Sanctioning what is it?

Pickleball Scotland is preparing a tournament and festival calendar and we therefore request that, if you would like to organize such events, you apply to us to sanction and register the events. This will 

• Ensure the portfolio of tournaments and events in Scotland is put together in a structured and logical way.
• Enable event organisers to plan and avoid clashes that could affect the numbers attending.
• Allow members to see the options in the year.

Please note

• Applications for sanctioning events will only be accepted from Pickleball Scotland affiliated clubs and will be free of charge.

• Applications are required to satisfy minimum standards which will be assessed on submission of the sanctioning form. 
• It is the responsibility of the organising club to ensure that they comply with the current venue health & safety regulations .
• Only sanctioned events will be listed on our calendar so that players may see which events have met the sanctioning requirements.
• Applications will not be accepted for dates clashing with Pickleball Scotland national and regional events.
• It is unlikely that applications will be accepted for competitions on the same day as another sanctioned competition unless the competitions objectives are very different or there is a significant geographical difference.

Individual club events that are NOT open to all and by invite only do not require to be sanctioned.