Pickleball
PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT | ORLANDO, FL | JUNE 5-7
The 2026 Kindred Pride Cup is on! The Pride Cup is an annual LGBTQ+ multi-sport competition that coincides with the One Magical Weekend! This tournament is open to all including allies of the LGBTQ+ community. This year’s tournament will take place at Lake Buena Vista High School. We will be offering men’s and women’s doubles as well as mixed doubles in multiple divisions. We are excited to announce the addition of a team MLP (Minor League Pickleball) event where teams of four compete against each other (more details below).
REGISTRATION
Registration opens March 1st and closes May 16th. You will pay a registration fee of $40 to enter the tournament and then $15 per even that you would like to sign up for. You are welcome to enter as many events as you’d like. You are encouraged to register with a partner to ensure you are paired with someone around your level that you enjoy playing with. You may register as a solo player and we will do what we can find you a comparable partner. If we cannot find you a partner, you will be offered a refund of your registration.
***Registration fee will increase on May 1st so register early to take advantage of current pricing***
Deadline to designate your partner is May 15th. Anyone without a partner at that point will be assigned a partner.
DUPR- DYNAMIC UNIVERSAL PICKLEBALL RATING
This tournament will report all scores into the DUPR rating system for the doubles brackets only. We will not be reporting scores from the MLP divisions. All players will be required to create a DUPR profile if they do not already have one. You may still enter the tournament even if you do not already have a DUPR rating.
PLEASE NOTE
- You may only play in one division within a category. For example: You cannot play in men’s doubles 3.0 and men’s doubles 3.5.
- If certain events to not get enough registrants, they may be combined with other divisions. If these changes are made, any registrant who does not want to remain in their division will be offered a refund.
- If you and your partner are at different playing levels, you must play in the higher level.
GAME PLAY FORMAT
Each division will have pools of 5-8 teams. You will play each team in your pool once and top teams will advance to playoffs. You will be guaranteed at least 4 games. Depending on how many teams in your division, games be played to either 11 or 15, win by 2. There will not be any refs. All games including playoffs will be self-reffed.
MLP- MINOR LEAGUE PICKLEBALL
Minor League Pickleball is a unique team format in which teams of 4 compete against each other. A match consists of 4 individual doubles games with different partner pairings in each game. The team that wins the majority of the 4 games wins the match. If there is a tie and each won 2 of the games, a “dreambreaker” is played which is a singles match played to 21 with rally scoring and players from each team rotate in after every 4 rally points. The winner of the dreambreaker wins the match. For our co-ed divisions, the four games in a match include a men’s doubles, a women’s doubles, and 2 mixed doubles games. In our open MLP division, the partner match-ups can be any 4 unique partner pairings.
**When registering for the MLP events, you will register yourself. You will then be contacted directly at which point you will be asked to designate your teammates.
The Pride Cup Tournament welcomes players of any skill, gender, or sexuality, but the primary focus of this tournament is to represent the LGBTQ+ community in all capacities.
LOCATION
Lake Buena Vista High School
1305 Daryl Carter Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32836
Host Hotel
Host to The Pride Cup athletes/fans, One Magical Weekend, and Bear Jamboree! 100% Buyout for our community!
Hyatt Place Orlando/Lake Buena Vista is the official host hotel of the Pride Cup. Players can take advantage of a special $179/per night rate that includes 2 weekend Party Passes that can be used at Bear Jamboree and One Magical Weekend pool parties on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. This is a $240 value! The Hyatt Place is also home to the Friday Pride Cup Opening Party and Saturday and Sunday Jock’s and Jill’s Pool Parties.
All sports will be played less than 2 miles away from the host hotel at Lake Buena Vista High School. These facilities are brand new with restrooms, pavilions, and the Pride Cup will invite local food trucks to provide lunch options during the day.
Volunteers Needed!
We’re looking for dedicated and energetic volunteers to assist with all of our events and competitions.
SPREAD THE WORD!
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