Association of Pickleball Athletes – Canadian Circuit (APA)
The Western Open
Pickleplex Red Deer
IMPORTANT: REGISTRATION OPENS FOR PICKLEPLEX MEMBERS WEDNESDAY FEB 18TH 8:00AM. PUBLIC REGISTRATION OPENS FRIDAY FEB 20TH 8:00AM.
BIG NEWS - We’re excited to officially announce that the APA Ontario Circuit has rebranded to become the APA Canadian Circuit, marking a new chapter of national growth and expansion. This will be the FIRST tournament in APA history outside of Ontario!
We are very excited to welcome you to Pickleplex Red Deer, a PREMIER state-of-the-art Pickleball Facility with 9 spacious dedicated fenced indoor courts with professional nets and surface. This club has a bar, pro shop, 2 party rooms, & private bathrooms/showers!
We are EXCITED to bring the APA CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS to Red Deer! All medalist will receive a BRAND NEW 2026 APA RING!
This will be a skill/age tournament with 19+, 35+, 50+, 60+, 70+ age categories played at 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 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/$70 Per OPEN Event. 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!
Wednesday April 22nd. We have age/levels for all participants. PRO singles will be played on Friday April 24th.
Thursday April 23rd we will be offering SPLIT AGE events Men's/Women's/Mixed. The levels offered are 3.5/4.0/4.5/PRO. In these events if you are OVER/UNDER Age of 50, you will EITHER have to play with someone Age 50 & OVER, or Age 49 & UNDER. You will be allowed to play in 2 events on this day, one gender doubles and one mix doubles.
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 April 22 2026 - Men's/Women's Singles 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 - AGE 19+/50+
Thursday April 23 2026 - Men's/Mix/Women's Doubles Split Age - 3.5-/4.0+/PRO - AGE 50+/49-
Friday April 24 2026 - Men's/Women's/Singles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, SR PRO - AGE 50+/60+/70+
Saturday April 25 2026 - Mixed Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 PRO/SR - AGE 19+/35+/50+/60+/70+
Sunday April 26 2026 - Men's/Women's 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 PRO - AGE 19+/35+
This event will follow USAPA rules with all medal matches refereed. We will try to ref other games when possible.
Tournament Format:
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 6 teams.
