3rd Canadian Deaf Pickleball Tournament 2025

Hosted by Alberta Deaf Pickleball Club and Alberta Deaf Sports Association.

Event Dates:

Skill Levels 3.5 and 4.0+ - Friday, May 2, 2025 - CASH PRIZE!!

Men's Scramble Doubles

Women's Scramble Doubles

Skill Levels 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0+ Saturday, May 3, 2025

Fixed Men's Doubles

Fixed Women's Doubles

Skill Levels 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0+ Sunday, May 4, 2025

Fixed Mixed Doubles

FORMAT

We will have a variety of formats in various draws split between Qualifying Round Robin leading to double elimination knockout draws and some straight single elimination knockout rounds. Goal is to maximize play and minimize delay!

Round Robin Events will be 1 game to 11, win by 2, cap 13

Elimination Rounds will be 1 game to 11 or 15, win by 2

Bronze Medal Matches - 1 game to 15, win by 2

Gold Medal Matches - Best of 3; each game to 11, win by 2.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

All ASL users are welcome! (Deaf, Hard of hearing, CODA, interpreters, and any ASL users!)

Age Categories: Open to All (12 and older)

Age is based on age as of December 31, 2025

Registration for General Public will open on Sunday, December 15th, 2024 at 8:00AM

Registration Closes on April 30th, 2025 at 4:00PM

Registration Fee:

$60 included one event and $10 for an extra event.

After April 1 2025. Registration fee will increase to $70.

$35 for Scramble Doubles Cash Prize event.

An online PCO waiver will be used for registration

REGISTERING FOR AN EVENT

The skill level of players is determined by the data in the players Pickleball Brackets profile. The priority for determining a player's skill level is their Canadian Tournament Player Rating (CTPR). If that is lacking then their Pickleball Brackets rating, and if that is lacking their Pickleball Brackets self-rating. When registering for a skill level, eg. 4.0 at least one of the players must be rated at the skill level of the event. Note: a 3.5 and a 4.0 player are eligible to play in 4.0. Two 3.5 players cannot play in 4.0. We will use the highest rating out of all ratings such like PickleballBrackets, DUPR, Club and Self-Rated.

Registration is online only.

Online payment via Pickleball Brackets Zeffy account. Please note: Pickleball Brackets Zeffy account accepts credit card payments. When the maximum per event is reached based on fully registered/paid teams, others will be added to the waitlist.

Note: If the partner has not completed their registration within TWO WEEK of the first partner registering, the team will be moved to the waitlist if there are fully-paid teams on the waitlist. When the identified partner registers after the two week grace period, the team will move from the waitlist back to the active list ONLY if there is a slot available. In the case of waitlists, in doubles events - teams will take priority over individuals.

COMPLETE means, the waiver has been agreed to, the registration is paid in full and your partner needs to be registered, the waiver agreed to and paid in full as well. The

Tournament Committee reserves the right to place payers in the Skill Group based on their current UTPR/USAPA/PCO/DUPR rating skill groups based on registration. The Tournament Committee has the right to make changes to the tournament, combine divisions, or change and alter the format depending on the number of registrations received.

HELPFUL INFORMATION

Players are encouraged to bring:

-their own portable chairs

-snack and beverage available for sale on-site.

-water will be available for purchase or the nearest free water refill station.

-ADPC and ADSA will provide minimal snacks only for the players

-Encourage to bring your own food.

Tournament Ball: Selkirk Pro S1.

Paddles: USAPA approved Paddles only.

Officiating: Matches, when possible, will be refereed. Our goal is to have all medal games refereed. If you are willing to referee, please contact the Tournament Director.

Clothing: If player is wearing clothing that is the same colour as the ball, they may be asked to change apparel by the Tournament Director.

Commemorative Tournament shirts are available for pre-sale through the registration portal when registering for the tournament. The deadline to order t-shirts is April 1 2025.

Please note, there will be no exchanges for a different size shirt. Refer to the sizing chart to carefully choose our size.

We cannot guarantee that there will be any tournament shirts available for purchase at the tournament.

Registrants withdrawing before March 30, 2025 9:00PM will be refunded registration & event fees minus an $25 administration fee.

There will be absolutely NO refunds after April 1, 2025 11:00PM for player cancellations or withdraws.