2024 VPA LEAGUES
General Information
(Current box league assignments can be found HERE)
Box League is open only to VPA members. Each VPA member MUST also have a DUPR account so results of matches can be recorded. The format of play is designed so similar-level players are grouped together.
You or your team will be added to a Ladder List based on your skill level. Before a Round commences, you will receive an email introducing you to your PicklePod. It is the responsibility of each PicklePod to contact one another and arrange their matches. You shall mutually-agree on the date, time and location. Any player/team not responding to attempts to set up game play may be removed from League play.
All game results are to be forwarded via google forms (link will be provided). Please ensure ALL participants agree on the scores before submitting. The agreed-to scores will be entered into DUPR.
Before the start of each Round, players will be given an opportunity to withdraw. Upon return, every effort will be made to place the player or team in the same pod they left from. This will only be possible if a “vacancy” exists in the pod.
If the match is terminated BEFORE the final game, DUE to WEATHER or INJURY, then scores up to that point will not count, everyone will get an absence for the game and the game will be replayed.
After each round, players/teams are rearranged (moved up, down or stay in the same pod) based on results and the next round is played.
Substitutions are allowed in individual and team play (not in singles). All subs however must be VPA members, have a DUPR account so that match results can be recorded and be a similar level to the player they are replacing.
DOUBLES SCRAMBLE (previously called Individual Round Robin)
You will be one of four players in a pod and have two weeks to complete this round robin play. You will partner with each player in your pod to play a doubles game to 11 points win by one (this means you will play a total of three doubles games). At the start of the game, players will decide which side will start serving first and choice of side. It is recommended to change sides after a team scores six points.
If two players have EXACTLY the same number of games won/lost AND same number of points won/lost, BOTH players will move up or down one pod at the end of the round. If two players will be moved up one pod, then the last two players from the receiving pod will be moved down.
If you are unable to play any given round, you may have a substitute play your games. The substitute MUST be a VPA member , MUST have a DUPR account so that scores can be recorded and should be a similar skill level. The results of your substitute will have no bearing on your placement in the next round. Upon your return to the League, you will be slotted into the ladder as close as possible to the pod you left. Bear in mind, priority is given to players currently playing so you will be slotted into the best fit that can be found.
Once current players have been sorted, any new or returning player will be slotted into the ladder based on their DUPR rating and/or previous pod placement. The new round will then commence. New Rounds commence on the 5th and 20th of each month in 2025 as follows:
- Round 1: April 20th to May 4th
- Round 2: May 5th to May 19th
- Round 3: May 20th to June 4th
- Round 4: June 5th to 19th
- Round 5: June 20th to July 4th
- Round 6: July 5th to 19th
- Round 7: July 20th to August 5th
- Round 8: August 5th to 19th
- Round 9: August 20th to September 4th
- Round 10: September 5th to 19th
- Round 11: September 20th to October 4th
TEAM DOUBLES PLAY
We will start 2025 with two separate Leagues. You and your partner can enter the Day Time League (all matches will be played Monday through Friday before 5pm) or the Working League (all matches will be played Monday to Friday after 5pm or Saturday/Sunday). Within each League you can enter Women’s Doubles (WDL), Men’s Doubles (MDL) and/or Mixed Doubles (MXDL).
In each division you enter, you and your partner will be in a pod with two other teams so you MUST play two matches. Expect to play a best-of-three match against each team in your pod. Each game is to 11 points win by one. Teams will change ends after each game. If the match goes to a third game, it is recommended teams change ends of the court when one side has six points to minimize the effects of factors that may affect play.
As well as the mandatory two matches, teams are allowed to play CHALLENGE matches against a squad within six rankings of their own. A team being challenged has the option to decline. Challenge matches do not count towards the hierarchy factors noted below.
The hierarchy factors used to determine the pod winner are: 1. number of matches won; 2. Head to head; 3. Point differential within entire pod; 4. Points earned per game.
Once current teams have been sorted, any new or returning team will be slotted into the ladder based on their previous standing and/or DUPR rating and the new round will commence. The monthly schedule is:
- Round 1: May 1st to 31st
- Round 2: June 1st to 30th
- Round 3: July 1st to 31st
- Round 4: August 1st to 31st
- Round 5: September 1st to 30th
SINGLES LEAGUE
For 2025, we will have two Divisions of singles. You can sign up for full-court singles or skinny singles. You will be matched against one other player. Expect to play a best-of-three singles match every two weeks. Games are to 11 points win by one. Players will change ends after each game. If the match goes to a third game, it is recommended players change ends of the court when one side has six points to minimize the effects of factors that may affect play.
No substitutions are allowed. A player unable to complete their match will forfeit and drop down one pod. The biweekly schedule is:
- Round 1: May 1st to 14th
- Round 2: May 15th to 28th
- Round 3: May 29th to June 11th
- Round 4: June 12th to 25th
- Round 5: June 26th to July 9th
- Round 6: July 10th to 23rd
- Round 7: July 24th to August 6th
- Round 8: August 7th to 20th
- Round 9: August 21st to September 3rd
- Round 10: September 4th to 17th
- Round 11: September 18th to October 2nd
Interested? Send an email to league@vancouverpickleball.ca with the following information:
- Full name, gender, email address and phone number
- Which divisions are you entering (Scramble, Team, Full-Court Singles or Skinny Singles)
- If you are entering Team play (Men’s, Mixed or Women’s Doubles) include your teammate’s name and email address. They must also be a member of the Vancouver Pickleball Assocation and have a DUPR Account.
- If you have a DUPR rating, is it accurate? If not, what level of play should you be placed at?