WGP gear, as well as other assorted brands.

Action Paintball Games is home to several Professionals team that compete at the highest level in Australia, the Super 7s Series. Out of these, the most recognizable would have to be Sydney SWAT, who are known Australia-wide as being the best paintball team in Australia. Owner and team captain, Mike Whybrew has always sourced the best equipment for the pro shop, and has made sure that his team is always outfitted with the best gear. Following a policy of ‘Win on Sunday, sell on Monday' Sydney SWAT have represented Action Paintball Games to the fullest extent, bringing home first place trophies from every major tournament in Australia. Other teams that train at the Action Compound include Sydney Shock, Apocalypse, and all-girl team Bitchin.

With scenario paintball becoming a growing trend in Australia, Action Paintball Games is catering for the woodsball crowd by stocking a wide range of scenario accessories, with a possible distribution deal with Special Ops Paintball on the horizon. A recent addition to www.pbchat.com.au was The Sniper’s Nest, a woodsball/scenario dedicated forum.

All marker repairs are handled on site by Action’s two experienced gun technicians, so rather than let a floorsweeper mess with your pride and joy, buyers can be assured that if they’ve ploughed it into the ground, it can probably still be repaired.

Using Star Track as couriers, we can have markers and accessories to any capital city the next business day. No more waiting on Australia Post to deliver your much needed markers/apparel/accessories! And because Action stocks the majority of products it sells, you’re not waiting for 3 weeks to receive your purchase. As paintball in Australia continues to grow in leaps and bounds, Action Paintball Games is committed to helping the sport as it expands. Action provides exposure in mainstream media publications such as the Sydney Morning Herald, Ralph and FHM magazines, as well as a high profile TV ad campaign, for both the field, and Paintballshop.com.au. Come and visit us sometime, even if it’s just to shoot the breeze about the sport we all love.

The Action Crew.