Welcome to 2023 Deaf Midwest Pickleball Tournament.

This is our second tournament serving the Deaf community throughout the Midwest region. Everyone everywhere are welcome though!

The event will be played at West Indy Racquet Club in Indianapolis, Indiana. There will be 8 indoor courts and 6 outdoor courts. All nets are temporary and are on lined tennis courts.

Tournament STARTS at 9AM until 9PM

All events will be round robin with medal rounds for top 2 in each pool unless otherwise indicated. The format may be modified depending on registrations. We will communicate every time we make any changes.

You will be asked to state your skill level when you sign up. Try to join that best fit your skill level to ensure a more enjoyable tournament for everyone.

The planned format will be round robin with single elimination playoff. Based on number of teams per event the format may be modified. Number of teams allowed in each event may also changed based on registration. Medal brackets format will also be based on registration.

Tournament STARTS at 9AM until 9PM

About DUPR Ratings (this is from pickleballbrackets.com): Per the agreement with DUPR, the scores will be loaded into DUPR with the release of the new platform of the combined software of PickleballBrackets.com and PickleballTournaments.com. This could take up to 6 months. You can still load your scores into DUPR following their guidelines for entering scores.

Although this tournament in not sanctioned, we will be following USA Pickleball rules.

Times will not be posted until registration closes and the tournament layout is finished. We will do our best to get you times at least a week before the tournament if not sooner.

Payment: We accept CC online for payment. Please make sure you pay your registration fee of $35 and then $5 for each event you want to play in. Example, you are playing in Mens Doubles and Mixed Doubles, total payment would be $45. There is an extra charge from Pickleballbrackets. It's $5 per event up to TWO. So for the example above, the total fee for Pickleballbrackets will be $10 for a grand total of $55.

Ball: Franklin X40. Practice accordingly.

Bring water, sunscreen, chair, tent, etc. Think of this as a picnic outing so be as comfortable as possible.

Hotel: Recommend any of the hotels around I-465 and 71st St. See this link for example: https://www.google.com/maps/search/hotel/@39.8768313,-86.2555118,15z

If you have questions about hotel location etc, feel free to contact us. We will give you best advice.

Our contact email is deafmidwestpickleball@gmail.com

Our website is https://www.deafmidwestpickleball.com and we have FB page too which is Deaf Midwest Pickleball

In the spirit of fun and good competition, poor sportsmanship will NOT be tolerated!

Deadline is July 31, 2023. After this date, no refunds.

All refunds prior to this date will be granted minus $5 to $10 depending on what you registered for initially. We need to recoup fees.