Kootenay Pickleball Classic

Description

Welcome Pickleball Competitors!

Please read all the tournament information. Including the Additional Information section before you proceed to registration. Thank you!

For the first time ever, The Kootenay Classic Tournament will be held from Friday, September 2 to Sunday, September 4 at the Charles Street Tennis and Pickleball Courts, in beautiful Balfour BC.

Registration will be handled by Pickleball Brackets and opens June 12, 2022, at 8:00 AM

This is a Pickleball Canada sanctioned Pickleball tournament, hosted by the Balfour Pickleball Club.

A player CANNOT register for the tournament without the following:

1. register with Pickleball Canada. Once you join, or renew, you will see your membership number.
Go to www.picklecanada.org to join. Choose your local pickle ball club .

All registrants must be PCO members in good standing through Sept 5, 2022 to play in this tournament.

2. create a profile in www.pickleballbrackets.com (creating a profile is free)

3. making sure your Pickleball Canada membership # is entered in your pickleballbrackets.com profile

4. ensure your name, birthdate and personal information is identical on PCO and PB.com

ALSO -

5. If you've played in a tournament before, but not with www.pickleballbrackets.com, make sure you enter your skill rating

6. If this is the first time you will participate in a tournament which uses the Pickleball Brackets system, give careful thought to the skill levels you record in your Player Profile. These skill levels plus .250 will be the starting point for your tournament rating calculation. To assist with validating the starting point for your tournament ratings, please read the information and complete the online Canadian Tournament Player Rating form by copying and pasting this link in a browser window: https://pickleballcanada.org/play/competitive-pickleball/ratings

Unless we combine or cancel events due to a low number of teams in particular events, event brackets will be:

Women’s 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0+ Doubles Round Robin
on Friday Sept 2.

Mixed 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0+ Doubles Round Robin on Saturday Sept 3.

Men’s 3.0, 3.5 and 4.0+ Doubles Round Robin
on Sunday Sept 4.



We will be using the Core Outdoor ball, generously provided by Pickleball Depot.

Registration for the tournament is $25.00 Each event is an additional $5.00.

Plan to arrive at the venue 30 minutes prior to the start of your event to allow time for check-in, warm-up and to prepare for your first match.

Spectators are welcome to attend.

Please bring a comfortable chair to view from.

Additional Information

Additional Information

** Tournament Director has the right to review all registrations to ensure ratings and levels are compliant**

Enter as a team and make sure your partner registers within seven (7) days of you registering or you will automatically be put on the wait list.

Priority will be given to full teams. If you are on the wait list, and your partner registers, you will be added to the event provided there is space.

BEFORE YOU REGISTER

1. All registrants must have a valid Pickleball Canada Membership to play in this tournament. Please ensure your Pickleball Canada Membership number and your skill level are up to date in your pickleballbrackets.com profile before registering for this tournament. If you are not a Pickleball Canada member, you can become a member at https://pickleballcanada.org/

If you can't remember your Pickleball Canada number, check here: https://secure.pickleballcanada.org/login/

2. In order to register for this tournament you must have a Pickleball Brackets Account.
There is no charge for a Pickleball Brackets account.

** INCLEMENT WEATHER OR NATURAL DISASTER POLICY **

This is an outdoor tournament. If there is inclement weather, or natural disasters out of our control, such as smoke from wild fires, all will be done to play matches.

But there will be NO refunds or credits due to inclement weather, smoke from wild fires, or wild fires.

**Cancellation is a possibility due to inclement weather, health concerns (COVID) or other unforeseen circumstances, such as smoke from wild fires, during the tournament. **

If this occurs, the tournament director reserves the right to revise schedules to allow for evening play.
Or to cancel the event entirely.

We do not offer registration and/or weather insurance.

HOST CLUB: Balfour Pickleball Club

NEED A PARTNER?
If you need a partner check out www.pickleballbrackets.com after June 12, 2022 to see who is looking for a partner.

Note:

One member of the partnership must qualify for the skill level in which you wish to register.

If a partner becomes injured prior to the start of the tournament, but after registration has closed, the tournament director must be contacted at tmbennet@hotmail.com to request a change in partner.
There are no restrictions on who is chosen as a replacement partner. Replacement players must be able to play in the same skill/age group as the injured player. The replacement player must sign the waiver and submit payment in order to be fully registered. Consideration and approval for any request for the replacement of a player after registration closes will be at the discretion of the Tournament Director. Should the Tournament Director approve the change of partner, a tournament desk team member will need to edit the registration.

HELPFUL INFORMATION

Players are encouraged to bring:

your own portable chairs.
a hat or umbrella for personal shade.
lunch or snacks. However there will be limited food options at the tournament.
lots of water

Merchandise:

A limited quantity of 'Kootenay Pickleball Classic' T-Shirts will be available for purchase.
Please indicate if you would like to purchase a T-Shirt and what size you would like.
T-Shirt are only available until Registration close.

** Make sure, when ordering your t-shirts or tank tops, that you select the shirt you want AND the number of shirts you want. After you select that you would like a shirt, you must indicate on the right side, how many you would like to order. **

Location Information

Courts are located at the end of
Charles Street, Balfour
British Columbia V3B 7Z4
Canada

Refund Policy

CANCELLATION / REFUND POLICY

Cancellation deadline Aug 12, 2022

Refunds, minus a $5.00 administration fee, will be available until registration closes on Aug 12, 2022.

NO refunds given after registration closes.

Refunds must be requested in writing to the tournament director.

T-Shirt purchases will automatically be CANCELLED upon withdrawal/cancellation from the event.

Venue Information

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