Welcome to the 2025 Tasmania Pickleball Championships on 27-30 March, 2025 in Hobart.

Registration Opens: 10th December, 2024 @ 8am

Registration Closed early as the Capacity was eclipsed on Jan 8.

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MAXIMUM ENTRIES CAPPED AT 300

The early popularity of registrations and the number of enquiries has exceeded expectations. As we have now reached our nominal capacity we can begin the merging of events to see exactly how much court time will be required. After this there MAY be some scope for more entries. Preference will be given to players who can partner an existing entrant who is seeking a partner. If you would like to be placed on a waiting list, please use the "contact tourney" button stating which events you are available for. (age and skill)

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This is a Pickleball Australia SANCTIONED tournament. It will use the current Global Pickleball Federation rules. They can be found at: https://globalpickleballfederation.org/pickleball-rulebook/

ENTRY FEE

- Early Bird Before 11:59pm 29th Jan 2025 $55.00/player including First Event. Second & Third Events are $20.00 each.

- After 11:59pm 3rd Jan 2025 $65.00/player including First Event. Second & Third Events are $20.00 each.

TOURNAMENT FORMAT

- Events will start with round robins and move to elimination - formats for these will be finalised once all registrations are received.

- Specified skill and age categories will run as combined round robin and elimination events, with games to 15 (pools with up to 5 players/teams) or games to 11 (pools with 6 or more players/teams).

Singles/Skinny Singles: Only 1 event can be entered

Gender Doubles: 1 skill/age event can be entered for the relevant gender doubles.

Mixed Doubles: 1 skill/age event can be entered for the relevant mixed doubles.

Hybrid (pairing a player with a disability with a player without a disability): Maximum combined rating of 6.0

Australian Ranking points are available for players who enter into these events with (AR) in the title. For more information about AR points please go to www.pickleballaus.org/rankings

- Gold Medal matches will be best out of three games to 11 with a win by 2.

- Players are guaranteed minimum three games per event.

- Medals will be awarded to gold, silver and bronze winning competitors for each bracket.

- The age groupings this year are: Junior, 19+, 35+, 50+, 60+, 70+. Your age group is your age as at Dec 31 2025.

START TIME

Play will start at 3:30pm Thursday, 8:30am Friday, 8:30am on Saturday and 8:30am Sunday.

The exact format and structure of all events will be finalised after close of registrations.

As balls will be yellow, please avoid wearing yellow clothing during play as per GPF Pickleball Official Rulebook 2024.

DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION

The tournament director reserves the right to:

- review, and possibly alter the rating of players who self-rate below or above their actual rating.

- move players and teams between skill level brackets if on verification the wrong event has been entered.

- merge or split brackets based on event registration. Any event with fewer than 4 entries will be combined with another event of closest possible standard.

- change start times to facilitate smooth running of the tournament

- The tournament director reserves the right to modify the events and/or schedule as needed pending influences beyond our control (ie. Fire drill, Covid restrictions).

REGISTRATION

A registration is considered complete when the Team is complete. BOTH players must register for the entry to be complete. If you do not have a partner, you can look under 'Players Needing Partners' to find a partner. (Click on the large button next to the logo on the Home page of the tournament website). It is the entrant's responsibility to use this facility to find themselves a partner if they cannot enter with a friend.

All participants must be members of Pickleball Australia. Anyone who is a member of their state association (such as Pickleball Tasmania) or a club (such as Kingborough), is automatically a member of Pickleball Australia. You will need to know your Pickleball Australia membership number to register.

All events will have maximum number of entries and we do ask that if you happen to be placed on a wait-list for the event you have chosen, please to not worry as we will be adjusting the participate numbers as the event demands. *** WE DO EXPECT THIS TOURNAMENT TO BE POPULAR SO EARLY REGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED.

- When registrations are closed, any event with insufficient numbers for a competition will need to be collapsed and combined with another event. Competitors in the collapsed event will be notified so they can decide if they still want to play.

PLAYER RATINGS

If you already have a Pickleball Brackets rating, this is the official Pickleball Australia

sanctioned rating system that will be used.

If you have not entered a tournament before, and do not have a Pickleball Brackets rating

you will need to self-rate. Previously rated players of past tournaments have a Pickleball

Bracket rating which cannot be changed.

PLEASE NOTE: The 2.0-2.49 bracket is for players who are still developing basic skills and not

for those wanting an easy win. The skill level covers the ability to:

- Sustain a short rally with players of equal ability.

- Demonstrate the basic shot strokes forehand, backhand, volley, overhead and the

serve, but with obvious weaknesses in most strokes and lacks consistency.

- Familiar with court positioning in doubles play.

To enter the 2.0-2.49 bracket you must register your rating as 2.0 so that the tournament software

does not automatically enter you into a higher bracket.

DUPR – Players who only have a DUPR rating can use this as a guide to self-rate however if

you are an Advanced Beginner to Early Intermediate, you should be entering into the 2.5-

2.99 bracket.

Don’t hesitate to ask tournament directors and Pickleball Tasmania committee members for

advice on entry level.

REFEREES

We will provide referees for the gold medal matches.

DELAYS

If you are unavoidably detained and it appears that you will not arrive in time for your game/match, please contact the Tournament Director. We can update you on the schedule and consider options but your game may result in a forfeit.

If you are more than 10 minutes late for your game your result may be a forfeit!

VOLUNTEERS

If you have a partner or friend attending the tournament with you, or if you are not playing in all 3 events, you, or they, may have some time available to help out as a Volunteer. Any help would be much appreciated as this event relies on volunteers to run smoothly. Please click on the Volunteer button when completing your Registration.

ACCOMMODATION

There is no accommodation within walking distance of the stadium. The closest hotel is the Kingston Hotel 0362296116 ask for Robyn or Anna. There are 6 double rooms and 4 triple rooms.

Player requests for withdrawals will be accepted until Monday, 17th March, 2025 at 6pm, with a full refund less a $10 administration fee.

After 17th March, 2025 at 6pm, there will be no refunds provided. Only exception for a refund after that date will be provided upon provision of a medical certificate (less administration fee)