Welcome to the 2024 Battle at the Beach Pickleball Tournament!
This is a USA Pickleball Sanctioned Tournament. That means that all results will be reported to USA Pickleball. Some matches, but not all, will be refereed. All referees are USA Pickleball officials. The head referee is Joseph L. Santoro, who is both a USA Pickleball Certified Referee and the USA Pickleball Referee Training Coordinator for New England.
This event is a charitable fund-raiser: tournament net proceeds will support the York Community Service Association and the York High School Athletic Boosters.
Note: A player who registers but without making full payment, or a team that registers with one or more players who are not fully paid, can be displaced by a fully paid team if a bracket has reached full capacity.
Example: Assume a bracket has a maximum allowance of eight teams. Assume that seven teams have fully paid, but the eighth team [Team X] has at least one player who has not paid the registration fee. Should another team [Team Y] register and fully pay before Team X fully pays, Team Y may claim the eighth and final place in the bracket, while Team X is then moved to the wait-list.
The dates and events are:
Saturday, September 21: Women's Doubles
Men's Doubles
Sunday, September 22: Mixed Doubles
The event will be played at York High School's ten outdoor courts. The venue is steps from York's
Long Sands Beach, and less than an hour's drive from Boston. Nearby are York's three other beaches and the seacoast communities of Ogunquit, Wells, and Kennebunkport.
Tournament Event Format
All games will be Round Robin. Based upon the bracket size, the games will be 1-15 points, winning by 2, or 1-11 points, winning by 2. In a Round Robin format, each team plays every other team in that bracket at least once. For example, in a bracket with eight teams, each team will play seven games.
All brackets are limited to a minimum of three teams and a maximum of eight teams which will play as follows:
-- Brackets with 3 or 4 teams will play a double Round Robin to 15 points.
-- Brackets with 5 teams will play a single Round Robin to 15 points.
-- Brackets with 6, 7, or 8 teams will play a single Round Robin to 11 points.
All brackets are formed first by Skill Level, such as 2.5, 3.0, etc., and then by Age in five year increments, such as 50-54, 55-59, etc.
The Tournament Director reserves the right to merge brackets when there is an insufficient number of players within a bracket to make for meaningful play. The Tournament Director also reserves the right to change the format should circumstances, such as adverse weather conditions, necessitate expediency. However, medals will be awarded for merged age brackets.
For example, assume that for Skill Level 2.5 there are two teams for Age Group 50-54, two teams for Age Group 55-59, and two for Age Group 60-64. If the Tournament Director chooses to combine the three age groups into one bracket, medals will be issued for the Comprehensive Age Group 50-64.
Other Notes:
1. The registration fee includes a souvenir tournament tee-shirt.
2. Individual events (such as mixed doubles) can be added to the registration for a separate fee.
3. This is an out-door tournament with no back-up dates. Thus, each registrant assumes
the risk that adverse weather could create scheduling delays, abbreviated play, or
event cancelation.
4. There is a no-refund policy. However, any request to withdraw received by August 15, 2024,
entitles the player to a refund not to exceed $ 45.00.