Welcome to Dink & Dash Holiday Smash @ Pickleball Palace ! This tournament will be held at the newly constructed climate controlled Pickleball Palace Whippany location which features 7 indoor dedicated pickleball courts with permanent nets! There will be singles, skinny singles, gender doubles, mixed doubles and split age events with skill levels ranging from 2.5-4.5+ with prize money for the 4.5+ Open divisions. Total prize money depends on total number of entrants in 4.5+ divisions.
For all amateur divisions there will be prizes for all gold medalists from each bracket. There will be non alcoholic beverages available for purchase on-site as well. Come out for fun games, competitive pickleball, and a good time!
Men's & Women's Open division events ( Singles, Skinny Singles, Doubles & Mixed Doubles) will follow Double elimination format.
All amateur brackets will be round robin format! Larger brackets will be split into pools and top teams from each pool will advance to playoffs.
All amateur teams will be guaranteed many games, exact number depends on number of teams in bracket.
Registration cost for this tournament is $60.
Singles/Skinny Singles event is $20
Each gender amateur event is $25 and mixed event is $25.
Each Open level event is $40.
Pickleball brackets also charges a $5 service fee per event with the maximum being $10 on top during checkout.
Registration includes a free T-shirt if registered before Nov 20th 2024.
When a player signs up for a doubles event, his or her partner must register and pay within 2 days of that time or else the team will be moved to the waitlist. Once both players are registered and paid, the team will be moved off the waitlist.
Players of any age can sign up for 19+ events.
There is a 4.5 bracket separate from 4.5+. regular 4.5 19+ and 50+ are amateur events with no prize money. Co-ed split age and 4.5+ open level $$$ events are the open events with payouts.
Start times will not be announced until registration closes! This is because the number of signups for each event will determine when we can start each bracket. We need to know the final number of entrants for each event in order to determine the most efficient start times to keep the day running as smoothly as possible. Start times will be released 1 or 2 days after registration closes and may be subject to change due to any unforeseen circumstances.
The results will be uploaded to DUPR.
Brackets may be combined if not enough teams are signed up in a given event. Age groups within the same skill level would be combined first. If necessary, Skill levels may be combined.
If a bracket has 3 teams or less, this bracket will most likely be combined with another bracket.
Amateur format will be round robin with top teams from each pool advancing to playoffs. Each team will be guaranteed more than 3 games. Pools and amount of teams in each pool will be determined based on how many teams are in the given event.
Format may be abbreviated if necessary due to any unforeseen circumstance, but the tournament directors will do the best they can to get all matches played and keep regular format.
Payments will be processed via Stripe. Email if you'd like to pay using a different payment method.
Reach out to drtourneys@gmail.com with any inquiries.
