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      IPT 2023

Hi All padel players,

The Irish Padel Tour (IPT) has new venues and more will join during the year. There are also new formats and rules.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR PFI OFFICIAL TOURNAMENTS

Categories:

Open

            -Men

            -Women

Vets (+40 years old)

Open B (Social) Men, Women and mixed are allowed

Tournament Format:

-All tournaments and categories will have a main draw with a plate (Consolation)

-Matches for open categories: Best 3 sets with Golden point 

Padel Federation of Ireland License fees

• Open: €25 annually (with access to ranking points)
  This ranking will give access to play international competitions like FIP tournaments.
   

• Vets and open B: €5 annually

Details required:

            Name                       Phone number             Date of birth

            Email Address       Nationality

To get a License please send an email to info@padelfederation.ie with all details, then you will receive a payment link for it.

Registrations and rules

• Registration closes at 12:00 on the Wednesday before the tournament date.
• Payment can be made to the PFI account. Alternatively you can pay at the Bushy Park desk by card or cash and also at the club where the tournament is organized.
• Tournament fees must be paid in advanced
• Schedule issues have to be notified to the Irish Padel Tour (IPT) manager (Javier Serrano) as soon as possible to try to accommodate everyone.
• Every tournament will have seeded players depending on entries.
• Players with debts cannot participate in any tournament until the debt has been paid.
• Open will be played to the best of 3 sets with Super Tiebreak (up to 10 points). Semi-finals and finals will be played to best of 3 sets like a normal game.
• The system should change number of entries depending
• Every match will be played with Golden Point rule. Some of the tournaments will have exceptions that it will be communicated previously.
• Teams will also compete for the 3rd place.
• Social B and Vets categories will be played to 1 set or 9 games or 2 sets and tie break in previous rounds and 2 sets with Super Tiebreak (up to 10 points) for finals. The actual modus always depends on the number of registrations and will be announced on the day of the competition.
• Disciplinary conduct rules will be applied in every match.
• Players can be sanctioned.
• An official referee will be in place for finals at the big events with more than 3 courts venue.
• A minimum and a maximum of entries are required to make a tournament possible. This information will be specified for every tournament.
• Specific IPT rules will be posted on the website soon www.irishpadeltour.ie

-Prizes

+Draw of 16 pairs minimum for open categories in IPT A

-Trophies

            -Official padel trophies for winners in all categories

            -Official padel medal for all runners up in all categories

Ranking Points:

We wish you all the best in 2023 with plenty of good news and a lot fun around Padel.

Good luck to everybody!!!

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