Current Membership with Pickleball Canada is REQUIRED for this tournament.
All Registrations will be processed through Pickleball Brackets (www.pickleballbrackets.com) and all registrants will need to create an account on the Pickleball Brackets website if you do not have one. It is free and easy to complete prior to tournament registration dates.
IMPORTANT: A registration is considered complete when both team members have completed their registration and paid the fees. If one of the partners has not completed their registration within 5 days of the team's registration, then the team is put on the WAITLIST.
YOUR RATING: As you know it may take some time before your DUPR rating can be used for tournaments under Pickleball.com. For this tournament and until that integration is complete, your Pickleball Brackets Rating (PBR) will be used. YOU MUST PLAY IN YOUR CURRENT RATING OR HIGHER
**If you do not have a PBR and are using a self rating be advised that the Tournament Director reserves the right to reassign you to an alternate skill level if your selection is determined to be unsuitable.
ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT: Events will be played in accordance with the IFP rules and regulations in effect at the time of the tournament. IFP approved equipment only. Please refer to the IFP web site for details: http://ipickleball.org/rulesIFP_Paddle_Material_Specifications
OFFICIATING MATCHES: We will endeavour to have all matches officiated at this unsanctioned event
SKILL LEVELS PLAYING: 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5+ will be played (4.5+ skill groups - at least 1 team member must have a 4.5 rating in order to play)
7+ TEAMS IN A BRACKET will play double elimination:
Winners bracket – 2 out of 3 to 11, win by 2.
Losers bracket – 1 to 15, win by 1
Bronze medal matches – 1 to 15, win by 1
Gold medal matches – 2 out of 3 to 11, win by 2. If the losers bracket wins 2 out of 3 to 11, then another match will be played 1 to 15, win by 1 tiebreaker game will be played to determine the winner.
6 TEAMS IN A BRACKET will play a round robin, 1 to 15, win by 1
All teams play each other. The winner is determined based on the number of matches won. If two or more teams are tied:
1st tie-breaker: head-to-head matches won.
2nd tie-breaker: point differential of all games played.
3rd tie-breaker: head-to-head point differential.
4th tie-breaker: point differential against next-highest team. (e.g., If the teams are tied for second, use point differentials against the first-place team.)
LESS THAN 6 TEAMS IN A BRACKET may be combined with another bracket.
*Please note - The 4.5 skill group will remain separate from the 4.0 skill group, avoiding the merging that occurred in previous years due to low registration. However, 4.5 skill groups with fewer than 5 teams may still be subject to cancellation.
*Due to the limited number of courts this tournament does NOT have AGE brackets. There is a possibility that we subdivide ONE particular skill level by age after registration.
