A PARAGON PICKLEBALL EVENT

This is a USA Pickleball MMP Sanctioned Event.

USA Pickleball Membership valid through November 19th, 2023 is required for participation in this tournament per sanctioning rules. UTPR Ratings are used by pickleballbrackets.com for tournament seeding. Please contact usapickleball.org for concerns or changes to skill rating as we do not have access to player profiles. Players may only register for one event per day. Registration and event fees are required for all players.

REGISTRATION & EVENT FEES

Registration Fees:

Early Bird Registration ($45): August 30th-September 10th, 2023

Normal Registration ($59): September 11th-November 10th, 2023

After Normal Registration Closes ($75): November 11th-November 19th

Event Fees:

Open Events ($55/player)

Non-Open Events ($25/player)

AMATEUR & OPEN LEVEL EVENTS

The events offered are for singles and doubles from the 3.0 to 5.0 & Open levels. Open level doubles events are intended for players with at least a 4.0+ UTPR Rating, however lower ratings may enter upon tournament director approval.

DAILY EVENT SCHEDULE

Friday, November 17th, 2023:

(Men's Singles & Women's Singles)

(Men's Doubles & Women's Doubles - Ages 60 & Above)

Saturday, November 18th, 2023:

(Men's Doubles Open & Women's Doubles Open)

(Men's Doubles - Ages 12-49 & 50-59)

(Women's Doubles - Ages 12-49 & 50-59)

Sunday, November 19th, 2023:

(Mixed Doubles Open)

(Mixed Doubles - Ages 12-49, 50-59, & 60 & Above)

PRIZE MONEY & GIFT PRIZES

Prize money will be awarded to gold, silver, and bronze medalists for Open level doubles events (i.e. Men's, Women's, and Mixed Open level doubles). Gift prizes will be awarded to all gold medalists outside of those events.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

This is a round robin tournament for both singles and doubles. Final round robin format is based off number of registered teams for doubles, which is the same for number of players for singles. The tournament director has the right to change tournament format based on need.

ROUND ROBIN FORMATS

(1-2) registered teams - combined with another event

(3) registered teams - double round robin or combined

(4-7) registered teams - single round robin

(8-16) registered teams - round robin pool play with qualifiers advancing to play-off bracket

(16+) registered teams - round robin pool play with qualifiers advancing to play-off bracket

MATCH FORMAT

Matches will be best 2 out 3 games to 11 points win by 2 points, or 1 game to 15 points win by 2 points. The tournament director has the right to change match format based on need.

REFEREES

E-mail paragonpickleball@gmail.com to referee open and amateur events.

VOLUNTEERS

E-mail paragonpickleball@gmail.com to volunteer for this exciting event.

SPECTATORS

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

15% off PICKLEBALLGOODZ.COM

-Good through 12/13 with DISCOUNT CODE (PARAGON)

-Full Refund for withdrawals before November 1st, 2023

-Full Refund less $25 processing for withdrawals from November 1st until registration closes

-No Refunds after registration closes for withdrawals/cancellations/no shows

-In the event of cancellation due to weather, a full refund would be made (minus a basic processing fee of $25 to offset upfront costs and non-refundable pickleballbrackets.com service fees). If a player is registered for multiple events and only one is impacted, then the refund would be for the event fee only.

The following prize money will be awarded to gold, silver, bronze medalists for Open level doubles events that have 8 or more teams registered. If there are less than 8 teams registered in an event, the prize money will be adjusted accordingly.

Gold: $500/team

Silver: $250/team

Bronze: $125/team