National Tournament
All HOSTs of Pickleball Canada Organization (PCO) Events will be selected through a
bidding process. PCO believes the procedures for determining a HOST, from the initial
expression of interest to the selection of a HOST, will be based on an open dialogue
and fair process. This process will be conducted in an ethical manner, including but not
limited to the following qualities: fairness, openness, transparency, equity and respect
The PCO National Championship is a CLOSED event. Participants must be a
resident of Canada as verified by the possession of a current health care card from
- Canadian Province or Territory. Canadian champions will be “crowned”
- Participants must be current members of PCO throughout the tournament
The PCO National Championship, ideally, will be held in the first half of August
and should avoid conflict with comparable pickleball tournaments or events.
Regional Tournaments
Regions
There is one Pickleball Canada Regional Tournament per year in each of the three Pickleball Canada geographic regions:
- Western Region: Yukon, B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, NWT
- Eastern Region: Ontario, Quebec, Nunavut
- Atlantic Region: New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, NFLD & Labrador
Closed Tournaments
Only residents of a province in the region, as verified by their provincial health care card, may participate in their regional tournament. Additionally, they must be members of their provincial pickleball association (if one exists) and Pickleball Canada.
Selection of Regional Tournament Sites: Only a province affiliated with Pickleball Canada may host a Regional Tournament. Representatives from each affiliated province in the region determine if the host site will be chosen by open bid from within the region or on a rotational basis province by province. A host site should have at least twelve courts available.
Tournament Expectations
Regional Tournaments are sanctioned by Pickleball Canada and must meet the expectations and guidelines.
- Play can be either indoors or outdoors.
- Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles will be offered
- Age/Skill Groups will be offered
Skill groups
- 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, Open (4.5+)
Age
- Singles: 12+, 35+, 50+, 65+
- Doubles: 19+, 35+, 50+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+, 80+
Events may be combined at the tournament director’s discretion. Age groups will be combined before skill.