Palm Desert Senior Games

Schedule:

                          Friday Feb. 3rd:              Men's Doubles and Women's OPEN
                         Saturday Feb. 4th:          Mixed Doubles
                         Sunday Feb. 5th:           Women's Doubles and Men's OPEN

Double Elimination / 2 out of 3 to 11 for winner's bracket / 1 to 15 for loser's bracket

Play each day starts at 7:30 a.m.

Tournament Director:     Brett Anderson 

Tournament Ball:     Dura 40

 

Important Information!
PLEASE READ ALL the information below
BEFORE sending an email!

 

1)  As of 2016 You MUST be a member of USAPA to play in a sanctioned tournament.  You MUST be a member to register to play.  To join/renew go to www.usapa.org/usapa-membership/ .  Please do NOT email us if you cannot register because of this.  Either go ahead and renew your membership or wait until you do.

 

2)  READ THIS! When you register you will be asked to list your partner(s).  If they are registered in the PBT system it will do so.  If they are NOT in the system it will NOT until they also register.  This prevents duplicate registrations and much frustration (and emails) on the part of players.  When they register and list you as partner it will automatically show it.  In the meantime you may be listed online in the 'wrong' bracket so don't worry or contact us - this will self correct when they register.

 

Background for below:  Before 2016 all the tournament admin. and running on the days of was done entirely by hand.  In that year this system was implemented to make the running of it more efficient and consequently the number of players increased from about 200 to 500+!  But the Recreation Center wanted payments to be conducted on their system used by all the other sports competing in the overall tournament - partly because many of the players compete in more than one sport and there is just one overall base fee.  So this means that players need to register on both systems and there is just the ONE fee paid to them.

In doing this we quickly realized that it was impractical for 500 players to defer paying their fee until January - it becomes an administrative nightmare.  So it is now required that for players to be shown on the Event and Need Player lists that they need to pay first, i.e., when you Register.  For this reason the No Refund policy was eliminated, and you now have until mid-January to do so for any reason. So, ... 

 

3)  IMPORTANT!  You ALSO need to register and pay on the Palm Desert Recreation site (there is only ONE fee paid at their site).  When you complete reg. on here there will be a button to click that will take you there.   You are NOT in the tournament officially until you do so!  You will NOT be shown on the bracket or 'Need Partner' list until you have registered on the Rec. site too AND paid.  If you do not see your partner's name it is because they have not paid  (Fees are refundable until 1/15/23). The sites are not electronically connected so this will not happen instantaneously.  This is done by Rec. staff by hand and usually takes 24-72 hours - NOT including weekends and holidays.

  Vice Versa, if you bypass this site and just pay the Rec. Ctr. you are still NOT in the tournament as we have NO record of you playing until you register on this site.  You cannot reg. unless your USAPA membership is current.

Please do NOT email me asking when you will show on the registered list or the Bracket list unless it has been 5 days or more.

 

  At completion of registration on PTs a summary page will appear.  You need to click on item 4b (in red) to be sent to the Desert Center site to sign up there ALSO and pay.  Only then is your registration complete!

  Vice Versa, if you sign up with the Rec. Dept but do not also reg. on this site too you are NOT in the tournament!  So if you do not see your name listed in the play brackets this is likely why.  

 

4) Reg. will likely NOT work on  an Apple cell phone.  Use a  PC.  An Analog phone may work.

 

5) In the registration stage the computer cannot combine the brackets of 4.5 & 5.0 for the event listings.  But for the tournament after registration closes 1/15 they WILL be (for same age group)!  

 

6) Please do NOT Over Ride to play at your or partners default (current) Age and/or Skill!! If you are 62 and 3.5 and partner 59 and 4.0 the system will automatically put you in the bracket for age of youngest partner and the higher skill level.  If you want to play younger bracket or a higher skill level than you OR your partner is, ONLY then do an OverRide.

 

7)  Don't Delay in making your hotel reservations - do it NOW!

8) Direct all payment questions ONLY to the Rec. Dept. - NOT Brett!!!!  Contact Chris Baluga:  cbaluga@drd.us.com

 

9) Do NOT email any questions to Pickleball Tournaments.  They have nothing to do with this tournament and cannot assist you.  It will only delay getting your questions answered.

Also do NOT leave questions/comments under "Registration Comments" because the way the system is set up the TD is not notified and it will not be read!  READ the above info first and look at the brackets (after you pay) and if you still have a question send an email.

10) Do NOT email to ask what time your event will start or end play!!  When those times will be depends on the size of ALL the events and when the computer says is the best time to start.  This will not be known until at least a couple days after the close of registration (1/15) at which time a prelminary schedule will be emailed and/or posted.  But it is anticipated that each day will finish no later than 5:00.