Join us Valentines Day weekend for the Sweetheart Slam Pickleball Tournament.

This tournament will be hosted in its entirety at Pints & Paddle and will feature pool play with the top teams advancing to a single elimination bracket. Both pool play and the single elimination bracket will happen the same day. Not all teams will advance to the single elimination round.

Teams will get 5 game minimum assuming we get full pools (6 teams). Otherwise teams will play 4 game of pool play.

Top teams from each pool advance to the same day, single elimination bracket.

* For smaller brackets, teams may play less pool play games but then advance to a double elimination bracket. Either way, the goal is to get every team 5 game minimum.

Round Robin: Games to 11, win by 2. Hard stop at 15.

Bracket: Games to 15, win by 2. Hard stop at 19.

3rd: Game to 15, win by 2.

1st: Best ⅔, play to 11, win by 2.

DUPR: DUPR rating will be required during signup for any division. No exceptions. All players must play in the correct division according to their DUPR. All scores will be recorded. DUPR will be checked at signup time and teams will be moved into the correct divisions.

Both partner's DUPR ratings will be used to calculate a team DUPR rating. That rating must fall within the division specified limits. The team DUPR score is calculated using a weighted average: 70% of the highest rated player and 30% of the lowest rated player. Below is an example:

Player A is a 4.1 and Player B is a 3.6. If you take 70% of Player A's rating and 30% of Player B's rating, you will get an average of 3.95. Therefore, this team will sign up for the 3.5-4.0 division.

Here is the formula: (Player A x .7) + (Player B x .3)

Unrated players may be allowed to play in divisions based on the tournament directors discretion. A DUPR account will still be required so scores can be recorded.

Pricing

$65 per player: Early bird signup

$75 per player: After January 1st

Prizes will be given to 1st, 2nd and 3rd.

Important: After registering, teams have 7 days to register their partner. Teams that miss this deadline will be moved to the waitlist.

ESTIMATED division start times are listed but are subject to change based on how the brackets fill. Official start times will be provided 1 week before the tournament. In general, the estimated start times are within the general range (a few hours) of when your division will start.

Divisions can start as early as 7am and as late as 6pm.

In the interest of maintaining the tournament schedule, the Pickleball Director reserves the right to adjust scoring rules as needed. However, any adjustments will be announced and applied consistently across all matches.

We offer full refunds for cancellations received up to 7 days before the tournament. For cancellations within 7 days of the event, no refunds will be issued.