Aiken Pickleball, Inc. is hosting the 10th Annual Palmetto Indoor Pickleball Doubles Invitational Tournament. This event will be held on Wednesday, July 31st through Sunday, August 4th at Odell Weeks Activities Center in Aiken, SC. This event is being held in honor of Loretta Beckner, who (along with her husband Mike) started pickleball in Aiken.

Registration fee is $50. If you register on or before May 31, you will get the early-bird fee of $40. Each event is $10. Pickleball Brackets will impose a service fee at the end of checkout.

The tournament will host a buffet social in partnership with Aiken Senior Life Services. This social will be held on Friday, August 2, from 6:30 - 8:30 at the Anne & Cot Campbell Center located at 1310 E. Pine Log Road in Aiken. To register for the social, go to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/852399910077?aff=oddtdtcreator.

T-shirts are available to pre-order until June 15 for $16. Limited quantities and sizes of t-shirts will be available for purchase at the event for $20 on a first-come, first-served basis.

The format is Round Robin for the non-money events. There will be a maximum of 7 teams per division.

Events are as follows. If you do not have an official rating, you can self-rate.

Wednesday, July 31

Men’s 3.0 60+

Men’s 3.0 70+

Men’s 3.0 75+

Women’s 3.0 60+

Women’s 3.0 70+

Women’s 3.0 75+

Men’s 3.5 60+

Men’s 3.5 70+

Men’s 3.5 75+

Women’s 3.5 60+

Women’s 3.5 70+

Women’s 3.5 75+

Men's 4.0 60+

Men's 4.0 70+

Women's 4.0 60+

Women's 4.0 70+

Thursday, August 1

Mixed 3.0 60+

Mixed 3.0 70+

Mixed 3.0 75+

Mixed 3.5 60+

Mixed 3.5 70+

Mixed 3.5 75+

Mixed 4.0 60+

Mixed 4.0 70+

Mixed 4.0 75+

Saturday, August 3

Women’s 3.0 12+

Women’s 3.0 50+

Men's 3.0 12+

Men’s 3.0 50+

Women’s 3.5 12+

Women’s 3.5 50+

Men’s 3.5 12+

Men’s 3.5 50+

Women’s 4.0 12+

Women’s 4.0 50+

Men’s 4.0 12+

Men’s 4.0 50+

Sunday, August 4

Mixed 3.0 12+

Mixed 3.0 50+

Mixed 3.5 12+

Mixed 3.5 50+

Mixed 4.0 12+

Mixed 4.0 50+

Players will sign up with a prearranged partner.

As registration proceeds, tournament management reserves the option to combine brackets as needed if brackets do not fill.

A team must play at the skill level of the higher rated player, and at the age group of the younger player. Age is calculated as of 12/31/2024.

You may register and identify your partner or request "Need partner". Your identified partner must register within 24 hours of your registration, or the team will be moved to the waiting list. When the identified partner registers after the 24-hour grace period, the team will automatically move from the waiting list back to the active list if there is a slot available and both players have paid.

Your spot in the tournament is not guaranteed until you and your partner have registered and all fees have been paid in full.

Gold, silver, and bronze medals will be awarded in each event.

The ball used will be the orange Onix Fuse indoor. Players will not be allowed to wear orange shirts.

Tiebreakers: IFP Standard

Total matches won

12.C.3.a.

First tie-breaker: head-to-head matches won.

12.C.3.b.

Second tie-breaker: point differential of all games played.

(e.g., Team A won Match 1 11-8, 11-4, so they would have a point differential of +10.

Team A then wins the second match 11-9, 2-11, 11-6.

For this round, they would have a point 50 differential of -2.

This would give them a total for the day of +8.)

12.C.3.c.

Third tie-breaker: head-to-head point differential.

12.C.3.d.

Fourth tie-breaker: point differential against next-highest team. (e.g., If the teams are tied for second, use point differentials against the first-place team.)

Cancellation deadline is 6 PM on July 24th, 2024. No refunds for any reason after that date.

Cancellations prior to that date are subject to a $10 administration fee.

The $5.00 per event Pickleball Brackets fee is not refundable.