Pickle in the Park 2019

Registration Dates

• Open: 06/03/19
• Closed: 08/11/19

Tournament Dates

• Starts: 08/24/19
• Ends: 08/25/19

Cancellation Dates

• Cancellation Deadline: 08/07/19

Location

M.S.A. Arena Abbotsford
2323 Emerson Street
Abbotsford, BC V2T 3J3

Registration

• Player's age as of: 12/31/19
• Minimum Age of Player: 0
• Final Registration Deadline: 08/11/19
• Registration - PCO Member - $35.00
• Registration NON-MEMBER - $42.50
• When registering online, online waiver signature is used.
• Online payment via PayPal is available.

Additional Info

• Primary Ball: Dura Fast 40
• Surface: Concrete
• Outdoor: Y

Competition Events

Womens Doubles Skill (3.0 or greater skill levels only) (5.0 or lower skill levels only): Sat 08/24/19
   (by skill level)
   THIS EVENT IS FULL. No new registrations are permitted.
   Price $10.00
    - Limited to 8 teams by skill level

Mens Doubles Skill (3.0 or greater skill levels only) (5.0 or lower skill levels only): Sat 08/24/19
   (by skill level)
   THIS EVENT IS FULL. No new registrations are permitted.
   Price $10.00
    - Limited to 8 teams by skill level

Mens Doubles Wailt List: Sat 08/24/19
   (by skill level)
   Price - included with registration

Women's Doubles Wait List: Sat 08/24/19
   (by skill level)
   Price - included with registration

Mixed Doubles Skill Groups: Sun 08/25/19
   (by skill level)
   THIS EVENT IS FULL. No new registrations are permitted.
   Price $10.00
    - Limited to 12 teams by skill level

Mixed Doubles Wait List: Sun 08/25/19
   (by skill level)
   THIS EVENT IS FULL. No new registrations are permitted.
   Price - included with registration

Player List

Event Player List

• Womens Doubles Skill
• Mens Doubles Skill
• Mixed Doubles Skill Groups
• Mens Doubles Wailt List
• Women's Doubles Wait List
• Mixed Doubles Wait List

Other Registration Info

Welcome Picklers!

We hope you register for the Pickle in the Park 2019 tournament held on Saturday, August 24 and Sunday, August 25 at the M.S.A. arena in Abbotsford.  This will be an outdoor tournament.  We will use the yellow Dura 40 ball..

Event brackets will be:

Women’s Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0

Men’s Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0

Mixed Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0

If you do not have a partner for an event, yet you would like to play, register and you may find someone through our partner search option.  

Due to time constraints, space for teams that can enter is limited.  There is a limit of teams for each event listed above.  Therefore, please register early to secure yourself a spot.  Your team has been entered when BOTH of you have registered AND paid all applicable fees.

Entrants must have a current Pickleball Canada Membership to play in this tournament. Ensure you have your PCO member number on your pickleballtournaments.com profile before you register for the tournament.

Entrants are required to use their UTPR 2-digit skill rating, current as of August 1, 2019, when registering for this sanctioned tournament.

You will find your USAPA Tournament Player Rating (UTPR) on your pickleballtournaments.com profile. 

If you do not have a UTPR then you are required to use your legacy rating.

Registration is online only.  Registration is not complete until BOTH partners have registered, signed the online waiver and paid.

Online payment is by PayPal using a credit card or PayPal account. You do not need a PayPal account to pay online.

Once an event reaches its maximum registered teams, other teams will be moved to the waitlist. 

The tournament committee reserves the right to combine skill groups based on registration.

Please click on the tournament's "Rules/Format of Play" section for more information about round robin play and player ratings.

You may only register for one event per day (a maximum of two events).

Registration and cancellation deadlines are on Wednesday, August 7, 2019.

Medals will be awarded to the top three teams.

Registration Fee:  $35 for PCO Members, $42.50 for Non-Members

Please make sure you enter your membership number in your personal pickleballtournaments.com profile when registering to receive the discount.  Leave it blank if you are not a member.  

Event Fee: $10 per event (food NOT included)

Lastly, when registering online, you may select your partner IF and only if he/she has a profile with pickleballtournaments.com. If he/she has not created a profile, then do not select your partner.  When your partner registers, he/she can select you as their doubles partner during the registration process.

Men's and Women's Doubles on Saturday, August 24 at 8:30 a.m. - Round Robin, followed by single elimination playoffs - unless otherwise indicated 

Mixed Doubles on Sunday, August 25, starting at 8:30 a.m. - Round Robin, followed by single elimination playoffs - unless otherwise indicated

We will attempt to post the schedule a few days prior to Saturday, August 23 so that you will be able to see when you will play your matches.  The schedules for both days will be posted on the Fraser Valley Pickleball Outdoor website:  https://www.fraservalleypickleball.com/

We will be using the Dura Fast 40 neon coloured ball provided by our sponsor, 

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation Deadline: August 7, 2019

You may cancel your registration on or before the deadline (August 7, 2019).  However, a $10 cancellation fee will be retained from your registration fee.  NO refunds will be provided if you cancel after the registration deadline.

As this is an outdoor tournament and there are many sunk costs, there are no refunds due to events cancelled due to inclement weather.

Directions

Format

Current IFP rules apply.  No non-conforming equipment permitted.

This tournament will count toward UTPR ratings, even though pt.com and PCO have not reached an agreement which would enable Canadian tournament directors to access UTPRs for seeding purposes.

Therefore, seeding for event brackets will be inaccurate and subjective.  Sorry.

Please use your UTPRs when registering.  If you don't have one, use your legacy rating.  If you have both, use your UTPRs.  Players are responsible for registering in the correct skill categories.  Players who register below their skill level(s) and do not adjust it by July 15, may be removed from the tournament.

To maximize the number of games teams can play, the tournament format will be round robin for the majority of the events and brackets.  Once the round robin play has concluded, the top teams from each round robin pool will enter a single elimination, play-off style round to determine the winner for each separate event bracket.   All 5.0 events will be double elimination.

To level the playing field for participants, we are structuring the tournament according to skill levels.  Unless skill levels will be combined due to a shortage of participants in a particular bracket, you will only play those players with a similar skill rating.  If you do not know what your skill level is, we ask you to read the chart provided at http://ipickleball.org/ratings/IFP_ratings_descriptions.html and rate yourself.  Alternatively, you may ask your fellow picklers to rate you after asking them to review the chart.

Please keep in mind that if your doubles partner has a higher skill rating than you do, you must register in the higher bracket.  For example, if your partner has a 4.0 rating and yours is 3.5, you must register for the 4.0 bracket.  “You may play up, but not play down”.

The tournament director has the final say on your skill rating.