Welcome to The 2025 Barton Commercial Property Big Chill, proudly supported by the ACT Government!

Running from 14 March to 16 March 2025 in Canberra, this is an event for all players from new to advanced.

The weather in Canberra in March can be warm and The Big Chill will be held at the Pickledome with 22 covered courts to keep you out of the sun and wind with capacity for 400 players!

For Australian Ranking players, this is an AR Tier 2 Tournament.

The 2025 Barton Commercial Property Big Chill is a Singles and Doubles event, offering Gender Skinny Singles, Gender Singles, Gender Doubles, Mixed Doubles, Hybrid Doubles and Para Doubles including Open Singles and Doubles Events. Players are welcome to play in both skinny and full singles.

MAXIMUM EVENTS TO BE ENTERED: 5

1 x gender skinny singles AND/OR gender singles

1 x gender doubles event

1 x hybrid event (pairing a player with a disability with a player without a disability)

1 x mixed doubles event OR 1 x para doubles event

This event will commence 7:30am on Friday 14 March and finishes Sunday 16 March.

Only one partner can "play-down" in younger age bracket. So if you are playing with a younger partner, you can play in their age group.

Advice on exact times and dates for events will be released in the days leading up to the event but the general expectation is that play will start at 7:30am each day.

This tournament will use the current Global Pickleball Federation Official Rules 2024. They can be found at: https://globalpickleballfederation.org/pickleball-rulebook/.

FOOD

There will be a food van and coffee station available with a delicious array of home cooked food, snacks and drinks! Chisholm Shopping Centre is a 5 minute walk with cafes, restaurants and a licensed club. Erindale is 10 minutes drive with multiple food outlets and restaurants.

ACCOMMODATION

We are working with accommodation partners to provide an accommodation discount. Please email us through the Tourney registration page to register your interest.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

The area is well serviced by ACTION buses.

PARKING

There is no competitor parking available at the facility and parking is two minutes walk across the footbridge at Chisholm Shopping Centre.

CHARITY PARTNER

Pickleball ACT will be donating $5 for every registration to Roundabout Canberra. Roundabout Canberra works with over 500 social workers and support workers from over 100 social service and community organisations in Canberra and surrounding regions to distribute essential baby and children’s items to families in need.

REGISTRATION

- To register you will need to create a free Pickleball Brackets login and profile. Your profile must contain your contact number, email & PAA ID number.

- This event is open to all members of Pickleball Australia (Canberra residents can register through Pickleball ACT). Membership must be current at time of event.

- Opens: Saturday 14 December 2024 at 8am

- Registration Closes: Saturday 1 March 2025 at 6pm.

FEES

- The registration fee is $75 (GST inc). The fee covers registration plus one event. There is a $10 fee for each additional event.

EVENTS

- Qualifying games will be a round robin format and finals will be elimination. Pool games scoring will be either to 15 or 11, win by 2. If necessary, some matches will be scored to 21, win by 2.

- Medal matches will be best out of three games to 11, win by 2.

- Players are guaranteed a minimum of three games in each event.

- Franklin Indoor X-26 Indoor Balls will be used, in yellow (no yellow shoes).

- Medals will be awarded to Gold, Silver and Bronze for each bracket.

PLEASE NOTE:

- All events will have a yet to be determined team cap and we ask that if you happen to be placed on a wait-list for the event you have chosen, we will be adjusting the team numbers as the event demands.

WE DO EXPECT THE 2025 BARTON COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BIG CHILL TO BE POPULAR SO EARLY REGISTRATION IS HIGHLY ENCOURAGED.

- Depending on numbers, we may have to expand playing hours to late afternoon or early evening.

- Registrations may have to close early due to demand.

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

- The Tournament Director reserves the right to cancel or modify the events and/or schedule as needed pending influences beyond our control.

DELAYS

- If you are unavoidably delayed and it appears that you will not arrive in time for your game/match, please contact the Tournament Director via “contact tourney” on the registration page. In limited circumstances, we may be able to adjust the schedule and consider other options.

- If you are more than 10 minutes late for your game your result may be a forfeit!

TOURNAMENT DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION

The Tournament Director reserves the right to:

- review, and possibly alter the rating of players who self-rate below or above their actual ability.

- move players and teams between skill level brackets if on verification the wrong event has been entered.

- merge or split brackets based on event registration. Any event with less than 4 entries will be combined with another event of closest possible standard.

- change start times to facilitate smooth running of the tournament

- The Tournament Director reserves the right to modify the events and/or schedule as needed pending influences beyond our control.

Refunds are available up until the close of registration but will incur a $5 service fee.

No refunds will be offered once registration is closed.