The Pickleball Store Southampton Pickleball Event

The Pickleball Store Southampton Pickleball Event

Saturday & Sunday, 18th & 19th May 2024

Southampton Tennis Centre, SO16 0XS. 

The Pickleball Store and pickleb.co.uk are delighted to announce that we are offering a two day Pickleball Event, to be held at the Southampton Tennis Centre, which is very accessible being close to the M27 and M271.

There will be 22 courts available for over 20 hours across the weekend, so there’s plenty of play to be had.

Players in the tournament get free festival play throughout that day. (same day as tournament division occurs on only)

Players wanting only the festival can choose this, at the bottom of the list of divisions on the registration page.

 

EVENT FORMAT

Eighteen events:

18+ Men’s doubles at “Up to 3.0”,  “3.5”,  “4.0" and "4.5 & over”. Saturday.

18+ Women’s doubles at “Up to 3.0”,  “3.5”,  “4.0" and "4.5 & over”. Saturday.

18+ Mixed doubles at “Up to 3.0”,  “3.5”,  “4.0" and "4.5 & over”. Sunday.

 

50+ Mixed doubles at “Up to 3.0”,  “3.5”,  “4.0" and "4.5 & over”. Saturday.

50+ Men’s doubles at “Up to 3.0”,  “3.5”,  “4.0" and "4.5 & over”. Sunday.

50+ Women’s doubles at “Up to 3.0”,  “3.5”,  “4.0" and "4.5 & over”. Sunday.

 

The registration fee for the event is £20 and entry to each tournament division is £25 per division entered, which includes free festival play all of that same day.

 

Schedule:

The schedule will be published in the days leading up to the event.

Register on arrival by writing your name in the appropriate box for your team on the printed sheet on the tables, any time before your first game.

Arrive on the right court at the right time for each of your games.

 

Tournament Directors

The Event is being organised by the team at pickleb.co.uk; Steve & Simon (mostly Simon)

 

THE VENUE

Southampton Tennis Centre, SO16 0XS. Southampton Tennis Centre offers six acrylic tennis courts, a preferred surface for pickleball with many players.

There is a cafe, toilets, showers and a standing only raised viewing gallery looking down on both halls.

There is water fountain by the cafe. The cafe serves hot and cold food and drinks. 

 

NEARBY ACCOMODATION

• Premier Inn Southampton City Centre hotel

• Premier Inn Southampton North hotel

• Premier Inn Southampton West hotel

• Holiday Inn Express Southampton - West, an IHG Hotel

• Best Western Chilworth Manor Hotel - managed by Legacy Hotels and Resorts

• Days Inn by Wyndham Southampton Rownhams

 

REGISTRATION

On registering, you will be sent a confirmation email confirming your entries as well as a special link back to the registration website (if it doesn't come through please check all junk folders before sending through an enquiry to let us know). This will take you to a players needing partners page where you must confirm your registered partners by sending a partner confirmation email. This means both you and your partner must be registered and then confirm your partnership to guarantee your entry as a doubles team into the event. If you have agreed a partnership in advance, you should follow the link in the email and click on the "Send Partner Request" icon next to the name of your proposed partner. They will receive an email asking them to confirm that they agree, and will be given the option to confirm yes/no. This automatically updates our system either way. In the event you don't have a partner and need to find one, you can use the "Contact" icon next to a player's name to start a conversation with them via email about potentially partnering up. If you have any queries or concerns then please don't hesitate to send through an enquiry and we will do our best to get back to you asap.

If you choose to add another event after you have registered, you can go back to your original registration confirmation email and use the link provided.  If you need to change an event or withdraw from an event, you should also use this link.

 

QUESTIONS

Please send an e-mail to simon@pickleb.co.uk with any queries.

 

Tournament Terms & Conditions

By ticking the terms and conditions box in your registration form, you agree to the following:

• Registration opens 1st March 2024 and closes 11:59pm BST on Monday 13th May.
• Cancellation and refund requests must be made by 11:59pm BST on Monday 6th May. 
• Registration fees are non-refundable but event fees will be refunded up to the date of registration closing.
• Tournament director has the discretion to combine categories in the event of too few entries and also to move players between categories, and their decision is final.
• Submission of Tournament results is at the discretion of the organisers, after ongoing issues with the primary ratings provider's algorithms.
• Agree to follow any Covid-19 related requirements
• Promise to follow pickleballEngland code of conduct and uphold pickleballEngland values.
• Signing this waiver:

"I release and discharge, for myself, my heirs, executors, and administrators, the organizers, the facility, its members, employees, and sponsors and all persons associated with the tournament from all claims, damages, rights of action present or future which may arise in connection with my participation in the tournament. I understand that filming and photographs may be taken at this event and I give permission to pickleballEngland to use the creative content to advertise, promote or showcase the event. I understand that it is my responsibility to make it known that I do not wish to have my picture taken or my games filmed. Persons aged under 18 must be accompanied by a responsible adult."