Many pickleball players are enthusiastically embracing Minor League Pickleball, the latest exciting format for league and tournament competition! Minor League Pickleball (MLP) is an innovative round-robin team competition where groups of 4 players (2 women and 2 men) are broken into divisions (based on their combined DUPR rating) to compete against each other in four games (2 gendered, 2 mixed). More information about MLP can be found here.
Previously, Madison did not have anything like MLP. Those who were interested in this style of play had to travel to other cities, including Lake Geneva, WI, or Loves Park, IL. Things are about to change this summer, though!
In partnership with the Capital Area Pickleball Association (CAPA), there will be three MLP-inspired pickleball leagues happening this summer on (probably) Monday, Tuesday, and (definitely) Thursday evenings at Pickle Pro Courts at 2907 North Sherman Avenue in Madison and at Hitters Tennis and Pickleball Club at 3170 Deming Way in Middleton. The leagues will be DUPR 12, 14, and 16 (meaning that all players’ DUPR levels on a given team cannot substantially exceed 12, 14, or 16 when added together).
The leagues will be for CAPA Members only. Links to register for the leagues will go out to CAPA members in early-to-mid May. If these leagues sound like fun and you are not currently a CAPA member, there has never been a better time to join! The cost to join CAPA is only $15/year. You can join CAPA by clicking here. Keep pickling!
