9119 East 39th Street South, Kansas City, MO 64133
Participants in this event are awarded points towards the 2026 Minor League Pickleball National Championship event. Get on the national leaderboard early.
The Dink Minor League Info v3: 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
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Cancellation Deadline: To receive a refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee, cancellation must be received by the end of day 15 days prior to the Minor League Pickleball event start date. Example: Event start date is June 15, 2024. Cancellation must be received by 11:59pm local time on Friday, June 1, 2024. After June 1, 2024, no refunds will be issued.
It’s a celebration, a farewell, and a mass Team Tournament Weekend! Experience the best of the best in MiLP and the largest local event in the USA!
EARLY Bird Discounts: $5 off per registration fee if registered by December 31, 2025.
💲 Cash Prizes Gendered v3 CASH PRIZES for all Divisions: $150 to the winning teams MIxed MiLP CASH PRIZE for all Divisions: $300 to the winning teams ****MINIMUM FOUR (4) TEAMS PER DIVISION FOR CASH PRIZES!!!****
Assemble your team of 4️⃣ and get registered!
The Dink MiLP v3 is on Friday, January 16th Regular Mixed MiLP is on Saturday, Jan. 17th & Sunday, Jan. 18th (select Divisions to see schedule)
The Dink Minor League Info v3: 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.
Mixed MiLP FORMAT Minor League Pickleball is an innovative team competition where teams of 4 players (2 women and 2 men) compete against each other in an engaging format, with twists on traditional match-ups and scoring for games, matches, and tiebreakers. Teams compete against each other in Matches using the MLPlay™ format: MLPlay™ is an ingenious gameplay format that brings men and women together on a level playing court. In the MLPlay™ format team matches are composed of four 21-point games, one women’s doubles, a men’s doubles, and the final two games consisting of mixed doubles. If both teams are tied at 2-2 after the 4 games are played, they’ll go to a Dreambreaker™! In a Dreambreaker™ one person from each team plays singles against the other team’s player, switching players every four rallies until someone gets to 21 and wins by two points.
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 15.300) ***No maximum individual player DUPR
DUPR 13 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 13.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.600 to play in DUPR 13
DUPR 11 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 11.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 11
DUPR 9 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 9.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.600 to play in DUPR 9
Standard Mixed MiLP Format: 2 Men and 2 Women teams DUPR Divisions DUPR 20 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 20.999) DUPR 18 & 18 50+ (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 18.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 5.100 to play in DUPR 18 DUPR 16 & 16 50+(The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 16.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.600 to play in DUPR 16 DUPR 14 & 14 50+ (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 14.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 14 DUPR 12 & 12 50+(The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 12.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.600 to play in DUPR 12
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Cancellation Deadline: To receive a refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee, cancellation must be received by the end of day 15 days prior to the Minor League Pickleball event start date. Example: Event start date is June 15, 2024. Cancellation must be received by 11:59pm local time on Friday, June 1, 2024. After June 1, 2024, no refunds will be issued.
Individual Registration Refund Policy: Individual Registrations are not guaranteed placement in a team. Players that sign up as a single player (Individual Registration) with no team and are not placed in a team, will receive a full refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee 3-5 business days after the event ends.
It’s a celebration, a farewell, and a mass Team Tournament Weekend! Experience the best of the best in MiLP and the largest local event in the USA!
EARLY Bird Discounts: $5 off per registration fee if registered by December 31, 2025.
💲 Cash Prizes Gendered v3 CASH PRIZES for all Divisions: $150 to the winning teams MIxed MiLP CASH PRIZE for all Divisions: $300 to the winning teams ****MINIMUM FOUR (4) TEAMS PER DIVISION FOR CASH PRIZES!!!****
Assemble your team of 4️⃣ and get registered!
The Dink MiLP v3 is on Friday, January 16th Regular Mixed MiLP is on Saturday, Jan. 17th & Sunday, Jan. 18th (select Divisions to see schedule)
The Dink Minor League Info v3: 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.
Mixed MiLP FORMAT Minor League Pickleball is an innovative team competition where teams of 4 players (2 women and 2 men) compete against each other in an engaging format, with twists on traditional match-ups and scoring for games, matches, and tiebreakers. Teams compete against each other in Matches using the MLPlay™ format: MLPlay™ is an ingenious gameplay format that brings men and women together on a level playing court. In the MLPlay™ format team matches are composed of four 21-point games, one women’s doubles, a men’s doubles, and the final two games consisting of mixed doubles. If both teams are tied at 2-2 after the 4 games are played, they’ll go to a Dreambreaker™! In a Dreambreaker™ one person from each team plays singles against the other team’s player, switching players every four rallies until someone gets to 21 and wins by two points.
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 15.300) ***No maximum individual player DUPR
DUPR 13 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 13.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.600 to play in DUPR 13
DUPR 11 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 11.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 11
DUPR 9 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 9.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.600 to play in DUPR 9
Standard Mixed MiLP Format: 2 Men and 2 Women teams DUPR Divisions DUPR 20 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 20.999) DUPR 18 & 18 50+ (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 18.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 5.100 to play in DUPR 18 DUPR 16 & 16 50+(The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 16.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.600 to play in DUPR 16 DUPR 14 & 14 50+ (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 14.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 14 DUPR 12 & 12 50+(The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 12.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.600 to play in DUPR 12
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Cancellation Deadline: To receive a refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee, cancellation must be received by the end of day 15 days prior to the Minor League Pickleball event start date. Example: Event start date is June 15, 2024. Cancellation must be received by 11:59pm local time on Friday, June 1, 2024. After June 1, 2024, no refunds will be issued.
Individual Registration Refund Policy: Individual Registrations are not guaranteed placement in a team. Players that sign up as a single player (Individual Registration) with no team and are not placed in a team, will receive a full refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee 3-5 business days after the event ends.
It’s a celebration, a farewell, and a mass Team Tournament Weekend! Experience the best of the best in MiLP and the largest local event in the USA!
EARLY Bird Discounts: $5 off per registration fee if registered by December 31, 2025.
💲 Cash Prizes Gendered v3 CASH PRIZES for all Divisions: $150 to the winning teams MIxed MiLP CASH PRIZE for all Divisions: $300 to the winning teams ****MINIMUM FOUR (4) TEAMS PER DIVISION FOR CASH PRIZES!!!****
Assemble your team of 4️⃣ and get registered!
The Dink MiLP v3 is on Friday, January 16th Regular Mixed MiLP is on Saturday, Jan. 17th & Sunday, Jan. 18th (select Divisions to see schedule)
The Dink Minor League Info v3: 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.
Mixed MiLP FORMAT Minor League Pickleball is an innovative team competition where teams of 4 players (2 women and 2 men) compete against each other in an engaging format, with twists on traditional match-ups and scoring for games, matches, and tiebreakers. Teams compete against each other in Matches using the MLPlay™ format: MLPlay™ is an ingenious gameplay format that brings men and women together on a level playing court. In the MLPlay™ format team matches are composed of four 21-point games, one women’s doubles, a men’s doubles, and the final two games consisting of mixed doubles. If both teams are tied at 2-2 after the 4 games are played, they’ll go to a Dreambreaker™! In a Dreambreaker™ one person from each team plays singles against the other team’s player, switching players every four rallies until someone gets to 21 and wins by two points.
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 15.300) ***No maximum individual player DUPR
DUPR 13 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 13.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.600 to play in DUPR 13
DUPR 11 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 11.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 11
DUPR 9 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 9.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.600 to play in DUPR 9
Standard Mixed MiLP Format: 2 Men and 2 Women teams DUPR Divisions DUPR 20 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 20.999) DUPR 18 & 18 50+ (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 18.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 5.100 to play in DUPR 18 DUPR 16 & 16 50+(The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 16.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.600 to play in DUPR 16 DUPR 14 & 14 50+ (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 14.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 14 DUPR 12 & 12 50+(The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 12.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.600 to play in DUPR 12
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Cancellation Deadline: To receive a refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee, cancellation must be received by the end of day 15 days prior to the Minor League Pickleball event start date. Example: Event start date is June 15, 2024. Cancellation must be received by 11:59pm local time on Friday, June 1, 2024. After June 1, 2024, no refunds will be issued.
Individual Registration Refund Policy: Individual Registrations are not guaranteed placement in a team. Players that sign up as a single player (Individual Registration) with no team and are not placed in a team, will receive a full refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee 3-5 business days after the event ends.
It’s a celebration, a farewell, and a mass Team Tournament Weekend! Experience the best of the best in MiLP and the largest local event in the USA!
EARLY Bird Discounts: $5 off per registration fee if registered by December 31, 2025.
💲 Cash Prizes Gendered v3 CASH PRIZES for all Divisions: $150 to the winning teams MIxed MiLP CASH PRIZE for all Divisions: $300 to the winning teams ****MINIMUM FOUR (4) TEAMS PER DIVISION FOR CASH PRIZES!!!****
Assemble your team of 4️⃣ and get registered!
The Dink MiLP v3 is on Friday, January 16th Regular Mixed MiLP is on Saturday, Jan. 17th & Sunday, Jan. 18th (select Divisions to see schedule)
The Dink Minor League Info v3: 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.
Mixed MiLP FORMAT Minor League Pickleball is an innovative team competition where teams of 4 players (2 women and 2 men) compete against each other in an engaging format, with twists on traditional match-ups and scoring for games, matches, and tiebreakers. Teams compete against each other in Matches using the MLPlay™ format: MLPlay™ is an ingenious gameplay format that brings men and women together on a level playing court. In the MLPlay™ format team matches are composed of four 21-point games, one women’s doubles, a men’s doubles, and the final two games consisting of mixed doubles. If both teams are tied at 2-2 after the 4 games are played, they’ll go to a Dreambreaker™! In a Dreambreaker™ one person from each team plays singles against the other team’s player, switching players every four rallies until someone gets to 21 and wins by two points.
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 15.300) ***No maximum individual player DUPR
DUPR 13 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 13.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.600 to play in DUPR 13
DUPR 11 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 11.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 11
DUPR 9 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 9.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.600 to play in DUPR 9
Standard Mixed MiLP Format: 2 Men and 2 Women teams DUPR Divisions DUPR 20 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 20.999) DUPR 18 & 18 50+ (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 18.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 5.100 to play in DUPR 18 DUPR 16 & 16 50+(The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 16.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.600 to play in DUPR 16 DUPR 14 & 14 50+ (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 14.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.100 to play in DUPR 14 DUPR 12 & 12 50+(The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 12.300) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.600 to play in DUPR 12
Cancellation/Refund Policy
Cancellation Deadline: To receive a refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee, cancellation must be received by the end of day 15 days prior to the Minor League Pickleball event start date. Example: Event start date is June 15, 2024. Cancellation must be received by 11:59pm local time on Friday, June 1, 2024. After June 1, 2024, no refunds will be issued.
Individual Registration Refund Policy: Individual Registrations are not guaranteed placement in a team. Players that sign up as a single player (Individual Registration) with no team and are not placed in a team, will receive a full refund minus the $5 technology fee and the 3% processing fee 3-5 business days after the event ends.
