Event Days & Times Friday - Singles OR The Dink MiLP Team Event (see below) - You CANNOT play in MiLP and Singles! Saturday - Gender Doubles Sunday - Mixed Doubles We will not have the exact bracket start times until after registration closes. DUPR ratings will be used to determine bracket placements. We reserve the right to move players/teams into their appropriate skill bracket based on their DUPR rating at the time of the tournament (regardless of rating at the time of registration). Scores will be uploaded to DUPR. Tournament Fee Breakdown Registration Fee - $70 (Beginning May 12, 2025 the registration fee will be $80 for us to manually add you after online registration closes) Event Fee - $30 PB Brackets Service Fee (we have no control over this - it goest DIRECTLY to PickleballBrackets.com) - $5-10 *Registration for Friday's The Dink MiLP Team Event is separate from Friday's Singles. A player cannot play in The Dink MiLP and Singles on Friday. The Dink MiLP Price: $70.00 per player (must register and pay as a team) - this is completely separate from the Paseo Classic tournament fee. Register here for Friday's MiLP Team Event >> https://swishtournaments.com/product/the-dink-minor-league-pickleball-np-paseo-classic-valencia-california/ The Dink MLPlay™ FORMAT The Dink Minor League Pickleball is team competition where teams of 4 players (2 women and 2 men) compete against each other using the MLPlay™ format: team matches are composed of four 21-point games (rally scoring), one women’s doubles, a men’s doubles, and the final two games consisting of mixed doubles. If both teams are tied at 2-2 after the 4 games are played, they’ll go to a Dreambreaker™! In a Dreambreaker™ one person from each team plays singles against the other team’s player, switching players every four rallies until someone gets to 21 and wins by two points. DUPR ratings will be used to determine bracket placements (bracket options will be combined team DUPR of 12, 14, 16, 18, or 20). Round-Robin Bracket Formats Brackets with 4 or more teams could take 4-6 hours to complete, please plan accordingly 3 teams/players (only if necessary, we will try to combine any 3 team/player divisions with the closest age division possible) - Double-RR, games 1 to 15 - Top 2 teams advanced to Gold Medal match, 2/3 to 11 win by 2 - 3rd place team automatically receives Bronze medal 4 team bracket - Single-RR, games 1 to 15 - Semi-final (all 4 teams) - 1 to 15 - Bronze - 1 to 15 - Gold - 2/3 to 11 5-7 team bracket - Single-RR, games 1 to 15 - Semi-final (top 4 teams) - 1 to 15 - Bronze - 1 to 15 - Gold - 2/3 to 11 8-9 team team bracket - Single-RR, games 1 to 11 - Semi-final (top 4 teams) - 1 to 11 - Bronze - 1 to 11 - Gold - 2/3 to 11 10-12 team bracket - 2 pools, Single-RR, games 1 to 15 - Semi-final (top 2 teams from each pool) - 1 to 15 - Bronze - 1 to 15 - Gold - 2/3 to 11 Format is subject to change at anytime. If a bracket is unable to finish due to weather and enough matches have been played to determine placements, we will use approved USAP rules to determine placements. USAP rules will be followed. USAP approved paddle list will be used - NOT UPA-A.

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