Pickleball Comp
14 July 2024
Pickleball Competition
To register a team please click on the following link Registration
We are creating a pickleball competition for teams from the city to east and south eastern suburbs of Melbourne.
Anyone can submit a team as long as the following conditions are met.
Teams are made up of 4 players each week. Teams can list more than 4 players to provide opportunity to rotate players each round, but only 4 players can play each week.
Grading -DUPR 2.99 and under, Intermediate DUPR 3-3.49, Advanced DUPR 3.5+ self-assessed.
Team entry is $50 payable upon registration in Opensports
Teams must nominate a home venue, that will be available on Saturday afternoons between 1pm to 4 pm. If teams do not nominate a home venue, then the team can ask Pickleball 365 if there are courts at Endeavour Hills Leisure Centre or ask for suggestions of other locations.
Venues can be either indoors or outdoors. Court surfaces can vary with each location.
When submitting a team, the team must submit a starting time for the match either 1p, or 2pm. Match play should be approximately 2 hours.
Each player pays the home venue $10 each week to cover the cost of court hire. Cash is preferred in case the home venue cannot take eftpos.
Each venue is to provide suitable balls for their courts.
Balls are not required to be new each week. Balls are expected to be in suitable condition for competition.
Nets are to be in good condition.
Rules as per USA Pickleball Official Rulebook
Players are playing at their own risk.
6 week competition, 5 weeks of home and away matches. The 6th week a finals round.
Games is first to 11 win by 2 points.
A set is made up of best of 3 games, if each team wins a game each then the third game is played to 5 points, no need to win by 2 points.
Change ends after each game.
Players use a coin toss to determine who will serve first. The winner of the coin toss will have the option to chose side or to serve or receive.
Each player plays 1 set with each team mate.
Finals round is 1v2, 3v4 and 5v6
Team captains from home venues are required to enter in scores after each match.
Ladders will be updated each week