Join us for our 5th annual CT Pickleball Minnesota Summer Kickoff pickleball tournament hosted at Chip's Pickleball Club in Eagan! Get ready for a weekend full of community building, vendor village, food and drinks, and of course some amazing pickleball!
Let's break our own previous record of 598 participants!
For all events, teams are guaranteed 5 games. All events will have the format of pool play with some teams advancing to bracket play. A minimum of 12 teams from each event will advance to the playoff round. As time permits, all teams per event will advance to the playoff round.
Schedule of events:
Fri May 23: Team Events
Sat May 24: Gender Doubles
Sun May 25: Gender Doubles
Mon May 26: Mixed Doubles
Team Events:
4-player team events are back by popular demand! These events will be two male, two female players with a DUPR no greater than the event title. For example, the combined DUPR rating for the DUPR 16 event is no greater than 16.3. These events will be played similar to MLP style. Matches will consist of 4 games, each will be 1 game to 11, win by 2. Two mixed doubles games, one men's doubles game, one women's doubles game. Tiebreakers will be decided with a bonus mixed doubles game to 7 points, win by 2. The format will be pool play with a single elimination playoff bracket.
Events are $70 per player per event. pickleballbrackets.com adds a $5 service fee per event (with a cap of 2 events). Additional $20 per player for brackets with prize money.
Early registration | Feb 1 - Feb 28 | $0 registration fee
Regular registration | Mar 1 - Apr 14 | $10 registration fee
Late registration | Apr 15 - May 16 | $20 registration fee
Primary ball: Franklin X-40
Partner registration: Please note that if your partner does not register within 7 days of when you register, you will automatically be moved to the waitlist. Your spot in the main event will NOT be saved. If (after you are both registered and paid for the event) there is room in the main event, you will automatically be moved back to the main event. If the event has filled up in the meantime, you will remain on the waitlist until a spot opens up.
Divisions can start as early as 8am and as late as 4pm. Start times will be emailed to all players no later than Sunday, May 18th at 5pm. Event durations vary and will depend on how well you do: the more you win, the longer you play. Events typically last between a half day and a whole day. We recommend you keep the entire day of the event open.
Sandbagging: Please sign up for the appropriate division according to your DUPR rating. If you do not have a DUPR rating, we are trusting that you self rate appropriately. We reserve the right to move players to appropriate divisions based on DUPR rating and director discretion. You must sign up for the event based on the higher rated partner. For example, a team of player 1 = DUPR 3.20 and player 2 DUPR = 3.67 must sign up for the 3.50-3.99 event.
We will send all players the final schedule of events, format of play, and all the final details and logistics of the tournament no later than Sunday, May 18th at 5pm.
Registration deadline for all events is Friday, May 16th at 11:55pm.
