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• Last Call! Monday Night MiLP

  • Start
    January 12, 2026
  • End
    March 02, 2026
  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Thomas County Middle School Pickleball Courts
  • Registered
    44 registrants

  
  

  
  

                 LAST CALL!

  
  

  If you would like to register for the Monday night Minor League Pickleball league, please do so no later than 5pm on Tuesday, January 6th. Registration will close at this time.

  We are in need of two more female players!

  
  

  
  

  Join the Thomasville GA Pickleball Association for our first

  Minor League Pickleball League (MiLP) 

  Elevate your game with fun and friendly competition!

  
  

  • Our League will take place over 8 weeks on Monday evenings beginning January 12th, 2026 (Start Times TBD)
  • Create your team of 4-6 players with a minimum of 2 men and 2 women - choose your team captain
  • Matches will consist of games with mixed, men's and women's teams
  • Teams will be formed based on team caps and individual player DUPR ratings: ADVANCED (team cap 19; no individual max) INTERMEDIATE (team cap 15; individual player rating may not exceed 3.7) NOVICE (team cap 13; individual player rating may not exceed 3.2)
  • If you don't have a team, we are happy to add you to one! 
  • If you don't have an official DUPR rating, estimate it
  • Registration may close early if all divisions fill to capacity
  • Each individual on a team must register: $30 for TGAPA members; $40 for non-members - Team spots are not secure until ALL members of the team are paid in full

  **TGAPA reserves the right to arrange team assignments in the spirit of fairness and competition**

  **Please direct any questions about the MLP to Dawn Smith at dawnwsmith67@gmail.com**

  
  

  
  

  Minor League Pickleball League (MiLP)

  RULES

  MiLP will follow a format where teams play a series of 11 point games with side out serving to determine the winner. Matches consist of 6 games: four mixed doubles and two gendered doubles (women's and men's). If the match is tied, a "TeamBreaker"  (each team set plays 4 points and switches out to a different team set) tiebreaker is played. Scoring is done using rally scoring, and the winning team must win by two points with a cap of 21 and a team must win while serving..The order is as follows: mixed 1, mixed 2, women’s doubles, men’s doubles, mixed 3, and mixed 4 and rotation starts over. Each grouping plays for 4 serves. 
  
  COIN TOSS
  At the start of each match, there will be a coin toss (or similar random selection). The winner will make a choice between these options:
  To pick serve or receive AND the side you start on. This will be how each of the 6 games starts.
  Or you can pick to “react” to the other teams mixed team (meaning they put down on the paper who is playing Mixed 1,2,3 and 4 first, then your team decides who plays against them.) With the exception of after the first 4 games, whoever is losing gets to “react” to the winning team putting out their final 2 mixed gender teams. 
  
  The games for each match  that will be played are one men’s game, one women’s game and four mixed doubles game. The same mixed team may not play a second match together.
  All games will be played as scheduled if a team is unable to field a full team they must get a sub or forfeit the game. There will be no rescheduling of games except for weather related conditions.
  
  MATCH and GAME RULES
  Match format: A match consists of six games, with winners earning points for each game they win.
  Game scoring: All games are played to 11 points using regular play.
  Winning condition: A team must win by two points.
  Tiebreaker (TeamBreaker/DreamBreaker): If the match is tied after the 3 games, a mixed  tiebreaker is played.
  Switching sides: Teams switch sides when one team reaches 6 points in a game, or at 11 pts of a TeamBreaker match. 
  
  

  TEAM and PLAYER RULES

  Team composition: Teams consist of 4 to 6 players, with a minimum of 2 men and 2 women.
  Player eligibility: Players will register at their skill level. Directors have discretion to move players up or down a skill level.
  Player substitutes: Teams may have a sub if a player is out but the sub must not have an individual rating higher than the league they are subbing in.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• Orientation to Pickleball

  • When
    January 24, 2026
  •  
    11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
  • Location
    Thomas County Middle School Pickleball Courts

  We will be closing out this event when we reach 24 participants

  
  

  Orientation to Pickleball

  
  

  Join the Thomasville GA Pickleball Association for the kickoff of our monthly "Orientation to Pickleball" for adults and children of all ages who are just starting to play or who have never picked up a paddle!

  
  

  This relaxed and fun monthly event for newcomers to the game  will take place on 4th Saturdays from 11:30am to 1:00pm at the

  Thomas County Middle School Courts. 

  
  

  You will learn: 

  -What the Kitchen is

  -What a Dink is

  -How to hold a paddle

  -How to serve

  -Where to stand

  -How to volley

  -How to play with a partner

  
  

  Bring a friend and learn to play the fastest

  growing sport in America!

  
  

  **This monthly event is offered to children and adults of all ages at no charge**

  
  

  
  

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