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Registration Dates

Open: 11/19/22
Closed: 02/05/23

Tournament Dates

Starts: 02/28/23
Ends: 03/05/23

Cancellation Dates

Cancellation Deadline: 01/29/23

Location

Bell Bank Park
1 Legacy Drive
Mesa, AZ 85212

Registration

Player's age as of: 12/31/23
Minimum Age of Player: 8
Final Registration Deadline: 02/05/23
Membership required as of: 03/06/23

Tournament Sanctioning: Sanctioned - MMP
Registration, Ages: 19+ - $120.00
Junior Registration, Ages: 8-18 - $50.00
Registration includes: Tournament Gift if Registered and Paid by 01/04/23 if registered by: 02/05/23
When registering online, online waiver signature is used.
Online payment via PayPal is available. PayPal also allows credit card payments.

Additional Info

Primary Ball: Franklin X-Performance 40
Surface: Concrete
Net: Permanent
Outdoor: Y

Tournament Description

Entry fee includes: up to 3 different events (i.e. not 2 mixed events), entrance to the venue, hydration stations and a tournament gift if registered and paid by January 4, 2023. There is an entrance fee for spectators. Regional Championships will now culminate in the Diamond Amateur Championship taking place TBD at Pictona complex in Holly Hill, FL. Go to the OTHER INFORMATION PAGE for more detailed information.

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2023 USA Pickleball Southwest Diamond Regional
Skill/Age Tournament (Minimum Age 8)

Players under 19 can play in 19+

Junior Brackets 13 & under and 14 - 18

This is an MMP-Sanctioned Tournament

(We will try to get enough referees to have all matches refereed to make it a fully sanctioned tournament.)

Skill Groups: 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and 5.0

Players will be registered at their UTPR at the time of registration

Age Groups: 8-13, 14-18, 19-34, 35-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69,70-74,75-79, and 80+

Feb 28 - March 5th, 2023

All players from the 2022 Southwest Diamond Regional who medaled will be eligible to pre-register. They will be sent a separate email with all pertinent information.

Bell Bank Park in Mesa, AZ (Legacy Sports USA)

(Outdoor tournament with up to 41 permanent courts)

Franklin X40 Ball will be used

Parking and entrance to the facility will be FREE for all players, staff, referees, vendors, and volunteers.

There will be a parking and entrance fee for spectators.

Text messaging will be available during the tournament, please be sure that you have your mobile number listed in your profile in the Text Number field of your profile on pickleballtournaments.com.

Events

Mens Doubles, Womens Doubles, Mixed Doubles (Juniors may play in 19+)

Mens and Womens Singles

Junior Boys, Girls, Mixed

Entrants must be a USAPA Member

To join or renew membership in USAPA go to:

https://www.usapickleball.org/memberships/

Online registration only. No paper forms.

Food

To be announced at a later date.

Lodging / Accommodations

Check out the link below for great deals on lodging for the tournament!

https://lidging.usapickleball.org/Event/48ab/

Please check the site periodically since we may add more hotels the the list in the near future!

Other Registration Info

Diamond Regionals qualifications and the Diamond Amateur Championship

(at Pictona, Holly Hill, Fl) qualifications.

The USA Pickleball Diamond Amateur Championship will be held Dec. 3-10 and hosted by Pictona at

Holly Hill in Florida—one of the nation’s finest facilities, featuring 49 courts. Diamond Amateur

Championship gold medalists will earn Golden Tickets—the ability to pre-register—for the 2024 USA

Pickleball National Championships.

USA Pickleball Diamond Amateur Championship Qualification:

● All gold and silver medalists from the 12 Diamond Amateur Regional tournaments are eligible

and can then pre-register during Phase I of the registration process. Please note that winning

gold or silver does not guarantee automatic placement in the event, as all players must still

pre-register and pay to secure their spot.

● All other participants from Diamond Amateur Regional tournaments are eligible to register

during Phase II, pending availability within individual brackets.

● All current USA Pickleball members are eligible to register during Phase III, pending availability

within individual brackets.

● ALL PLAYERS MUST BE A CURRENT USA PICKLEBALL MEMBER at time of registration through

end of the Diamond Amateur Championship. Renew your membership here.

Additional Player Information:

● Combined brackets in the Diamond Regionals will award medals, as well as pre-registration

for Gold and Silver medalists, for the Diamond Amateur Championship within each event that

comprises the combined bracket.

● Likewise, combined brackets in the Diamond Amateur Championship will award medals. In

addition, gold medal winners of all brackets, including combined brackets winners, will

receive Golden Tickets to the 2024 USA Pickleball National Championships.

● Players that are registered to play in a 70+, 75+, or 80+ brackets in a Diamond Regional

tournament and the bracket must be combined due to a lack of teams, ALL players in said

bracket will receive a Diamond Passport to the Diamond Amateur Championships. This is to

encourage more participation in Diamond Regional events for 70 and above age groups.

● A doubles player is not required to play alongside the same partner with whom he/she

earned eligibility for Phase I pre-registration. However, if the new replacement partner did

not also qualify for Phase I pre-registration, the doubles team will not be able to register until

either Phase II or Phase III.

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 (from each pool or 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 USA Pickleball

National Championships.

• This is a MMP format with our goal to have referees for all matches.

Tentative Registration Schedule:

Phase 1 Pre-Registration: Early October 2023

Phase 2 Lottery: Mid-October 2023

Phase 3 Open Registration: Mid/Late October 2023

Cancellation Policy

TOURNAMENT PLAYER CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY

Registration fees will be refunded in full to those players that withdraw from the tournament 60 days prior to the start of the tournament.

A refund minus our costs, not to exceed $25/player will be given back to players that withdraw from the tournament between 30-60 days prior to the tournament start date.

There will be no refunds given after January 31, 2023. Any consideration will be at the discretion of the Tournament Director.

NOTE1: This is an outdoor tournament. If there is inclement weather, all will be done to play matches, but there will be no refunds or credits due to inclement weather. There are no indoor back up options available or rain dates.

NOTE 2: WAITLIST PLAYERS THAT HAVE PAID THEIR REGISTRATION FEE

JANUARY 31, 2023 – Is the date your decision MUST BE MADE if:

If you are already playing in the tournament in an event and are on the waitlist for another event, and do not get into that event, there will be no refunds allowed.
Players will not be charged a processing fee and may remain on the waitlist throughout the duration of the tournament. A full refund will be issued to players who remained on the waitlist but did not get into the tournament.

TOURNAMENT CANCELLATION / RESCHEDULING / REFUND POLICY

If our tournament has to be cancelled or rescheduled to a later date because of an unforeseen situation beyond our control (like the covid-19), from the time registration opened until the start of the tournament, players will have 2 options: 1) “opt out” and a refund minus our costs, not to exceed $25/player will be given back to players that withdraw, 2) "opt in” player will be automatically registered for the rescheduled tournament date, event/s selected and no additional funds will be required.

NOTE 1: Other than weather, if we have to cancel the tournament once the tournament begins, all players will receive a refund minus our costs. (TBD based on when the tournament was cancelled beyond our control)

All refunds will be issued within 30 days from the completion of the tournament.

Directions

Bell Bank Park

6321 S Ellsworth Rd Suite 146, Mesa, AZ 85212

Google Map

Format

Weather Event Policy

Tournament Director reserves the right to change the format of play based on

participation or weather conditions.

In the event of weather, the tournament team will make every effort to complete all

matches. However, it is an outdoor tournament and adjustments and/or cancellations

are possible. There is no provision to play indoors or have a makeup day beyond the

current tournament schedule.

If any brackets are combined for singles or doubles, medals will be

awarded for each bracket. (Gold and Silver medalists are eligible for

pre-registration into the Diamond Amateur Championship in 2023).

DOUBLES EVENTS and SINGLES EVENTS

Brackets with Fewer than 4 players/teams

Brackets with 1, 2, or 3 players/teams will be combined with 1 or more brackets to have

a minimum of 4 players/teams.

Double Elimination Brackets (6 or more players/teams)

Winner’s bracket – 2 out of 3 to 11, win by 2.

Loser’s bracket – 1 to 15, win by 2

Bronze medal matches – 1 to 15, win by 2.

Gold medal matches – 2 out of 3 to 11, win by 2. If the losers bracket wins 2 out of 3 to

11, then another match will be played 1-15, win by 2 to determine the winner.

Round Robin Brackets: 5 or Less Players/Teams

4 Players/Teams - Double Round Robin. 1-15, win by 2.

5 Players/Teams - Single Round Robin. 2 out of 3 to 11, win by 2.

No medal matches. Gold, Silver, and Bronze medal winners will be determined in

each age group following USAP tie-breaker rules listed in the (2022 edition) Rule Book,

Section 12, 12.C.3. In case of a tie, the winner of the tied group is determined first

and then excluded from the group. The tie-breaking process is repeated with the

remaining teams and iterated until all ordinal placements have been determined

within the original tied group.

Since our tournament will be sanctioned MMP, the Round Robin results will be

determined following the USA Pickleball Rulebook.

Southwest Regional Director

Larry "Bud" Lite

budlite@usapickleball.org

Southwest Regional Director - Asst. Tournament Director

Tim Schoeny

schoenyto@outlook.com

Legacy Sports Park Contact

Ryan Trefry - Director of Pickleball

RyanT@legacysportsusa.com

Registration Information and Questions:

Robin Weaver

rgweaver56@gmail.com

Referee Coordinator - Information and Questions:

Bill McManus

bill_nancy@hotmail.com

Volunteer Coordinator

Rhonda Stanford

stanfordrh@gmail.com

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