Real money. Real stakes. Everyone gets drafted.
A cash purse concentrated into two divisions — and a random draft that gives every entrant a real shot at it.
The purse
$14,000 in cash
Paid per division, and both divisions pay the same: an identical seven thousand dollars each.
$4,000
$2,000
$1,000
All cash, paid at the end of the event. No facility credits.
Custom gold, silver and bronze medals for every placing player.
The Stakes
The standard amateur payout is a thin slice of a divided pool — often in facility credit. This series exists to do the opposite.
Cash, not credit.
The purse is paid in cash at the end of the event. Not facility credit, not a gift card, not money off your next entry.
Two divisions, not thirty.
Divisions are kept few on purpose. A win cannot mean much when the draw is split thirty ways.
Everyone gets drafted.
You enter alone and your team is built by the draft. Nobody arrives with a stacked partner, so every player in the room has a real chance.
The format
The best team in the field doesn’t exist yet.
Every entrant registers as an individual. Teams of four are drafted at random within a tightened band of skill — so the stacked partnership that wins the tournament before it starts can’t exist here.
You don’t pick your team. The draft does.
Everyone gets an equal opportunity to win. That is the whole argument, and the draft is what enforces it.
- 01Enter as an individual. No partner needed.
- 02Draft Night. Every team is built that evening, in front of the room.
- 03Teams of four, two men and two women, MLP style.
- 04Six team matches across two days. Minimum twelve games.
The match
One match is four games.
Teams are four players, two men and two women. A match is played as two gender doubles and two mixed doubles, so every player is on court for the result, not carried to it.
Gender doubles
Gender doubles
Mixed doubles
Mixed doubles
Tied match, singles, all four players.
If a match finishes level it goes to a singles tiebreaker and every player on the team plays it. Nobody sits down when the weekend is on the line.
The path to Sunday
Twenty-two teams in. Twelve play on Sunday.
22 teams
Eighty-eight players, drafted into teams of four on the night of September 26.
6 matches
Guaranteed for every team. A minimum of twelve games per player.
Top 6
Six teams per division advance to the Championship Sunday playoff rounds.
Every team is guaranteed six matches whatever happens on the Saturday, so nobody travels for a single game and goes home.
The schedule
- Draft NightSaturday, September 26
- Day OneSaturday, October 24
- Championship SundaySunday, October 25
Draft Night · September 26, 2026
Twenty-two teams, built in one room.
Nobody arrived with a team. Every player entered alone, and on Saturday, September 26 all eighty-eight were drafted into twenty-two teams in front of the room at The Club 315. Everyone found out who they were playing with at the same moment.
“Seeing everyone together tonight, feeling the energy in the room, hearing the excitement, the laughs, and watching the teams finally come together made all the work behind the scenes worth it.”
The draft, measured
Average DUPR of the teams in each pool.
Open Division
- 4.734
- 4.766
Jones Division
- 3.831
- 3.812
Every team has a chance. Every match matters. And nothing is guaranteed. The only thing guaranteed is the payout.
See the draft
The divisions
Two divisions. Identical stakes.
The field is split once, by rating, and then treated the same on both sides. Neither division is the undercard.
- 12
- 10
- 48
- 40
- 3.5 – 4.25
- 4.25+
- $7,000
- $7,000
- Top 6
- Top 6
- Medals
- Medals + the Trophy
All games will not be entered into DUPR.
The hardware
A trophy that stays in the building.
The winning team in the Open Division takes the High Stakes Pickleball Trophy. It stays at The Club 315 between series, and every member of the winning team has their name engraved on it.
Custom gold, silver and bronze medals for every placing player.
The Golden Paddle
Awarded by Zocker to the MVP of their team in each division.
Every entry includes
- 6 team matches, minimum 12 games per player
- A custom team jersey by ba Gear
- A ticket to Draft Night, September 26
Official Apparel Partner
ba Gear
A custom jersey featuring Calgary’s skyline, made in twelve colourways for the players of Series 01.
Entry
Series 01 is full. Divisions that are full have a waiting list.
Join the waiting list$14,000
Partners of Series 01
These partners back Series 01. Each team sponsor stands behind one of the twenty-two teams.
Draft Night prize partners
The Hamptons Golf Club · LaunchPad Golf · The Club 315 · Zocker
Host venue
315 Manitou Road SE, Calgary
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The community
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Join the communitySeries 02
Coming April 2027. Dates, divisions and purse go to the community first.
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Series 01 is backed by a title sponsor and its team sponsors. The next series is open to the brands that arrive first.
Partner enquiries
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