📖 PICKLE FOR PAGES

A Birthday Charity Pickleball Tournament for Heaven Lyan Peralejo

Celebrating my birthday by giving back. ❤️

Every year, I choose to celebrate my birthday by giving back to a cause that matters to me. This year, I wanted to combine two things that bring me so much joy — pickleball and reading — to create something meaningful for children.

Through Pickle for Pages, we’re coming together to support young learners and help provide them with decodable books and storybooks this Christmas.

BENEFICIARY - BINHI Scholars, Kinder to Grade 2 learners

WHY READING?

I’ve been reading since I was a child, and books have always given me a place to escape, learn, imagine, and find purpose. This year, I want to share a little bit of that magic with children and hopefully inspire a love for reading that stays with them as they grow.

This birthday, I’m choosing to celebrate by giving. 🎾📚❤️

📚 PICKLE FOR PAGES! Serve up a love for reading!

Pickle for Pages | A Birthday Charity Pickleball Tournament is a Doubles Pickleball Tournament celebrating Heaven's birthday through sport, friendship, and giving back.

Set at Tela Park Pickleball Center in Las Piñas, Metro Manila, the event brings together four (4) categories across eight (8) courts for up to 128 players, in a day of exciting pool play and high-stakes bracket action. There will also be invited celebrity players. Whether you're chasing a title or just playing for a good cause, this is one celebration you won't want to miss!

🏆 PRIZES & AWARDS

• Prizes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placers!
• Special awards from our sponsors!

🙌 REGISTRATION

• Entry Fee: PHP 1,800 per player / 3,600 per doubles team. Every registration helps turn a day of sport and celebration into something meaningful — putting more books into the hands of children who need them. Part of the proceeds will go to BINHI Scholars, from Kinder to Grade 2 learners. Entry fee includes a player kit, goodie bag, and shirt.
• Team Registration: Players must register and pay as a team. Both players on a team must create a Sports Sync account before registering. Registration is non-refundable.
• DUPR Requirement: Both players must have a DUPR account connected to their Sports Sync account.
• Entry Limit: Players are not allowed to have more than one (1) team entry.
• Registration Deadline: November 2, 2026, or once all slots in a category are filled, whichever comes first.

🎚️ CATEGORIES & ELIGIBILITY

• Men's Novice Doubles - 2.99 & Below (16 teams) Both players are male. Self-rating of 2.99 or less; less than 1 year of pickleball playing experience; zero participation in any INTERMEDIATE level tournament or competition, for any of the 2 players.
• Mixed Novice Doubles - 2.99 & Below (16 teams) One (1) male and one (1) female player. Self-rating of 2.99 or less; less than 1 year of pickleball playing experience; zero participation in any INTERMEDIATE level tournament or competition, for any of the 2 players.
• Men's Low Intermediate Doubles - 3.49 & Below (16 teams) Both players are male. Self-rating of 3.49 or less; zero participation in any ADVANCED level tournament or competition, for any of the 2 players.
• Mixed Low Intermediate Doubles - 3.49 & Below (16 teams) One (1) male and one (1) female player. Self-rating of 3.49 or less; zero participation in any ADVANCED level tournament or competition, for any of the 2 players.

• For more info on skill level, kindly check USAP's page: https://usapickleball.org/skill-level/
• Team Rating: Within a team, the player with the higher rating (self-rating or DUPR, as applicable) determines the team's category.
• DUPR Priority: If any of a team's players has a DUPR reliability rating of 60% or higher, that player's DUPR rating will be the basis for the team's category, taking precedence over self-rating.
• No Duplicate Accounts: Players must NOT have duplicate DUPR accounts. Players with duplicate accounts must request DUPR to merge their accounts prior to registering for the tournament.
• DUPR Required: All match results will be uploaded to DUPR. Players are required to have a DUPR account and connect it to their Sports Sync account prior to the tournament.
• Disqualification: Players or teams found and confirmed to have failed to meet the set conditions for their chosen category may be disqualified without refund.
• Protests: Teams may file a protest if they believe a player does not meet the set conditions for their category. Proof or evidence must be submitted through Sports Sync. This can be done by clicking the player in question and providing details no later than November 10, 2026. The organizing committee will no longer entertain any protest beyond this date.

🪜 TOURNAMENT FORMAT

• Each category will play under a Pool Play → Bracket Advancement format:
• Pools: 4 pools of 4 teams per category.
• Pool Play: Single round robin within each pool. Advancement: Top 2 teams from each pool advance to the Quarterfinals, then Semifinals, Championship, and 3rd Place Match.
• If a category does not fill, the pools and bracket will be adjusted and announced once registration closes on November 2, 2026.

🏓 GAME RULES

• Scoring: Side-out scoring, race to 11 points, win by 1, change ends at 6. Medal matches are race to 15 points, win by 1, change ends at 8.
• Timeouts: No timeouts.
• Medical Timeout: One (1) five-minute medical timeout per match, if needed.
• Time Cap: 15 minutes. At the time cap, the leading team is declared the winner. If teams are tied at time cap, a golden point is played — whoever wins the next rally, regardless of whether serving or receiving, scores the point and is declared the winner. There will be no time cap for medal matches.
• Warm-Up: One (1) minute per match prior to first serve.
• Default Time: Three (3) minutes. A team that fails to report to their assigned court within this window forfeits the game.
• Default Score: A defaulted game is recorded as 11–0 in favor of the present team.

🔝 POOL SEEDING & TIEBREAKERS

• Where teams finish pool play with identical records, seeding for bracket advancement is determined using the following criteria, applied in order:
• 1st Tiebreaker — Head-to-Head Result: The outcome of the direct match between the tied teams.
• 2nd Tiebreaker — Point Differential: Overall cumulative point differential (points scored minus points allowed) across all pool play games.
• 3rd Tiebreaker — Head-to-Head Point Differential: The point differential specifically from the head-to-head match between the tied teams.