The future of pickleball is NOW: The Dink Minor League Pickleball is sweeping the nation with its innovative, fun and social amateur MLPlay™ Team Event.

v3 is an innovative expansion of Minor League Pickleball in which teams of 3 players compete against one another.  Matches consist of 3 sub-games, each to 21 points. See the rules section for additional guidelines.

Rules

V3 FORMAT: The Dink Minor League Pickleball v3 is a round-robin team competition with guaranteed matches. Gendered teams of 3 players are broken into divisions (based on their combined DUPR rating) to compete against each other in three 21-point games. Top teams will face off in a bracket playoff.

v3 Match Format: 3 games constitute a match. An example of the format is as follows:
Player 1 and Player 2 from each team play the first game
Player 2 and Player 3 play the second game
Player 1 and Player 3 play the third game
*Players will pick their lineups before the match starts.

The Minor League Pickleball Guarantee:
Predictable playing times and reduced waiting periods between matches.
Guaranteed 6 played games with at least 3 matches each.
A fair, level-based competitive experience - whatever your level of play

MiLP v3 DUPR Divisions:
DUPR 15 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 15.30)
***No maximum individual player DUPR

DUPR 13 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 13.30)
**Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.600 to play in DUPR 13

DUPR 11 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 11.30)
**Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 11

DUPR 9 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 9.30)
**Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.600 to play in DUPR 9

Events:

• Friday after 4 PM - 50/50 and Heroes Divisions
• Saturday - Men's and Women's Doubles
• Sunday - Mixed Doubles

Format:

• All divisions will be round robin format with either one group of players or multiple pools. You will play everyone in your group or pool. The combined skill divisions will have an upper and lower playoff bracket (min. 8 teams) depending on how you finish in your pool or round robin event. Playoff brackets will be 2 out of 3 matches time permitting.

Registration Cost:

•  $65 for the first event
• $20 each for 2nd and 3rd events

• Team format
• Side-out scoring
• $300 per team

Divisions Available:

• DUPR 14
• DUPR 16
• Open

CarePortal connects local churches and community members to real, vetted needs identified by local child-serving professionals, helping provide practical support to children and families in crisis.

This is a statewide pickleball tournament bringing together players, churches, businesses, and community members for friendly competition and to help initiate a statewide fund.

This fund will be used to support children and families across 45 Kansas counties through the CarePortal network.