Pickleball Love Fest Tournament
Welcome to the Pickleball Partners Pickleball Love Fest Tournament.
The schedule is as follows:
Sunday morning, February 16, 2025, Men’s & Women’s Doubles
Sunday afternoon, Mixed Doubles
Competition will begin as early as 8:00 AM. Specific start times for each event will be posted and emailed to players approximately three days prior to the event.
All matches will be governed by the USA Pickleball 2025 Official Rulebook.
Please check in at least 30 minutes prior to your scheduled start times. Brackets can start early if all players have checked-in and courts are available.
You can follow the entire tournament on your phone. Go to pickleballbrackets.com. Login. Go to the tournament. Click draws and results. Then click on your bracket.
We use a text message system to run the tournament efficiently. You will receive texts for each match.
1st Text - Match is in the queue. Get ready to play. As soon as we have a court available, it will be time to play,
2nd Text - You have been assigned a court. One player from each team needs to report to the tournament desk to receive the basket with balls and scorecard. You will then go to your assigned court to begin your match. After your match, return the basket with balls and scorecard to the tournament desk.
You may register and identify your partner or request "Need partner". Selecting that you "need a partner" allows other players to see that you are available to play in the tournament. We do our best to introduce players that need partners, but this selection does not mean that the tournament will find a partner for you. It is still your responsibility to find a partner.
There are no referees. Matches are self-monitored. If a referee is requested, we will do our best to provide one.
TOURNAMENT FORMAT
The format will be round robin. As registration proceeds, tournament management reserves the option to combine brackets as needed if brackets do not fill. If brackets are combined to create playable brackets, awards will be based on the original division and not the combined bracket. Brackets will be combined by age, if possible, to avoid combining skills.
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.
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 2024 Official Rule Book will govern play.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. 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, 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.
The registration fee is $45 and includes one event, plus $5 service fee. An additional event is $5 plus service fee.
