Association of Pickleball Athletes (APA)
APA Championship - The Finals
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Drumroll please... The moment we have all been waiting for... IT'S THE APA CHAMPIONSHIP - THE FINALS! Held at the beautiful Four Fathers Brewing Co.
Wow! What an AMAZING year it has been for the inaugural APA Ontario Circuit! Hosting 6 tournaments across the province from the GTA Open in February all the way to the TOC in November. But unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. That is why we're finishing off the 2024 calendar year with our 7th and final tournament, APA Championship - The Finals held in Southwestern Cambridge!
We are very excited to welcome you to this wonderful facility, with 6 spacious dedicated indoor pickleball courts held in Cambridge, Ontario. A spot where you can grab a drink and a bite before/after you play! We will be having an OPENING ceremony to welcome all our players from all across the province and country!
EARLY BIRD discounted registration fee $70 ends October 31st. Registration fee increases to $80 November 1st. Four Fathers members discounted registration fee $70 will end Nov 17th.
No qualifier is needed to participate in this year's inaugural Championships. All athletes are welcome to attend! Limited spots, so signup today!
We will be offering championship RINGS to all our medalist! We have a BRAND new design just for The Finals! You definitely want to win one of these!
Thursday Nov 28th we will be offering SPLIT AGE events Men's/Women's/Mixed. The levels offered are 3.5-/4.0+ adding in NEW PRO level for the open players. In these events if you are OVER/UNDER Age of 50, you will EITHER have to play with someone Age 50 & OVER, or Age 49 & UNDER. You will be allowed to play in 2 events on this day, one gender doubles and one mix doubles.
This will be a skill/age tournament with 19+ & 50+ age categories played at 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, OPEN/PRO/SENIOR PRO skill levels. You can play up to 4 events. Tournament directors reserve the rights to combine brackets & change format based on registration numbers. The registration fee will be $80, $15 Per Event/$70 Per OPEN/PRO Event. Your spot is not guaranteed in your event until both partners are registered and paid in full. You and your partner both have 5 days to register before being put onto the wait-list. Maximum 8 teams per division except the OPEN/PRO with 12 teams. Spots will fill up quickly, so sign up TODAY!
We will be submitting scores to DUPR. Please create an account on DUPR, if you don't already have one - https://dashboard.dupr.com/signup
Tournament director reserves the right to move teams playing up too far if he feels they won't be competitive. We will be using the Pickleballbrackets rating system. Please note that the PRO events are for OPEN level athletes. For ambitious players with a lower rating, please email the APA Tournament Director for approval to participate. Email @ apacircuit@outlook.com. All OPEN/PRO players will register for the QUALIFIER, approved players will be automatically moved to the MAIN DRAW.
NEW - You have what it takes to be a pro? We will also be hosting a PRO QUALIFIER for finals spots in the PRO division. For example if you're looking to qualify for the Mix Pro event, you will be playing a qualifier to see if you will advance the MAIN draw. The PRO qualifier dates are yet to be set. You can be either playing the SAME day as the MAIN draw or a different day. You will be charged the PRO rate of $70. 2 games guaranteed for qualifier. Tournament director has the RIGHT to move players to the QUALIFIER or the MAIN draw regardless of their level showing.
Tournament will be run on 4 days:
Thursday Nov 28 2024 - Men's/Mix/Women's Doubles Split Age - 3.5-/4.0+/PRO - AGE 50+/49-
Friday Nov 29 2024 - Men's/Women's Doubles 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 SR - AGE 50+
Saturday Nov 30 2024 - Mixed Doubles 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 PRO/SR - AGE 19+/50+
Sunday Dec 1 2024 - Men's/Women's Doubles 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 PRO - AGE 19+
This event will follow USAPA rules with all medal matches refereed. We will try to ref other games when possible.
USAPA/UPA Paddles are approved for the APA Championship - The Finals
Tournament Format:
The 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 categories will be pool round robins and the top teams in each pool will advance to a playoff round to determine medal winners. Each team will be guaranteed a minimum of 3 games. (Games played to 15, Bronze medal match played to 15, Gold medal round best 2 out of 3 to 11) Games can be up to 11 with a guaranteed minimum of 5 games. All games will be win by 2. PRO/OPEN Division will be a double elimination format.
IMPORTANT!
Starting time for each day will be 8AM. Your event can start as late as 6PM. Events can go as late as 11pm Depending on how many participants we have registered, the time can change for each day.
