2025 Arena Paintball March Race
The 2025 Arena Paintball March Race was a five-player paintball tournament held on 22–23 March 2025 at Arena Paintball, 558 Kimbolton Road, Feilding, New Zealand. It was the opening round of the 2025 Arena Paintball Race Series.[1][2]
Format
[edit]The tournament was advertised as a two-day competition featuring round-robin matches followed by semi-finals and finals. The format specified ten-minute games, a four-point mercy rule and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit. Separate Cup and Plate finals were planned.[1]
The organiser capped entries at fourteen teams.
Teams and pools
[edit]On 20 March 2025, Arena Paintball published a draw consisting of twelve teams divided into two pools.[3]
| Pool A | Pool B |
|---|---|
| Expendables | Ballistics Unit |
| PBHQ | BOP Blast |
| Reavers | Surge |
| Chaos | Crisis |
| KC Ripple | Lumberjacks |
| KC Lycans | Immortal Knights |
The organiser published a revised fixture list on 21 March to resolve a scheduling conflict.[4]
Event
[edit]Following the tournament, Arena Paintball published a report on 23 March thanking participating teams and acknowledging the event's live broadcast. The organiser also announced that two further rounds were planned for the 2025 season.[5]
Complete final tournament placings have not been established from the available sources.
See also
[edit]- 2025 Arena Paintball Race Events
- 2025 Arena Paintball King's Birthday Race
- 2025 Arena Paintball Labour Weekend Race
- Arena Paintball
References
[edit]- Paintball Direct – 2025 Race Events, archived 15 January 2025.
- Arena Paintball – 2025 tournament calendar, Facebook, 27 November 2024.
- Arena Paintball – March tournament pools, Facebook, 20 March 2025.
- Arena Paintball – Revised March tournament draw, Facebook, 21 March 2025.
- Arena Paintball – Post-tournament report, Facebook, 23 March 2025.