Wine Country Premier Pickleball exists to serve pickleball players from the greater Wine Country area in Northern CA, including the North, South, and East Bay, the greater Sacramento region, NorCal up through Redding, and everywhere in between.

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The Fall Classic Pickleball tournament in Santa Rosa, CA will seek to provide a professional, community-driven experience for NorCal competitive players looking for a well-run, full-service tournament at an affordable price. Included in your registration fee you will receive a free tournament T-shirt (tank option for ladies), free lunch (Fri-Sun) for all players and their fans, free player snacks, cold purified water, medals for bracket winners, and a free bottle of local wine for medal winners.

A myriad of local and regional sponsors will be on hand to offer merchandise and player services. Raffle baskets will be offered via ticket sales. All proceeds from the raffle baskets will be a pass-through donation to Sonoma County Pickleball Club, Ltd for the Santa Rosa Permanent Complex Fund. Wine Country Premier Pickleball supports fundraising efforts to build more facilities to accommodate the exploding population of local pickleball players.

We have been approved by USA Pickleball for this to be a fully sanctioned event. We will have a full slate of USA Pickleball Certified, Level 2, and Level 1 Referees to referee every match, every day.

Head Referee: Andrea Mayorga

Referee Coordinator: Stacey Vilas

$65 Early Bird Registration for the first 100 players to register begins June 21, 2024.

$75 Regular Registration runs through September 4, 2024.

Event Fee is $20 per registered event.

Registration and event fees are per player.

Thursday (brackets start at or after 12pm)

Womens Doubles 3.0 Age 55+

Womens Doubles 3.5 Age 55+

Mens Doubles 3.5 Age 55+

Mens Doubles 4.0 Age 55+

Friday

Womens Doubles 2.5 All Age

Womens Doubles 3.0 Age 10-54 (at least one player must meet age range)

Womens Doubles 3.5 Age 10-54 (at least one player must meet age range)

Womens Doubles 4.0 All Age

Womens Doubles 4.5+/OPEN All Age

Mens Singles All Age

Mens Skinny Singles All Age

Mixed Doubles 3.0 All Age

Mixed Doubles 3.5 All Age

Mixed Doubles 4.0 All Age

Mixed Doubles 4.5 All Age

Mixed Doubles 5.0+/OPEN All Age

Sunday

Mens Doubles 3.0 All Age

Mens Doubles 3.5 Age 10-54 (at least one player must meet age range)

Mens Doubles 4.0 Age 10-54 (at least one player must meet age range)

Mens Doubles 4.5

Mens Doubles 5.0+/OPEN All Age

Womens Singles All Age

Womens Skinny Singles All Age

A player may only play in ONE event per day.

1-2 registered teams - Combined with another bracket

3 registered teams - Either combined with another bracket or played as Double Round Robin

4-5 registered teams - Round Robin leading to medal rounds for top four teams

6+ registered teams - Double Elimination with come-around Consolation bracket leading to medal rounds

Our OPEN Prize Money events are intended for the highest skill level players with a rating of 4.0 and above with 4.0 set as the minimum rating for registration into these events (some exceptions may apply at the Tournament Directors' discretion).

Brackets may be combined or further broken up based on registration demand.

As a waitlist develops we will be managing bracket sizes to accommodate demand.

Bracket maximums may be adjusted from registration opening to day of play.

Tournament Directors reserve the right to modify formats as necessary based on registrations.

Tournament Directors reserve the right to move players to a more appropriate skill level when deemed necessary per USA Pickleball Tournament Director guidelines.

All players will be held to the Player Code of Conduct.

TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS

Linda Hoffman (Wine Country Premier Pickleball, USA Pickleball Ambassador for Santa Rosa)

Justin Lynch (Training Court Pickleball, USA Pickleball Ambassador for Santa Rosa)

Questions: wc.premier.pickleball@gmail.com

A special Junior Showcase (ages 10-18) event will be taking place on Saturday, September 21 from 12-5pm at Finley Park as a part of the Wine Country Premier Pickleball Fall Classic.

Aaron Hill of Bay Area Youth Pickleball will be directing this event.

Join the Bay Area Youth Pickleball Facebook group at

Registration for the Youth event is at:

https://forms.gle/5rPm1gktNWSEAoox6

Are you interested in being a sponsor for a Wine Country Premier Pickleball tournament? We are seeking local or local branches of national brands for the following:

Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Bronze level sponsors - tiered, multiple benefit packages available.

Hotel discount groups (Tour level sponsor).

Food provision or discount groups (we offer free community lunches every day of our tournaments).

Raffle items (Tour level sponsor).

Wine donations (Every medal winner receives a complimentary bottle of regional wine).

Information about sponsorship opportunities is available by emailing wc.premier.pickleball@gmail.com.

• Up thru Registration Close (Sept 4, 2024) - Full Refund less $25 processing fee

• After Registration Close (Sept 4, 2024) - No refund

We are making a commitment in advance to give a Full Refund less $25 processing fee in the event of cancellation due to rain or unhealthy air quality. (If you are registered for multiple events and only one is impacted, then the refund would be for the event fee only.)

***Pickleballbrackets.com Software Fee is non-refundable as stated at checkout***

Prize Money will be awarded for the following events:

FRI - Womens Doubles 4.5+/OPEN

SAT - Mixed Doubles 5.0+/OPEN

SUN - Mens Doubles 5.0+/OPEN

Prize Money awards:

8+ teams registered: Gold $200 per player; Silver $150 per player; Bronze $100 per player

4-7 teams registered: Gold $100 per player; Silver $75 per player; Bronze $50 per player

under 4 teams: No prize money awarded

Every effort will be made to award prize money checks at the time awards are given during the medal ceremony.