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    <title>S.O.P.A. (Southern Oregon Pickleball Association) upcoming events</title>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 13 Sep 2026 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Youth Fall Pickleball Ladder League (Sun, September 13, 2026)</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;img src="https://sopickleball.org/resources/Pictures/youth%20flyer%20with%20cream%20background.png" alt="" title="" border="0"&gt;The purpose of the&lt;/font&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font color="#0000FF"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SOPA Fall Pickleball Ladder League&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;i&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;s to provide youth players with a fun, welcoming, and flexible opportunity to improve their pickleball skills, gain match experience, and build friendships through organized play. Rather than forming teams, this individual ladder format allows players of varying skill levels to compete while naturally moving toward others of similar ability throughout the season.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;The ladder format offers greater flexibility for families, allowing participants to attend even if they cannot make every session.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Four ladder league events will be held on Sunday afternoons from 4:00–7:00 PM.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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  &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 13&lt;/strong&gt; – The Courts by Lithia &amp;amp; Driveway, 1221 N Ross Lane, &lt;strong&gt;Medford&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 20&lt;/strong&gt; – Club Northwest, 2160 NW Vine Street, &lt;strong&gt;Grants Pass&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;September 27&lt;/strong&gt; – The Courts by Lithia &amp;amp; Driveway&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;, 1221 N Ross Lane, &lt;strong&gt;Medford&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

  &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;October 11&lt;/strong&gt; – The Courts by Lithia &amp;amp; Driveway&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;, 1221 N Ross Lane, &lt;strong&gt;Medford&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;h2 style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Registration&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;THIS MUST BE FILLED OUT FOR EACH PLAYER TO PARTICIPATE IN THE LEAGUE&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#222222" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 18px;"&gt;Click this link to fill it out!&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfQkKH6ZUZeNDYNda22whDkfIY0l4GWt9tQHkVHdOnjSWcIdA/viewform?usp=dialog"&gt;&lt;font color="#30AAE9"&gt;Waiver form&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(ONE FOR EACH PLAYER)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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    &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Registration fee: &lt;strong&gt;$20 per participant&lt;/strong&gt; for the Fall season.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;For youth ages 8-18 years of age.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Participants may attend any or all of the scheduled events.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;You also will need to sign up on &lt;a href="https://playtimescheduler.com/login.php" target="_blank"&gt;PLAYTIME SCHEDULER&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; for each individual event, so we have accurate numbers.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;The registration fee remains the same regardless of the number of events attended.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;

    &lt;li style="margin-left: 15px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Scholarships available, upon request, if finances are a barrier to participation.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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  &lt;h2 style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;League Format&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;

  &lt;p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;Players will be grouped on courts with three other players. Everyone plays three games to 11 - one game with each of the other players on their court.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;After the games are finished, players move up or down the ladder based on their results: Top player moves up one court, Bottom player moves down one court, and the middle players stay on their court. Then the games start again!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

  &lt;p style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;At the next session, players will be placed based on where they finished the previous session. New players will be added at the level where we think they will be the best fit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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