Editing 2023 Arena Paintball Easter Race

The '''2023 Arena Paintball Easter Race''' was a five-player [[paintball]] tournament held on 8–9 April 2023 at [[Arena Paintball]] in Feilding, New Zealand. It was the opening round of the [[2023 Arena 5 Man Race Series]].[1][2][3]

[[Ballistics Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Ballistics Unit]] won the tournament, while [[Expendables (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Expendables]] finished third.[4]

== Tournament format ==
The organiser's 2023 calendar advertised a five-player race format with a four-point mercy rule, a firing-rate limit of 10.5 balls per second and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit.[1]

Arena Paintball published the event's master schedule on 7 April 2023, announcing a 9 a.m. start for the opening games.[2]

== Teams ==
The published master schedule identified the following seven team entries and a bye.[2] TNTV's subsequent report also recorded seven competing teams.[4]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Team
|-
| [[Ballistics Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Ballistics Unit]]
|-
| [[Crisis Paintball Northland]]
|-
| Defiance
|-
| [[Expendables (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Expendables]]
|-
| Fatality
|-
| PB Corp
|-
| Rebels
|}

=== Team-name clarification ===
The published draw used the name ''PB Corp''. In comments on the organiser's announcement, a participant identifying himself with that entry requested that the name be changed to ''Carcharodons''. Another commenter disputed the PB Corp name. The discussion concerns the name of one entry rather than establishing two separate teams.[2]

== Results ==
TNTV reported that Ballistics Unit and Expendables met in a semi-final. Ballistics Unit went on to win the tournament, while Expendables finished third.[4]

{| class="wikitable"
! Reported position !! Team
|-
| 1 || [[Ballistics Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Ballistics Unit]]
|-
| 3 || [[Expendables (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Expendables]]
|}

== See also ==
* [[2023 Arena 5 Man Race Series]]
* [[2023 Arena Paintball King's Birthday Race]]
* [[2023 Arena Paintball Labour Day Tournament]]
* [[Arena Paintball]]

== References ==
# [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=515284927291133&type=3 Arena Paintball — 2023 tournament calendar, Facebook, December 2022].
# [https://www.facebook.com/ArenaPaintballNZ/posts/594272616059030/ Arena Paintball — Easter tournament master schedule and team-name discussion, Facebook, 7 April 2023].
# [https://www.facebook.com/CrisisPaintballNorthland/posts/666201635305115/ Crisis Paintball Northland — Easter 2023 tournament participation announcement, Facebook]. Identifies Arena Paintball in Feilding as the venue.
# [https://www.tntvnews.pf/sports/paint-ball-les-tahitiens-brillent-en-nouvelle-zelande/ Paint-Ball : Les Tahitiens brillent en Nouvelle-Zélande], ''TNTV News'', 20 April 2023. Reports Ballistics Unit's victory, Expendables' third place and their semi-final meeting.

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