THE DINK SERIES: EPISODE 5 @PICKLEPLAY DINGLEY

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81 players registered

Oct 31 2026 - Nov 3 2026

When

Registration opens

Aug 21 2026

8:00 AM AEST

Registration ends

Oct 24 2026

11:55 PM AEST

Registration Cost

AUD 60.00

per player

Where

Get Directions

PicklePlay Dingley Village

352 Boundary Road

Dingley Village, Vic, 3172

Tournament Description

🟨 This will officially be the 𝗟𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥 𝗛𝗘𝗟𝗗 𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗗𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗢𝗥 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗞𝗟𝗘𝗕𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗬 𝗜𝗡 𝗔𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗜𝗔’𝗦 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 🇦🇺

🟨 𝗣𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗹𝗲𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘆. You’ve seen it – perfect spacing, tall ceilings and immaculate courts.

🟨 More games, less delays. At The Dink Series, we believe in large pools, regular side-out scoring and unmatched organisation. This professional DUPR-rated tournament has a minimum fun level of 10/10.

🟨 4 games to 15 or 5 games 11, minimum.

🟨 The Saturday: HALLOWEEN. Monster dinks only.

🟨 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆. 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝗽 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆. Forget the horses, watch the pros. We’re doing a “come and watch” for the PRO division.

🟨 PRIZE POOL: $8,500 minimum in cash, voucher and physical prizes. 70% of cash to first place, 30% to second. Prize breakdown below ($1,500+ cash prize for Mens Pro)

🟨 Early-bird discount ends on the 15th of September (15% off) for ALL events entered.

🟨 View The Dink Series ALL-TIME LEADERBOARD: https://www.thedinkseries.com/

𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗦

𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟭

7:30-11:15am: MENS <2.99

11:15am-3pm: MENS 3.00-3.49

3-6:45pm: MENS 3.50-3.99

6:45-10pm: MENS 4.00-4.75

𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭

7:30-11:15am: MIXED <2.99

11:15am-3pm: MIXED 3.00-3.49

3-6:45pm: MIXED 3.50-3.99

6:45-10pm: MIXED 4.00+ and WOMENS 3.50-3.99

𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯 (𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘆)

7:30-11:15am: WOMENS <2.99

11:15-3pm: WOMEN’S 3.00-3.49

3-7:30pm: 𝗣𝗥𝗢 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗦 𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 (𝟰.𝟳𝟱+) + 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗧𝗖𝗛

𝗔𝗥𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘:

🟨 MINIMUM 30-MINUTES PRIOR TO THE START TIMES ABOVE

🟨 If you miss your ARRIVAL TIME, you will automatically forfeit the first game – the divisions and player briefings may start 15 minutes before the LISTED START TIME. You will also forfeit your warm-up time.

🟨 30-team pools: round-robin followed by Round Of 16, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and grand-finals.

🟨 12-18-team pools: round-robin followed by Quarterfinals, Semifinals, and grand-finals.

🟨 The pools will be split via snake-seeding.

🟨 All matches will be first to 11, win by 2. If time allows, finals may be one set to 15, or best of 3 sets – first to 11.

⬛ 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗨𝗣𝗥 𝗥𝗘𝗤𝗨𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦. 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗗𝗨𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗔𝗫 𝟬.𝟭 𝗔𝗕𝗢𝗩𝗘.

⬛ You must enter into the division of the highest ranked player. Average is not used.

⬛ Your DUPR will be assessed based on your score on the 1st of October, 2026.

⬛ Copy and paste into google: https://www.thedinkseries.com/dupr

Additional Information

🟨 Minimum age: 14

🟨 Registration Close on October the 24th.

🟨 The cost per event is $70.

🟨 Registration: $70 (includes the first event). Subsequent events are an additional $70 each. Early-bird discount applies to the registration fee AND the second event fee (15% saved on BOTH) and ends on the 15th of September.

🟨 Players must be paid and have a registered and paid partner to be confirmed. Players not paid and without registered and paid partners will be moved to a wait list if the division in which a spot is being held is filled with fully registered and paid teams.

⬛ You must enter into the division of the highest ranked player. Average is not used.

⬛ Your DUPR will be assessed based on your score on the 1st of October, 2026.

⬛ Copy and paste into google: https://www.thedinkseries.com/dupr

🟨 ZERO tolerance for poor behaviour - particularly cheating and discrimination.

🟨 No sandbagging under any circumstances – if you are unsure, check.

🟨 Matches are played in accordance with the Global Pickleball Federation (GPF) rulebook.

🟨 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲.

🟨 If you join a doubles event by yourself, it will be subject to the cancellation policy (below). Doubles "teams" will "knock-out" individual sign-ups.

🟨 If your partner is registered, but you are not – it will be treated as one incomplete registration and pairs will be given preference.

🟨 Failure to respond to repeated contact attempts (via your phone number or email) will result in immediate removal from the tournament. This includes participants who sign-up with invalid contact information.

🟨 The prize pool can be changed and is only to be used as a guide. The prize pool minimums as viewed on the 1st of September are FINAL and will not be reduced after this date.

🟨 In the absence of delays which may alter start times, the tournament director reserves the right to alter start times prior to, and on the day - by up to 1 hour - with appropriate notice. In the case of delays, the tournament director reserves the right to delay categories by up to 2 hours from the disclosed start time.

🟨 PHOTOGRAPHY

-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 The Dink Series, our sponsors or other players on websites, social media and other purposes without express permission or payment. Player's may record matches without consent of other players - however all players retain the right to ask other players (through the tournament director or directly) not to have their match recorded or photographed by other players.

🟨 All questions relating to seeding or how finalists are determined can be viewed here:

https://www.thedinkseries.com/seeding

Refund Policy

The Dink Series is a professional tournament series with a strict cancellation policy to ensure players don’t join to “block-off” spots whilst they decide.

🟨 Discount codes may only be used with explicit and direct permission from the tournament organiser. If a discount code is shared with you, and it is used without permission for your specific use, you will be removed from the tournament without refund.

⬛ All withdrawals before October the 24th will receive a full refund less $15.

⬛ After the 24th of October 2026, registrations are non-refundable for participant-initiated cancellations or withdrawals, regardless of the reason or personal circumstances, including illness, injury, travel disruption, family emergencies or bereavement.

⬛ If you incorrectly enter into an event without reading the DUPR requirements – you will not be eligible for that event and you will only be eligible for a refund if you notify the tournament before registration closes. The refund will be $15 less than the total sign-up fee.

⬛ If you enter into a doubles event without a partner – cancellations before the registration-close will receive a refund - less $15 for pickleball.com and stripe fees. Likewise, if no partner is available before the start of the tournament or the teams fill all slots before a partner can be found - the refund will also be less $15 so we strongly recommend joining with a partner for doubles events.

⬛ Refunds must be directly requested through messages or email and will not be automatically processed through pickleball.com with event withdrawals.

⬛ If you have 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗗𝗨𝗣𝗥 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀, you will not be eligible for a refund when caught and you will not be eligible for the tournament for any event. If you have a specific circumstance, please contact the tournament director prior to registering to ask how to navigate this.

⬛ If you are reported on the day by opponents, or found by the tournament director – to be playing at a significantly higher level than the given category (for example playing at the 3.4 level in the <2.99 category), the tournament director reserves the right to ask you to stop playing at any time.

🟨 The prize pool can be changed and is only to be used as a guide. The prize pool minimums as viewed on the 1st of September are FINAL and will not be reduced after this date. Refunds are not available due to "prize-pool" changes before this date.

Prize Money

𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗨𝗠 𝗦𝗢 𝗙𝗔𝗥:

𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗭𝗘 𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟:

𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗦, 𝗠𝗜𝗫𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡’𝗦 <𝟮.𝟵𝟵 | PRIZE PACK + $110 PicklePlay Dingley Voucher

𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗦, 𝗠𝗜𝗫𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡’𝗦: 𝟯.𝟬𝟬-𝟯.𝟰𝟵 | PRIZE PACK + $110 PicklePlay Dingley Voucher + $100 CASH

𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗦, 𝗠𝗜𝗫𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝟯.𝟱𝟬-𝟯.𝟵𝟵 | $350 CASH + $110 PicklePlay Dingley Voucher

𝗠𝗜𝗫𝗘𝗗 𝟰.𝟬𝟬+ 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝟰.𝟬𝟬-𝟰.𝟳𝟱 | $500 CASH + $110 PicklePlay Dingley Voucher

𝗣𝗥𝗢 𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗦 (𝟰.𝟳𝟱+) | $1,500 CASH + $110 PicklePlay Dingley Voucher

𝗔𝗹𝗹 𝟲 𝗽𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗔𝗟𝗦𝗢 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺 “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀” 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗧-𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝗱𝗮𝗹𝘀.

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 to receive 70% of cash prizes, 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 to receive 30%

Venue Details

PicklePlay Dingley Village

352 Boundary Road
Dingley Village, Victoria, 3172
Australia

Parking Information

Parking Fee: Yes