Welcome to The Barton Commercial Property BIG CHILL! 13-14 July in Canberra. An event for all players new to advanced.

Canberrans know the weather can get a little chilly mid July... but things are going to heat up in the Nation's capital on 16 pristine INDOOR courts with capacity for 320 players!

For Australian competition players – this is an AR Tier 2 Tournament.

The Barton Commercial Property Big Chill is a Doubles event – offering Gender Doubles/Mixed Doubles/Hybrid Doubles/Para doubles – including an Open Doubles Events & Skill/Age divisions (age 18 and over only).

MAXIMUM EVENTS TO BE ENTERED: 3

1 x gendered doubles event

1 x hybrid event (pairing a player with a disability with a player without a disability)

1 x mixed doubles event OR 1 x para doubles event

This event will commence 8am on Saturday 13 July and finish after lunch on Sunday 14 July.

Only one partner can "play-down" in younger age bracket. So if you are playing with a younger partner, you can play in their age group.

Advice on exact times and dates for events will be released once there is clarification on numbers entering.

This tournament will use the current Global Pickleball Federation Official Rules 2024. They can be found at: https://globalpickleballfederation.org/pickleball-rulebook/.

FOOD

There is a kiosk at the venue offering Tea/Coffee, drinks and snacks. Dickson is a 2 minute drive with many cafes and restaurants. Braddon is 10 minutes drive away with multiple food outlets and lovely restaurants.

ACCOMMODATION

Get 15% off when you book through choicehotels.com with Pickleball ACT's Corporate ID code 00838660.

Use the special rate drop down box (and enter the ID code) to check out rates - Australia wide!!!!

This includes the Quality Hotel at Dickson (3 min drive from venue).

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

The area is well serviced by public transport. The nearest light rail stop is approximately 400 metres away.

PARKING

There is plenty of parking available around the facility.

CHARITY PARTNER

Pickleball ACT will be donating $5 per registration to Roundabout Canberra. Roundabout Canberra works with over 500 social workers and support workers from over 100 social service and community organisations in Canberra and surrounding regions to distribute essential baby and children’s items to families in need.

REGISTRATION

- To register you will need to create a free Pickleball Brackets login and profile. Profile must contain your contact number, email & PAA ID number.

- This event is open to all members of Pickleball Australia (Canberra residents can register through Pickleball ACT). Membership must be current at time of event.

- Opens: Sunday 12 May 2024 at 5pm

- Registration Closes: Monday 1st July 2024 at 6pm.

FEES

- The registration fee is $75 (GST inc). The fee covers, registration plus one event. There is a $10 fee for an additional event.

EVENTS

- Qualifying games will be a round robin format and finals will be elimination. Scoring will be mostly be to either 15 or 11 (win by two unless otherwise stated). If necessary, some matches will be scored to 21.

- Medal finals matches will be best out of three games to 11.

- Players are guaranteed a minimum of three games.

- Franklin Indoor Balls will be used, in either yellow or green (no yellow or green shoes or paddles).

- Medals will be awarded to Gold, Silver and Bronze for each bracket.

PLEASE NOTE:

- All events will have a yet to be determined team cap and we do ask that if you happen to be placed on a wait-list for the event you have chosen, please to not worry as we will be adjusting the participate numbers as the event demands. *** WE DO EXPECT THIS TOURNAMENT TO BE POPULAR SO EARLY REGISTRATION IS ENCOURAGED, ALSO WE MAY HAVE TO EXPAND THE TOURNAMENT HOURS (possibly 8:00am - 9:00pm on the Saturday)

- Registrations may have to close early due to demand.

- When registrations are closed, any event with insufficient numbers for a competition will need to be collapsed and combined with another event. Competitors in the collapsed event will be notified so they can decide if they still want to play.

- The tournament director reserves the right to cancel or modify the events and/or schedule as needed pending influences beyond our control.

DELAYS

- If you are unavoidably delayed and it appears that you will not arrive in time for your game/match, please contact the Tournament Director via “contact tourney” on registration page. In limited circumstances, we may be able to adjust the schedule and consider options.

- If you are more than 10 minutes late for your game your result may be a forfeit!

DIRECTOR'S DISCRETION

The tournament director reserves the right to:

- review, and possibly alter the rating of players who self-rate below or above their actual ability.

- move players and teams between skill level brackets if on verification the wrong event has been entered.

- merge or split brackets based on event registration. Any event with fewer than 3 entries will be combined with another event of closest possible standard.

- change start times to facilitate smooth running of the tournament

- The tournament director reserves the right to modify the events and/or schedule as needed pending influences beyond our control

Refunds are available up until the close of registration but will incur a $5 service fee.

No refunds will be offered once registration is closed.