Association of Pickleball Athletes (APA)
Mid-Season Finale
The Capital Cup
Powered By The Forge
This summer 2025, come take a ride with us as we head out East to The Nation's Capital to host the APA - The Capital Cup (Mid-Season Finale) - Powered By The Forge, located in Ottawa, Ontario.
We are excited to be hosting our FIRST event of the summer here at the Capital City of Canada. We will be playing at The Forge Pickleball Club, a *NEW* PREMIER state-of-the-art Facility with 10 spacious 32X60 dedicated fenced indoor courts with professional nets and surface. We will have an 11th 35X60 Championship Court to bring an UNBELIEVABLE player EXPERIENCE like none other! This amazing club will have a bar, restaurant, pro shop, mezzanine, locker rooms and showers for you to refuel in-between matches and divisions!
Come take a road trip/vacation this summer to Ottawa, where when you're not playing you can explore the city and check out all the HISTORY of Canada and visit the FAMOUS Parliament Building.
After a successful FIRST half of the year, the APA Ontario Circuit will be hosting a Mid-season Finale to bring the TOP players from amateurs to pros from both SIDES of Ontario and Quebec to compete in the ULTIMATE finale! Mark your calendars, this is going to be a PARTY of the century!
We have plans to host our APA Pickleball Banquet on Friday July 25th 2025. Stay tuned for more details!
This will be a skill/age tournament with 19+, 35+, 50+, 60+, and 70+ age categories played at 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, OPEN/SENIOR/PRO skill levels. You can play up to 5 events. Tournament directors reserve the rights to combine brackets & change format based on registration numbers. The registration fee will be $70, $15 Per Event/$70 Per OPEN 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 TBD. Spots will fill up quickly, so sign up TODAY!
Thursday July 24th we will be offering SPLIT AGE events Men's/Women's/Mixed. The levels offered are 3.5-/4.0+/PRO. 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.
Singles is back! Wednesday July 23rd. We have age/levels for all participants. PRO singles will be played on Friday July 25th.
All participants of the APA Ontario Circuit MUST have a DUPR account to participate. 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 DUPR/PickleballBrackets Self rating system. Please make sure you play in the RIGHT skill level, we will be monitoring this. 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.
NEW - We heard and we listened! With the fastest growing sport that keeps on growing, so is the LEVEL of play! We have added our FIRST 5.0 categories for the 19+ age group. We feel the jump from 4.5 to PRO is quite high, so we wanted to meet in the middle with a NEW division!
PRO QUALIFIER - You have what it takes to be a pro? We will also be hosting a PRO QUALIFIER for finals spots in the PRO division. Men's/Women's/Mixed PRO Qualifier will be played on Friday July 25th. You will be charged the PRO rate of $70. Tournament director has the RIGHT to move players to the QUALIFIER or the MAIN DRAW.
Tournament will be ran on 5 days:
Wednesday July 23 2025 - Men's/Women's Singles 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 - AGE 19+/35+/50+/60+
Thursday July 24 2025 - Men's/Mix/Women's Doubles Split Age - 3.5-/4.0+/PRO - AGE 50+/49-
Friday July 25 2025 - Men's/Women's 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, SR PRO- AGE 50+/60+/70+ - Men's/Women's Singles PRO
Saturday July 26 2025 - Mixed Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, PRO - AGE 19+/35+/50+/60+/70+
Sunday July 27 2025 - Men's/Women's 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, PRO - AGE 19+/35+
This event will follow USAPA rules with all medal matches refereed. We will try to ref other games when possible.
The 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 5.0 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 with a minimum of 5 teams.
IMPORTANT!
Starting time for each day will be 8AM. Your event can start as late as 7PM. Events can go as late as 11pm Depending on how many participants we have registered, the time can change for each day. Full schedule will be available Sunday Night July 20th 2025.
