Welcome to the 2022 Doc Holliday Shootout

Pickleball Tournament

While Griffin, GA won’t be mistaken as the O.K. Corral, we can offer you good times, exciting pickleball play, and the southern hospitality of Doc Holliday’s hometown. The DHS Pickleball Tournament takes place in the beautiful Wyomia Tyus Olympic Park in Spalding County Georgia. The pickleball facility is a world class 18 court venue with plenty of shade structures, open greenspace for personal tents, clean restrooms, concessions, and a players hospitality tent. The Spalding County Pickleball Association is proud of this being our fifth year of tournament play here in Griffin, GA, and we’re especially proud of once again being the host city of the 2022 APP Tour Atlanta Metro Open.

Please note, the courts at Tyus Park are DecoTurf surfaces, therefore chairs, bags, tents, animals, etc. are not permitted on the courts. The courts are for pickleball play only and non-marking court shoes are the only approved footwear.

The following is intended to acquaint you with the format, rules, and other particulars of this tournament:

SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 28th:

Practice Day - Courts are open from 8AM – 10PM

Friday, April 29th:

Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles (first matches begin play at 2:00 PM)

Saturday, Apr 30th:

Men’s Doubles and Women’s Doubles (first matches begin play at 8:00 am)

Sunday, May 1st:

Mixed Doubles (first matches begin play at 8:00 AM).

Please check-in one hour (but no later than 45 minutes) before your scheduled start time. The check-in desk will open at 1:00PM on Friday and 7:00 AM on Saturday and Sunday morning. In addition, if courts are available and everyone has checked in, we may begin subsequent events earlier than scheduled. Court assignments will be sent out via text messaging on the day of each event.

PLEASE UPDATE YOUR PICKLEBALLBRACKETS.COM PROFILE TO ALLOW TEXT MESSAGING.

The brackets and playing schedules for all events are available by clicking on the “Events/Brackets” button on PickleballBrackets.com. Brackets and possibly playing times are subject to change up until playing time, so check back often.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

All matches will be Round Robin format, win by two. The number of points needed to win depends on bracket size as follows:

• Three players/teams: Double Round Robin to 15 points

• Four players/teams: Double Round Robin to 11 points

• Five players/teams: Single Round Robin to 15 points

• Six players/teams: Single Round Robin to 15 points

• Seven and eight players/teams: Single Round Robin to 11 points

• NOTE: Brackets larger than eight players/teams will be divided into two pools, A and B

and play will be as follows:

o Each pool will play to the winning score depending on the size of the pool.

o The top two teams from each pool will advance to the medal rounds. #1 from pool A will play #2 from Pool B. #1 from pool B will play #2 from pool A. Then the winners will play for Gold and the losers will play for Bronze. All Medal Round Games will be 15 by 2.

Tournament Ball:

Franklin X-40 Outdoor Ball for all skill levels

MEDAL AWARDS

Gold, Silver and Bronze medals will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishers respectively in each bracket, regardless of whether ages and/or skills were combined. Winners will be determined in accordance with USAPA rules as follows:

• Primary Criterion: the player/team that had the most wins in the bracket.

• First Tiebreaker: the player/team that won the most head-to-head match(s).

• Second Tiebreaker: the player/team with the highest point differential of all matches played in the bracket.

• Third Tiebreaker: the player/team with the highest head-to-head point differential.

• Fourth Tiebreaker: the player/team with the highest point differential against the next-highest team (e.g., if two teams are tied for 2nd, use the point differential of each against the 1st place team).

FOOD, BEVERAGES AND MORE

Our Concession Stand will be open all hours of the tournament:

• We will be selling a variety of food a beverage items including soft drinks, water, sports drinks, energy bars, candy, chips, etc.

• Near the noon hour, other substantial food selections will be made available.

• We will gladly fill beverage containers of players or spectators needing ice.

RULES

In an effort to move matches along quickly and efficiently the following instructions are provided to tournament players.

It is your responsibility to read and understand the following instructions and rules of the tournament before reporting for play.

1. The USA Pickleball 2022 Official Rule Book will govern play.

2. You must check-in one hour but no later than 45 minutes before the scheduled start time on your day of play. You must also check in one each day on which you are playing.

3. Start of Matches

a) When your bracket is started, you must proceed to the Tournament Ops desk to receive your scoresheet and game balls. Your assigned courts will be text messaged to you.

b) Failure to report within 10 minutes of when your match is assigned will result in forfeit the first game and any subsequent game for which you fail to appear.

4. The only items players are allowed to take onto the courts are their paddle, a towel, and a drink container. Chairs, bags, soft drinks, food, etc. are not permitted on the courts.

5. You will have 5 minutes to warm up for your first match of the day, unless you are scheduled for the very first round of matches, in which case you must be ready to begin play at the scheduled start time.

6. The first server MUST wear the wrist band provided by the tournament director.

7. It is the responsibility of all players to read and understood the following:

a) The serving player/team MUST call the score prior to each point.

b) Players are responsible for calling all the lines on their side of the court.

i. The player/team on whose side the ball landed is responsible for making the call.

ii. Once the call is made, the call stands, and the opposing team may NOT

question or dispute the call.

iii. Exception: if the player/team on whose side the ball landed asks their opponent for their opinion, they are allowing them to make the call.

iv. If there is no agreement on the call, replay the point.

c) Each team has two 1-minute time outs per match.

d) After the completion of each match, each singles player and a representative from each doubles team will record the final score, initial the scoresheet, and turn the scoresheet into the Tournament Ops desk.

e) Players will be allowed to hydrate after any point as long, as the flow of the game is not adversely impacted.

f) Unsportsmanlike behavior will not be tolerated. Any action deemed by the Court Monitor or any Event Staff official to be unsportsmanlike will result in a technical warning (technical foul if a warning has already been issued) (Rule 13.G). Repeated behavior may result in a match forfeit or expulsion from the event.

g) Any action that results in the presence of blood is an automatic time out requiring medical attention.

This is a Georgia Pickleball Association Sanctioned Tournament. To join GPA visit https://georgiapickleball.fun/join and become a member.

All Georgia Pickleball Association members will receive a $10 discount on all GPA sanctioned tournaments. The GPA registration fee is a $25 yearly fee. GPA membership allows players to play in all GPA sanctioned tournaments and leagues. GPA will maintain GPA ratings and GPA rankings for all players. GPA strongly encourages all players to also become members of USA Pickleball.

This tournament counts toward qualification for the GPA State Tournament. For players that are not already GPA members, the yearly GPA membership fee should be paid prior to registering for the event. Players can check their ratings at PickleballBrackets.com. Simply go to club section, then click on Georgia Pickleball Association.

The registration fee for this tournament is $55 ($45 after GPA discount) and includes two events. If a player would like to play in three events, the third event is an additional $10.

Cancellation deadline is 9pm April 1 , 2022. No refunds for any reason after that date. Cancellations prior to that date are subject to a $10 administration fee. Your spot in the tournament is not guaranteed until your partner has registered and all fees have been paid in full.

If the tournament is cancelled due to COVID restrictions or directives from government authorities, we will refund your registration fees less any prorated incurred expenses.

If the tournament is cancelled due to weather prior to the start of an event, we will refund your registration fees less any prorated incurred expenses.

If an event has STARTED and is cancelled due to weather there will be no refunds. We will make every effort to complete any event that has been started. Tournament Director reserves the right to change format, shorten games, or make any other changes they feel will help complete the event.

Players who do not show up for their event and fail to notify the tournament director prior OR leave the event without notifying the tournament director after it has started are subject to a $25 fine. The fine must be paid before registering for any other GPA events.