Editing 2025 Arena Paintball Labour Weekend Race

The '''2025 Arena Paintball Labour Weekend Race''' was a five-player [[paintball]] tournament held on 25–26 October 2025 at [[Arena Paintball]], 558 Kimbolton Road, Feilding, New Zealand. It was the third and final scheduled round of the [[2025 Arena Paintball Race Events|2025 Arena Paintball Race Series]].[1][2]

[[Manawatu Titans (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Manawatu Titans]] defeated [[Ballistics Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Ballistics Unit]] in the final, according to Ballistics Unit's contemporary tournament report.[3]

== Format ==

The tournament was advertised as a two-day event with a maximum of fourteen teams, using ten-minute games, a four-point mercy rule and a hopper-and-four-pod ammunition limit. The series regulations provided for round-robin matches followed by semi-finals and finals, with separate Cup and Plate competitions.[1]

== Event ==

The October tournament formed the final round of the three-event 2025 calendar.[1]

In a retrospective Instagram post published on 27 October 2026, player Ollie Richards documented his participation with KC Ripple Effect at the October 2025 tournament. His account described the event as the third and final five-player tournament of the year and identified Arena Paintball as the host venue.[2]

Ballistics Unit published its report on 30 October 2025, describing the preceding weekend's competition at Arena Paintball and acknowledging organiser [[David Hopkins]].[3]

== Results ==

Ballistics Unit reported reaching the final, where Manawatu Titans defeated them. The report does not provide a numerical score or explicitly identify the final as the Cup or Plate competition.[3]

{| class="wikitable"
! Stage
! Winner
! Opponent
! Source
|-
| Final reported by Ballistics Unit
| [[Manawatu Titans (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Manawatu Titans]]
| [[Ballistics Unit (New Zealand Paintball Team)|Ballistics Unit]]
| [3]
|}

== See also ==

* [[2025 Arena Paintball Race Events]]
* [[2025 Arena Paintball March Race]]
* [[2025 Arena Paintball King's Birthday Race]]
* [[Arena Paintball]]

== References ==

# [https://web.archive.org/web/20250115162148/https://paintballdirectnz.co.nz/2025-race-events/ Paintball Direct – 2025 Race Events]. Archived 15 January 2025. Event dates, venue, format and advertised Cup and Plate competitions.
# [https://www.instagram.com/p/De_geFJxtAg/ Ollie Richards – Retrospective account of the Arena Paintball tournament on 25–26 October 2025]. Instagram, 27 October 2026.
# [https://www.instagram.com/ballistics.unit/p/DQbPXYMj_mD/ Ballistics Unit – Arena Paintball tournament report]. Instagram, 30 October 2025. Reports defeat by Manawatu Titans in the final.

[[Category:Paintball tournaments in New Zealand]]
[[Category:2020s in New Zealand paintball]]
[[Category:Paintball tournament results]]