Canadian Deaf Pickleball Tournament 2023

Hosted by Deaf Pickleball Club BC

August 4-7th, 2023

Tournament Dates:

Friday, August 4th, 2023 - Men's Singles, Women's Singles, Men's Scramble, Women's Scramble

Saturday, August 5th, 2023 - Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles

Sunday, August 6th, 2023 - Mixed Doubles

Monday, August 7th, 2023 - TBA (Courts will be open for free play)

FORMAT

We will have a variety of formats in various draws split between Qualifying Round Robin leading to double elimination knockout draws and some straight single elimination knockout rounds. Goal is to maximize play and minimize delay!

Round Robin Events will be games to 11, win by 2, cap 13

Elimination Rounds will be games to 11 or 15, win by 2 (no cap)

Bronze Medal Matches - 1 game to 15, win by 2 (no cap)

Gold Medal Matches - 1 game to 15, win by 2 (no cap)

Singles Events will be Round Robin, 1 game to 11, win by 2, Cap 13

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Skill Levels 3.0, 3.5, 4.0+

Events: Men's and Women's Singles, Men's and Women's Scramble, Men's and Women's Doubles, Mixed Doubles

Age Categories: Open to All (12 and older)

Age is based on age as of December 31, 2023

Registration for General Public will open on Sunday, January 16th, 2023 at 8:00 am

Registration Closes on July 15th, 2023 at 8:00 am

Registration Fee: $35 plus $10 per event

An online PCO waiver will be used for registration

REGISTERING FOR AN EVENT

The skill level of players is determined by the data in the players Pickleball Brackets profile. The priority for determining a player's skill level is their Canadian Tournament Player Rating (CTPR). If that is lacking then their Pickleball Brackets rating, and if that is lacking their Pickleball Brackets self-rating. When registering for a skill level, eg. 4.0 at least one of the players must be rated at the skill level of the event. Note: a 3.5 and a 4.0 player are eligible to play in 4.0. Two 3.5 players cannot play in 4.0.

This is a Pickleball Canada non-sanctioned tournament. All players MUST be a Pickleball Canada member in good standing to play in this tournament. Please ensure your Pickleball Canada Membership number and your skill level are up to date in your pickleballbrackets.com profile before registering for this tournament. If you are not a Pickleball Canada member, you can become a member at https://pickleballcanada.org/

Registration is online only at https://pickleballbrackets.com/. Registration is not complete until BOTH partners have registered, agreed to the online waiver, and PAID in full. Online payment via Pickleball Brackets STRIPE account. Please note: Pickleball Brackets Stripe account accepts credit card payments. When the maximum per event is reached based on fully registered/paid teams, others will be added to the waitlist.

Note: If the partner has not completed their registration within ONE WEEK of the first partner registering, the team will be moved to the waitlist if there are fully-paid teams on the waitlist. When the identified partner registers after the one-week grace period, the team will move from the waitlist back to the active list ONLY if there is a slot available. In the case of waitlists, in doubles events - teams will take priority over individuals.

All players must complete their registration by July 15th, 2023, 8:00 am, or they could potentially be placed on the Waitlist. A player may enter as a team or look under "Players Needing Partners" to find a partner.

COMPLETE means, the waiver has been agreed to, the registration is paid in full and your partner needs to be registered, the waiver agreed to and paid in full as well.

The Tournament Committee reserves the right to place payers in the Skill Group based on their current UTPR/USAPA/PCO rating skill groups based on registration. The Tournament Committee has the right to make changes to the tournament, combine divisions, or change and alter the format depending on the number of registrations received.

HELPFUL INFORMATION

Players are encouraged to bring:

-their own portable chairs

-hat or umbrella for personal shade

-we are planning to have food options on-site.

-remember that dehydration can happen quickly when playing in the sun

-water will be available for purchase or the nearest free water refill station is located inside the restrooms on-site

Tournament Ball: Franklin X40

Paddles: USAPA approved Paddles only

Officiating: Matches, when possible, will be refereed. Our goal is to have all medal games refereed. If you are willing to referee, please contact the Tournament Director.

Clothing: If player is wearing clothing that is the same colour as the ball, they may be asked to change apparel by the Tournament Director.

Commemorative Tournament shirts are available for pre-sale through the registration portal when registering for the tournament. The deadline to order t-shirts is June 1, 2023. Please note, there will be no exchanges for a different size shirt. Refer to the sizing chart to carefully choose our size. We cannot guarantee that there will be any tournament shirts available for purchase at the tournament.

Registrants withdrawing before June 30th, 2023, 9:00pm will be refunded registration & event fees minus a $15 administration fee. There will be absolutely NO refunds after July 1st, 2023 11:00 pm for player cancellations or withdraws.

In the case of inclement weather or other unforeseen issues between August 4-7th that prevent play, only those participants who did not play in ANY event will be refunded their registration & event fees, minus a $15.00 administration fee.

In the case that inclement weather occurs during one of the tournament event dates which causes all events on that specific date to be cancelled then that tournament date will be rescheduled to Monday, August 7th and no refunds will be issued.