<b>VENUE<b/>
<i>Red Energy Arena, West Bendigo, Victoria<i/>
Recognised as one of regional Australia's leading sporting and entertainment venues, Red Energy Arena provides players with a premium indoor playing environment featuring 20 taped competition courts, excellent spectator facilities and ample parking.
<b>TOURNAMENT FORMATS<b/>
All events will be played using a Round Robin format. The top two performers from each pool (four if one pool) will go through to a single elimination pre-medal knock out draw. Winners of the semi finals will compete in the Gold medal match and semi final losers will compete in the bronze medal match.
Singles, Gender Doubles and Mixed Doubles will use the traditional scoring method and the below game formats:
First to 15, win by 2 [5 or less players/teams in the pool]
First to 11, win by 2, [6 or more players/teams in the pool]
Pre- Medal (semi finals & quarterfinals), first to 15, win by 2.
Medal matches will be best of 3 games, first to 11, win by 2.
Skinny Singles will use the rally scoring method and the below game formats:
First to 21, win by 2 [5 or less players/teams in the pool]
First to 15, win by 2, [6 or more players/teams in the pool]
Pre- Medal (semi finals & quarterfinals), first to 21, win by 2.
Medal matches will be best of 3 games, first to 15, win by 2.
Tournament format may be adjusted by the Tournament Director to accommodate division sizes and scheduling requirements.
<b>TOURNAMENT RULES & PARTICIPANT CONDUCT<b/>
This tournament will be conducted in accordance with the current Global Pickleball Federation rules.
Rulebook:
https://globalpickleballfederation.org/pickleball-rulebook/
This tournament will also adhere to the Pickleball Australia Participant Code of Behaviour Policy.
Policy:
https://www.pickleballaus.org/tournaments
<b>COURT ALLOCATION AND RESULT ENTRY<b/>
This tournament will be using text messaging service for match & court allocation and digital scoresheets. Please ensure your Pickleball.com profile is up to date prior to the tournament. On tournament day don't forget to sign in at the desk and bring your phone and reading glasses to read your text messages and enter your results.
<b>PHOTOGRAPHY<b/>
It is a condition of entry that all attendees understand that they may be photographed or filmed at the event and that these images may be stored and used by PAA, NTPC or our sponsors on websites, social media and other purposes without express permission or payment.
<b>TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR<b/>
<i>Amanda Moo<i/>
The tournament director reserves the right to:
- Review, and possibly alter the rating of players who self-rate below or above their actual rating.
- Move players and teams between skill level brackets if on verification the wrong event has been entered.
- Merge Events with 4 or less entries with another event of closest possible standard.
- Change start times to facilitate smooth running of the tournament.
- Modify events and/or schedules as required due to influences beyond our control (ie. extreme weather).
- Accept/reject waitlisted player entries after registration close based on venue capacity at any given time.
<i>The Tournament Director's decisions regarding draws, scheduling, formats and tournament operations are final. <i/>
