🟦 The Dink Series Episode 2 is finally here at Melbourne’s newest indoor pickleball facility – Runway Pickleball! With beautifully contrasted blue courts, tall ceilings and plenty of space both on and off the court – there aren’t many eight-court venues this perfect for a tournament.
🟦 20-minutes from the CBD and just 10-minutes from Melbourne Airport, the only “runway” here is for footwork, not take-offs ✈️
🟦 Run by James Thurston, the previous owner of Melbourne Pickle Club, this event brings organised and experienced energy.
🟦 Say goodbye to delayed tournaments, small pools, rally scaring, unknown start times and annoying technology. Say hello to a well-run professional DUPR tournament with a minimum of 5 games.
🟦 4 games to 15 or 5 games 11, minimum – before the finals.
Format:
8-11:30am: 4.00+
11:30-3pm: 3.00-3.49
3-6:30pm: <3.00
6:30-10pm: 3.50-3.99
🟦 All divisions are COED (male and female teams in any combination). We will ask if people have a preference and will try to make one pool mostly men, one mostly women and one mostly mixed but it will not be 100% and all pools will play off for the finals after the round robin matches.
🟦 EACH DIVISION: 24 doubles teams split into 4 simultaneous pools
🟦 The pools will be split at random - with seeding in mind.
🟦 ROUND ROBIN: MINIMUM OF 5 GAMES TO 11 for all teams (play every other team)
🟦 FINALS: Quarter-finals, semi-finals and final will ensue to determine the category winner. The top 2 teams from each pool will advance to the quarter-finals. Furthermore, the 3rd place in each of the four pools will enter into a “back-draw” semifinals finals to play off for a free entry ticket into the next tournament.
🟦 First, second and third place (bronze medal match) will receive awards (medals and other 👀)
🟦 Prizes: to be announced closer to the start date.
➡️ YOU MUST READ THE DUPR REQUIREMENTS BELOW (STRICTLY AVERAGE DUPR USED - NO PLAYING UP OR DOWN).
➡️ FOUND HERE - PLEASE COPY AND PASTE ⬇️
https://www.thedinkseries.com/dupr
ARRIVAL TIME:
🟦 MINIMUM 30 MINUTES PRIOR
🟦 If you miss your start time, you will automatically forfeit the first game regardless of whether there was time to play it or not. If you are not at least 30 minutes early, you will forfeit your warm-up time.
