Pickleball Leagues

Fort Worth Social Pickleball Leagues

Pickleball is back for Winter 2024! Ladies League Only. Play Begins the week of 12/4. 

Registration is open!

Email pickleball@fortworthtennis.com to create a team.

 

Leagues Offered:

  • Women’s Doubles: Wednesday Mornings (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer)
  • Mixed Doubles: Sunday Evenings (Fall, Spring and Summer)

Format: Weekly Round Robin matches with three lines of doubles played

Registration Process: FOR CAPTAINS

  • Captains must email pickleball@fortworthtennis.com to create a team
  • Added teams will be live on our league management website, TopDog
  • Captains will receive instructions on how to use TopDog and add players
  • Captains will contact players with registration instructions
  • Players will create accounts through TopDog and register for teams
  • Captains are responsible for ensuring their teams have registration instructions
  • Player add deadline will be two (2) days prior to fifth scheduled match

Registration Process: FOR INDIVIDUALS (with and without teams)

  • Individuals/free agents must contact League Coordinators prior to registration
  • League Coordinators will provide information on team availability and registration process through TopDog
  • Individuals CANNOT freely sign up for existing teams without permission form League Coordinator
  • Individuals are not required to sign up with a partner
  • Click this link to register. You will be directed to our League Management Website, TopDog Sports.
  • Create an account or log into an existing account on our TopDog Sports League Management website.
  • Return to the homepage by clicking the blue “Fort Worth Tennis Association” banner in the top left corner. Scroll down past “News” to “Divisions”. You will see the current season open for registration a red button that says “sign up”.
  • Click “sign up” and you will be directed to a new page. Scroll down to the bottom of that page and pick your team in the dropdown menu. You will then be able to continue through the registration and payment process.
  • If you are a “free agent”, add yourself to the “free agent/individual registration” team. *DO NOT add yourself to an existing team without permission from that team’s captain or the league coordinator.
  • If you do not see your team in the dropdown menu, email the League Coordinator to get your team added to the system.
  • PLEASE NOTE: creating a TopDog account DOES NOT automatically register you for Fort Worth Tennis Association programs. You MUST register AND pay to be included in season rosters

League Coordinator: please contact for league specific information and if registering as an individual/free agent

Caroline Baden: Women’s Doubles and Mixed Doubles

Deadlines:

  • Team Registration deadline: 9/4
  • Player add deadline will be two (2) days prior to the fifth scheduled match
  • Addition of players to roster must not cause a team to exceed the published maximum of players allowed

Team Requirements:

  • 16 players maximum, 8 players minimum per team in Women’s league
  • 24 players maximum, 8 players minimum per team in Mixed Doubles league
  • Captains may choose a team name
  • Individuals cannot play on multiple teams in the same league during the same season (i.e. a female player cannot play on two Women’s League teams)

Location Requirements:

  • Each captain/team is responsible for securing a “home court” location in Fort Worth
  • All play is outdoors unless both captains agree to play indoors
  • A tennis court surface is mandatory for both indoor and outdoor play
  • 3 lined or dedicated Pickleball courts are required
  • A list of acceptable locations will be provided by League Coordinators
  • Each team is responsible for paying home court location fees as applicable

Fees: $30 per player to register

Levels:

  • Coordinators will divide teams into flights based on player levels (or based on level of majority of players on each team)
  • Beginner/intermediate and advanced flights offered (A, B) – DEPENDING ON NUMBER OF TEAMS REGISTERED
  • If the required number of teams per flight is not met, levels will be combined
  • Returning teams ending previous season in first place will move one flight level up
  • Returning teams ending previous season in last place will move one flight down
  • Above two rules only apply with returning teams that have at least 50% of the same players on roster

Rules: please contact the League Coordinator for a copy of the league rules

*The spirit of this league is social – let’s keep it fun and dink together! 

 

 

The Fort Worth Tennis Association is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and all donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed under the law. 

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