What is the Junior Pickleball League?

The intention of the league is to give competitive junior players the ability to play with players of a similar level from other clubs within their area, in a competition outside of tournaments.

We want the competition to be:

- Fair (the structure of the competition shouldn't favour any individuals or groups)

- Even (the groups should be evenly balanced so that there will not be excessive targeting)

- Fun (getting to play with lots of great players who all want to be there for fun should equal fun!)

- Transparent (clear rules; accessibility to the results and league tables)

Finally, we want to raise some funds for PickleballEngland to help grow pickleball.

How it works

Players sign up and pay for session prior to the day.

Louise will manage the session and based on attendance will assign players to a court to ensure that skill is evenly balanced.

Players will normally play 8+ games to 11 win by 1.

The order of play will be displayed for each court and players must write the result of all the games on the order of play sheet. Players should check that all results are correct before leaving the event as no edits will be made once the results have been added to Picklebook.

The order of play ensures that each player plays with each player twice and against each player 4 times (if there are 6 players).

The results of the matches will be populated into a league table for the event and will be published on the PickleballEngland website.

The results of prior league sessions will be leveraged to determine court assignments, along with players DUPR rating and self assessed rating.

The format allows for players to move between groups based on their results.

Terms & Conditions:

1. Players accept that the League Director will assign them to a court and they will play with other players assigned to that court for that day.

2. The League Director's decision is final.

3. All players have to register and pay ahead of the session. In the event that someone that has registered cannot play, a refund will only be made if a replacement can be found in time.

4. Standby registrations will be accepted and this list will be used to find a replacement in the event someone cancels.

5. Players accept that pictures or video may be taken during the session and used by PickleballEngland.