This is the third annual Sun Seeker Tournament at Armory Pickleball in Bellingham, WA.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE TOURNAMENT Friday, April 11th, thru Sunday, April 13th.
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON FEBRUARY 1 at 8:00 AM - Register early to save $15 per registration.
- Armory Pickleball members get $15 off registration. (See below.*)
- Events with prize money are $35 per event and not included with registration. For all other events, the first event is included with registration and each additional event is $20.
- Regular Registration begins Saturday, March 1st at 12:01 AM, and Late Registration begins Friday, March 28th, at 12:01 AM.
Schedule:
Friday, April 11th: 55+ Events, Men's Doubles
Saturday, April 12th: Mixed Doubles
Sunday, April 13th: Women's Doubles
When registering your partner, your partner has 5 days to complete their registration. If not done, after the 5 days your team will be put on the waiting list. In events with heavy demand, this is important to note!
Start times for each event will be announced after registration has closed and by Sunday, April 6. Start times now are estimates and may change depending on necessary changes after registration closes.
NOTES:
- For the member discount, you need to be a member of Armory Pickleball AND you need to join Armory Pickleball in Pickleball Brackets. To do this, log in at https://pickleballbrackets.com/clbs.aspx and search for "Armory". If you are a current paid member of Armory Pickleball, select "Current members only". Your membership will be verified and you will get the discount.
- Each event will have a lower and upper level that the event is designed for. For example a 3.25 to 3.49 event is intended for players whose DUPR is no more than 3.49. Players with DUPR under 3.25 may "play up" if they wish. Players may not "sandbag" or "play down", meaning that a player at level 4.27 may play 4.5 to 4.99 or 4.0+, but not 3.5. Since all matches are doubles events, we may look at a combined DUPR to make for the best player experience.
- Depending on registration numbers, we may split events by age (under 40, 40+), or level (3.0 - 3.2 and 3.25 - 3.5) and we may combine teams into events, all with the goal of making the tournament challenging and fun for everyone.
- IMPORTANT: When registering with a partner, your partner needs to register within 5 days or they will be put on the waiting list.
- All matches will be played with rally scoring‡. Teams must be serving to score the winning point. Non-medal matches are win-by-one, games to 15. All playoff matches are win-by-two, games to 21, with a cap at 26 points. If there are fewer than 6 teams in a pool, we may either run the round-robin to 21 points, win-by-one, or run a double round-robin (play each team twice). Our goal is to give players as many games/rallies as possible in the available time.
Each registration fee includes one event. Each additional event is $20. Pickleball Brackets charges a $5 service fee for the first two events.
→Bellingham Pickleball Club members receive a $5 discount. Contact us if you are a BPC member and we will apply your discount.
Our contact email address is: tournaments@armorypickleball.net
If you have a problem contacting us for any reason, please email john@armorypickleball.net or text John Hatten 360-671-7012.
