It's two tournaments in one! Firstly we are running mens and women's doubles matches, singles matches, and pro matches for a cash prize.
But for the MIXED DOUBLES component...It's a TEAM TOURNAMENT just like the MLP! (Major League Pickleball). The QPA is proud to announce the first of its kind in the Bay of Quinte area, a TEAM TOURNAMENT that follows the format of Major League Pickleball
4 people to a team. 2 women, 2 men. Skill level and age set the Division for your Team.
Get CREATIVE!! We want AWESOME Team Names!
We strongly encourage Team Colours / matching outfits
October 17,18,19 at the Belleville Pickleplex facility, 366 N Front Street
Each registration gives you entry into 1 event.
We will be hosting various Singles, Women's Doubles, and Mens Doubles tournament matches, of which will all count towards your DUPR rating.
In addition, we will be including the 4.0+ Open all ages tournament with a cash prize of $500 for the winning team.
All MIXED games will be within the framework of a Team Tournament format.
The Team Tournament structure is as follows:
There are 4 pickleball games per Team vs Team Match, each a standard game up to 11 win by 2
First is Women's doubles, followed by Men's doubles, followed by 2 mixed doubles games, in which each team determines one man and one woman play together for the first mixed game, and the other man and woman play together for the second mixed game.
A team gets 3 points for a win in regulation (4-0 or 3-1)
If the score is tied 2-2 after all 4 games have been played, a tiebreaker (DREAMBREAKER) rally style up to 21 in which all 4 groups play 5 rally points each until the first team reaches 21, winning the game only on a serve. Winning team gets 2 points, losing team gets 1.
Following the Round Robin, the top two teams in each pool, or top 4 if one large pool, compete for the medals. Teams will advance based upon Total Points earned. While winning 3-1 or 4-0 means 3 points for the team, should two teams tie for a playoff position, the team with more individual game wins will advance.
Each Team vs Team Match lasts up to an hour, and each player plays 2 of the 4 games, one gender double game, and one mixed game.
To register for the Team Tournament, select the Division you wish to compete in, reflective of your current mixed doubles DUPR rating- If you have selected a lower skill level than your DUPR we will contact you to correct it into the proper Skill level- THEREFORE YOU MUST USE YOUR MIXED DOUBLES DUPR RATING. Please enter your mixed partner, and then decide on a Team Captain. The Captain will email us directly at pickleballquinte.com to tell us who the other 2 players on your team will be, the Team name, and what colour (if chosen) they wish to represent. The two MIXED couples will serve to represent the two men and the two women on the team for the same gender matches. IF YOU WANT TO PLAY TEAMS AND HAVE A MIXED PARTNER BUT DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER COUPLE TO PLAY WITH, EMAIL US AND WE WILL MATCH YOU UP WITH ANOTHER COUPLE IN THE SAME BOAT. THE MORE TEAMS THE MORE WICKED THE FUN!
This format will bring together a true sense of fun and comradery, cheering on not only ourselves when we play our games, but our teammates when they play theirs. It's time to have some serious FUN!!!
The QPA will once again be filled with Music, Food, Fun, and of course.... BEER!
It's called DINKTOBERFEST for a reason...