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NYE SMASH
End your year with a SMASH! Join us for a round robin scramble recreational tournament. No partner is needed to register for this tournament. You will change partners after every game.
Logistics
Logistics
📍 Location: UW Health Sports Factory, 305 S. Madison St, Rockford, IL 61104
📆 Date: Saturday, December 31, 2022
🕘 Time:
Mens 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. — check in @ 8:30 a.m.
Womens 3.0 & 3.5 1 - 4:30 p.m. — check in @ 12:30 p.m.
**NOTE** Womens 4.0 will play @ 9 a.m. — check in @ 8:30 a.m.
🔁 Format: Round robin scramble separated by skill levels and gender. Scramble format - partners switch after every game. Games are to 11 points, win by 1 point. One timeout per team, per game. You will play approximately 8 games. Medals will be awarded to the top three participants in each division.
🏀 Surface: Basketball hardwood flooring
🔴 Ball: Penn 26, red
💲 Cost: $55 per person
👥 Players: Must be 13+ years of age
🔀 Divisions:
Mens 3.0, 3.5 & 4.0 — 48 players
Womens 3.0, 3.5 & 4.0 — 48 players
❓ Unsure of your division? Read the Player Rating Descriptions
🔮 Swag Bag - You will receive a swag bag at check-in to commemorate the tournament.
🛑 Registration deadline: December 29, 2022 @ 9 a.m.
💵 Payment: Secure credit card payment via Stripe™ during registration
💻 Register: Use the Registration buttons to reserve your spot!
✔️Confirmation: You will receive an email confirmation that includes the date, time and address of your booking. Please check your spam folder if you don't receive it in your inbox.
✖️ Cancellation Policy: This tournament has a no refund policy.
🧐 Questions? Contact Tournament Director, Jenn Selchow, (815) 505-0586
⚠️ The Tournament Director reserves the right to move a player to the appropriate skill level.
Sponsors
Sponsors
UW Health Sports Factory
UW Health Sports Factory
📍 305 S. Madison St., Rockford, IL 61104
Rockford's premiere multi-use riverfront indoor sports venue opened on June 1, 2016. The facility is a renovated factory with a rich history that dates back to the W.F. & John Barnes Company in 1884. The modern facility contains 105,000 sq. ft. of space for a variety of indoor amateur sports. The facility has 12 hardwood pickleball courts.
Other features of the UW Health Sports Factory include:
Courtside Grill - full restaurant and bar on the second floor (opening January 2023)
Seating for up to 3,700 people with portable bleachers
5 meeting rooms
Riverfront boardwalk
Access to downtown Rockford within a short walk
Two parking lots with free parking
FAQs
FAQs
👕 Why aren't t-shirts being given away? I polled pickleball players in a forum as to what they would like to see as a giveaway and they said, "no more cheap t-shirts". Usually a tournament shirt gets relegated to sleepwear or chores like mowing the lawn. To give a high quality shirt, the tournament entry fee would need to be increased, and nobody wants that. Also, when dealing with t-shirts, the registration deadline has to be two weeks before the event to allow time for printing. So, I took into consideration the tournament player feedback and decided on alternate giveaways that are not size dependent.
🏓 How many games will I play? You will play approximately 8 games of pickleball in a round robin scramble format. Depending on how the brackets fill, some divisions may need to be combined to insure you have 8 games. You may be playing 8 back-to-back games with no bye rounds.
💲 What determines the entry fee? The entry fee is based on the expenses of the tournament. For instance:
Each basketball court (3 pickleball courts) are rented from UW Health Sports Factory for $60 an hour.
Event insurance is provided to the Rockford Park District for the tournament.
New balls are purchased for every tournament as this is the industry standard best practice.
Medals for the top three player in each division.
Swag bag with items for each player
Administrative costs like credit card fees and scheduling software.
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