Humana-Island Doctors Bainbridge Cup by International Federation of Pickleball

Registration Dates

• Open: 01/30/21
• Closed: 04/03/21

Tournament Dates

• Starts: 04/07/21
• Ends: 04/11/21

Cancellation Dates

• Cancellation Deadline: 03/07/21

Location

Pictona at Holly Hill
1060 Ridgewood Ave.
Holly Hill, FL 32117

Registration

• Player's age as of: 12/31/21
• Minimum Age of Player: 12
• Final Registration Deadline (Registered by): 04/03/21
• Membership required as of: 04/12/21
• Tournament Sanctioning: Sanctioned - Full
• Registration, Ages: 12+ - $125.00
• Click Register to confirm you qualify for the Pictona Member Discount. - $10.00
• Click Register to confirm you qualify for the International Player Purchase of USA Pickleball Membership Discount. - $20.00
• When registering online, online waiver signature is used.
• Online Registration ONLY. No paper forms.
• Online payment via PayPal is available. PayPal also allows credit card payments.

Additional Info

• Primary Ball: Franklin X-Performance 40
• Surface: Asphalt
• Net: Permanent
• Outdoor: Y
• Livestreaming: Y

Competition Events

(All events are included in registration fee)

Click Register if you are a Pictona Member:
    - Limited to 200 players

Click Register if you do not live in North American and you Purchased USA Pickleball Membership:

Wheelchair Mixed Doubles - (choose one mixed doubles):

Wheelchair Doubles - (choose one doubles):

Wheelchair Singles Demonstration Event - (choose one singles):

Mens Doubles (3.0 or greater skill levels only) (5.0 or lower skill levels only): Wed 04/07/21 - Thu 04/08/21
   (Skill levels and age groups within skill levels. Age Groups: 19+,35+,50+,55+,60+,65+,70+,75+)
    - Limited to 24 teams by skill level

Womens Doubles (3.0 or greater skill levels only) (5.0 or lower skill levels only): Thu 04/08/21 - Fri 04/09/21
   (Skill levels and age groups within skill levels. Age Groups: 19+,35+,50+,55+,60+,65+,70+,75+)
    - Limited to 24 teams by skill level

Mixed Doubles (3.0 or greater skill levels only) (5.0 or lower skill levels only): Fri 04/09/21 - Sun 04/11/21
   (Skill levels and age groups within skill levels. Age Groups: 19+,35+,50+,55+,60+,65+,70+,75+)
    - Limited to 24 teams by skill level

Womens Singles Demonstration Event (3.0 or greater skill levels only) (4.5 or lower skill levels only): Sun 04/11/21
   (Skill levels and age groups within skill levels. Age Groups: 19+,35+,50+,65+)
   (This is not a sanctioned event)
    - Limited to 10 players by skill level

Mens Singles Demonstration Event (3.0 or greater skill levels only) (4.5 or lower skill levels only): Sun 04/11/21
   (Skill levels and age groups within skill levels. Age Groups: 19+,35+,50+,65+)
   (This is not a sanctioned event)
   These groups are full: 3.5:65+
    - Limited to 10 players by skill level

Player List

Event Player List

• Mixed Doubles
• Womens Doubles
• Mens Doubles

• Click Register if you are a Pictona Member
• Click Register if you do not live in North American and you Purchased USA Pickleball Membership

• Womens Singles Demonstration Event
• Mens Singles Demonstration Event

• Mixed Doubles Wait List
• Womens Doubles Wait List
• Mens Doubles Wait List
• Womens Singles Demonstration Wait List
• Mens Singles Demonstration Wait List

• Wheelchair Mixed Doubles - (choose one mixed doubles)
• Wheelchair Doubles - (choose one doubles)
• Wheelchair Singles Demonstration Event - (choose one singles)

Food

The venue has a restaurant, appropriately named the Kitchen, for purchasing food, beer, and wine.  In addition, an outdoor grill will be available during the tournament that will also be selling food, beer, and wine.  Players may bring energy drinks, fruit, and energy bars into the venue, but food purchased outside the venue is not allowed.  There are two water bottle fill stations at the venue.  No complimentary food or drinks are provided by the tournament.  

Lodging / Accommodations

Mariott Hotels

Courtyard Daytona Beach Speedway/Airport

1605 Richard Petty Blvd, Daytona Beach FL 32114

Ph: 386-255-3388

Residence Inn Daytona Beach Speedway/Airport

1725 Richard Petty Blvd, Daytona Beach FL 32114

Ph: 386-252-3949

Book your  Marriott Hotel group rate

Hotel Rooms Provided by a Bainbridge Cup Partner

Click for Reservations with a Bainbridge Cup partner

Hilton Hotels

RV Parking Options

Premium Parking:  20 premium parking spaces are available for autos with small campers and tents. They are located a short walking distance to the courts, restrooms, and food pavilion through the south gate. There are no utilities. Space is available from Tuesday, 4-6-21 to 4-12-21. Fee is $60 for the entire tournament; daily fee $15, minimum of 3 days.  Call Pictona at 386-310-7067 to reserve.

RV Parking:  11 RV parking spaces are available that are a short walk to the courts through the south gate. The spaces are 25 feet wide, 60 feet deep. No utilities. Parking is available from Tuesday, 4-6-21 to 4-12-21. Fee is $200 for the entire tournament; daily fee $40, minimum of 3 days.  Call Pictona at 386-310-7067 to reserve. 

Other Registration Info

All players will need a PickleballTournaments.com login with a completed player profile to register.   There is also a new requirement from PickleballTournaments.com that a player must have a profile to be named as a partner. This new requirement prevents duplicate entries and improves player privacy.  Create a profile by clicking the login link in the upper righthand corner of the PickleballTournament.com’s home page.

The Bainbridge Cup is being hosted in the USA, an IFP Member country.  Therefore, the tournament will follow USA Pickleblall Sanctioning rules.  All sanctioned tournaments require USA Pickleball Memberships valid through the last day of the tournament.  Sanctioning provides secondary health insurance for players and insurance for the venue and tournament organizers.  The PickleballTournaments.com system will not allow registration without a current USA Pickleball Membership.  Click new or renew to obtain a USA Pickleball Membership.

All players who live do not live in North America who purchase a USA Pickleball Membership to participate in this tournament will receive a $20 credit on their registration fees as a thank you for participating in this international tournament.  The credit is for the purchase of a Membership or for extending a Membership that would have expired before the last day of the tournament.  During registration in PickleballTournaments.com select the option that states you purchased a USA Pickleball Membership and that your primary mailing address is not in North America.

Cancellation Policy

The Bainbridge Cup will limit registrations to ensure that the number of players with confirmed registrations do not exceed the capacity of the venue.  Initial capacity limits are set for each skill/age group.  The limit is the same for each skill/age group.  A waitlist will be created for players who register after initial capacity limits are reached for each group.  Fees are not required at the time of registration for registrations on or prior to March 7, 2021. 

Some, but not all, skill/age groups will exceed the initial capacity limits.  After registration closes, additional players will be added to the list of confirmed players from the waitlists.  All confirmed players will be notified and asked to pay their fees to remain a confirmed player.  Players who do not pay their fees after being notified of their confirmed registration will be placed on a waitlist.

All players who withdraw after paying their registration fees and before the Cancelation Deadline will receive their goodie bag and tournament gifts via mail and will receive a refund for fees paid less a $45 processing charge.  The goodie bag and tournament gifts will be mailed to the address in each player’s PickleballTournaments.com profile.

If the tournament is cancelled for any reason, all players who have paid their fees will receive their tournament goodie bag and tournament gifts via mail and will receive a refund for fees paid less a $45 processing charge.  The goodie bag, and tournament gifts will be mailed to the address in each player’s PickleballTournaments.com profile.

This is an outdoor tournament.  There is no indoor back up.  If weather is a factor, the tournament directors will make their best efforts to play all matches.  There are no refunds or make up days if the tournament is impacted by weather.

Directions

Parking:   General parking is free and readily available at Pictona. Parking attendants will direct you to available parking spaces. See the Pictona Site Map for parking locations.  

Premium Parking: 20 premium parking spaces for autos and autos with small campers and tents are available. They are located a short walking distance to the courts, restrooms, and food pavilion through the south gate. There are no utilities. Space is available from Tuesday, 4-6-21 to 4-12-21. Fee is $60 for the entire tournament; daily fee $15, minimum of 3 days.  Call Pictona 386-310-7067 to reserve.

RV Parking: Pictona has 11 RV parking spaces available that are a short walk to the courts through the south gate. The spaces are 25 feet wide, 60 feet deep. No utilities. Parking is available from Tuesday, 4-6-21 to 4-12-21. Fee is $200 for the entire tournament; daily fee $40, minimum of 3 days.  Call Pictona 386-310-7067 to reserve.

Format

Bainbridge Cup 2021 Format

The Bainbridge Cup (Cup) is an international team competition.  The Cup was created by the International Federation of Pickleball (IFP) in 2017 to foster competition among the World’s countries.  The Cup allows all levels of play, from beginning players to professionals.  The ultimate vision for the Cup is a team competition with IFP Member Countries fielding Teams based on qualifying events. The Cup will demonstrate to the International Olympic Committee that Pickleball should be an Olympic sport.

Each Team will have a captain and a co-captain.  The captains will be competitors who have been playing on the professional pickleball tours.  In addition to the captains, other professionals may function as coaches for their respective Teams as the Cup format allows coaching play.

The format of the Cup has evolved based on several factors to include experience gained with each tournament and the location of the host country.  The 2021 Cup will be played for the first time in the USA as the world is recovering from COVID-19.  The expectation is that most competitors will be from the USA.

To maintain the international Team format, two Teams will be created by dividing the world into two geographical areas.  An East Team will include competitors who reside in Europe, Africa, and the eastern portion of North America divided along a line approximated by the Mississippi River.  The East Team includes the Canadian province of Ontario and all provinces east of Ontario.  The West Team will be composed of competitors from Asia (including all of Russia), Australia, South America, New Zealand, and the western portion of North America.  The West Team includes Central America, Mexico, the Canadian provinces west of Ontario, and the United States west of the Mississippi River.  Competitors are encouraged to play for the Team where they reside, however each competitor will be allowed to choose whether they play for the East Team or the West Team. Double’s partners must choose to play for the same Team regardless of where they reside.  The Cup format works best when the two Teams have a similar number of competitors.  The east/west dividing line for North America (the Mississippi) may be adjusted to achieve equally sized Teams.

Competitors will be allowed to register with or without partners for doubles and mixed doubles.  A Needs Partner list will be provided to assist with the partner search process.  In addition, the Tournament Director will assist in partnering competitors who register without partners and have not found a partner at the time registration closes.  However, there are no guarantees that all competitors who register without partners will receive a partner.  Players who have not partnered after registration closes, and after the Tournamanet Director has attempted to locate a partner, will be placed on the waitlist.

Wheelchair doubles (men’s and women’s will be played as a single event) and mixed doubles will also be offered.  The actual format of play will depend on how many competitors register.  Junior doubles and mixed doubles will be offered for players 12-15 and 16-18.  The actual format of play will depend on how many competitors register.  Juniors may choose to play in the adult 19+ age group instead of in juniors.

Competitors will be organized by skill level (3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0) broken down further by age (19+, 35+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+).  Age groups may be consolidated within skill groups if there are not enough competitors to create a competitive tournament experience.  Skill groups may also be consolidated if there are not enough competitors.   Competitors who have not received a USA Pickleball UTPR skill level will self-rate.  The Tournament Directors reserve the right to adjust all self-rated skill levels after reviewing the competitor’s tournament results. 

Singles will be played for the first time as part of the Bainbridge Cup as a demonstration event for adult, wheelchair and junior events.  The actual format of play for wheelchair and juniors will depend on the number of competitors who register.  An East/West Team format will not be used for singles.  The results of the singles competition will not be considered in determining the winner of the Cup.  Men’s singles and women’s single will be played as a double elimination event organized by skill levels 3.5+, 4.0+, and 4.5+ and further broken down by age groups 19+, 35+, 50+ & 65+.  All matches will be1 game to 15 win by 2 except the Gold Medal match in each group.  The number of players allowed to enter singles will be limited to ensure that the capacity of the venue is not exceeded.  Players who want to play in the first Bainbridge Cup demonstration singles event should register even if their name will be on a waitlist.  Experience from prior tournaments indicates that players often register for singles and then drop out the day before the competition.  Registered players who are at the tournament and want to play will be allowed to enter the event as capacity constraints allow. 

The winner of the Bainbridge Cup will be determined by competitions between the East Team and the West Team for the events of women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed doubles at each skill level/age grouping.  Competition will be divided into two phases.  The first phase of competition is within each Team; this phase will qualify competitors for the second phase.  The second phase is competition between the two Teams; this is the Cup Playoff.

In the first phase the East Team and the West Team will determine the competitors who represent their Team in the Cup Playoffs.  Each Team will play a series of round robin matches for each skill/age event to determine who qualifies for the Cup Playoff (the second phase).  Each competitor is guaranteed a minimum of three (3) matches per event in phase 1.  The round robin matches in phase one will be 1 game to 15 win by 2.

The size of each Cup Playoff will depend on the number of competitors who register for each skill/age group.  Each Cup Playoff will be a minimum of 4 doubles partnerships and a maximum of 8 doubles partnerships.  Matches will be 2/3 to 11 win by 2 once there are only 4 doubles partnerships remaining in each event.  If there are 8 doubles partnerships players, the first-round matches in the Cup Playoffs will be 1 game to 15 win by 2.

Competitors should plan on playing some or all the Cup Playoff matches on the day following their qualifying matches.  Click the Schedule button on the Home page of the tournament listing to see how qualifying and playoff matches will be scheduled.

The Cup Playoff will determine the top four finishers in each skill/age group.  First place in the Cup Playoff earns 10 points, second 7, third 5 and fourth 3 for the partnerships/players respective Team.  If there are more than four partnerships in the Cup Playoff, each wining partnership earns 1 point for their Team.  The winner of the Bainbridge Cup is the Team with the most points.

Format Change Announced March 10

The Tournament Directors had planned to continue the Bainbridge Cup Team format by dividing the registrants into East and West Teams.  However, the pandemic has impacted the number of players willing to travel even more than anticipated thus making the East versus West format impractical.

Existing registrations for the East and the West Teams have been consolidated into one Womens Doubles, one Mens Doubles and one Mixed Doubles Event.   All new registrations will be entered into these new events.  Partnerships will be organized into skill/age groups just as they were in the East/West format.  The tournament will start with qualifying matches followed by playoffs. The qualifying matches will be organized into pools of 3, 4, or 5 partnerships conducted as round-robins followed by the playoffs conducted as single-elimination brackets with a match for third place.  Four to eight teams will move forward from the qualifying matches to the playoffs depending on the number of partnerships in the skill/age group.  Players will play in as many, and in some cases more, matches than they would have in the East/West format.

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