USA Pickleball Golden Ticket – Spring Classic, VA

Pouncey Tract Park Pickleball Courts

4747 Poucey Tract Road
Glen Allen, Virginia, 23059

GOLDEN TICKET | 2026 Nationals Qualifier

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This is a USA Pickleball Sanctioned Tournament. You must be a member of USA Pickleball to sign up.

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We plan to use all 24 courts at Pouncey Tract. This should allow for large brackets, but keep in mind we have sold out for the last 3 years. To the extent available, we will live-stream as many events as possible.

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Pouncey Tract Park Pickleball Courts

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4747 Poucey Tract Road
Glen Allen, Virginia, 23059

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Outdoor

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Hardcourt

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May 1, 2026

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$40 / $50 after Feb. 1st / $60 after Mar. 1st

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Hotels and Lodging

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Livestream

Registration Policies

Open players may sign up for either Seniors or Regular Open but not both for any given style of play (gendered doubles, mixed doubles, singles).

All matches will have referees to the extent that referees are available. All pre-medal and medal matches will have referees as required for sanctioning.

Bracket Information

Format for all matches with 5 or more teams.
Winners Bracket
This tournament will be double elimination, 2 out of 3 to 11 win by 2 in the winners bracket.
Losers Bracket / Opportunity Bracket
One game to 15 win by 2 in the loser bracket. Keep winning or this event is over….
The loser’s bracket can win all the way back to the Gold!
Some brackets may be merged due to size. We will merge by skill level first, then age. Smaller brackets may be changed to a round robin style of play. The tournament briefing will notify you to any changes of format.
This is an outdoor event. Changes may be made/all brackets at the discretion of the tournament director, to any/all brackets up to the start of play in each bracket.

Schedule

Prize Money:

All Open Divisions pay back 100% of event fees to the division(s) signed up for.

Regular Open
Men’s and Women’s Singles
Men’s and Women’s Doubles
Mixed Doubles
Senior Open
Men’s and Women’s Singles
Men’s and Women’s Doubles
Mixed Doubles

Prize monies will be split as follows:

Gold – 50%
Silver – 30%
Bronze – 20%

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