3rd Annual Pickled Pink for Women's Health Tournament at Armory Pickleball!

Location: 525 N. State St., Bellingham, WA 98225

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17 -- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 -- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2025

HOTELS: The Hampton Inn in Bellingham is offering a special 20% off rate to Sun Seeker tournament registrants! Please go to https://hil.tn/iy7qzd to redeem this rate when you make your reservation.

Hotel Address: 1055 W Bakerview Rd, Bellingham, WA 98226

Hotel Phone Number: (360) 812-7200

****$500 prize money for the winners of the 5.0 Open Event!****

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION WILL OPEN ON July 1, 6:00 AM - Register early to save $10 per player and ensure your place in the tournament.

- If verified BEFORE registering, Armory Pickleball members get $15 off each registration. (See below.*)

- The registration fee includes one event.

A second event is $25 more per player. There is a limit of one event format per player per day. After September 16, if there is still space in an event, a player may PLAY UP in an additional event, but no more than 0.5 above the player's current level. A third event is $20 more per player.

- Regular Registration begins September 1, 8:00 AM, and late registration begins Wednesday, October 8 8:00 AM ($10 more than regular registration).

REGISTRATION CLOSES AT THE END OF THE DAY (11:59 PM) ON SUNDAY, October 12.

Here is our planned schedule:

FRIDAY AM: Over 60 Doubles 3.0-3.24, Over 70 Doubles 3.5

FRIDAY Afternoon: Singles 3.5, 4.0, 4.5

SATURDAY: All Ages Doubles 3.5, 3.75, 4.0, 4.5, and 5.0+ ($500 cash prize event!)

SUNDAY: All Ages Doubles 3.0

Over 60 Doubles 3.25, 3.5, 3.75

Start times for each event will be finalized after registration closes and announced by Monday, October 13. We reserve the right to make changes due to unforeseen circumstances, but we will do our best to keep the tournament running on schedule and to let all players know as soon as possible about any changes.

**Important - When registration opens, ONLY 1 EVENT PER PLAYER PER DAY - this is because we are only using 4 courts. If we have room, we will open to multiple events per person**

**Start times listed here may change after registration closes**

**Once an event's max number of players is hit, all new registrations will go to the wait list**

FORMAT:

Round-robin with playoffs for Gold / Silver / Bronze for the top 3 finishers in each bracket.

We play a maximum of 8 teams per event. With round-robin, this means a guarantee of 7 games per team. If fewer than 8 teams are registered for an event, 5 games will be guaranteed.

For pool play (before medal round) games are to 15, win by 1 with rally scoring.‡

If there are fewer than 8 teams in the pool, the tournament director may increase the number of points per match to 21 to maximize the number of rallies per player.

For medal round, games are to 21, win by 2 (cap at 25) with rally scoring.‡

Standing is based on: 1) games won, 2) head to head, 3) point differential, 4) head to head point differential, and 5) point differential against next highest team. Standings are always based on games won unless there is a tie, which is broken by the next scoring metric (head to head), and so on.

CONCESSION AND SWAG:

Water and some free snacks will be provided. There are also items for purchase and a vending machine on site. Armory Pickleball and tournament-specific swag will be available for purchase. We will have some gear/paddles/wraps available for purchase as well.

PAYMENT:

Payment via credit card (Stripe) is due when you register. There is a non-refundable service fee of $10 per player. See refund policy below.

You and your partner register separately. Once you register, your partner must register within 4 days or YOU WILL BE MOVED TO THE WAITING LIST and your spot is no longer secure as the event may fill. For people who have registered and are still on the waiting list at the end of the tournament, a full refund will be issued.

Game Ball: Selkirk Pro S1. You can purchase this ball here: https://tinyurl.com/bdc37akv

NOTES:

* For the Armory Pickleball member discount, there are three things that need to happen:

1. Be an active member of Armory Pickleball (go to https://armorypickleball.net) AND,

2. Have or create a free account with Pickleball Brackets (go to https://pickleballbrackets.com) AND,

3. THEN, once your account is set up and you are logged into Pickleball Brackets, click on "Clubs", and search for Armory Pickleball. If you are a current paid member of Armory Pickleball, select Armory Pickleball, click on "Become A Member" and then, "Click Here To Complete Your Request". Your membership will need to be verified (this may take up to 24 hours). Once you have been verified, you may register and your discount will be applied. This only needs to happen once. If you have done this already for a previous tournament, your information will already be in the system.

- Pickleball Brackets charges a $5 service fee for registering for each of the first TWO events. To avoid paying an unnecessary service fee, if you are wanting to CHANGE events, be sure to drop the first event BEFORE adding the second event. If you add a second event first and then drop the first event, you will be charged the second event fee of $5. No extra fee is charged for signing up for more than two events.

- A player may play at a higher level (play up), but may not play down (sand bag). Pickleball Brackets uses DUPR scores to determine which events are open to each player. Pickleball Brackets also uses an events scale based on .5 rating increments - so if you have a DUPR of 3.43, you would be eligible to play in any event from 3.0 and up. Some of our events are based on .25 rating increments (for example, 3.0-3.25 doubles). In this instance, if you have a DUPR of 3.43, you would **technically** be eligible for that event, based on the increments Pickleball Brackets uses. In that case, we would encourage you to play in the next-highest event.

- A minimum of 5 games are guaranteed. Number of games played and points per game will depend on registration. Our goal is to maximize the number of rallies each team gets to play, and the number of other teams each team gets to play, while staying on schedule to ensure that each event starts on time. Pool play will be round-robin (each team plays every other team in your pool). Under special circumstances and with advanced notice, we may use waterfall format (playing 4 best matches before the medals round).

- Depending on registration numbers, we may split events by age (for example: under 40, 40+), and we may combine teams to make for the best player experience. Your age will be based on your age by December 31st of this year.

‡ Rally scoring is different from traditional scoring in several ways. The key difference is that a point is awarded for every rally, "one point per serve", regardless of who served the ball. Here are the other differences:

- Before each game begins, players on each team choose to be on either the left side or the right side for serving and receiving. Players do not change sides for serving or receiving. After the ball is served and received, players may move just as with traditional scoring. (Thus stacking is still completely acceptable, but not as necessary as players may choose their preferred position at the start.)

- The team that wins each rally will get a point and will serve. When the score is even for the team that just won the rally, the player on the right side of the court will serve. When the score is odd for the team that just won the rally, the player on the left side of the court will serve.

- The one exception to "one point per serve" is that a team must serve the winning point. So when playing to 15, if the score is 13 to 14, and the team with 13 points is serving but loses that rally, the score remains 13 to 14. If the score is 13 to 14 and the team with 14 points is serving, but loses that rally, the other team will get a point and the score will then be 14 to 14 with the serve going to the team that won the rally.

- There are three times with rally scoring when a team may change sides with their partner. A team may choose to change sides during their time out, their opponent's time out, or at a change of ends halfway through a game. This only relates to the starting server position. Changing sides once the ball has been served or received is always acceptable play (as in stacking).

Many players like rally scoring because it simplifies scoring and play, and it changes the pace of the game. It can also be helpful for tournament play because it keeps games progressing and a tournament schedule on time.

All refunds have a $10 admin fee

Before September 15th, full refund less $10.

From September 15th through October 8th, 50% refund less $10.

No refunds after October 8th.

A $500 cash prize will be awarded to the winners of the 5.0/Open Doubles Event ($250 per person).

We have a first aid kit and an AED on site.