Welcome to the Georgia Pickleball Association's Rome Memorial Day Weekend Pickleball Kickoff Tournament.. The Tournament will be played at the Downtown Rome Racquets Center. The Downtown Rome Racquets Center has been recently renovated and now has 22 dedicated pickleball courts. The Center is also with walking distance to all the great restaurants and shoppes in the Downtown Rome.

********Register by May 18th to receive a free tournament t-shirt**********

The schedule is as follows:

Saturday May 28th Mens & Womens Doubles

Sunday May 29th Mixed Doubles.

Competition each day will begin as early as 8:00 AM. Specific start times for each event will be posted and emailed to players approximately one week prior to the event.

Format is double elimination brackets with a guaranteed third game. Smaller bracket formats may be altered to round robin at the Tournament Director's discretion.

Brackets of 3 teams: Double Round Robin. Each match will be one game to 15, win by 2.

Brackets of 4 teams: Double Round Robin. Each match will be one game to 11, win by 2.

Brackets of 5 or more teams: Double elimination bracket.

As registration proceeds, tournament management reserves the option to combine brackets as needed if brackets do not fill. If brackets are combined to create playable brackets, awards will be based on the combined bracket. Brackets will be combined by age if possible to avoid combining different skill levels.

Skills levels include 2.5 (Recreational),3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5.

Age groups are 15+, 40+, 60+

A team must play at the skill level of the higher rated player (or higher) and the age group of the younger player. Age is calculated as of 12/31/2022.

RATINGS

- PickleballBrackets.com ratings will be used.

- For new players with no rating, the PickleballBrackets.com self rating will be used.

- Players who have official USAPA UTPR ratings but NO PickleballBrackets.com rating, MUST self rate using

their UTPR rating.

-Players with a UTPR that is higher than their PickleballBrackets.com calculated rating may be moved to the higher level at the discretion of the tournament director.

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You may register and identify your partner or request "Need partner". Your partner must register within five days of your registration or the team will be moved to the wait list. When the identified partner registers after the five day grace period, the team will automatically move from the wait list back to the active list if there is a slot available and both teams have paid. If a player needs a partner, the team will automatically move from the wait list to the active list once a partner is identified, registers, and both players have paid if there is an available slot to move to. NOTE: Your spot in the tournament is not guaranteed until your partner has registered and all fees have been paid in full.

There are no referees. Matches are self-monitored. If a referee is requested, we will do our best to provide one.

Georgia Pickleball Association (GPA) membership is not required for this tournament. However, GPA members do receive a $10 discount on registration for this tournament and most other GPA sanctioned tournaments. GPA also maintains GPA rankings for GPA members. GPA members also receive a weekly GPA email newsletter with all the latest Georgia pickleball news. Additionally GPA members that play in three sanctioned GPA tournaments qualify for the GPA State Tournament. GPA membership is $25 annually. For players that are not already GPA members, the GPA membership fee can be paid when registering for this tournament for the cost of $15.

GPA also strongly encourages players to support and become a member of USA Pickleball.

The deadline to withdraw with a refund from the tournament is May 15th. Refunds for withdrawa for any reason prior to May 15th will incur a $5 processing fee. There will be no refunds after May 15th.

If the tournament is cancelled due to weather prior to the start of an event, we will refund your registration fees less $20 to cover already incurred expenses.

If an event has STARTED and is cancelled due to weather there will be no refunds. We will make every effort to complete any event that has been started. Tournament Director reserves the right to change format, shorten games, or make any other changes they feel will help complete the event.

Players who do not show up for their event and fail to notify the tournament director prior OR leave the event without notifying the tournament director after it has started are subject to a $25 fine. The fine must be paid before registering for any other GPA events.