Tunnel to Towers Tennis-Pickleball-Golf Tampa Bay (2024)

Come join us April 6-7, 2024 at the beautiful Ardea Country Club (f/k/a East Lake Woodlands Country Club) for the Third Annual Tunnel to Towers (“T2T”) Pickleball for Heroes Tournament to help raise funds that provide critical assistance to our nation’s catastrophically injured military personnel, our firefighters and police officers who put their lives and livelihood on the line every single day and our 1st Responders who help save the lives of our friends and neighbors. Additional details on our tournament visit https://gtptampabay.t2t.org/. To learn more about T2T visit https://t2t.org/.

Mark on your calendar that for all of our pickleball and tennis players, we are holding a co*cktail reception on Saturday, April 6th from 5:00-7:00 pm. There will be complimentary appetizers with a cash bar and lots of fun socializing.

The new start times and names of each event are noted below. Please be there at least 30 minutes prior to your start time, in order to register and warmup.

Saturday Times:

8:00 am
Women's Doubles 3.0 (49 and Under) - 4 Teams
Women's Doubles 3.0 (50 and Over) - 12 Teams

9:30 am
Men's Doubles 3.5 (49 and Under) - 7 Teams

10:00 am
Men's Doubles 3.5 (50 and Over) - 12 Teams

11:30 am
Women's Doubles 3.5 (49 and Under) - 4 Teams

Women's Doubles 3.5 (50 and Over) - 11 Teams

Noon - Wheelchair Event

1:00 pm
Women's Doubles 4.0 - 8 Teams
Men's Doubles 4.0 - 8 Teams

Sunday Times:

8:00 am
Mixed Doubles 3.0 - 16 Teams (Combined Ages)

9:00 am
Mixed 3.5 Doubles (49 and Under) - 4 Teams

10:30 am
Mixed 3.5 Doubles (50 and Over) - 16 Teams

1:00 pm
Mixed Doubles 4.0 - 10 Teams

Women's and Men's matches will be on Saturday April 6th.
Mixed matches will be on Sunday April 7th.

Format: Double Elimination – 3 Game Minimum Play
1st Round for all events will be “Best 2 out of 3 games to 11, win by 1 point”. Switch sides after 1st and 2nd games and if there is a 3rd game, switch sides after the leading team reaches 6 points.
Teams that win remain in the Winners Bracket and the Teams that lose go into the Consolation Bracket.
All subsequent rounds are a Single game to 11, win by 1 point, and switch sides after the leading team reaches 6 points.

Double elimination - the winner of the consolation bracket plays undefeated winner of the winner’s bracket. If the championship final game results in 2 teams with one loss each, then they play a 2nd game to 11 to determine 1st place and 2nd place.

Each player needs to sign up individually.

Registration fee (includes one event): $70, Second event fee: $40

Partner search is the responsibility of the player.

We are using the 2024 USA Pickleball Rules

Pickleball Check-in opens at 7am and is by the pickleball courts. Please arrive 30 minutes prior to your match’s starting time. Have your identification ready for a seamless registration process. (You do need to check-in to play in your event. You will receive your gift bag and t-shirt at the Check-In Tent.)

No players may warm up until after they have registered. Please understand that there may be vendors setting up at this time as well. Tournament staff will not start registration until the registration desk opens.
Pre-tournament meetings will be 10 minutes before your event start time. At this meeting, we'll go over everything you need to know before diving into the action!

Venue Information:

Ardea Country Club (f/k/a East Lake Woodlands Country Club)
1055 East Lake Woodlands Parkway
Oldsmar, FL 34677

Surface Type: Tennis Hardcourt Surface
Play Area Type: Outdoor Non-Covered
Net Type: Permanent
Ball Used: Franklin X40 – Yellow
Number of Courts: 12
Parking: No Fee
Officiated Type → None

There are NO REFUNDS for this event. Your registration fee is considered a donation. Thank you!!

Remember, this event is not just about the competition, it's about making a difference! We're raising funds to support Tunnel to Towers Foundation which provides mortgage-free homes to our nation’s catastrophically injured veterans and first responders as well as Gold Star and fallen first responder families with young children.

INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY - This event is an outdoor event. If weather or any other unforeseen circ*mstance occurs, we will do all it can to play matches. If brackets are in mid play when a weather or unforeseen circ*mstance occurs, the situation will be evaluated case-by-case.