VENUE
The venue address is Sentry Drive, Stanhope Gardens, BLACKTOWN, New South Wales, 2147
Australia
COURTS
Any event could be played on outdoor or indoor courts - players will be advised on the day of their event.
SCORING
Games will be scored using the traditional scoring system in which players must be serving to win points - to 15 points by 2 points in round robin events with up to 5 teams, and up to 11 points by 2 points in round robin events with 6 or more teams. The exception will be in skinny singles, which will use rally scoring, in which the winner of every rally is awarded a point - to 21 or 15 by 1 point in round robin events.
Open events will based the best of 3 games to 11 points by 2 points with double elimination.
Semi finals will be 1 game to 15 win by 2.
Medal matches will be best of 3 games to 11 win by 2.
EVENT TIMES
Event times will be 8am to 1pm or 1pm to 6pm each day, with a possible extension into the evening in the event of rain during the day. To register for Women's or Men's Doubles on Saturday, players must be available to play in the morning or afternoon session - players will be advised if their events are morning or afternoon about one week prior to the tournament.
All players will be guaranteed a minimum of 3 games per event.
Green/yellow Franklin X40 balls will be used for outdoor courts. Green/Yellow indoor Pro FS Franklin balls will be used for indoor courts.
Referees will control all medal matches plus other games when possible.
Global Federation Pickleball rules will be used. These can be found here: https://globalpickleballfederation.org/pickleball-rulebook/
IMAGES TAKEN DURING THE TOURNAMENT
It is a condition of entry that all attendees may be photographed or filmed at the event and that these images may be stored and used by PA, PANSW or our sponsors on websites, social media and other purposes without express permission or payment.
FILMING
Filming of games requires the permission of all players on the court. If all players agree and the camera is in a fixed location, the device must be positioned at waist height or above.
DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION
The tournament director reserves the right to:
- review, and possibly alter the rating of players who self-rate below or above their actual ability.
- move players and teams between skill level brackets if on verification the wrong event has been entered.
- change start times to facilitate smooth running of the tournament
- The tournament director reserves the right to modify the events and/or schedule as needed pending influences beyond our control (ie. Fire drill etc).
The tournament director may merge or split events based on event registration.
Events with less than 4 players/teams will be merged with another event at the discretion of the TD.
The process for the merging of events is:
> Merge within age group first
>Merge within skill level second, if option 1 is not a viable option.
All players affected by a merge, will be notified by email.
WAITLIST:
Singles: players will automatically be allocated a position in the main draw, UNLESS an event is at capacity.
Doubles: players will automatically be allocated a position in the main draw, UNLESS the event is at capacity. If you register a doubles event without a partner, you have 7 days to secure a partner and have your partner also enter the tournament. After 7 days if your partner fails to enter, you will be moved to the waitlist.
Teams who have both players enter the event will be prioritised over a player who fails to secure a partner and these teams will be moved to the main draw first.
It is the responsibility of the participant to source a partner and have them enter to secure the team's position.
