BE A PART OF THE ESPN NY CELEBRITY PICKLEBALL MATCH & 1st DINKO DE MAYO TOURNAMENT: DOWNTOWN STAMFORD, CT.

A percentage of Proceeds Raised will be Donated to Support NAMI Southwest and Mental Health Awareness Month.

Amani Toomer (former NY Giants football player) and Anita Marks ( TV and Radio personality)

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Rick DiPietro (former NY Islanders hockey player) and Dave Rothenberg (Radio personality)

Pickleball America is one of the largest indoor pickleball venues in the US located in one of the anchor spaces of the Stamford Town Center mall in downtown Stamford, CT. The 80,000-sf venue is the 1st of its kind, a repurposed two-story retail store created by four local Stamford professionals who wanted to launch a “Sportstainment” center focused on pickleball.

{{{ IMPORTANT NOTICE: Payment for the tournament will be through Eventbrite, where you will be linked after registration. There will be a delay of up to 24 hours before your account in PickleballBrackets shows as Paid. }}}

All start times are subject to change and events might be merged or split based on event registration.

All events are DOUBLES.

Start 8:00am: Men's 4.0+

Start 12:30pm: CELEBRITY MATCH

Start 2:00pm: Mixed 3.0-3.4, Mixed 3.5-3.9, Mixed 4.0+

Start 5:00pm: Men's 3.5-3.9, Women's 3.5-3.9

For doubles and mixed doubles, you must sign up at the skill level of the higher rated partner. Players with a PickleballBrackets.com rating must use that rating. Players with both a PickleballBrackets.com Rating and a USA Pickleball UTPR rating must use the higher rating. Players with a USA Pickleball UTPR rating but no PickleballBrackets.com rating must use that rating. Players with neither rating may self rate.

The tournament reserves the right to move players and teams between skill level brackets.

Format:

All events will offer a pool-play format.

The top-four teams from each bracket will move forward to the next round.

All pool-play matches, as well as all pre-medal matches, will be one game to 11, win by two points. The medal matches will be best two-out-of-three games, win by one point.

For a CONFIRMED spot in an event, both partners must be registered and paid. Players without partners or whose partners have not registered and paid within 2 days of their signup, will be moved to the waiting list. Once their partner signs up, they will be moved back into the event - IF THERE ARE SPOTS REMAINING IN THE BRACKET AND THE TOURNAMENT.

Refunds minus a $10 processing fee for withdrawals from the tournament up through the final day of registration.

No refunds for withdrawals from the tournament after registration closes.

Refunds will be processed after the tournament is completed.