Bama Beach "Rock-N-Roll" Round Robin at Foley Event Center

11 Jul 2020 by Eddie McDonald

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The Bama Beach Pickleball Club will be sponsoring a “Rock-N-Roll” Round Robin tournament that will take place on the same dates (August 21-23) of the recently postponed Atlantic South Regional.

I received numerous phone calls after the regional at Foley was cancelled from folks who had already booked vacations looking for places to play in the area. Some suggested playing at the Foley Event Center that weekend since it was too late for another event to be booked. I reached out to David Thompson, Director of Foley Event Center about the idea and he was very excited and has agreed to allow us to have the event.

The format of the tournament will be very different from previous tournaments in that we want to provide a fun atmosphere for everyone and also the ability to socialize after play.

There will be 3 Events on the 3 Days. Men’s Doubles will be on Friday, August 21st, Mixed Doubles on Saturday the 22nd and Women’s Doubles on Sunday the 23rd. There will be no singles events.
The Format is as follows:

3 skill levels in each event (3.0 and below, 3.5, and 4.0 and above) There will be NO NEED TO FIND A PARTNER IN ANY OF THE EVENTS In the Men and Women’s Doubles, players will play with rotating partners each game within their skill level. In the Mixed Doubles Event, Teams within each skill level will be selected via “Blind Draw” similar to the method we used in our Cinderella tournament. The partner who you pick from the blind draw will be your partner for the entire round robin. There will be no medals awarded and T-Shirts given out as we just want everyone to have fun! The fee ($45) will go toward at least 1 social on Friday night, and hopefully another on Saturday night (details TBD). All monies left after all expenses are paid will go to the Foley Event Center for the use of the facility. Oh and I almost forgot to mention that this is -“Rock-N-Roll” Round Robin! That means we will be playing music throughout the tournament!
Registration for the tournament is live now! Click on the link https://www.pickleballtournaments.com/tournamentinfo.pl?tid=4417

Volunteers will be needed and players who may not be scheduled to play may be needed to fill in spots for last minute drop outs.
I look forward to seeing everyone! Please contact me if you have any questions.

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