Editing 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 ==
{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ==
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 ==
=== March ===
The organiser published the following pools on 20 March 2025:[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! 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 ===
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 ==
# [https://www.paintballdirectnz.co.nz/2025-race-events/ Paintball Direct — 2025 Race Events].
# [https://feilding.co.nz/articles/whats-on/arena-paintball-race-tournament.html Feilding & District Promotion — Arena Paintball Race Tournament, 31 May–1 June 2025].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=950250103794611&type=3 Arena Paintball — 2025 tournament calendar, Facebook, 27 November 2024].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1031241422362145&type=3 Arena Paintball — March pools, Facebook, 20 March 2025].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1031470515672569&type=3 Arena Paintball — Revised March draw, Facebook, 21 March 2025].
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1075266014626352&type=3 Arena Paintball — Round 2 draw and finals format, Facebook, 17 May 2025].

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[[Category:2020s in New Zealand paintball]]