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2026 Lobbing For Leadership Tournament Information
Divisions
Men's
4.0 and Above
3.5-3.99
Novice-3.49
Women's
4.0 and Above
3.5-3.99
Novice-3.49
Mixed
4.0 and Above
3.5-3.99
Novice-3.49
Singles
Men's 3.5+
High School Student
All skill levels
Senior/Junior
Fun event designed to encourage growing the sport. One player must 30+ and the their partner must be under 18.
Skills Competition 50/50
At the completion of each time slot (see below), we will hold a skills competition. Entry fee is $10 and will be collect the day of the tournament. Winners will receive bragging rights and 50% of the money collected during that time slot. More details available later, but skills competition will likely consist of serving speed, accuracy challenges and dinking skills.
Cost
The tournament fee is $25 per person for the adult divisions for the first tournament registered in. Each additional division entered is $20.
We will have two special brackets for $25/team. The first is the High School bracket open only to high school players and the second is the Senior/Junior bracket.
All profits from the tournament and any donations will support the students enrolled in State High's Future Business Leaders of America program. This support includes financial assistance to attend State and National Competitions and programs that support and encourage member participation. No refunds will be given for any reason. If a bracket does not have enough teams, the players will be placed in a different bracket except for the senior/junior and high school divisions.
Tournament Rules and Schedule
Balls: Franklin X40 Outdoor Pickleball
First Serve: First serve/choice of side will be decided randomly prior to each match by tournament directors.
Qualifying Games
Qualifying games will be played to 11, win by 1 or 12 minutes, whichever comes first. All games will start and end at the same time as called by the tourament director. If the timer goes off mid-point, the point will be played out. If the teams are tied at the end of 12 minutes, the next team to score will determine the winner.
Timeouts: No timeouts will be permitted in qualifying games.
All teams will play against at least 4 opponents in the qualifying rounds. More is possible if bracket isn't full. The maximum amount of teams in each division is 12.
The qualifying games were planned with generic numbers and then the registered teams were assigned a number to ensure randomness. Some teams may play one more/fewer games than others. Some teams may play “harder/easier” competition. Remember: This is a fun, low-stakes tournament to help raise some funds for students and help them learn to lead by planning this whole event. No one’s DUPR rating, chance of moving on to nationals, or winning a cash prize is on the line.
If the tournament director deems wind is a factor, players may directed to switch sides at the 6 minute mark.
The courts at Bernel Park are close together and balls from other courts may enter your court. Please only stop play if a player is danger of stepping on a ball. The ball rolling through the back of the court while everyone is at the kitchen should not stop play because it was a distraction.
Playoffs
The top four teams (ranked by winning percentage) will advance to the playoffs. In the event of ties, we will go in this order:
Head to head result (if possible)
Average margin of victory
Opponents overall record
Coin toss
The top ranked team will play the 2nd ranked team for the gold/silver medals. The 3rd and 4th ranked teams will play for bronze.
Playoffs games will be played to 15, win by 2 with a 18 point maximum. No time limit. 1 time out per game. 60 seconds maximum unless there is an injury.
Estimated Times. The final schedule will be released by Thursday, April 30th.
Saturday
8:00-10:45: Women's Novice-3.49 and Women's 3.5-3.99
Players may begin arriving no earlier than 7:30 am to warm up. At 7:55, we will have a short announcement and the matches will begin.
10:45-1:15: Women's 4.0+ and Mixed Novice-3.49
Players should all be ready to play by 10:45 though there is always the chance we may run late. We will have a short announcement 5 minutes before the matches will begin. Warm up opportunities may be limited.
1:15-3:45 Mixed 3.5-3.99 and Mixed 4.0+
Players should all be ready to play by 1:15 though there is always the chance we may run late. We will have a short announcement 5 minutes before the matches will begin. Warm up opportunities may be limited.
Sunday
8:00-10:45: Men's Novice-3.49 and Men's 3.5-3.99
Players may begin arriving no earlier than 7:30 am to warm up. At 7:55, we will have a short announcement and the matches will begin.
10:45-1:15: Men's 4.0+ and High School Division
Players should all be ready to play by 10:45 though there is always the chance we may run late. We will have a short announcement 5 minutes before the matches will begin. Warm up opportunities may be limited.
1:15-3:45 Men's Singles and Junior/Senior
Players should all be ready to play by 1:15 though there is always the chance we may run late. We will have a short announcement 5 minutes before the matches will begin. Warm up opportunities may be limited.
Rain dates are Saturday, May 16 and Sunday, May 17. The tournament may be split. If for example, May 2nd is rained out but May 3rd is nice, we will play on May 3rd. The Saturday, May 2nd events will then be rescheduled to May 16th or May 17th if necessary.
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