THE KITCHENLINE MONTHLY CHALLENGE: RIVAL COURTS
Showcase the best players Cebu has produced. Battle for your home court or adopted court.
📅 October 22 & 29, November 5 & 12, 2026 (Every Thursday)
🕔 5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📍 Kitchenline Pickleball Center
💰 Registration Fee: ₱2,500/player | ₱10,000/team
📝 Registration Deadline: October 19, 2026 (Monday)
🏆 PRIZES
🥇 Champion — ₱30,000
🥈 1st Runner-Up — ₱20,000
🥉 2nd Runner-Up — ₱10,000
ONLY 10 TEAM SLOTS AVAILABLE!
Once all 10 slots are filled, REGISTRATION CLOSES.
TEAM ELIGIBILITY
- Open to all pickleball court facilities, regardless of location.
- Each court facility may register one (1) official team.
- Additional teams may be accepted if slots remain available after the registration deadline.
- A court facility may field different players each week, subject to the tournament's eligibility and substitution rules.
TEAM COMPOSITION
Each team shall consist of four (4) players:
2 Men
2 Women
IMPORTANT RULES
- If a registered player is unavailable for any league week, the team may field an approved substitute in accordance with the Substitution Rules.
- If no eligible substitute is available, the scheduled team match will proceed as planned. The affected Men's Doubles or Women's Doubles game will be played as a 1-versus-2 game.
- The 1-versus-2 format applies only to Men's Doubles and Women's Doubles. For Mixed Doubles, the remaining registered player may still participate in Mixed Doubles 2, allowing the team to complete both Mixed Doubles games.
- A 1-versus-2 game will not be submitted to DUPR and will not count toward the players' DUPR results.
- Any game involving a no-show player will not be submitted to DUPR and will not count toward the players' DUPR results.
- Players who compete in Mixed Doubles 1 may not compete in Mixed Doubles 2 during the same team match, except when necessary due to an unavailable registered player and no eligible substitute being available, as provided above.
- All eligible and properly played match results will be submitted to DUPR.
- Team Captains must submit their final lineup before the start of each team match. Once submitted, no changes will be permitted.
- Late players cannot be substituted. If only one eligible player is available for the game, it will be played as a 1-versus-2 game. If no eligible player is available, the game will be forfeited.
- Teams must complete all four games of their current team match before proceeding to their next scheduled team match.
SUBSTITUTION RULES
1. Substitutions are allowed only when one or more of the four (4) registered players are unavailable for that week's matches.
2. The Team Captain must notify the organizer and submit the team's final lineup, including any substitute player(s), at least three (3) days before that week's scheduled matches.
3. Every substitute player must meet all tournament eligibility requirements.
4. A substitute player may represent only one (1) court facility/team throughout the league.
5. All substitute players must be declared and approved by the organizer before participating in any match.
6. Once the weekly lineup has been approved by the organizer, no further substitutions or lineup changes will be permitted for that week's matches, except under extraordinary circumstances approved by the organizer.
LEAGUE FORMAT
- 10 Teams
- Single Round Robin
- Every team plays every other team once.
- 45 Team Matches throughout the league.
MATCH SCHEDULE
Week 1: 12 Team Matches
Week 2: 11 Team Matches
Week 3: 11 Team Matches
Week 4: 11 Team Matches
MATCH FORMAT
Each team match consists of four (4) games:
1. Men's Doubles
2. Women's Doubles
3. Mixed Doubles 1
4. Mixed Doubles 2
SCORING FORMAT
- Rally Scoring — Race to 21
- Change Ends at 11
- Freeze at 20
- Win by Serve: Once the score reaches 20-20, the first team to score while serving wins the game.
- No Timeouts
GAME PROCEDURES & FAIR PLAY
PRE-MATCH DETERMINATION
The Bato-Bato-Pick winner gets to choose Serve, Receive, or Court Side. The opposing team takes the remaining option(s).
NON-OFFICIATING LEAGUE
This is a non-officiating league. All players are expected to play with honesty, integrity, and good sportsmanship.
Players are encouraged to practice “honest-to-goodness” pickleball by making fair and immediate calls throughout the game.
LINE CALLS
1. Players are responsible for making their own line calls. If a ball is out, the player must call it immediately and loudly so it is clearly heard by everyone.
2. If there is a disagreement regarding a line call, the nearest player to the line where the ball landed will make the call.
3. If teammates make different calls on the same ball, the ball is considered IN.
4. If the two opposing teams cannot agree whether the ball was in or out, the rally will be replayed.
5. Spectators and non-playing team members are not allowed to make line calls. Only the players actively playing on the court may make line calls.
HINDER / SAFETY
- In the event of a hinder or safety concern, players should immediately stop play and replay the rally.
- Player safety always takes priority over the outcome of a rally.
CHAMPIONSHIP FORMAT
This league is based on total points scored, rewarding consistency across all four weeks.
At the end of the league, the court facility with the highest accumulated total points from all matches throughout the four-week league will be crowned:
🏆 KITCHENLINE MONTHLY CHALLENGE: RIVAL COURTS CHAMPION
The Champion, 1st Runner-Up, and 2nd Runner-Up will receive exciting prizes.
A Weekly Leaderboard will be published after every league night, showing each team's cumulative points and overall standings.