2024 Nutmeg State Games Skill Level/Age Group Pickleball Tournament A QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT FOR THE UNITED PICKLEBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS IN DALLAS AND THE STATE GAMES OF AMERICA IN SAN DIEGO Special Notice: Joola Gen3 Paddles are not permitted for this tournament. Men's Doubles, Women's Singles and Women's Skinny Singles will be held on Friday, June 7th Mixed Doubles will be held on Saturday, June 8th Women's Doubles, Men's Singles and Men's Skinny Singles will be held on Sunday, June 9th. The United Pickleball State Championship Series Which state has the best pickleball players? The answer will be revealed soon enough, courtesy of the inaugural United Pickleball State Championship Series (UPSCS), a set of tournaments conducted across all 50 states in the country. All medalists from each of these tournaments will automatically secure invitations to the year-end UPA World Championship in Dallas, TX. All event fees will be waived for Gold medalists and discounted for Silver and Bronze medalists. Download our Flyer or Click on This Link for Full Details Pickleball State Championship Series This tournament is also a qualifying event for the 2024 State Games of America pickleball tournament which will be held in San Diego, California from August 1-4, 2024 The top three finishers in each event will qualify. Players who qualify in one event are eligible to play in all three events at the State Games of America. Note: Skinny Singles is not a State Games of America qualifying event. Registration is open to players age 10 and above. Registration is by skill level. Skill levels with a large number of teams or players will by split into smaller playing brackets. Playing brackets may be configured by age and/or calculated tournament player rating. Skill levels are 3.0 and under, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5+ The rating that will be used for bracket placement is the higher of either the World Pickleball rating or the Pickleballbrackets.com tournament rating. USAPA members who do not have a either, must use their UTPR rating. All other players may self rate. Please seek the advice of an experienced fellow player when self rating. Ratings will be verified following the close of registration. Players and teams may be moved to a higher skill level bracket on that date based on updated tournament ratings. ******************** For a guaranteed spot in the tournament in doubles or mixed doubles, the second partner must register within FIVE days of the first partner's registration. Teams that are incomplete after FIVE days will be moved to the waiting list. Once the second partner registers, the team will be entered into the event IF THERE IS STILL ROOM IN THE EVENT AND THE TOURNAMENT AND REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN. PLAYERS WITHOUT PARTNERS AFTER REGISTRATION CLOSES WILL BE MOVED TO THE WAITING LIST. The tournament director reserves the right to move players and teams to appropriate skill levels. Groups may be combined or split at the discretion of the tournament director. ******************** Each day will begin at 8:00 AM. Specific start times for events will be emailed and texted to players approximately one week prior to the tournament. The tournament format is round robin for all events. Events with a large number of teams may be split into round robin pools followed by a playoff for the top teams in each pool. The tournament reserves the right to modify the bracket format and number of rounds to comply with the guaranteed number of games per event.