The Sydney Winter Indoor Pickleball Tournament is a Tier 2 event hosted by Pickleball NSW and sanctioned by Pickleball Australia. Registrations will open at 8am on Saturday 10 May 2025.
The tournament will be held over Saturday 12 July (Men's & Women's Doubles) and Sunday 13 July (Mixed doubles and para/hybrid doubles). The venue is the Hawkesbury PCYC in Windsor, a modern facility with 6 indoor basketball courts. It is approximately a 1 hour drive from the Sydney CBD. Singles is not offered at this tournament due to limited time available.
Any member of Pickleball Australia - including Pickleball NSW - can enter. To register you will also need a (free) account with Pickleballtournaments.com which requires you to enter your PAA member number via Edit Profile/Association Memberships. As a Tier 2 tournament, players can gain Australian Ranking (AR) points by entering specific events, signified by (AR) under the event title.
Registration is $60 which includes entry into one event. Each additional event costs $30, with the exception of hybrid and junior events which cost $20. Players can enter a maximum of 2 events - one per day - unless they enter in hybrid doubles events (in which a disabled player teams up with a non-disabled player), in which case they can enter 3 events. Any players wishing to play 3 events including hybrid events, click the "Contact Tourney" button on the front page of this website with details and we will arrange this for you.
It is best to register when you have an agreed partner to play with. Be proactive in finding a partner - someone who has registered also looking for a partner, or someone you know who has not registered yet.
DUPR PLAYER RATINGS
This tournament will use DUPR ratings, which are higher for the vast majority of players compared with Pickleball Brackets (PAA) ratings. The change to DUPR requires an adjustment upwards in skill levels:
3.49 and below
3.5 - 3.99
4.0 - 4.49
4.5+
Open
The tournament organiser and director reserve the right to change/merge/split skill level or age divisions or to move players into event categories different to the ones in which they entered.
Players with disabilities are encouraged to enter mainstream events (with minor rule modifications) in addition to para and/or hybrid events.
Registrations for all events close on 22 June. LATE ENTRIES ARE NOT POSSIBLE.
