Safe Smiles Pickleball Tournament 2025
Fri Apr 11, 2025 6:00 PM - Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:00 PM EDT
PoP Courts, 701 Racquet Club Way, Knoxville, TN, 37923
Description
Join us for food, fun and pickleball at the Smiles and Vision Restoration Pickleball Tournament! Safe Families of Knoxville is hosting this fundraiser event to provide recovering and motivated women of Knoxville in our ministry with much needed dental procedures and glasses to help them see! A confident smile makes all the difference and having sight is not a luxury, but a necessity to move ahead in life! To learn more about Safe Families of Knoxville please visit knoxville.safe-families.org. Your $100 team ticket purchase includes tournament entry for the entire 2 person team, food and drinks, a goodie bag, and the chance to win cash prizes! Individuals will have Pickleball two-digit DUPR ratings, which ensures that all players regardless of their age, gender, location, or skill are rated on the same scale between 2.00-5.00. Please put your ratings by your name when you register. If you do not have a DUPR rating, please self rate. Anyone 3.8 and up should register in the advanced groups. You can leave the event with an official DUPR rating from one of the POP staff who are qualified to do this.
• Mixed Doubles - Friday night 6:00 - 9:00 pm (intermediate and advanced divisions)
• Men's Doubles Intermediate - Saturday 12 noon - 3:00 pm
• Men's Doubles Advanced - Saturday 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
• Women's Intermediate - Saturday 4:00 - 7:00 pm
• Women's Advanced - Saturday 6:00 - 9:00 pm
Tournament Structure - POOL PLAY
Divisions will be broken into pools containing 3-4 teams. Teams with the best record in each pool will advance to semi and final championship rounds. The matches in the initial pool division will be 1 game played to 11 points, win by 1. Matches in the semi and final rounds will be games best 2 of 3, win by 2.
Official tournament schedule and pools will be released by April 4, 2025. There are opportunities to be a corporate sponsor of the event and help us serve vulnerable families in our community. Contact Janet at 865-257-1883 for details.
Location
PoP Courts, 701 Racquet Club Way, Knoxville, TN, 37923