<b>Ratings:</b> Players must register at or above the higher of their DUPR or self rating.
<b>Partners:</b> You have 3 days from registration for your partner to register and get added to the event with you. After 3 days, you may be wait listed and may not get back into the event unless/until there is an opening. It is your responsibility to notify your partner.
<b>Players replacing a partner:</b> Any registered player replacing a partner for any reason must replace that partner with a partner qualified to play in the same skill/age group originally scheduled to play. New partners can play down in age and up in skill. Bracket changes may be allowed depending on space in a new bracket and whether the schedule has been posted. No bracket changes will be allowed within 10 days of the tournament start date. Replacements need to be known and communicated to TD by 6pm the day before the bracket is scheduled to play. Replacements can be found on the Players Needing Partners list. Any replacement must be registered for the tournament with fees paid.
<b>Playoff Rounds:</b> Playoff/Medal Round formats will be determined by TD.
With more than two pools there will be one or more pre-medal elimination rounds to determine the Medal Round playoffs with top team seeding determined by round robin rules in USA Pickleball Rulebook 12.C.4. et seq.
Round Robin Bracket Winners (to determine playoff teams):
Round Robin winners will be determined by USA Pickleball Rulebook 12.C.4 et seq.
See USA Pickleball Rules 12.C.4 for further explanation of tie-breaker rules.
<b>Brackets:</b> Bracket formats (splits, pools, seeding, playoffs, etc.) are determined at the discretion of the TD. TD reserves the right modify brackets, including adding teams to any bracket at any time up to the start of the bracket and at the sole discretion of the TD.</h1>
<b>Paddles:</b> All paddles must be currently approved by either USA Pickleball (USAP) or the United Pickleball Association of America (UPA-A). Tournament officials may inspect paddles and prohibit the use of any paddle that is delisted, altered, damaged, counterfeit, or otherwise determined to be non-compliant with current standards.
