- 27July 27, 2024
APP Next Gen II
1240 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67206The APP Next Gen Series has partnered with Chicken N Pickle to bring you the Next Gen Series. Compete, Connect & Learn Next Gen II provides players 23 and under the opportunity to compete in a two day event for a $3K prize pool, Next Gen II ranking points and placement in Next Gen events. The Next Gen offers players the opportunity to compete for three days for a $15K prize pool, Next Gen ranking points and possible invitation to the Next Gen National Team. Next Gen & Next Gen II are events with accumulating points to determine the overall points winner female and male. See the Next Gen & Next Gen II program comparison chart for additional details.
Players age 23 (as of beginning of event date) and below are welcome to participate (excluding the Next Gen National Team)
Next Gen Mission & History
The APP Tour is dedicated to developing America’s next champions. The APP|Chicken N Pickle “Next Gen Series” is the first of its kind for both young adult men’s and women’s pickleball player development. The focus for our events is to create a platform that can have our top American pickleball players compete and be educated through our mentoring program, and to prepare them to represent the United States in future international and APP Tour professional competitions. Players participating in APP Next Gen Tour events will have the opportunity to display their skills for consideration for the APP U.S. Next Gen National Team. The 2024 APP U.S. Next Gen National Team players are Riley Bohnert, Jayden Broderick, Alia Brown, Jack Foster, Ava Kalist, Spencer Lanier, Richard Livornese, Cameron Luhring, Lauren Mercado, Jack Munro, Kaden Seward, Ivy Tschetter, & Brooke Revuelta. The APP Atlantic Cup debuted in 2024 featuring six players from each team competing over APP U.S. Next Gen National Team members against Team Europe. The APP Next Gen Tour debuted in 2021, and since then many of today’s top U.S. current pro players have taken part in our events – JW and Jorja Johnson, Dylan Frazier, Maggie and Mary Brascia, Wyatt Stone, Hayden Patriquin, Gabriel Tardio, Alix Truong, Amanda Hendry and Yana Newell.
Event Details
$3K PRIZE PAYOUT FOR THE NEXT GEN II – No individual payouts per event, but rather on the results of the cumulative 2 days. An overall cumulative standings list will be kept with the top four overall winners receiving payouts, placement in Next Gen Tier I events and medals. All players are REQUIRED to play both days events. Points are accumulated for each day to determine the total points for the cumulative standings list.
Event fees: Registration fee is $235 (All Events and Next Gen t-shirt)
Ball: Franklin X-40
Ages: 23 and younger (age first day of tournament) excluding Next Gen National Team
Code of Conduct: All players will be held to the Player Code of Conduct. All brackets for the Next Gen Series Players compete to earn Next Gen Ranking Points. Points are totaled over a 52-week rolling period. Tournaments play consolation brackets. If a player loses a match, the best they can finish is bronze. A consolation bracket is like a double-elimination bracket except that the participants in the consolation bracket have no chance of winning the championship.
USAP MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED – Next Gen is a USA Pickleball sanctioned tournament MMP Every player must have a current USAP Membership through the last day of the tournament. The USAP Membership will be validated prior to the tournament.
USAP Membership Website: https://usapickleball.org/memberships
APP Junior Circuit
1240 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67206Two days of competition from 8 AM to 4 PM at Chicken N Pickle. Players can take part in an on court coaching activity following the tournament.
Age brackets offered:
- 12 and under
- 14 and under
- 16 and under
- 18 and under
Email juniorcircuit@theapp.global if you have any questions.
Super DUPR 4.0+ Mixed Doubles Tournament
(formerly Nahola) 5228 W Central, Wichita, KSDate: July 27, 2024 (Saturday)
⏰ Time: 3 PM to 7 PM
Location: The Pickle Club, 5228 W Central Ave, Wichita, KS 67212
Cost: $32 for members, $42 for non-members
This is a set partner round robin + single elimination bracket tournament so choose your partner wisely!
Limited to the first six (6) teams to sign up due to space constraints at the club. Register at thepickleclubwichita.com.
NOTE: If you are not a member, you maybe have to create a FREE guest account in order to see the event registration link.
Additional Information:
· Teams will play round robin matches – one game to 11, win by 1. (This is for seeding.)
· Once pool play is over, everyone will play in a single elimination bracket. Bracket matches will be best 2 out of 3 games to 11, win by 2. Change ends after each game. If a third game is required, change ends at 6 in the third game.
· Winners of the semi-final matches will play for first and second place.
· Losers of the semi-final matches may play for third place.
· This is a 4.0+ tournament. At least one member of the team must be 4.0+ to be eligible to play.
· All players must have a DUPR account and must be members of Wichita Pickleball DUPR club.
(If you don’t have a rating, sign up for one of the iPickle Nation mini tournaments we have every week at Ralph Wulz Riverside Tennis Center. No partner needed and you get a rating the same day! Register here: https://ipicklenation.as.me/?appointmentType=46818910)
· Players must have a Swish account that is connected to DUPR. Tournament will use Swish app as the platform and all results will be sent to DUPR immediately following the tournament.
Ching will provide Dura balls for this tournament. We won’t have medals but there will be prizes!
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