Midwest Regional Showdown The Dink Minor League Pickleball hosted by InPickle Nation & sponsored by JustPaddles ~ PickleCon
Registration open
Ends July 23, 2026
Address
Kansas City Convention Center
301 West 13th Street, Kansas City, MO 64105, United States of America
Events
Format: The Dink Minor League Pickleball
Price: $100.00 / Player (must register and pay as a team)
Description
Be 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=true To take advantage of the PickleCon event hotels go to: https://picklecon.hotelplanner.com/Event/8fde/ Tournament Schedule: 8:00 AM start time for all divisions The 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.
Rules
DUPR Divisions DUPR 20 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 20.99) DUPR 18 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 18.30) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 5.10 to play in DUPR 18 DUPR 16 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 16.30) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.60 to play in DUPR 16 DUPR 14 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 14.30) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 4.10 to play in DUPR 14 DUPR 12 (The team’s aggregate DUPR must not exceed 12.30) **Maximum individual player DUPR cannot exceed 3.60 to play in DUPR 12 Once a team registers for a Minor League Pickleball event, their ratings are “locked” and their DUPR increasing or decreasing will not impact the team’s aggregate or division placement. To sign up for any Minor League event, a DUPR account is required at the time of registration. Not rated players can play; however, their estimated rating will be verified by the tournament director. Substitute Players A team that needs a player substitute can either edit their team by signing into Swish and making the edits themselves or a player may submit the player substitute information directly to the tournament organizer. Substitute player’s DUPR may not cause the established team’s aggregate to go over max event’s aggregate. For the full Minor League Pickleball rules: https://www.dupr.com/minorleague/rules
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, 2026. Cancellation must be received by 11:59pm local time on Friday, June 1, 2026. After June 1, 2026, 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.
