SOUTHWEST REGIONAL SHOWDOWN The Dink Minor League Pickleball @ Hosted by InPickle Nation & Sponsored JustPaddles ~ Arizona Athletic Grounds
Registration closed
Ended October 20, 2025
Address
Arizona Athletic Grounds
6321 South Ellsworth Road, Mesa, AZ, United States of America
Events
Format: The Dink Minor League Pickleball
Price: $100.00 / Player (must register and pay as a team)
Description
This event has been cancelled due to lack of registrations. We apologize for any inconvenience
The Southwest Regional Showdown will take place on October 25 at Arizona Athletic Grounds and is being hosted by InPickle Nation in partnership with the Phoenix Flames. Players will receive Flames-branded merch, and anyone who registers with the code flames80 will get $20 off per player. Winners of this regional event will not only earn Dream Tickets but will go on to represent the Phoenix Flames at MiLP Nationals in full team uniforms. This event also includes the possibility of an on-site activation with Flames players or staff.
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. Each Gold Medalist team secures a coveted Dream Ticket to the 2025 National Championship in Dallas. This event also awards double points towards the 2025 and 2026 National Leader Board.
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, 2024. Cancellation must be received by 11:59pm local time on Friday, June 1, 2024. After June 1, 2024, no refunds will be issued.
