2026 The Spirit of Pickleball Tournament
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Fri 09 Jan 2026 09:00 - Sun 11 Jan 2026 09:00
Event information
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THE SPIRIT 2026 Pickleball Tournament is being held from 9-11 January 2026 at the Sutherland Basketball Stadium Waratah Park, Rawson Avenue Sutherland NSW. The Tournament is held and hosted by Sutherland Shire Pickleball Club Inc as a memorial to Michelle Gibson & Family who founded the club.
Any member of Pickleball Australia can enter.
Players can enter only one event in each session AM or PM session on each day over the three day tournament (i.e. a maximum of 6 events) in combination with partners applicable to the event category and skills grouping. e.g. Mixed Doubles, Gender Doubles and Spilt Age Doubles. For clarity players can play down in age or up in grade within these categories. Skills levels for doubles will be determined by the skill level of the highest rated player.
Your age group is your age as at Dec 31 2026.
DUPR ratings used for skills category will be player ratings at the close of registrations.
This is a Tier 1 Pickleball Australia SANCTIONED tournament.
This tournament will use the current Global Pickleball Federation rules. They can be found at: https://globalpickleballfederation.org/pickleball-rulebook/
Registration is $70, which includes entry into one event. Each additional event costs $15.
Registration closes on 12th December 2025 or earlier if event capacity is reached.
To register you will need to have or create a free Pickleball Brackets login and profile. Your profile must contain your contact number, email, PAA ID number and be connected to DUPR.