From Andy Dalal
HCPA Round Robin and MLP Events
As you may have read previously, the sign up for these events are now open. We have had some
questions about these events.
Each round robin event is scheduled for two hours on a Saturday in March at the PutAway from 3-5pm.
We will need 16 players to register to play on the four courts to run the events. We are hoping to
attract different players for each round robin – men or women and different skill levels. The DUPR
rating for the round robins is a recommendation. For round robins, you should be playing with a
different partner each round of play.
The Minor League Pickleball (MLP) event is also a one-day event, also held at the PutAway from 3-5pm
on the last Saturday of March. We will need 16 players to run this event – eight women and eight men.
In this event, there will be teams of four players – two women and two men. The four players on a team
will be competing against other four player teams in women’s doubles, men’s doubles, and mixed
doubles. We will form teams that have approximate equal DUPR Ratings. Therefore, the average DUPR
score per team should be about 14 (3.5 x 4). Ideally, players will already have a DUPR rating. If not, we
will try to use our best judgment.
The sign up is now live on TeamApp for events beginning on March 2, 2024.
Go to the HCPA TeamApp page now and then click on "Events".
If the events do not fill up on or before February 20, 2024 (less than two weeks), HCPA will have to
cancel ALL of the Events planned for March due to a lack of interest and due to our contractual
obligations to the PutAway. The PutAway is a very nice indoor facility and easy drive from Howard
County.
At this time, we only have a very few participants in each event, including our first event scheduled for
March 2 for 3.5 men.
If the Round Robins and MLP are canceled by HCPA due to weather or a lack of interest, players will be
notified on TeamApp and will receive a refund.
Events will not be rescheduled.
Thank you.
HCPA