Hervey Bay Regional Pickleball Carnival

Tentative draw + all details are below, at the top here are the important bits of info.

FACEBOOK GROUP

If you aren’t already become a member of our dedicated Hervey Bay Pickleball Events Facebook group. We can provide any updates as required without annoying our regular members with post after post 😀

IF ANY ISSUES OR CHANGES

Facebook message, SMS or Call Rob 0419 349 589 or Matt 0413 685 740 if any last minute illness and can’t attend.

For those who organised the team, please pass this information onto the team members as we don’t have contact information for them. Anyone who doesn’t turn up on the day is going to make it problematic being a team format.

SATURDAY NIGHT DINNER

Saturday night we have a table booked in the private function area at the Clubhouse Hervey Bay.

We have 44 RSVP’s recorded, please let us know if you’d like to come or change status by Thursday morning 2nd May at the latest so we can confirm numbers for them.

Simply ordering off the menu which is available online.

START TIME

9:30am sharp. Please arrive before that to confirm attendance, warm up etc so we can begin on time.

PARKING

There are two entrances: the largest carpark is off Old Maryborough Rd, and another carpark off O’Rourke St / Carlo St. Attached is a satellite screenshot with directions.

For map directions “Hervey Bay Library” will take you to the main carpark entrance, and “PCYC Hervey Bay” will take you to the side carpark entrance.

Sat 4th May – Social/Beginner to Intermediate (< 3 approx)

Sun 5th May – Intermediate to Advanced (3+ approx). SOLD OUT!

Enter your team of 4 into the appropriate division or join solo to be assigned a team. Each day’s play will run from 10am to 3pm depending on the amount of entries to allow travel time either side for those nearby.

Standard Tournaments	Our Carnival
Competitive and lots of focus on winning	As serious as you want it to be! Don’t need to be competitive to enter
Only a few pool games if you don’t win pools	Big round robin! Lots of games for everyone
All scores must be recorded and are online ‘forever’	Optional! Score if you want to see your team position on the ladder at the end
$60+ entry fee plus accommodation	$30 per player including lunch 🥳 Can travel on the same day if you don’t want to stay the weekend
Lots of waiting around and delays	It’s game time outside rest breaks!
Hours between divisions	Mix around with your 3 team mates all day
Once games are over that’s it	Games all day and if you’re wanting more you can stay back and play!

How It Works

Enter a mixed team of 4
Select beginner/intermediate or intermediate/advanced division. Or play both days!
We’ll adjust pools depending on number of entries
It’s a big round robin, so you’ll play everyone in your pool
There are 2 games per ’round’ so 4 games per ‘match-up’. Pick any 2 of your players to play 2 of their players on one court, and the remaining 4 will play on the other court. Once the siren goes, swap and play the others. This means you can constantly swap around: you can play gender, play mixed, if there are stronger players they can play off etc
Games are timed to 10 – 12 minutes depending on how long it’s taking to get a result
If you want to participate in the ladder simply write your wins down. Ladder is ranked by the number of wins!

FAQs

Payment

Payment can be done on the day. In advance via card is preferred so we can get straight into playing, rather than manually checking in heaps of people and taking individual payments.

What is “Social / Beginner” and what is “Intermediate / Advanced” exactly?

Social is for beginners and also those who have been playing for a while and want some fun and a bit of competition but not super serious. It’s both ability and also desire, there will be some intermediate level players who’ll prefer to play in the Social division.

Intermediate / Advanced is not the hunger games either going home with bruises, but for those more keen for competition or at a higher level. We’d expect all teams in this division to be scoring games whereas at the social level some might opt out.

What is included, what do I need to bring?

Included:
– Games
– Domino’s Pizza for lunch with a bottle of water
– Gazebos and chairs
– We’ll have soft drinks, sports drinks for sale

Bring:
– Appropriate clothing, sun protection and water
– Camp chairs if you have a good one (our seating is decent, a nice comfy camp chair is better though!)
– A smile!

What if it rains?

You’ll get wet! We can be flexible with the finishing time and if unfortunately the whole day looks to be a wash-out we’ll look to call it off as early as possible.

I don’t have any friends though 🥺

If you don’t have a complete team of 4 we can combine you into other short teams. Please register with notice so we have time to organise and combine. Then you’ll have 3 new friends!

Sunday Teams

1) Piclinks
Terri Mills
Doug
Leonie Harris
Irene Stewart

2) Joola Squad
Sam Glazier
Aimee Westermann
Toddy Jamieson
Ashlea West

3) Sesame St
Bec Rochow
Manny Kortooms
Matt Baumann
Dean Rollbusch

4) Bundy Bazookas
Barry Franklin
Francis Brown
Maria Cantoni
Aaron Udris

5) Gympie Gold Diggers
Luke Bishop
Saul West
Katie Keast
Michelle McMagh

6) Gympie Gunners
Peter Davies
Sonia Beamish
Mark Kilpatrick
Vincent Tan

7) Pickle Smash Bros
Geordie Bauer
Jeremy Corrigan
Alex Corrigan
Kaylah Fox

8) Cams Cougars
Bernadette Mitchell
Kathy Casey
Briony Thompson
Cameron Marshall

9) DR MX
Dan Strathdee
Renee Casey
Xavier Alvarado
Melissa Accardi

10) Pickle Power
Robert Towan
Glenda Towan
Alan Morris
Gail Barlow

11 – The 4 Pickles
Brendan Donnelly
Bev Stubbings
Christine Roberts
Craig Deininger

12 – Ikky Thump
Michael Matthews
Vicki Matthews
Leanne Walsh
Trish Abernethy

13 – Grand Slammers
Kylie Dunn
Bryant King
Toni Sarten
Jamie Sarten

14 – Misfits
Greg Brown
Brian Walsh
Sheree Fisher
Stefan Heyer

15 – Nothing But Net
Jo Hohaia
Matthew Rochow
Pennie Cullum
Rowe Darvall

16 – Paddy’s Picklers
Ron Gatliff
Lou Gatliff
Jo Thompson
Kerryn Browne

17 – Crusty Pickles
Jon Moen
Sue Higgins
Alan Oates
Geoff Crook

18 – Jar Jar Dinks and the Paddlewans
Peter Murphy
Sue Brooks
Jarrod Tinson
Mike De Ward

19 – Team CQ
Ian Bates
Tiffany Bates
Karen Latinovic
John Latinovic

20 – Gympie Multi-Gens
Janelle Preston
Debbie Rozynski
Lincoln Billiau
Chris Billiau

21 – Sour Pickles
Kelsey Stuhmcke
Jason Noble
Colleen Thompson, Tanya Inch
Caleb Mills

22 – Pickleball Thugs
Denis Pointing
Thomas Bluefeather
Grayson Taylor
Troy Taylor

23 – Poontown BRAVe’s
Vicki Lomasney
Anthony Lomasney
Rob Zupan
Barb Zupan

24 – Dill Breakers
Stuart Newland
Colleen D’Arcy
Linda Armstrong
David Armstrong

Sunday Format

Appreciated if everyone can arrive on-time for the day and be ready so we aren’t starting late.

Any clear weather impacts will be announced on Facebook + emailed to those who registered (so pass onto team mates), otherwise if unclear we’ll make a call at 7am day of looking at courts & radar. We cancelled our come & try in April because “100% chance of 40mm”, it rained around midnight, was perfect all day, then rained again at night. While they were ‘technically correct’ it’s not as simple as it’s going to rain or not🤦‍♂️

We have: Courts, balls, shade, seating, water, toilets, cold drinks for sale (coke & a few other soft drinks, water, sports drinks), sanitiser, Domino’s for lunch

You need: Hat, shoes, sunscreen, water bottle, comfy camp chairs if you want a guaranteed seat all day, snacks etc

8:45am – Warm ups and mark attendance

9:20am – Briefing, clipboard given to captains for scoring, find your courts, continue free play

If you want to be a sub (i.e. yes gimme any game available!) please let us know during registration so we can mark you down.

If you start getting tired or want more break, please let the admin desk know with some notice, and we can get a sub assigned to your team to help out when they’re available.

The format is relatively simple. Each team has 4 players, meaning each ‘match’ has 2 games to be played. You have 3 possible partners, so you can play all games with the same partner, or a few with each. You can alternate between gender doubles, mixed doubles… it really doesn’t matter.

This means every round you’ll have a game and a break.

The ladder is optional, some people are very competitive, others couldn’t care less. There are no prizes simply bragging rights on the line.

If both teams are participating in the ladder, at any point during the game you can agree on the winner and swap partners until the siren goes. Being such diversity there are going to be same games that are mismatches, do not play out to 25 – 2 or anything ridiculous… unless beatings float their boat in which case 😎

If only one team is participating in the ladder, simply write down a W (win) before you begin. Play any match-ups you want.

If there is a tie when the siren goes, it’s golden point. The next point is played as usual and the winner gets the W.

On your scoresheet simply write W (win) and – (loss or not participating in ladder). No need for the scores. If you want to do your own DUPR thing on the side feel free.

The morning pools have been spread out so different regions play each other as little as possible.

The results from the morning will decide the afternoon smaller pool, that way to bring it home the skill levels will be relatively close.

9:30am – BEGIN OF MORNING POOLS

POOL ONE	POOL TWO	POOL THREE
Cam’s Cougars	Team CQ	Nothing But Net
Dr MX	Pickleball Thugs	Jar Jar Dinks and the Paddlewans
Gympie Multi-Gens	Bundy Bazookas	Joola Squad
Crusty Pickles	Pickle Smash Bros	Gympie Gunners
Ikky Thump	Gympie Gold Diggers	Misfits
The 4 Pickles	Paddy’s Picklers	Piclinks
Sesame St	Grand Slammers	Sour Pickles
Poontown BRAVe’s	Pickle Power	Dillbreakers

7 games * 10 minutes a match * 2 matches per ’round’ = 2.5 hours

Lunch approx 12:30pm.

Everyone has submitted their pizza preferences. We are bulk ordering garlic breads and pizzas which will be put out on a few tables, while you’re welcome to have some variety, if you can eat majority what you ordered that will save anyone missing out. There will be 1/2 to 3/4 of a pizza person which should be plenty.

There are a few dietary special orders which will put be aside.

While we’re trying to keep it simple there are two extra options available, pay on the day:

– If you want a whole pizza rather than sharing it’s $2 for value, $4 for traditional/value max

– If you have a non-playing partner wanting to have lunch it’s $5 to share or $7 for your own value, $9 for own traditional/value max

Both of these can be added during morning registration as we’ll provide Domino’s the list in advance so they can prepare the bulk order.

1pm – AFTERNOON POOLS

If you don’t wish to participate in the ladder it’s no problem, in the morning you’ll be at the bottom ‘excluded’ so simply entering Pool 4 and possibly 3 in the afternoon with teams doing the same thing.

In the very likely event there is a tie of wins within a morning pool, the ‘higher team’ will be the one that won that match up. If it’s tie between multiple times, if you are happy to be randomly decided with a coin toss we’ll do that. If you really care, you can select 2 players from your team, to a first to 5 play off against the tied team during lunch so the afternoon draws can be created in time. You’ll have just as much fun whichever way and there’s nothing on the line so 😀

POOL ONE	POOL TWO	POOL THREE	POOL FOUR
Top 2 of Morning Pool One	3 & 4 of Morning Pool One	5 & 6 of Morning Pool One	7 & 8 of Morning Pool One
Top 2 of Morning Pool Two	3 & 4 of Morning Pool Two	5 & 6 of Morning Pool Two	7 & 8 of Morning Pool One
Top 2 of Morning Pool Three	3 & 4 of Morning Pool Three	5 & 6 of Morning Pool Three	7 & 8 of Morning Pool One

5 games * 10 minutes a match * 2 matches per ’round’ = 1.75 hours.

That totals 12 official games per player against 11 unique teams.

Finish time approx 3 to 3:30pm.

We are happy for any players wishing to stay back and play their own games until sunset.

Saturday Teams

Appreciated if everyone can arrive on-time for the day and be ready so we aren’t starting late.

We have: Courts, balls, shade, seating, water, toilets, cold drinks for sale (coke & a few other soft drinks, water, sports drinks), sanitiser, Domino’s for lunch

You need: Hat, shoes, sunscreen, water bottle, comfy camp chairs if you want, snacks etc

8:45am – Warm ups and mark attendance

9:20am – Briefing, clipboard given to captains for scoring, find your courts, continue free play

If you want to be a sub (i.e. yes gimme any game available!) please let us know during registration so we can mark you down.

If you start getting tired or want more break, please let the admin desk know with some notice, and we can get a sub assigned to your team to help out when they’re available.

This means every round you’ll have a game and a break.

If both teams are participating in the ladder, at any point you can agree on the winner and swap partners to complete the game. Being such diversity there are going to be same games that are mismatches, do not play out to 25 – 2 or anything ridiculous… unless beatings float their boat in which case 😎

If only one team is participating in the ladder, write down a W (win) before you begin. Play any match-ups you want.

If there is a tie when the siren goes, it’s golden point. The next point is played as usual and the winner gets the W (win).

At the end of the day those who are participating in the ladder can tally up their wins, and brag about it to anyone who will listen at the Clubhouse later on 🥇😃

9:30am Begin of matches

POOL ONE	POOL TWO	POOL THREE
Woodgate Whiting	Woodgate Prawns	Slice N Dice
Nothing But Net	Sesame St	Hervey’s Heroes
Sour Pickles	Dodgy Dinkers	Dinks R Us
Team CQ	Pickle Pals	Kids In The Kitchen
Pickleball Thugs	Poontown BRAVe’s	Dill Breakers
Pickle Bosses	Yeppoon Yoyos	Barking Mad
–	–	–
–	–	–

5 games * 10 minutes a match * 2 matches per ’round’ = 1.75 hours

11:30am Lunch

There are a few dietary special orders which will put be aside.

While we’re trying to keep it simple there are two extra options available, pay on the day:

– If you want a whole pizza rather than sharing it’s $2 for value, $4 for traditional/value max

– If you have a non-playing partner wanting to have lunch it’s $5 to share or $7 for your own value, $9 for own traditional/value max

Both of these can be added during registration as we’ll provide Domino’s the list in advance so they can prepare the bulk order.

12:30pm – AFTERNOON GAMES

POOL ONE	POOL TWO	POOL THREE
Top 2 of Morning Pool One	3 & 4 of Morning Pool One	5 & 6 of Morning Pool One
Top 2 of Morning Pool Two	3 & 4 of Morning Pool Two	5 & 6 of Morning Pool Two
Top 2 of Morning Pool Three	3 & 4 of Morning Pool Three	5 & 6 of Morning Pool Three

5 games * 10 minutes a match * 2 matches per ’round’ = 1.75 hours.

2:30pm Approx Finish

Official draws conclude after 10 matches, there are a few beginners and older players so we don’t want to go crazy with too many ‘forced games’. You are more than welcome to continue playing! It will take a good hour to pack up so feel free to continue playing, we’re aiming to wrap up at 4pm so have time before the dinner.

1 – Woodgate Whiting
Brian Sinnamon
Frances Free
Dave Nurse
Pat Drew

2 – Woodgate Prawns
Wendy Seeto
Candy Coyte
Brendan Caroll
Nick Keating

3 – Sesame St
Bec Rochow
Zamie Lunn
Jordan Labudda
Manny Kortooms

4 – Sour Pickles
Kelsey Stuhmcke
Jason Noble
Elena Gagliardi
Brendan Donnelly

5 – Slice N Dice
Benjamin Logue
Stephanie Hill
Vy Flanagan
Alan Flanagan

6 – Hervey’s Heroes
Heather Hunt
Wayne Hunt
Jarad Abernethy
Christine Roberts

7 – Dinks R Us
Wendy Beltrame
Roger Beltrame
Dale L Whittred
Bryce Adam

8 – Dodgy Dinkers
Marion Sacilotto
Gaynor Moen
Jon Moen
Stuart Rodgers

9 – Pickle Bosses
Rob Towan
Bradley Dinan
Sondra
Peter

10 – Nothing But Net
Ashleigh Gilson
Kathy McEwen
Matt Rochow
Tyler Keating

11 – Team CQ
Ian Bates
Tiffany Bates
Karen Latinovic
John Latinovic

12 – Pickle Pals
Erika Breitzke
Helen Garner
Jo Garner
AJ Powers

13 – Kids In The Kitchen
Kerin Bashford
Yvonne Barringhaus
Barbara Dwyer
Phil Dwyer
SUB: Anne Proctor
SUB: Pete Quee

14 – Poontown BRAVe’s
Vicki Lomasney
Anthony Lomasney
Rob Zupan
Barb Zupan

15 – Dill Breakers
Stuart Newland
Colleen D’Arcy
Linda Armstrong
David Armstrong

16 – Pickleball Thugs
Peter Murphy
Peta Trim
Mike de Waard
Emily Newman

17 – Barking Mad
Kevin Reed
Naomi Carroll
Missy Carroll
Phil Nichols

18 – Yeppoon Yoyos
Colleen Thompson
Tanya Inch
Phil Cullum
Pennie Cullum

How It Works

FAQs

Hervey Bay Pickleball Carnival May 2024 Registration

Sunday Teams

Sunday Format

Saturday Teams