The Dink Minor League Pickleball @ Route 66 Paddle Battle ~ Springfield, Missouri
Registration closed
Ended October 1, 2025
Address
Ozarks Pickleball Club
2600 South Fremont Avenue, Springfield, MO, United States of America
Events
Format: The Dink Minor League Pickleball
Price: $75.00 / Player (must register and pay as a team)
Description
Join Ozarks Pickleball Club & Springfield-Greene County Park Board for the 1st ever Official MiLP event in Springfield!
COST
$320 per team of 4 players - includes FREE T-Shirt per player
LOCATION:
Meador Park 2600 South Fremont Ave. Springfield, MO 65804
12 outdoor permanent courts - Franklin X40 ball
FREE parking on site.
No permanent restrooms - only port-0-pots.
No food on site. Several convenience stores close by.
Bring your own camping chairs, coolers, snacks, drinks, etc!
SCHEDULE (teams only play 1 day per schedule below):
Saturday, Oct 4
8:30am to 4:00pm - DUPR 14, DUPR 18 50+
12:30pm-7:00pm - DUPR 18/20
Sunday, Oct 5
8:30am to 4:00pm - DUPR 16, DUPR 16 50+
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.
DETAILS
More tournament details will be emailed to players the week before the tournament.
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
Unless otherwise specified, all other rules will follow the USAP rulebook.
Compliant Paddles
All paddles used in Ozarks Pickleball Club tournaments must be approved by USA Pickleball and listed on their approved paddle list. It is up to each player to confirm their paddle is compliant by checking https://equipment.usapickleball.org/paddle-list/.
Players agree to follow the USA Pickleball and Ozarks Pickleball Club Sportsmanship Guidelines. If there is any disagreement, please immediately come to the TD. No foul language, rude or offensive apparel or actions will be tolerated. Players may be disqualified from the tournament by the Tournament Director. Please report any issues regarding behavior to the Tournament Director.
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.
