The Australian Paintball Association is dedicated to taking the sport to the next level and encouraging more people to start playing and spread the word.

Australia needs a governing body to talk to the Government and Weapons Licensing regarding changing the way licenses are issued and the requirements to be fulfilled to enable you to hold one.

We need to unite and work together to take the sport leaps and bounds rather than only achieving small steps as it has been for many years. We are dedicated to working together with any and all paintball bodies to further the sport for the greater enjoyment of everyone.

A brief view of what we are looking at accomplishing in the future:

• Land: Acquire Government land on which to build the first "player" owned field for everyone to use and train on
• Petition: Circulate a petition to gather support for the Association to submit to the government with a view to making licensing easier
• Licencing: Investigate the opportunity for the Association to be eligible to run licencing courses
• Indoor Field: Build an indoor field for players to train and play so they can keep more weekends for their families
• Other Activities: Have other activities there to attract more people to the sport
• Increasing Awareness: Educating the general public about the sport of paintball, not just recreational skirmish
• Gathering New Members: Attracting new players/members as a result of this awareness, to show participation in and support for the sport in general
• Members: Using this show of support to demonstrate to government bodies and other authorities that we do have significant participation in and support for the sport of paintball in Australia
• Members: Using this show of support to also help gain government land to enable the sport to be played as cheaply as possible, which encourages more players to participate (if we don’t have to make a profit as a business, and our overheads are cheaper from gaining subsidised land and facilities, we can make the sport cheaper for everyone to play by not having to charge the earth for paint and field entry)
• Land: Using this land to facilitate ventures that raise the profile of the sport and allow the general public to see what paintball is and what we are about
• "The First One": Once one state is successful in gaining government leased land, other states will have a precedent which can enable other branches of the APA to be established, assisting in the recognition of the sport nationally
• Members: Using this show of support and significant participation/membership to put more weight behind our concerns and issues with things like gun laws, the perception of the sport as being dangerous and changing the age limits for playing the sport to allow younger people to play
• Recognised Sport: Working towards eventually having the sport recognised nationally so we can obtain commercial sponsors/funding and also have a national structure established, which governs the sport as other professional sports have - similar to say the NRL

Of course some of these thing are a long way off but if we don’t have something to work towards, it will never happen!