Stillwater Community Education

Stillwater Area Public Schools Community Education Department is hosting the Cabin Fever Classic Pickleball Tournament on Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, 2025 at Stillwater Area High School in the Pony Activity Center which features 10 indoor pickleball courts. Location: Stillwater Area High School Pony Activity Center, 5701 Stillwater Boulevard North, Stillwater, MN 55082. Enter Door 11 W by the Pony Stadium entryway Dates: Saturday, January 11 and Sunday, January 12, 2025 Cost: $30 per player for the first event, $5 for each additional event, tournament t-shirt included in fee. Tournament Format: The tournament format will consist of a minimum of 3 pool play games followed by single elimination tournament play (best 2 of 3 games) based on pool ranking. If pools are uneven we may alter to more pools games with limited teams advancing to bracket play. All games are officiated by the individuals playing and must make their own calls. This is an unsanctioned tournament. Men’s and Women’s will play Saturday, January 11. Women's Competition will begin between 8am-11:00am and the Men's competition could start between 9:00am-1:00pm depending on the number of registered teams. Mixed Doubles will play Sunday, January 12. Start times vary between 8am-1pm depending on the number of registered teams. Competition in men’s, women’s and mixed will be offered at 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0, divisions. Mixed will also have 50+ divisions. Teams are self-ranked according to USAPA criteria. Tournament Director has the right to reclassify and combine divisions if necessary due to number of teams. Registration: Registration opens October 28th, 2024 and will close Jan. 5, 2025 at 10 AM. Each player needs to have their own separate online registration and payment. The first registration should be $30. You can register for the second event by going into the new event and selecting the $5 registration fee. There is a $5 processing fee if cancelled before January 5th, 2025. There is no refund after January 5th, 2025 as t-shirts and brackets will be created and modifications to the brackets must be made. Tournament Director: Pete Heldstab heldstabp@stillwaterschools.org 651-351-8454

Do you want to improve your pickleball game? Individual or small group private lessons will help your skills, strategy and rating level. During the one-hour session, participants will be coached through skill repetition and drills specific to improve your pickleball game. Prior to registering for small group training, please make sure you have discussed specific training dates and times that would work best for your group. Once all individual(s) have registered for the private lessons, you will be contacted by the instructor to choose some dates and times for the lessons. Once these are confirmed with Community Education, your instructor will confirm with you. Some instructors may suggest 1.5 hour lessons based on availability. If you have any questions, you may contact Sarah Carlton at carltons@stillwaterschools.org. Course Number 928-Individual is a one on one format with the coach. 3 session package is $155 5 session package is $260 Course number 928-Small Group - 2 participants has 2 participants and one coach. Each person pays for the 3 or 5 session package 3 session package is $99 5 session package is $134 Course number 928-Small Group - 4 participants has 4 participants and one coach. Each person pays for the 3 or 5 session package 3 session package is $60 5 session package is $80