CTPA Games

Up/Down Split

• If you cannot get a reservation for Up/Down split, join the wait list and look 1 hour prior to the event to see if there are any last minute openings.
• If you cannot make it because of a last minute event please remove your name from Court Reserve and email the coordinator. You will receive a first time warning then a one week suspension the second time you reserve a spot and do not show up. The last moment to cancel is 2 hours before the event.
• We will start on time since we only have 2 hours to play. Arrive a minimum of 5 minutes before start time. If you arrive after courts are re-adjusted which will be a couple minutes before we start, you will begin on Court 1 and maybe even start the first game as the time keeper. At times we may have people who have not signed up but are waiting at the courts in case someone does not show. If you are not there by the time we start the second game, you may no longer have a spot. 
• Please warm up and start on one of the Courts that you signed on.
• We will play 12 minute games. The team on the gate side will serve first.  
• The team with the most points when the time is up will go up a court and split. The losing team will go down a court and split. When the time is up, know if you finished on the right or left hand side of the court. When you go up or down and split, you will want to find the person from the other team who finished in the same court position as you (right or left). The team that finishes on the right side will serve first on the gate side.
• You do not have to change sides during the game since sides are assigned randomly, but if all four players agree to switch at 6 or 8 points, that is OK.
• If the score is tied when the buzzer goes off, the team who has the serve is the winner. If time is called the point in progress will not count as play stops immediately.
• Balls are not provided. Please have a ball and take it with you when you go up or down to the next court.
• We will break 2 minutes between games. Those who want a rest for a game can change places with the team waiting to get onto Court 1.

Round Robin Play

• Play a timed game (typically 12 minutes) playing with a minimum of 5 players.
• Players are assigned a number (starting with 1 and finishing with the number of players).
• The “coordinator” assigns courts and teams based on the ‘round robin rotation sheet’ beginning with round 1. When the round (game) is completed the “coordinator” will refer to the Round robin rotation sheet for the round 2 team assignments/courts. This continues until the allocated court time for the Round robin play is completed.  It is important that if you sign up for a RR session that you are there for the entire duration.
• At the end of the timed play the team with the lead is declared the “winner”; if the score is tied, the team with the ball is deemed the winner.
• Round robin play can be mixed, men only or women only.  It can also be played across levels or within levels.

Challenge Courts  ( No longer offered)

Challenge Courts are assigned by skill level but can be used by other levels if assigned skill levels are not utilizing them.

A “challenge” is indicated by placing your paddle in the fence of the court you wish to challenge and verbally announcing “we challenge” to alert players that you are waiting to play. Ideally, it is best to challenge with a partner. If a player challenges without a partner, one of the exiting players can choose to partner with the single player. Once the game is finished either the losing team or team with two or more consecutive games (wins or losses) is replaced by the challengers. Teams can remain together for up to three consecutive games and then must switch partners for at least one game. Play is on a first come-first served basis. Additional teams can hang their paddles beneath the paddles already in the fence and rotate onto the court in paddle order.

Ladders   There is typically a small fee associated this event

• Ladder is generally a 6-week session. The league has many players.
• Groupings of 4 or 5 players will be assigned. You will pair with all players in your group for a game. If there are 4 people in your group you will play 3 games to 15, if you have 5 people you will play 4 games to 11.
• Based on the total points you accumulate will determine if you finished, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.
• The next week you will be assigned to a higher or lower ranking based on your game scores the previous week.  Therefore, you as a person will go up or down the ladder based on your success.
• Ladders can be played as individuals, mixed doubles, doubles, women or men only. It can be also played as singles.
• More information on the web site under Member Section

Your Four  (YF or Y4)   (We stopped offerring this starting 2025)

YFP allows four people to play together, guilt free, without rotating in other players. Non-members are allowed but a member must buy a pass online at Court Reserve BEFORE you play.  

Choose your foursome and play together until all courts are filled and other foursomes are queueing. When that happens and your game ends, leave the court and call in the next foursome. Queue with ONE paddle from the group by the queueing board on the fence by court 8.

You must register on Court Reserve to be one of the YFP captains. Only the captain of the group needs to sign up for a spot. Only one person from your group signs up.

Please do not book a session with the plans to play less than the 2 hours. There is now a penalty if you make a reservation as a captain and do not have three other people including yourself. Please be respectful to your fellow members by not overbooking courts.  

You can play singles, skinny singles, and practice in YFP EXCEPT for 9-11 a.m. and 6-8 p.m. You would queue just like a doubles team. If you are practicing, you will need to limit your time to 20 minutes and then get off the court.

RESERVE A COURT

This allow you and your group of members to own the court for a full 2 hours without having to leave the court.    One person will pay to use the court and they must then collect from the other partcipants.

Ryder Cup

Objective: The Objective of Ryder Cup is to combine  players to compete in a team style  event where individual match play (Win/Loss) counts to the overall score to which that twosome belongs to. The team with the most points after the 2-hour Ryder Cup session is declared the winner.

Rules Of Engagement: At the beginning of each session, 2 assigned captains will draft players onto their respective teams. The goal is to make sure the teams are equally diversified in talent. Each Team will consist of the same amount of players.

At the beginning of each draft session it is determined who drafts first as well as who sends their team out first on all courts for initial play. These teams can consist of any combination. The rotation of what team sends out their players to the court is predetermined at the draft on Friday.

All games will start on the signal “Go” and will last for 11 minutes. The Winning Team is determined by the most points. If there is a tie, the team who scored the last point will be determined the winner.

Points are awarded to the Team based on how the twosome fared in their match play. Each twosome that wins earns 1 point for their Team.  A bonus point is awarded to the Team if the twosome wins their match play by 5 points or more vs their opponent.

Players on each Team can only play with their teammates in match play once until all combinations of players are exhausted. Player Rotation and matchups will be determined by the Captains of each Team. 

No player shall sit out more than twice in a Ryder Cup Session or back-to-back in a game. After the session the Team with the most points will be declared the winner.  

Singles:

Singles are played with one person on each side of the court. The rules of pickleball are the same. There are limited sessions available for singles.

Shootouts (small fee associated with this event): Allows you and a fixed partner to sign up together for a competitive match against others of the same level. Shootouts are typically round robin format where your team will play once against all other teams. There may or may not be a final round, based on the structure.

Tournaments (fee associated with this event): Same as a shootout but may be played as a double elimination with pairings assigned randomly.