Road to Minors (RTM) Tournament Series

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RTM Schedule and Registration

The RTM tournament schedule is listed below and you can sign up directly on Pickleballtournaments.com or on the DTL website.

1) Friday, Feb 28 – Sunday, March 2 & Friday, March 7 - Sunday, March 9 (Fairfax)
2) Friday, April 11 – Sunday, April 13 &  Friday, April 18 - Sunday, April 20 (Fairfax)
3) Friday, May 23 – Sunday, May 25 & Friday, May 30 - Sunday, June 1 (Fairfax)
4) Friday, June 27 – Sunday, June 29 (Annandale)
5) Friday, July 25 – Sunday, July 27 (Annandale)
6) Friday, August 22 – Sunday, August 24 (Annandale)
7) Friday, September 19 – Sunday, September 21 (Annandale)
8) Friday, October 17 – Sunday, October 19 (Annandale)

9) Friday, November 14 – Sunday, November 16 (Annandale) - RTM CUP FINALS

All players sign up with a partner for each division they want to play. Partners can change each tournament. There will be a maximum of 8 teams (16 players) registered per division (i.e., DUPR level 1 (3.0-3.49) men’s doubles will have a maximum of 8 teams. DUPR level 1 (3.0-3.49) women’s doubles will have a maximum of 8 teams and so on). There will be a waitlist if a particular division fills up. Waitlist entrants will be notified 24 hours beforehand if they have entered. DTL may choose to offer multiple “flights” of the same division if one division does not fill up (i.e., if DUPR level 1 (3.0-3.49) men’s doubles only get 1 signup and DUPR level 2 (3.50-3.99) men’s doubles gets 14 signups DTL will run two sessions for level 2 and cancel level 1 for that day).

RTM Point System

RTM series points are awarded to players across three divisions (men’s doubles, women’s doubles, and mixed doubles) throughout the calendar year culminating to RTM Cup qualification. Points accrued for placement will be accumulated on an individual basis (e.g. If John plays Mens Doubles with Paul during RTM Round 1 and wins 1st, John and Paul will both have accumulated 500 points. If John then plays RTM Round 2 with Henry and wins 1st, John will now have 1000 points towards his Mens Doubles record while Paul and Henry only 500). 

Players acquire separate points for each division (i.e. a player who plays men's doubles and mixed doubles will have separate points accumulated for men's doubles and separate points accumulated for mixed doubles). Points accumulated for different divisions (e.g. Mens Doubles vs. Mixed Doubles) will be tracked separately. 

Points Awarded Per Player at Fairfax: 1st Place (400); 2nd Place (250); 3rd Place (100); 4th Place (75); 

Points Awarded Per Player at Annandale: 1st Place (1,000); 2nd Place (700); 3rd Place (400); 4th Place (200); 5th Place (100); 6th Place (50)

RTM Levels

RTM will mirror the DUPR rating session levels:

DUPR Level 1: 3.0-3.4 (men’s/women’s/mixed doubles)

DUPR Level 2: 3.5-3.9 (men’s/women’s/mixed doubles)

DUPR Level 3: 4.0-4.4 (men’s/women’s/mixed doubles)

DUPR Level 4: 4.5+ (men’s/women’s/mixed doubles)

DUPR Level 5: Open Division (men’s/women’s/mixed doubles)

RTM Format 

There will be 2 pools of 4 teams (8 teams total). Every pool will play round robin format and get a guarantee of 3 matches. 

The top 2 teams from each pool will advance to the semi-finals. 

The winners of semifinals will play for 1st/2nd while the losers of semifinals will play for 4th.

Every pool play round and semi-finals will consist of 1 game to 15 points, win by 1.

Finals will consist of 1 game to 15 points, win by 2.

Tournaments 1-3 at DTL Fairfax will be allotted 3 hour time slots. Each tournament should complete in approximately 2.5 hours (6 total rounds with 3 courts being used). Tournaments 4-10 at DTL Annandale will expand the number of teams and total participants.

RTM Requirements

1) All players must have an active DUPR account and rating.

2) All players must be a DUPR member of Down the Line and DC Pickleball Team

3) All players must participate in a minimum of two (2) RTM DUPR sessions held at DTL before you can register for any of the RTM Tournament dates other than the first Tournament date where only one (1) RTM DUPR session will be required. 

RTM Perks

• All participants will receive an RTM branded shirt. 
• Medalists will receive DCPT x DTL swag bags (1st, 2nd, 3rd place)
• Sponsored giveaway items at each tournament
• An opportunity to make the DCPT MiLP rosters and MiLP Nationals and other local events 
• Build your DUPR profile for D.C. Pickleball Team to track and evaluate as you make your way along the Road to Minors
• A chance to win 2025 MLP DC tickets by joining the DTL & DCPT DUPR Club Accounts
• Social media promotion through DTL & DCPT channels