Join us for this year’s Australian Pickleball Championships - expected to be the biggest pickleball tournament ever held in Australia, with well over 600 competitors.
Blacktown Leisure Centre is a huge modern venue which will boast 35 outdoor pickleball courts and 16 indoor courts. This amazing centre offers a free car park, complimentary use of the aquatic centre for all competitors and their families during the APC, with a café and many other facilities. It is located next to Stanhope Gardens shopping centre and no more than a 45 minute drive from almost anywhere in Sydney.
We have a massive range of events offered over 4 days, with competitors able to enter UP TO 4 EVENTS including the combined aged and UP TO 5 EVENTS INCLUDING A HYBRID EVENT (where at least one player in each team has a disability).
Day 1 Friday 29 September - max 2 events: Coed doubles + Hybrid doubles
Day 2 Saturday 30 September - max 1 event: gender doubles
Day 3 Sunday 1 October - max 1 event: mixed doubles
Day 4 Monday 2 October - max 1 event: singles OR skinny singles
Registration includes 1 event, with a fee of $15 for each additional event (no charge for hybrid event).
New for 2023 will be the following events:
• Para events – for players with physical disability
• 75 years plus age category
• Coed with combined age of 100+ years
PAA MEMBERSHIP
Players need to have Pickleball Australia membership (including in your state membership) current to 2 October (last day of the event) to register for Australian Pickleball Championships. Players whose membership expires between now and 2 October will need to renew their PAA membership before they register for the APC. When you renew your membership, your new renewal date will be 12 months after the current expiry date.
EVENTS
Players can enter only ONE singles event, ONE gender doubles event (women’s or men’s) and ONE mixed doubles event. In addition, players can enter the combined age coed event AND the hybrid event.
AGE DIVISIONS ON OFFER: Under 18, 18+, 35+, 50+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+
SKILL LEVELS ON OFFER: Open, 4.0+, 3.5 - 3.99, 3.0 - 3.49, 2.99 and below
Skill and age divisions may be adjusted (merged or divided) by the tournament committee once registrations close.
Headline program
Day 1 – Friday 29 September
• Coed doubles with combined age of 100+ years
• Hybrid doubles
• "Oceania Smash Clash" mixed doubles invitational event with teams representing every state in Australia, the ACT and New Zealand.
• Evening welcome party ($25 per person - book online during registration process)
Day 2 – Saturday 30 September
• Official tournament opening
• Women’s Doubles
• Men’s Doubles
Day 3 – Sunday 1 October
• Mixed Doubles
• Para Doubles Coed
Day 4 – Monday 2 October
• Skinny Singles
• Singles
• Para Coed Singles
Changes to the event days and times may be necessary due to wet weather or long matches. Consider this when planning your travel for the tournament.
