South Surrey is holding their annual pickleball tournament on Saturday September 17, 2011 and unlike the previous years the tournament has become a recreational event. South Surrey has taken over the organizing of the event from the tournament committee that had organized and run a very successful USAPA rules tournament in the past.
The new tournament will be played without the benefit of either Pickleball Canada's, USAPA or IFP rules and therefore all non-sanctioned paddles will be allowed.
In addition, SSRC management has indicated that there will be drop-down draws with no separation between competitive and recreational players. This does not bode well with many of the competitive players who are choosing not to participate due to the lack of competition.
I too have chosen not to sign up partly in protest of the organizational change and the lack of true competitive play. If you are disappointed in the change in format I'd advise you to do the same.
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Does anyone know what the age categories were?
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