Sport chiefly invented by Bob Gurnsey, Hayes Noel and Charles Gaines in 1981 (9)
I believe the answer is:
paintball
(Other definitions for paintball that I've seen before include "simulated combat" , "messy game" , "Missile used in war games" , "war game" .)
I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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