Welcome to the Northern Regional Pickleball Tournament to be held at the Ballina Indoor Sports Centre on November 25th & 26th 2023.

Registration Opens: October 9th @ 8:00 am for NSW Regional players

??Registration Opens: October 30th @ 8:00 am for all other players??

Registration Closes: November 12th

This is a Pickleball Australia sanctioned tournament. It will use the current IFP rules. They can be found at: IFP Official Rules of Pickleball

Please note:

1. You must have a current PAA membership through your state pickleball association e.g. PANSW.

2. You must have a profile on Pickleball Brackets.com.

Self rating guidelines

- Entry Fee: $60.00/player. Second Event is $15.00.

??- Early Bird entry Fee: $50.00/player. Second Event is $10.00 (until Oct 29, for regional players only)??

- Events will start with round robins and then finals

??- You can play in more than one event during the tournament but the second event needs to be in a different category e.g. Mixed Doubles, Men's Doubles, Women's Doubles.??

- Finals matches will be best out of three games to 11 with a win by 2.

??- Players are guaranteed two (or three?) games.

- Medals will be awarded to gold, silver and bronze winning competitors for each bracket.

- Gender doubles will be played on Saturday November 25.

- Mixed doubles and coed doubles will be played on Sunday November 26.

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The tournament director reserves the right to cancel or modify the events and/or schedule as needed pending influences beyond our control (eg. Fire drill, Covid restrictions).

• This is a small tournament with registration limited to 150 competitors. Numbers are restricted so it is recommended that you register early. If the event you want to compete in is already full, you will be placed on the WaitList. This does not mean that you will not be able to compete. It means that we will try to accommodate your registration as places become available. You will be automatically notified if/when you are removed from the WaitList.

• Open categories are available for Mixed, Men's and Women's Doubles. This is also the category for all players who are rated 3.5 and above. ??

• Everyone registering should ideally have a partner registering also at close to same time. A registration is considered complete when the Team is complete. BOTH players must register within 4 days of the first player's registration OR the team will be moved to the WaitList. If you do not have a partner, you can look under 'Players Needing Partners' to find a partner. (Click on the large button next to the logo on the Home page of the tournament website).

• When registrations are closed, any event with insufficient numbers for a competition will need to be collapsed and combined with another event. Competitors in the collapsed event will be notified so they can decide if they still want to play.

• Participants are required to enter events at their current skill rating. If you are not rated, consult the self rating guide which can be downloaded from the top of this page.

• At a minimum, referees will be scheduled on the gold medal match.

If you are unavoidably detained and it appears that you will not arrive in time for your game/match, please contact Brian Alston. We can update you on the schedule and consider options but your game may result in a forfeit.

Tournament program*

This is the program schedule as of October 8th. The current starting times of the events have been posted on the tournament website (Pickleball Brackets). Please be aware that tournament schedules are quite fluid.

We will have two excellent court controllers on the day who will ensure maximum usage of the pickleball courts. Thus, the games may start earlier. Alternatively, games may run over the allotted time in the schedule and thus playing times becomes extended.

Registration: 7:30 am to 9:00 am Saturday, 7:30 am to 8:00 am Sunday

Women’s & Mens Doubles start from: 8:00 am Saturday

Womens & Men’s OPEN Doubles start: 2:00 pm Saturday

Mixed Doubles start from: 8:00am Sunday

Mixed Doubles Open from: 8:00 am Sunday

Co-Ed Doubles from: 12:00 pm Sunday

Last game planned to finish by: 6:30pm

* This program may be altered at the last moment due to acts of nature and/or emergencies.

Player requests for withdrawals will be accepted until Tuesday, 21st November, 2023 at 6pm, with a full refund less a $10 administration fee.

After 21st November, 2023 at 6pm, there will be no refunds provided except in the following:

- hospitalisation

- accident resulting in an inability to play

- suffering from COVID

- in isolation due to close contact with COVID or caring for a family member with COVID

- or other serious matter negotiated with us.