Thank you for being the best part of Dinklebells 2! Your participation and sportsmanship made this year's tournament a resounding success. We also want to express our gratitude to our sponsors for their generous prizes and donations, the food truck for keeping us refreshed, and the staff at 17 Springs for providing an excellent venue and support.

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Merry Dinklebells Everyone!!! 

We are excited to have you join us for our Dinklebells Pickleball Tournament at 17 Springs in Millbrook, Alabama! Below are important details to ensure you’re fully prepared for a fun and competitive event.

Event Details:

• Dates: Mixed Doubles - Saturday December 14 / Mens&Womens Doubles - Sunday December 15
• Location: 17 Springs, 2021 AL-14, Millbrook, AL 36054
• Check-in Time: 7:00AM
• Start Time: 8:00AM

What to Bring:

• Chairs: We have a small amount of bench seating so everyone is responsible for bringing their own chair. Please keep this in mind as you prepare and pack your cars. 
• Water & Hydration: We’ll have water stations at each set of tables, but be sure to bring your own refillable water bottle to stay hydrated. There will be reserve of cups if you forget but I encourage you not to. 
• Weather: It's going to be beautiful, I’ll just leave it at that!
• Snacks/Fuel: We will have a Food Truck on both Days to provide concessions to our participants. The food Trucks will open for service at 11AM and provide warm beverages and food. We will have FREE BANANAS at the ALABAMA STATE GAMES tent at the far end of the pickleball courts. 
• A Little Pocket Money: You know, for the T-shirt you’re all definitely going to purchase!!!

Tournament Format:

• Matches: The tournament will follow a Round Robin/Single Elimination format. So you will play everyone (in groups for our larger divisions) in a Round Robin and your scores from the Round Robin will be used to seat a single elimination bracket. The Top 4 Teams from the bracket will advance to Single Elimination. 
• Divisions/Match Times: All the Divisions and Start Times are now live on the A2M Dinklebells 2 Tournament Page. Let me know if you have any questions!
• Ball Used: Franklin X-40 / Optic Yellow

Parking & Venue Information:

• Parking:Please do not park in any space that is reserved with orange parking cones. These spaces are being utilized by our vendors and Food Trucks. There will be parking available at the Tennis Complex Parking Lot and a larger area for Parking towards the 17 Springs Field House (Head towards the Construction Zone but not quite there. If you are in a construction area you have gone too far.

Food & Vendors:

• We will have a Food Truck on-site offering a variety of snacks, drinks, and meals both days starting at 11AM. We are providing FREE BANANAS at the ALABAMA STATE GAMES TENT. We will also have a group of Community Organizations joining us down our Vendor Alley! We hope you engage with some of these great folks who are out supporting some other amazing Community Organizations!

Contact Info:

If you have any questions prior to the tournament, feel free to reach out to me at (334) 296-8445 or by email at robby.bradford@asffoundation.org.

Thank you all again for joining us! We’re looking forward to a great day of competition, fun, and community. See you on the court!

 

Come join us - The Alabama State Games Team - for the DINKLEBELLS 2 Pickleball Tournament at The Fields at 17 Springs on December 14th & December 15th. 

 

 

We are so pleased this year to be offering our participants divisional prizes for competeing in this year's Dinklebells! A group of amazing community businesses and organizations have donated prizes to make the experience a little more competitive, memorable, and valuable to our players. The prizes will be awarded to the first place winners of the divisions, with medals being awarded to the second and third finishers. The goal is to have the higher value prizes placed in the largest divisions as to make them available to the largest group of player while still being competitive. A few of our best community sponsored prizes are as follows:

After talking to lots of interested player we are starting a flate rate pricing plan for participants. For a total of $60 at point of registration, a participant will recieve one event registration ($40.00), one addditional event ($5.00), and our tournament t-shirt ($15.00). If you are interested in purchasing this option it  please make sure that if you select the custom payment option and make your payment is for $60 (the reason for this slight inconvienience being limitations of the tournament software). 

 

Thank you all so much for your support!