Pickleball New Zealand Association (PNZA) is excited to host the 2026 NZ Open proudly brought to you by Summerset Retirement Villages. This tournament will be run from Monday 28 Sept 2026 through until Sunday 4 Oct 2026 at the Albany Sports Centre, Auckland featuring 60 aged and skill related divisions played on an indoor hard court facility of 24 courts, excellent court viewing, lots of bathrooms, showers throughout the centre and plenty of onsite parking. We will also have a photographer and live streaming for the event.
Please read all the following information to help you understand how the days and divisions will run:
* Your first division is included in the registration fee.
* Please review all the details and note the different dates and expected start times for each division.
* All divisions are round robin for the pool play section then if you qualify for the next stage it will be single elimination knock out from then on.
* A minimum of three games is guaranteed.
* You must have your partner sorted at time of registration as you can't enter unless you enter your partner's name, no partner required is offered this year
* For all divisions you can play up however you can't play down or outside your age category (i.e. a person of any age can play in the Open however if you are 52 you can't play in the 60+ divisions).
* DUPR will be used to check ratings of players for division eligibility and the cut off date for the DUPR rating for seeding the player/teams will be 7 September 2026.
* Once the division reaches capacity, the highest ranked players will have priority. You may be bumped to B grade if the event reaches capacity and you are the lowest ranked team(s).
* Events may be merged if less than four participating players/teams in a division subject to the Tournament Director's discretion.
* Medals will be awarded for gold, sliver and bronze for all divisions.
* Prize money will be awarded for gold, silver and bronze for all divisions as follows:
Open Singles Divisions Gold $300 / Silver $150 / Bronze $75 per player
All Other Singles Divisions Gold $100 / Silver $75 / Bronze $30 per player
Open Gender / Mixed Doubles Divisions (awarded per team) Gold $600 / Silver $300 / Bronze $150
All Other Doubles Divisions (awarded per team) Gold $200 / Silver $150 / Bronze $60
Any other questions or queries, please contact Ange Brady ambrady12@gmail.com or 021 082 41835
(The best way to contact Ange is via email however please note if Ange doesn't answer her phone please text her and she will call you back).
