Looking Forward to 2023
Players get ready for the New Year of Paddle!
You wanted to play more ?
There is abundant opportunity now so take out your calendar and mark up or block off with your favorite events today!
Here is the calendar:
-3rd Annual Singles League: Jan. 24-Feb.10; Finals Feb. 18 & 19
-The Scotty Weissmann Foundation Memorial Paddle Tournament: Feb. 11
-The Tour – Spring: Feb. 28-June 11
-3rd Annual Doubles Tournament: April 29 – 30
-The Venice Open Grand Slam Tournament: June 23-25
-The Tour – Summer: Aug. 2-Nov. 13
-U.S. Open Doubles Nationals: Oct. 2-29
-Golden Ticket for The Tour: Dec. 2-3
-Finals for The Tour: Dec. 9 & 10
New Events:
-The Scotty Weissmann Foundation Memorial Tournament – Becca & Jen’s family invitational tournament in honor of their brother. Please view their GoFundMe scholarship campaign in his name and follow updates about their tournament.
-Venice Open Grand Slam Tournament is Singles & Doubles all in one weekend –
the Grand Slam of Paddle!
The Tour 2023
Improvements to The Tour include breaking up the 10 month tournament into 2 rounds. The top 8 players from either round will go to the Finals. Another great change is that players will play more with no interruptions from defaults and there will be greater movement between players with the improved point system. More information below.
You’ll still get to play the annual Street Paddle Tournaments (Singles & Doubles) and have an opportunity to win a spot in the Golden Ticket, a qualifying round of The Tour.
-Rankings from last year will continue for this year however there will be different divisions. There will be 25-32 players per division.
-The point system has changed to create more fluidity between players. Last year many people found themselves in the same group for a few months. This has been addressed by assigning each group different points. Each group will have 4 specific points allotted for each player.
For example:
Group A – points assigned are: 50, 45, 40, 35
Player with the 1st best result gets 50
Player with the 2nd best result – 45 points
Player with 3rd best result – 40
Player with the 4th best result – 35
Group B – points assigned are: 49,44,39,34
Player with the 1st best result – 49
Player with the 2nd best result – 44
Player with 3rd best result – 39
Player with 4th best result – 34
Group C – points assigned are 48,43,38, 33 and so forth.
The Tour has 2 rounds:
Round 1 Winter and Round 2 Summer
-Each round is 3 months long and you will play 7 rounds every 2 weeks.
-You have from Tuesday – Sunday to complete your match.
-You must schedule your match or you will be substituted out.
There will be no defaults! If a player cannot play, a substitute will play. Points will be awarded to the 3 players in the group who are competing.
8 top players from either Round 1 or 2 will go to the Finals
Please see the rules and format on the Street Paddle website: here
Don’t forget:
The Tour 2022 Finals for A-1 & A-2 levels are Jan. 28th
Times: tbd
Location: The Venice Courts.
Round Robin, Single elimination.
We will be telling you more about the upcoming tournaments @streetpaddle on IG soon.
Look forward to seeing you all out there on the courts!
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