"Paragon Cash Games" is a Paragon Pickleball event.

This is a prize money event with a winner-takes-all cash prize intended for all gold medalists in singles and in doubles.

CASH PAYOUTS: TBD - Will Post by August, 2025

AMATEUR & OPEN LEVEL EVENTS

The events offered are for doubles from the 2.5-4.5 & Open/Senior Open levels. Open/Senior Open singles and doubles events are intended for players with at least a 4.0+ UTPR Rating, however lower rated players may enter. If an Open or Senior Open event becomes full, lower rated players in those events will be moved down to a skill/age appropriate event, or placed on the waitlist.

POTENTIAL EVENT FORMATS

*1-2 Doubles Teams: Combined with closest appropriate skill

*3 Doubles Teams: Double round robin with no playoffs or Combined with closest appropriate skill

*4 Doubles Teams: True round robin with medal matches

*5-6 Doubles Teams: True round robin (no playoffs)

*7+ or More Doubles Teams: Double elimination with come around consolation bracket

POTENTIAL MATCH FORMATS

*1 game to 11 points win by 2 points

*1 game to 15 points win by 2 points

*1 game to 21 points win by 2 points

*2 out of 3 games to 11 points win by 2 points

Please note: Tournament Director has the discretion to change event or match formats before or during the tournament especially due to weather or unforeseen circumstances.

DAILY EVENT SCHEDULE

Saturday, June 28th, 2025:

Men's & Women's Doubles

Sunday, June 29th, 2025:

Mixed Doubles

APPROVED PADDLES

Players may use paddles that are approved from the USA Pickleball Equipment Paddle List.

https://equipment.usapickleball.org/paddle-list/

Players may also use paddles that can be found on the UPA-A Interim Certification Paddle and Provisional Approval Paddle Lists.

https://upaa.unitedpickleball.com/approved-paddles/

Players that have a de-laminated paddle or a paddle where the surface has been altered, intentionally or unintentionally, will not be allowed.

Players are responsible for checking their own paddles before play. Referees will check paddles at random throughout the tournament.

RULES OF PLAY

Standard USA Pickleball rules apply. Unintentional "caries/flings" which occur in one stroke are allowed.

https://usapickleball.org/what-is-pickleball/official-rules/

PRIZE MONEY

Cash prizes will be awarded to gold medalists in all events.

REFEREES

E-mail paragonpickleball@gmail.com to referee

VOLUNTEERS

E-mail paragonpickleball@gmail.com to volunteer

SPECTATORS

All friends and family are welcome to watch the event for free from outside of the courts.

TOURNAMENT BALLS

Paragon H-40 Balls can be purchased for $2.50 each from...

MRIVA Sports - Tennis & Pickleball Shop

2085 N Broadway STE 300

Walnut Creek CA 94596

Phone: 925-393-3549

mrivasports.com

*Up to registration closing, registrants may withdraw/cancel and receive a full refund minus a $5 processing fee if withdrawing for one event or minus a $10 processing fee, if withdrawing from 2 events or more. Please withdraw electronically online before registration closes. Do not email the tournament director to withdraw unless you're having trouble doing so yourself online.

*Once registration closes there are no refunds for any reason. If you do need to withdraw please do so before registration closes to ensure you receive your appropriate refund. If you need to withdraw after registration closes please contact the tournament director via email. If you need to switch doubles partners before registration closes you can do that online, but if you need to after registration closes please email the tournament director.

*If weather or unforeseen circumstances are anticipated to interfere with an events start time/day of play/location of play, those may change (even after start times have been posted) in order to strive for the completion of such events. This rescheduling will first be done within the original dates of the tournament. For example if Friday events, need to be moved to Saturday in order avoid rain, or an indoor location becomes available to rain, or matches need to be pushed back from an 8am start time to a Noon start time because courts are wet, these changes will occur. Please be flexible and understanding with tournament if these changes occur, because weather and outside circumstances are out of their control.

*If the entire tournament, an entire tournament day, or particular event(s) cannot be rescheduled within the original dates of the tournament, those event(s) will be rescheduled to a future date with the same players transferred to the same events.

*If an event has started, and weather or unforeseen circumstances affects an event's completion during that day, and completion cannot or will not be rescheduled, then the following tournament credit policy will be honored...

a. 0 matches played: Player will receive a Paragon registration fee and event fee tournament credit good for up to 1 year

b. 1 match played: Player will receive a Paragon event fee tournament credit good for up to 1 year

c. 2 matches or more have been played: No credit issued

Please note: Last minute withdrawals, player retirements/withdrawals for any reason during tournament competition, or no shows before or during tournament competition, that affect an event's total number of matches played are not causes to receive a credit. The above credit policy applies to weather and other unforeseen circumstances. Credits are transferable to friends and family if a player wishes to or if they cannot play in a Paragon tournament within the 1 year.

All qualifying credits & refunds will be processed approximately 2 weeks after the tournament's completion.