Description
Welcome to the 2023 New Hampshire Senior Games Pickleball Tournament!
This is a USA Pickleball Sanctioned Tournament. That means that all results will be reported both to USA Pickleball and the National Senior Games Association. Some matches, but not all, will be refereed. All referees are USA Pickleball officials. The head referee is Joseph L. Santoro, who is both a USA Pickleball Certified Referee and the USA Pickleball Referee Training Coordinator for New England.
This year's event takes place on the beautiful campus of Pinkerton Academy in Derry, New Hampshire, where there could be as many as 24 courts. Registration is limited to the first 300 players to fully pay the registration fee.
The dates and events are:
Friday, August 11: Men's Singles
Women's Singles
Men's Mini-Singles
Women's Mini-Singles
Saturday, August 12: Women's Doubles
Men's Doubles
Sunday, August 13: Mixed Doubles
Format
All games will be Round Robin. Based upon the bracket size, the games will be 1-15 points, winning by 2, or 1-11 points, winning by 2. In a Round Robin format, each team plays every other team in that bracket at least once. For example, in a bracket with eight teams, each team will play seven games.
All brackets are limited to a minimum of three teams and a maximum of eight teams which will play as follows:
-- Brackets with 3 or 4 teams will play a double Round Robin to 15 points.
-- Brackets with 5 teams will play a single Round Robin to 15 points.
-- Brackets with 6, 7, or 8 teams will play a single Round Robin to 11 points.
All brackets are formed first by Skill Level, such as 2.5, 3.0, etc., and then by Age in five year increments, such as 50-54, 55-59, etc.
The Tournament Director reserves the right to merge brackets when there is an insufficient number of players within a bracket to make for meaningful play. The Tournament Director also reserves the right to change the format should circumstances, such as adverse weather conditions, necessitate expediency. etc.
Other Notes:
1. The registration fee includes a souvenir tournament tee-shirt.
2. Individual events (such as mixed doubles) can be added to the registration for a separate fee.
3. This is an out-door tournament with no back-up dates. Thus, each registrant assumes
the risk that adverse weather could create scheduling delays, abbreviated play, or
event cancelation.
4. There is a no-refund policy. However, any request to withdraw received by July 14, 2023,
entitles the player to a refund not to exceed $ 45.00.
Additional Information
The Pinkerton Academy campus is a short drive from Interstate 93, and is convenient to many hotels, motels, and restaurants.
Players are responsible for providing their own chairs, refreshments, and medical supplies.
Note: this is a USA Pickleball sanctioned tournament. Within ten days of the tournament's
completion, player scores will be sent to USA Pickleball for adjustments to player ratings.
However, the scores will not be sent to any other organization.