Bay State Games hosted at Life Time MetroWest!
The Massachusetts Amateur Sports Foundation and Life Time presents the 2026 Bay State Summer Games Skill Level/Age Group Pickleball Tournament. This is a qualifying event for the 2028 State Games of America Pickleball tournament. The State Games of America are held every two years and include medalists from the other 30 State Games programs across the US. Past State Games Pickleball tournaments had over 600 participants from over 27 states.
Registration is easier with automatic syncing of results to DUPR! All participants must link their DUPR account to PickleballTournaments.com, and results will be automatically reported. This event will feature the Life Time LT 48 Pickleball.
Registration fee (includes one event): $75; Additional Event: $20
Tournament Format:
Round robin matches with medal round, all matches to 11 win by 2. Bay State medals awarded for Gold, Silver, and Bronze.
Events with 8 or fewer teams will be in placed in one group. Top 4 teams advance to medal round.
A minimum of 4 games is guaranteed per team.
Events with more than 8 teams will be split into groups. Top 2 teams per group advance to medal round.
Tournament Director reserves the right to change the format up until the start time to adjust for varying numbers of teams for an event.
** START TIMES **
Estimated timeline for the weekend events.
Men's Doubles on Sat 7/18 from 9am-3pm
Women's Doubles on Sat 7/18 from 3pm-7pm
Mixed Doubles on Sun 7/19 from 10am-4pm
Each specific event should run about 3 hours, with each gender/mixed timeframe hosting a couple of specific events.
Event merging may still occur and will be determined next week with more specific start times published.
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last update: 7/8/2026 1pm
