All events will be played in accordance with USA Pickleball rules and regulations in effect at the time of the tournament. Only equipment approved by USA Pickleball is permitted. Players with unapproved or modified equipment are subject to disqualification. See USA Pickleball website for further information.
Start Times will be published 2 weeks prior to tournament. Players will be notified via email.
Registration to the 509 Summer Classic makes you eligible for a pro rated Club 509 membership that is active from time of official registration and expires July 31, 2026, which gains you access to our exclusive member events.
**VOLUNTEERS** if you'd like to help for the tournament, please email us and let us know at Club509pb@gmail.com
**VENDORS** There will be vendors and food onsite for additional purchase.
We will provide light snacks and drinks for athletes.
If YOU are interested to have a vendor booth onsite pre approval is required.
Apply by sending Club 509 an application by going to the following website link: https://club509pickleball.com/vendor-application/
TD reserves the right to combine brackets/ages or add more teams as needed to ensure quality play
Tournament may close at any time if maximum daily numbers are met (even if some events appear to have openings). If a division has less than 3 teams it will be combined with the closest skill level.
**WHY DID WE TAKE THE SUMMER CLASSIC INDOORS THIS YEAR?
Let us first just say the Club 509 Tournament Planning Committee has spent a great deal of time and study in bringing YOU the local pickleball community the very best tournament experience we are capable of.
We are planning the Summer Classic around these factors, in this order:
1. Overall Player Experience
2. Spectator Experience
3. Sponsors and Partners Experience
4. Organizers and directors experience.
*Courts: Last year we got about 100 feedback responses to our survey sent out after last years classic concerned about court conditions at LSP courts 13-15 being cracked and in poor condition and a negative impression about how we shouldn't be using those courts. One of our players also rolled ankle badly on one of the cracks.
With the growth of the tournament and if we were to consider eliminating courts 13-15, that only leaves 12 courts to run the tournament on. That's just simply not enough courts to run the tournament on and keep players and everyone happy.
**Weather: The weather has hammered us in one way or another the last 3 years in a very negative way. 2 years we have had our first 105+ degree weather across the region on the tournament weekend, which makes the courts incredibly hot and athletes not acclimated. We have 2-3 (known) medical emergencies back to back years during the tournament due to heat exhaustion or dehydration (not even sure how many we are unaware of!). We've tried to provide additional shading and water jets, etc but if the weather is extremely hot, it is really hard on our multiple day competing athletes (ALL AGES!). In addition to the heat factor, this is the windy Tri Cities and we've also had 2 years in a row where it has been too windy to compete, last year was very stressful relocating the entire tournament indoors (thank you PC!), although most players didn't even realize a hiccup, organizers, sponsors, vendors, and supporters were significantly impacted by last second changes. We believe taking the tournament to a venue that has mostly indoor court options with a few outdoor court options puts the players, sponsors, and organizers in the best position for a positive tournament weekend experience.
***Court Availability: The venue we selected this year has 16 indoor courts and 6 outdoor courts, total of (22) courts; 18 of the courts have semi portable pro tension net systems. This gives us full flexibility to not only have a significant more number of courts, which means we can get through events more efficiently, which means less waiting, which usually means less complaining, but it also provides an option for us to run outdoor events when and if the weather allows (this will be coordinated by the TD).
****Costs: The venue is significantly less costs. 25% savings overall and 50% more courts (15 vs 22). No brainer.
*****Player Social: Our venue this year has a beautiful pickleball courtyard on location that we plan to have the player social, last year we had the social offsite which was nice, but wasn't attended as well as it could be if it were more convenient. We will also have a beer garden set up for the social, which was causing some red tape fiery hoops in application process with the public park vs the privately owned venue.
******Vendor City/Market is secured: The (17) vendors who will be set up at vendor city will not have to tear down and set up their tents and tables and merch daily, the area is secured. Very helpful to our partners.
********Directors/Organizers Load in: Desk, Computer, equipment, PA, power, mixer, podium, etc all do not need taken down, put away, and reset up everyday. It can stay set up in the facility.
All that said, we are SUPER EXCITED about what the Summer Classic will be this year and can not wait to experience it with you. We felt like we owed it to you, the players, an explanation as many of you don't get into the weeds of all of the behind the scenes or inner workings of what all it takes to make it great. We are committed to do our part to bring you just that. - Much Love, Doug Jones & the Club 509 Summer Classic Planning Committee. Good Luck and Have fun!
