Here’s what’s happening around the Wichita area today. Current weather is on the right for those who want to schedule outdoor play. Click here if you are looking for open play times.
- 06July 6, 2026
Adaptive Pickleball Practice
Chicken N Pickle - ICT1240 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67206Join us for our FREE beginner clinic & open play welcoming individuals with physical disabilities to learn, enjoy, and bring awareness to Adaptive pickleball! For more information and volunteer opportunities, please contact: tnichols@chickennpickle.com
- 11July 11, 2026
- 17July 17, 2026
Pan American Pickleball Championship
Michael D. Case Center at University of Tulsa712 S Delaware Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104Welcome to the PanAmerican Championship, held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center at Tulsa University. Registration is $75 for all events. There is a non-refundable $5 service fee per event for the first two events, capped at $10.Events will be Men’s Doubles, Men’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, Women’s Singles, Mixed Doubles, and a 50/50 Mixed Doubles (where one player is over 50 and the other under 50).Brackets will be separated by age (12 – 49, and 50+), and skill. Brackets with too few entries may be combined by age and/or skill at the discretion of the tournament director. If events are combined, medals will be awarded for the combined events only, NOT the original age/skill brackets.Player DUPR rating at the time of registration will be used to determine their skill level. Results from the tournament will be provided to DUPR and other rating agencies. 50/50 results will not be sent to DUPR.Format: Brackets will be a Round Robin, followed by a single elimination bracket to determine medal winners. The tournament director reserves the right to change this format if needed.Each day will start at 8:00 AM. Exact start times for each bracket will be posted the Monday before the tournament.Event schedule:Friday: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, 50/50 Mixed DoublesSaturday: Men’s Doubles and Women’s DoublesSunday: Mixed Doubles - 17July 17, 2026
Friday Night Lights
Reeble Park1801 Rural, Emporia, Kansas*Two weeks after registering for this tournament, you will receive an email that says your trial is about to expire. Please ignore it. You do NOT need to pay for an individual Pickleball Den membership to participate in our tournament.
*Format, brackets, pools, and other details are subject to change at the discretion of the tournament director, based on entries.
*Players will be notified of any changes by email. The tournament will begin promptly at 5:00 pm. Please arrive early. The courts will be available for warmup at 4:30 pm.
- 18July 18, 2026
Pan American Pickleball Championship
Michael D. Case Center at University of Tulsa712 S Delaware Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104Welcome to the PanAmerican Championship, held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center at Tulsa University. Registration is $75 for all events. There is a non-refundable $5 service fee per event for the first two events, capped at $10.Events will be Men’s Doubles, Men’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, Women’s Singles, Mixed Doubles, and a 50/50 Mixed Doubles (where one player is over 50 and the other under 50).Brackets will be separated by age (12 – 49, and 50+), and skill. Brackets with too few entries may be combined by age and/or skill at the discretion of the tournament director. If events are combined, medals will be awarded for the combined events only, NOT the original age/skill brackets.Player DUPR rating at the time of registration will be used to determine their skill level. Results from the tournament will be provided to DUPR and other rating agencies. 50/50 results will not be sent to DUPR.Format: Brackets will be a Round Robin, followed by a single elimination bracket to determine medal winners. The tournament director reserves the right to change this format if needed.Each day will start at 8:00 AM. Exact start times for each bracket will be posted the Monday before the tournament.Event schedule:Friday: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, 50/50 Mixed DoublesSaturday: Men’s Doubles and Women’s DoublesSunday: Mixed Doubles - 19July 19, 2026
Pan American Pickleball Championship
Michael D. Case Center at University of Tulsa712 S Delaware Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104Welcome to the PanAmerican Championship, held at the Michael D. Case Tennis Center at Tulsa University. Registration is $75 for all events. There is a non-refundable $5 service fee per event for the first two events, capped at $10.Events will be Men’s Doubles, Men’s Singles, Women’s Doubles, Women’s Singles, Mixed Doubles, and a 50/50 Mixed Doubles (where one player is over 50 and the other under 50).Brackets will be separated by age (12 – 49, and 50+), and skill. Brackets with too few entries may be combined by age and/or skill at the discretion of the tournament director. If events are combined, medals will be awarded for the combined events only, NOT the original age/skill brackets.Player DUPR rating at the time of registration will be used to determine their skill level. Results from the tournament will be provided to DUPR and other rating agencies. 50/50 results will not be sent to DUPR.Format: Brackets will be a Round Robin, followed by a single elimination bracket to determine medal winners. The tournament director reserves the right to change this format if needed.Each day will start at 8:00 AM. Exact start times for each bracket will be posted the Monday before the tournament.Event schedule:Friday: Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, 50/50 Mixed DoublesSaturday: Men’s Doubles and Women’s DoublesSunday: Mixed Doubles - 20July 20, 2026
Adaptive Pickleball Practice
Chicken N Pickle - ICT1240 N Greenwich Rd, Wichita, KS 67206Join us for our FREE beginner clinic & open play welcoming individuals with physical disabilities to learn, enjoy, and bring awareness to Adaptive pickleball! For more information and volunteer opportunities, please contact: tnichols@chickennpickle.com
- 24July 24, 2026
PickleCon Amateur Tournament
Kansas City Convention Center301 W 13th St #100, Kansas City, MO 64105Be sure and check out the PickleCon home page https://www.picklecon.com/
Your PickleCon Access Pass gives you full access to the event floor for all three days — July 24–26, 2026! Enjoy open play courts, demo courts, the Vendor Village, skills challenges, and more.
Please note: Some experiences such as clinics, tournaments, eatertainment tours, and select activities may require an additional fee.
To purchase your PickleCon Access Pass starting December 5, 2025 go to
https://store.triplecrownsports.com/Store/Index/11272/?groupEvents=trueTo take advantage of the PickleCon event hotels go to: https://picklecon.hotelplanner.com/Event/8fde/
The ball used in this event will be the Onix Dura Fast 40
Gender doubles will be played on Friday, July 24, 2026 starting as early as 8:00am.
Mixed doubles will be played on Saturday, July 25, 2026 starting as early as 8:00am.The PickleCon Amateur event is designated for players ages 19–49. Players 50+ may participate only if competing with a partner who falls within the 19–49 age division.
Some combining of divisions may be necessary based on registration numbers.
- 25July 25, 2026
PickleCon Amateur Tournament
Kansas City Convention Center301 W 13th St #100, Kansas City, MO 64105Be sure and check out the PickleCon home page https://www.picklecon.com/
Your PickleCon Access Pass gives you full access to the event floor for all three days — July 24–26, 2026! Enjoy open play courts, demo courts, the Vendor Village, skills challenges, and more.
Please note: Some experiences such as clinics, tournaments, eatertainment tours, and select activities may require an additional fee.
To purchase your PickleCon Access Pass starting December 5, 2025 go to
https://store.triplecrownsports.com/Store/Index/11272/?groupEvents=trueTo take advantage of the PickleCon event hotels go to: https://picklecon.hotelplanner.com/Event/8fde/
The ball used in this event will be the Onix Dura Fast 40
Gender doubles will be played on Friday, July 24, 2026 starting as early as 8:00am.
Mixed doubles will be played on Saturday, July 25, 2026 starting as early as 8:00am.The PickleCon Amateur event is designated for players ages 19–49. Players 50+ may participate only if competing with a partner who falls within the 19–49 age division.
Some combining of divisions may be necessary based on registration numbers.
- 26July 26, 2026
The Dink MiLP Midwest Regional Showdown
Kansas City Convention Center301 W 13th St #100, Kansas City, MO 64105Be sure and check out the PickleCon home page https://www.picklecon.com/
Your PickleCon Access Pass gives you full access to the event floor for all three days — July 24–26, 2026! Enjoy open play courts, demo courts, the Vendor Village, skills challenges, and more.
Please note: Some experiences such as clinics, tournaments, eatertainment tours, and select activities may require an additional fee.
To purchase your PickleCon Access Pass starting December 5, 2025 go to
https://store.triplecrownsports.com/Store/Index/11272/?groupEvents=trueTo take advantage of the PickleCon event hotels go to: https://picklecon.hotelplanner.com/Event/8fde/
Tournament Schedule:
8:00 AM start time for all divisionsThe Dink Minor League Info:
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.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.
If you have events that you would like featured here, please email the details to wichitapb@gmail.com.
There’s open play at Seneca Park today at 5 PM, April 18.
It’s league tournament week at Chicken N Pickle!! Come out and have dinner, enjoy some drinks, and watch some competitive league play.
Looks like people are playing at Seneca Park this afternoon.