2025 Arena Paintball Race Events
The 2025 Arena Paintball Race Events were three paintball tournaments advertised through Paintball Direct for Arena Paintball, 558 Kimbolton Road, Feilding, New Zealand. The programme scheduled events in March, May–June and October 2025.[1]
Calendar
[edit]| Event | Advertised dates |
|---|---|
| March event | 22–23 March 2025 |
| King’s Birthday | 31 May–1 June 2025 |
| Labour weekend | 25–26 October 2025 |
These dates appeared on Paintball Direct’s registration page.[1] Feilding’s local events calendar also listed the 31 May–1 June tournament.[2]
Format
[edit]Each tournament was capped at fourteen teams and scheduled over two days, with round-robin play, semi-finals and finals. The advertised rules specified ten-minute games, a four-point mercy rule and a hopper-and-four-pod limit. Cup and Plate finals were planned.[1]
The promotional calendar specified five-player teams and a firing rate of 10.5 balls per second.[3]
Teams and pools
[edit]March
[edit]The organiser published the following pools on 20 March 2025:[4]
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
| Expendables | Ballistics Unit |
| PBHQ | BOP Blast |
| Reavers | Surge |
| Chaos | Crisis |
| KC Ripple | Lumber Jacks |
| KC Lycans | Immortal Knights |
A revised fixture list was published on 21 March to resolve a scheduling conflict.[5]
King’s Birthday
[edit]The Round 2 draw named Ballistics Unit, BOP Blast, Expendables, KC Ripple, Lumberjacks, PBHQ, Reavers, Sharks, Surge and Titans. The organiser specified a full round robin, with the top four progressing to Cup finals and the next four to Plate finals.[6]
References
[edit]- Paintball Direct — 2025 Race Events.
- Feilding & District Promotion — Arena Paintball Race Tournament, 31 May–1 June 2025.
- Arena Paintball — 2025 tournament calendar, Facebook, 27 November 2024.
- Arena Paintball — March pools, Facebook, 20 March 2025.
- Arena Paintball — Revised March draw, Facebook, 21 March 2025.
- Arena Paintball — Round 2 draw and finals format, Facebook, 17 May 2025.