Blaze Pickle is proud to be hosting a “May Madness: Paddle and Play” Tournament!

Tournament Events:

Men's and Women's Doubles - Saturday, May 17- All Day Starting at 8:00 AM

Mixed Doubles - Sunday, May 18 - All Day Starting at 8:00 AM

This is a Skill Level and for Players new to the Tournament.

For doubles and mixed doubles, both players must sign up at the skill level of the higher rated partner through PickleballBrackets.com. If neither player has a PickleballBrackets.com rating, players may self rate.

Ratings will be verified. The tournament reserves the right to move players and teams between skill level brackets.

Events may be split by age depending on the bracket size.

Events with fewer than 3 teams will be merged with a neighboring event.

The tournament format will be a round robin followed by playoffs for the top 4 teams for ALL events.

All events require 4 teams to be held. Any event with less than 4 teams will be cancelled.

Competition each day will begin at 8:00 AM. Specific start times for each event will be posted and emailed to players approximately 2 days prior to the event.

The tournament format is round robin for events with a small number of teams. Games will be either to 11 or 15.

For events with a large number of teams, there will be two or more seeded pools and the top two teams in each pool will advance to a playoff round to determine medal winners. Games will be either to 11 or 15.

For a guaranteed spot in mixed doubles or doubles, the second partner must sign up within 3 days of the first partner's registration. Incomplete teams will be moved to the waiting list after that. Once the second partner registers, they will be moved back into the event IF THERE ARE SPOTS LEFT IN THE TOURNAMENT AND THE EVENT.

Registration is $35 per player for skill-rated events and $10 or $15 for each additional event. There is a non-refundable PickleballBrackets.com software use fee of $5 for one event or $10 for more than one event that will be applied to every registration.

(Your registration is not complete until waiver is signed and fees are paid. Each player must complete registration to be counted in the bracket limit.)

What is a Scramble?

In a scramble, you sign-up as an individual player and play as a partner with different people from your pool each game. Stats are calculated for each individual player. Players will be evaluated based on points; the top scoring player in all matches wins gold; second wins silver; third wins bronze.

After pool play, the top players will move to a single elimination medal round. For the playoffs, you'll be matched with the player from the other pool who has the same pool ranking as you.

Full refunds minus the $10 processing fee from PickleballBrackets.com will be granted for withdrawals from the tournament until May 4th.

No refunds will be granted for withdrawals from the tournament after May 11th, 2025 .