Association of Pickleball Athletes – Canadian Circuit (APA)
The Southwestern Open
Fall 2026 Is Coming!
Southwestern Ontario pickleball players — we’re coming back! We’re excited to return to Four Fathers Brewing in Cambridge for the first time since December 2024, when we hosted our 1st APA Championship Finals and welcomed 450+ players! It’s been an incredible journey since then, and we can’t wait to bring the APA Canadian Circuit back to Cambridge this Fall!
We are very excited to welcome you all to Four Fathers Pickleball Club, a premier, state-of-the-art pickleball facility located in Cambridge, Ontario! With 7 spacious, fully fenced courts, this facility has everything you need for an incredible tournament experience: 7 spacious, fully fenced courts, washrooms, change rooms & showers, huge players’ lounge, an AMAZING on-site restaurant to feast at after your matches! All tournament players will receive 15% OFF at the restaurant!
NEW Championship APA RINGS will be returning for The Southwestern Open!
This will be a skill/age tournament with 19+, 50+, 60+, & 70+ age categories played at 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, OPEN/PRO skill levels. You can play up to 5 events. Tournament directors reserve the rights to combine brackets & change format based on registration numbers. The registration fee will be $70, $15 Per EVENT. Open EVENT fee will be $35. Pro EVENT fee will be $70. Your spot is not guaranteed in your event until both partners are registered and paid in full. You and your partner both have 5 days to register before being put onto the wait-list. Maximum 8 teams per division except the OPEN/PRO TBD. Spots will fill up quickly, so sign up TODAY!
All participants of the APA Canadian Circuit MUST have a DUPR account to participate. We will be submitting scores to DUPR. Please create an account on DUPR, if you don't already have one - https://dashboard.dupr.com/signup
Tournament director reserves the right to move teams playing up too far if he feels they won't be competitive. We will be using the DUPR/PickleballBrackets Self rating system. Please note that the PRO events are for OPEN level athletes. For ambitious players with a lower rating, please email the APA Tournament Director for approval to participate. Email @ staffapa@outlook.com.
Tournament will be ran on 5 days:
Wednesday Oct 14 2026 - Men's/Women's Singles 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 - AGE 19+/50+/60+
Thursday Oct 15 2026 - Men's/Mix/Women's Doubles Split Age - 3.5-/4.0+/PRO - AGE 50+/49-
Friday Oct 16 2026 - Men's/Women's 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, SR PRO- AGE 50+/60+/70+ - Men's/Women's Singles PRO
Saturday Oct 17 2026 - Mixed Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, PRO - AGE 19+/50+/60+/70+
Sunday Oct 18 2026 - Men's/Women's 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, PRO - AGE 19+
This event will follow USAPA rules with all medal matches refereed. We will try to ref other games when possible. UPA paddles are approved.
The 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 5.0 categories will be pool round robins and the top teams in each pool will advance to a playoff round to determine medal winners. Each team will be guaranteed a minimum of 3 games. (Games played to 15, Bronze medal match played to 15, Gold medal round best 2 out of 3 to 11) Games can be up to 11 with a guaranteed minimum of 5 games. All games will be win by 2. PRO/OPEN Division will be a double elimination format with a minimum of 5 teams.
