Lowcountry Pickleball Leagues

You must have a minimum of 12 players to roster in order to submit the Captains Interest form. Roster additions are permitted up to the first 2 weeks of every season. Roster player replacements are allowed throughout every season. Player replacement’s include injuries, roster drop offs, etc. All roster changes must be reported to the leagues commissioner (except Summer Hellraiser, subs are permitted all season).

Divisions are specified as either Women, Men or Mixed Doubles.

The league will make every effort to register teams at 2.5, 3.0, 3.5, 4.0 and 4.5+ for Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Doubles divisions.  There is a limit of 8 teams per community per division and dependent upon community allowances and court availability. Once teams have formed the League’s Commissioner will post divisions online, NLT 2 weeks prior to league seasons start, with teams competing and their respective rosters.

All Lowcountry, Hilton Head Island to Beaufort communities are invited to participate.

There are 3 primary seasons of play.  The month of June may feature the Hellraiser’s Session

• Winter season will feature Mixed Doubles or MLP format beginning the first week of January.
• Spring will have the Men’s Doubles beginning the second week of April.
• Summer (when scheduled) will feature the LCPB ML Hellraiser format during the month of June.
• Fall will have Women’s Doubles starting the first week after Labor Day.
• For specific dates, please visit the leagues websit at https://www.lowcountrypickleballleagues.com for our annual calendar of events and news (subject to change throughout the year).

Prior to the league season start date, your team captain will be provided with the schedule for the season. You will know who the opposing team is, if you are the HOME team or AWAY team, date and time of match.  Most matches are played on either a Saturday or Sunday afternoon with overflow matches scheduled during weeknights beginning at 6:00 pm when necessary.

Teams will compete once a week with one opposing team from your division.  Each team will field (3) courts for the weekly matchup against the opposing teams consisting of A, B and C players placed by “Order of Strength” either 1 or 3 (review the local rules found on https://www.lowcountrypickleballleagues.com Documents).  Each court will play best 3 out of 5 games to 11, win by 2. If a match goes to a 5^th game, play is to 11, win by 1 (sudden victory).  Each season will play for a minimum of 6 weeks (dependent upon the number of teams per division).

Yes, the league recognizes the DUPR Player Rating System, DUPR uses individual player ratings to calculate a team rating—the average of each player’s DUPR. This is then used to determine the win probability for each team.
Underdog Wins/Big Gains. If your team wins against the odds, your rating increases more.
Expected Wins/Steady Growth. Winning as the favorite means smaller gains.
Each player’s rating adjustment depends on the number of matches they’ve played and how recent those matches are. Play regularly to keep your rating dynamic and reflective of your current skill!

Each team’s captain shall set their respective players in accordance with their DUPR Player Rating.  If a player’s DUPR rating is NR (Not Rated), they will “Self-Rate” on their Profile on Pickleball.com to the division in which they are participating.  After approximately 16 – 20 league games entered on DUPR via match scores entered in Pickleball.com, players will develop a DUPR Player Rating of 60% reliable.  For further clarification please contact DUPR Support or the league’s Commissioner, Brian Fenlon at lcpbleague@gmail.com.

Yes, currently the league is limited to 50+.  All participants must reach 50 years of age by December 31^st of each current year.  All captains are responsible to verify their players ages.

The league is currently campaigning to create league play for 18 – 49 ages.  If you are interested in league participation, please click on the QR Code to register.

The league follows USA Pickleball Association and local modified league rules that may be found on https://www.lowcountrypickleballleagues.com, Documents.

There league fee is $20 per rostered player per season.  All team fees are collected by each captain and submitted via Zelle, mailed check or cash only at the captain pre- season meeting.  All registration fee’s must be submitted prior to playing in any league match.

All league participants are required to submit a Player Liability Waiver in order to play.  The Player Liability Waiver is part of the registration process on Pickleball.com.