Fraser Valley Open 2024

Description

Sun 8/11/2024 Start Times
MD 3.0
10:45 a.m.

MD 3.5
8:30 a.m.

MD 4.0
11:50 a.m.

MD 4.5
8:30 a.m.

MD 5.0
8:30 a.m.

WD 3.0
11:00 a.m.

WD 3.5
11:50 a.m.

WD 4.0
9:20 a.m.

Welcome Picklers!

We hope you register for the 2024 Fraser Valley Open tournament held on Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11 at the South Surrey Athletic Park. This tournament will be a PCO sanctioned, outdoor tournament and offers $20,000 in prize money for the Open events. Please read the prize money information below.

Event brackets will be:

Saturday, August 10: Mixed Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and Open

Sunday, August 11: Women’s AND Men's Doubles 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, 4.5 and Open


Event Registration Policy

To register for an event, both player may be rated one skill level below the event they would like to enter. For example, to enter a 4.0 event, both players may have a 3.5 rating.

PCO Membership

ALL participants must have a current Pickleball Canada (PCO) Membership to play in this tournament. To avoid registration complications, we highly recommend that you have an active, paid for PCO membership before registration opens on Wednesday, May 1.

Tournament Fees

Registration Fee for all players: $60

All Open Events – MDO, WDO and MXDO: $60 per event

All other events 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5 events: $15 per event

Prize Money for the Open Events
1st Place: $3,000 per team
2nd place: $2,000 per team
3rd place: $1,500 per team

CTPRatings will be used.

Additional Information

Enter as a team and make sure your partner registers within one day of you registering or you will automatically be removed from the event and put on the waitlist. Priority will be given to full teams. If you are on the waitlist, and your partner registers, you will be added to the event provided there is space.

FYI: Pickleball Brackets lists teams on the waitlist in alphabetical order of the first person of the team that registered. NOT IN ORDER OF REGISTRATION. However, teams will be moved from the waitlist into the event in order of registration! This is a feature of Pickleball Brackets and is out of our control.

Event formats will be double elimination.

You are guaranteed to play, at least, two matches or two games to 11 and one game to 15, per event.

BEFORE YOU REGISTER

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/

The Tournament Director may modify the format depending on registration numbers.

ONLINE registration only. Registration is not complete until BOTH partners have registered, signed the online waiver, and PAID; online payment via PayPal using a credit card. When the maximum per event is reached based on fully registered/paid teams, others will be added to the waitlist.

In the case of waitlists, teams will take priority over individuals.

COMPLETE registration means: Both partners have registered, signed the waiver and paid in full.

The Tournament Committee reserves the right to place players in the Skill Group based on their current CTPR/UTPR/USAPA rating skill groups based on registration. The Tournament Committee has the right to make changes to the tournament, combine divisions, or change and alter the format depending on the number of registrations received.

It is each player’s responsibility to ensure their paddle is USAPA approved as non-compliant paddles are subject to Match Forfeiture.

18 outdoor courts (12 permanent courts - 6 portable)

South Surrey Athletic Park, 14601 - 20 Avenue, Surrey, BC

Players are encouraged to bring:
- their own portable chairs
- hat or umbrella for personal shade
- we are planning on having Food Trucks in attendance to offer food and drinks. If you have dietary concerns or restrictions then consider bringing your own food and drinks.
- water will be available for purchase or the nearest water refill station is located inside the Recreation Centre, a two-minute walk from the venue.

Weather

If the tournament cannot be played because of inclement weather, Provincial Health guidelines or another unforeseen situation beyond the control of tournament organizers, registrants will be refunded their fees minus a $20.00 administration fee.

Prize Money

Both CTPR and UTPR ratings will be used.

The following payout will be in effect for MDO, WDO and MXDO:

1st Place - $3,000; 2nd Place - $2,000; 3rd Place - $1,500
$500 bonus to 1st place team if an Open event has 8 or more teams.

A minimum number of eight teams (must register for an Open event for the above payout to be in effect. If this is not the case by the registration deadline of July 31, 2024, the tournament committee will contact players who registered for the Open event(s) and give them the option of withdrawing from the tournament and receiving a full refund OR participate in an Open bracket with an adjusted, lower event fee using the following prize money payout structure.

1st Place – 50% of the registration and event fee paid by participants in this event

2nd Place – 30% of the registration and event fee paid by participants in this event

3rd Place – 20% of the registration and event fee paid by participants in this event

For example, there are 5 registered teams in the Open bracket.

That’s a total of 10 players.

Registration and event fees paid by 10 players in this combined event: 10 x $120 = $1,200

Total Prize Money: $1,200

According to the payout structure described above gold, silver and bronze teams will receive:

1st Place - $600

2nd Place - $360

3rd Place - $240

Refund Policy

Refund Policy
Registrants withdrawing before July 31, 2024, 9:00 p.m. will be refunded registration & event fees minus a $15.00 administration fee. NO refunds after July 31, 2024, 9:00 p.m. for player cancellations / withdrawals.

If the tournament cannot be played because of inclement weather, Provincial Health guidelines or another unforeseen situation beyond the control of tournament organizers, registrants will be refunded their fees minus a $20.00 administration fee.

Venue Information

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