This is a USA Pickleball Golden Ticket event!
The USA Pickleball Golden Ticket - The Path to Nationals - Mesa will be held at the Legacy Sports Park in Mesa, AZ April 3 - 7, 2024. Gold medalists will earn Golden Tickets—
the ability to pre-register—for the 2024 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships.
Format:
All events, including singles, will offer a pool-play format. If there are not enough teams for pool play, then a round-robin bracket will be played.
The top-four teams ( 2 from each pool or 4 from a round-robin bracket ) will move forward to the next round.
All pool-play matches, as well as all pre-medal matches, will be one game to 15, win by two points. The medal matches will be best two-out-of-three games, win by two points.
The gold-medal winners of each event will earn a Golden Ticket to the 2024 Biofreeze USA Pickleball National Championships.
This is an MMP sanctioned event. Players' UTPR will be used
For a CONFIRMED spot in an event, both partners must be registered and paid. Players without partners or whose partners have not registered and paid within 4 days of their signup, will be moved to the waiting list. Once their partner signs up, they will be moved back into the event - IF THERE ARE SPOTS REMAINING IN THE BRACKET AND THE TOURNAMENT.
We have 5 year age breaks planned for 50 and above.
We have 10 year age breaks planned below 50
Skill levels are 3.0 to 5.0 (No 5.5, or higher, rated players may participate)
