TILT IN THE TUMBLEWEEDS
SUN CITY FESTIVAL 11TH ANNUAL
IN-HOUSE TOURNAMENT
Directors: Katie Fender & John Woollums
EVENTS/BRACKET DESCRIPTIONS
Monday, March 23rd Women’s Singles and Men’s Single AND Blind Draw ( First 128 entrants )
Tuesday, March 24th Women’s Doubles
Wednesday, March 25th Men’s Doubles
Thursday, March 26th Mixed Doubles
Friday, March 27th Rain Day (if needed)
SCHEDULE FOR THE IN-HOUSE TOURNAMENT
Monday - Women's Singles and Men's Singles
Tuesday - Women's Doubles
Wednesday - Men's Doubles
Thursday - Mixed Doubles
Monday - Blind Draw
All players must be checked in by 9:30 AM so that we can begin the drawing. Play will begin as soon as singles are finished. The Blind Draw Committee will hold a drawing prior to the matches and draw partners for each skill group.
Brackets (Charts) showing your group for the In-House Tournament, except for Blind Draw, will be available the night before the event. For regular tournaments, the brackets are not usually available until midnight the day the event is scheduled. For example, events scheduled for Monday (Women's and Men's Singles) should be view-able by midnight Sunday.
To see the brackets with players go to PickballTournaments.com SCF 11th Annual In-House Tournament. The Events Brackets button will identify which players will be playing in which bracket. Brackets will be made available online the day of your event.
Monday - Women's Singles and Men's Singles
- Men's Singles 3.0 - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Women's Singles 3.0 - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Women's Singles 3.5 – Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Women’s Singles 2.5 – Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Men's Singles 4.0 - Check in by 8:45 for a start time of 9:45 AM
- Women's Singles 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 - Check in by 9:30 for a start time of 10:30 AM
- Men's Singles 4.5, 5.0 - Check in by 9:30 for a start time of 10:00 AM
- Men's Singles 3.5 - Check in by 9:00 a start time of 9:30 AM
Tuesday - Women's Doubles
- Women's Doubles 3.5 - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Women's Doubles 4.0 - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Women's Doubles 3.0 - Check in by 8:00 for a start time of 8:30 AM
- Women's Doubles 2.5 - Check in by 9:00 for a start time of 9:30 AM
- Women's Doubles 4.5, 5.0 - Check in by 10:00 for a start time of 10:30
Wednesday - Men's Doubles
- Men's Doubles 3.5 - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Men's Doubles 4.0 - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Men's Doubles 3.0 - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:30 AM
- Men's Doubles 2.5 - Check in by 9:40 for a start time of 10:40 AM
- Men's Doubles 4.5, 5.0 - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
Thursday - Mixed Doubles
- Mixed Doubles 4.0, 4.5, 5.0 - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Mixed Doubles 3.5B - Check in by 7:45 for a start time of 8:00 AM
- Mixed Doubles 3.0 - Check in by 9:00 for a start time of 10:00 AM
- Mixed Doubles 3.5A - Check in by 9:40 for a start time of 10:40 AM
- Mixed Doubles 2.5 - Check in by 11:20 for a start time of 12:20 PM
Monday - Blind Draw
All players must be checked in by 9:30 AM so that we can begin the drawing. Play will begin as soon as singles are finished. The Blind Draw Committee will hold a drawing prior to the matches and draw partners for each skill group.
Brackets (Charts) showing your group for the In-House Tournament, except for Blind Draw, will be available the night before the event. For regular tournaments, the brackets are not usually available until midnight the day the event is scheduled. For example, events scheduled for Monday (Women's and Men's Singles) should be view-able by midnight Sunday.
To see the brackets with players go to PickballTournaments.com SCF 11th Annual In-House Tournament. The Events Brackets button will identify which players will be playing in which bracket. Brackets will be made available online the day of your event.
FORMAT OF THE MATCHES
DOUBLE ELIMINATION
Most events will be double elimination format, with a “Top Side” and “Second Chance Side.” This means you must lose two matches before you are eliminated from play in that event. In other words, you are guaranteed a minimum of 3 games in every event you enter.
On the “Top Side” of the bracket in all matches, winners must win 2 out of 3 games to 11 points, and must win by 2 points. Each team will play one full game on each side of the net. If you split the first 2 games - in game 3 you will switch sides after the 6th point is scored by the first team. If you win the best 2 out of 3 games of that match you stay on the “Top Side” and your next match will also be the best 2 out of 3 games.
If you lose the match on the “Top Side” you will move to the consolation or “Second Chance Side.” In the “Second Chance Side” of the bracket, all matches are one game to 15 points with a win by 2 points. In this match, you will switch sides after the 8th point is scored by the first team. If you keep winning on the “Second Chance Side” you have a chance to get to the medal rounds. Once you lose a match on the “Second Chance Side” you are out of that event.
ROUND ROBIN
If a bracket has 5 or fewer teams, we use a Round Robin format. This means you will play each team (or person, if singles) once. Each game will be 1 game to 15 points with a win by 1 point. You are guaranteed 4 games, if 5 teams register. You will switch sides after the first team scores the 8th point. The winner of the Round Robin format is the team (or person) with the most wins. If a tie-breaker is needed to determine the winner, we will look at the most overall points scored by a team. If two teams are tied with the same record, then the result of their game against each other (Head to Head) will be used to break the tie. (2) If two teams are tied and they DID NOT play each other, then the team with the best 'RUN DIFFERENTIAL' wins the tiebreaker.