Join the largest youth sport event the Ghetto Games Festival in Venstpils, Latvia from 19th to 20th of July 2025 on outdoor tennis courts with installed 8 pickleball courts.
Agenda in a nutshell:
Saturday, 19th of July:
9:00 - 10:00 Warmup (Courts 1-8)
10:00 - 12:00 King Courts Tournament Day 1 Beginners (Courts 5-8) Intermediate 3.5 DUPR rating (Courts 1-4) without fixed doubles partner.
13:00 - 16:00 Singles Men's Open and Women's Open
16:00 - 19:00 Doubles Mix Open and Split age mixed doubles*
19:30 - 20:00 Award Ceremony Day 1
20:00 - 21:00 Open play (Courts 2-8) and Sponsors prize draws (Court 1, live queue).
Sunday 20th of July
9:00 - 10:00 Warmup (Courts 1-8)
10:00 - 12:00 King Courts Tournament Day 2 Beginners (Courts 5-8) Intermediate 3.5 DUPR rating (Courts 1-4) without fixed doubles partner.
13:00 - 17:00 Men's Doubles Open, Women's Doubles Open, Split age Men's Doubles and Split age Women's Doubles*
17:00 - 18:00 Finals and Award Ceremony Day 2.
18:00 Closure
*Split Age Gender Doubles/Mixed Doubles: In split aged gender/mixed doubles, one player MUST be 50 or over and one MUST be under 50.
Allowed age from 9 years competition games, other activities has no age restrictions.
Registration fees: 30 EUR first category every next category -50% (15 EUR).
One participant can register to Singles, Mixed Doubles, Gender Doubles, King Court Day 1 and King Court Day 2 (Total 5 events).
Singles and Doubles Tournament will be played in round robin or pool play depending on number of teams registered
Pool games round robin games: one game till 11 win by 2.
Medal games best of 3 till 11 win by 2.
At Kings court tournaments you register as individual beginner or intermediate player with 3.5+ DUPR skills rating.
Your start up court is defined by registration date, "early birds" starts the game on Kings court or closest to it.
Kings court tournament will last 5 rounds maximum 15 minutes each or till 11 by rally scoring which is faster + Final (Best of 3 till 11 win by 2). Total 2 hours.
Rotation of players after each game: the winners go up by one court and split, loser team goes down end split whereas player ending the game on right (even) side remains on his/her half of the court the other goes to opposite side.
The fifth round winners from beginners and intermediate+ pools splits and meets in Kings Finals. By the end of the day the final winners (Kings) will be the best one form beginners pool and intermediate+ pool!
Others courts can play their finals accordingly.
Kings court tournaments has limited number of players, Maximum 16 + 2 per category starting from the second round on the last court.
More information:
Edgars +37126546645
If you are registered from Ventspils (hosting city), please claim your free pass by e-mail or sms:
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